Chapter Summaries

Shen Yi killed Li Mingde after the man pointed at him, then rescued Qin Xiang and promised to have her shelter’s survivors screened for Deep Bay One. Back at the shelter, he reunited with Liu Yiyi and unlocked supplies, finding the results promising.

• Shen Yi shot through Li Mingde’s hands and then killed him with a High-Temperature Ray after Li Mingde pointed at him.
• Shen Yi teleported away with Qin Xiang, leaving the other survivors behind as mutant cockroaches approached.
• Qin Xiang considered giving up her police uniform and felt grateful when Shen Yi offered to screen her shelter’s survivors for good character.
• Shen Yi returned to Deep Bay One and sent Qin Xiang to wash up and speak with Jiangnan Yan.
• Shen Yi found Liu Yiyi secretly eating snacks and unlocked supplies with her, and the results caught his attention.

Shen Yi received a barrel of high-quality diesel from the system and planned to visit Fu Yunxi at the Villa Shelter to provide firearms and recruit survivors. After lunch, he agreed to let Shen Su practice downstairs and asked Murong Xue to help Jiangnan Yan develop the Shelter, unaware that Murong Xue intended to build her influence and seize power.

• The system unlocked a barrel of high-quality diesel for Shen Yi, giving him a useful new energy supply.
• Shen Yi planned to visit Fu Yunxi and give her firearms so she could train her people, hoping some survivors might qualify for system supplies.
• Shen Su asked to practice her power downstairs, and Shen Yi agreed as long as she stayed inside Deep Bay One.
• Shen Yi arranged for Han Ruoxi to accompany Shen Su and asked Bai Xinyi and Xu Wanting to help look after her.
• Shen Yi told Murong Xue to help Jiangnan Yan with the Shelter's work, and Murong Xue accepted while planning to build her own team and seize power.

Shen Yi arranged for Murong Xue to help Jiangnan Yan expand the Shelter, then returned to the Villa Shelter and gave Lin Tu more Mental Evolution Fruits after learning about her growing ability. Lin Lu arrived and argued with Lin Tu over her relationship with Shen Yi, leaving the sisters in his hands as he tried to reconcile them.

• Shen Yi told Jiangnan Yan that Murong Xue would help expand the Shelter, and Jiangnan Yan reluctantly accepted the arrangement.
• Shen Yi went to the Villa Shelter with Qiao Xuefei and Song Qingwan, then asked Fu Yunxi to bring him the female survivors she had screened.
• Lin Tu told Shen Yi how she had used her mental ability on her sister, and he gave her more Mental Evolution Fruits and asked Fu Yunxi to guide her.
• Lin Lu arrived, became angry when she saw Lin Tu with Shen Yi, and refused to forgive her sister.
• Shen Yi separated the bickering sisters and tried to bring them back together.

Shen Yi reconciled Lin Lu and Lin Tu, then met a group of female survivors brought by Fu Yunxi. The system identified Song Tinglan as a woman who met its standards, and Shen Yi asked the others with partners or husbands to leave.

• Lin Lu forgave Lin Tu after learning the prank had made her believe she was pregnant, then told Shen Yi she wanted a baby.
• Shen Yi brushed off Lin Tu's request for a baby and sent the sisters to rest when Fu Yunxi arrived with female survivors.
• Fu Yunxi left after Shen Yi allowed her to go, eager to test Lin Tu's thought-implanting ability for managing the Shelter.
• Shen Yi asked the women to straighten up so he could inspect them, and the system identified Song Tinglan as a match who would unlock a random supply item.
• Shen Yi told the women that anyone other than Song Tinglan who had a boyfriend or was married could leave.

Shen Yi selected six women to serve as maids and kept Song Tinglan close while monitoring the Colorful Plant. As the plant’s fruit ripened, his Shadow Puppets stole it from the Mutant Centipede, leaving Shen Yi with the prize.

• Shen Yi chose six women who met his standards, gave them revealing maid outfits, and ordered them to move into his building.
• Shen Yi kept Song Tinglan behind, questioned her about her former work as a model, and touched her leg while she felt humiliated and nervous.
• Shen Yi used Telepathy to watch the Colorful Plant as it transferred its light into the Cyan Fruit, and he ordered his Shadow Puppets to prepare to take it.
• Shen Yi’s Frost Condensation reached level fifteen, extending its maximum range to 5,500 meters.
• The Cyan Fruit ripened as the Mutant Centipede prepared to attack, but Shen Yi’s Shadow Puppets seized it and vanished underground.

