Chapter Summaries

Shen Yi led survivors toward the Jinniu District Shelter after agreeing to attack it, while its armed defenders prepared to confront the crowd. The defenders lowered their weapons and welcomed Shen Yi as their lord, leaving the survivors stunned.

• Survivors urged Shen Yi to lead an assault on the Jinniu District Shelter, and he agreed.
• Duan Ye, Zou Tingfang, and thousands of survivors followed Shen Yi toward the Shelter.
• The Shelter's search team spotted the approaching crowd and prepared to protect Shen Yi from any threat.
• The survivors encountered combat robots, tanks, and armed personnel, and feared they would be killed.
• Shen Yi walked between the two groups, and the armed personnel lowered their guns and welcomed him as their lord.

Shen Yi revealed that the heavily armed Shelter belonged to him, winning the survivors’ submission and taking control of Zou Tingfang’s group. He later met Zou Tingfang in private and answered her concern about their age difference by saying, “Turning off the lights makes everyone the same.”

• Shen Yi revealed his ownership of the Shelter and its weapons, prompting the survivors to cheer for him and kneel.
• Shen Yi used Mental Telekinesis to alter the thoughts of people with ill intentions, and Duan Ye pledged to serve him.
• Zou Tingfang watched her Shelter’s survivors submit to Shen Yi and felt upset that everything she had built was being taken over.
• Kikyo brought Zou Tingfang to Shen Yi, who lounged among maids and a box of Ability Fruits in his well-provisioned Shelter.
• Zou Tingfang thanked Shen Yi for saving her and raised their age difference, and Shen Yi replied that turning off the lights made everyone the same.

Shen Yi received Symbiote Armor and shared a lavish dinner with Zou Tingfang, who began accepting her reliance on him. After hearing reports about the new survivors, Shen Yi turned his attention to Zhao Ning, and an armed helicopter departed as evening fell.

• Shen Yi unlocked two units of Symbiote Armor, a living biomass that protected its wearer and healed itself.
• Zou Tingfang saw Shen Yi's plentiful fresh food, set aside her pride, and ate dinner with him.
• Long Aoshuang reported that three thousand survivors had joined the Shelter and that twenty women had been selected for makeovers.
• Zhao Ning crawled into the meeting room with fruit for Shen Yi and called herself his puppy.
• Shen Yi spoke with Zhao Ning for a long time, and an armed helicopter departed as evening approached.

Zhao Ning returned to the Capital Shelter after meeting Shen Yi and told Yin Liwei that Shen Yi would help eliminate the Mutated Creatures. She then tried to condition Yin Liwei into obeying Shen Yi, but Yin Haihui caught her and was killed; Yin Liwei appeared at the door as Zhao Ning raised her gun.

• Yin Liwei learned that only Zhao Ning and Captain Sun Zhipeng had returned from the mission, then met with Zhao Ning alone.
• Zhao Ning told Yin Liwei that Shen Yi would come in a few days to help eliminate the Mutated Creatures, hiding his demand to control the Shelter.
• Zhao Ning entered Yin Liwei's room at night and used a pale purple glow to command him to obey Shen Yi and announce him as the Shelter's master.
• Yin Haihui caught Zhao Ning conditioning Yin Liwei and accused Shen Yi of controlling her, so Zhao Ning slapped him and shot him dead.
• Yin Liwei appeared in the doorway beside Yin Haihui's corpse, and Zhao Ning raised her gun, prepared to kill him if she had not controlled him.

Shen Yi prepared to travel to the capital with Long Aoshuang and Ning Qianqian, leaving his women behind as he set out to expand his territory. Meanwhile, starving Princess Yuni attacked two men in her Mutant Centipede form, and they collapsed unconscious.

• Zhao Ning told Yin Liwei that the master would arrive within a week and warned him to eliminate anyone who defied the master, while Yin Haihui lay dead nearby.
• Shen Yi left Feng Chengcheng and announced that he would travel to the capital with Long Aoshuang and Ning Qianqian.
• Ning Qianqian agreed to guide Shen Yi back to her former Shelter, while Lin Zhiwei stayed behind in the laboratory.
• Shen Yi departed by armed helicopter as the women around him urged him to return soon.
• Princess Yuni, starving and desperate, transformed into a Mutant Centipede and charged at two men carrying cans of meat, leaving them unconscious.

