Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng learned Feather Fall and received word that Roche had returned to the Spike Gang. Roche agreed to Fischer’s plan to lure and kill a member of Team 12, while Wen Mansha secretly helped three figures approach the gang residence after Fischer left.

• Li Yahong told Wu Heng that a leader called the Flame God had awakened the ability to control fire near Jinjiawazi, and Wu Heng tasked her with collecting household items with Big Head Skeleton’s help.
• Wu Heng learned Feather Fall, then received a note from Wen Mansha’s trained owl warning that Roche had returned.
• Roche confronted Fischer over the failed attempt to kill the Team 12 member, but agreed to Fischer’s plan to lure him outside the city and kill him.
• Wen Mansha refused Roche’s embrace and questioned his continued cooperation with Fischer, then Roche asked her to help arrange a meeting with the White Wolf Gang leader.
• Wen Mansha sent the guards away and told three figures from a nearby alley that Roche was inside and Fischer had just left.

Wu Heng killed Roche and left Wen Mansha to take control of the Spike Gang, then used the gang’s Hallucinatory Incense Burner and a Rat Swarm to kill Fischer. The next morning, deacon Gomez ordered the association captains to investigate Fischer’s death and kept Wu Heng behind.

• Wu Heng confronted Roche, killed him with help from Bartholomew and Bawudong, and found two Gold Coins and several hundred Silver Coins on his body.
• Wen Mansha said she would claim Roche had left and gradually take control of the Spike Gang; Wu Heng raised Roche as a level 10 Skeleton Warrior and left it to protect her.
• Wu Heng used the Hallucinatory Incense Burner and a Rat Swarm to attack Fischer’s residence, killing Fischer before retrieving the burner.
• Gomez reprimanded the association captains over Fischer’s death and ordered them to investigate it within three days, then told Wu Heng to stay behind.

Wu Heng questioned Fischer’s corpse and was assigned to investigate Roche and the Spike Gang. He detained the gang members for questioning while Roche remained missing and Wen Mansha became the focus of his inquiry.

• Wu Heng used Talk with Dead to learn that Fischer had been killed by a Rat Swarm and had met Roche before his death.
• Gomez ordered Wu Heng to investigate Roche, and Wu Heng set out with Duke and Marta for the Spike Gang.
• Wen Mansha told the Spike Gang members that Roche had left and that she would take charge, but several members challenged her authority and tried to leave.
• Wu Heng entered the gang’s headquarters and stopped its members from leaving by threatening to place them on the Guild’s Wanted List.
• Wu Heng revealed that Fischer had met Roche before his murder, ordered Duke and Marta to question the gang members separately, and took Wen Mansha aside for questioning.

Wu Heng tightened his hold over the Spike Gang while investigating Roche’s disappearance, then studied runes and learned that a Skeleton Hag had unlocked a skill. The next day, he and Li Yahong went to a building materials warehouse in the Zombie World, where armed strangers confronted the people waiting in the trucks.

• Wu Heng ordered the Spike Gang to remain in Luntam City and told Wen Mansha to keep the gang under watch while presenting Roche as a fugitive.
• Gomez instructed Wu Heng to monitor the Spike Gang and kill Roche if he appeared, while Wu Heng reassured his team that the case was not their responsibility.
• Wu Heng studied the Book of Runes, and a Skeleton Hag unlocked Evil Explosion Technique.
• Wu Heng and Li Yahong drove with a convoy of skeletons toward a building materials warehouse, and Li Yahong worried that Wu Heng might no longer need her and the others.
• Wu Heng and Li Yahong entered the village to find the warehouse while armed men opened a truck door and ordered the waiting people not to move.

Wu Heng and Li Yahong broke into a warehouse filled with supplies while a doctor and two students hid nearby, fearing the people outside were the Motorcycle Gang. After Xiaoxiao spotted the boy, Wu Heng’s group found their cellar and announced that they were fellow survivors.