Shen Yi froze the Mutant Centipede, took the Colorful Fruit it had guarded, and ate it, greatly increasing his constitution and combat power. He wondered whether the System could unlock more of the fruit as he considered the threat it might have posed if the centipede had eaten it.

• The Mutant Centipede sensed the Colorful Fruit carried by a Shadow Puppet and pursued it toward Shen Yi's Shelter.
• Shen Yi left Song Tinglan with mineral water and used Instant Movement to intercept the centipede before it reached the Shelter.
• Shen Yi froze the Mutant Centipede and had a Shadow Puppet offer him the Colorful Fruit.
• Shen Yi ate the fruit, which strengthened his constitution, raised Body Evolution to level 6, and increased his combat power to 459.
• Shen Yi realized the fruit could have made the Mutant Centipede even stronger and wondered whether the System could unlock it.

After returning to the Villa Shelter, Shen Yi reunited Song Qingwan with her cousin Song Tinglan and unlocked a smart RPG. He then lost contact with the Shadow Puppets transporting the frozen Mutant Centipede and used Telepathy to investigate.

• Shen Yi sent the three Shadow Puppets to carry the frozen Mutant Centipede back to Deep Bay One and went to the Villa Shelter to wash.
• Song Qingwan entered Shen Yi's unlocked room while searching for Ability Fruits, then discovered Song Tinglan with Shen Yi.
• Shen Yi kept Song Qingwan from leaving, and the system unlocked a Lightweight Smart RPG after he took her in.
• Shen Yi examined the RPG and learned that it could identify, lock onto, and track enemies at up to one thousand meters.
• Shen Yi sensed that the three Shadow Puppets had died, suspected the Mutant Centipede had escaped, and used Telepathy to scan the area.

Shen Yi discovered that strange, coordinated mutant insects had killed his Shadow Puppets and the Mutant Centipede, then gave Fu Yunxi a large cache of firearms to strengthen the Shelter. Fu Yunxi accepted the weapons and ammunition, while Shen Yi remained concerned about the insects and the dangers facing the survivors.

• Shen Yi found strange insects devouring the Mutant Centipede and suspected they were a powerful new mutated species.
• Shen Yi resurrected his Shadow Puppets and learned that the insects had used sounds to disrupt their senses before killing them together.
• Shen Yi woke Fu Yunxi and showed her hundreds of handguns, assault rifles, and RPGs.
• Shen Yi told Fu Yunxi to use the loaded weapons to develop the Shelter and promised more weapons once the survivors had been made loyal.
• Fu Yunxi accepted the weapons with renewed confidence, and Shen Yi warned her not to disappoint him.

Shen Yi supplied weapons to his Shelters and sought the alien lifeform’s opinion about the strange insect, while Fu Yunxi organized the Villa Shelter’s new firearms and strengthened loyalty among its survivors. The alien lifeform then told Shen Yi something that stunned him.

• Fu Yunxi promised to gather Ability Fruits and beautiful female survivors for Shen Yi, who ordered her to rinse her mouth.
• Shen Yi visited Deep Bay One Shelter, rewarded Jiangnan Yan and Murong Xue with weapons, and asked Murong Xue about the strange insect.
• Shen Yi teleported to Building One to consult the alien lifeform about whether the insect was alien.
• Fu Yunxi directed survivors moving Shen Yi’s firearms and had Lin Tu cultivate loyalty among promising survivors.
• The alien lifeform told Shen Yi something that left him stunned.

Shen Yi learned from the Consciousness Collective that the Insect Race had planted eggs on Earth and would eventually invade, with even a small fleet squad capable of devouring the planet. The chapter ended with Lin Zhiwei asking whether other planets had ever defeated the Insect Race and repelled an invasion.

• Shen Yi questioned the frozen mutant human about the insects, and it identified them as the Insect Race and warned that Earth was finished.
• The Consciousness Collective explained that Blade Insects hatched from eggs and that an Insect Race fleet could devour Earth; it said the insects already lurking there could not all be killed.
• Shen Yi considered fleeing, fighting, or pretending to surrender so he could gain time to grow stronger, but learned the Insect Race never accepted surrender.
• Lin Zhiwei asked whether other planets had destroyed invading insects and repelled the Insect Race.

