Chapter Summaries

Mu Xiao explained to Li Chen why high-level Gene Evolution required astronomical amounts of Evolution Energy, clarifying why the Shadow Organization had needed thousands of years to reach Level 15. Li Chen realized his own rapid progress and access to high-tier Energy Crystal Cores were suspicious, and Mu Xiao asked how he had leveled up so quickly.

• Li Chen asked why Mu Xiao and the others did not use Evolution Energy to increase their strength, and Mu Xiao explained that each level after Tier 10 required fifty times the energy of the previous level.
• Mu Xiao used Li Chen’s fifty-billion-energy requirement for his next evolution to show how costs would grow, while Li Chen recalled that his evolution also required thousands of high-tier Energy Crystal Cores.
• Li Chen calculated the escalating energy costs through Gene Evolution Tier 15 and understood why the Shadow Organization had relied on generations of people developing their Small Universes over thousands of years.
• Mu Xiao asked Li Chen how he had leveled up so quickly.

Li Chen questioned Mu Xiao about the Shadow Organization’s knowledge of the Small Universe, and Mu Xiao revealed that Noah Civilization had guided the organization’s ancient founders. Li Chen realized Noah came from that same civilization, but Noah could not explain its past or teach him how to develop the Small Universe because most of its data was inaccessible.

• Li Chen told Mu Xiao that his shelter’s scientists had developed a process for producing Evolution Fluid from Energy Crystal Cores, while concealing Noah’s existence.
• Li Chen asked whether the Shadow Organization’s founders had learned about the Small Universe from someone else, and Mu Xiao admitted that Noah Civilization had chosen and instructed their ancestors tens of thousands of years earlier.
• Mu Xiao explained that Noah Civilization had shared limited knowledge, taught the founders about the Small Universe, and tasked the Shadow Organization with protecting Earth while restricting its members’ actions.
• Li Chen realized that Noah was a product of Noah Civilization and asked it what had happened, but Noah said its damaged, inaccessible data prevented it from answering.
• Li Chen asked Noah how to develop the Small Universe, but it again could not provide an answer.

Mu Xiao revealed that the Shadow Organization had been founded with help from the Noah Civilization and transferred a guide to developing the Small Universe to Li Chen. As enemy reinforcements attacked the Space Shelter, Mu Xiao made Li Chen an Outer Member and left him to handle conflicts on the ground while the organization fought in space.

• Mu Xiao explained the Shadow Organization's history and invited Li Chen to join, treating him as an ally because the Noah Civilization was helping him.
• Li Chen demanded a method for developing the Small Universe, and Mu Xiao transferred a detailed guide into his memories.
• Noah identified itself as an Artificial Intelligence life-form and warned Mu Xiao that its damage limited the information it could access.
• Two reinforcing Star Destroyer Motherships arrived and intensified their attack on the Space Shelter.
• Mu Xiao declared Li Chen an Outer Member of the Shadow Organization, then joined the others in attacking the enemy with a massive Laser Cannon.
• Li Chen left to return to the ground, where Mu Xiao told him to handle the conflicts there and contact him through his communicator if needed.

Li Chen encountered the First and Second Generation Zombie Kings transporting selected women from the Sunrise Empire to the Star-Level Shelter, and learned how they assessed genetic quality. As the battle between the Shadow Organization and the Prite People intensified, the Zombie Kings sensed the alien fleet, and the First Generation Zombie King seemed to recognize something about it.

• Li Chen met the First and Second Generation Zombie Kings leading ships full of women back toward the Star-Level Shelter.
• The Zombie Kings explained that they had selected survivors for strong genes and described the traits they used to assess them.
• Li Chen accepted their selection process and told them that genetic diversity mattered too.
• An explosion from the battle overhead prompted both Zombie Kings to use their Mental Power to investigate the Prite fleet.
• Li Chen noticed the First Generation Zombie King react with shock and suspicion, as if he recognized the Prite People's Star Destroyer Motherships or sensed something unusual.

