Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng used Barrett and a skeleton army to defeat a pirate fleet, then learned from the dead captain that a mysterious letter had offered a bounty for killing him. Granda discovered a secret room with several living people beneath the cabin, but the chapter ended before they were investigated.

• Wu Heng shot the pirates and brought down all three flying dragons with Barrett.
• Wu Heng opened a Portal and sent skeletons to attack the three approaching pirate ships.
• Blade tried to flee, but the grimy sailor shot him with an arm crossbow and killed him.
• Wu Heng defeated the pirates, questioned the captain's corpse, and learned that a mysterious letter had offered 200 Gold Coins for his death.
• Granda searched the cabin and found a Secret Room beneath it containing several living people.

Wu Heng defeated the Iron Barrel Pirate Group, rescued several captives, and brought the seized fleet and evidence back to the association. After warning Deacon Imilo that pirate groups had placed him on their Wanted List, he returned home, where Shanala asked about his new assignments.

• Wu Heng found five captives aboard a pirate ship, left skeletons to guard them, and collected the ship’s treasure.
• Wu Heng raised three Skeleton Flying Dragons, converted pirate corpses into skeletons, and returned the fleet to Cocktail Island.
• Wu Heng reported his victory and the mysterious pirate Wanted List to Deacon Imilo, who arranged tighter harbor controls and an investigation.
• Wu Heng brought the captured ships to Treasure Island, where Orin’s Team Three took custody of the ships and captives.
• Wu Heng returned home, slept, and reassured Shanala that his pirate-hunting assignment was not difficult.

Wu Heng arranged to sell Shanala a shipment of glassware and porcelain, then learned that Philippa, the former Iron Barrel Pirate Group captain’s daughter, might become an informant. He offered her a chance to live if she cooperated, and she agreed.

• Wu Heng asked Shanala about selling pirate goods and establishing a merchant guild, and she explained the requirements and suggested leasing his ships instead.
• The next morning, Shanala inspected Wu Heng’s glassware and porcelain and agreed to buy them for one Silver Coin each if he sold them exclusively through her merchant group.
• Vera summoned Wu Heng to Deacon Imilo, who explained that the rescued hostages included relatives of the Iron Barrel Pirate Group’s former captain.
• Imilo suggested that Wu Heng recruit Philippa as an informant and gave him a Slave Scroll, which Wu Heng kept for later consideration.
• Wu Heng met the shackled Philippa and told her the association planned to execute the pirates the next day; when he asked whether she wanted to live, she said yes.

Wu Heng recruited Philippa as an informant among the pirates and continued expanding his operations in both Treasure Island and the Zombie World. The chapter ended with Li Yahong reporting that Xiaoxiao’s mother had been found in a hostile shelter in Taiping District.

• Wu Heng offered Philippa a chance to avoid execution by returning to the pirates as an informant, and she agreed after he promised to protect and provide for her mother.
• Wu Heng bound Philippa with a Slave Contract, arranged for her return to prison, and later discussed his plan with the deacon.
• Wu Heng visited the Zombie World, where four Skeleton Flying Dragons bombed a large Zombie Horde as his forces cleared the road and gained experience.
• Wu Heng brought four Alchemy Skeletons to Treasure Island’s laboratory and asked Expert One to develop a potion from a Level 3 Corpse Core.
• Wu Heng learned that Xiaoxiao’s mother was in a shelter in Taiping District, where the people did not seem friendly.

Wu Heng flew to the Old Mountain Shelter to rescue Xiaoxiao's mother and discovered its people planned to exploit the hostage exchange. He stormed their factory base, killed the armed survivors, and called Zhao Yanqiu forward, leaving Xiaoxiao's mother's whereabouts unresolved.

• Li Yahong told Wu Heng that the Old Mountain Shelter demanded 500 bags of food within three days for Xiaoxiao's mother, and Wu Heng decided to fly there with skeletons to rescue her.
• Wu Heng told Xiaoxiao that he had found news of her mother, then departed on a Skeleton Flying Dragon with Skullcrusher, Bloodhand, and Big Head Skeleton.
• Wu Heng's group reached an outpost, where he learned through a corpse that the shelter planned to keep Xiaoxiao's mother and repeatedly demand supplies; he killed the card players and turned them into skeletons.
• Wu Heng and the skeletons attacked the factory base, killing armed guards and transforming corpses as they fought through the building.
• Wu Heng killed the fat-faced leader and the remaining armed men, ordered the survivors to be surrounded, and called Zhao Yanqiu forward.

Wu Heng reunited Zhao Yanqiu with her ghost daughter Xiaoxiao, then questioned the bandits’ corpses and discovered a military settlement trading weapons for supplies. After securing the survivors and contacting Li Yahong, he found an armory stocked with ammunition and rocket launchers.