Shen Yi encountered Yuni Victoria Helen, a starving British princess, and offered to keep her fed after catching her stealing canned meat. When Yuni realized Shen Yi commanded an armed helicopter and a respectful crew, she begged him to take her back to Britain and promised him supreme power.

• Shen Yi detected Yuni Victoria Helen with his system and appeared beside her as she stole two cans of meat.
• Yuni threatened Shen Yi with her royal family, but he offered to provide her with three meals a day.
• Yuni heard Shen Yi's helicopter and asked him to take her back to Britain in exchange for power.
• Long Aoshuang, Lin Fan, and the others went to Shen Yi, revealing that he commanded the helicopter and its crew.
• Yuni apologized and pleaded with Shen Yi to take her home, promising to do anything he wanted.

Yuni agreed to serve Shen Yi in exchange for his promise to send her back to Britain, then joined his group as they entered the capital. At the capital’s conference room, officials worried over Yin Haihui’s disappearance and learned that an armed helicopter was approaching.

• Yuni set aside her pride and agreed to serve Shen Yi if he promised to send her back to Britain.
• Yuni saw Shen Yi’s plentiful food, bathed, ate steak, and told him that her ability created illusions within five meters for five minutes.
• Ning Qianqian told Shen Yi that they had entered the capital’s territory, while she anticipated seeing what the capital would pay for its actions.
• In the capital, Yin Haihui’s disappearance unsettled the conference room, though Yin Zhao Ning remained calm beside Yin Liwei.
• An attendant reported that an armed helicopter was approaching the capital’s territory and asked Secretary Yin what to do.

Shen Yi arrived at the Shelter to discuss fighting the United States, but officials challenged his authority when he took the head seat. Yin Zhao Ning shot the challengers, and Yin Liwei openly affirmed Shen Yi’s right to sit in honor.

• Yin Zhao Ning and Yin Liwei knelt to welcome Shen Yi, while the arriving officials reacted with surprise at his youth and appearance.
• Shen Yi took the head seat in the conference room as his attendants massaged him, and He Rongfeng objected on behalf of the officials.
• He Rongfeng and other officials told Shen Yi he should respect their authority and expect a reward for helping the country.
• Yin Zhao Ning shot He Rongfeng and another official who spoke against Shen Yi.
• Shen Yi asked who still objected to his seat, and Yin Liwei declared that his master belonged in the seat of honor.

Shen Yi silenced the Beijing Shelter leaders by killing He Lei with a burst of fire from within his body. The leaders left in fear, while Shen Yi chose to keep them wary rather than directly control their thoughts.

• The Shelter leaders challenged Yin Zhao Ning and questioned how she had controlled Yin Liwei, then He Lei seized her handgun using his ability to control conventional weapons.
• Shen Yi snapped his fingers and caused flames to erupt inside He Lei, killing him and reducing him to ashes.
• Yin Zhao Ning declared that her master made the rules, and the frightened leaders offered no resistance.
• Yin Zhao Ning warned the leaders not to plot against Shen Yi, and they left the conference room in fear.
• Sun Duo and the other leaders wondered how to respond, while Shen Yi used Telepathy to confirm they posed no immediate threat and decided not to alter their thoughts.

Shen Yi hosted Long Aoshuang’s group with a feast and questioned them about the United States and the Mutated Creature. He ordered them to join Long Aoshuang in confronting it the next day and revealed a large cache of weapons and armor for them.

• Long Aoshuang briefed Shen Yi on the Shelter, while Yin Zhao Ning brought the anxious group to meet him.
• Shen Yi served the group a lavish meal, and Ning Qianqian reassured them that he wanted to discuss the United States.
• Sun Duo reported a theory that a Shelter near the capital had ties to the United States and had leaked information about the released Mutated Creature.
• Sun Duo added that the Mutated Creature in the mountains had become more active.
• Shen Yi ordered Long Aoshuang to lead the group against the creature the next day and summoned crates of guns, ammunition, grenades, and Protective Battle Armor for them.

Shen Yi won the loyalty of Shelter managers by giving them food and firearms, then unlocked Mother Tree Da Hong Pao after taking in Yuni. As Xiao Wan investigated armed helicopters, Long Aoshuang led an armed group out to face a mutated lizard.

