Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng found compound-bow blueprints at a factory and continued to Enzhou City, where his army secured the station. Back on Treasure Island, he learned pirates had appeared again and inspected a reinforced warship with Philippa.

• Wu Heng questioned Brother Hu, learned that he had soaked Corpse Cores in liquor, then raised the dead and rescued five women at the station.
• Wu Heng led the Skeleton Army to the bow factory, where he and Qi Hancai recovered compound-bow blueprints and related books.
• Wu Heng’s army cleared a path to Enzhou City, secured the station, and gathered Corpse Cores from Evolved Zombies.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island, stored the Corpse Cores, and gave the mechanic the bow blueprints and two finished bows.
• Minnie told Wu Heng that Steward Shiraque had reported pirates near the port, so Wu Heng planned to investigate.
• Philippa showed Wu Heng the reinforced association warship and said the shipbuilders had refused payment.

Wu Heng gave Philippa an autocannon and two magical items for her upcoming voyage, then cleared Zombies around the station in the Zombie World. The next morning, Philippa rushed off to meet the dockyard owner, and Millicent walked in to find Wu Heng in her room.

• Wu Heng urged Philippa to repay the vampires for their help and listened as she explained the ship's reinforcements and repairs.
• Wu Heng gave Philippa a Twin-Barreled Autocannon with one hundred rounds and warned her to protect it and conserve its ammunition.
• Wu Heng gave Philippa an Iron Maiden and a Water Siren Conch, then taught her to operate the autocannon before they kissed.
• Wu Heng cleared Zombies near the station entrance, and Qi Hancai reported that the station was being turned into an Exchange Point and that the rescued women had been assigned work.
• The next morning, Philippa left the Nautilus Tavern to meet the dockyard owner after Millicent called for her, then Millicent entered and found Wu Heng in the room.

Wu Heng discussed Philippa's voyage with Millicent, arranged Treasure Island's patrols with Shiraque, and learned that Imilo had left the island. He claimed the level 18 boxer’s corpse and raised it as a level 18 Skeleton Great Boxer.

• Millicent asked Wu Heng to find Philippa safer work, but he urged her to respect Philippa's choices and promised to protect her.
• Wu Heng visited Shiraque and arranged to bring selected skeletons to join the Association's patrols.
• Shiraque told Wu Heng that Imilo had left Treasure Island and gave him a certificate to claim the level 18 boxer’s corpse.
• Wu Heng retrieved the corpse from the morgue and returned to his manor.
• Wu Heng used Bone Manipulation Technique to raise the corpse as a Skeleton Great Boxer at level 18.

Wu Heng assessed Cassius’s new level 18 abilities, sent Philippa to clear pirates, and gained a level while hunting Zombies. Back at the station, Qi Hancai told him that the Central Broadcast Station had identified a Level 4 Zombie called the Zombie King and that Sister Yahong had located a provincial Military Factory.

• Wu Heng renamed the level 18 Skeleton Great Boxer Cassius and ordered it to discard the old straw mat and flesh.
• Philippa sailed with Association squad members and Skeleton Soldiers to drive off pirates while Wu Heng and Shiraque returned to shore.
• Wu Heng used the radio and Emerald Sand Table to direct Philippa toward the Lingaxi Shipping Route and two small pirate groups.
• In the Zombie World, Wu Heng’s Skeleton Army bombarded the road outside the station and killed the remaining Zombies, raising him to level 17.
• Qi Hancai told Wu Heng about the Level 4 Zombie named the Zombie King and Sister Yahong’s discovery of the provincial Military Factory’s location.

Wu Heng handled plans for the Zombie World and Treasure Island, directed Philippa’s fleet toward a pirate group, and traded potions for a wonder in Netarei City. The woman then asked whether he could make potions to revive the unconscious or extend someone’s lifespan.

• Qi Hancai told Wu Heng about the reported Level Four Zombie King and a military factory, then asked to join his trip to the province; he agreed.
• Wu Heng gave Philippa directions to a pirate group near Turtle Back Island after she described using the conch wonder to defeat pirates.
• Wu Heng considered reaching level 18, Hero Shaping, and expanding production and construction on Treasure Island.
• Wu Heng traveled by Ghost Train to Netarei City and exchanged two Level 1 Corpse Core Potions for a Dancer's Veil.
• The woman trusted Wu Heng’s potions and asked whether he could make one to wake someone from unconsciousness or extend a person’s lifespan.

Wu Heng acquired corpses and cavalry from the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate before traveling to the Zombie World to seize a Military Factory. There, skeletal wyverns bombed a Zombie Horde threatening a survivor gathering place, and Skeleton Cavalry charged in.

