Chapter Summaries

The Zombie King learned that Hua Ju Laboratory’s Second Generation Zombies were powerful enough to threaten his forces, and he set out with Shura to investigate them. Meanwhile, Li Chen met Zhao Feng, the commander of Storm Shelter, who explained that his people had fled the fall of Luofu City and had surrounded the Star-Level Shelter to attract its attention.

• Bewitchment told the Zombie King that Tier 4 Second Generation Zombies had enormous strength, intelligence comparable to Tier 5 zombies, and some mental resistance.
• The Zombie King ordered Bewitchment to stay with Chewy Candy and took Shura to meet the new zombies.
• Li Chen’s force reached the armed group’s temporary command post, where Zhao Feng greeted him and introduced himself as commander of Storm Shelter in Luofu City.
• A soldier explained that the Zombie Tide had overrun Luofu City, forcing them to retreat, and that they had used a large-scale encirclement to get Li Chen’s attention after losing their communications equipment.

Li Chen questioned Zhao Feng and the mysterious Storm Shelter soldiers, whose origins Noah could not identify. Zhao Feng explained that modified Second and Third Generation zombies had overrun Luofu City, and Li Chen connected them to Hua Ju Laboratory as he considered the threat of a new-generation Zombie King.

• Li Chen asked Noah to scan Zhao Feng and his soldiers, but Noah could not confirm their identities.
• Li Chen assessed the soldiers as elite fighters and questioned who had devised the plan to surround the area and draw the Star-Level Shelter's attention.
• Zhao Feng claimed he had proposed the plan, and Li Chen pressed him about Storm Shelter's origins and the fall of Luofu City.
• Zhao Feng said modified Second and Third Generation zombies had conquered Luofu City, leaving only a few thousand survivors from his once 100,000-strong Storm Battle Legion.
• Li Chen connected the new zombies to Hua Ju Laboratory and feared it had created a Second Generation Zombie King.

Li Chen demanded to know why Zhao Feng’s group had come to the Star-Level Shelter, and Zhao Feng revealed that they belonged to the ancient Shadow Organization. The chapter left Li Chen curious about the organization and its knowledge of his shelter as Noah began checking its records.

• Li Chen refused to shelter Zhao Feng’s group until they explained their origins and ordered his soldiers to aim their weapons at them.
• Zhao Feng said his group had come seeking protection from a large zombie force and explained that they had once served in a secretive department.
• Li Chen pressed Zhao Feng, who admitted that he belonged to an organization called the Shadow Organization.
• Zhao Feng said the Shadow Organization had existed for over five thousand years and had members around the world who kept their identities and activities off public networks.
• Zhao Feng hinted that the organization knew about the Star-Level Shelter, and Li Chen suspected it might have members inside.
• Li Chen asked Noah whether it knew the Shadow Organization, and Noah began searching for information.

Li Chen questioned Zhao Feng about the ancient Shadow Organization, but remained suspicious of his claims and refused to shelter him. The chapter ended with Li Chen asking why Zhao Feng had traveled over 370 kilometers to reach the Star-Level Shelter instead of seeking help nearby.

• Li Chen pressed Zhao Feng to explain the Shadow Organization and its purpose.
• Zhao Feng claimed Shadow had existed for over five thousand years and was founded to protect the planet from threats.
• Xu Ruoxi warned Li Chen that Zhao Feng might be lying or working for Hua Ju Laboratory.
• Li Chen refused to shelter Zhao Feng, saying the Star-Level Shelter had reached capacity.
• Li Chen challenged Zhao Feng to explain why he had bypassed nearby shelters and traveled from Luofu City to seek refuge.

Li Chen learned that Zhao Feng belonged to the ancient Shadow Organization, whose advanced technology let it monitor the Star-Level Shelter despite Noah's inability to fully crack its systems. When Zhao Feng revealed the organization had intelligence inside the shelter and predicted Canghai City would fall, Li Chen turned hostile, and Zhao Feng attacked first.

