Chapter Summaries

Li Chen forced Luo Fanghua’s group to accept a ten-percent deduction from their crystal-core trade and returned to the shelter. There, he discovered that Chewy Candy had evolved into a young woman with wings, prompting him to fear that the approaching zombie tide could include far stronger zombies than expected.

• Li Chen ordered his subordinates to trade the crystal cores for supplies at ninety percent of their value, and Luo Fanghua accepted while warning that a zombie tide could arrive within hours.
• Li Chen warned Luo Fanghua to leave if her people attacked his subordinates again, then returned to the shelter.
• Luo Fanghua privately remarked that Li Chen had resisted her Bewitchment ability and sent her people to wait for the supplies.
• Li Chen asked Noah to replay the events at the entrance, but froze when he saw Chewy Candy transformed into a young woman.
• Chewy Candy revealed her tiny wings and explained that she had passed out from heat before waking up evolved.
• Li Chen concluded that the Zombie King, Chewy Candy’s twin, had likely evolved as well and worried that the coming tide could include Tier 7 or even Tier 8 zombies.

Li Chen reviewed footage of Luo Fanghua and concluded that her eyes let her use an illusion or mind-control ability, then ordered the shelter to resume its trade preparations. He learned that a new production line could make 700 fifth-generation individual Electromagnetic Energy Cannons per hour, assigned the weapons to the Android Legion, and returned to speak with Chewy Candy.

• Li Chen reviewed the footage and realized Luo Fanghua had used her eyes to daze people.
• Xu Ruoxi and Dang Zhongcheng agreed that Luo Fanghua likely had a mental ability, and Dang Zhongcheng suggested it might not work on Tier 6 Zombies and above.
• Li Chen considered whether Luo Fanghua was human or controlled by zombies, then reassured the Guard Team that they could take the prepared supplies out safely.
• Dang Zhongcheng told Li Chen that the weapons production base had a new production line and an unfamiliar individual combat weapon.
• Li Chen explained that the line produced fifth-generation individual Electromagnetic Energy Cannons, ordered its output distributed to the Android Legion, and tasked Noah with replenishing the force.
• Noah assigned work across the Star-Level Shelter, while Li Chen returned to his room to talk with Chewy Candy.

Li Chen realized that rapidly evolving zombies might soon include an Air Force Unit, so he checked whether the portable production line could manufacture anti-air weapons. He confirmed it could produce powerful radar-assisted cannons, leaving him prepared to add anti-air firepower before the next Zombie Tide.

• Li Chen worried that the zombies’ accelerating evolution and underground tactics could lead to a larger attack or a zombie Air Force Unit.
• Noah told Li Chen that he could summon and remotely control the production line’s panel at any time.
• Li Chen confirmed that the line could produce Individual Anti-Air Electromagnetic Energy Cannons with greater range and power than regular cannons.
• Li Chen reviewed the cannons’ generations, capabilities, and crystal-core costs, and decided the high cost was worthwhile before battle.

Li Chen upgraded the Single-Soldier Weapon Production Line to Level 4 and set both production queues to make weapons. He discovered that Chewy Candy had gained X-Ray Vision and omnidirectional perception, then worried that her twin brother, the Zombie King, might possess an even stronger version.

• Li Chen spent 100,000 Level 6 Energy Crystal Cores to upgrade the weapon production line and started both queues at full capacity.
• Chewy Candy told Li Chen she had sensed him outside her room and could perceive guards and a patrolling team through the closed Protective Door.
• Li Chen checked the corridor and confirmed that Chewy Candy had accurately described the soldiers and their equipment.
• Chewy Candy explained that she had eaten the Energy Crystal Cores Li Chen left for her after the zombies' roars made her want to bite, triggering her transformation and new ability.
• Li Chen realized Chewy Candy had X-Ray Vision and omnidirectional perception, and feared that the Zombie King might have an even stronger ability.

After Chewy Candy rapidly evolved and gained X-Ray Vision, Li Chen worried that the Zombie King might also be able to see through the Star-Level Shelter, so he bought advanced weapons from Noah's System Shop. Chewy Candy sensed that Luo Fanghua threatened Li Chen and vowed to kill her, while Luo Fanghua felt a terrifying gaze from the shelter and was left unsettled.

