Chapter Summaries

Li Chen investigated an Allied Forces distress call from Nanfu City and sent Dang Zhongcheng to assess the battle, where invisible zombies were attacking the troops. At a secret underground research base, Doctor Chu confronted a massive Juggernaut Zombie that resisted sedatives but was subdued by an electric isolation system.

• Li Chen saw that a zombie horde was besieging Allied Forces in Nanfu City, where invisible zombies appeared to be attacking soldiers in the woods.
• Dang Zhongcheng reported that the supposedly twenty-thousand-strong force was actually a roughly forty-thousand-man mechanized regiment, and Li Chen ordered him to send support and assess the situation.
• Dang Zhongcheng dispatched armed helicopters and combat squads while Li Chen led the rescued survivors back to the Star-Level Shelter.
• Doctor Chu arrived at a hidden research base and learned that maximum-dose sedatives had failed to affect its enormous Juggernaut Zombie.
• The Juggernaut Zombie struck at the observation glass, but a hundred-thousand-volt current knocked it down, and Doctor Chu stepped closer to inspect it.

Doctor Chu visited the X-117 Research Base, where Yamakawa Daigo explained the Titan Project and revealed that its test subjects kept regaining their emotions. The Juggernaut Zombie awoke again, and Yamakawa Daigo hinted that the base had another specimen more powerful than it.

• The Juggernaut Zombie smashed the bulletproof glass, was shocked into silence, then awakened and glared at Yamakawa Daigo.
• Yamakawa Daigo welcomed Doctor Chu and admitted that the base had mixed genes from extinct creatures into the zombie.
• Doctor Chu questioned the creature’s apparent emotions, and Yamakawa Daigo ordered his subordinates to send it to the Underground 100th Floor.
• Yamakawa Daigo explained that the Twelve Elders had authorized the Titan Project and that the base wanted Doctor Chu’s help erasing its subjects’ emotions.
• Doctor Chu asked to see the gene configuration list and whether the zombie was the only specimen, and Yamakawa Daigo said it was not a super monster.

Doctor Chu learned that the giant Juggernaut Zombie was a failed product and watched as Yamakawa Daigo fed it to a mysterious creature beneath the experimental base. At the Star-Level Shelter, Li Chen separated vulnerable survivors from able-bodied recruits and prepared to address the people who might join his forces.

• Doctor Chu questioned Yamakawa Daigo about creatures larger than the Juggernaut Zombie, and he revealed that the base had a true overlord below.
• The Juggernaut Zombie vanished into a hole beneath its observation pod, and a muffled impact shook the experimental base as it was disposed of.
• Doctor Chu concealed her alarm and agreed to begin genetic sequence testing with Yamakawa Daigo.
• Li Chen returned to the Star-Level Shelter, where Xu Ruoxi reported the survivors gathered from completed rescue missions.
• Li Chen ordered women, children, and research personnel into the shelter while young, able-bodied survivors and soldiers remained outside as Armed Candidates.
• Xu Ruoxi introduced Li Chen to the remaining survivors, who looked to the Star-Level Shelter as their last hope.

Li Chen screened 150,000 people seeking to join the Star-Level Shelter, separating those with combat experience from those who needed training and subjecting everyone to identity verification. Noah’s scans exposed criminals and suspected threats, and Li Chen left Xu Ruoxi to continue the screening while he returned to the shelter.

• Xu Ruoxi divided the applicants by combat experience and Gene Evolution level, and her soldiers collected the weapons of those who lacked training.
• Xu Ruoxi explained that the untrained applicants would receive combat training after passing identity verification, and Noah’s android soldiers began scanning the survivors.
• Noah identified Wu Dasheng as an escaped death-row inmate, and Xu Ruoxi shot him after he denied it.
• The screening continued, and guards executed other applicants whose identities were flagged as abnormal or deceptive.
• Li Chen told Xu Ruoxi to handle the remaining screening and returned to the Star-Level Shelter.

Chu Tian led a joint force of five hundred thousand troops from Province A toward Province Y, while Chu Di warned that the sudden return of contact with the front line might be a trap. Sun Sheng took Gongzheng Shelter’s troops ahead as a vanguard, leaving Chu Di suspicious of his motives as the main force continued onward.

• Chu Di warned Chu Tian that the front line’s brief communications blackout and the sudden restoration of contact could mean the reports were fake, but Chu Tian dismissed his concerns.
• Sun Sheng argued that the communications blackout could be normal but proposed leading his own troops as an advance vanguard to stay in contact and check for danger.
• Chu Tian agreed to let Sun Sheng take Gongzheng Shelter’s twenty-five thousand troops ahead, while Chu Di was unable to voice his objection.
• After Sun Sheng’s convoy departed, Chu Di told Chu Tian that Sun Sheng might have ulterior motives, but Chu Tian said he did not care and hoped to claim a larger share of the credit.