Li Chen learned that First Generation Zombie King felt a strange familiarity with the Prite People's motherships, but postponed investigating until they returned to the Star-Level Shelter. As they sailed back, they encountered the White-Headed Sam Empire's fleet, while Mo Yue ordered the defeated Sunrise Empire survivors sent away as test subjects.

• Li Chen explained that the Prite People's Star Destroyers threatened Earth, and First Generation Zombie King said they felt familiar to him.
• Li Chen asked Jiang Chen and Caesar to teleport their group back, but they could not move so many people, so the group continued by sea.
• At Hua Ju Laboratory Headquarters, Mo Yue removed the Sunrise Empire's leaders from the Eternal Life Project invitation list and ordered them sent to a base as test subjects.
• Jiang Chen and Caesar spotted eighteen warships ahead, including two carrier battle groups heading toward Frog Island.
• The White-Headed Sam Empire fleet detected Li Chen's group and launched fighters, and Caesar urged Li Chen to return to the Star-Level Shelter.

Li Chen learned that traitors had crippled the Star-Level Shelter’s missile support while enemy forces attacked from land and sea. With the shelter besieged from within and without, he ordered Xu Ruoxi to keep the navy back and took responsibility for the enemy carrier fleets himself.

• The Asia-Pacific Alliance’s commander ordered two carrier strike groups to attack Li Chen after reports linked him to the destruction of the Sunrise Empire.
• Li Chen rejected the Zombie Kings’ advice to retreat when Noah assigned him a mission to destroy the enemy fleet.
• An operator told Li Chen that Xu Ruoxi had gone to the front lines and that Dang Zhongcheng was commanding after being wounded.
• Dang Zhongcheng reported that allied shelters had sabotaged missile positions, leaving the Star-Level Shelter unable to support the front and struggling against the enemy’s superior sea and air forces.
• Li Chen ordered Dang Zhongcheng to contact Xu Ruoxi, keep the navy out of the fight, and leave the sea battle to him.

Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings piloted Level 1.5 Civilization mechas against an enemy squadron of Level 1 fighter jets and destroyed it. As they approached the enemy aircraft carrier, Commander Natan Dat saw them coming under a barrage of energy cannon fire.

• Li Chen entered a mecha with the First Generation Zombie King and the Second Generation Zombie King, and they quickly mastered their controls.
• Enemy reconnaissance planes and fighters arrived, identified Li Chen, and opened fire as all fourteen mechas charged toward them.
• Li Chen discovered that his Mental Power could strengthen the mecha's energy shield and learned the enemy fighters were obsolete Level 1 technology.
• Li Chen and the two Zombie Kings destroyed fighter jets while the Nanobot-controlled mechas fought the rest of the formation.
• Within five minutes, the three pilots and their mechas had destroyed the entire enemy squadron.
• Natan Dat watched the approaching mechas and their energy cannons from the enemy aircraft carrier's command room.

Li Chen and the Zombie Kings destroyed two enemy carrier battle groups with their Super Mechas before he encountered Xu Ruoxi’s fleet. He ordered Xu Ruoxi to return with him, leaving the Dragon Kingdom’s naval forces behind as the mechas patrolled for more enemies.

• Li Chen and the Zombie Kings battered an aircraft carrier with their Super Mechas, broke its Energy Shield, and destroyed it in less than three minutes.
• The carrier battle group launched missiles at the mechas, but the mechas destroyed the barrage and counterattacked until the entire force was wiped out.
• Li Chen’s group destroyed a second carrier battle group after it arrived, then Li Chen spotted the Dragon Kingdom’s naval fleet and Xu Ruoxi’s carrier.
• Li Chen ordered the Zombie Kings to patrol and destroy any enemies, then flew to Xu Ruoxi’s location.
• Xu Ruoxi met Li Chen on the carrier deck, and he ordered her to return with him while warning her that the enemy’s advanced technology made them unusually dangerous.
• Xu Ruoxi admitted that she had not come to support Li Chen.

