Chapter Summaries

Li Chen learned that the Shadow Organization’s technology surpassed that of a Level 1 Universe Civilization, then recovered the battlefield and set out to rescue Dang Zhongcheng. Dang Zhongcheng remained trapped on a rooftop, surrounded by zombies and nearly out of strength.

• Noah told Li Chen that the Shadow Organization’s technology let it monitor events across Earth and surpassed Level 1 Universe Civilization capabilities.
• Li Chen found the Super Metal Cube slightly deformed but intact, and discovered that Hua Ju Laboratory’s Third Generation Zombie Skeleton had survived the explosions undamaged.
• Li Chen ordered Xu Ruoxi to recover the skeletons and cube, then told her he was leaving to rescue Dang Zhongcheng, who was trapped in a zombie-besieged city abroad.
• Dang Zhongcheng fought through waves of zombies, used Space Movement to escape to a nearby rooftop, and collapsed with his Electromagnetic Energy Cannon nearly depleted.
• When zombies reached the stairwell again, Dang Zhongcheng pulled the pin from a grenade and prepared to die rather than let them take him.

Li Chen rescued Dang Zhongcheng from a zombie horde, then left the overrun city without searching for other survivors. Meanwhile, Zhu DaWen used reports that Li Chen had fallen to rally Guiyi Island’s forces for an assault on the Star-Level Shelter.

• Dang Zhongcheng prepared to detonate a grenade, but Li Chen arrived and cleared the rooftop of zombies with his Mental Power.
• Li Chen carried the exhausted Dang Zhongcheng away as more zombies swarmed the building.
• Zhu DaWen learned that Li Chen was believed to have fallen in Africa and that the Star-Level Shelter was in chaos.
• Zhu DaWen learned He Guozhong’s people might have joined the Star-Level Shelter and ordered that the news be kept secret.
• Zhu DaWen urged roughly two hundred thousand troops to attack, promising rewards and letting them keep the spoils from enemies they defeated.

Zhu DaWen promised his troops they could keep battlefield spoils and led an assault on the Star-Level Shelter with 101 Savior 001 mechas and a full military force. Meanwhile, the Shadow Organization’s elders debated Li Chen’s hidden strength, but the Grand Elder urged them to focus on the weakening Aerospace Barrier and the intensifying alien attack.

• Zhu DaWen promised hundreds of thousands of armed personnel they could keep the Energy Crystal Cores and other spoils they seized.
• The troops swore loyalty to Zhu DaWen, who declared they would take the Star-Level Shelter within three days.
• Zhu DaWen led 101 Savior 001 mechas, amphibious forces, tanks, and fighter jets toward the Star-Level Shelter.
• Leng Ruoshuang returned to the Shadow Organization’s concealed space post and reported Li Chen’s strength and the quantum network’s inability to scan him.
• The Council of Elders debated Li Chen, and the Grand Elder advised them not to interfere with him or the Star-Level Shelter.
• The Grand Elder warned that the Aerospace Barrier was weakening as the aliens’ offensive intensified.

The First Generation Zombie King tried to stop the Second Generation Zombie King from infecting humanity, but the Second Generation Zombie King remained determined to pursue his plan. Li Chen returned to the Star-Level Shelter and learned that Guiyi Island was invading the Southeast Coast with powerful weapons.

• The Grand Elder warned the Elders that Shadow's defensive barrier was weakening and privately considered using a trump card.
• The First Generation Zombie King and the Second Generation Zombie King sensed Li Chen's Mental Power and realized he had survived.
• The First Generation Zombie King tried to persuade the Second Generation Zombie King to abandon his plan to infect humans, but the Second Generation Zombie King refused.
• The First Generation Zombie King left to protect humanity, and the Second Generation Zombie King challenged him to stop his plan.
• Li Chen returned to the Star-Level Shelter with the unconscious Dang Zhongcheng and learned from Xu Ruoxi that the four Super Metal Bulwarks and the remains of a Super Third Generation Zombie had been recovered.
• Noah warned of intruders on the Southeast Coast, and reconnaissance confirmed that Guiyi Island was invading with powerful offensive weapons.

Li Chen ordered the Star-Level Shelter to prepare for battle after Guiyi Island’s forces advanced toward its coast and opened fire on its drones. As the coastal defenses prepared to return fire, He Guozhong and the other prisoners heard artillery outside and wondered what was happening.

• Li Chen ordered his forces to prepare for battle and told Xu Ruoxi to take charge of the Star-Level Shelter while he headed out.
• Zhu DaWen ordered Guiyi Island’s forces to attack after they detected the Star-Level Shelter’s coastal defenses.
• Zhu DaWen fired on the shelter’s warning drones, and Guiyi Island’s troops cheered and pressed forward.
• Zhang Dabiao ordered the coastal defenses to return fire after learning the enemy had shot down drones and was only ten kilometers away.
• He Guozhong and his team heard artillery from the Temporary Detention Center and wondered whether the fighting involved Mad Bear 3 Missiles.