• Li Chen asked Noah about protecting the Star-Level Shelter from an enemy who could see through it, and Noah directed him to the System Shop.
• Li Chen exchanged fifty Level 6 Energy Crystal Cores each for three sixth-generation portable individual Electromagnetic Energy Cannons.
• Chewy Candy told Li Chen she was not hungry and asked to talk with him, then said Luo Fanghua wanted to hurt him and offered to kill her.
• Li Chen noticed Chewy Candy's eyes glowing blue and tried to calm her, asking whether she had sensed something wrong about Luo Fanghua.
• Luo Fanghua felt as if a terrifying creature had fixed its gaze on her and sensed danger coming from the Star-Level Shelter, but she saw nothing unusual.

Li Chen stopped Chewy Candy from using her mental power to kill Luo Fanghua, then exchanged for a Super Energy Biological Protection Barrier to protect the Star-Level Shelter from the Zombie King. The next Zombie Tide was less than four hours away, and Li Chen learned he could create a passage through the barrier for signals sent from inside.

• Chewy Candy nearly went berserk and used her mental power against Luo Fanghua, but Li Chen brought her back to her senses.
• Chewy Candy collapsed from exhaustion and told Li Chen she had almost killed Luo Fanghua to avenge him.
• Li Chen gave Chewy Candy Level 6 Energy Crystal Cores to restore her strength and decided to deal with Luo Fanghua himself.
• Noah assured Li Chen that the Super Energy Biological Protection Barrier could withstand the Zombie King's abilities, so Li Chen exchanged for it and deployed it around the Star-Level Shelter.
• Noah warned Li Chen that the next Zombie Tide would arrive in under four hours and last twenty hours.
• Li Chen learned he could create a passage through the barrier so biological energy signals from inside the shelter could reach the outside.

Li Chen activated and configured the Super Energy Biological Defense Barrier around the Star-Level Shelter, hoping it would block the Zombie King’s mental surveillance. The Zombie King responded by ordering a massive assault with one million warriors and two thousand Tier 7 Warriors, leaving Shura to obey despite his doubts.

• Li Chen made the Super Energy Biological Defense Barrier surround the Star-Level Shelter and planned to test its protection when Chewy Candy woke up.
• The Zombie King discovered that the Star-Level Shelter had upgraded and that an energy field was blocking his surveillance.
• Shura reported that a new attack of one million Tier 5 and Tier 6 Peak warriors had been arranged.
• The Zombie King ordered Shura to add two thousand Tier 7 Warriors to the attack.
• Shura questioned the scale of the order, then knelt and apologized after the Zombie King threatened him with a cold stare.

After Princess’s power left Luo Fanghua shaken, she reconsidered her plan to infiltrate the Star-Level Shelter. Li Chen reviewed his resources and began raising his attributes to prepare for the next Zombie Tide, leaving his costly Regeneration upgrade for later.

• Luo Fanghua recovered from the shock of Princess watching her and concluded she needed a new strategy because Li Chen resisted Bewitchment.
• Li Chen checked his Attribute Panel and considered using his Energy Crystal Cores to upgrade Regeneration, but decided to save them for the shelter and its weapons.
• Li Chen resolved to strengthen himself before the next Zombie Tide because Tier 7 Zombies and the Zombie King could outmatch him.
• Li Chen spent 200 million Evolution Energy to add 40 points to Strength and felt a surge of power.

Li Chen maxed out his attributes and underwent Level 6 Gene Evolution, waking after nearly an hour unconscious. He discovered that evolution had unlocked the Psychic Wave talent, which could use Mental Power for abilities such as mind reading, X-Ray Vision, telekinesis, and mental control.

• Li Chen raised his strength, agility, and intelligence to their maximum levels, spending six hundred million Evolution Energy.
• Noah warned Li Chen that his body could not withstand the excess energy and offered the next level of Gene Evolution, which required 1.5 billion Evolution Energy.
• Li Chen accepted and endured a painful evolution before passing out; he woke nearly an hour later and checked his Attribute Panel.
• Li Chen saw that his attributes had each increased by twenty points and that he had unlocked the Psychic Wave talent linked to Xu Ruoxi.

After reaching Level 6 Gene Evolution, Li Chen awakened Psychic Wave and tested its ability to move objects with Chewy Candy, discovering that larger objects consumed more Mental Power. With the next zombie horde less than three and a half hours away, he stopped playing and prepared to handle urgent tasks, while Chewy Candy asked to accompany him.

• Li Chen deduced that Psychic Wave required Level 6 Gene Evolution and attributes of at least 220 points, then wondered how Luo Fanghua could wield a similar ability.
• Chewy Candy woke to find objects floating around Li Chen, and she used her own ability to restore a shattered mirror.
• Li Chen activated Psychic Wave and moved the mirror, then tested the power with Chewy Candy by tossing objects around the room.
• Li Chen noticed that moving larger, heavier objects drained more Mental Power and stopped the game before his depletion grew worse.
• Chewy Candy tried to probe Li Chen's thoughts, but he blocked her Mental Power and she asked to go out with him.

