Chapter Summaries

Meng Chao and Lü Siya rushed to the Cross-River Tunnel construction site after zombies disrupted South City, where they investigated signs of an attack by Gao Ye. The river turned murky and began churning, and the chapter ended with word that water was seeping into the tunnel.

• Meng Chao joked with a young fan before he and Lü Siya flew across South City, where he saw residents trapped by zombies and reflected on Dragon City's defensive strategy.
• Meng Chao and Lü Siya reached the Cross-River Tunnel site and learned that some workers and engineers remained inside with valuable construction equipment.
• Meng Chao noticed the Crimson Dragon River turning yellowish-brown as bubbles rose from its bed, while patrol boats attacked aquatic monsters with Depth Charges.
• The Crimson Dragon Army commander received an urgent report that water had begun seeping into the depths of the tunnel.

Meng Chao and Lü Siya entered the Cross-River Tunnel to stop Gao Ye as the Crimson Dragon River broke through the construction site. After Lü Siya sealed the breach, they faced aquatic monsters swarming through the flooded tunnel.

• Meng Chao and Lü Siya rushed into the tunnel, evacuated workers, and asked the Crimson Dragon Army to prepare explosives in case the site collapsed.
• Zombified workers attacked Meng Chao and Lü Siya, who restrained them and ended their suffering.
• Lü Siya used her earth-manipulating powers to reinforce the tunnel and seal the section breached by the Crimson Dragon River.
• An electric-eel monster attacked the exhausted Lü Siya, and Meng Chao killed it before piranhas swarmed toward them.
• Meng Chao used his chain blades and Spiritual Energy to cut down the attacking piranhas.

Meng Chao and Lü Siya fought through monsters in the flooded tunnel, where Gao Ye emerged transformed into the demon god Earthquake. Meng Chao appealed to Gao Ye to break free of whoever had controlled and modified him, but Gao Ye's response remained unclear.

• Meng Chao killed an octopus-like monster that attacked him in the tunnel and drove the smaller aquatic creatures away.
• Lü Siya reported that their team leader was coming but had been delayed by a large number of monsters, leading Meng Chao to suspect Gao Ye had tunneled beneath Dragon City's defenses.
• Gao Ye burst from the mud in his monstrous Earthquake form and knocked Meng Chao's chain blades aside while Lü Siya tried to trap him with earth spikes.
• Meng Chao confronted Gao Ye about betraying his ideals and harming the people he claimed to protect.
• Meng Chao urged Gao Ye to resist his control, reveal who had modified him, and help stop the destruction; Gao Ye stood silent as his many eyes spun.

Meng Chao and Lü Siya fought Gao Ye, now a monstrous Super Sandworm, inside the damaged Cross-River Tunnel. With the Crimson Dragon Army under attack and the tunnel near collapse, Meng Chao forced the beast’s mouth open and leaped inside with a Grenade Launcher.

• Meng Chao’s attempt to reach Gao Ye with a heartfelt speech failed, and Lü Siya rescued him from the monster’s counterattack.
• Meng Chao stabbed the Super Sandworm’s head with his reforged blades, but the wounded beast kept fighting and began wrecking the Cross-River Tunnel.
• Lü Siya tried to reinforce the tunnel while Meng Chao attacked, but the Super Sandworm’s vibrating spines and thick hide prevented him from stopping it.
• The Crimson Dragon Army joined the battle, and the Super Sandworm fired compressed marsh gas that exploded and injured several soldiers.
• Meng Chao used grenades to blast open the Super Sandworm’s mouth, then wedged it open with a steel pipe and leaped inside carrying a Grenade Launcher.

Meng Chao killed the Super Sandworm by fighting through its body and destroying its Subpharyngeal Ganglion, then awoke in a Medical Chamber after a nightmare that showed Dragon City and Earth burning and the stars going dark. He suspected his rebirth and the Strange Fire concealed greater secrets, but resolved to focus on defeating the Demon God and the Otherworld beasts.