The Consciousness Collective revealed that the Insect Race had overwhelmed even civilizations far stronger than humanity, leaving Lin Zhiwei and Shen Yi searching for ways to learn about the threat. Shen Yi decided humanity still had time to prepare, then ordered both Shelters to search for beautiful female survivors who could help him unlock supplies.

• The Consciousness Collective fell silent after warning Lin Zhiwei that civilizations thousands of times stronger than humanity had lost half their star systems fighting the Insect Race.
• Shen Yi froze the mutant and considered capturing Blade Bugs for research, but worried that doing so might provoke hidden bugs and endanger his Shelter.
• Lin Zhiwei suspected the Black Fog was not created by the Insect Race and feared humanity had no way to resist the aliens.
• Shen Yi recalled that the Insect Race had not invaded by the time Murong Xue died in his previous life, and concluded he had at least half a year to develop.
• Shen Yi ordered Fu Yunxi and Jiangnan Yan to screen both Shelters for beautiful female survivors, offering two Ability Fruits for each successful lead.
• Survivors in both Shelters began searching for eligible women, while Shen Yi set out to look around nearby compounds and Shelters for women and fruits.

After ordering Jiangnan Yan and Fu Yunxi to find beautiful female survivors, Shen Yi chose a large wild Shelter twenty kilometers away as his next target. He teleported inside, identified Bai Shuang as a system-qualified survivor, and approached her to learn about the Shelter before taking it over.

• Jiangnan Yan and Fu Yunxi began recruiting beautiful female survivors, then planned to seize neighboring residential compounds and Shelters to expand their own Shelter.
• Shen Yi used Telepathy to discover a well-managed wild Shelter with an estimated one or two thousand residents and decided to take it over.
• Shen Yi teleported into the Shelter and found Bai Shuang, whose system score was 97 and whose recruitment would unlock a random supply item.
• Bai Shuang ate a privileged breakfast and privately longed for greater authority and the power to control other people's lives.

Shen Yi intimidated Bai Shuang, then offered to help her become the Shelter’s manager in exchange for her obedience. Bai Shuang accepted, eager to rise to power.

• Bai Shuang reflected on her privileged life and ambition to rise above the Shelter’s leader.
• Shen Yi appeared in Bai Shuang’s home and ordered her to come to him.
• Shen Yi froze the door and forced Bai Shuang to undress, leaving her humiliated and afraid.
• Shen Yi produced bottled water and food, then promised to make Bai Shuang the Shelter’s manager if she obeyed him.
• Bai Shuang agreed to wash herself and accepted Shen Yi’s offer, determined to rise.

Shen Yi learned about Bai Shuang’s Shelter and her clone-producing Ability, then agreed to help her seize control of it. Bai Shuang lured the Shelter’s leaders to her home with the claim that she had found an Ability Fruit, setting the stage for a Hongmen Banquet.

• Bai Shuang told Shen Yi that her Shelter held more than fifteen hundred survivors and twenty-nine registered Ability users, and revealed that she could create combat-capable clones.
• Shen Yi used Telepathy to survey the Shelter, noticed survivors cooking mutated plants, and wondered how people obtained enough food and water.
• After Bai Shuang woke, Shen Yi told her to summon the Shelter’s leaders so they could begin their plan to take control.
• Bai Shuang returned with several men, who believed she had found an Ability Fruit and were tempted by the prospect of gaining Abilities.

Bai Shuang brought Xia Guomin and the other Shelter managers to her home, where Shen Yi openly demanded that she take control. The group grew wary after Shen Yi revealed he could detect and block their psychic communicator, and they ended the chapter warning each other not to act rashly.

• Bai Shuang grew frightened and regretful as she led Xia Guomin and the other managers to her home, while they noticed her nervous behavior and prepared for trouble.
• Xia Guomin and the managers entered and found Shen Yi lounging on the sofa; they assumed he had coerced Bai Shuang into bringing them there.
• Shen Yi told the managers that Bai Shuang would lead the Shelter from then on and asked who agreed or objected.
• When Xia Guomin asked Shen Yi's name, Shen Yi identified himself and exposed the skinny man's attempt to communicate psychically.
• The skinny man realized Shen Yi had detected and blocked his ability, and another man warned him that Shen Yi's ability was stronger than his.

