Chapter Summaries

Li Chen used Nanobots to take control of enemy mechas and make them attack one another, triggering a devastating chain of explosions. As the smoke cleared, the Great Sunrise Empire’s warriors saw Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings unharmed and realized their mechas were attacking their own forces.

• Hundreds of Great Sunrise Empire mechas exhausted their rockets while bombarding Li Chen’s position, then mocked their apparently defeated enemies.
• One mecha suddenly fired an Energy Cannon at another, piercing its Fusion Drive and causing an explosion that destroyed more than thirty mechas.
• Li Chen praised Noah as Nanobots under his control seized fifteen mechas and directed them to attack the rest of the enemy force.
• The controlled mechas kept firing, bringing down more enemy mechas as the smoke and flames cleared from Li Chen’s Mental Power Barrier.
• The enemy warriors saw Li Chen, the First Generation Zombie King, and the Second Generation Zombie King unharmed, then noticed their own mechas attacking them.

Li Chen and the Zombie Kings destroyed the Sunrise Empire’s mecha force, then set out to join the Third Generation Zombies attacking the empire. In Kyoto, a young officer killed the commander and ordered the battle footage and the locations of the three attackers, while the command room struggled to believe they had lost so many forces.

• Li Chen used fourteen Nanobot-controlled mechas and the Zombie Kings to wipe out the Sunrise Empire’s remaining mechas.
• The First Generation Zombie King sensed that Third Generation Zombies had entered the Sunrise Empire, and Li Chen led his group toward them.
• In Kyoto’s Combat Command Room, a refined young officer struck the bearded commander dead and ordered the battle footage and the attackers’ locations.
• The officers watched footage of the fighters and mechas being destroyed and reacted in disbelief that three people had defeated their forces.

Yamakami ordered the Sunrise Empire’s forces to attack Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings, but the Second Generation Zombie King turned their missiles back on Sunrise Empire towns. When a horde of Third Generation Zombies arrived, Li Chen redirected them to destroy the empire’s firepower positions, leaving its conventional weapons unable to threaten them.

• Yamakami learned that the enemy had destroyed three hundred mechs and fifty fighter jets, then ordered a Level-One combat response against Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings.
• A fellow officer warned Yamakami of a bigger problem, and the two officers hurried out of the Supreme Combat Command Room.
• Li Chen ordered Caesar to stop and redirect the incoming missiles, which struck towns in the Sunrise Empire.
• The First Generation Zombie King reported that the empire’s main forces were concentrated around the imperial city, and Li Chen ordered the group to take out nearby firepower positions.
• A horde of Third Generation Zombies emerged from the seabed and smashed through the coastal defenses.
• Li Chen ordered the Third Generation Zombies to attack the Sunrise Empire’s firepower positions, and they obeyed as conventional weapons proved unable to threaten them.

Li Chen’s forces surrounded the Kyoto Super Shelter, but its advanced protective shield blocked attacks from the mechas and Third Generation Zombies. Inside, Sunrise Empire leaders argued over whether to retreat or counterattack, and Yamakami urged them to fight.

• Li Chen ordered fourteen mechas and countless Third Generation Zombies to attack the Kyoto Super Shelter, but its Energy Shield blocked their strikes.
• Noah identified the barrier as a Level 1.5 Civilization Alpha Super Protective Shield Generation One, and Li Chen asked how to destroy it.
• Sunrise Empire Elders berated their commanders as they learned that over ten million Third Generation Zombies had surrounded the shelter alongside Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings.
• A commander proposed retreating to join other International Shelters, but Yamakami opposed him and argued that the Sunrise Empire should counterattack using its protective barrier and more than five thousand Super Mechas.

Li Chen learned that the Super Protective Shield could not be broken by physical attacks, but that a mental assault would destroy it at the cost of ten million Third Generation Zombies. He accepted the sacrifice and ordered his forces to kill every enemy once the shield fell.

• Noah told Li Chen that existing technology could not break the Super Protective Shield and that rival shelters had obtained the same technology.
• Li Chen asked whether Mental Power could break the shield, and Noah said it required roughly ten million times Li Chen’s Mental Power.
• Noah explained that every target contributing the required Mental Power would die, meaning ten million Third Generation Zombies would have to be sacrificed.
• Li Chen accepted the cost and ordered the First Generation Zombie King, the Second Generation Zombie King, and the fourteen mechs to attack the shelter’s occupants as soon as the shield broke.

Li Chen received a mission to destroy the Sunrise Empire and the Kyoto Super Shelter, then faced Yamamoto’s mech attack behind the Super Protective Shield. After ordering Xu Ruoxi to prepare a missile strike, Li Chen commanded the Third Generation Zombies to attack the shield.