• Meng Chao entered the Super Sandworm’s throat and blasted through its body with a Grenade Launcher and assault rifles.
• Meng Chao followed the glowing nerve cords to the Super Sandworm’s Subpharyngeal Ganglion and destroyed it with his battle blades.
• The Super Sandworm exploded from within and died as Lü Siya and the soldiers watched in astonishment.
• Meng Chao dreamed of Dragon City’s destruction, then saw Earth burn and the stars disappear.
• Meng Chao awoke in a Medical Chamber, questioned whether the dream was an omen, and resolved to fight the Demon God and the Otherworld beasts.

Meng Chao woke after killing the Super Sandworm and learned that Dragon City had contained the anomalous beasts’ coordinated attacks in the south. While inspecting the demon god’s remains with Lü Siya, he felt an unexplained unease and wondered whether he had grown more ferocious.

• Meng Chao woke in a military ambulance beside Lü Siya and learned that he had killed the Super Sandworm but suffered only minor injuries.
• Lü Siya explained that the anomalous beasts had used infected creatures, zombies, and targeted monster attacks, but Dragon City’s defenses had kept the assault under control.
• Meng Chao reviewed battle footage and losses, then felt reassured that Dragon City was better prepared than in his previous life, though he remained uneasy.
• Meng Chao and Lü Siya left the ambulance and entered the Bureau of Anomalous Beasts’ tent to examine the Super Sandworm’s remains.
• After studying the dissection report and staring into the creature’s maw, Meng Chao asked Lü Siya whether he had become more ferocious over the past half year.

Meng Chao questioned why the Super Sandworm had been so easy to kill and why it had attacked Dragon City ahead of the larger assault. After examining the evidence, he concluded that the creature was not Gao Ye but a separate organism split from the original Super Sandworm.

• Meng Chao told Lü Siya that the Super Sandworm’s defeat seemed far too easy for a Demon God, even though he was only at the Earth Realm peak.
• Meng Chao questioned why the Super Sandworm had revealed itself early instead of secretly digging tunnels for the coming assault, and Lü Siya agreed the timing made little sense.
• Meng Chao proposed that the Cross-River Tunnel might be a smoke screen rather than the anomalous beasts’ true target.
• After inspecting the Super Sandworm’s remains and data, Meng Chao declared that it had not been Gao Ye.
• Lü Siya cited Gao Ye’s experiment log and matching active cells as proof, but Meng Chao explained that sandworms could split into separate organisms, making the remains a possible second individual.

Meng Chao argued that the Super Sandworm was an incomplete clone regenerated from Gao Ye’s lower body and that its early release was meant to distract Ninth Team from the original. He concluded that the attack on the south of the city was strategically pointless and warned Lü Siya that Dragon City lacked the strategic perspective to recognize the enemy’s real objective.

• Meng Chao proposed that the Super Sandworm had regenerated from Gao Ye’s lower half, and sandworm experts agreed that such regeneration could be possible with laboratory technology.
• Lü Siya questioned Meng Chao’s theory, but he suggested the clone had been released early to keep Ninth Team occupied while Gao Ye pursued a larger plan.
• Meng Chao argued that the attack on the south of the city would not destroy Dragon City and would instead help humanity learn the enemy’s tactics and unite against it.
• Lü Siya challenged Meng Chao’s assessment, noting that the Otherworld beasts had greatly improved their coordination and precision.
• Meng Chao said Dragon City’s leaders lacked strategic thinking because they focused on the immediate battle rather than the enemy’s broader goals, and Lü Siya stayed silent after recalling his accurate predictions.

Meng Chao suspected the anomalous beasts had used their attack on the southern city to distract Ninth Team from Blue Homeland, then learned that Blue Homeland was holding a Transmigration Technology Seminar attended by Dr. Lu Tianxing. He realized the seminar might be important while the city’s defenders remained overwhelmed by vermin and the new Zombie Virus.