• Sun Duo and the other managers thanked Shen Yi and swore to serve him after seeing the weapons he provided.
• Shen Yi considered expanding his territory overseas with Yuni, then unlocked Mother Tree Da Hong Pao through his system.
• Xiao Wan ordered Ola to watch armed helicopters and respond if they made a move against their Shelter.
• Long Aoshuang led Sun Zhipeng and the others out at daybreak to fight the mutated lizard, trusting Shen Yi's weapons to help them win.

Long Aoshuang led her armed team into a silent, fog-shrouded forest, where Shen Yi spotted hideous Lizardmen, a colorful plant, and another group closing in behind them. After the system identified Xiao Wan and Ola Jones as potential resources, Long Aoshuang ordered a bombardment, startling the hidden group and leaving Xiao Wan to decide whether to press on.

• Long Aoshuang ordered her team to put on protective armor and proceed on foot into the forest, where they found blood-red vines, Black Fog, and a deep footprint.
• Little Chen panicked after seeing many people ahead, and Long Aoshuang ordered everyone to stay quiet.
• Shen Yi used Telepathy to observe dozens of winged, clawed Lizardmen hanging from the trees and noticed a Colorful Plant and a group approaching from behind Long Aoshuang's team.
• The system identified Xiao Wan and Ola Jones as potential resources, and Shen Yi focused on the two women in the approaching group.
• Long Aoshuang ordered her team to bombard the unusual creatures, while Xiao Wan and Ola Jones worried the group might be mistaken for Mutated Creatures.

Long Aoshuang led her firepower squad into the Black Fog and ordered them to attack the charging mutants. After Little Chen ran toward figures he recognized as former teammates, a mutated mother lizard killed him, but the squad’s heavy weapons drove the creature back and silenced the forest.

• Long Aoshuang ordered the armored vehicles and troops to open fire on mutants charging through the Black Fog, and their heavy weapons blasted the creatures apart.
• Little Chen recognized approaching figures as former teammates and pleaded for a ceasefire, but Long Aoshuang kicked him for letting emotion affect his judgment.
• Little Chen leaped from the armored vehicle and rushed toward the forest, where a winged figure seized him and crushed his bones.
• Sun Duo told Long Aoshuang that the mutated mother lizard could lay huge egg sacs and develop traits from whatever it ate, and that it had grown vastly larger since they last saw it.
• Long Aoshuang dismissed the threat, and the squad intensified its artillery fire until the forest fell silent and the troops praised Shen Yi’s weapons.

Long Aoshuang’s squad believed they had killed the mutated mother lizard, but Shen Yi sensed that the mountain ahead was alive. When Ola’s mutated spores were released, the creature revealed its enormous body and attacked, leaving Shen Yi poised to enter the fight.

• Long Aoshuang’s squad advanced through the wreckage and believed the mutated mother lizard was dead.
• Shen Yi noticed the hill ahead rising and falling, while Xiao Wan and Ola considered attacking the squad with mutated spores.
• The trembling ground exposed Ola, and Long Aoshuang shot the container from her hand, spilling the spores.
• Sun Duo identified the spores, and the squad scrambled for its vehicles as the ground shook beneath them.
• Long Aoshuang realized the hills were the mutated mother lizard’s body and ordered the squad to open fire.
• The creature surged toward the group with a stream of putrid liquid, and Shen Yi prepared to make his entrance.

Long Aoshuang and Shen Yi’s forces fought the mutated mother lizard while Xiao Wan and Ola watched from hiding and reconsidered attacking Yin Liwei’s Shelter. Shen Yi let them escape for now, and the chapter ended with the mother lizard near defeat and Long Aoshuang preparing to finish her off.

• Xiao Wan and Ola abandoned their plan to attack after seeing the Shelter’s bombers, heavy weapons, and powerful fighters.
• Long Aoshuang and Sun Zhipeng’s team attacked the mutated mother lizard as she thrashed and charged at them.
• A teammate became infected by mutated spores, and Long Aoshuang shot him when dark tentacles burst from his body.
• The mother lizard’s flesh sacs burst and released countless humanoid lizards, but Shen Yi’s forces kept up their assault.
• Xiao Wan and Ola decided to investigate who was working with Yin Liwei before striking at a weak point, and Shen Yi let them leave.
• The bombardment brought the mother lizard close to death, and Long Aoshuang prepared to finish her off.

