Chapter Summaries

Li Chen used Noah to incite uprisings among ordinary survivors across Province A, planning to win their support and take control of the province. As chaos spread, Zhao Fenghua chose not to send troops to suppress the rebellions, leaving his commanders questioning his decision.

• Li Chen explained how Noah had launched an online campaign to turn ordinary survivors against Province A’s shelter leaders, then left with Dang Zhongcheng to meet another friend.
• Uprisings broke out across Province A as survivors seized weapons and attacked garrison troops, causing many small shelters to fall.
• Zhao Fenghua watched the unrest spread while shelters across the province called for help.
• Zhao Fenghua recalled that he had tolerated exploitation in other shelters but had ensured Fenghua Shelter and its affiliates treated residents well, keeping them peaceful.
• Zhao Fenghua ordered his commanders to return to their posts, saying they could not solve the crisis, and they questioned whether he would let the province’s foundations be shaken.

Li Chen arrived at Fenghua Shelter and confronted Zhao Fenghua for failing to address the shelters spreading rumors and targeting Li Chen. Zhao Fenghua tried to justify his inaction as creating an opportunity for Li Chen.

• The commanders urged Zhao Fenghua to intervene in the unrest, but he told them the crisis was not theirs to solve.
• Zhao Fenghua concluded that Li Chen had acted, since the online attacks had vanished and chaos had erupted in the shelters behind them.
• Li Chen and Dang Zhongcheng appeared inside Fenghua Shelter’s command center, where Li Chen noted that the shelter remained calm.
• Li Chen told Zhao Fenghua he had come to call him to account for failing to resolve Province A’s problems as his agent.
• Zhao Fenghua asked what crime he had committed, then claimed he had been creating an opportunity for Li Chen.

Li Chen confronted Zhao Fenghua over the unrest sweeping Province A, and Zhao Fenghua tried to frame the mobs as rebels while presenting the chaos as an opportunity. After Li Chen rebuked him, Zhao ordered his commanders and subordinate shelters to suppress the unrest and arrest the leaders of the Black-Hearted Shelters, leaving Li Chen satisfied.

• Zhao Fenghua claimed the rioters came from shelters whose Decision Makers had been executed and called the violence an opportunity for Li Chen.
• Li Chen shouted at Zhao Fenghua for failing to stop the riots, and Zhao dropped to one knee and apologized.
• Zhao Fenghua ordered his commanders to resolve the crisis within three days and arrest the Decision Makers and managers of the Black-Hearted Shelters for judgment by the people.
• Zhao Fenghua called the Decision Makers of his subordinate shelters and issued them the same orders in Li Chen's name.
• Li Chen smiled with satisfaction as Zhao Fenghua continued assigning forces to suppress the rebellion.

Zhao Fenghua arranged a banquet to welcome Li Chen and the leaders of the affiliated shelters, while unknown armed forces infiltrated the coast near Donghai City. After Xu Ruoxi reported the infiltration to Dang Zhongcheng, he returned to find Li Chen gone and Zhao Fenghua directing a young woman toward him.

• Zhao Fenghua contacted the Affiliated Shelter Decision Makers, relayed Li Chen’s orders, and invited Li Chen to a banquet.
• Li Chen introduced Dang Zhongcheng to Zhao Fenghua, and the two shelter leaders greeted each other.
• Unknown forces landed along the Donghai City coast, deployed reconnaissance drones, and dispersed into the woods to scout.
• Noah detected the infiltration, and Xu Ruoxi reported it to Dang Zhongcheng while Li Chen entertained Zhao Fenghua and the shelter leaders.
• Dang Zhongcheng returned to the dining hall and learned that Li Chen had gone to rest; Zhao Fenghua then introduced him to a smiling young woman.

Dang Zhongcheng followed Yu'er to investigate Zhao Fenghua's intentions, while Youyou restrained the apparently drunk Li Chen and tried to stab him. The dagger stopped short when an unseen arm seized Youyou's wrist.

• Dang Zhongcheng accepted Zhao Fenghua's offer to let Yu'er escort him, intending to discover whether the shelter leaders were plotting against him and Li Chen.
• Zhao Fenghua told the other Decision Makers that Star-Level Shelter's elite soldiers and advanced technology made it a valuable ally, while questioning whether survivors should keep fighting one another.
• Yu'er led Dang Zhongcheng to a room beside Li Chen's, and Dang Zhongcheng heard no movement before sensing danger behind him.
• Youyou bound Li Chen to the bed with cable ties, then raised a dagger and aimed it at his neck.
• An arm appeared and clamped onto Youyou's wrist, stopping her dagger from striking Li Chen.