• Wu Heng led Li Yahong and his skeletons to the warehouse, where they fought off Zombies and broke through the courtyard gate.
• Doctor Shen comforted two high school students in a cellar as they worried about running out of food and being captured by Yang Yitian’s Motorcycle Gang.
• Wu Heng used a Bronze Key to open the warehouse, found it stocked with useful goods, and planned to bring a convoy back to haul them away.
• Xiaoxiao spotted a person watching the group, and Wu Heng followed her to the cellar where the survivors were hiding.
• The boy told Doctor Shen and the girl that the area was full of armed skeletons, then Wu Heng knocked and called out that his group were survivors too.

Li Yahong recruited a doctor and two students from a vegetable cellar, then Wu Heng’s group discovered their convoy was missing and learned that Yang Yitian’s armed gang had seized it. As Yang Yitian ordered the captured drivers killed, a skeleton sniper shot him, leaving his gang facing Wu Heng’s advancing forces.

• Li Yahong persuaded the doctor and two students to join the Auto Repair Shop survivors, and they followed her and Wu Heng through an alley filled with skeletons.
• Wu Heng and Li Yahong returned to the convoy’s parking place and found the vehicles gone.
• One of the students told Wu Heng that Yang Yitian’s six-person gang robbed survivors and carried handguns, then guided the group toward them.
• Yang Yitian inspected the seized Military Truck and questioned the drivers about their group and their search for steel.
• Yang Yitian ordered his men to kill the drivers, but a skeleton sniper shot and killed him before his gang could fire.

Wu Heng rescued Li Yahong’s team from armed attackers, then continued collecting supplies and chose Fog Cloud Spell as his guild reward. After returning home to study the spell, he received an unexpected visit from Wen Mansha, who arrived in a cat-themed outfit.

• Wu Heng and his skeletons defeated the armed men, rescued Qiangzi and the others, and searched the farmhouse for supplies.
• Wu Heng transformed the attackers’ bodies into skeletons, and Li Yahong’s team loaded motorcycles and building materials before returning to the prison.
• Li Yahong explained how her team had been ambushed, and Wu Heng warned them to be more careful while she planned their next supply runs.
• Wu Heng saw Roche’s name on the Adventurer’s Guild Wanted List and selected Fog Cloud Spell as his reward for killing the Blood Worship Cult leader.
• Wu Heng bought alchemy materials, began studying Fog Cloud Spell at home, and opened the door to Wen Mansha, who appeared in a cat-themed outfit.

Wu Heng gathered intelligence from Wen Mansha, advised her on developing the Spike Gang, and expanded his skeleton army’s equipment supply. The chapter left him at the Adventurer’s Guild, where he noticed a woman with a Money Leopard being escorted down a corridor.

• Wen Mansha told Wu Heng that the Spike Gang could gather intelligence and reported unrest in the Outer City and the deaths of two high-ranking Alchemists.
• Wen Mansha proposed starting a legitimate business for the Spike Gang, and Wu Heng suggested a potion shop or rune item shop before agreeing that lingerie might find a market.
• Wu Heng learned the Fog Cloud Spell, then joined Duke to inspect and purchase leather armor from Maoliao Armory.
• Wu Heng moved the armor to the Zombie World and equipped one hundred level-five skeletons with it.
• Wu Heng returned to the Adventurer’s Guild and spotted a brown-haired woman in leather armor being escorted away beside a Money Leopard.

Wu Heng collected five level 10 Alchemist corpses from the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate and raised them as skeletons for potion production. Slyther arrived in the evening, and the chapter ended with her leaning close to blow on Wu Heng’s tongue after he pretended to burn it.

