Chapter Summaries

Mo Li read the memories of the captured Monster Decision Makers, revealing that Mo Yue had sent them to attack the Dragon Kingdom and destroy the Star-Level Shelter. Li Chen ordered their execution and prepared to confront Mo Yue, who called on Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Dinosaur Guard to protect her.

• Mo Li used her Mental Power to restrain the Monster Decision Makers and projected their memories for Li Chen, the First Generation Zombie King, and the Second Generation Zombie King to see.
• Li Chen learned the monsters had come from International Shelter commanders and Decision Makers, and Mo Li explained their damaged memories and limited remaining lifespan.
• Li Chen ordered Mo Li to kill the Monster Decision Makers because they had no value and had consumed an astronomical amount of contaminated Evolution Fluid.
• Mo Li beheaded more than a dozen Monster Decision Makers, and Li Chen declared that he would deal with Mo Yue, Hua Ju Laboratory, and the International Shelter holdouts.
• Mo Yue watched the battle and realized her plans had been exposed, then ordered Tyrannosaurus Rex to gather the Dinosaur Guard and kill anyone who threatened her before she set up a Mental Barrier.

Li Chen learned that International Shelters were seeking peace talks while Xu Ruoxi and Dang Zhongcheng were undergoing breakthroughs, and he weighed how to strengthen the Star-Level Shelter. He planned to go alone to Hua Ju Laboratory Headquarters to confront Mo Yue, but his companions urged him to consider the people depending on him.

• Li Chen learned that his battle had been livestreamed and that the world now knew he was a Gene Evolution Tier 11 powerhouse.
• The Star-Level Shelter reported that International Shelters wanted peace talks, but Xu Ruoxi and Dang Zhongcheng could not meet with them because they were breaking through.
• Li Chen realized the shelter’s weapons and commanders needed upgrades to handle future attacks by high-level evolvers.
• Li Chen told Jiang Chen and Caesar to return with Mo Li, receive Evolution Resources, and take turns upgrading while he improved the shelter’s weapon systems.
• Li Chen announced that he would go to Hua Ju Laboratory Headquarters to confront Mo Yue, but Mo Li and the Zombie Kings warned him against going alone.
• The First Generation Zombie King reminded Li Chen that the Star-Level Shelter’s survivors depended on him, making Li Chen hesitate.

Li Chen learned that Chewy Candy had evolved to Level 10 and asked Mo Li about the strength of the Prite Civilization. Mo Li revealed that it spanned roughly 1,300 planets, and Li Chen realized their arrangement resembled a DNA fragment.

• Li Chen agreed to prepare thoroughly before confronting Mo Yue and called the two Zombie Kings over to check and raise their strength.
• A powerful aura from the Star-Level Shelter revealed that Chewy Candy had evolved from Tier 9 Peak Stage to Level 10 Initial Stage.
• Mo Li explained that Level 10 marked the doorway to evolution and described how a person’s constitution could limit further growth.
• Li Chen asked who the strongest Evolver in the Prite Civilization was, but Mo Li said she did not know.
• Mo Li projected the Prite Civilization’s cluster of roughly 1,300 planets, and Li Chen rotated the image and recognized its DNA-like shape.

Li Chen learned from Mo Li that the Prite Civilization consisted of thirteen hundred planets, including a Main Planet vastly larger than Earth and a cluster illuminated by six suns. He remained curious about the civilization’s customs but set aside further questions to focus on more urgent matters.

• Li Chen asked Mo Li about the size of the Prite Civilization’s planets, and she said the smallest was twenty times Earth’s volume while Prite Star was about one and a half million times larger.
• Mo Li explained that six suns shone on the planetary cluster from different directions, with the largest sun nearly 19.65 million times Prite Star’s volume.
• Li Chen asked about the civilization’s highest Gene Evolution level, but Mo Li said she did not know because the planets were far apart and access to Prite Star was restricted.
• Mo Li said she had not visited Prite Star for nearly three hundred years and offered to tell Li Chen about the varied cultures of the planets.
• Li Chen declined to discuss the Prite Civilization further for now, though he said he might visit its planets someday.

Chewy Candy warned Li Chen that Hua Ju Laboratory had modified Third Generation Zombies in Africa and unleashed them across the world, leaving International Shelters and other survivors in danger. Li Chen halted most planned evolutions and sent his commanders to aid the shelters, seeing the crisis as a chance to unify the world.

• Chewy Candy arrived after reaching Level 10 evolution and described the improvements to her Mental Power and physical strength.
• Li Chen proposed strengthening his subordinates, but Chewy Candy told him about the global zombie crisis caused by Hua Ju Laboratory.
• Chewy Candy explained that the International Shelters had requested help and that survivors seeking refuge at the Star-Level Shelter were also under attack.
• Li Chen decided to postpone most evolutions, ordered commanders to suspend breakthroughs, and sent them with their troops to support the International Shelters.
• Li Chen allowed those already undergoing breakthroughs to continue, and Chewy Candy criticized Xu Ruoxi’s decision.