Li Chen visited the imprisoned Wang Zhi to learn how the Hua Ju Laboratory spy had been sending information outside the Star-Level Shelter, while hiding his ability to read minds. Wang Zhi demanded weapons and an escort out, then hinted that the shelter faced an impending disaster involving Second Generation Zombies.

• Li Chen went to Wang Zhi's cell after learning from Zhao Feng that Wang Zhi was a spy planted by Hua Ju Laboratory.
• Li Chen gave Wang Zhi food and drink while concealing his ability to read minds, because he feared that acting might alert Hua Ju Laboratory if Wang Zhi could transmit intelligence mentally.
• Wang Zhi demanded upgraded weapons and an escort out of the shelter, claiming his intelligence was worth the price.
• Wang Zhi said the Star-Level Shelter faced an approaching disaster and suggested that Second Generation Zombies were now widespread after the First Generation Zombie King was eliminated.

Li Chen confronted Wang Zhi about his knowledge of the Second Generation Zombies and used Mental Power to read his memories. He learned that Wang Zhi helped create the zombies, worked as a mid-level manager at Hua Ju Laboratory, and had infiltrated his Star-Level Shelter to gather intelligence.

• Wang Zhi ate the food Li Chen brought and claimed that Li Chen's reaction confirmed his predictions about the Second Generation Zombies.
• Li Chen deduced that Wang Zhi had used Mental Power to control a shelter soldier and observe events outside the prison.
• Li Chen ordered an Android Warrior to open Wang Zhi's cell and offered to let him go if he answered questions.
• Li Chen used Mental Power to immobilize Wang Zhi and overpower his resistance.
• Li Chen read Wang Zhi's memories and discovered his role in creating the Second Generation Zombies and infiltrating the Star-Level Shelter for Hua Ju Laboratory.

After learning that Hua Ju Laboratory’s Second Generation Zombies could become a threat to all living creatures, Li Chen investigated the zombie horde’s movement and discovered that the zombie kings were dealing with a rebellion in Province B. The Second Generation Zombie King’s promise of peace seemed deceptive, leaving humanity and the First Generation Zombies at risk once the Second Generation army grew stronger.

• Li Chen ordered the unconscious Wang Zhi taken to Doctor Yang and learned that Wang Zhi’s Mental Power could no longer be used.
• Li Chen asked Noah to show him the battlefield in Nanfu City and saw that the zombies had left Province Y for Province B.
• Noah reported that Province B was close to collapse, with Zombie Tides attacking its cities and shelters.
• Li Chen discovered that First Generation and Second Generation Zombies in Province B were fighting one another while also attacking human shelters.
• Li Chen concluded that the zombies in Province B had rebelled against the zombie kings and that the Second Generation Zombie King had lied about wanting peace.

Li Chen discovered that the First and Second Generation Zombie Kings were withdrawing to B Province to settle conflicts among the zombies. The First Generation Zombie King contacted Li Chen to demand protection for the Crystal Coffin and cooperation against other human shelters, then revealed that 540,000 troops from A Province had been lost.

• Li Chen learned from Noah's reconnaissance that the First and Second Generation Zombie Kings were moving from Y Province toward B Province while facing challenges from other evolved zombies.
• An unknown mental-energy intrusion was intercepted by the Star-Level Shelter's barrier, and the First Generation Zombie King called Li Chen using Liang Qi's phone.
• The First Generation Zombie King asked Li Chen to keep Hua Ju Laboratory away from the Crystal Coffin and to deal with human shelters that obstructed the zombies.
• Li Chen accepted the conditions and asked where Chewy Candy was, but the First Generation Zombie King said this would likely be their last contact for a while.
• The First Generation Zombie King said 540,000 troops from A Province would be a gift to Li Chen, and Dang Zhongcheng reported that the force had been wiped out near Nanfu City.

Li Chen learned that the First Generation Zombie King and the Second Generation Zombie King had ambushed Province A’s 540,000 troops in Province Y, leaving only 20,000 survivors. He concluded that the Zombie Kings had engineered the crisis to test and pressure the Star-Level Shelter, and prepared to face the consequences.

• Dang Zhongcheng told Li Chen that Province A’s 540,000 troops had been wiped out, and Li Chen ordered him to report the situation to Province A.
• Li Chen ordered Noah to scan Nanfu City and its surroundings to verify what had happened to the troops.
• Noah confirmed that the First Generation Zombie King and the Second Generation Zombie King had ambushed the force, killing 520,000 soldiers and allowing 20,000 Gongzheng Shelter survivors to return to Province A.
• Noah warned Li Chen that Sun Sheng, Commander of Gongzheng Shelter, was a hypocrite who could exploit the crisis for his own gain.
• Li Chen concluded that the Zombie Kings had deliberately created trouble, tested the Star-Level Shelter, and sought to keep it from consolidating power, so he prepared to face the coming storm.