• Noah confirmed that Zhao Feng's watch connected him to Shadow Organization members, but warned that cracking its encryption could disable the Star-Level Shelter.
• Zhao Feng explained that his companions were scattered and occupied by Zombie Tides, then praised the Star-Level Shelter's strength after it repelled the Corpse King's sixth attack.
• Zhao Feng revealed that the Shadow Organization knew about events at the Star-Level Shelter, suggesting it had an intelligence operative there and powerful surveillance technology.
• Zhao Feng said Canghai City's shelters were likely to fall by sunset, explaining why he had sought refuge at Li Chen's shelter instead.
• Li Chen accused the Shadow Organization of infiltrating his territory and threatened to capture Zhao Feng, who shouted a warning and fired several shots at him.

Li Chen defeated Zhao Feng, read his memories, and confirmed that the soldiers and civilians from Storm Shelter were genuine Shadow Organization members seeking refuge. He ordered them brought to the Star-Level Shelter and learned that both the Shadow Organization and Hua Ju Laboratory had planted intelligence agents there.

• Zhao Feng fired every bullet in his pistol at Li Chen, but Li Chen stopped the shots with a Mental Power shield and revealed himself as a Level 7 Evolution Ability User.
• Li Chen used Mental Power to read Zhao Feng's memories, leaving Zhao Feng unconscious after ten minutes.
• Li Chen learned that Zhao Feng was an Outer Member of the Shadow Organization, that the organization wanted to recruit Li Chen, and that Hua Ju Laboratory had an agent inside the Star-Level Shelter.
• Li Chen told the soldiers to bring their Family Members and the innocent civilians to the Star-Level Shelter, then ordered Zhao Feng left behind.
• Li Chen told the kneeling women they were free, and Android Warrior No. 009 went to help them.

Li Chen offered the rescued women a choice between joining the Star-Level Shelter for work or leaving with supplies, and they chose to follow him. Meanwhile, the Zombie King led his forces toward Luofu City to fight the Second Generation Zombies, who began calling in reinforcements as he restrained them with Mental Power.

• No. 009 told the rescued women they could join the Star-Level Shelter and earn supplies through work or leave with provisions and equipment.
• Li Chen explained that the women could choose work suited to their abilities, and they agreed to follow him into the shelter.
• Li Chen warned the women to obey the shelter’s Rules, then told No. 009 to take them back.
• A Flying Zombie reported that Second Generation Zombies had occupied Luofu City, and Shura questioned whether they should attack fellow zombies.
• The Zombie King said Hua Ju Laboratory’s extermination campaign had forced them to resist and led his tens of thousands of zombies toward Luofu City.
• The Zombie King used Mental Power to immobilize thousands of Second Generation Zombies, who howled for reinforcements before a powerful danger descended from the sky.

Li Chen received an invitation from the Shadow Organization, which claimed to protect Earth, but refused to join. The organization accepted his decision and left open the possibility of cooperation as an affiliate.

• A Storm Shelter soldier gave Li Chen an old phone belonging to a Shadow Organization member who wanted to contact him.
• A cloaked External Liaison Officer contacted Li Chen, and Noah began tracing the heavily encrypted satellite signal.
• The liaison thanked Li Chen for killing Zhao Feng and invited him and the Star-Level Shelter to join the Shadow Organization.
• Li Chen refused, explaining that he did not want to join or become subordinate to another organization.
• The liaison respected Li Chen's decision and offered future intelligence and technology sharing if he chose to cooperate as an affiliate.

Li Chen discovered that zombie hordes had overrun shelters across his province while the Star-Level Shelter was fighting the Zombie King’s attacks. Noah traced the disruption of their satellite communications to a force in neighboring Province A, but Li Chen had not yet learned who was responsible.

