Chapter Summaries

Li Chen gave the shelter Decision Makers a deadline to accept his terms, but none agreed before time ran out. He punished the Bearded Man with a horrifying display of power, leaving the others terrified and screaming.

• Li Chen continued his countdown and told the Decision Makers to stand against the wall if they wanted to join his Star-Level Shelter.
• The Bearded Man challenged Li Chen, while the other Decision Makers stayed silent and watched.
• Li Chen announced that time was up, and the Decision Makers briefly assumed his threat had been a bluff when nothing happened.
• Li Chen said the Bearded Man would be the first and twisted his body until his bones and flesh broke, killing him in front of the crowd.
• The Decision Makers recoiled in horror and shouted as they witnessed the Bearded Man's death.

Li Chen accidentally killed the Bearded Man with his overwhelming Mental Power, terrifying the shelter Decision Makers gathered against the Star-Level Shelter. As they begged for mercy and blamed Zhao Fenghua and Chu Tian, Li Chen began killing the fleeing leaders.

• Li Chen realized he had crushed every bone in the Bearded Man's body after failing to control his newly evolved Mental Power.
• Zhao Fenghua recognized Li Chen's attack as Mental Power, and the gathered Decision Makers panicked, begged for their lives, and blamed him.
• Li Chen used Mental Power to force Zhao Fenghua to kneel and confess that Chu Tian from Zhengda Shelter had instigated the attack.
• The Decision Makers tried to escape through the Conference Room doors, but they could not open them.
• Li Chen reminded them that they had refused his earlier chance to surrender, then crushed the bones of several Decision Makers near the doors, killing them quickly.

Li Chen used his Mental Power to kill the Shelter Decision Makers who had plotted to destroy the Star-Level Shelter, while trapping those who tried to flee. He spared Zhao Fenghua, appointing him to execute the rebels, though Zhao Fenghua realized the task involved more than a hundred Decision Makers and their forces.

• Li Chen crushed the bones of the Decision Makers who had resisted him, and an invisible wall stopped the others from escaping through the open door.
• Wang Gang offered to make the Steel Shelter obey Li Chen, but Li Chen played footage of Wang Gang supporting the Star-Level Shelter’s destruction and killed him.
• A red-haired Decision Maker cursed Li Chen and tried to flee, but the invisible wall threw him back before Li Chen killed him with Mental Power.
• Li Chen called on Zhao Fenghua, who knelt and offered his obedience.
• Li Chen told Zhao Fenghua that his earlier proposal had saved his life and assigned him to execute the rebels as Li Chen’s agent.
• Zhao Fenghua realized that more than a hundred Decision Makers and the armed forces behind them would have to be dealt with.

Li Chen made Zhao Fenghua lead Province A’s shelter Decision Makers in capturing the factions that had plotted against the Star-Level Shelter, conserving his depleted Mental Power. After Zhao’s side defeated the rebels, Li Chen revealed that the fight had been livestreamed across Province A and ordered them to consider what to say before carrying out the executions.

• Zhao Fenghua accepted Li Chen’s authority and urged the uninvolved Decision Makers to capture those who had opposed Li Chen.
• The two factions fought in the Conference Room for about half an hour, and Zhao Fenghua’s side won.
• Zhao Fenghua asked Li Chen how to deal with the captured rebels, and Li Chen said they should not be kept alive.
• Li Chen revealed that the battle had been livestreamed across Province A and told the Decision Makers to think carefully about what to say before executing the rebels.
• The Decision Makers realized the broadcast could cause a major uproar across Province A.

Li Chen outmaneuvered Zhao Fenghua and the other Province A Decision Makers by using his Psychic Wave to control the livestream and make them appear responsible for executing their rivals. He warned them that he would arrive in three days, then forced Zhao Fenghua to begin the broadcast.

• Zhao Fenghua threatened to expose Li Chen’s orders and turn the people of Province A against him, while other Decision Makers joined in blaming Li Chen and the Star-Level Shelter.
• Li Chen revealed that he had never livestreamed the Conference Room slaughter and could manipulate Province A’s neural network and broadcast footage with his Level Two Psychic Wave.
• Li Chen began livestreaming Zhao Fenghua and the other Decision Makers discussing the execution, while keeping himself and his voice out of the footage.
• Li Chen warned Zhao Fenghua and the other Decision Makers against resisting again and said he would come to Province A in three days.
• Li Chen ordered Zhao Fenghua to publicly justify the executions, and Zhao Fenghua began addressing viewers as the Decision Maker of Fenghua Shelter.

Li Chen’s plan to bring the Doomsday Shelter Alliance under his control unfolded as Zhao Fenghua and the other Decision Makers publicly condemned captured rebels. Meanwhile, the two Zombie Kings discovered that Li Chen was the mysterious mental powerhouse they had been seeking and decided to hurry their own plans.