Shen Yi’s forces brought the mutated mother lizard back to the Shelter for Ning Qianqian to study, while Shen Yi set his sights on Xiao Wan and Ola. The chapter ended with a rival Shelter learning that Yin Liwei’s group had defeated the lizard using bombers and tanks.

• Shen Yi told Long Aoshuang to keep the mutated mother lizard alive, and she returned with it to the Shelter.
• Xiao Wan urged Ola to contact their organization for reinforcements, but Ola concealed that they had lost contact a week earlier.
• Shen Yi watched Xiao Wan from a rooftop and decided to target her and Ola as a way to move against foreign countries.
• The Shelter’s residents welcomed Long Aoshuang and pledged loyalty to Shen Yi after seeing the defeated mother lizard.
• Shen Yi asked Ning Qianqian to study the lizard, while Long Aoshuang kept it isolated because it was a viral host developed by the United States.
• A messenger told the bearded, scar-faced leader of a high-level Shelter that Yin Liwei’s Shelter had defeated the lizard with bombers and tanks.

Shen Yi’s Plunder ability advanced, while Xiao Wan decided to infiltrate Yin Liwei’s Shelter to investigate Lord Shen. Long Aoshuang brought selected women to Shen Yi, who recognized that the woman she had chosen was hiding something.

• Shen Yi ate an Ability Fruit and upgraded Plunder to level 21, learning that killing an ability user let him absorb the origin of their ability.
• Xiao Wan and Ola discussed Yin Liwei’s Shelter gathering survivors, and Xiao Wan resolved to visit it despite Ola’s objections.
• Xiao Wan put her plan into action, hoping to discover Lord Shen’s weakness after an unexpected interloper had ruined her earlier scheme.
• Long Aoshuang selected ten women from the survivors to attend Shen Yi and noticed that the woman in the middle briefly showed a sharp, guarded expression.
• Shen Yi summoned the middle woman and recognized that she was using little tricks to conceal her intentions.

Shen Yi exposed Xiao Wan, who had infiltrated his Shelter, and she learned that he wanted to control every force in Beijing. Meanwhile, Ola arranged to cooperate with Qi Delong against Yin Liwei, then returned to find Xiao Wan missing.

• Shen Yi recognized Xiao Wan despite her altered appearance and kept her immobilized.
• Xiao Wan asked what Shen Yi wanted, and he said he intended to bring every force in Beijing under his control.
• Ola warned Qi Delong that Yin Liwei had an expert's help and heavy weapons, then proposed they cooperate against him.
• Qi Delong agreed to cooperate while secretly planning to let Yin Liwei and Ola's side weaken each other before he acted.
• Ola returned to her Shelter and discovered Xiao Wan was gone.

Xiao Wan accepted Shen Yi’s protection and became his woman, unlocking DF-17 Hypersonic Glide Vehicles for him. While she stayed at his Shelter overnight, Ola prepared to attack Yin Liwei’s Shelter at dawn to rescue her.

• Xiao Wan offered herself to Shen Yi in exchange for his protection, and he released her from her restraints.
• Shen Yi took Xiao Wan in, and the system unlocked DF-17 Hypersonic Glide Vehicles and stored them in System Space.
• Xiao Wan woke, saw the luxury of Shen Yi’s Shelter, ate with him, and stayed there overnight because Mutated Creatures roamed after dark.
• Ola learned Xiao Wan had gone to Yin Liwei’s Shelter and resolved to wait until dawn before attacking to rescue her.
• At daybreak, Ola took a gun and prepared to punish Yin Liwei.

Qi Delong and Ola led a small group toward Yin Liwei’s Shelter, only to be attacked by the mother lizard Shen Yi had made his servant. Shen Yi appeared atop the creature and used his mental force to alter the crowd’s thoughts, leaving Ola untouched.

• Qi Delong arrived at Ola’s Shelter with a dozen ability users, and he and Ola set out to attack Yin Liwei’s Shelter while each planned to betray the other.
• The mother lizard burst from the ground and attacked the group, forcing Ola and the others to flee as the ability users’ attacks failed to hurt it.
• Ola tried to use a container to control the lizard, but Shen Yi appeared on its head and stopped its rampage.
• Shen Yi used his mental force to alter the thoughts of everyone present except Ola.
• Qi Delong changed his attitude and bowed as he approached Shen Yi.