• Li Chen received Noah’s mission to defeat the Sunrise Empire, destroy its foundations, and destroy the Kyoto Super Shelter.
• Yamamoto revealed that the Super Protective Shields could be altered from inside and fired a rocket at Li Chen, but the First Generation Zombie King blocked it.
• Yamamoto ordered over a thousand mechs to bombard Li Chen, while the First and Second Generation Zombie Kings and fourteen controlled mechs shielded him.
• Li Chen contacted Xu Ruoxi and told her to prepare a ballistic missile delivery at coordinates he had sent, pending his command.
• Li Chen ordered all Third Generation Zombies to release their Mental Power and attack the Super Protective Shield together.

Li Chen and the Zombie Kings attacked the Kyoto Super Shelter, shattered its protective shield, and used coordinated mental barriers and mecha fire to fight the Sunrise Empire’s forces. Yamamoto called in more than four thousand mechas, but Li Chen’s group remained protected and continued their assault.

• Li Chen ordered ten million Third Generation Zombies to attack the shelter’s Super Protective Shield, cracking it despite Yamamoto’s mecha pilots firing on them.
• Li Chen, the First Generation Zombie King, and the Second Generation Zombie King emerged unharmed and vanished from Yamamoto’s cannon fire, appearing behind the enemy as the shield shattered.
• Yamamoto summoned more than four thousand mechas, while Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings formed three layers of Mental Power defenses around fourteen controlled mechas.
• Li Chen ordered the fourteen mechas to fire, and the Zombie Kings opened and closed gaps in the barriers so their Energy Cannons struck enemy mechas without damaging their defenses.
• Yamamoto angrily ordered his mecha forces to fight back as Li Chen’s group continued their coordinated attack.

Li Chen ordered Xu Ruoxi to launch missiles after the Third Generation Zombies destroyed the Kyoto Super Shelter’s shield. As the Elder Council decided to flee to the White-Headed Sam Empire, its members discussed Li Chen and the Zombie Kings’ power and their hopes of joining the Eternal Life Project.

• Yamamoto watched Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings use a Mental Power shield and fourteen mechs to devastate his forces.
• The Third Generation Zombies broke the Kyoto Super Shelter’s Super Protective Shield, and Li Chen ordered Xu Ruoxi to send the missiles.
• The Elders learned that no allies could provide support and agreed to evacuate before the attackers broke into the shelter.
• One Elder arranged for the group to take the Cross-Sea Tunnel to the White-Headed Sam Empire in five minutes.
• The remaining Elders discussed Li Chen and the Zombie Kings’ eighth-level evolution and hoped their abilities were signs of the Eternal Life Project.

The Sunrise Empire’s Elders prepared to flee the shelter after witnessing the power of Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings, hoping to gain eternal life through the Eternal Life Project. When Matsushita Kosaburo challenged their plan, the Supreme Elder admitted that they would abandon millions of ordinary survivors to save the ruling elite.

• The Elders envied the Tier 8 power of Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings and believed the Eternal Life Project could grant them similar strength and longevity.
• Matsushita Kosaburo told the Elders that the Super High-Speed Rail was ready and the White-Headed Sam Empire had agreed to shelter them.
• The Elders ordered the evacuation of Level 1 officials and their families, the upload of data and battle footage, and their immediate departure.
• Matsushita Kosaburo asked how millions of survivors would escape if the Cross-Sea Tunnel were destroyed after the train departed.
• The Supreme Elder admitted that the ordinary survivors would be abandoned, calling them inferior genes and burdens, while the elites escaped.

Matsushita Kosaburo stayed behind to fight for the Sunrise Empire’s survivors, then led their surrender to Li Chen as the Kyoto Super Shelter fell. Meanwhile, Harrigan ordered an assault on Li Chen’s forces, and Yamamoto 28 was left furious when the shelter’s representatives emerged under white flags.

• Matsushita Kosaburo rejected the Elders’ escape and chose to stay and fight alongside his compatriots.
• Harrigan mocked the Sunrise Empire’s defeat and ordered bombers and carrier strike groups to attack Li Chen and the Star-Level Shelter.
• Li Chen and the Zombie Kings defended against Yamamoto 28’s mechas while his fourteen nanobot-controlled mechas devastated their forces.
• Third Generation Zombies broke through the Kyoto Super Shelter’s defenses, and Li Chen ordered them to stop attacking when the shelter called for surrender.
• Matsushita Kosaburo led survivors outside with white flags to negotiate surrender, shocking and enraging Yamamoto 28.

Matsushita Kosaburo and the other representatives surrendered to Li Chen after the Elders fled through the destroyed Cross-Sea Tunnel. Yamamoto 28 refused to surrender and led the remaining mechas into battle, leaving the outcome clear as Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings remained inside their Mental Power Shield amid the fallen enemy mechas.