Dang Zhongcheng stopped Youyou from stabbing Li Chen, who woke unharmed despite being poisoned and freed from his restraints. Li Chen demanded to know why Youyou had tried to kill him, but she refused to answer and was left pinned beneath him.

• Dang Zhongcheng seized Youyou as she tried to attack Li Chen, and her dagger fell to the floor.
• Dang Zhongcheng found Li Chen bound and asleep, but Li Chen snapped the cable ties and sat up, shocking Youyou, who had poisoned him.
• Li Chen ordered Dang Zhongcheng to release Youyou and asked why she had tried to kill him, but she cursed him and refused to explain.
• Li Chen pinned Youyou to the bed and threatened her until she stopped struggling and told him to kill her.

Li Chen learned that Youyou and her cousin were relatives of a Decision Maker he had killed, but spared Youyou and ordered them to leave. He then went with Dang Zhongcheng to observe the growing conflict across Province A, where ordinary survivors were fighting shelters and the shelters were beginning to gain the upper hand.

• Li Chen used his Mental Power to read Youyou's memories, discovered her connection to a slain Decision Maker, and let her go with a warning to leave with her cousin.
• Youyou angrily threatened Li Chen and stormed out, leaving behind a pendant that displayed a holographic record of her life.
• Dang Zhongcheng questioned Li Chen's decision to spare Youyou, and Li Chen said the women had not yet posed a real threat.
• Li Chen declined to warn Zhao Fenghua about spies in Fenghua Shelter, reasoning that Zhao already knew how shelters operated.
• Li Chen and Dang Zhongcheng went to a tall building and watched ordinary survivors battle shelters as Noah's manipulation intensified the unrest across Province A.

Li Chen monitored the battles across Province A and ordered Zhao Fenghua to reject the Rebel Alliance’s request for negotiations. He left Zhao Fenghua and the other Decision Makers preparing to intensify their campaign against the rebels, while promising to send them equipment.

• Dang Zhongcheng reported that Xu Ruoxi had discovered a mysterious armed force, and Li Chen called her to learn that her team had captured three prisoners.
• Li Chen asked Noah to show him the battles at the rebellious shelters and saw Zhao Fenghua’s alliance capture more than thirteen rebel Commanders.
• Li Chen watched Wang YuHui’s expanded Rebel Alliance face off against Zhao Fenghua’s forces and the Resistance Alliance, then prepared to return and deploy his troops.
• Zhao Fenghua called Li Chen to ask whether to accept the rebels’ request for negotiations, and Li Chen ordered him to reject it and cripple the rebels.
• Li Chen promised to send Zhao Fenghua equipment, and Zhao Fenghua urged the other Decision Makers to follow Li Chen’s orders and mobilized their forces.

Li Chen ordered Zhao Fenghua’s Network Warfare Unit to destroy the Rebel Alliance’s online reputation and suppress its ability to respond. Trapped at Sunset Glow Shelter, Wang YuHui realized Li Chen was using the rebels’ downfall to justify bringing Star-Level Shelters into Province A, leaving the gathered leaders panicked and unsure how to resist.

• Li Chen ordered Zhao Fenghua and the others to wipe out every rebel, while their Network Warfare Unit launched cyberattacks and spread damaging reports about the Rebel Alliance.
• Noah prevented Rebel Alliance members from replying online, while bystanders exposed the rebels’ movements and locations.
• Wang YuHui and the remaining leaders gathered at Sunset Glow Shelter, where they lamented their losses, their inability to defend themselves, and their dwindling morale.
• Wang YuHui noticed popular articles praising Star-Level Shelters and concluded that Li Chen was using the Rebel Alliance as a pretext to bring those shelters into Province A.
• The gathered Decision Makers panicked at the prospect of facing the Star-Level Shelters and asked what they could do.

Wang YuHui rallied shelter representatives to resist Li Chen and nominated himself to lead them. Meanwhile, Xu Ruoxi brought three captives to the Star-Level Shelter, where Li Chen prepared aid for survivors and Noah publicized the shelter online.

• Wang YuHui persuaded hesitant Decision Makers and shelter representatives to unite against Li Chen, then called for a Chief Decision Maker and nominated himself.
• Xu Ruoxi returned to the Star-Level Shelter with three captives, whose eyes turned red beneath their hoods.
• Li Chen ordered preparations to deliver Second Generation Electromagnetic Energy Cannons to Zhao Fenghua and emergency supplies to survivors.
• Li Chen told Noah to publicize the Star-Level Shelter, and Noah released photographs of its vast underground city, drawing widespread attention online.