• Wu Heng summoned Xiaoxiao to reunite her with Zhao Yanqiu, who learned that her daughter had become a ghost and that her husband and father-in-law were dead.
• Wu Heng used Talk with Dead on the bandits and learned that a military settlement at an open-pit mine traded weapons and equipment for food, Corpse Cores, tools, and skilled people.
• Xiaoxiao returned to Wu Heng, and Zhao Yanqiu thanked him before agreeing to join his shelter and keep Xiaoxiao’s existence secret.
• Wu Heng ordered Zhao Yanqiu to organize food and work for the nearby survivors, then contacted Li Yahong at the Auto Repair Shop to report that everything had gone smoothly.
• Wu Heng opened a locked room and discovered an armory containing ammunition crates and rocket launchers.

Wu Heng secured a new gathering place, raised more skeletons, and prepared Philippa to sail with a message. Back home, Shanala revealed that an item she used while trapped in amber had caused her to develop feelings for the first person she saw after waking.

• Wu Heng found Rocket Launchers and ammunition at the factory, then raised more than three hundred skeletons from a pit of corpses to reinforce the base.
• Wu Heng assigned the survivors new rooms and guards, then returned through a Portal to Treasure Island Residence and spent the night with Andeviel.
• Wu Heng questioned Philippa, learned she was a Level 8 Ranger, and told her to choose people for the voyage before leaving in three days.
• Wu Heng returned home and found Shanala and Minnie examining revealing sleepwear.
• Shanala took Wu Heng to the backyard pavilion and explained that a strange item's side effect made her fall for the first person she saw after waking from amber.

Wu Heng and Shanala discussed the Amber Pendant’s influence and agreed she would become his lover if he reached level 15 before turning thirty. After reuniting Xiaoxiao with her mother, Wu Heng organized work at the factory dormitory and returned to the Bus Station to propose making the factory a sub-base.

• Shanala told Wu Heng she would be his lover if he reached level 15 before turning thirty, and Wu Heng accepted the condition.
• Wu Heng and Shanala joked together, held hands, and agreed to wait until he reached level 15 before opening a side gate between their courtyards.
• Wu Heng returned to the factory dormitory, where Zhao Yanqiu reunited with Xiaoxiao, then tasked the survivors with cleaning and registering their skills.
• Wu Heng flew to the Bus Station on his Skeleton Flying Dragon and summoned Li Yahong and the others to the Council Hall.
• Wu Heng told Li Yahong, Qi Hancai, Qiangzi, and Wang Chenggang about rescuing Xiaoxiao’s mother and proposed turning the factory into a sub-base for contacting the military and trading for supplies.

Wu Heng arranged for a convoy to establish a sub-base at the factory area while he prepared to contact the military, then helped Philippa stage a prison escape as part of a plan to take control of the pirates. The escapees reached the harbor, where some pirates turned on Philippa, and Fireblade stopped their surprise attack.

• Wu Heng assigned Li Yahong to remain at the Bus Station while Qi Hancai and Wang Chenggang prepared twenty people to travel to the factory area with supplies.
• Wu Heng installed Solar Panels at the Dormitory Building, returned to Treasure Island, and taught Philippa to use a radio before assigning Fireblade to protect her.
• Philippa waited in her dungeon cell until armored figures broke her out, and she ordered them to free several other pirates as well.
• Philippa led the escapees through the chaos toward the harbor and told them she had prepared a fast boat.
• As the group reached the docks, several pirates attacked Philippa, but Fireblade blocked their surprise strike.

Philippa escaped Treasure Island by ship after a clash with the Yellow-Toothed Pirate, while Wu Heng destroyed one fleeing vessel and let the other disappear. The next morning, Wu Heng checked on Philippa’s mother, reported the outcome to Imilo, and contacted Philippa by radio.

• Philippa rejected the Yellow-Toothed Pirate’s attempt to seize her ship and escaped aboard another vessel with six pirates and several skeletons.
• Wu Heng fired a Rocket Launcher and destroyed the Yellow-Toothed Pirate’s ship, while the larger ship carrying Philippa escaped into the darkness.
• Philippa found Silver Coins, Gold Coins, and a communication device in the ship’s cabin as her crew celebrated their escape.
• Wu Heng executed the remaining imprisoned pirates, met with Philippa’s mother, and arranged for her to stay in the Association dormitory.
• Wu Heng told Imilo about the breakout, returned home, and later contacted Philippa by radio; she answered in surprise.