Li Chen arranged for 150,000 doses of Intermediate Evolution Fluid to prepare soldiers for evolution, while Chewy Candy decided to leave her room despite his warning. Aboveground, the Guard Team finished setting traps against the Zombie Tide, unaware that something might be watching them from the sky.

• Chewy Candy asked Li Chen to take her outside and tried to use Psychic Wave on him, but he warned her not to and left her Level 6 Energy Crystal Cores.
• After Li Chen left, Chewy Candy declared that she would escape through the Protective Door and go outside by herself.
• Li Chen learned from Doctor Yang that Intermediate Evolution Fluid was being mass-produced and ordered 150,000 doses.
• Li Chen summoned Xu Ruoxi, Dang Zhongcheng, and the soldiers to the Evolution Laboratory to prepare for batch evolution.
• The Guard Team finished digging mine-filled trenches three kilometers from the Star-Level Shelter, and one soldier suspected a creature in the sky was watching them.

Li Chen gave Dang Zhongcheng and Xu Ruoxi Evolution Fluid and ordered the soldiers to strengthen themselves before the next Zombie Tide. With three hours remaining, Luo Fanghua used her ability to persuade the Patrol Team to open the Interstellar Shelter’s gate.

• Li Chen checked Dang Zhongcheng’s attributes and gave him five bottles of Intermediate Evolution Fluid to help him advance.
• Xu Ruoxi and the soldiers arrived, and Li Chen distributed Evolution Fluid so they could improve before the coming battle.
• Noah announced that the next Zombie Tide would arrive in three hours, prompting soldiers across the shelter to prepare and receive Evolution Fluid.
• Luo Fanghua arrived at the Interstellar Shelter with Zhao Cheng and guards, then used her captivating gaze to persuade a Patrol Team soldier to open the gate.

Luo Fanghua used her Bewitchment ability to control hundreds of Star-Level Shelter soldiers, while Chewy Candy slipped into the shelter and found Mia in a weapons workshop. When zombies approached, Luo Fanghua ordered Zhao Cheng and her soldiers to fight them, despite Zhao Cheng questioning her attack on the Star-Level Shelter.

• Feng Liang returned with the Star-Level Shelter patrol convoy and tried to drive Luo Fanghua away, but she met his gaze and subdued him and hundreds of other soldiers.
• Chewy Candy passed through the Protective Door, reached the sixth floor, and spotted Mia searching the Second Generation Electromagnetic Energy Cannon workshop.
• Explosions sounded near the Star-Level Shelter, and a soldier reported that zombies had appeared.
• Luo Fanghua ordered Zhao Cheng and her soldiers to prepare to fight, while Zhao Cheng questioned why she had attacked the Star-Level Shelter.

Luo Fanghua sent mind-controlled soldiers to dismantle zombie-detected traps, then erased Feng Liang and took his appearance. At the Star-Level Shelter, Chewy Candy confronted Mia, who had been searching the Dust-Free Production Workshop, and Mia attacked her.

• Luo Fanghua ordered Zhao Cheng, the soldiers from Fanghua Shelter, and the Star-Level Shelter warriors to dismantle the landmines, even if it meant stepping on them.
• Luo Fanghua pressed a hand to Feng Liang's forehead, overcame his attempt to attack her, and made his body vanish.
• Luo Fanghua transformed into Feng Liang and greeted the departing convoy in his voice and manner.
• Chewy Candy entered the Dust-Free Production Workshop and found Mia searching through its contents.
• Chewy Candy recognized Mia as a modified human and walked toward her despite Mia's warnings.
• Mia lunged at Chewy Candy with her dagger, aiming for her heart.

Chewy Candy defeated Mia, read her memories, and learned that Mia planned to harm her dad, while Li Chen oversaw the soldiers' Gene Evolution. The chapter ended with Noah reporting combat on Underground Level 6 and zombie groups approaching the shelter as Li Chen ordered the troops outside to report in.

• Chewy Candy attacked Mia with vine-like branches, bound her, and invaded her mind with Mental Power.
• After reading Mia's memories, Chewy Candy identified her as a threat to her dad and forced Mia's dagger into her own heart.
• Li Chen arranged Gene Evolution injections for Dang Zhongcheng, Xu Ruoxi, and more than a hundred thousand soldiers.
• Noah warned Li Chen about combat on Underground Level 6 and zombies appearing three to five kilometers from the shelter.
• Li Chen learned that Feng Liang was outside with five companies and ordered the troops to report what was happening.

