Chapter Summaries

A massive Zombie Horde attacked the Military Factory as Qi Hancai ordered Bone Demon One and the skeleton army to defend the base and rescue the approaching Provincial Rescue Team. Wu Heng woke to a flood of Experience Points notifications, traveled to the Zombie World, and discovered the battle and the unfamiliar convoy at the factory.

• The survivors at the Military Factory debated evacuating until Qi Hancai contacted the Provincial Rescue Team and learned that more than ten thousand Zombies were pursuing them, possibly including a Zombie King.
• Qi Hancai told Bone Demon One to mobilize the skeleton army, defend the base, and rescue the survivors, while warning the humans to prepare to evacuate without interfering.
• The Provincial Rescue Team drove through orderly skeleton formations and was told by the Military Factory survivors to leave their weapons behind.
• A level 18 Cockroach Zombie led the Zombie Horde's charge, but the skeleton archers and spear formations met the attack.
• Wu Heng woke to the Experience Points notifications, checked that Treasure Island was safe, and traveled to the Zombie World, where he saw the battle and recognized the Rescue Team's flag in the factory yard.

Wu Heng defended the Military Factory from a Zombie Horde and learned that the Rescue Team had led the Zombies there while fleeing. After deciding to make the Rescue Team compensate them, he returned to Treasure Island and helped Granda begin absorbing a captured vampire ghost.

• Wu Heng directed the Skeleton forces and Flying Dragons to repel the Zombie Horde, then fired at the Zombie King until it escaped badly wounded.
• Qi Hancai explained that the Rescue Team had fled after losing its base and brought the Zombies to the Military Factory, and Wu Heng decided to keep Tiancheng Group and its equipment as compensation when the others left.
• Wu Heng had Xiaoxiao eavesdrop on the Rescue Team and learned that its members planned to maintain good relations and travel to the Central Broadcast Station.
• Back on Treasure Island, Wu Heng urged Granda to reach level 18 by absorbing a captured level 10 ghost.
• Wu Heng released the vampire ghost from the Demon Soul Pot, and it cursed at him.

Wu Heng had Granda absorb the captured vampire wraith, raising her to level 18 and unlocking new abilities, including the restriction of Unfinished Business. By sharing the vampire’s memories, Wu Heng learned of Melanis’s brutal crimes and Lilith’s role in permanently exiling him.

• Wu Heng asked Granda to absorb the arrogant vampire wraith after Lilith and the vampires failed to respond to his message.
• Granda overwhelmed the vampire wraith, reached level 18, and unlocked Enhanced Possession, Withered Touch, and Unfinished Business.
• Granda shared the vampire’s fragmented memories with Wu Heng, revealing Melanis’s abuse, murders, and Blood Feasts.
• Wu Heng witnessed memories of Lilith condemning Melanis for his crimes and exiling him under the Blood Race Law.

Wu Heng considered Granda’s unfinished business and learned more about the vampires through a ghost’s memories. A pirate group planned to seize ships after hearing the Emerald Sea pirates had been wiped out, while Wu Heng later reviewed a supply list from Qi Hancai.

• Wu Heng learned from the dead ghost’s memories that Lilith had usurped leadership of a vampire clan, then asked Granda about her unfinished business.
• Granda said she wanted books and denied having any other wishes, but Wu Heng recalled her desire to confront the man who had burned her and her house.
• A scout reported that the Association had wiped out the Emerald Sea pirates, and the group on the island decided to seize ships before returning.
• Wu Heng heard radio users discuss the Rescue Team and Xinfu City, then Qi Hancai gave him a list of supplies for the Central Broadcast Station’s plane arriving in two days.
• Wu Heng noticed the list offered howitzer shells but no launchers.

Wu Heng arranged security and supplies at the factory, stored 220 Mutated Zombie Skeletons in a Hidden Barracks, and spent time with Qi Hancai. Back on Treasure Island, he tested the Earthen Coffin Technique and emerged from underground as Minnie, Annette, and Robbie watched with shovels.