• Wu Heng declined to promise a new potion to the woman seeking to prolong the Yeke Kingdom's Old King's life, but agreed to meet her again in five days.
• In Lopes City, Wu Heng collected four level 15 Specialized Professional corpses from Lady Li and bought a large group of bandit and horse corpses from the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island, assigned the mechanist and chef to work, and left the two blacksmiths on standby.
• Wu Heng traveled to the Zombie World and headed toward the provincial district to seize a Military Factory.
• A Zombie Horde charged toward a survivor gathering place, but stopped when skeletal wyverns appeared overhead and dropped explosives.
• Skeleton Cavalry charged toward the Zombie Horde as the survivors watched from behind their walls.

Wu Heng’s convoy encountered survivors at the Pingxiang Service Center, and he recruited their leader Liu Chuang to guide them toward Three-Five Industrial Group. As the convoy prepared to leave, Liu Chuang secretly contacted the Provincial Rescue Team to report important intelligence.

• Skeleton Cavalry and Skeleton Flying Dragons cleared the Zombies near the Service Area, then Wu Heng’s convoy arrived and contacted the survivors inside.
• Qi Hancai met with the survivors, and Wu Heng learned that their leader Liu Chuang had driven freight routes around Yangtong City.
• Wu Heng offered Liu Chuang food to guide the convoy along a clear route to Three-Five Industrial Group, and Liu Chuang agreed to go with two followers.
• Wu Heng’s team loaded newly raised skeletons into two working trucks while Liu Chuang made arrangements to leave the shelter.
• Liu Chuang switched to a private frequency and told the Provincial Rescue Team that he had important intelligence to report.

Wu Heng learned that Liu Chuang had reported his convoy to the Provincial Rescue Team, but he used Liu Chuang to guide them to the Military Factory before having him and his companions killed. After scouting the factory, Wu Heng discovered several powerful Mutated Zombies, including a Level Three Zombie whose appearance resembled the rumored Zombie King.

• Liu Chuang told the Provincial Rescue Team about Wu Heng and agreed to continue gathering intelligence for them.
• Xiaoxiao revealed Liu Chuang's betrayal, but Wu Heng decided to use him to lead the convoy to the Military Factory.
• The convoy reached the factory, and Wu Heng sent two wraiths to scout while Liu Chuang marked locations on a Provincial City Map.
• Wu Heng ordered Kranmu to kill Liu Chuang and the two people in his van, then the convoy stopped to rest and inspect the vehicle.
• Xiaoxiao and Granda reported several high-level Mutated Zombies inside the factory, and Wu Heng saw a Level Three Zombie that resembled a Zombie King.

Wu Heng’s convoy fought through the Zombie Horde at the factory while he suspected the suited Zombie was a Zombie King. As Wu Heng advanced on the factory, a Rescue Team convoy set out to intercept him and seize his food supply.

• Wu Heng questioned Liu Chuang’s corpse and learned that the provincial base was on Dongying Street, the Rescue Team might arrive in over five hours, and Liu Chuang had fabricated one location on the map.
• Wu Heng ordered the convoy to attack the factory before the Rescue Team could arrive, and the Skeleton Flying Dragons bombarded the Zombies as they charged and spread through the woods.
• Wu Heng spotted the suited Zombie directing the Horde, bombed its rooftop position, and drove the remaining Zombies back toward the factory.
• Wu Heng’s army advanced on the factory, raised more skeletons from the battlefield, and prepared the autocannons while he searched for the suited Zombie.
• At the Pingxiang Service Station, the buzz-cut captain of Rescue Team Five took some of the survivors’ grain and ordered his convoy to hurry to the factory and capture Wu Heng.

Wu Heng’s forces attacked a factory, killed the Level 18 Zombie King, and turned it into a skeleton. The Rescue Team advanced toward the factory, unaware of the battle’s outcome.

• Wu Heng sent Granda to destroy a Zombie sneak attack unit, and her Evil Sword killed the Zombies in the woods.
• The Zombie King fled from the factory on a Level 2 Crawler, but Kranmu and Torga caught up and wounded it.
• Wu Heng sent Cassius to bind the Zombie King with the Gladiator Shackles, and Cassius battered it until Kranmu cut off its head.
• Wu Heng ordered the battlefield cleared, then used Bone Manipulation Technique to raise the Level 18 Zombie King as a Skeleton Demon.
• The Rescue Team stopped on Xinbiao Road, confirmed Zombies had been killed with Cold Weapons, and hurried toward the factory.

Wu Heng’s forces finished securing the factory and discovered its warehouses held large quantities of ammunition and equipment, though restoring production would require more electricity than they had. A Rescue Team convoy arrived, and Wang Xin proposed negotiating how the factory’s defenses and deployment would be shared, leaving Qi Hancai angry at the attempted grab.