Li Chen discovered that Noah had spent nearly all his Evolution Resources and Energy Crystal Cores to power the Star-Level Shelter and evolve its commanders. He recognized that the shelter’s weapons and defenses needed far greater energy reserves, then left the decision about using medicine on Third Generation Zombies to Mo Li and the others.

• Chewy Candy explained that Xu Ruoxi had mistakenly tried to evolve every qualified commander without understanding the enormous energy cost.
• Noah told Li Chen it had used most of his Evolution Resources and Energy Crystal Cores while he was unconscious, prompting him to check his diminished reserves.
• Li Chen realized that sustained fire from the Star-Level Shelter’s weapons, along with its Super Sky Curtain and Super Boundary Barrier, could quickly exhaust its energy.
• Li Chen told Chewy Candy, the First Generation Zombie King, the Second Generation Zombie King, and Mo Li to act quickly while he took responsibility for securing more energy.
• When the First Generation Zombie King asked whether to use medicine on Third Generation Zombies, Mo Li suggested deciding according to the circumstances, and Li Chen left the decision to them.

The Decision Makers of four Top-Level Shelters discussed attacking Li Chen’s Star-Level Shelter after hearing it faced an energy crisis. Toraevsky urged them to wait and observe Mo Yue’s response, suspecting Li Chen had revealed the shortage as a trap.

• The Decision Makers learned that Mo Yue planned to send Third Generation Zombies to attack survivors worldwide, and they feared her operation would threaten their shelters.
• El Solano proposed exploiting the Star-Level Shelter’s energy crisis to attack it, and Trujillo declared that the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter would join.
• Trujillo pressed Toraevsky to state whether the Big Bear Empire Shelter would participate, and Toraevsky angrily said he would join.
• Toraevsky warned that Li Chen might have deliberately revealed the energy shortage to lure his enemies into a trap.
• Toraevsky urged the Decision Makers to watch Mo Yue’s next move before deciding their strategy, since her reaction could reveal whether the Star-Level Shelter was truly vulnerable.

The four Decision Makers debated how to respond to Mo Yue’s upgraded Third Generation Zombies and whether to cooperate or pursue the Evolution Resources separately. El Solano and Alex favored acting independently, leaving the alliance divided over how to deal with the coming attacks.

• Alex asked whether they should wait, and Trujillo argued they had to respond to the upgraded Third Generation Zombies being transported by Hua Ju Laboratory.
• El Solano suggested the zombies could bring valuable Evolution Resources, prompting Alex to ask how the gains would be divided.
• Toraevsky proposed joint action and an equal split, but Trujillo accused him of benefiting from the Big Bear Empire Shelter’s relatively low zombie threat.
• Toraevsky countered that the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter was also protected by its geography, leaving Trujillo speechless.
• El Solano and Alex said the shelters should act separately and handle their own threats.

The Decision Makers agreed to cooperate against the powerful Third Generation Zombies after Trujillo changed his position. At Hua Ju Laboratory, Mo Yue discovered Ma Gudian had secretly made the zombies stronger and feared their attacks would destroy the human evolvers she needed for her mission.

• Trujillo reversed his opposition to cooperation and persuaded El Solano, Alex, and Toraevsky to prepare for a joint attack on the zombies.
• Hua Ju Laboratory's Third Generation Zombies, enhanced with Inferior Evolution Fluid, attacked shelters around the world and overwhelmed human survivors.
• Mo Yue confronted Ma Gudian about secretly strengthening the zombies, and he admitted he had ordered the change on his own.
• Mo Yue realized the zombies were killing promising human evolvers she needed to meet her mission quota and feared she would fail when Lord Ai Lan arrived.

Mo Yue reprimanded Ma Gudian for unleashing mutated Third Generation Zombies and relied on Li Chen to deal with the threat. When Li Chen returned to the Star-Level Shelter, he found residents struggling with failed services and demanded answers from Noah.

• Mo Yue learned that Ma Gudian had released the Third Generation Zombies without giving her time to use the Dominance Potion, leaving her unable to control them.
• Ma Gudian claimed that the laboratories had modified thirty million Third Generation Zombies, hiding the larger true number, and Mo Yue attacked him with Mental Power before ordering him out.
• Li Chen returned to the Star-Level Shelter after sending the Zombie Kings, Mo Li, Chewy Candy, and others to lead troops into action.
• A Commander told Li Chen that excessive energy use had disrupted water purification, sewage treatment, power, and residents' ability to cook.
• Residents and Guard Team soldiers crowded around Li Chen to complain, and he angrily demanded to know what Noah was doing.