• Wu Heng ordered weapons and asked Qi Hancai to obtain prices for weapon-manufacturing blueprints while reviewing security and improvements around the factory.
• Wu Heng visited 220 Mutated Zombie Skeletons and used a new ability to place them inside a Hidden Barracks.
• Qi Hancai introduced Wu Heng to key Provincial Rescue Team members, and he considered persuading or forcing Tiancheng Group’s technical staff to stay and design production equipment.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island, discussed the newly installed streetlights with Andeviel, and recorded details about Granda’s husband to investigate her wish.
• Wu Heng tested the Earthen Coffin Technique by sinking underground in an earthen coffin and returning to the surface, where Minnie, Annette, and Robbie stood nearby with shovels.

Wu Heng discovered that a fleet linked to the Dragon Trafficking Team was raiding ships along the Lingaxi Shipping Route and led a skeleton force to destroy its camp on Scorpion Pincer Island. After the battle, he revived three Flying Dragons, leaving Xiaoxiao and Granda wondering why.

• Shiraque told Wu Heng that five unflagged ships with Flying Dragons had appeared along the Lingaxi Shipping Route and asked him to investigate a bloodstained piece of armor.
• Wu Heng used the Emerald Sand Table to locate five ships flying red dragon wings on a green background, and Shiraque identified the flag as belonging to the Dragon Trafficking Team.
• Wu Heng traveled to Scorpion Pincer Island, where Granda and Xiaoxiao found over four hundred people and more than forty Flying Dragons at a temporary camp.
• Wu Heng ordered an artillery attack and sent Mutated Skeletons to kill the survivors while Granda and Xiaoxiao helped bring down the Flying Dragons.
• After the battle, Wu Heng selected three Flying Dragon corpses and used Resurrection Technique on them, prompting Xiaoxiao to ask why he had revived them.

Wu Heng captured and revived the Dragon Trafficking Team’s flying dragons, brought five ships back to Treasure Island, and added thirty-eight Skeleton Flying Dragons to the Zombie World base. Meanwhile, Qi Hancai demanded that Tiancheng Group’s technical personnel stay at Xinfu City Base, and Commander Liu called for help as a transport aircraft escorted by four fighter jets approached.

• Wu Heng questioned a dead Dragon Trafficking Team member, learned they had come from Casar City to sell trained flying dragons to pirates, then burned the camp and returned with five ships.
• Wu Heng told Shiraque about the raid, gave Philippa the ships to refit for patrols, and raised thirty-eight Skeleton Flying Dragons in the Zombie World.
• Wu Heng kept three bound flying dragons—two males and one female—in cages on Treasure Island to try raising them.
• Qi Hancai told Commander Liu that Xinfu City Base wanted the Tiancheng Group technical personnel to stay, prompting Liu to contact the Central Broadcast Station.
• Commander Liu heard from Commander Lu Changan that a transport aircraft was approaching Yangtong City with four fighter jets escorting it to ensure the team and technical personnel returned.

Qi Hancai negotiated with Lu Changan over weapons, food, and the Provincial Rescue Team, refusing to join the Central Broadcast Station’s plans or release Tiancheng Group. She urged Tiancheng’s representatives to stay at Xinfu City Base, arguing they would have better access to supplies there, but the group had not yet decided.

• Qi Hancai sent more than twenty Skeleton Flying Dragons to escort Lu Changan’s transport aircraft, and Lu ordered his crew not to attack before landing at Xinfu City Base.
• Lu Changan delivered the agreed weapons, ammunition, and gold for food, then again asked Qi Hancai to join Ability User training and development plans; she refused.
• Qi Hancai told Lu that the Provincial Rescue Team could leave, but Tiancheng Group and ordinary survivors who wished to stay would remain at the base.
• Lu Changan challenged her decision and requested a discussion with Commander Liu, while Qi Hancai went to speak with Tiancheng Group’s representatives.
• Gao Rong said Tiancheng Group had promised to accompany Commander Liu to the Central Broadcast Station, but Qi Hancai urged them to stay, promising priority supplies and equipment.