• Meng Chao told Lü Siya that anomalous beasts should be treated as intelligent beings with strategic purposes, then studied a map for clues.
• A Crimson Dragon Army commander reported that vermin and zombies were spreading through the southern city, tying down Transcendents and soldiers as they evacuated civilians.
• Meng Chao asked Lü Siya to check whether Blue Homeland had acted unusually, explaining that the Super Sandworm investigation had drawn Ninth Team away from its other leads.
• Ye Xiaoxing reported no unusual Blue Homeland activity beyond its growing political influence, but revealed that it was hosting a Transmigration Technology Seminar that day.
• Ye Xiaoxing said Dr. Lu Tianxing would host the seminar with Transmigration Experts, wealthy backers, and Homeland Faction council members, as the 101 Project urgently needed funding.

Meng Chao argued that the beasts’ attack was meant to destroy the Homeland Faction’s Transmigration Technology Seminar and delay the development of technology that could connect Dragon City to Earth. He urged Ye Xiaoxing to recognize the danger and explained how the beasts could exploit conflicts between Dragon City’s factions.

• Meng Chao warned Ye Xiaoxing that Imperial Grand Hotel, where the Transmigration Technology Seminar was being held, was likely under attack.
• Meng Chao argued that the beasts wanted to eliminate the 101 Project’s experts and investors because successful transmigration technology could doom Monster Civilization.
• Meng Chao suggested that the Gao Ye-suspected Super Sandworm had surfaced early to distract Ninth Team from the seminar.
• Ye Xiaoxing asked for evidence, but Meng Chao insisted that waiting for proof could mean finding the seminar’s victims afterward.
• Meng Chao explained that intelligent beasts would focus on worsening conflicts within Dragon City, especially the rivalry between the Colonization Faction and the Homeland Faction.

Meng Chao warned Ye Xiaoxing that the alien beasts planned to radicalize Blue Homeland by destroying its moderate members, but Ye Xiaoxing could not spare forces from the zombie crisis to protect the Imperial Grand Hotel. As Meng Chao urged him to target a hidden alien-beast leader near the hotel, Phantom Light Worms disrupted their communications across the southern district.

• Meng Chao reasoned that the alien beasts wanted to destroy Blue Homeland’s moderate leadership and turn it into a violent organization opposed to the Colonization Faction.
• Meng Chao urged Ye Xiaoxing to send elite forces to surround the Imperial Grand Hotel, where he suspected a powerful alien beast was directing the attack.
• Ye Xiaoxing explained that the zombie outbreak had stretched Dragon City’s defenders thin and that splitting their forces could let the zombie tide overwhelm the southern district.
• Meng Chao argued that a highly intelligent alien beast was likely hiding near the Imperial Grand Hotel and could be captured to change the course of the battle.
• Phantom Light Worms emerged across the southern district and disrupted the communications network, cutting off Meng Chao’s conversation with Ye Xiaoxing.

Meng Chao and Lü Siya raced toward the Imperial Grand Hotel after Meng Chao deduced that Phantom Light Worms were masking an anomalous beast attack there. Lü Siya mobilized Crimson Dragon Army forces and other powerhouses with fabricated claims of irrefutable evidence, while Meng Chao armed himself with a vehicle-mounted Destroyer's Hammer; he finally reached Xiao Fanghua, who confirmed that she and Zhao Feixuan were already at the hotel.

• Meng Chao explained that Phantom Light Worms had cut communications to conceal an attack on the Imperial Grand Hotel and urged Lü Siya to help stop it.
• Lü Siya borrowed high-speed maneuver gear, told a Crimson Dragon Army commander that Team Leader Ye had irrefutable evidence, and urged him to alert his superiors.
• Lü Siya contacted powerhouses, including her father, while Meng Chao tried unsuccessfully to reach Zhao Feixuan and other Blue Homeland members.
• Meng Chao took a vehicle-mounted Destroyer's Hammer and two ammunition boxes, then he and Lü Siya set off toward the Imperial Grand Hotel.
• Meng Chao reached Xiao Fanghua by phone, and she told him that she and Zhao Feixuan were at the Imperial Grand Hotel for a meeting.