Li Chen apologized to the Star-Level Shelter residents for a power outage and promised compensation, winning their support and admiration from survivors watching the global livestream. Noah explained that the malfunction was easy to repair but that the shelter’s dwindling energy reserves were the real problem, so Li Chen prepared to open a Super Deluxe Gift Pack.

• Noah explained to Li Chen that an energy shortage had caused a power outage and a Central Processor malfunction, and that he was repairing it.
• Li Chen apologized to affected residents, promised each one 500 points, and asked them to disperse while repairs continued.
• The residents defended Li Chen and expressed their understanding, while survivors watching the global livestream praised him and many sought refuge in the Dragon Nation.
• Noah told Li Chen that restoring power to millions of households would drain energy reserves needed for a future war.
• Li Chen checked the shelter’s energy reserves, considered his remaining gift packs and missions, and took out a Super Deluxe Gift Pack to open.

Li Chen opened a Super Deluxe Gift Pack and received an enormous amount of Evolution Energy and Energy Crystal Cores, including Tier 11 Third Generation cores. He wondered how Third Generation Zombies and the monsters created by Hua Ju Laboratory had become so powerful, and Noah offered several possible explanations.

• Li Chen opened a standard-version Super Deluxe Gift Pack and received 1.8 quintillion Evolution Energy and 1.8 billion cores of every listed tier and generation.
• Li Chen noticed that Third Generation Energy Crystal Cores reached Tier 11 and worried that Third Generation Zombies were evolving unusually quickly.
• Li Chen asked Noah why commanders who consumed Hua Ju Laboratory's Inferior Evolution Fluid had mutated into powerful monsters.
• Noah suggested Hua Ju Laboratory may have deliberately created experimental subjects, or that its attempt to reproduce Prite Civilization technology had gone wrong because of Earth's limitations.
• Li Chen considered Noah's explanation plausible but still had other doubts.

Li Chen learned that Inferior Evolution Fluid caused dangerous genetic mutations, giving zombies and Monster Decision Makers immense but unsustainable strength. He used the gift pack’s resources to supply the Star-Level Shelter, only for Noah to warn that upgrades and nonstop defenses could drain them in a day.

• Li Chen asked Noah why Inferior Evolution Fluid had made some Third Generation Zombies reach Level 11.
• Noah explained that the fluid’s energy and impurities likely mutated genes, briefly increasing strength while overloading and destroying cells.
• Li Chen recalled Mo Li’s warning that the Monster Decision Makers would die soon and rejected using the same life-consuming method on his subordinates.
• Li Chen allocated the gift pack’s 180 quadrillion Evolution Energy and 1.8 billion Energy Crystal Cores to the Star-Level Shelter.
• Noah warned that the resources would last at most one day if the shelter upgraded and operated its Firepower and Defense Systems continuously, leaving Li Chen alarmed.

Li Chen conserved the Star-Level Shelter’s energy and shifted his priorities from evolving commanders to strengthening the shelter’s automated firepower. He spent nearly 3.8 quintillion Evolution Energy upgrading its railguns and electromagnetic energy cannons, leaving the shelter equipped to strike targets across the world.

• Li Chen learned from Noah that current energy reserves could sustain the shelter for only one day of intense warfare but more than six months of low-intensity combat.
• Li Chen decided to conserve energy and prioritize improving the shelter’s Firepower System over evolving more commanders.
• Li Chen upgraded the Fully Automated Production Lines and began upgrading the Star-Level Shelter’s automated weapons.
• Li Chen upgraded 850 Fully Automatic Electromagnetic Railguns from Level 3 to Level 5, increasing their range fivefold and their power tenfold.
• Li Chen upgraded 30,000 fully automatic Electromagnetic Energy Cannons from Level 3 to Level 5, raising their range from 3,500 kilometers to an unspecified distance and giving them enough power to severely damage Gene Evolution Tier 9 targets.

Li Chen upgraded the Fully Automatic Hybrid Particle Energy Cannons, spending vast amounts of Evolution Energy to increase their range and power. After Xu Ruoxi and other commanders reached Gene Evolution Tier 10, he questioned them about their breakthroughs and explained the potential to awaken a Small Universe.

• Li Chen upgraded four thousand Fully Automatic Hybrid Particle Energy Cannons to Level 5, greatly increasing their range and power while consuming nearly twenty-four jing of Evolution Energy.
• Xu Ruoxi reported that she and Dang Zhongcheng had reached Gene Evolution Tier 10, so Li Chen summoned them and the other Tier 10-or-higher commanders to the Conference Room.
• Li Chen asked the commanders whether they had felt anything unusual after evolving, but Xu Ruoxi, Dang Zhongcheng, and the others reported no special changes beyond stronger bodies and Mental Power.
• Li Chen told the commanders that humans could awaken a Small Universe, a powerful force that included telekinesis and surpassed Mental Power.