Qi Hancai persuaded the Tiancheng Group technicians to remain at the Military Factory, and Lu Changan left with the Rescue Team after settling the trade. The next morning, Wu Heng received a letter from Leader Lilith containing a Holy Ash Church Enforcement Team badge.

• Qi Hancai offered the Tiancheng Group technicians food, safety, and work if they stayed, and Gao Rong later announced that they would remain at the Military Factory to help rebuild Yangtong City.
• Lu Changan accepted the technicians' choice, paid for the supplies in food, and departed with the Rescue Team members who wished to leave.
• Wu Heng praised Qi Hancai's handling of the negotiations, then returned with her to the Military Factory to arrange for the newcomers.
• Minnie showed Wu Heng a Beast-Friend Bracelet and a Mind Command Headband she had bought to communicate with the caged flying dragons, and he warned her not to let them out.
• The next morning, Shiraque gave Wu Heng a letter and a Lin Bing Jade Talisman from Leader Lilith, and the letter contained a badge that she identified as belonging to the Holy Ash Church's Enforcement Team.

Wu Heng received a Blood Race Enforcement Team badge from Lilith and realized she expected him to eliminate three exiles sealed in the Emerald Sea. He collected equipment, began building a power plant, and pushed forward plans for farming and industry in the Zombie World before electricity returned to Treasure Island’s Central District.

• Wu Heng read Lilith’s letter granting him Enforcement Team authority and inferred that she wanted him to kill the three remaining exiles in the Emerald Sea.
• Wu Heng collected four Blazing Fire Furnaces from Lady Li, exchanged gold for 6,700 Gold Coins, and placed further corpse-collection commissions.
• Wu Heng and the skeleton crew began assembling the power plant and securing its compound on Treasure Island.
• Wu Heng discussed spring planting, military industry, light manufacturing, and newspaper printing with Qi Hancai and Gao Rong in the Zombie World.
• Wu Heng sent Qi Hancai and Wang Haibing to restore electricity near Xinfu City, then cleared Zombies in the city center.
• Streetlamps lit the Central District at night, and astonished residents stepped outside to look.

Wu Heng expanded Treasure Island’s public services with streetlights, patrols, and plans for an escort fleet, while he considered launching a newspaper to build his reputation. A radio message from Wen Mansha revealed that the Old King had died, prompting an influx of Yeke Kingdom residents into Luntam City and violent gang clashes.

• Treasure Island announced plans to install streetlights across Lighthouse Street and the port, strengthen patrols, and form an Escort Fleet for merchant caravans.
• Shiraque and Shi Yali discussed Wu Heng’s unusual abilities and Shi Yali urged her sister to keep a close eye on him.
• Wu Heng watched his reputation rise, planned a Newspaper Office, and agreed with Minnie that serialized novels would suit it better than comics.
• Wu Heng inspected the guarded power plant, then received Wen Mansha’s report that Yeke Kingdom residents were settling in Luntam City and new gangs were fighting the Local Gangs.
• Wen Mansha told Wu Heng that the Old King had died.

Wu Heng learned that the Old King’s likely death had plunged the Yeke Kingdom into chaos and warned Wen Mansha to prioritize her safety. In the Zombie World, he heard updates about restored electricity and executions at the base, then discussed locating equipment for printing newspapers.