• Li Chen ended his call with the Old Man, then remembered to check his phone and ask Noah for maps of the province.
• Li Chen found that pleas for help on social media had stopped three days earlier, while Noah’s map showed enormous zombie hordes in nearly every city.
• Noah explained that zombies had destroyed ground surveillance and communications systems, leaving the cities isolated.
• Li Chen learned that other forces had infiltrated and attacked the Star-Level Shelter’s satellite communications, though most of the system had been restored.
• Noah traced the virus attack to Province A, and Li Chen asked whether a force there had caused the loss of contact with the other cities.

After discovering that Province A had attacked the communications network, Li Chen learned that only 2.96 million survivors remained in the province’s other cities and ordered rescue teams to support them. As he prepared to head to Hebi City, a new kind of fast, powerful zombie with fiery red markings appeared and attacked the other zombies.

• Noah confirmed that a shelter in Province A had released the virus and attacked the network satellite communications.
• Xu Ruoxi reported distress signals from shelters under siege, and Noah counted 2.96 million survivors in the province’s other cities, excluding the Star-Level Shelter.
• Li Chen ordered Xu Ruoxi and Dang Zhongcheng to send teams to rescue the shelters and clear out the zombies.
• Li Chen assigned No. 009 to escort vulnerable survivors back to the Star-Level Shelter and prepared to lead the others toward Hebi City.
• Dang Zhongcheng alerted Li Chen to fast-moving gray dots on the map, and Noah identified them as zombies.
• Li Chen viewed damaged camera footage showing red-marked zombies tearing into the original zombies.

Li Chen watched First and Second Generation Zombies slaughter and infect each other, then ordered his forces to capture a Second Generation Zombie and wipe out every zombie in the province. A newly evolved zombie destroyed the surveillance feed, while Hua Ju Laboratory’s leaders watched from a fortified base and discussed their Third Generation Hybrid Gene Project.

• Fire-Red Patterned Second Generation Zombies attacked ordinary First Generation Zombies, and Li Chen recognized them as Hua Ju Laboratory’s creations.
• Li Chen ordered his forces to deploy against all the zombies, while the fighting revealed that First and Second Generation Zombies could infect and transform each other.
• Doctor Yang asked Li Chen to bring back a living Second Generation Zombie for research, and Li Chen ordered his subordinates to prepare capture equipment.
• A mutated zombie healed, grew larger and more intelligent, declared that its kind were plunderers, and hurled a truck into a group of First Generation Zombies, destroying the surveillance equipment.
• Li Chen ordered everyone to move out, while Hua Ju Laboratory’s leaders watched the battle and discussed the strength of Second Generation Zombies and their Third Generation Hybrid Gene Project.

A shadowy project leader celebrated the Third Generation Hybrid Gene Project while Li Chen mobilized Donghai City's forces against an invading Second Generation Zombie tide. Elsewhere, the Zombie King turned thousands of Second Generation Zombies into Slaves and discovered that a young noble zombie was directing attacks against him.

• The balding middle-aged man told the goateed man that the classified Third Generation Hybrid Gene Project might bring them immortality, then ordered a Black-Clad Guard to spread news intended to burden the Star-Level Shelter.
• Noah alerted Li Chen that Second Generation Zombies had invaded Donghai City, so he deployed Combat Squads and established defensive lines as the nearest horde approached.
• Xu Ruoxi, Dang Zhongcheng, and the Star-Level Shelter's other forces headed to battlefields in other directions, leaving ten percent of the forces to defend the shelter.
• A controlled Tier 5 Peak zombie attacked the Zombie King, but Shura cut it in two; the Zombie King then used Mental Power to turn thousands of Second Generation Zombies into Slaves and ordered Shura to find their controller.
• The Slaves charged toward another mountain, where a young noble zombie laughed and had a massive gorilla hurl a First Generation Tier 5 Peak zombie at the Zombie King.

Li Chen ordered the shelter’s forces to bombard a massive horde of Second Generation Zombies before they could reach the Star-Level Shelter. As the soldiers continued firing, Liao Qi assigned Zhang Qi and the soldiers who discussed core collection to gather every Energy Crystal Core after the battle.