In Province B, the First Generation Zombie King discovered that he could grow stronger by absorbing the energy of other zombies, while the Second Generation Zombie King proposed making the city the foundation of a Zombie Civilization. Elsewhere, a one-eyed man and the Man in Black studied publicly released images of the Star-Level Shelter and focused their search for the Zombie Mother on the areas left unseen.

• The First Generation Zombie King reached Tier 7 Peak and realized he would have to kill other zombies to keep growing stronger.
• The Second Generation Zombie King rejected the plan to move to a neighboring city and proposed turning Province B into the Main Camp for a Zombie Civilization.
• The First Generation Zombie King objected that millions of humans lived in the city, and the Second Generation Zombie King said he would negotiate with them.
• The Second Generation Zombie King began using his Mental Power to address the city's humans.
• A one-eyed man reported that his ground Reconnaissance Troops had been wiped out, though three members had been taken prisoner by the Star-Level Shelter.
• The Man in Black told the one-eyed man to study the Star-Level Shelter images online and investigate the areas likely to conceal the Zombie Mother.

The Man in Black ordered the one-eyed man to avoid rash action against the Zombie Mother and Star-Level Shelter, while Li Chen assessed his shelter’s military strength and dwindling Energy Crystal Cores. After Noah prompted him to claim his earlier mission rewards, Li Chen opened three gift packs and received vast resources and a transport plane blueprint.

• The Man in Black ordered the one-eyed man to delay action against the Zombie Mother and keep the Star-Level Shelter under surveillance, and the one-eyed man agreed despite his anger.
• Li Chen checked the Star-Level Shelter’s status and found its defenses could withstand the planet’s strongest nuclear attacks, while its forces exceeded one million including reservists.
• Li Chen asked Noah how long the Energy Crystal Cores would last, and Noah estimated they would support maximum consumption for about 184 days without replenishment.
• Li Chen asked Noah about missions, and Noah reminded him to claim his earlier mission rewards first.
• Li Chen used three Super Deluxe Gift Packs and received 8 billion Evolution Energy points, large quantities of Energy Crystal Cores, and an ANNY225 Super Large Transport Plane Construction Blueprint.

Li Chen used a blueprint to build and upgrade an automated production line for ANNY225-max ultra-large transport planes, then improved several weapon production lines for his newly arrived soldiers. After opening his remaining Super Deluxe Gift Packs and gaining a large stock of resources, he discovered a blueprint for a Steel 001 Super Protective Barrier.

• Li Chen examined the ANNY225-max transport plane blueprint and saw that its production line required 200,000 First Generation Tier 7 Energy Crystal Cores, with each plane costing another 5,000.
• Li Chen ordered Noah to build the transport plane production line and upgraded it to produce two planes every 24 hours for 9,800 cores per plane.
• Li Chen upgraded several Single-Soldier Weapon Production Lines to better equip the hundreds of thousands of new soldiers at the shelter.
• Li Chen opened his two remaining Super Deluxe Gift Packs and received 15 billion Evolution Energy, millions of Energy Crystal Cores, and a Steel 001 Super Protective Barrier construction blueprint.
• Li Chen opened the System Backpack to inspect the new protective barrier blueprint.

Li Chen learned that Noah’s new mission required him to build the Great Wall Project along Province Y’s borders, despite his plan to abandon the province. He agreed that Province Y had to remain his base for now, and Noah revealed that the barrier’s raw materials could be found on Earth.

• Li Chen examined the Steel 001 Super Protective Barrier blueprint and learned about its defensive capabilities.
• Noah assigned Li Chen a mission to build a Super Bulwark along Province Y’s borders, promising at least ten Super Deluxe Gift Packs.
• Noah explained that Li Chen could not relocate the Star-Level Shelter until Noah’s computing power recovered, and that moving everyone would require a risky Level Zero shelter.
• Li Chen recalled the threat of Hua Ju Laboratory’s planned Third Generation Zombies and their Titan Project.
• Noah told Li Chen that the barrier required no Energy Crystal Cores and that ordinary Earth soil and metal ores could serve as Star Sand and Star Might Steel.

Li Chen learned that Star Sand and Star Might Steel were ordinary soil and metal ores, then built a production line for the Super Protective Barrier and arranged to gather materials. After accepting a mission to sell discarded weapons and equipment, he learned the stockpile was nearly ready but transport was limited, and he planned to use Noah’s new Transport Plane before further evolving his strength.