Li Chen learned that no other Tier 10 commander had awakened a Small Universe, undermining his theories about the Prite invasion. Xu Ruoxi then reported that the Frontline Rescue Force had clashed with the John Empire Shelter, and Li Chen heard that his own troops had attacked first.

• Li Chen asked his commanders whether they had awakened a Small Universe after reaching Tier 10, and they said they had not.
• Li Chen reconsidered whether the Prite People had targeted Earth because of its survivors’ evolution.
• Xu Ruoxi reported that the Frontline Rescue Force had encountered the John Empire Shelter while traveling to rescue survivors and had clashed with its troops.
• Xu Ruoxi revealed that surveillance footage showed Li Chen’s troops had attacked first, and Li Chen reacted with an amused, wry smile.
• Xu Ruoxi advised Li Chen to avoid provoking the John Empire Shelter until the Third Generation Zombies had been dealt with.

Li Chen heard his commanders argue over whether to attack the Empire Shelters or prioritize the Third Generation Zombies, then ordered them to prepare for war. After Xu Ruoxi reminded him that five Shadow Organization members needed rescuing, Li Chen postponed the attack on the shelters and prepared to focus on the zombies, but the Command Center sent a new frontline report.

• Li Chen asked his commanders for their views, and they supported attacking the Empire Shelters, accusing them of conspiring with the aliens and threatening the Star-Level Shelter.
• Li Chen told the commanders to prepare to attack the other Top-Level Empire Shelters and said he would join them.
• Xu Ruoxi reminded Li Chen that Mo Yue had captured five Shadow Organization members and they needed rescuing.
• Li Chen ordered everyone to hold back, prioritize the mutated Third Generation Zombies, and rescue survivors, then said he would lead the attack on the shelters after returning.
• The Command Center delivered a new report from the front line.

Li Chen learned that Hua Ju Laboratory had created more than a billion powerful Third Generation Mutated Zombies, and he decided to go to the laboratory headquarters. The commanders prepared to respond to the global attacks as Noah explained how the mutated zombies had become so numerous.

• A frontline notification warned that high-level Third Generation Zombie Mutants had appeared, prompting Li Chen to order the commanders to their assigned support missions.
• Xu Ruoxi and Dang Zhongcheng asked to accompany Li Chen to Hua Ju Laboratory, but he refused and told Noah to report the number of Third Generation Mutated Zombies attacking worldwide.
• Noah reported that global Energy Detection Radar systems had detected 1.05136 billion Third Generation Mutated Zombies, with evolution levels ranging from peak Level 7 to mid-Level 11.
• The commanders questioned the figure because it exceeded Africa's population, while Xu Ruoxi, Dang Zhongcheng, and other High-Level Commanders remained silent and troubled.
• Noah explained that infected wild animals, marine animals that had come ashore, and people in the White Elephant Kingdom accounted for the unexpectedly large number, leaving the commanders alarmed.

Li Chen sent the commanders to support the front lines while heading to Hua Ju Laboratory Headquarters to assess the threat and possibly rescue the Shadow Organization members. At the laboratory, scientists prepared to dissect five captives after discovering they were thousands of years old, just as Li Chen arrived above the base.

• The commanders realized the Third Generation Mutated Zombies threatened regions beyond the Dragon Kingdom and could include infected animals.
• Dang Zhongcheng asked Li Chen to join the frontline forces because they might face Level 11 zombies, while Xu Ruoxi urged him not to antagonize Top-Level Shelters.
• Li Chen ordered the commanders to support the front lines in coordinated units and said he would go to Hua Ju Laboratory Headquarters to assess the situation and gather intelligence.
• Li Chen traveled to Hua Ju Laboratory Headquarters through Mental Power.
• Scientists at the laboratory restrained five Shadow Organization members and prepared to break through their energy defenses so they could dissect them.
• A scientist reported that the five captives were between 5,975 and more than 9,000 years old as Li Chen descended above the hidden base.

Li Chen infiltrated Hua Ju Laboratory Headquarters by bypassing its Energy Barrier and entering the underground facility unnoticed. He learned from two scientists that staff had been isolated from the outside world for years, while Mo Yue sensed his arrival and set out to confront him.

• Li Chen discovered that the Energy Barrier blocked Mental Power but not an ordinary person, so he crossed it after suppressing his Mental Power.
• Mo Yue sensed Li Chen's arrival, recognized him, and left to meet him.
• Li Chen concealed himself again and followed a cave to the laboratory's underground entrance, where he waited for a chance to enter.
• Li Chen rode an elevator underground with two scientists without their knowledge.
• The scientists discussed their exhausting work, separation from their families, and inability to contact the outside world, leading Li Chen to realize they did not know what had happened beyond the laboratory.