• Matsushita Kosaburo told Yamamoto 28 that the Elders had fled, the Cross-Sea Tunnel was destroyed, and the representatives had decided to surrender to the Star-Level Shelter.
• Li Chen discovered that the Elders were escaping more than a thousand meters underground, then chose to assess the situation rather than pursue them.
• Yamamoto 28 rejected surrender and attacked Li Chen, while Matsushita Kosaburo pleaded with him to stop.
• Li Chen ordered his forces to fire, and his fourteen mechas counterattacked as both sides fought through repeated cannon barrages for more than ten minutes.
• The bombardment stopped, and Matsushita Kosaburo and the representatives saw the enemy mechas falling while Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings remained inside a glowing Mental Power Shield.

Li Chen defeated Yamamoto 28 and secured the Kyoto Shelter, where Matsushita Kosaburo and civilian representatives surrendered and pleaded for their lives. Li Chen invoked the need to eliminate future threats, and Matsushita offered himself and his guards to spare the civilians, insisting humanity would have a better future under Li Chen.

• Yamamoto 28 refused to surrender and tried to attack Li Chen, who killed him with the Sixth-Generation Electromagnetic Energy Cannon.
• The First Generation Zombie King reported that the Kyoto Shelter held about seven million civilians and no remaining threatening forces.
• Matsushita Kosaburo and the civilian representatives surrendered and promised not to threaten the Star-Level Shelter.
• Li Chen cited the saying about pulling weeds out by the roots, making the surrendering civilians fear he intended to kill them all.
• Matsushita offered himself and his personal guard in exchange for sparing the ordinary survivors.
• Matsushita told Li Chen that he believed humanity would have a better future under his leadership, even if people like himself had to be sacrificed.

Li Chen considered whether to accept Matsushita Kosaburo’s request to bring the Sunrise Empire’s civilian survivors into the Star-Level Shelter, after verifying Kosaburo’s sincerity and discovering his powerful talent. As the First and Second Generation Zombie Kings offered to handle the survivors, Xu Ruoxi reported that Intelligence Troops had spotted carrier strike groups from the White-Headed Sam Empire.

• Li Chen ordered Noah to investigate Matsushita Kosaburo and confirmed that Kosaburo had defied the Council of Elders and stayed with the survivors.
• Li Chen read Kosaburo’s memories and discovered that his Attribute Enhancement talent boosted all his attributes.
• Matsushita Kosaburo asked Li Chen to accept the Sunrise Empire’s civilian survivors, and Li Chen hesitated over how the Star-Level Shelter’s Dragon Nation residents would react.
• The First and Second Generation Zombie Kings volunteered to handle the matter and urged Li Chen to return to the Star-Level Shelter.
• Xu Ruoxi radioed Li Chen that Intelligence Troops had discovered several carrier strike groups from the White-Headed Sam Empire.

Li Chen learned that the Asia-Pacific Alliance and other forces were invading the Dragon Nation with advanced weapons, while the Star-Level Shelter’s defenses were still incomplete. He left Xu Ruoxi in charge and headed back, leaving Matsushita Kosaburo in the hands of the Zombie Kings.

• Xu Ruoxi reported that the White-Headed Sam Empire, the Kangaroo Kingdom, and other Asia-Pacific Alliance members were approaching the Dragon Nation’s coastline, and that North Peninsula had sent Li Chen a letter and envoy.
• Xu Ruoxi told Li Chen that the Dragon Nation faced attacks from multiple directions, including by neighboring countries using unexpectedly advanced equipment.
• Li Chen concluded that the aliens behind Hua Ju Laboratory were arming their allies and recognized that the unfinished Super Bulwark and Super Sky Curtain left the shelter vulnerable.
• Li Chen told Xu Ruoxi to handle the situation and left for the Star-Level Shelter, lending the First Generation Zombie King and Second Generation Zombie King fourteen mechs.
• The Second Generation Zombie King opened the Mental Barrier against Matsushita Kosaburo, saying he could not allow a threat to Li Chen or the Star-Level Shelter.

Li Chen witnessed a battle between enormous spacecraft encircling Earth and an unseen attacker, and suspected the Shadow Organization was defending the planet against the Prite People. As the space battle resumed with the Shadow Organization firing back, Li Chen was left wondering why the Prite People wanted to invade Earth.

• Li Chen saw huge spacecraft forming interwoven defensive circles around Earth, and an unknown laser struck one of them, destroying it in a blast that sent debris and shockwaves toward him.
• Li Chen recalled the Shadow Organization’s claim that it had secretly protected Earth for thousands of years and realized the spacecraft might belong to them.
• Li Chen suspected the attackers were the Prite People, home civilization of the First Generation Zombie King and his mother, but could not understand why they would invade Earth.
• The Shadow Organization’s spacecraft gathered their energy and fired a massive beam into deep space.