• Wu Heng learned that the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate had finished preparing his shop and delivered five Alchemist corpses, which he paid 7,500 Silver Coins for.
• Wu Heng transported the corpses to the Zombie World, raised five Alchemy Skeletons, and assigned them to Alchemy One for potion brewing.
• Slyther arrived at Wu Heng’s residence, and he briefly shut the door to hide his skeletons and personal belongings before welcoming her inside.
• Slyther told Wu Heng that she had reached the border two days earlier and said she would try to transfer him back after hearing about his conflict with the original captain.
• Wu Heng served Slyther coffee, then pretended to burn his tongue so she would lean close and blow on it.

Wu Heng spent the night with Slyther, who explained how he could become a Vice Deacon and avoid missions, then bought eight slaves before leaving. Wu Heng chose Minnie and Andeviel as his maids, signed contracts with them, and returned to the Zombie World, where Li Yahong warned him about a nearby Zombie Horde that might include a Level Two Big-Headed Zombie.

• Wu Heng and Slyther spent the night together, and Slyther told him that becoming a Vice Deacon could free him from taking missions.
• The next morning, Slyther took Wu Heng to a slave shop, bought eight young women, and invited him to choose a maid.
• Wu Heng chose Minnie to cook and Andeviel to keep accounts, signed Slave Contracts with them, and received a farewell gift from Slyther as she left.
• Wu Heng returned to his residence, assigned the two maids their duties, and then went through the Portal to the Zombie World.
• Li Yahong told Wu Heng that survivors would transport supplies and search the residential complex, and warned him that a nearby Gathering Place had reported a Zombie Horde possibly led by a Level Two Big-Headed Zombie.

Wu Heng arranged a trip to investigate a possible Commander zombie and prepared throwing spears, then settled his new maids into his home and opened a grocery shop in Luntam City under Andeviel’s management. Back in the Zombie World, Alchemy One presented him with two Strength Enhancement Potions.

• Wu Heng decided to travel to Changyingzi District to investigate a possible Big-Headed Zombie and asked Li Yahong to prepare a truck and spare gasoline.
• Wu Heng asked Li Yahong to have rebar throwing spears made, then returned to Luntam City and told Minnie and Vera about his home and his role in the association.
• Minnie recognized Wu Heng as the man who had rescued her from the Blood Worship Cult, and Wu Heng promised to arrange escorts for both maids when they went out.
• Wu Heng showed Vera glassware prices at Emerald Green Shop, then brought her to his own grocery shop and assigned her to manage it with help from Sword One and Sword Two.
• Wu Heng returned to the Zombie World, where Alchemy One presented him with two Strength Enhancement Potions.

Wu Heng tested a new Corpse Core potion that increased his Strength and Agility, then led a vast Skeleton Army toward Changyingzi District to confront a large Zombie Horde. After the skeletons defeated the horde, Li Yahong approached a group of trapped survivors, who suddenly attacked her through the minivan door.

• Wu Heng drank the Skeleton Alchemist’s Strength Enhancement Potion, gained one point each in Strength and Agility, and ordered Alchemy One to continue production and develop a version using Level 2 Corpse Cores.
• Wu Heng arranged supplies and weapons with Li Yahong, then led more than thirteen thousand skeletons toward Changyingzi District in a Military Truck.
• Wu Heng’s Skeleton Army used throwing spears and a spear formation to slaughter Zombies along the road and clear a path toward Changyingzi District.
• A black SUV and a minivan crashed after encountering the Skeleton Army, while a massive Zombie Horde emerged behind the minivan.
• Wu Heng’s skeletons killed the pursuing horde, and Li Yahong approached the survivors in the minivan with Bartholomew accompanying her.
• A survivor thrust a short spear tipped with a Fruit Knife through the minivan door toward Li Yahong’s throat.

Wu Heng and Li Yahong encountered survivors who tried to kill her, and Wu Heng killed their leader before taking in a woman they had been exploiting. Elsewhere, a convoy fleeing a Zombie Horde was intercepted by Wu Heng and Li Yahong, who prepared to clear a path for it.