Li Chen learned that unrest on Frog Island and Hong Kong Island had been stirred up by outside forces, and he chose to let those who rejected the Star-Level Shelter face the dangers outside rather than suppress them by force. As he reviewed the national battle map, he saw that the greatest threat came from hostile Dragon Kingdom shelters fighting across the country.

• Xu Ruoxi told Li Chen that riots had broken out on Frog Island and Hong Kong Island, and that He Guozhong had requested help after being surrounded.
• Li Chen argued that force alone would not end the unrest and said the rebels needed to realize that the Star-Level Shelter offered their only hope.
• Li Chen ordered Xu Ruoxi to bring back everyone worth saving and leave the rest behind, and she went to arrange the transfer.
• Li Chen examined the Holographic Map and saw hostile Dragon Kingdom shelters fighting Star-Level Shelter forces throughout the country.

Li Chen reviewed the coordinated rebellion of more than three thousand domestic shelters armed with technology supplied by Hua Ju Laboratory and ordered his forces to prioritize capturing their leaders before addressing foreign threats. As Xu Ruoxi questioned how Li Chen had made the Star-Level Shelter and its technology possible, he was left to answer her suspicions.

• Xu Ruoxi reported that the missions had been arranged, and Li Chen told her to let the border team withdraw independently unless they needed Special Operations Squad or unmanned strike-force support.
• Li Chen discovered that more than three thousand shelters had turned against the Star-Level Shelter with advanced weapons supplied by Hua Ju Laboratory and its alien backers.
• Li Chen told Xu Ruoxi the border situation was not the priority, ordered the fleets and mecha squads to return, and declared that the country’s hostile shelter leaders had to be rounded up first.
• Xu Ruoxi voiced concern about the White-Headed Sam Empire’s naval and air advantage, and Li Chen promised to build a navy with future technology.
• Xu Ruoxi asked Li Chen how he had accomplished the Star-Level Shelter’s extraordinary expansions and technological advances.

Li Chen told Xu Ruoxi that the danger she suspected was real and promised to explain everything in a meeting after they returned. As the Asia-Pacific Alliance’s representatives argued over losses and contributions, Li Chen gathered the Star-Level Shelter’s core members and opened the reward pack he had received for destroying the aircraft carrier battle group.

• Li Chen confirmed Xu Ruoxi’s suspicions and said he would explain the situation to everyone after returning to the shelter.
• Representatives of the White-Headed Sam Empire and other nations debated how to respond after their Combat Team was destroyed.
• The White Elephant Kingdom representative boasted about his nation’s strength, drawing mockery from the other representatives.
• The Fruit Kingdom and several smaller nations accused the White-Headed Sam Empire of draining their resources while demanding further contributions.
• The argument deepened divisions within the Asia-Pacific Alliance while Li Chen and Xu Ruoxi returned to the Star-Level Shelter.
• Li Chen gathered the shelter’s core members and opened the System Backpack to claim the gift pack from his aircraft carrier battle group mission.

Li Chen used the Starsea-Class Main Navy Fleet Construction Gift Pack and received production line blueprints for advanced aerospace warships and aircraft. As he began mass-producing them, Noah warned that their energy emissions could attract alien civilizations, while explaining why the Prite People’s Star Destroyer Mothership did not face the same risk.

• Li Chen saved his advanced Super Deluxe Gift Pack for later, then used the Starsea-Class Main Navy Fleet Construction Gift Pack.
• Li Chen inspected the blueprints for integrated Aerospace Motherships, destroyers, frigates, cruisers, and fighter jets, and marveled at their capabilities.
• Li Chen began producing the equipment production lines at maximum efficiency.
• Noah warned Li Chen that mass-producing technology above Level 1.5 Civilization scale could expose Earth to other alien civilizations.
• Noah explained that the Prite People’s force field concealed their Star Destroyer Mothership’s energy emissions, and warned that other civilizations might join them in attacking Earth.

