Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng used gasoline and Molotov cocktails to slow the Zombie Horde after his skeletons began to be overwhelmed. As the battle continued, Bawudong infiltrated the apartment building and reached the Big-Headed Zombie.

• Li Yahong decided to watch the battle longer and leave with the man if the Zombies began to win.
• Wu Heng’s skeletons struggled against the growing Zombie Horde, so he sent rooftop skeletons to drop gasoline buckets and Molotov cocktails onto the attackers.
• The fires killed many Zombies and disrupted their dense advance, though the Horde adapted by spreading out and pressing the attack.
• Big Beard and Glasses Guy watched the battle, realized both Zombies and skeletons could use tactics, and planned to warn their headquarters.
• Bawudong appeared outside the apartment, fought through the guarding Zombies and Mutated Dogs, and kicked open the door to confront the Big-Headed Zombie.

Wu Heng’s skeleton army turned the battle around after Bawudong killed the Big-Headed Zombie, throwing the Zombie Horde into disarray. The survivors watched the skeletons win, while Wu Heng wondered what kind of skeleton the Big-Headed Zombie would become.

• Bawudong killed the Big-Headed Zombie and its guards, causing the Zombie Horde to lose its coordination.
• Wu Heng ordered the skeletons to charge and repeatedly cast Battlefield of the Undead to reinforce their attack.
• The Auto Repair Shop survivors debated whether to leave, while Big Beard and Glasses Guy discussed the possibility that Wu Heng was an Ability User.
• The skeletons surrounded the remaining zombies, and Bawudong returned with the Big-Headed Zombie’s corpse and two Mutated Dogs.
• Wu Heng examined the Big-Headed Zombie’s corpse and wondered what kind of skeleton it would become.

Wu Heng turned the Big-Headed Zombie into a Skeleton Spirit Demon and discovered that its abilities could coordinate Skeletons and share information. After sending it to patrol, he returned to Blackstone Town and met Slyther at the Adventurer's Guild, where their flirtatious conversation ended with her accusing him of trying to swindle her.

• Wu Heng used Bone Manipulation Technique on the Big-Headed Zombie, creating a level 10 Skeleton Spirit Demon with Soul Commander and Hive Mind abilities, and named it Big Head Number One.
• Wu Heng converted two Mutated Dogs into level 5 Skeleton Dogs and collected three Corpse Cores from the battlefield.
• Wu Heng ordered Big Head Number One to direct Skeletons to gather corpses, put out fires, and patrol nearby without harming humans unless attacked.
• Wu Heng returned to Blackstone Town, submitted Commission Forms for the three Corpse Cores, and found the Fourth Squad's Team Lounge empty.
• Slyther asked Wu Heng whether he had a lover, and their teasing exchange ended with her saying he seemed to be trying to swindle money out of her.

Wu Heng expanded his undead forces in the Zombie World while Li Yahong fielded questions about the skeletons and a possible food trade. He then joined the Fourth Squad and other forces on a mission to kill a suspected Necromancer, and the group launched an assault on a secluded manor.

• Wu Heng gained experience as Big Head Skeleton led skeletons in clearing nearby Zombies, then practiced the Gray Hawk Sword Technique.
• Li Yahong told callers she knew nothing about the skeletons and refused a proposed medicine-for-food trade, while concealing the shelter’s supplies from South City Prison’s offer of rifles.
• Wu Heng raised more skeletons from the previous day’s corpses, and Li Yahong reported that others had asked about the battle and offered rifles for food.
• Wu Heng received a mission notice and went to the Adventurer’s Guild, where Deacon Yazde announced that the squads would help the town guard kill a Necromancer.
• A ranger reported that the target was inside a secluded East Side manor, and Slyther ordered the assembled forces to surround it and leave no survivors.

Blackstone Town's forces attacked a manor after learning it held a Necromancer, but the black-robed man denied being their target before unleashing corpses and Troll Ghouls. The defenders gained the upper hand until the corpses exploded and filled the manor with poisonous gas, leaving Wu Heng and the others struggling to avoid it.

• A ranger found no danger in the courtyard, and the guards and Adventurer Teams entered the manor.
• The black-robed man claimed he was not the Necromancer they sought, but an archer shot him and he survived, then summoned corpses from the ground.
• Yazde ordered the forces to clear the corpses while he, Slyther, and the guard commander charged into the Stone Fortress to confront the Necromancer and his Troll Ghouls.
• Wu Heng, Bartholomew, Yuri, Ortluk, Tulisa, and the other fighters battled the corpses as Blackstone Town's forces gradually killed them.
• The dead corpses exploded and released poisonous yellow gas; Wu Heng warned the others and put on a Gas Mask as the mist engulfed the manor.