• Li Yahong was nearly stabbed by Chen Yongdong’s group, but Bartholomew deflected the spear and her Stab-Proof Vest stopped it.
• Wu Heng killed Chen Yongdong and ordered the armed survivors killed, then offered two women a place at the shelter; one accepted and rode in the truck bed.
• A convoy led by a disheveled man lured Zombies toward an explosion and tried to escape, but the horde overwhelmed several vehicles and continued pursuing them.
• Wu Heng and Li Yahong heard the explosion, saw the struggling convoy, and intercepted its radio traffic.
• Wu Heng told Li Yahong to contact the convoy so they could clear a path through the Zombies.

Wu Heng and Li Yahong faced an enormous Zombie Horde with their Skeleton Army while the Changyingzi Shelter convoy took refuge nearby. After Xiaoxiao located the hidden Big-Headed Zombie, Wu Heng set the horde ablaze with gasoline and a Fireball Spell.

• Li Yahong tried to warn the Changyingzi District convoy, but the survivors could not hear her and pulled into a stairwell to escape the approaching Zombies and Skeleton Army.
• Wu Heng ordered the skeletons to throw steel rebar and form spear lines against the charging Zombie Horde, then sent Xiaoxiao to search for the Big-Headed Zombie.
• As Zombies attacked from the flanks, Wu Heng split off Cleaver Skeletons to meet them while Level 2 Mutated Zombies hurled debris into the fighting.
• The Changyingzi Shelter survivors reached a rooftop, saw the Zombies and skeletons battling below, and recognized the Auto Repair Shop's modified truck and Li Yahong.
• Li Yahong brought out gasoline barrels, and Wu Heng had Big Guy and Second Big Guy throw them into the horde before igniting the gasoline with a Fireball Spell.
• Xiaoxiao returned and told Wu Heng that the Big-Headed Zombie was hiding inside a car.

Wu Heng’s Skeleton Army killed the Big-Headed Zombie and turned the battle against the Zombie Horde, while rival Mutated Zombies fought over its Corpse Core. After gaining the Soul Energy Sense trait and helping finish off the remaining threats, Wu Heng learned that two survivors wanted to join him but feared approaching.

• Wu Heng had Hunter One shoot the Big-Headed Zombie from a rooftop, and the Zombie Horde fell into chaos after it died.
• Several Level 2 Mutated Zombies fought over the Big-Headed Zombie’s Corpse Core, and a Gecko Zombie ate it as Wu Heng ordered the Skeleton Army to counterattack.
• Survivors watching from a rooftop decided that most would evacuate while their leader and Xiaolong stayed behind to contact Wu Heng.
• Wu Heng reached Level 7, unlocked Soul Energy Sense, and discovered that it let him sense nearby beings within roughly five meters.
• Wu Heng sent Bawudong to help defeat the Giant Zombies, while Hunter One and the Skeletons killed the Gecko Zombie and overwhelmed the remaining Zombies.
• After the battle, Xiaoxiao told Wu Heng that two survivors had arrived and wanted to join him but feared he might kill them.

Li Yahong negotiated the entry of Changyingzi Shelter’s people into the Auto Repair Shop’s group, and Wu Heng’s party scavenged the area and raised several new skeletons. Back home, Wu Heng reunited with his household and received an unexpected visit from Wen Mansha.

• Li Yahong met two representatives from Changyingzi Shelter, laid out the rules for joining, and accepted their offer to bring their people to the group.
• Wu Heng raised four Mutated Zombies as skeletons, named them, and sent Big Head Two to collect corpses from the battlefield.
• At dawn, the middle-aged representative brought about twenty people to join, and Wu Heng and Li Yahong led a scavenging run through Changyingzi.
• Wu Heng returned home, heard Vera’s update about the shop, and sat down to dinner with his household.
• Wen Mansha arrived and asked Wu Heng who the two orc girls were.

Wu Heng learned that Wen Mansha had uncovered a possible Wanted Criminal among bandits trading stolen goods, so he led his team to attack the trade and rescue Xiaoxiao. In the basement, he found a mysterious woman called Granda.