• Wu Heng named the evolved Skeleton Demon Bone Demon One, then raised more skeletons from the corpses and collected Corpse Cores.
• Qi Hancai reported that some factory buildings and warehouses had survived a fire and contained equipment parts and ammunition, but restoring production would require too much electricity.
• Granda spotted the approaching Rescue Team convoy, and Wu Heng ordered skeletons to ready the Armored Vehicles and machine-gun trucks.
• The convoy’s drone was knocked down by a floating club, and the Rescue Team realized Wu Heng’s forces had taken the factory.
• Wang Xin contacted Qi Hancai and proposed that their bases discuss sharing the factory’s defense and deployment, angering her.

Wu Heng and Qi Hancai refused the Rescue Team’s demand to surrender half the factory, and Wu Heng prepared for a fight. After Granda killed the crews of the Armored Vehicles, a vast skeleton force charged the convoy as its surviving members opened fire.

• Qi Hancai refused to hand over the factory or trade its supplies for the Rescue Team’s threats.
• Wu Heng sent Qi Hancai to the rear and hid in a safe position while Xiaoxiao and Granda joined him.
• After the Rescue Team’s five-minute deadline passed, Granda killed the Buzz-Cut Captain and the other occupants of his Armored Vehicle.
• The Rescue Team’s remaining Armored Vehicles fired on the yard, but Granda infiltrated them one by one and stopped their crews.
• A massive force of skeletons emerged from the smoke and charged the convoy, whose survivors began firing at them.

Wu Heng’s forces defeated a convoy sent by the Provincial Rescue Team, and he learned that the team’s factions might retaliate. After inspecting the factory and considering how to restore its ammunition production, he planned to build a powered factory on Treasure Island and then directed Philippa toward a pirate attack.

• Wu Heng’s skeletons defeated the convoy, captured its vehicles, and questioned its dead leader, learning that the Provincial Rescue Team was divided among three factions and that the leader was Huang Guangping’s son.
• Wu Heng inspected the factory with Qi Hancai and found intact production lines for autocannon shells and small-arms ammunition, then ordered the walls repaired and the dormitory prepared.
• Wu Heng took the corpse cores to Treasure Island for potion-making and decided to discuss construction with a Dwarf Designer at the association meeting room.
• Wu Heng considered moving the factory to Treasure Island and using a Blazing Fire Furnace to generate electricity for its production lines.
• Wu Heng contacted Philippa, spotted a pirate fleet approaching a merchant convoy, and warned her that the pirates might belong to the Mad Lion Pirate Group.

Wu Heng arranged for Treasure Island’s expansion and new ports while the Mad Lion Pirate Group resurfaced at sea. After returning to the Zombie World, he learned the Rescue Team had arrived to confront them over a dead squad, and went to join Qi Hancai’s negotiations.

• Philippa told Wu Heng that the Mad Lion Pirate Group had returned and that its members had once exposed and imprisoned her; Wu Heng told her to use the weapon he had provided and stay safe.
• Wu Heng read Shanala’s brief message that she had docked safely, then traveled to the Association and discussed expanding Treasure Island and building dedicated ports with Shiraque.
• Wu Heng asked Shiraque to seek Association funding for the ports, but she refused to write a request immediately and said she would consider it.
• Wu Heng instructed Yousef to coordinate the resumption of expansion work and design more commercial streets, residential areas, separate ports, and a secluded site for future functional buildings.
• Wu Heng returned through the Portal to the Zombie World, where a survivor told him the Rescue Team had arrived in armored vehicles and was accusing them of killing its squad.
• Wu Heng went to the meeting room where Qi Hancai was negotiating, hearing a Rescue Team member threaten them if they did not hand over the people responsible.

Wu Heng confronted the Rescue Team over its missing squad, forced Qi Anrong to apologize, and warned that he would suspend trade if they threatened his base. He then opened the archive room with a Bronze Key, collected its blueprints and hard drives, and learned that Qi Anrong still intended to target him.

• Qi Hancai told Vice Commander Liu and Qi Anrong that the missing squad had not been at their base, but they demanded to search it.
• Wu Heng challenged Qi Anrong's accusations and threatened to suspend trade between Xinfu City and the provincial district, prompting Vice Commander Liu to make Qi Anrong apologize.
• Vice Commander Liu and Qi Anrong left in their armored vehicles, with Liu warning Qi Anrong not to provoke Wu Heng again.
• Wu Heng opened the archive room with a Bronze Key and collected its blueprints, hard drives, and cabinet racks.
• Wu Heng supplied food for the base, and Xiaoxiao later reported that Qi Anrong had said he would not let Wu Heng off.

Wu Heng assessed the threat from Boss Huang while Philippa defeated Joachim’s pirate fleet and captured Babuchi. He then accelerated construction on Treasure Island and prepared to clear more factories in the Zombie World.