• Zhao Fenghua recounted the captured rebel Decision Makers’ crimes and announced their executions, while more than a hundred Decision Makers made similar public statements.
• Province A’s survivors largely supported Zhao Fenghua, while captured leaders’ loyalists posted threats and doubts online and some shelter officials began considering takeovers.
• Li Chen withdrew his Mental Power, leaving Zhao Fenghua and the other Decision Makers to handle the unrest and eliminate those who resisted his control.
• The First and Second Generation Zombie Kings sensed Li Chen’s Mental Power return to Star-Level Shelter and identified him as the powerful Commander they had sought.
• The First Generation Zombie King explained that Li Chen had nearly brought the Doomsday Shelter Alliance under his control without fighting, and the two Zombie Kings agreed they needed to act faster.

The First Generation Zombie King learned that Li Chen possessed the powerful Mental Power, then hurried to see Chewy Candy after she woke. Chewy Candy failed to recognize him and threatened him, leaving him to realize her memory loss had a cause.

• The First Generation Zombie King confirmed that Li Chen's Mental Power belonged to him and continued toward his goal of subduing the remaining zombies.
• Shura told the First Generation Zombie King that Chewy Candy had awakened, and he rushed to her guarded tent.
• Chewy Candy reacted warily when the First Generation Zombie King approached and released a powerful aura that put him and the other zombies on guard.
• The Second Generation Zombie King observed that Chewy Candy seemed not to recognize her brother, while the First Generation Zombie King continued trying to reach her.
• Chewy Candy produced a dagger and appeared ready to kill the First Generation Zombie King, who realized why she had lost her memory.

The First Generation Zombie King realized Hua Ju Laboratory’s scientists had altered Chewy Candy, but she reacted to his approach with suspicion and fled. He let her escape and believed he could track her to Li Chen’s Star-Level Shelter.

• The First Generation Zombie King blamed Hua Ju Laboratory’s scientists for Chewy Candy’s transformation, though they had died when the laboratory was destroyed.
• Chewy Candy released powerful mental energy and warned the First Generation Zombie King not to approach, so he stopped to avoid provoking her or letting his guards injure her.
• Chewy Candy charged into the surrounding zombie horde to escape, and the First Generation Zombie King used his Mental Power to make the First Generation Zombies open a path for her.
• Chewy Candy fled into the mountain forest, and the Second Generation Zombie King asked why the First Generation Zombie King had let her go.
• The First Generation Zombie King said he could find Chewy Candy wherever she ran and watched the route leading toward Li Chen’s Star-Level Shelter.

The First Generation Zombie King sent Bewitchment and two guards to protect Chewy Candy while he continued his mission to unite zombies and humans. At an overseas Hua Ju Laboratory branch, the leader ordered the director to suspend Third Generation experiments and spend three months testing whether first-generation zombies best met the Guests from the Sky’s requirements.

• The First Generation Zombie King ordered Bewitchment and two guards to secretly follow and protect Chewy Candy.
• The Second Generation Zombie King noticed that Chewy Candy was the First Generation Zombie King’s weakness.
• Scientists at an overseas Hua Ju Laboratory branch analyzed data about Chewy Candy’s genes and abilities.
• The laboratory director told the masked leaders that first-generation zombies had stronger Mental Power than Second Generation and Third Generation subjects.
• The mysterious lord suspended Third Generation experiments and gave the laboratory three months to prove whether first-generation zombies met the Guests from the Sky’s requirements.

After a nightmare about Noah’s loss and humanity’s defeat, Li Chen asked whether the Star-Level Shelter could be moved, but Noah said its weakened computing power made that impossible. Li Chen then told his commanders he would take over Province A in three days and ordered them to prepare for the escalating fight.

• Li Chen woke from a nightmare about Noah being reclaimed, the Star-Level Shelter falling, and Third Generation Zombies driving humanity to extinction.
• Li Chen asked Noah whether the Star-Level Shelter could be relocated, and Noah explained that it lacked the computing power to move it while operating at less than one-tenth strength.
• Li Chen gathered the Star-Level Shelter’s senior commanders and announced that they would take over Province A in three days.
• Li Chen recounted how he had used Mental Power to control the Doomsday Shelter Alliance’s Decision Makers and force them to kill one another in public.
• Li Chen confirmed that he had reached the seventh stage of Gene Evolution and ordered the commanders to distribute Evolution Fluid and switch to new weapons and equipment.