• Wen Mansha told Wu Heng that residents and merchants were fleeing amid factional instability in the Yeke Kingdom, while she remained safe in Luntam City under his skeleton guards.
• Wu Heng urged Wen Mansha to seek shelter at the Association if danger arose and promised to return when their baby was due.
• Wu Heng gave his maids an enchanted Instructor's Longsword so they could train their swordsmanship.
• Qi Hancai reported that Wang Haibing had restored electricity in Xinfu City and that Li Yahong had executed four survivors confirmed to have robbed supplies and killed people.
• Wu Heng ordered Qi Hancai to leave the Truth Clay Sculpture with Li Yahong so new arrivals could be inspected and serious offenders removed.
• Gao Rong told Wu Heng that an existing Printing Factory in the north might have usable newspaper-printing equipment and showed him its location on a map.

Wu Heng recovered printing presses and supplies from a factory, then planned a newspaper and considered turning a detective novel into a story that would boost his prestige. The chapter ended when Xiaoxiao reported that Granda had brought people onto the island secretly.

• Wu Heng and Qi Hancai led a convoy to the Printing Factory, where skeletons killed the Zombies inside.
• Wu Heng stored three printing presses, along with paper and ink, and returned them to the Military Factory for Gao Rong to calibrate.
• Wu Heng asked Andeviel to prepare content for the island’s first newspaper issue.
• Granda recommended adapting Sherlock Holmes stories by changing the protagonist into Wu Heng, and Wu Heng agreed to let her revise the novel.
• The next morning, Xiaoxiao told Wu Heng that Granda had brought people onto the island and they had been acting sneakily.

Xiaoxiao spotted Mackintosh returning to Treasure Island, and Wu Heng summoned her to discuss joining the island’s intelligence network. Mackintosh left without agreeing, while Shiraque questioned whether her pirate connections made her trustworthy.

• Xiaoxiao recognized Mackintosh and her companions arriving at Treasure Island and entering the Golden Sail Tavern.
• Mackintosh’s subordinates reported the island’s changes, including the pirates’ defeat, the Black Raven’s Nest gang’s disbandment, and the new streetlights.
• Cavina summoned Mackintosh to the Association, where Wu Heng offered her a position as a core official and proposed a Slave Contract.
• Mackintosh said she would consider the offer and returned to the tavern without committing.
• Shiraque asked Wu Heng why he wanted Mackintosh’s help and questioned whether her pirate ties made her a security risk.

Wu Heng considered plans for Treasure Island and the Zombie World while a blood-red-winged fleet approached to rescue family elders. The next day, he prepared to take Philippa’s refitted fleet out to sea without telling Millicent.

• Wu Heng and Shiraque discussed Mackintosh’s refusal to sign a Slave Contract and the rumored death of the Old King of the Yeke Kingdom, then agreed to watch for new pirates.
• Wu Heng reviewed industrial projects for Treasure Island and planned to use intelligent skeletons and trusted survivors to clear Zombies and rescue people across the Zombie World.
• A blood-red-winged fleet approached Treasure Island, but its Master ordered it to bypass the island and hurry toward the family elders it intended to rescue.
• Wu Heng checked the printing presses and base operations with Gao Rong and Qi Hancai, collected bullets, and returned to Treasure Island.
• Wu Heng learned that Philippa’s five refitted ships were ready and told her to prepare for a secret voyage, keeping Millicent uninformed.

Wu Heng and Philippa found a Stone Coffin beneath Dragon's Eye, killed the giant sharks guarding it, and discovered a vampire woman inside. After killing her and turning the sharks into ghouls, they sailed to a second location, where they found an opened Stone Coffin and signs that someone had recently performed a ritual.

• Granda scouted Dragon's Eye and found three giant sharks guarding a Stone Coffin on the seabed.
• Philippa baited the sharks to the surface, and Wu Heng's crew harpooned and shot all three dead.
• Wu Heng had the skeletons haul up the Stone Coffin, then blasted it open with an autocannon.
• A vampire woman emerged, begged Wu Heng for help, and was shot dead; her fleeing ghost was trapped in the Demon Soul Pot.
• Wu Heng turned the shark corpses into Level 9 Ghoul Sharks, and Philippa sailed the ship toward the next location.
• At the second location, Wu Heng found an opened Stone Coffin and evidence of a recent ritual; Granda concluded someone had rescued its occupant.