• Wu Heng concluded that the Rescue Team did not want a conflict, though Boss Huang might still cause trouble, and returned through the Portal.
• Philippa used a water shark and a rotary cannon to destroy Joachim’s last ship, then captured the surviving pirates and freed Babuchi.
• Philippa gave Babuchi a saber, and he stabbed Joachim three times before the skeletons killed the remaining pirates.
• Wu Heng sent engineering vehicles to expand Treasure Island, ordered the second port prioritized, and offered the Dwarf Engineer a future Research Institute department.
• Wu Heng learned that supplies and Solar Panels would arrive the next day, warned Qi Hancai to stay cautious about the Rescue Team, and ordered a convoy to clear nearby factories.

Wu Heng returned to the Military Factory, where his team began producing bullets using solar power, while the Provincial Rescue Team investigated his group over Captain Huang’s disappearance. The next day, Wu Heng sought cooperation with Treasure Island’s merchants to obtain supplies.

• Wu Heng’s group cleared several factories of Zombies, then returned to the Military Factory with Qi Hancai.
• Boss Huang learned that his missing son had gone toward the Military Factory and ordered a discreet investigation, vowing that someone would pay.
• Qi Hancai told Wu Heng that the Provincial Rescue Team had questioned people from Pingxiang Service Station about their convoy, and Wu Heng warned his group to stay cautious.
• Wu Heng’s team installed solar panels and successfully started the machine gun Production Line, then shut it down and agreed to keep the bullet production secret.
• At an Association meeting, Wu Heng told representatives of merchant groups that Treasure Island needed supplies and invited efficient, reputable groups to cooperate.

Wu Heng tested a new bullet-production line, then learned that high-level professionals were destabilizing Luntam City and decided he needed to return. In the Zombie World, he discovered that Boss Huang was secretly sending people to spy on his factory and had four armored vehicles and many guns.

• Wu Heng arranged procurement contracts with merchant groups and traded potions for a Fairy Circlet in Netarei City, where the streets and businesses had grown unusually quiet.
• Wu Heng and Qi Hancai produced bullets in the Zombie World and confirmed that the new ammunition fired properly.
• Wu Heng received Wen Mansha’s letter reporting assassinations, missing officials, and high-level professionals causing trouble in Luntam City, and he planned to return after resolving the Provincial Rescue Team situation.
• Qi Hancai showed Wu Heng a dead intruder, and Wu Heng learned through Talk with Dead that the man had been sent by Boss Huang to gather intelligence on the factory.
• The corpse revealed that Boss Huang was acting without the other Rescue Team factions’ knowledge and had four armored vehicles and many guns.

Wu Heng had Granda kill Huang Guangping after Huang secretly prepared to target Xinfu City, leaving the Rescue Team leaders to suspect a connection but continue cooperating. After making arrangements for his bases, Wu Heng said goodbye to Andeviel and Minnie and departed by Ghost Train.

• Wu Heng told Qi Hancai to keep Huang Guangping's death secret and arranged to recruit people experienced in power plant construction.
• Granda possessed Huang Guangping and made him slit his throat, then reported his death to Wu Heng as a suicide.
• The Rescue Team and Tiancheng Group investigated Huang Guangping's death and discovered he had ordered intelligence on Xinfu City's forces and defenses.
• The Rescue Team's commander-in-chief ordered officials to announce that Huang Guangping died by suicide and reclaim his weapons and troops, while the leaders chose to continue normal cooperation with Xinfu City.
• Wu Heng finished arranging affairs at Treasure Island and the Military Factory, said goodbye to Andeviel and Minnie, and boarded the Ghost Train.

Wu Heng returned to Luntam City and learned from a merchant that rumors and gang activity had made the city less secure. At the Lord's Mansion, Wen Mansha discovered that the Wind Fire Party and other gangs planned to attack the Inner City that night, and that they had high-level professionals capable of challenging her forces.

• Wu Heng left the Ghost Train with two Skeleton Attendants, sent Xiaoxiao and Granda to scout, and joined a merchant caravan headed for Luntam City.
• The merchant told Wu Heng that rumors about a level 18 professional and a Necromancer's experiments had discouraged visitors and that gangs had made the city more chaotic.
• Wu Heng saw how much Luntam City had expanded and entered the Lord's Mansion, where he greeted Wen Mansha and learned an informant had been killed.
• Wen Mansha had Deadbone use Talk with Dead, and the informant's corpse revealed that the Wind Fire Party had organized gangs to attack the Inner City that night.
• The informant's corpse said the gangs had multiple high-level professionals who feared neither the Lord's Mansion's skeletons nor its Rank Four skeletons.