He Guozhong explained Guiyi Island’s crisis and Zhu DaWen’s ambition to Li Chen, who appeared inside his locked cell. He Guozhong pleaded for Star-Level Shelter to take over Guiyi Island and lead its people, while a battle raged outside.

• He Guozhong and the special forces realized Mad Bear Three had detonated in Star-Level Shelter territory and feared that Guiyi Island and the shelter were clashing.
• He Guozhong worried Zhu DaWen would use Guiyi Island’s soldiers as cannon fodder and that soldiers on both sides would die.
• Li Chen appeared inside He Guozhong’s locked cell and demanded to know who Zhu DaWen was and why He Guozhong called him a bastard.
• He Guozhong explained that Zhu DaWen was Guiyi Island’s temporary Supreme Commander, the former leader’s son, and had long wanted to seize Star-Level Shelter.
• Li Chen confirmed his identity, and He Guozhong knelt to beg him to help Guiyi Island’s civilians and soldiers overthrow the Zhu Family’s rule.

Li Chen freed He Guozhong and his special operations soldiers after confirming He Guozhong’s claims, and they set out against Zhu DaWen. As Zhu DaWen’s forces crumbled under the Star-Level Shelter’s superior troops and equipment, Zhang Dabiao learned that people from Guiyi Island were fighting their own side.

• Li Chen read He Guozhong’s memories and confirmed that Guiyi Island’s survivors and officers had chosen him to lead them against Zhu DaWen.
• Li Chen broke the restraints on He Guozhong and his teammates, opened their prison doors, and returned their confiscated weapons and equipment.
• He Guozhong ordered his soldiers to attack Zhu DaWen’s group and kill anyone who resisted.
• The Star-Level Shelter’s forces routed Zhu DaWen’s troops in twenty minutes, and the surviving soldiers fled.
• Zhang Dabiao received reports that Guiyi Island residents were fighting against their own people and reacted with disbelief.

Li Chen watched He Guozhong’s forces turn against Zhu DaWen, but their weak fighters struggled against the mechas until Zhang Dabiao and the Star-Level Shelter troops arrived. After the troops destroyed one mecha and Li Chen ordered them to spare a few, Zhu DaWen tried to flee and was pinned to the ground by Li Chen’s power.

• Zhang Dabiao was baffled when Guiyi Island soldiers began fighting Zhu DaWen’s forces and went to investigate with his troops.
• Li Chen watched He Guozhong rally Guiyi Island soldiers against Zhu DaWen, but the mechas drove them back despite their superior numbers.
• He Guozhong charged the mechas under the protection of an energy shield while a pilot named Lin Liang threatened his family to distract him.
• Zhang Dabiao arrived and destroyed a mecha with a Sixth-Generation Electromagnetic Energy Cannon, prompting the Star-Level Shelter troops to target the remaining machines.
• Li Chen ordered the troops to leave some mechas intact, and Zhu DaWen tried to escape before Li Chen’s power forced him to the ground.

Li Chen exposed Zhu DaWen’s trafficking of Guiyi Island survivors as slaves and experimental subjects, while He Guozhong publicly condemned him in a livestream. Guiyi Island residents watched the broadcast and celebrated Zhu DaWen’s downfall, with many hoping the Star-Level Shelter would rescue them.

• Zhu DaWen begged Li Chen to spare him and offered slaves and mechas, revealing that he had sold Guiyi Island survivors to other factions.
• Li Chen’s recording of Zhu DaWen’s confession was livestreamed worldwide through Noah, and He Guozhong and the soldiers heard it.
• He Guozhong spat on Zhu DaWen, struck him with a rifle butt, and began livestreaming his crimes to Guiyi Island.
• He Guozhong condemned Zhu DaWen and promoted the Star-Level Shelter to viewers.
• Li Chen watched a holographic screen showing Guiyi Island residents celebrating Zhu DaWen’s fall and hoping for the Star-Level Shelter’s help.

After Zhu DaWen’s defeat, most survivors on Guiyi Island supported joining or receiving protection from the Star-Level Shelter, while Li Chen identified a small group still spreading rumors against him. Li Chen appointed He Guozhong as the survivors’ new leader, though He Guozhong doubted his ability to manage them.