Wu Heng killed the black-robed Necromancer during the Poison Gas attack on the manor, then returned to Blackstone Town and studied the Book of the Dead's lower volume. Its account of how rare materials could create an Undying Constitution made him suspect that a recent wanted criminal might have been involved in missing organs.

• Wu Heng found the squad members amid the Poison Gas and led the survivors to Stone Fortress while Yuri flew inside to check on her aunt.
• Wu Heng and Bartholomew entered the hall, where Wu Heng shot the black-robed Necromancer as the others held back the ghouls.
• Wu Heng and Bartholomew chased down the Necromancer, and Wu Heng killed him, took a book from his satchel, and left with Deacon Yazde and the others.
• The professional squad returned to Blackstone Town, and Yuri later visited Wu Heng for breakfast and explained that the Necromancer's death had resolved the town's problem.
• Wu Heng read that a Pure Soul, Ancient Kin Organs, and special bloodline could create an Undying Constitution, then wondered whether the missing organs from an earlier case were connected.

Wu Heng suspected the Blackstone Town Necromancer had been made a scapegoat, but he had no proof and helped burn the corpses. After surviving the dangerous effects of a Level 2 Corpse Core and gaining new attributes and Strengthened Will, he was summoned by Deacon Yazde, who asked whether he had any other wishes.

• Wu Heng questioned Yuri about the kingdom's pressure to catch a Necromancer and kept his suspicions to himself.
• Ortluk gave Wu Heng three Skill Books, and the Fourth Squad burned the Necromancer's corpses outside the city.
• Wu Heng collected two antidote potions, consumed them with a Level 2 Corpse Core, and endured severe mental pressure before gaining attributes and Strengthened Will.
• An association staff member summoned Wu Heng to see Deacon Yazde, who praised his growth and asked whether he had any other wishes.

Yazde trapped Wu Heng in the study and revealed that he had planned to steal Wu Heng’s body, but Wu Heng’s Necromancer powers destroyed Yazde’s soul. Wu Heng recovered Xiaoxiao, discovered Yazde’s Spatial Ring, and used Talk with Dead on his corpse.

• Yazde immobilized Wu Heng and Bartholomew, then revealed that he had orchestrated the deaths in Mining Village to gather materials and planned to take over Wu Heng’s body.
• Yazde began a ritual to pull Wu Heng’s soul from his body, while Yuri grew suspicious and asked the Vice Deacon to check on him.
• The ritual drew Wu Heng’s blue ghost into a Clay Pot, but Yazde’s soul entered Wu Heng’s body and was crushed by his immense Mental Power.
• Wu Heng regained control, reassured Xiaoxiao after she emerged from the Clay Pot, and sent her to investigate outside.
• Wu Heng found a Spatial Ring on Yazde’s corpse and cast Talk with Dead, causing Yazde to sit up.

Wu Heng questioned Yazde about his plans and possessions, then discovered Arnel guarding the hall and fought off his sudden attack as Arnel escaped. After Yazde’s death was treated as a suicide, Wu Heng returned to the guild and found that Slyther had taken control of its affairs.

• Wu Heng learned that Yazde had arranged to transfer him and had ties to the Adventurer's Guild and the Eye of Heaven Cult, then took Yazde’s Spatial Ring but left the Sacrificial Wooden Staff behind.
• Wu Heng found Arnel outside the hall, blocked his attack, and chased him with Bartholomew until Arnel escaped into the street.
• Wu Heng returned to the guild and learned from Yuri that Yazde had been found dead with a suicide note on his desk.
• Wu Heng concealed what had happened while the Town Hall inspected Yazde’s body and study, then the guild began arranging Yazde’s funeral.
• Slyther took charge of the guild, and someone asked Wu Heng whether he had seen Yazde.

Wu Heng learned that Yazde had arranged to leave him his property, then unlocked new skills and discovered his Skeleton Warriors could gain practical specialties through training. In Zombie World, he raised nearly four hundred skeletons, traded food for Iron Spears, arranged vehicle and equipment training, and asked Li Yahong to find out how much food South City Prison wanted for its guns and ammunition.

