Chapter Summaries

After cremating Wu Fan, Chu Han decided to enter Anluo City alone to find his parents despite Yang Tian’s warnings about its unusually powerful zombie hordes. Five days later, Chu Han reached the city outskirts but found the road buried under a massive landslide.

• Yang Tian kept Zhou Chu imprisoned after severing the tendons in his hands and feet, while survivors watched Wu Fan’s body burn.
• Yang Tian warned Chu Han that Anluo City was filled with Tier 2 and Tier 3 zombies and that he had encountered a Tier 4 zombie there.
• Chu Han refused to abandon his search for his parents and ordered Yang Tian to stay behind and develop the survivor base.
• Yang Tian urged Chu Han to take him along, but Chu Han left after revealing that he had advanced to Tier 3.
• Chu Han reached Anluo City after five days of travel and found the highway blocked by a large landslide.

Chu Han and Wang Cai stopped at a mudslide because the Wrangler needed another two days to recharge, and Chu Han met Zhao Zilong, a cheerful Tier 2 Evolver ranked tenth. Zhao Zilong recognized Chu Han as the S+ expert ranked nine places above him and ran to summon the other survivors.

• Wang Cai told Chu Han the Wrangler could not cross the covered road until it charged for another day or two, so Chu Han settled in to wait.
• Zhao Zilong knocked on the Wrangler, and Chu Han got out to ask when the mudslide had formed; Zhao Zilong said it had been there for two days.
• Chu Han gave Zhao Zilong a pack of cigarettes, and Zhao Zilong introduced himself as a Tier 2 Evolver ranked tenth.
• Chu Han said he was nine places above Zhao Zilong on the same ranking, and Zhao Zilong realized he was Chu Han, the S+ expert.
• Zhao Zilong ran toward the roadside shelters, shouting for the other survivors to come see Chu Han.

Chu Han joined Rui Tianhe and Zhao Zilong’s group at a blocked highway and learned they planned to enter Anluo City with more than fifty ordinary survivors. He settled into their camp for the night while Rui Tianhe’s team arranged their usual watch, leaving Chu Han suspicious of the group’s intentions.

• Rui Tianhe introduced himself to Chu Han and explained that their highway route was blocked by a huge pile of sand and gravel.
• Rui Tianhe told Chu Han that his group consisted of four Evolvers and more than fifty ordinary survivors who planned to enter Anluo City.
• Zhao Zilong led Chu Han through the overgrown grass to the camp, where Chu Han noticed the stark divide between the Evolvers and the refugees.
• Rui Tianhe explained that he was bringing the survivors to Anluo City because many had relatives there and he was searching for his own family.
• Chu Han asked whether Zhao Zilong was also looking for someone in Anluo City, then took the camp’s largest tent.
• Rui Tianhe asked whose turn it was to keep watch, and Zhao Zilong volunteered for the night.

While keeping watch, Chu Han questioned Zhao Zilong about Rui Tianhe and grew suspicious of the two men. Rui Tianhe later invited Chu Han to travel with his group, but Chu Han exposed his false claim of being from Anluo City and left for the Wrangler.

• Chu Han sat with Zhao Zilong on night watch and learned that Rui Tianhe was a Tier 3 Evolver from Anluo City.
• The survivors shared snake meat Rui Tianhe and other Evolvers had caught, while they continued to disregard Chu Han.
• Rui Tianhe invited Chu Han to join his group and offered to guide him through Anluo City.
• Chu Han mentioned a supposed Daoming Temple and fortune-telling monk, and Rui Tianhe failed to recognize the local details.
• Chu Han realized Rui Tianhe's claim was false because Anluo City had Anming Temple, a nunnery known for its fierce nuns, and headed to the Wrangler.

Chu Han blasted through the dirt barricade despite telling Zhao Zilong he was leaving, then encountered a black SUV carrying members of the military organization Longya. He recognized Yi and Fan from his past life but could not understand why they were there.