Li Chen revealed to the Star-Level Shelter’s commanders and leaders that aliens had caused Earth’s apocalypse, and Noah introduced itself as an artificial intelligence from a Tier 3 Universe Civilization. Noah also explained that Earth’s comprehensive civilization level was only 0.6, leaving the assembled leaders shocked by the vast gap between Earth and its attackers.

• Li Chen wondered why the Prite Civilization, another Tier 3 civilization, was determined to invade Earth, while Noah could only speculate that they feared humanity’s potential or wanted to exploit or destroy it.
• Xu Ruoxi told Li Chen that everyone had arrived, and he convened the meeting by revealing that aliens had caused the apocalypse, mutated creatures, and humanity’s Gene Evolution.
• Li Chen shared recordings of the alien Star Destroyer Mothership and revealed that Noah had come from an alien civilization.
• Noah introduced itself as a superior artificial intelligence from the Tier 3 Noah Civilization and reported that Earth’s comprehensive civilization level was 0.6.
• The assembled commanders and leaders reacted with shock to Earth’s low rating and the enormous difference between Earth and a Tier 3 civilization.

Li Chen explained Noah’s origins and the alien threat to the leaders and commanders, then rallied them to unite the country and confront Hua Ju Laboratory. He revealed that the Shadow Organization was fighting the invaders in space, preventing a full-scale attack on Earth.

• A female leader asked why the Noah Civilization was helping humanity, and Li Chen explained that Noah was a damaged Artificial Intelligence life-form from a distant galaxy.
• Li Chen warned that the aliens had given their allies technology comparable to the Star-Level Shelter’s and called for unifying Dragon Nation before crushing Hua Ju Laboratory.
• The leaders and commanders pledged their support, and Li Chen told them they could ask Noah questions directly.
• A commander asked why the aliens had not attacked Earth, and Li Chen said the Shadow Organization was blocking them in outer space.
• Li Chen explained that the Shadow Organization had been created to protect Earth and that the aliens were using Hua Ju Laboratory to spread the Zombie Virus.

Li Chen briefed the shelter commanders on the alien threat and the Shadow Organization, then used Nanobots to clear the hostile Nanobots from Chewy Candy. Chewy Candy and Bewitchment began to thaw, and Chewy Candy awakened, seeing Li Chen first.

• Noah told the commanders that its missing data prevented it from answering questions about the visit tens of thousands of years earlier.
• Li Chen explained the enemy intelligence, assigned battle plans and tasks, and sent the commanders to prepare.
• Li Chen gave the Hua Ju Laboratory technology materials to the shelter’s scientists, then took the First Generation Zombie King and the Second Generation Zombie King to the Gene Freezing Room.
• Li Chen ordered his Nanobots to dismantle and consume the sluggish Nanobots inside Chewy Candy, then recalled his own Nanobots from her body.
• Chewy Candy and Bewitchment began thawing, and Chewy Candy awakened to find Li Chen beside her.

Chewy Candy and Bewitchment woke after being rescued, and Chewy Candy thanked Li Chen while struggling to understand why both Zombie Kings called him Master. On the way to the Crystal Coffin, Li Chen activated the Beginner Healing Potion recipe and learned that synthesizing one would cost five First Generation Level 8 Energy Crystal Cores.

• Chewy Candy woke and found Li Chen and the Zombie Kings beside her, while Bewitchment also awoke and was shocked to see them together.
• Li Chen reassured Chewy Candy that she had acted against her will, and she thanked him as the First Generation Zombie King confirmed she was free of the Nanobots.
• The First Generation Zombie King thanked Li Chen as Master, and the Second Generation Zombie King also addressed him that way, confusing Chewy Candy and Bewitchment.
• Li Chen led Chewy Candy, Bewitchment, and the Zombie Kings onto the Super High-Speed Rail toward the Crystal Coffin's location.
• Li Chen synthesized the Beginner Healing Potion recipe, checked its description, and discovered that making a potion required five First Generation Level 8 Energy Crystal Cores.