Li Chen ordered the Star-Level Shelter to replace its fifth-generation weapons with sixth-generation equipment as Second Generation Zombies made stronger defenses necessary. He then asked Noah to bypass the communications blockade and connect to networks outside Province Y, hoping to learn how survivors in Province A viewed him and the Star-Level Shelter.

• Li Chen told the commanders to equip their units with sixth-generation weapons, keep the fifth-generation gear, and set aside older equipment for other uses.
• Xu Ruoxi took charge of the remaining tasks after Li Chen appeared mentally exhausted.
• Li Chen checked his phone and found that news and social media in Province Y had not been updated for days.
• Li Chen asked Noah to bypass the provincial communications blockade and reconnect the Star-Level Shelter to outside networks.
• Noah restored access to the out-of-province network, and Li Chen prepared to see how Province A's survivors reacted to the execution of the rebellious Decision Makers.

Li Chen ignored a flood of negative reports claiming Star-Level Shelter had fallen and examined Province A’s coverage of the Doomsday Shelter Alliance’s internal conflict. Noah filtered the comments so Li Chen could find a viral rumor portraying him and Star-Level Shelter as invaders, leaving him furious over the apparent leak.

• Li Chen saw other provinces’ media outlets spread negative reports that Star-Level Shelter had been destroyed, but he dismissed them and blocked their notifications.
• Li Chen switched his network location to Province A and opened the widely circulated video of him controlling the network and the rebels’ execution.
• Li Chen struggled to find comments about himself and Star-Level Shelter among the video’s tens of millions of comments, so he ordered Noah to filter out meaningless entries.
• Noah reduced the comments to just over a million, revealing a viral post claiming Star-Level Shelter had plotted to extend its influence into Province A and threaten shelter Decision Makers.
• Li Chen suspected someone had deliberately leaked the news and grew angry at the supposed insider claims.

Li Chen used Noah to uncover the shelter officials behind a coordinated campaign of slander against him and the Star-Level Shelter, then had the comments deleted and their accounts restricted. He decided to visit those responsible, despite Noah warning that his mental condition had not recovered enough to safely use Mental Power.

• Li Chen saw that popular comments on a Province A news post accused him and the Star-Level Shelter of plotting to seize the province and mistreat survivors.
• Li Chen ordered Noah to identify the commenters, and Noah revealed that they were paid posters connected to shelters that appeared to be friendly forces.
• Li Chen found that Zhang Gongrong worked for Sunset Glow Shelter and that other prominent commenters were also tied to those shelters.
• Li Chen asked Noah to remove the slander, and Noah deleted more than a million comments and restricted the accounts involved.
• Li Chen decided to visit the people responsible, while Noah warned him against activating Mental Power before he had recovered.

Li Chen ordered Noah to block the network access of the shelters that had spread rumors and to expose their secrets across the Entire Network. Noah began the attack, cutting Sunset Glow Shelter and dozens of other shelters off from the network.

• Li Chen decided against using his depleted Mental Power and asked Noah to handle retaliation against the shelters spreading rumors.
• Li Chen ordered Noah to block those shelters' network access and expose damaging information about them, Zhao Fenghua's group, and other shelters that had watched the conflict.
• Noah assured Li Chen that it could carry out the entire operation without help, and Li Chen summoned Dang Zhongcheng by radio.
• At Sunset Glow Shelter, the Network Warfare Unit noticed its lights flicker as its members continued posting rumors and attacking rival shelters online.
• The Network Warfare Unit's accounts were logged out and its network access failed, while residents throughout Sunset Glow Shelter and dozens of other shelters also lost connectivity.

Li Chen discovered Dang Zhongcheng had reached Tier 5 Peak Gene Evolution and decided to evolve his Space Movement talent so Dang could take him on a long-distance trip. Noah calculated that the upgrade would reduce energy consumption by about 70% and double the movement distance, and Li Chen called Dang over to begin.

• Online revelations about the shelters that had slandered Li Chen and the Star-Level Shelter spread across Province A and beyond, while their network-connected devices were paralyzed.
• Dang Zhongcheng met Li Chen and reported that he and the Star-Level Shelter’s combat personnel had grown stronger after consuming Evolution Fluid.
• Li Chen asked Noah to inspect Dang Zhongcheng’s attributes and calculate the Evolution Energy needed to upgrade his Space Movement talent.
• Noah said the talent would cost two billion Evolution Energy to upgrade to Level 1, reducing total consumption by about 70% and doubling movement distance.
• Li Chen told Dang Zhongcheng he needed him for a distant trip and would evolve his talent first, then beckoned him over.

Li Chen spent 2 billion Evolution Energy to evolve Dang Zhongcheng’s Space Movement talent, then traveled with him to Province A to confront shelters that had secretly defied him. They arrived at Sunset Glow Shelter just as Wang YuHui realized its devices and accounts had been cut off from the network.