• Wen Mansha told Wu Heng that bandits suspected of including a Wanted Criminal planned to trade stolen goods outside the city, and she asked to take the shipment if his team seized it.
• Wen Mansha gave Minnie and Andeviel money and promised to protect them before Wu Heng left for the association and later returned to the Zombie World.
• Wu Heng led Duke, Marta, Bartholomew, Bawudong, and Hunter One to the Stone Building, where Hunter One’s shot sparked a fight between the bandits and gang members.
• Wu Heng’s team killed the survivors with gunfire, arrows, fireballs, and poison smoke, then searched the building for the Wanted Criminal.
• Wu Heng found Xiaoxiao trapped in the basement with a mysterious woman, who appeared in the rocking chair and introduced herself as Granda.

Wu Heng persuaded the powerful ghost Granda to become his spirit servant after agreeing to help her kill her husband if he was still alive. After returning to Luntam City and visiting the Wind-Drooping Grass Tavern, he was approached by a well-dressed man who greeted him as an old acquaintance.

• Wu Heng broke Granda’s illusion, questioned her, and learned she had remained in her former home for years.
• Wu Heng recruited Granda as a spirit servant after she asked him to help kill the husband who had murdered her and taken her property.
• Granda revealed a hidden cache of Gold Coins and Silver Coins before entering Wu Heng’s body, while Wu Heng reassured Xiaoxiao that he would protect her.
• Wu Heng and his team divided the proceeds from capturing two Wanted Criminals, and Wu Heng transported the goods back to his shop in Luntam City.
• Wu Heng visited the Wind-Drooping Grass Tavern with Granda and spoke with its owner before a middle-aged man wearing an Eye Pattern Gold Ring approached and greeted him.

Wu Heng discovered that the mysterious Raylian and his associates wanted the Sacrificial Wooden Staff and Blood Goblet, then received a Burial Ground structure and prepared his forces in the Zombie World. The chapter ended with Raylian visiting Wu Heng to offer to buy the two items.

• A wealthy stranger tested Wu Heng at an Outer City tavern, and Granda followed him to the Inner City before Wu Heng suspected he was probing him.
• Wu Heng learned that Andeviel was a level-seven Woodland Ranger and offered to buy Minnie a Class Change Certificate; Minnie chose the boxer class.
• Raylian met with his associates, who believed their people might have failed and decided to recover the strange item in Wu Heng's possession.
• Wu Heng distributed mission rewards to Duke and Marta, collected the commissioned Burial Ground structure from Lecia, and paid 5,500 Silver Coins.
• In the Zombie World, Wu Heng and Li Yahong discussed improving spear production, recruiting willing survivors, and preparing to move supplies to the prison.
• Raylian visited Wu Heng with four guards and offered to buy the Sacrificial Wooden Staff and Blood Goblet.

Wu Heng confronted the Mystic Association over the Sacrificial Wooden Staff and Blood Goblet, then took precautions and asked Slyther about the Eye of Heaven Cult. The next day, he brought supplies to the prison in the Zombie World and began preparing a site for the Burial Ground.

• Wu Heng rejected the Mystic Association’s low offer for the Sacrificial Wooden Staff and Blood Goblet and demanded fifty gold and thirty gold, prompting its representative to leave and promise to discuss the price.
• Wu Heng sent a letter to Slyther asking about the Eye of Heaven Cult, after Granda reported that the Mystic Association’s carriage had gone to a building in the north.
• Wu Heng told Minnie and Vera to take guards and return home before dark, then gave Minnie a Boxer Profession Scroll and asked Bawudong to train her.
• Wu Heng added six Orc Skeletons to guard his residence and traveled to the prison in the Zombie World with a convoy carrying supplies.
• Wu Heng unloaded the Burial Ground components near the prison’s office building and ordered the skeletons to break through the concrete floor to the dirt below.