• More than ninety-five percent of Guiyi Island’s survivors expressed support for unification under the Star-Level Shelter, while a small minority spread anti-Li Chen rumors that Noah intercepted.
• Noah awarded Li Chen ten Super Deluxe Gift Packs and a Random Generation Artificial Human Cultivation Technology Guide for a hidden achievement.
• He Guozhong showed Li Chen the survivors’ supportive comments and messages declaring their Hua Xia identity.
• Li Chen praised He Guozhong, appointed him the survivors’ new leader, and promised help repairing and upgrading the shelter.
• He Guozhong thanked Li Chen but said he felt better suited to leading troops in battle than managing survivors.

Li Chen appointed He Guozhong as Guiyi Island’s branch leader and tasked him with capturing the infiltrators who had stirred up trouble. After the beach battle ended, Li Chen ordered his troops to collect the battlefield’s resources and examined the surviving Gundam mechs.

• Li Chen insisted that He Guozhong accept the branch leader position and promised him an assistant to help manage daily affairs.
• Li Chen ordered Noah to identify the people who had been causing trouble, then had Noah send their information to He Guozhong.
• Li Chen told He Guozhong to use the information to capture the infiltrators before they could escape.
• Li Chen surveyed the battlefield as Zhu DaWen and his remaining forces were overwhelmed and taken prisoner.
• Li Chen ordered Zhang Dabiao to recover usable resources from the battlefield, then walked toward a surviving Gundam mech named Savior 001.

The Star-Level Shelter’s victory over Guiyi Island fueled celebration across Huaxia while rival shelters began promoting themselves and considering action against Li Chen. In the Sunrise Empire, officials abandoned plans to intervene on Guiyi Island as they confronted a runaway laboratory crisis and discussed a possible Mushroom Bomb strike.

• Survivors across Huaxia celebrated the Star-Level Shelter’s victory after watching footage of Zhu DaWen’s defeat and Guiyi Island’s submission.
• A powerful shelter leader in H Province ordered his publicity department to attract survivors and compete with Li Chen’s growing influence.
• Ambitious shelter decision-makers considered exploiting Li Chen’s delay in claiming resources, or attacking the Star-Level Shelter.
• Oyama Tatsumi briefed Sunrise Empire officials on Zhu DaWen’s capture and asked whether they would eliminate He Guozhong, but they ignored him.
• The officials ordered Oyama Tatsumi to withdraw all intelligence operatives from Guiyi Island and refused to help rescue them.
• Oyama Tatsumi overheard the officials discuss a laboratory out of control, missing combat units, and White-Headed Sam’s demand for a meeting about a Mushroom Bomb strike.

Oyama Tatsumi confronted the officials after they decided to abandon his four-thousand-member intelligence department on Frog Island, but Baldy killed him before his attempted coup could succeed. The officials then discussed eliminating the department’s agents and recruiting shelters to help fight Star-Level Shelter, while questioning whether Hua Ju Laboratory’s outreach would expose their identities.

• Oyama Tatsumi overheard the officials deciding to abandon the Frog Island intelligence department and resolved to retaliate.
• Oyama demanded the officials respect him, declared he would replace them, and attacked Baldy with a knife.
• Baldy punched a hole through Oyama’s chest, killing him, and the officials agreed that the Frog Island agents should also be eliminated.
• Baldy said Big Bear had recruited over five thousand shelters as potential allies against Li Chen and Star-Level Shelter.
• The officials questioned whether Hua Ju Laboratory’s plan to contact ordinary shelters would expose their identities.

Li Chen piloted a captured mecha and learned from Noah that its technology was relatively ordinary. He bought a blueprint for a fully automated Super Mecha production line, which Noah built, and discovered that the Super Mechas surpassed the captured machines.

• Li Chen piloted a mecha over the ocean and fired at the wreckage of enemy vessels.
• Noah told Li Chen the mechas used mechanical controls and could be produced by an Earth civilization at Level 0.5.
• Li Chen asked about upgrading the mechas and searched the System Shop for a production-line blueprint.
• Li Chen spent ten First Generation Tier 5 Energy Crystal Cores to obtain the Super Mecha production-line blueprint.
• Li Chen ordered Noah to build the production line and saw that Super Mechas used nuclear fusion cores and super alloy.

Li Chen upgraded his Super Mecha production line to Level 5 and used a technology guide to unlock Tier 3 Android cultivation. He began producing 200,000 Third Generation Androids, leaving himself time to gather Energy Crystal Cores, Evolution Fluid, weapons, and equipment for them.

• Li Chen upgraded the fully automated Super Mecha production line to Level 5, raising its output to 500 units per hour at a cost of 50,000 First Generation Level 8 Energy Crystal Cores per hour.
• Li Chen used the Random Generation Android Cultivation Technology Guide and obtained Tier 3 Android Cultivation Technology.
• Noah developed a remote console, and Li Chen summoned the Tier 3 Android Cultivation Pod, which could cultivate Androids from Level 4 Peak to Level 6 Peak Gene Evolution.
• Li Chen upgraded the Cultivation Pod to Level 5, allowing it to cultivate up to 5,000 Third Generation Androids at a time.
• Li Chen set a production target of 200,000 Third Generation Androids, planning to prepare Energy Crystal Cores, Evolution Fluid, weapons, and equipment while they were cultivated.