• Li Chen touched Dang Zhongcheng and used 2 billion Evolution Energy to evolve his Space Movement talent.
• Dang Zhongcheng felt his physical strength and Mental Power surge, then agreed to take Li Chen to Province A.
• Li Chen chose Sunset Glow Shelter as his first destination because Wang YuHui had been especially active online.
• Wang YuHui learned that Sunset Glow Shelter’s network worked but its devices and accounts could not connect, and he suspected an enemy attack.
• Li Chen and Dang Zhongcheng suddenly appeared before Wang YuHui at the shelter’s Network Warfare Command Center.

Li Chen and Dang Zhongcheng confronted Wang YuHui at the Network Warfare Command Headquarters, where Li Chen made clear that he knew about the network disruptions and Wang’s activities. Dang Zhongcheng showed them the explosive online coverage of abuses at Sunset Glow Shelter, leaving Wang convinced his downfall was imminent.

• Li Chen and Dang Zhongcheng appeared inside the Network Warfare Command Headquarters, terrifying Wang YuHui and the other commanders.
• Wang YuHui nervously greeted Li Chen, who sat down and silently intimidated him while Dang Zhongcheng guarded the room with his weapon.
• Li Chen inspected the Network Warfare Unit and remarked on its unusual equipment and assignments as Wang YuHui tried to guess his purpose.
• Li Chen called Wang YuHui an internet celebrity, and Dang Zhongcheng used a phone to display current online news and social media coverage.
• Wang YuHui saw a viral headline exposing abuses at Sunset Glow Shelter, with tens of millions of reads and millions of comments, and realized he was finished.

Li Chen used Noah to expose Sunset Glow Shelter’s abuses and stir public anger, aiming to win ordinary survivors’ support before moving against its leaders. As Wang YuHui tried to defend himself, Li Chen feigned surprise at his confession, leaving Wang YuHui wondering whether he had misjudged what Li Chen knew.

• Wang YuHui and the Network Warfare Unit commanders saw leaked evidence of Sunset Glow Shelter’s abuses spreading across social media and feared the public backlash.
• Li Chen asked Noah to measure netizens’ anger and ordered it to release more damaging material and restore internet access for Sunset Glow Shelter’s ordinary survivors.
• Noah pushed targeted notifications to survivors across Sunset Glow Shelter and dozens of other shelters, prompting many oppressed residents to rally against their leaders.
• Wang YuHui admitted that his shelter had smeared Li Chen and fabricated rumors about the Star-Level Shelter, then stopped short of finishing his defense when Li Chen reacted with feigned anger.
• Wang YuHui wondered whether he had misjudged Li Chen and whether Li Chen had known about the smear campaign.

Li Chen confronted Wang YuHui over attacks against the Star-Level Shelter, but Wang YuHui denied responsibility and tried to flatter him. Li Chen revealed he had come because Wang YuHui’s own scandals were spreading online, leaving the shelter’s commander to suspect retaliation by rebel supporters.

• Wang YuHui pretended he had not admitted to spreading rumors about Li Chen and the Star-Level Shelter.
• Dang Zhongcheng accused Wang YuHui and demanded to know who else had been involved, while the commanders claimed they had removed the negative posts.
• Wang YuHui swore he had never betrayed or attacked Li Chen, and Li Chen stopped Dang Zhongcheng from confronting him.
• Li Chen rejected Wang YuHui’s offer to name the shelters targeting him and told him to handle his own affairs.
• Wang YuHui realized Li Chen had come because scandals about Sunset Glow Shelter were spreading online, and his public opinion department suggested supporters of the rebels were retaliating.

Li Chen warned Wang YuHui that rumors about the rebels were stirring unrest, but riots soon broke out across Sunset Glow Shelter and other shelters. Wang YuHui left to confront the uprising, while Li Chen and Dang Zhongcheng revealed they had manipulated events to provoke the revolt; Province A descended into chaos.

• Li Chen told Wang YuHui that rumors online were likely a counterattack by supporters of the rebels he had executed.
• A soldier reported that more than a hundred thousand residents were rioting outside Sunset Glow Shelter and attacking the guards.
• Wang YuHui received reports that other shelters were also in revolt, the Weapon Depot and Command Center had fallen, and the Vice Commander had been captured.
• Li Chen told Wang YuHui that he had hoped to upgrade the shelters but warned that Wang would disappoint him if he could not handle the crisis.
• Wang YuHui ordered his armor and weapons brought and left with the other commanders to suppress the rebels.
• After Wang YuHui left, Dang Zhongcheng praised Li Chen's plan, as chaos spread throughout Province A and shelter commanders fought the rebels.