Li Chen witnessed the Shadow Organization fighting a colossal alien mothership and was brought to its Space Shelter to meet the External Liaison Officer. He learned the aliens came from Prite Planet, but the enemy ship was no longer visible.

• Li Chen saw a massive laser strike the bow of an enormous alien mothership and realized how powerful the threat to Earth was.
• The Shadow Organization's External Liaison Officer contacted Li Chen and invited him to visit the battlefront.
• Li Chen agreed, and the Old Man used powerful Mental Power to transport him instantly to the Space Shelter.
• Li Chen arrived in a command room among hundreds of powerful humans and recognized the surrounding fleet as Earth's outer-space defense system.
• The Old Man told Li Chen that the aliens came from Prite Planet.

Li Chen learned that the Prite People were behind the attacks on Earth and reconsidered joining the Shadow Organization after Mu Xiao promised it would not control his affairs. As the command room shook, Li Chen discussed the urgent threats with Mu Xiao, who revealed that Mo Yue was sent by the Prite People and was arming Earth's shelters with alien technology.

• Li Chen realized the Prite People were responsible for the attacks on Earth and the incidents involving Hua Ju Laboratory.
• Mu Xiao explained that Shadow Organization members were collaborators who could live freely but had to defend Earth from alien threats, and Li Chen said he was tempted to join.
• Li Chen learned the old man's name was Mu Xiao and said he had no conditions, but many questions.
• The command room shook, and Li Chen told Mu Xiao that Hua Ju Laboratory's mastermind had given advanced technologies to shelters now attacking his side.
• Mu Xiao identified the alien woman as Mo Yue, said the Prite People had sent her, and urged Li Chen to handle the threat while waiting for him to reveal his secret.

Li Chen questioned Mu Xiao about the Shadow Organization’s history and its knowledge of human evolution, then learned that it was over ten thousand years old and had long known about the human body’s Small Universe. Mu Xiao showed him the ongoing battle with the Prite People and explained how the Shadow Organization’s combined Mental Power was suppressing their Star Destroyer Mothership.

• Li Chen asked Mu Xiao how long the Shadow Organization had existed and when it discovered human evolution.
• Mu Xiao said the Shadow Organization was over ten thousand years old and had long known that developing the human body’s Small Universe could grant extraordinary power.
• Mu Xiao showed Li Chen a holographic view of the battle, revealing the Prite People’s enormous Star Destroyer Mothership and explaining that they had sent two, one of which the Shadow Organization destroyed.
• Mu Xiao said Mo Yue had survived aboard the destroyed mothership and that the Shadow Organization had been weakened by the battle.
• Mu Xiao explained that Shadow Organization members were combining their Mental Power into a force field to suppress the remaining mothership and protect Earth.

Mu Xiao explained how the Shadow Organization used its members’ combined Mental Power to destroy a Star Destroyer and why they were vulnerable while rebuilding their Mental Power Chain. Li Chen witnessed the organization’s counterattack and learned that its internal members had reached at least Gene Evolution Level 15.

• Mu Xiao told Li Chen that the Shadow Organization had destroyed a Star Destroyer by combining its members’ Mental Power, leaving them weakened and rebuilding their Mental Power Chain.
• An enemy Star Destroyer Mothership attacked, destroying one of the Shadow Organization’s spacecraft and shaking the Space Shelter.
• Li Chen realized the enemy was millions of kilometers away and that Earth could not have resisted an invasion without the Shadow Organization, his Star-Level Shelter, and Noah’s help.
• The Shadow Organization retaliated with a laser beam over five thousand meters in diameter that blasted a huge gap into the enemy Star Destroyer.
• Mu Xiao said the organization had around a hundred thousand members and revealed that its internal members’ lowest Gene Evolution Level was 15.

Mu Xiao revealed that the Shadow Organization’s inner members had spent tens of thousands of years developing their Small Universes and had reached at least Gene Evolution Level 15. He showed Li Chen how they were using Mental Power to hold off the Prite People, whose Star Destroyer Motherships could devastate Earth once their primary weapons were repaired.

• Li Chen was shocked when Mu Xiao said every inner member had reached at least Gene Evolution Level 15 and explained that they drew power from their Small Universes.
• Mu Xiao told Li Chen that the Shadow Organization had existed for tens of thousands of years, and another enemy attack destroyed a spacecraft outside.
• Li Chen asked why the Prite People were not using their more powerful weapons, and Mu Xiao explained that both sides were fighting a Smokeless Battle with Mental Power.
• Mu Xiao connected Li Chen’s mental world to the inner members, letting him see that the Dark Night Organization had crippled the enemy’s primary weapons and was trying to breach their defenses.
• Mu Xiao explained that the Prite People were repairing their primary weapons, which could destroy half of Earth with one Energy Cannon, and revealed that a girl nearby was over fifteen thousand years old.