Meng Chao warned Xiao Fanghua that Gao Ye’s forces planned to attack the Imperial Grand Hotel and urged her to evacuate the 101 Project experts. He and Lü Siya raced to the hotel, only to see explosions tear apart the surrounding buildings and reveal that Gao Ye’s true body had prepared a trap beneath them.

• Meng Chao called Xiao Fanghua and learned that most of the Imperial Grand Hotel’s strongest fighters had left for the southern battlefield.
• Meng Chao warned Xiao Fanghua that the Monster Assault Team was targeting Dr. Lu Tianxing and the 101 Project, and told her not to take the experts to the Underground Shelter.
• The hotel lost power, and Meng Chao’s call with Xiao Fanghua was cut off as he and Lü Siya rushed toward the hotel.
• Meng Chao overexerted himself on the way, and his and Lü Siya’s Three-Dimensional Maneuver Gear broke down near their destination.
• More than a dozen buildings around the Imperial Grand Hotel exploded, and Meng Chao realized Gao Ye had used a clone to distract the Bureau of Anomalous Beasts while preparing the trap.

As Crystals Bombs devastated the area around the Imperial Grand Hotel, Meng Chao and Lü Siya raced to help civilians while reinforcements converged on the attack. The chapter ended with Lü Siya admitting she had saved a father and child partly for the cameras, as Meng Chao prepared to join the fight.

• Crystals Bombs collapsed buildings and filled them with choking smoke, while a precisely placed blast caused the Imperial Grand Hotel to sink underground.
• Meng Chao injected Doomsday Beast Gene Serum and rejoiced when Heavenly Realm powerhouses and Crimson Dragon Army units rushed toward the hotel.
• Meng Chao crossed rooftops and used his chain blades to save a father and child who fell from a collapsing building.
• Lü Siya used a Rock Dragon to rescue the father and child from falling rubble, then reassured them that Dragon City would be safe.
• After the family left, Lü Siya told Meng Chao that she had acted partly because cameras might help them win commendations as Exemplary Superhumans.

Meng Chao and Lü Siya fought through the insect monsters swarming the Imperial Grand Hotel entrance and sealed the underground cracks they had emerged from. With the entrance cleared, they entered the hotel to confront the attackers inside.

• Meng Chao and Lü Siya arrived at the collapsed hotel entrance and blasted apart the ordinary insect monsters with grenades.
• Meng Chao killed the charging Golden Scythes with Destroyer's Hammer, then tore off their Blade Limbs to use as weapons.
• Three Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetles ignited Meng Chao, but he hurled Golden Scythe Blade Limbs and killed them while remaining unharmed.
• Meng Chao drove the insect swarm back, and he and Lü Siya threw their remaining grenades into the ground cracks.
• Lü Siya sealed the cracks with her Spirit Runes, while Meng Chao killed a Giant Centipede trapped in the closing earth.
• Meng Chao and Lü Siya walked through the entrance and into the Imperial Grand Hotel.

Meng Chao and Lü Siya fought through a hotel overrun by monsters and rescued a group of human survivors in the Executive Lounge. There, Meng Chao found the heavily pregnant Xiao Fanghua among them.

• Meng Chao pulled Lü Siya away from a Giant Stink Bug’s poisonous gas and destroyed it with grenades.
• Meng Chao and Lü Siya fought through another insect swarm as explosions sounded deeper inside the building.
• Meng Chao smashed through walls to reach the area where Lü Siya sensed chaotic Spiritual Energy, then found humans surrounded in the Executive Lounge.
• Meng Chao attacked the insect swarm with Destroyer's Hammer while Lü Siya animated fallen concrete into a Rock Dragon, helping the survivors defeat the monsters.
• Meng Chao asked whether any members of the 101 Project were present and discovered Xiao Fanghua, heavily pregnant and under the survivors’ protection.