Shen Yi forced Xia Guomin and the other shelter leaders to hand control of the shelter to Bai Shuang. The leaders left fearing Shen Yi’s power, while Xia Guomin privately admitted that Bai Shuang was incapable of managing the shelter.

• Shen Yi suppressed the leaders’ psychic abilities and demanded to know who objected to Bai Shuang taking charge.
• Xia Guomin and the others agreed to give Bai Shuang authority, and Shen Yi warned that he would kill anyone who secretly plotted against him.
• Bai Shuang worried that the leaders were pretending to submit, but Shen Yi said he believed them.
• The leaders left Bai Shuang’s home shaken by Shen Yi’s power and wondered whether Bai Shuang had brought him to the shelter.
• Xia Guomin warned the others not to speak carelessly, then agreed that Bai Shuang had no ability to manage the shelter.

Shen Yi handed management of the Shelter to Bai Shuang, who eagerly accepted the role despite the managers’ doubts about her ability. Before leaving, he gave her Telepathy Fruits and secretly arranged for Shadow Puppets to protect her.

• Xia Guomin and the other managers privately worried that Bai Shuang lacked the experience to lead the Shelter, but they feared opposing Shen Yi.
• Bai Shuang joyfully embraced Shen Yi after he gave her authority over the Shelter.
• Shen Yi told Bai Shuang to find beautiful female survivors for him and said he would leave other Shelter matters to her.
• Shen Yi gave Bai Shuang a handful of Perception Fruits that granted Telepathy, then prepared to leave.
• Bai Shuang showed reluctance as Shen Yi departed, and he left three Shadow Puppets to protect her.

Shen Yi left Bai Shuang to manage her Shelter while he returned to Deep Bay One and discovered that his new Elastic Body ability could reshape his body. The next morning, he headed to the Villa Shelter to unlock supplies through a qualified survivor and confront a looming mutated mosquito attack.

• Shen Yi refused Bai Shuang’s request to come with him, left her supplies and Ability Fruits, and told her to manage her Shelter for now.
• Bai Shuang cheered up and planned to use her new authority to improve life for her family and friends.
• Shen Yi returned to Deep Bay One, found two wild Ability Fruits, and examined his new Elastic Body ability.
• Shen Yi tested Elastic Body with a maid, then went to the Villa Shelter after seeing through Telepathy that one of Fu Yunxi’s selected survivors met the System’s standards.
• Shen Yi prepared to unlock supplies and deal with the mutated mosquito swarm gathering to attack the Villa Shelter.

As a swarm of more than three thousand mutant mosquitoes approached the Villa Shelter, Shen Yi joined Fu Yunxi and the survivors as they prepared to defend the buildings. The mosquitoes began smashing into the windows, and the Shelter’s battle started.

• Fu Yunxi organized survivors to seal the lower floors and fortify the buildings above the seventh floor against the swarm.
• Shen Yi arrived at the most heavily defended building, reassured Little Deer and Little Rabbit, and prepared to use the attack to demonstrate his strength.
• Fu Yunxi detected the approaching swarm and asked Lin Tu to warn the leaders of the other buildings that more than three thousand mosquitoes might be coming.
• Lin Tu sent the warning, and the Shelter’s survivors took up their weapons as the buzzing grew louder in the Black Fog.
• Mutant mosquitoes flew out of the Black Fog and struck the windows, prompting survivors across the Shelter to begin fighting.

As mutant mosquitoes overwhelmed the residential complex, Fu Yunxi begged Shen Yi to intervene. He finally agreed after she recognized her dependence on him and pledged her loyalty, leaving him ready to face the swarm.

• Mutant mosquitoes flooded the residential complex, draining residents while Building 13 held firm under Shen Yi's defenders.
• Fu Yunxi sensed that the swarm had grown beyond three thousand and worried that Shelter's defenses would collapse if the fight continued.
• Fu Yunxi humbled herself before Shen Yi and begged him to make his move.
• Shen Yi judged that Fu Yunxi had finally submitted to him in both body and heart, and her loyalty rose sharply.
• Shen Yi told everyone to put away their weapons and announced that he would act.