• Chu Han drove his charged Wrangler straight through the dirt pile blocking the highway, leaving Zhao Zilong stunned.
• Zhao Zilong ran to tell Rui Tianhe that Chu Han had opened a path through the barricade.
• Chu Han emerged from the dirt piles and stopped when he saw a black SUV carrying Yi and Fan.
• Yi pointed out the newly opened path, and the SUV's unseen passenger, Longya, ordered them to go.
• Chu Han told Wang Cai that he recognized Yi and Fan as members of Longya, a military organization, but did not know why they were there.

Chu Han crossed the ruined center of Anluo City and unexpectedly reunited with Wei An and Li Yi, who were sheltering with a small group of survivors. The chapter left Chu Han meeting Wei An’s boyfriend, Hu Menghao, whose reaction to Chu Han’s arrival seemed dissatisfied.

• Zhao Zilong told Rui Tianhe that Chu Han had rammed through the blocked road, and Rui Tianhe cursed Chu Han as the black SUV carrying Yi, Fan, and Long Ya passed by.
• Chu Han fought his way through Anluo City’s zombie hordes and wreckage, then abandoned the Wrangler and continued on foot.
• Chu Han spent Points to raise his Precision Talent to Tier 3 and joked with Wang Cai about sharing his Points.
• Chu Han heard someone striking steel pipes and saw Wei An and Li Yi at a high-rise window, then entered their office building to rest for the night.
• Wei An introduced Chu Han to Hu Menghao and said Chu Han had helped her find him, while Hu Menghao downplayed Chu Han’s contribution.

Wei An defended Chu Han to Hu Menghao, who grew jealous and struck her before accusing her of infidelity. Hu Menghao and his followers began assaulting Wei An while Li Yi went to meet Chu Han, leaving Wei An in desperate danger.

• Wei An insisted that Chu Han was powerful, but Hu Menghao and his lackeys dismissed him as a First-order Evolver.
• Li Yi left to meet Chu Han after calling him boss, while Hu Menghao decided he no longer needed to fear Li Yi.
• Hu Menghao slapped Wei An, knocked her down, and accused her of being unfaithful to him.
• Hu Menghao threatened Wei An, tore her clothes, grabbed her by the hair, and kicked her injured back as the crowd cheered.

Wei An was assaulted by Hu Menghao and his men, but Chu Han broke into the room and stopped Hu Menghao from hurting her. Chu Han began overpowering Hu Menghao, leaving the group shocked by his strength.

• Hu Menghao pinned Wei An against the wall and slapped her as his men watched and urged him on.
• Wei An cried out for Chu Han to save her, and Chu Han burst through the door with Li Yi.
• Wei An kicked Hu Menghao, who grabbed her hair and tried to slam her into the wall.
• Chu Han blocked Hu Menghao, twisted his arm until his bones began to break, and told Li Yi to give Wei An his coat.

Chu Han rescued Wei An from Hu Menghao and let her decide their fate, but a black-robed Tier 3 zombie suddenly attacked. Hu Menghao escaped during the fight, leaving Chu Han and Wei An facing the zombie.

• Chu Han broke Hu Menghao’s arm while Li Yi covered Wei An, and Wei An ordered Hu Menghao and the others killed.
• Wei An rose to kill Hu Menghao herself, but a black-robed figure leaped through the window and attacked Chu Han.
• Hu Menghao used the distraction to flee, and Chu Han identified the attacker as a Tier 3 zombie and ordered Li Yi to protect Wei An.
• Chu Han gave Wei An his pistol, but the zombie dodged her shot and charged at him again.

Chu Han revealed his Tier 3 strength and killed a Tier 3 zombie with one strike, shocking everyone who had underestimated him. He then used Wei An’s pistol to kill a fleeing man and told her to save her bullets for people.

• Chu Han fused the Asura Battle Axe with his arms and revealed Tier 3 life force fluctuations, stunning the Evolvers and Li Yi.
• Chu Han struck the Tier 3 zombie through its ear and killed it in one blow while Wei An’s shots missed.
• Wang Cai collected the zombie’s crystal as Chu Han took Wei An’s pistol hand and shot a man between the eyebrows.
• Chu Han released Wei An and told her that he had meant for her to deal with people, not waste bullets on zombies.