Li Chen learned that Province A had far more survivors and military forces than the Star-Level Shelter, but Noah reassured him that his troops were better equipped and trained. After Noah announced the completion of the province-wide rescue mission, Li Chen delegated the processing of more than two million rescued survivors and surveyed the newly upgraded two-star shelter.

• Noah told Li Chen that Province A had 517 shelters, over seventy-three million survivors, and more than twenty-five million combatants.
• Li Chen was shocked by the gap between Province A's strength and the Star-Level Shelter, but Noah explained that Province A's troops were less evolved and poorly equipped.
• Li Chen concluded that the Star-Level Shelter's elite forces gave it an advantage and viewed Province A's intact systems and population as a valuable prize.
• Noah announced that Li Chen's subordinates had completed the province-wide rescue mission and awarded him a Super Deluxe Gift Pack.
• Xu Ruoxi reported that the unit commanders had returned with more than two million survivors, and Li Chen left her to organize and train them.
• Li Chen observed that the upgraded two-star Star-Level Shelter had become a vast underground city with clearly divided departments and widened passages.

Li Chen learned that Province A had begun mobilizing against the Province Y Star-Level Shelter and ordered the shelter to prepare for combat. He opened a Super Deluxe Gift Pack and received energy, crystal cores, and a fully automatic individual flight equipment production line, while Noah explained how the rewards reflected the current zombie evolution levels.

• Li Chen inspected the Star-Level Shelter’s trains, robots, and central management systems as Noah handled its administration.
• Noah warned Li Chen that Province A’s Doomsday Shelter Alliance had begun operations and that a major crisis was approaching.
• Li Chen ordered Dang Zhongcheng to survey the provincial border and put the long-range strike units and Air Force Unit on Level 1 Combat Readiness.
• Li Chen opened the Super Deluxe Gift Pack and received 5 billion Evolution Energy, Energy Crystal Cores of several tiers, and a fully automatic individual flight equipment production line.
• Noah explained that the gift pack included Tier 5 Second Generation Energy Crystal Cores because rewards adjusted to the highest zombie evolution levels currently present.

Li Chen learned that gift-pack rewards scaled with the zombies’ evolution levels, but Noah reported that Hua Ju Laboratory had restricted the Zombie Kings’ evolution. Li Chen then inspected a blueprint for individual flight equipment and ordered several new production lines for the expanded Star-Level Shelter.

• Li Chen realized that Super Deluxe Gift Pack rewards scaled with the highest zombie evolution levels and regretted opening his packs early.
• Noah reported that a mysterious restriction, likely imposed by Hua Ju Laboratory, had stalled the First Generation and Second Generation Zombie Kings’ evolution.
• Li Chen examined the Fully Automatic Individual Flight Equipment Production Line blueprint and learned that it produced Level 1 Universe Civilization combat gear for individual soldiers.
• Li Chen ordered ten flight equipment production lines, ten additional portable individual weapon lines, and ten individual anti-air weapon production lines.

Li Chen expanded the Star-Level Shelter’s automated weapons production and upgraded its production lines, spending large quantities of Energy Crystal Cores. After checking the remaining supplies, he activated Noah’s Synthesis and Conversion function, which manifested as an ancient Medicine Refining Cauldron.

• Li Chen ordered Noah to build thirty fully automated production lines to equip the shelter’s expected influx of troops.
• Li Chen upgraded twenty individual weapon production lines to Lv4 and upgraded the flight combat equipment line, consuming large quantities of Energy Crystal Cores.
• Li Chen asked Noah to list the shelter’s remaining Energy Crystal Cores and learned that its stock included millions of lower-tier cores.
• Li Chen asked whether low-level Energy Crystal Cores could be converted into high-level cores, and Noah offered to activate the Synthesis and Conversion function.
• Li Chen confirmed activation, and Noah presented the function’s capabilities as an ancient Medicine Refining Cauldron appeared before him.

Li Chen examined the Medicine Refining Cauldron’s synthesis, breakdown, and conversion functions, then combined his lower-tier Energy Crystal Cores into First Generation Tier 6 cores. After checking his Attribute Panel, he saw that evolving his Tier 7 Gene Evolution required far more Evolution Energy than he had and turned his attention to his Psychic Wave talent.

• Li Chen opened the Medicine Refining Cauldron’s interface and reviewed how Energy Crystal Cores could be synthesized, broken down, and converted.
• Li Chen synthesized more than 26 million First Generation Tier 1 through Tier 5 Energy Crystal Cores into 1,443,680 First Generation Tier 6 cores.
• Li Chen checked his Attribute Panel and saw that his attributes were maxed, his Gene Evolution level was Tier 7, and he had 12.837153 billion Evolution Energy.
• Li Chen learned that advancing to the next Gene Evolution level required 50 billion Evolution Energy and specific First and Second Generation cores, leaving him short on Evolution Energy.
• Li Chen noted that his Tier 3 Regeneration talent was too costly to upgrade and focused on his Psychic Wave talent.