• Li Chen ordered self-propelled artillery to fire on the approaching Second Generation Zombies.
• More than a hundred thousand soldiers opened fire with Fifth Generation Electromagnetic Energy Cannons as the horde entered range.
• A Guard Team soldier asked whether the weapons would destroy the zombies’ Energy Crystal Cores, and his commander explained that the cores were extremely tough.
• Zhang Qi pointed out that the scattered cores would be difficult to collect after the battle.
• Liao Qi ordered Zhang Qi and the soldiers who joined the conversation to collect every Energy Crystal Core or lose points.

A rumor that Star-Level Shelter planned to attack Province A triggered an emergency meeting among the province’s shelter leaders. They agreed to prepare defenses and consider contacting Province Y, but Zhou Aotian argued that Star-Level Shelter was too busy fighting Second Generation Zombies to threaten them.

• News spread across Province A that Star-Level Shelter intended to expand into the province, sparking widespread discussion.
• Chu Tian convened a video conference of Province A’s shelter leaders to discuss the rumored threat.
• Chu Di and Sun Sheng questioned whether the report was true, while Qian Judda urged normal defensive preparations and warned that the alliance could not remain idle.
• Zhao Fenghua proposed sending a diplomatic delegation to contact Star-Level Shelter and other leaders in Province Y.
• Zhou Aotian rejected the proposal and pointed out that Second Generation Zombies had surrounded Province Y, leaving Star-Level Shelter’s survival uncertain.

Zhou Aotian revealed that A Province had cut itself off from the outside world and warned the shelter leaders not to target Star-Level Shelter. Zhao Fenghua then convened a discussion about A Province’s response, but Chu Tian left the leaders weighing two stark choices without saying which he favored.

• Zhou Aotian said A Province had severed its outside communications, dismissed the news about Star-Level Shelter as fake, and warned the others not to involve him in any attack on Li Chen.
• Wu Wenhua politely addressed the gathering, but Zhou Aotian mocked him before ending the video feed.
• The shelter leaders checked their phones, learned about Y Province’s predicament, and asked Zhao Fenghua to guide their discussion.
• Zhao Fenghua invited Chu Tian and Chu Di to share their views, citing their Zhengda Shelter and Guangming Shelter’s role in defending the provincial border.
• Chu Tian argued that Star-Level Shelter’s strength and ambition made the circulating news irrelevant, then said A Province must either cooperate with Star-Level Shelter or crush it and seize Y Province’s resources.
• A shelter leader asked Chu Tian which of the two strategies he chose.

At a meeting of Province A’s shelter Decision Makers, Chu Tian argued that the crisis surrounding the Star-Level Shelter was a chance to seize Province Y, and Chu Di urged those who agreed to contribute troops and supplies. Zhao Fenghua declined to reveal his position, leaving the others to continue debating.

• Chu Tian angrily insisted that the shelters should attack and prepare to take over Province Y while Second Generation Zombies besieged the Star-Level Shelter.
• Sun Sheng challenged Chu Tian to state his position plainly, and the other Decision Makers showed interest in Chu Tian’s reasoning despite his insults.
• Chu Di proposed that supporters prove their commitment by providing supplies, personnel, and equipment, noting the value of Province Y’s resources and the Star-Level Shelter’s researchers.
• Gao Da Shang pointed out that Zhao Fenghua had not shared his view and asked what he thought.
• Zhao Fenghua calmly invited the others to continue speaking without revealing his own position.

Zhao Fenghua oversaw a vote on forming an A Province alliance army to attack the Star-Level Shelter and Y Province, then moved the meeting toward planning the operation. At a Hua Ju Laboratory facility, a bald middle-aged man discussed the laboratory’s plans and learned that the Corpse King had wiped out more than fifty thousand troops.