Wu Heng exchanged his merit reward for a robe, learned that Shiraque had gone after pirates, and helped Andeviel accept and name a tamed owl. After deciding to strengthen himself against pirate threats and reach level 15, he entered the Zombie World, where Zhao Yanqiu told him the Auto Repair Shop convoy would arrive that afternoon.

• Wu Heng checked on Philippa, who reported that she was unharmed and had lost only one of his skeletons, then reassured her that her mother was safe.
• Minnie stayed overnight with Shanala, and the two talked about Minnie's underwear and Shanala's feelings for Wu Heng.
• Wu Heng exchanged his merit reward for an Arcane Reversal Silk Robe and accepted Orin's offer of a Little Owl for Andeviel, who named it Whitey.
• Wu Heng read Philippa's radio notes, considered the ongoing pirate bounty and his agreement with Shanala, and decided to focus on leveling up.
• Wu Heng opened a portal to the Zombie World, where Zhao Yanqiu told him that a convoy from the Auto Repair Shop would reach the designated location around three that afternoon.

Wu Heng led the Auto Repair Shop convoy and its survivors back to the Old Factory Area after fighting through large zombie hordes, then assigned the settlement’s leaders their new responsibilities. He returned to Treasure Island and reunited with Shanala on the roof.

• Wu Heng met Qi Hancai’s convoy, which brought more than twenty survivors and a thousand skeletons, and led them toward the Old Factory Area.
• Wu Heng’s Skeleton Army fought through zombie hordes, using archers, spells, and newly raised skeletons to keep advancing.
• Wu Heng returned to the Old Factory Area with six trucks, and the frightened residents recognized the skeletons as his forces.
• Wu Heng appointed Qi Hancai to manage the Old Factory Area, assigned Wang Chenggang to resume production, and told Zhao Yanqiu to manage the radio station and records.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island, sent an animated paper crane to Shanala, and met her on the roof of their neighboring residences.

Wu Heng led the Skeleton Army to clear a Zombie Horde, reached Level 13, and gathered supplies and corpses for the growing base. Back on Treasure Island, he found messages warning that pirate crews planned to ambush the association’s people.

• Shanala visited Wu Heng on the rooftop, kissed him, and left for her residence.
• Wu Heng led the convoy and Skeleton Army out from the Old Factory Area to clear Zombies and gather tools and supplies.
• Wu Heng used flying Skeletons to bomb the Zombie Horde, then ordered archers and spear-bearing Skeletons to finish the attack; he reached Level 13.
• The survivors scavenged stores while Wu Heng repaired Skeletons and raised more from the battlefield’s corpses.
• The convoy returned with food and equipment, and Wu Heng told Qi Hancai to prepare weapons and keep others away from his floor.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island and found messages warning that pirate crews planned to ambush the association’s people at sea.

Wu Heng warned Imilo that pirate crews might be targeting Shiraque’s Association fleet, then commissioned array-pattern buildings and strengthened his residence’s defenses. In the Zombie World, he continued expanding his Skeleton Army, and Zhao Yanqiu told him the military had established a supply-exchange market in the southeast.

• Wu Heng heard from Philippa that pirates were discussing an attack on an Association ship, and he reported the warning to Imilo, who promised to notify Shiraque.
• Wu Heng tightened the defenses around his residence and trained with Andeviel and the white-furred beast tamer.
• Wu Heng collected two dwarf blacksmith corpses from the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate and commissioned a Blazing Fire Furnace and a Water Element Water Well.
• Wu Heng discussed the delayed weapons shipment and his plans to send supplies to a friend with Shanala.
• Wu Heng led the Skeleton Army to clear zombies near the Old Factory Area, bringing its numbers above thirty thousand.
• Zhao Yanqiu told Wu Heng that she had contacted the military, which had established a supply-exchange market in the southeast.

Wu Heng prepared to trade with the military, expanded and armed his Skeleton Army, and learned more about changing classes. The chapter ended when a Star Flower representative told him that his ordered goods had arrived at the port.

• Wu Heng discussed the military market’s rules and likely trade goods with Zhao Yanqiu, then decided to wait until his food shipment arrived before trading.
• Wu Heng distributed scavenged weapons to unarmed Skeletons and led the convoy out to clear Zombie Hordes, raising more Skeletons and bringing his experience closer to level 14.
• Wu Heng told Qi Hancai that a Big-Headed Zombie’s Corpse Core had awakened his ability, hinted that he knew techniques for safely consuming Corpse Cores, and asked her to prepare a factory workshop as a warehouse.
• At the association, Wu Heng asked Andeviel about class changes and learned that Warriors and Rangers were easier for ordinary families to train.
• A Star Flower representative told Wu Heng that the goods he had ordered had arrived at the port and were ready for inspection and acceptance.