Li Chen tested the Beginner Healing Potion on Chewy Candy and Bewitchment, then brought them and the Zombie Kings to the secret room holding the Crystal Coffin. The awakened woman recognized Chewy Candy and the First Generation Zombie King, and Chewy Candy called her “Mom.”

• Li Chen synthesized 999 Beginner Healing Potions and gave one to Chewy Candy to help her internal injuries.
• Li Chen gave Bewitchment a potion, which restored her strength and seemed to bring her close to a breakthrough.
• Li Chen and the others arrived by Super High-Speed Rail at the secret location where the Crystal Coffin was stored.
• The woman inside the Crystal Coffin sensed Li Chen, Chewy Candy, and the First Generation Zombie King approaching and opened her eyes.
• Li Chen entered the room with the group, and Chewy Candy and the First Generation Zombie King stared at the woman before Chewy Candy called her “Mom.”

The awakened woman reunited with Chewy Candy and the First Generation Zombie King, whom she recognized as her children, Jack and Sherry. Li Chen renamed them Jiang Chen and Ying Gou and pressed the woman for answers, but she warned that Earthlings could not escape their fate; she remained trapped and weak inside the Crystal Coffin as she touched her children’s hands through it.

• Chewy Candy and the First Generation Zombie King called the awakened woman Mom in Prite Star Language, and she excitedly recognized them as her children.
• Li Chen asked whether she had named Jack and Sherry, then declared that her son would be called Jiang Chen and her daughter Ying Gou.
• Li Chen told the woman that her son was his subordinate and implied that he had a claim on her daughter, while she suspected he had another motive.
• The woman refused to answer Li Chen’s questions and warned that Earthlings should cooperate rather than resist.
• The woman beckoned Chewy Candy and the First Generation Zombie King to the Crystal Coffin, where they pressed their palms against hers through the glass.
• Li Chen suggested that the woman come out of the coffin and embrace her children, but she remained unable to move.

Li Chen questioned the beautiful woman in the Crystal Coffin about her injuries, her survival, and the Prite invasion of Earth. She revealed that she and her twin sister Mo Yue were the only survivors of the crashed Star Destroyer Mothership, leaving Li Chen poised to learn more.

• The beautiful woman ignored Li Chen and asked Chewy Candy and the First Generation Zombie King to come closer, but both turned to Li Chen and asked him to save her.
• Li Chen approached the Crystal Coffin, promised the two zombies he would try to help, and asked how the woman had been injured and why she could survive only inside it.
• The beautiful woman blamed humans for her injuries, and Chewy Candy began to grow hostile until Li Chen asked about the destroyed Star Destroyer Mothership.
• The beautiful woman confirmed she was a Prite survivor and asked whether Li Chen was with the humans who had attacked the mothership.
• Li Chen questioned her about the survivors, the invasion, and the Crystal Coffin; she claimed to be the only survivor until he mentioned Mo Yue.
• The beautiful woman admitted Mo Yue was her twin sister and said only the two of them had survived the mothership's crash.

Mo Li explained how she and her twin sister Mo Yue caused the zombie catastrophe after their ship crashed on Earth, and revealed that humans had invaded the Prite People’s planet hundreds of thousands of years earlier. She claimed the sisters had come to help Earth, leaving Li Chen angry and confused about what she meant.

• Mo Li revealed that she and Mo Yue commanded the fleet, but their ship was shot down by human forces and crashed in the White-Headed Sam Empire.
• Mo Yue took control of the Hua Ju Laboratory, spread the Zombie Virus worldwide, and used Mo Li to cultivate Zombie Kings.
• Mo Li explained that her Crystal Coffin was a Prite hibernation and healing pod, and said Li Chen’s Evolution Energy had kept her alive.
• Mo Li told Li Chen that humans had invaded the Prite People’s planet hundreds of thousands of years earlier.
• Mo Li denied that the sisters had come for revenge and insisted they had come to help Earth, angering Li Chen.