Chu Han killed a man threatening Wei An, then leaped out to fight a large zombie horde while Li Yi helped Wei An keep the men inside under control. As Chu Han slaughtered the zombies, a sniper shot one attacking from behind, and Chu Han spotted the hidden shooter.

• Chu Han shot a First-order Evolver and handed Wei An spare magazines so she could deal with the men herself.
• A zombie horde approached, and Chu Han jumped out the window after telling Li Yi to assist Wei An.
• Chu Han killed more than fifty zombies in a burst, while Li Yi stopped the men from fleeing and Wei An began shooting them.
• Chu Han continued fighting the horde, expecting to gain many Points from its Tier 1 and Tier 2 zombies.
• A sniper shot a Tier 2 zombie attacking Chu Han from behind, and Chu Han turned toward the hidden shooter.

Chu Han rejected Ding Siyao’s offer of sniper support and killed more than fifteen hundred zombies alone. After Wei An and Li Yi defeated the men inside the office building, Wei An became a First-order Evolver and went outside, where she and Li Yi saw Chu Han finish the horde.

• Ding Siyao prepared to shoot a Tier 2 zombie, but Chu Han signaled for him not to help.
• Chu Han used his abilities and Asura Battle Axe to kill the zombie horde while Ding Siyao watched from across the street.
• Wei An and Li Yi fought the men in the office building, and Wei An killed the last of them with a fire axe.
• Wei An jumped from the window, survived the fall, and became a First-order Evolver.
• Li Yi saw that Chu Han had killed more than fifteen hundred zombies and finished off the last Tier 2 zombie.
• Ding Siyao packed up his rifle and ran toward Chu Han, stunned by his strength.

After Wei An became a First-order Evolver and helped Chu Han eliminate a group of violent men, she and Li Yi saw Chu Han standing amid the dead zombies. Ding Siyao arrived, saluted Chu Han, and was stunned when Chu Han introduced himself.

• Wei An realized she had become a First-order Evolver and saw that Chu Han had wiped out the zombie horde.
• Chu Han praised Wei An for killing Hu Menghao and the others, and Li Yi joined them.
• Ding Siyao ran toward the group, and Chu Han reassured Wei An and Li Yi that he was not a threat.
• Ding Siyao saluted Chu Han and introduced himself as the Tiger Fang Team's sniper, saying he was twenty and had served in the military for ten years.
• Chu Han introduced himself, and Ding Siyao excitedly recognized him as the top-ranked fighter on the First-order and Second-order Battle Power Rankings.

Chu Han met Ding Siyao, a Tiger Fang sniper on a secret mission, and confirmed that he had reached Tier 3. After Ding Siyao headed toward Chenxing Biological Park, Chu Han recognized that the mission might involve something unusual and decided to rest before going home to retrieve his parents.

• Ding Siyao recognized Chu Han as the top-ranked fighter and learned that he had advanced to Tier 3.
• Ding Siyao revealed that he belonged to Tiger Fang, then asked Chu Han how to reach Chenxing.
• Chu Han pointed Ding Siyao toward Chenxing and suspected that the biological park was connected to a secret mission.
• Chu Han told Li Yi and Wei An to find somewhere to rest for the night and come with him to pick up his parents the next day.

Chu Han reached his family’s apartment in Anluo City and found it empty and devastated, leaving him to spend the night overcome by guilt and despair. The next morning, a young man at the door claimed that the military had taken Chu Han’s parents away.

• Chu Han, Li Yi, and Wei An crossed Anluo City, and Chu Han cleared the zombies blocking their way to his residential complex.
• Chu Han reached apartment 503 and opened the door to find blood, wreckage, bones, and no sign of his parents.
• Chu Han sat silently in the filthy apartment all night while Li Yi and Wei An waited outside and Wang Cai stayed beside him.
• A young man pounded on the door and called to Chu Han, saying the military had taken Uncle Chu and Aunt Yuan.