• Slyther told Wu Heng that Yazde had arranged for his Blackstone Town property and other assets to pass to him, and Yuri later teased him about being Yazde’s illegitimate son.
• Wu Heng unlocked Corpse Manipulation Technique, Evil Explosion Technique, and Fireball Spell, then received notifications that Skeleton Warriors had gained Machinery Mastery and Spear Mastery.
• Wu Heng raised nearly four hundred skeletons from the accumulated corpses in Zombie World and received 378 Iron Spears from Li Yahong in exchange for food.
• Wu Heng assigned ten level-five skeletons to Li Yahong, asking her to teach six to drive and repair cars and four to use generators and tools.
• Wu Heng asked Li Yahong to confirm how much food South City Prison would trade for its guns and ammunition.

Wu Heng sent Li Yahong to negotiate a food-for-guns trade with South City Prison while he reinforced the residential complex and assigned skeletons to train at the Auto Repair Shop. Li Yahong secured a low exchange rate, but the prison leader planned to lure her in and seize her food, leaving the deal dangerous.

• Wu Heng told Li Yahong to contact South City Prison and negotiate an exchange rate for food and guns.
• Li Yahong brought ten White Bone Skeletons to the Auto Repair Shop, where she told the residents to teach them driving and car repair.
• Wu Heng ordered Big Head Skeleton and the other skeletons to reinforce the residential complex gates and fences and make room for training.
• Li Yahong negotiated with South City Prison over the radio and offered three hundred jin of rice for a submachine gun, postponing the trade until she had discussed it with Wu Heng.
• Brother Long revealed that he intended to trick Li Yahong into coming to the prison, seize her food, and send Third Brother's men out to lure zombies away from supplies.

Wu Heng led the Skeleton Squad to the Old Train Station after survivors called for help about Mutated Zombies. The skeletons cleared the station’s Zombies, and Xiaoxiao found five survivors cornered by two Mutated Dogs on the upper floor.

• Li Yahong told Wu Heng that survivors had offered three bags of rice for a submachine gun and reported a distress call from the Old Train Station.
• Wu Heng led the Skeleton Squad toward the station, where Spearmen and Cleaver Skeletons quickly wiped out the Zombies outside.
• Wu Heng entered the station with Li Yahong and released Xiaoxiao to search for survivors and Mutated Zombies.
• Xiaoxiao found five survivors and two Mutated Dogs upstairs, so Wu Heng sent the Skeleton Dogs and Skeleton Cats to protect them and kill the dogs.
• The two Mutated Dogs attacked the survivors, then turned to flee as Xiaoxiao and the animal skeletons rushed into the room.

Wu Heng and Li Yahong brought five survivors into their group and redirected the Skeleton Army to a vehicle dispatch center to find trucks for a trade with the prison. As they searched the offices for vehicle keys, Li Yahong cried out upstairs.

• Xiaoxiao reassured the survivors at the station, and Li Yahong offered them the choice of joining her group or staying behind; all five agreed to follow her.
• Wu Heng collected snacks, Instant Noodles, and two Corpse Cores before Li Yahong brought the survivors downstairs to meet him.
• The group set out to prepare for the prison trade, and one survivor told Wu Heng about military trucks parked at a Special Vehicle Dispatch Center.
• Wu Heng halted the Skeleton Army and led everyone to the compound, where they found three Military Trucks, a bus, and two forklifts but no keys.
• Wu Heng, Li Yahong, and the skeletons split up to search the three-story office building for keys, and Li Yahong suddenly cried out from the second floor.

Wu Heng recovered vehicles and recruited more skeletons before collecting a high-level Gnome Alchemist’s corpse and Yazde’s stored property from the Black Market. Back in Blackstone Town, he learned that Arnel had left the Guild, then returned through the Portal to the Zombie World with the coffin.

• Wu Heng led the survivors to retrieve vehicle keys, brought trucks, a bus, and Forklifts back to the Auto Repair Shop, and raised corpses into skeletons.
• Wu Heng collected the corpse of Abutrost, a level 11 Gnome Alchemist, from the Black Market and paid the remaining commission balance.
• Wu Heng used Yazde’s receipt to claim a property deed, an eye-shaped insignia, and Silver Coins stored in a Wooden Box.
• Yuri told Wu Heng that Arnel had left his post as Team One Captain after Steward Yazde died, leaving the Guild in disarray.
• Wu Heng returned to the Zombie World through the Portal and took Abutrost’s coffin out of his Spatial Ring.

Wu Heng summoned a level 11 Skeleton Alchemist and named it Alchemist No. 1. After Slyther was appointed Resident Deacon, she told Wu Heng that headquarters had transferred him to Luntam, a city outside the Yeke Kingdom.