Feng Liang’s decision to send soldiers into the trenches led to deadly close combat with zombies that used landmines to kill them. Meanwhile, Li Chen discovered Chewy Candy had escaped her locked room after killing Mia and hurried to stop her as she took an elevator upward.

• Feng Liang told Li Chen he had prepared traps for the approaching zombies, then admitted that he had sent every squad to intercept them.
• Dang Zhongcheng and Xu Ruoxi ordered Feng Liang to recall the soldiers, but explosions revealed zombies detonating landmines while fighting shelter soldiers in the trenches.
• Li Chen ordered the surviving soldiers to withdraw and return to him.
• Li Chen spotted Chewy Candy near Mia’s body and realized she had escaped the locked room; he saw her take an elevator upward.
• Li Chen activated his Psychic Wave, located Chewy Candy, and sternly called to her in her mind.

Chewy Candy reached the top floor hoping to see the outside world, while Li Chen worried that her zombie instincts might turn her against humanity. When Feng Liang and fewer than a hundred soldiers returned to the shelter, Chewy Candy stopped them from leaving, sensing that something was wrong with them.

• Chewy Candy reached the top floor and agreed to wait for Li Chen, though she longed to go outside.
• Li Chen learned that Feng Liang had returned with fewer than a hundred soldiers from the five companies he had led out.
• Chewy Candy and Feng Liang noticed each other as he and the surviving soldiers passed through the top floor.
• Li Chen arrived and ordered Feng Liang and the soldiers to report to the Evolution Laboratory.
• Chewy Candy stopped Li Chen and said Feng Liang and the soldiers could not leave because something was wrong with them.

Chewy Candy sensed something wrong with Feng Liang and the Guard Team, prompting Li Chen to suspect that Feng Liang might be controlled or an impostor sent by the Zombie King. Li Chen kept the others from intervening and ordered the arriving regiment to secure the outside, leaving him to confront Feng Liang.

• Chewy Candy told Li Chen that Feng Liang and the Guard Team seemed wrong, and Li Chen recalled Feng Liang's suspicious behavior and the warriors who had marched to their deaths.
• Chewy Candy tried to approach Feng Liang, but Li Chen stopped her and called Feng Liang over.
• Feng Liang asked whether Li Chen suspected him as the Guard Team warriors around him grew hostile.
• Li Chen refused Xu Ruoxi and Dang Zhongcheng's offer of support, warning them not to come upstairs while he investigated.
• Fifteen hundred arriving warriors surrounded the area, and Li Chen ordered them to deploy outside and use long-range fire to kill approaching zombies.

Li Chen exposed the Feng Liang beside him as Luo Fanghua, a powerful zombie who could perfectly impersonate humans. She vanished after threatening to destroy the Star-Level Shelter and drive humanity to extinction, leaving Li Chen and the shelter facing an imminent attack.

• Li Chen ordered the Relief Force personnel away, then confronted Feng Liang after noticing he repeatedly called him “Commander.”
• Feng Liang dropped his disguise, revealed a woman’s voice, and was identified by Li Chen as Luo Fanghua.
• Luo Fanghua’s Bewitchment affected Li Chen briefly, but his Level 6 Gene Evolution aura knocked nearly one hundred Guard Team soldiers to the ground.
• Luo Fanghua shed Feng Liang’s appearance and mocked Li Chen as he asked whether the Zombie King had sent her to assassinate him.
• Xu Ruoxi, Dang Zhongcheng, and the shelter’s observers realized that a zombie had impersonated Fanghua Shelter’s commander, while Chewy Candy felt an inexplicable closeness to Luo Fanghua.
• Luo Fanghua threatened that the Star-Level Shelter would cease to exist and humanity would face extinction, then suddenly vanished.

Li Chen fought a mysterious Bewitching Female Zombie whose speed and power exceeded his expectations, while Xu Ruoxi and the others watched through Noah’s surveillance feed. The zombie wounded Li Chen and immobilized him with a mental attack, leaving him in immediate danger.

• The Bewitching Female Zombie vanished, then blocked Li Chen’s lightsaber with a dagger and attacked him with fire and Mental Power.
• Li Chen resisted her mental attack and clashed with her, sending both of them backward as Dang Zhongcheng and Xu Ruoxi watched in shock.
• The zombie revealed her greater speed and struck from above and behind Li Chen while her bioenergy disrupted radio communications.
• Li Chen saw the attack on a holographic screen and tried to dodge, but the zombie cut his back and immobilized him with Mental Power.