Zhu Mingzhi claimed that Chu Han’s parents were alive and had been taken by the military, leading Chu Han and his companions to a supermarket. Chu Han exposed contradictions in Zhu Mingzhi’s story and left him under suspicion.

• Zhu Mingzhi arrived and told Chu Han that he knew where Chu Han’s parents were.
• Chu Han, Li Yi, and Wei An followed Zhu Mingzhi toward a supermarket where he said the parents were being held.
• Chu Han stopped outside the supermarket and questioned Zhu Mingzhi about saying the military had taken his parents.
• Zhu Mingzhi claimed that Chu Han’s parents had sheltered him for three months and that soldiers had taken them three days earlier.
• Chu Han recalled Luo Zhehao’s account that his parents had stayed at home two months earlier, and recognized that Zhu Mingzhi’s story did not add up.

Chu Han killed Zhu Mingzhi after recognizing his deception, then entered the supermarket while Li Yi and Wei An fought off a horde of zombies. Inside, he found a Black Robe Man with Tier 2 zombies, a Tier 3 Evolver, and twenty people imprisoned in a cage.

• Chu Han slit Zhu Mingzhi's throat, and Li Yi and Wei An overcame their doubts and chose to trust him.
• More than a hundred Tier 1 zombies surrounded the group, but Chu Han sent Li Yi and Wei An to fight them while he broke into the supermarket.
• Chu Han killed a First-order Evolver hiding behind the entrance and rushed deeper into the supermarket.
• Chu Han found a Black Robe Man eating a bloody heart, surrounded by ten Tier 2 zombies and the Tier 3 Evolver he had seen before, with twenty humans imprisoned nearby.

Chu Han confronted Hu Menghao and an Abomination Human who had lured him with clues about his parents, but he demanded answers without showing fear. The Abomination Human ordered twelve zombies to capture him, leaving Chu Han facing his first battle against ten Tier 2 zombies and two Tier 3 zombies at once.

• Chu Han recognized Hu Menghao beside the Abomination Human and realized they had lured him with information about his parents.
• Chu Han demanded to know where his parents were, ignoring the Abomination Human's show of power and Hu Menghao's taunts.
• Hu Menghao mocked Chu Han for being trapped, but Chu Han called him and the Abomination Human dead men and bastards.
• The Abomination Human grew furious and ordered the zombies to take Chu Han alive.
• Ten Tier 2 zombies and two Tier 3 zombies charged at Chu Han, who prepared to fight them with his Asura Battle Axe.

Chu Han fought off twelve zombies in a supermarket and killed them all, including two Tier 3 zombies, leaving Hu Menghao and the Abomination Human terrified by his strength. Li Yi and Wei An arrived as Chu Han stood among the corpses.

• Chu Han used his Asura Battle Axe to kill five Tier 2 zombies almost instantly as the twelve zombies attacked.
• Hu Menghao and the Abomination Human watched in shock, and the Abomination realized the Tier 3 zombie from the previous day's horde had not returned.
• Chu Han killed the remaining zombies, including a Tier 3 zombie, before the Abomination could attack.
• Hu Menghao collapsed in fear while the Abomination trembled at Chu Han's strength.
• Li Yi and Wei An rushed into the supermarket and headed toward Chu Han.

Chu Han confronted the Abomination Human in the supermarket and used his newly upgraded Speed Talent to overpower him. With the Abomination at his mercy, Chu Han demanded to know where his parents were.

• The caged captives begged Chu Han for help, and Wei An asked him to leave Hu Menghao for her to kill.
• The Abomination Human asked what had happened to the zombies outside, but Chu Han called him a mongrel and provoked him.
• The Abomination Human attacked Chu Han, who upgraded his Speed Talent to Tier 3 and kicked him across the room.
• Chu Han pinned the Abomination Human with his axe and demanded to know where his parents were.