Li Chen expanded weapons production and prepared to begin building the Super Bulwark as Star-Level Shelter continued to grow. A month of peaceful reconstruction passed, and as Li Chen prepared to inspect the city, Dang Zhongcheng sent him a report.

• Li Chen maximized production plans for weapons and equipment, then checked the growing stocks of Super Metal and Super Sky Curtain modules and issued further orders to shelter staff.
• Li Chen learned that He Guozhong's talent, Unbeaten, greatly strengthened his defense and recovery, and told him to coordinate with his arriving assistant.
• He Guozhong reported that Guiyi Island had been locked down; Li Chen left Zhu DaWen and his accomplices for the island's survivors to deal with.
• A month passed as tens of millions of newcomers settled in, rebuilt the city, and established farms and soilless cultivation to secure food.
• Li Chen prepared to inspect the city's reconstruction, but Dang Zhongcheng sent him a report.

Li Chen learned that refugee survivors from other Chinese provinces and neighboring countries were seeking the Star-Level Shelter's protection as third generation zombies threatened them. He decided to delay the overseas request, then discovered the provincial refugees had already crossed into Province Y and Province G.

• Dang Zhongcheng told Li Chen that border patrol had found a massive number of refugee survivors.
• Noah assigned Li Chen a mission to receive refugees, rewarding him with five Super Deluxe Gift Packs and one Random Technology Evolution Gift Pack.
• Zhao Fenghua told Li Chen that survivors from neighboring countries had requested aid after their countries fell and third generation zombies loomed.
• Li Chen told Zhao Fenghua to say the Star-Level Shelter was still considering the overseas request and chose to receive refugees from other Chinese provinces first.
• Zhao Fenghua revealed that the provincial refugees had already crossed the border through Province Y and Province G.

Li Chen refused to take in tens of millions of refugee survivors from neighboring countries, offering instead to help them reclaim zombie-occupied land and rebuild their own civilization. He sent three Army Groups toward the border as the First Generation Zombie King watched the Star-Level Shelter construct its Super Bulwark.

• Zhao Fenghua told Li Chen that border provinces could not handle an influx of refugees and that applicants from one country alone numbered around five hundred thousand.
• Li Chen ordered Zhao Fenghua to refuse the refugees shelter and land, while offering help to reclaim zombie-occupied places and rebuild their civilization.
• Li Chen assembled three light Army Groups, totaling around one hundred and twenty thousand troops, and ordered them to the border.
• Li Chen told Xu Ruoxi and the commanders that tens of millions of refugee survivors were heading their way.
• The First Generation Zombie King watched Star-Level Shelter engineering teams build the Super Bulwark at the Province Y Border and praised Li Chen.

The First Generation Zombie King met Li Chen at the Province Y Border command post and asked after his younger sister, Chewy Candy. Li Chen said she had become unwell after the Zombie King took her back, leaving the Zombie King visibly alarmed.

• Shura told the First Generation Zombie King that the refugee survivors had reached the Province Y Border, and the Zombie King decided to meet Li Chen.
• Dang Zhongcheng spotted groups of First Generation Zombies near the border and watched their King approach the temporary command post alone.
• The First Generation Zombie King entered the command post, reassured no one, and waited there until Li Chen arrived.
• Li Chen confronted the First Generation Zombie King about Chewy Candy's condition, saying she had been fine before he took her back.
• The First Generation Zombie King demanded to know what had happened to Chewy Candy and fixed Li Chen with a threatening stare.

Li Chen told the First Generation Zombie King that Hua Ju Laboratory had implanted deadly Nanobots in Chewy Candy, and proposed using Hua Ju Laboratory’s Nanotechnology to save her. The First Generation Zombie King set out to obtain it, while Li Chen revealed that his mother was still fine in the Crystal Coffin.

• Li Chen explained that Chewy Candy’s Nanobots controlled her and could explode if disturbed, and the First Generation Zombie King admitted he had already killed the people who had contacted her.
• Li Chen proposed using controllable Nanobots made with Hua Ju Laboratory’s technology to destroy the Nanobots inside Chewy Candy.
• The First Generation Zombie King vowed to obtain the Nanotechnology and threatened Li Chen if the plan failed to save his sister.
• The First Generation Zombie King agreed to leave the Crystal Coffin in Li Chen’s Star-Level Shelter for safekeeping.
• Li Chen told the First Generation Zombie King in Prite Star Language that his mother was fine for now, and the First Generation Zombie King jolted at hearing his homeland’s language.