• Wu Heng summoned a Gnome Skeleton specialized in alchemy, named it Alchemist No. 1, and told it to find a room.
• An Adventurer's Guild staff member summoned Wu Heng to hear headquarters' appointment announcement.
• Slyther announced that she had become Resident Deacon of the Blackstone Town Adventurer's Guild, and Yuri celebrated her aunt's promotion.
• Slyther told Wu Heng that headquarters had transferred him to Luntam as a captain and offered to ask headquarters to make him Team One Captain instead.
• Wu Heng recognized Luntam as the city named on a property deed among Yazde's stored belongings and learned it lay outside the Yeke Kingdom.

Wu Heng accepted his transfer to Luntam despite Slyther offering to keep him in Blackstone Town, and prepared for the move while learning that Luntam was a chaotic border transit city. The chapter ended with Li Yahong reporting that an agreement with the prison had been reached in the Zombie World.

• Wu Heng told Slyther he would follow headquarters' transfer order, and she promised to apply to bring him back after two years.
• Slyther gave Wu Heng his ticket to Luntam and Yazde's belongings, and agreed to look after Yazde's house while he was away.
• Wu Heng learned that Cavina was also being transferred and heard from Yuri that Luntam was a chaotic city between two countries.
• Wu Heng bought small batches of alchemy materials and sent them to the Zombie World for the Gnome Skeleton to use in brewing potions.
• Li Yahong told Wu Heng's group that they had reached an agreement with the prison to deliver food at a meeting point.

Wu Heng said goodbye to his companions and acquaintances in Blackstone Town before leaving by train for his new assignment near Luntam City. After switching to a carriage at the kingdom’s border, he found an old walled temple and approached it, where a seductive nun greeted him.

• Wu Heng told Li Yahong to finish reinforcing the truck and strengthen the residential complex’s defenses before his departure.
• Wu Heng said goodbye to Ortluk, Cavina, and Yuri, giving them a gas mask and a flashlight before visiting Beni and his landlord.
• Wu Heng boarded a train from Blackstone Town after a large crowd gathered to see him off, and Slyther promised to transfer him back within two years.
• After two days, Wu Heng reached the Yeke Kingdom’s border, hired a horse-drawn carriage, and continued north toward Luntam City.
• Wu Heng noticed an old temple surrounded by a wall and approached its courtyard, where a nun in a black-and-white habit came out to greet him.

Wu Heng and Bartholomew encountered hags disguised as Nuns at a temple and fought them with help from Wu Heng’s summoned skeletons. After the battle, Wu Heng discovered the temple’s male visitors had all been drained of their vitality and were dead.

• Wu Heng recognized the temple’s welcoming Nuns as threats and shot one, revealing her to be a hag.
• Four more Nuns transformed into old crones and attacked Wu Heng and Bartholomew with spells, destroying their carriage.
• Wu Heng used a Fireball Spell and the Evil Explosion Technique, then ordered Bartholomew to hold off the hags.
• Wu Heng’s skeletons emerged from the smoke, overwhelmed the hags, and dragged four corpses through the Portal.
• The sturdy man identified the creatures as hags, then found the temple’s men dead and confirmed the others had all died.

Wu Heng arrived in Luntam City, took up his post as captain of Team 12, and registered his new residence. He then returned to the Zombie World and arranged with Li Yahong to visit the prison the next day.

• Wu Heng helped a surviving merchant bury his companions, then traveled with him and his three carriages to Luntam City.
• Wu Heng entered the city, parted from the merchant, and went to the Adventurer's Guild, where Deacon Gomez appointed him captain of Team 12.
• Wu Heng received his local identity registration and registered the property deed for an estate on the edge of the Inner City.
• Wu Heng had Sword One and Sword Two clean the empty residence, then opened a portal to the Zombie World.
• Wu Heng met Li Yahong, confirmed that three trucks and a bus had been reinforced, and told her to contact the prison for their visit the next day.

Wu Heng converted four Hags into Skeleton Hags and evaluated their abilities, including Illusory Form. The next morning, he and Li Yahong prepared a convoy and loaded supplies and Skeleton Warriors for the journey to the prison.

• Li Yahong reassured the Auto Repair Shop that Wu Heng was safe and told them he planned to inspect the vehicles and leave for the prison the next day.
• Wu Heng converted one Hag corpse into a Skeleton Hag, examined its traits and abilities, then raised the other three Hags as skeletons.
• Wu Heng converted the collected zombie corpses into skeletons and rested at the residential complex.
• Li Yahong showed Wu Heng the route to the prison, and he arranged the vehicles into a convoy.
• Wu Heng loaded rice and travel supplies onto the vehicles and ordered the Skeleton Warriors into the truck beds.