Li Chen upgraded his Psychic Wave talent to Tier 2 and used his enhanced Mental Power to perceive scenes across Huaxia, strengthening his resolve to end the catastrophe and protect human civilization. The First and Second Generation Zombie Kings sensed the newly awakened power but could not locate its source, then paused before crossing a mountain range where a great battle awaited.

• Li Chen spent 7.5 billion Evolution Energy and 20 Tier 7 Energy Crystal Cores to upgrade his Psychic Wave talent.
• Li Chen's expanded consciousness swept across battlefields, human cities, mountains, and a Great River, revealing the devastation caused by zombies and conflict among survivors.
• Li Chen resolved to end the catastrophe and preserve human civilization across Huaxia.
• The Second Generation Zombie King sensed a powerful Mental Power, and the First Generation Zombie King agreed it was no weaker than their own but could not identify its source.
• The First Generation Zombie King suspected the power had just awakened, while the Second Generation Zombie King suggested it might belong to pursuers from Hua Ju Laboratory.
• The Second Generation Zombie King stopped to rest and spread his Mental Power as the two Zombie Kings prepared to cross the Mountain Range and begin a great battle.

Li Chen evolved Psychic Wave to Level Two and discovered that he could perceive and manipulate distant signals with less strain. As Province A massed troops near the border and demanded an explanation, he prepared the Star-Level Shelter and intercepted a discussion urging an immediate attack.

• Li Chen confirmed that Psychic Wave had reached Level Two and found his mental perception extended more than a thousand kilometers.
• Xu Ruoxi told Li Chen that Province A had assembled over three million troops and long-range weapons near the border while Zhao Fenghua demanded an explanation.
• Li Chen ordered production lines to run at maximum output, began cultivating 80,000 Android Warriors, and arranged for Doctor Yang to collect a living Second Generation Zombie.
• Li Chen used his Mental Power to access distant communication channels and heard Province A's leaders argue for attacking the Star-Level Shelter immediately.

Li Chen observed a meeting of Province A’s Doomsday Shelter Alliance as its Decision Makers debated how to handle the Star-Level Shelter in Province Y. Zhao Fenghua rejected an immediate assault and proposed recruiting Li Chen, but the alliance members resisted, leaving them divided before any conflict began.

• Dozens of Decision Makers argued for invading Province Y and seizing the Star-Level Shelter’s resources and technology.
• Zhao Fenghua urged the alliance to unite humanity against the zombies and said a military assault should be a last resort.
• Zhao Fenghua revealed that he had contacted Li Chen and planned to invite the Star-Level Shelter into the Doomsday Shelter Alliance.
• Zhen Sanpao objected that the alliance had been promised Province Y’s land, resources, and Black Technology, and other Decision Makers agreed with him.
• Li Chen watched the dispute and concluded that the alliance’s members were already divided by internal conflict.

Li Chen infiltrated the Doomsday Shelter Alliance’s communications and gave its Decision Makers ten minutes to join his Star-Level Shelter as affiliated shelters. Zhao Fenghua’s people found no sign of an attack, while the leaders faced the threat with unease and defiance.

• As the Decision Makers argued, Li Chen used his Mental Power to enter their communications system and address them.
• Zhao Fenghua suspected the voice belonged to Li Chen and offered him ten minutes to join the alliance as an affiliated shelter.
• Li Chen instead demanded that the Decision Makers consider joining his Star-Level Shelter, prompting angry mockery from many of them.
• The Decision Makers recalled the Star-Level Shelter’s reputation and grew uneasy as Li Chen began counting down.
• Zhao Fenghua asked his subordinate whether anyone had infiltrated the shelter, and the subordinate reported that the patrols had found nothing.

Zhao Fenghua and the shelter Decision Makers were unnerved when Li Chen showed he could observe and communicate with them despite their security measures. Zhao Fenghua tried to persuade Li Chen to negotiate, but Li Chen remained unmoved.

• Zhao Fenghua learned that the Decision Makers had found no clues about Li Chen’s location or how he had spied on them.
• The Decision Makers realized Li Chen seemed to know their private discussions and feared he might be watching them from nearby.
• Li Chen warned that five minutes remained, and the Decision Makers felt as if he had breathed cold air against their necks.
• Zhao Fenghua used his Mental Power to calm the panicked Decision Makers.
• Zhao Fenghua appealed to Li Chen to negotiate and avoid conflict, but his persuasion had no effect.