• Noah explained to Li Chen that Star Sand and Star Might Steel could be ordinary soil and metal ores, with the Gurte People’s forging techniques making them into a Super Bulwark.
• Li Chen used the blueprint to create a Steel 001 Super Protective Barrier Fully Automated Production Line and ordered Dang Zhongcheng to gather soil and metal-bearing deposits.
• Noah assigned Li Chen a mission to sell discarded weapons and equipment to other shelters, promising at least two Super Deluxe Gift Packs.
• Xu Ruoxi told Li Chen that two-thirds of the discarded equipment had been packaged but that the shelter lacked enough transport vehicles to move it all.
• Li Chen assured Xu Ruoxi that Noah had developed an ultra-large Transport Plane and said they could set off the next day.
• Li Chen checked his Attribute Panel and considered using his Evolution Energy to further evolve his strength.

Li Chen checked his evolution requirements, then investigated three captives brought back from Hua Ju Laboratory and discovered they were androids secretly scanning the Star-Level Shelter. Noah had intercepted their data, and Li Chen realized their targets were based on misleading clues he had planted in the shelter photos.

• Li Chen checked his Attribute Panel and found that evolving to Level 8 required far more Evolution Energy and crystal cores than he had.
• Li Chen went to the prison to question the three captives from Hua Ju Laboratory and noticed a dark-red flash in their eyes.
• Noah told Li Chen that the captives were androids using upgraded infrared imaging to scan the shelter, but Noah had intercepted all their transmissions.
• Noah showed Li Chen the areas the androids had scanned, and Li Chen recognized them as locations inferred from photos he had deliberately mixed with false clues.

Li Chen interrogated three prisoners from Hua Ju Laboratory, reading their memories before they could hide the laboratory’s secrets. After the last prisoner detonated himself, Li Chen survived, and he ordered the loyal Android Warrior who shielded him to be taken for repairs.

• Li Chen used his Mental Power to read the first two prisoners’ memories, then destroyed their brains and killed them.
• The final prisoner tried to kill himself by smashing his head against the wall, but Li Chen immobilized him and read his memories.
• The prisoner detonated, and an Android Warrior knocked Li Chen aside to protect him, losing most of his body in the blast.
• Li Chen emerged with his wounds rapidly healed and recognized the Android Warrior’s loyalty.
• Li Chen asked Noah to repair the Android Warrior, then ordered the guard to take him to the Cultivation Pod.
• Li Chen realized Hua Ju Laboratory had implanted Energy Crystal Cores in its Androids’ heads and said he had learned its secret.

Li Chen survived an enemy’s powerful self-destruction and warned his officers to kill similar enemies immediately. After learning that the shelter lacked enough vehicles to gather materials, he ordered production lines for excavation and transport robots and summoned the commanders to a meeting.

• Xu Ruoxi, Dang Zhongcheng, and the others found Li Chen unharmed, and he warned them not to spare enemies capable of self-destruction.
• Li Chen saw the damage to the prison cell and ordered his officers to kill such enemies on the spot in the future.
• Dang Zhongcheng told Li Chen that the shelter lacked enough transport vehicles to gather raw materials.
• Noah suggested using the System Shop to build excavation and transport robot production lines, and Li Chen started them at full speed.
• Li Chen told the officers that the workshop would produce fifty robots per hour and ordered them to bring the other commanders to a meeting.

Li Chen spoke with the Shadow Organization’s liaison, who asked about his plans for Province A and invited him to join. The liaison revealed that the organization had long fought the alien civilization behind the disaster, but Li Chen declined the offer.

• Li Chen answered a call from the Shadow Organization’s Old Man using the device he had taken from Zhao Feng.
• The Old Man asked why Li Chen planned to move against Province A and what he intended to do after annexing it.
• Li Chen refused to discuss his plans and told the Old Man to focus on Hua Ju Laboratory and the true mastermind behind the disaster.
• The Old Man said the Shadow Organization had been fighting the alien civilization responsible for the disaster and claimed its actions had helped keep the world from being destroyed.
• Li Chen realized the Shadow Organization might be powerful enough to contend with alien civilizations, but he rejected the Old Man’s invitation to join.

The Old Man ended his call with Li Chen after another invitation to join the Shadow Organization. That night, Chewy Candy was driven by a command to kill humans and attacked Li Chen at the Star-Level Shelter, where he subdued her.

• The Old Man told Li Chen he would not delay him and ended the holographic call, while Li Chen wondered whether the Shadow Organization knew his secret.
• Chewy Candy stood watching the Star-Level Shelter as a voice commanded her to kill humans, then vanished into the night.
• Bewitchment and other Tier 7 Zombies arrived, learned Chewy Candy had gone to the shelter, and followed her to protect her under the First Generation Zombie King's orders.
• A doorbell rang at Li Chen's room, but the surveillance showed no one outside; he sensed Chewy Candy behind him and dodged her dagger attack.
• Li Chen's shout briefly confused Chewy Candy, but the command returned and she attacked again, so he grabbed her and slammed her to the ground.