Wu Heng discovered that Emeka's vampire faction was opening stone coffins to free vampires and clashing with Lilith's rule. He ambushed their fleet, bombarded their island, and fought the powerful vampire Cassius as the vampire reached him.

• Wu Heng learned from a corpse that Emeka's vampires had arrived in three ships to open stone coffins and rescue those inside.
• Wu Heng located the vampires and destroyed their three ships with cannon fire before bombarding their island with howitzer shells.
• The vampires charged Wu Heng's ship, but skeletons and machine guns cut down many of them as sharks attacked those who fell into the sea.
• Cassius singled out Wu Heng as the undead fleet's master and used his blood-mist ability to evade bullets and close in on him.
• Wu Heng ordered Cassius to protect Philippa, cast Bone Armor, and opened fire on Cassius as the vampire advanced.

Wu Heng and his allies defeated Emeka’s vampire fleet, rescued Philippa, and turned the fallen vampires into skeletons. After returning to Treasure Island, Wu Heng sent the Blood Race Skeletons through the portal and headed to the Association.

• Wu Heng used Granda and the church emblem to ignite the level 18 vampire, then helped kill him and captured his ghost in the Demon Soul Pot.
• Wu Heng’s Skeleton Blood Assassin and Cassius defeated the other level 18 vampire while the undead attacked the remaining vampires.
• Wu Heng found Philippa trapped in an Iron Maiden Coffin; she said she had seen her biological father and had hidden from his magic.
• Wu Heng questioned corpses and learned that Emeka of the Crimson Knight Order’s 5th Fleet had secretly freed the Exiles to stop someone from killing them.
• Wu Heng turned the remaining corpses into skeletons, concealed the vampire skeletons, and returned to Treasure Island with his group.
• Wu Heng sent the Blood Race Skeletons through the portal, dropped Philippa off on Lighthouse Street, and went to the Association.

Wu Heng reported the vampire fleet’s attack to the Association, prepared to welcome Shanala back, and launched Treasure Island’s first newspaper. When a bard read its fictional detective story aloud, the crowd realized its unusual black-haired, black-eyed character was Wu Heng himself.

• Wu Heng told Shiraque about killing Emeka’s vampire fleet, and they sent separate reports to Lilith Ann Beshmit and the Association.
• Wu Heng spoke with Shanala by radio, learned she planned to return, and arranged to have Philippa pick her up if needed.
• Wu Heng set up a Printing Workshop and ordered the skeletons to print Granda’s newspaper and detective story, which used his name and appearance.
• Newsboys sold the Treasure Island Express, and a bard read its news and detective story to customers at the Golden Sail Tavern.
• The tavern crowd recognized the story’s black-haired, black-eyed Wu Heng as the island master.

The Treasure Island Express serialized a story portraying Wu Heng as an observant young detective, leaving readers curious about the murder case that had just begun. Mackintosh suspected the publication was meant to aid Wu Heng’s Hero Shaping, while Wu Heng saw his reputation rise despite poor newspaper sales.

• A bard told tavern patrons how Wu Heng lived with Watson, identified a messenger as a former Kingdom Light Infantry soldier, and received a letter about a murder on Lauriston Garden Street.
• The bard revealed that the story would continue in the next issue, frustrating the patrons, who debated Wu Heng’s personality and profession.
• Mackintosh read the newspaper, wondered why Wu Heng had published such a detailed story, and decided to stay on the island longer because she suspected it was for Hero Shaping.
• Shi Yali gave Shiraque a copy of the newspaper, and they wondered why Wu Heng had printed a story resembling his past.
• Wu Heng saw his reputation increase by several hundred points as Granda suggested distributing newspapers to the Association and Town Hall, while Xiaoxiao reported that some people called newspaper buyers idiots.