Meng Chao stabilized Xiao Fanghua’s premature twin pregnancy during the monster attack, then prepared to search the hotel’s upper floors for Zhao Feixuan and Dr. Lu Tianxing. Lü Siya chose to accompany him into the danger.

• Xiao Fanghua told Meng Chao that Zhao Feixuan had protected Dr. Lu Tianxing before the survivors were scattered by monsters.
• Lü Siya sensed that Xiao Fanghua was about to give birth, and Meng Chao used silver needles and acupressure to stabilize her and the twins.
• Meng Chao sent Lü Siya to lead Xiao Fanghua and the others back to safety while he went upstairs to find Zhao Feixuan and Dr. Lu Tianxing.
• Meng Chao armed himself with monster parts, but Lü Siya returned and insisted on joining him.

Meng Chao and Lü Siya raced through the Imperial Grand Hotel as Bloodpetal Flower turned the corpses into undead creatures. They found and killed a Brain-Rotting Worm that had trapped survivors in an illusion, leaving the survivors safe in an armory.

• Meng Chao and Lü Siya discovered Red Threads emerging from the corpses and piecing them into zombies and monstrous undead creatures.
• Lü Siya weakened the staircase, and Meng Chao brought it down to delay the undead as they hurried toward gunfire.
• Meng Chao spotted the invisible Brain-Rotting Worm with Lü Siya’s earthen spikes and struck it with poison needles and Golden Scythe’s Blade Limb.
• Meng Chao pinned and crushed the Brain-Rotting Worm, causing the illusions to vanish and the survivors’ gunfire to stop.
• Meng Chao explained that the survivors had been hit by a Mind Attack and found them sheltering in a small armory.

Meng Chao learned that Dr. Lu Tianxing had been dragged underground and that Zhao Feixuan’s fate was unknown, but he still had a chance to save the 101 Project. As undead creatures trapped the survivors in the armory, Meng Chao prepared to fight back with a heavy anti-aircraft gun.

• Meng Chao learned that the 101 Project’s Transmigration Experts had mostly reached the rooftop, but Dr. Lu Tianxing had been dragged down an elevator shaft and Zhao Feixuan had fallen after him.
• Meng Chao concluded that the monsters had likely captured Dr. Lu for his knowledge and ordered the survivors to reach the rooftop while there was still time to rescue him.
• A horde of undead led by the Stitched Monster appeared in the corridor, and Meng Chao rallied the survivors until their shared courage dispelled the Fear Bomb.
• Meng Chao learned that a narrow maintenance passage led from the armory to the rooftop anti-aircraft position and ordered the survivors to close the heavy door.
• The door jammed on a Golden Scythe’s Blade Limb, leaving the survivors exposed as the undead advanced and their ammunition dwindled.
• Meng Chao stepped forward with a 225-kilogram Type 45 Heavy Twin-Barreled Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun.

Meng Chao used a malfunctioning 45 High Machine Gun to hold back the undead and help the survivors escape from the arsenal to the Imperial Grand Hotel rooftop. The survivors were left surrounded there as monsters climbed the building and the rooftop guns ran out of ammunition.

• Meng Chao controlled the 45 High Machine Gun with his Spirit Runes and shredded the Stitched Monster and the undead charging through the corridor.
• Meng Chao told Ya-jie to lead the survivors out while he held the corridor, and Lü Siya guided them through the ammunition passage toward the rooftop emplacement.
• Meng Chao reloaded and fired until his ammunition ran out, then collapsed the corridor floor to crush the advancing undead and climbed to the rooftop.
• Lü Siya tossed Meng Chao Crystals Bombs, which he dropped into the arsenal to blast the undead below.
• Meng Chao found several hundred survivors gathered on the rooftop, but monsters climbed the hotel's outer walls as the anti-aircraft guns ran out of ammunition and surrounded them.