• Zhao Fenghua listened as the shelter Decision Makers debated the proposed invasion; seventy-six supported it and forty-five opposed it, while others remained silent.
• Zhao Fenghua declared that the majority had decided and called for discussion of the operation’s details and a justification for sending troops.
• A military higher-up told the bald middle-aged man that the Star-Level Shelter had restored its communications, but the bald man said the laboratory’s plan had already succeeded and prioritized reclaiming the Corpse King Mother and the shelter’s Artificial Intelligence.
• Newborn zombie infants slammed against the Tempered Glass, and the experimental base director explained that they were powerful test weapons created with ancient-creature genes.
• The combat force commander reported that the Corpse King had wiped out four divisions and three mobile regiments, totaling more than fifty thousand troops.

Hua Ju Laboratory reacted to the destruction of its Vanguard Troops by sending Hua Jun Number One and his Second Generation Zombies against the Zombie King. Meanwhile, Li Chen fought through the Second Generation Zombie horde and reached its rear after hours of battle.

• The head of the combat troops reported that the Zombie King had destroyed more than fifty thousand Android Warriors and that Second Generation Zombies had captured most of Province Y.
• The balding middle-aged man ordered his forces to preserve the First Generation Zombie King's mother body while eliminating their enemies.
• Li Chen used the Electromagnetic Energy Cannon's final shot, then led the Guard Team in switching to lightsabers as the defensive line collapsed.
• Li Chen recognized that Second Generation Zombies had immense strength and durability, and could revive once after infection or injury before becoming vulnerable to permanent death.
• After more than seven hours of fighting, Li Chen and over a hundred Android Warriors cut through the Zombie Tide and reached its rear.

Li Chen’s forces wiped out the remaining Second Generation Zombies, and he discovered that one had been a powerful mutant carrying an unusually valuable Energy Crystal Core. With Donghai City’s survivors exceeding 2.96 million and the Star-Level Shelter only able to hold one million people, Li Chen asked Noah about upgrading the shelter and received a Super Gift Pack.

• Li Chen confirmed that the last Second Generation Zombies were only about 150 meters deep and ordered his commanders to attack with lightsabers while the other troops provided heavy-fire suppression.
• Li Chen’s forces eliminated the remaining zombies, and Li Chen killed a crippled Tier 3 mutant whose Energy Crystal Core contained energy equivalent to three ordinary Tier 3 cores.
• Xu Ruoxi reported that the area within 100 kilometers of the Star-Level Shelter was clear, and Li Chen ordered the troops to rest, prepare supplies, and continue rescuing survivors across Donghai City and other shelters.
• Xu Ruoxi asked where to house Donghai City’s more than 2.96 million survivors, and Li Chen asked Noah whether the shelter could be upgraded.
• Noah said the Enhanced One-Star shelter held one million people, confirmed it could be upgraded with Energy Crystal Cores, and awarded Li Chen a Super Gift Pack, which he immediately ordered opened.

Li Chen ordered the rescue of survivors and the eradication of zombies in Y Province while investigating A Province’s offer to send troops. As A Province prepared to enter Y Province, Li Chen opened Noah’s Super Deluxe Gift Pack and learned he had enough resources to upgrade the Star-Level Shelter.

• Li Chen ordered Dang Zhongcheng to defend the Star-Level Shelter and sent the other commanders to carry out their assigned missions and kill Second Generation Zombies on sight.
• The Underground Command Center reported that A Province had requested permission to send troops into Y Province to help clear the Zombie Tide.
• Xu Ruoxi and Dang Zhongcheng warned Li Chen that A Province’s Shelter Alliance likely had ulterior motives, but Li Chen said their plan was more complicated and ordered a direct conversation with its commander.
• A Province refused to meet until its forces entered Y Province and helped resolve the Zombie Tide, while Li Chen said he was prepared to respond if they tried to seize the Star-Level Shelter or Y Province.
• Li Chen opened Noah’s Super Deluxe Gift Pack, received billions of Evolution Energy points and hundreds of thousands of energy cores, and learned that the Star-Level Shelter could be upgraded.