Wu Heng received Star Flower’s shipment, equipped his Skeleton Army, and prepared an expedition to the military market. After arriving and entering the market with Qi Hancai and two Skeleton Attendants, he stopped at a stall selling five Corpse Cores and asked the vendor their price.

• Wu Heng met Shanala at the port, accepted Star Flower’s weapons, armor, and food shipment, and paid the remaining balance.
• Wu Heng moved the goods through the Portal, equipped the Skeleton Army, and arranged with Qi Hancai to visit the Military Market the next day.
• Wu Heng traveled with Qi Hancai and two Skeleton Attendants to the military-controlled market, where Xiaoxiao scouted the stalls and military supply area.
• Wu Heng entered the market after registering the Old Factory Area Shelter and spotted five Corpse Cores for sale.
• Wu Heng asked the vendor how much the five Corpse Cores cost, and the vendor quoted one fifty-kilogram sack of food for each.

Wu Heng traded eight bags of food for eight Level 1 Corpse Cores, then visited the military market and decided to buy an autocannon and 100 shells. Captain Yang Long led Wu Heng and Qi Hancai outside to inspect the weapon.

• Wu Heng inspected a cloaked vendor’s Corpse Cores and agreed to trade eight cores for eight bags of rice and flour.
• Wu Heng invited the vendor to contact the Old Factory Area Shelter if he found more cores, promising one bag of food per core and extra soybeans for larger trades.
• Wu Heng and Qi Hancai examined the military market’s exchange and purchase prices, including the listed cost of an autocannon and 23mm shells.
• Wu Heng told the market staff member he wanted one autocannon and 100 shells, prompting her to call Captain Yang Long.
• Captain Yang Long arrived and led Wu Heng and Qi Hancai outside to inspect the autocannon as survivors watched and speculated about them.

Wu Heng traded food for a GSh-23 Twin-Barreled Autocannon, then his convoy was ambushed on the road by a group hoping to steal their supplies. He and Qi Hancai quickly defeated the attackers, and the chapter ended as the convoy reversed toward the survivors.

• Wu Heng traded food to Yang Long for a GSh-23 Twin-Barreled Autocannon and ammunition at the market.
• After Wu Heng's convoy left, a goateed man and four accomplices decided to follow and rob them, bringing a Pickup Truck and several Off-road Vehicles.
• Wu Heng heard the pursuers, and the attackers drove alongside the convoy and aimed a machine gun and rifles at the trucks.
• Wu Heng used his ability to turn the attackers' guns aside while Qi Hancai rammed the Pickup Truck, and Wu Heng shot the driver of one Off-road Vehicle and disabled three others.
• After confirming that nobody in the convoy was injured, Qi Hancai reversed the trucks toward the attackers, whose surviving leader watched them approach.

Wu Heng’s skeletons defeated a group of men who had tried to rob his convoy, and he brought their weapons and supplies back to the factory. After returning to Treasure Island and spending the evening with Minnie and Andeviel, he went to the association the next morning and received two letters.

• Wu Heng’s skeletons overwhelmed the armed attackers, and he questioned a corpse, learning that the men had chosen to rob his convoy without anyone else’s orders.
• Wu Heng’s group salvaged weapons, ammunition, food, and bulletproof vests, then returned safely to the Old Factory Area with the autocannon.
• Wu Heng sent eight Level 1 Corpse Cores to Alchemy One to make potions and considered recruiting skilled workers and Ability Users for the base.
• Wu Heng spent the evening with Minnie and Andeviel, who discussed Shanala’s preparations for the Merchant Ship and Star Flower’s fleet.
• Wu Heng went to the association the next morning, where a staff member told him that two letters had arrived.

Wu Heng received letters from Wen Mansha and Slyther, who updated him on Luntam City and Blackstone Town and urged him to stay safe. After preparing goods for Star Flower to sell, he was approached by a gang member bearing an invitation from Madam Mackintosh.

• Wu Heng read Wen Mansha's letter about Money Cat's success in Luntam City and her longing for him, then read Slyther's warning about Treasure Island's pirates and news about Yuri and Blackstone Town.
• Wu Heng wrote replies to Wen Mansha and Slyther and left the association before noon.
• Wu Heng told Shanala he would prepare his porcelain and glassware for Star Flower's fleet, then moved the goods from the Zombie World into his ship's cargo hold.
• Wu Heng bought alchemy materials and arrows on Lighthouse Street, where Skullcrusher and Bloodhand protected him from an approaching stranger.
• The stranger bowed and told Wu Heng that Madam Mackintosh had invited him to come along, and Wu Heng recognized her as the six-armed seer.