Chapter Summaries

Jun Zhi and Zui Chu tracked the attackers who had slaughtered five settlements, while Chu Han left a village after witnessing an old man’s mistreatment. Abomination Humans arrived searching for Chu Han, and the old man’s attempt to reveal where he had gone led them to order the villagers slaughtered.

• Jun Zhi and Zui Chu found the fifth devastated settlement and estimated they would catch up with its attackers the next day.
• Chu Han ate flatbreads offered by a blind old man, learned the old man was abused by his son, and left the village with Wang Cai.
• Twenty Abomination Humans entered the village and showed its residents a portrait of Chu Han, asking whether anyone had seen him.
• The old man asked his son where the young man who had sat outside had gone, and his son beat him for giving away food.
• The Abomination Humans ordered the villagers slaughtered.

Chu Han returned to the village and found that aliens had massacred its refugees, including the old man who had given him flatbread. After seeing the old man's son kill him and learning the aliens had been searching for him on Mu Ye's orders, Chu Han attacked.

• Chu Han explained to Wang Cai that he was returning to leave something behind for the villagers who had shared their flatbread.
• Twenty aliens slaughtered the refugees and spared the old man's son, a First-order Evolver, so he could help them find Chu Han.
• The old man's son agreed to serve the aliens and smashed his father's head with a stone when they ordered him to kill him.
• Chu Han and Wang Cai arrived as the aliens laughed over the old man's murder, and an alien recognized Chu Han from a portrait.
• An alien mentioned Mu Ye and said the aliens had searched for Chu Han for a month, then Chu Han split the alien in two with the Asura Battle Axe.

Chu Han slaughtered the Abominations sent by Mu Ye, revealing Tier 4 power and overwhelming skill. He then turned to the middle-aged man who had watched the fight and ordered him to kneel.

• Chu Han killed a Tier 3 Abomination with one strike, shocking the nineteen black-robed Abominations who had come to capture him alive.
• Chu Han killed two more Abominations before the others could react, prompting a Tier 4 Abomination to order an all-out attack.
• Chu Han unleashed the Asura Battle Axe's black light and used his Tier 4 abilities to kill all twenty Abominations within minutes.
• Chu Han smashed the last Abomination's head, then faced the terrified middle-aged man and ordered him to kneel.

Chu Han avenged the old man by blinding his murderous son and left the village with Wang Cai, who revealed that he knew about Chu Han’s final years in the apocalypse. Jun Zhi and Zui Chu arrived afterward, found the Abomination Humans dead, and Zui Chu killed the surviving middle-aged man.

• Chu Han forced the middle-aged man to kneel before his murdered father, but the man refused and tried to become Chu Han’s lackey.
• Chu Han blinded the middle-aged man with the Black Axe and left him alive as punishment for killing his father.
• Wang Cai said the old man had been good, and Chu Han discussed how absolute goodness or evil led to death.
• Wang Cai claimed he knew everything about Chu Han, including his survival until the final moment of the apocalypse, but Chu Han ordered him to stop.
• Jun Zhi and Zui Chu reached the village, counted twenty dead Abomination Humans, and realized Chu Han had taken their mission again.
• Zui Chu beheaded the middle-aged man after hearing him curse Chu Han.

Chu Han entered the crowded Shangjing Survivor Base and unexpectedly reunited with Deng Weibo, who had fallen into poverty and lived in the refugee slums. Deng Weibo told Chu Han that his parents had been murdered, leaving Chu Han stunned by how differently events had unfolded from his previous life.

• Chu Han arrived at Shangjing Survivor Base amid preparations for the first New Year of the Apocalypse Era and joined the long line for supplies.
• Chu Han received food and a women's down jacket before a ragged Deng Weibo recognized him and led him away.
• Deng Weibo brought Chu Han to his filthy room in the base's refugee slums.
• Chu Han asked what had happened, and Deng Weibo revealed that his parents had been murdered.

Chu Han learned that Deng Weibo’s parents had been killed and that Fang Rong was supposedly dead, then sensed blood in Deng Weibo’s room and left without confronting him. Deng Weibo revealed that Fang Rong was alive, mutilated, and imprisoned; meanwhile, Chu Han reached the inner city gate and asked about the New Year Assembly and the military camp entrance.

• Deng Weibo refused to identify his parents’ killer and told Chu Han that Fang Rong had died to zombies.
• Chu Han crushed part of a table when he heard about Fang Rong, then left Deng Weibo without revealing that he was a Tier 4 Evolver or the incoming general.
• Chu Han told Wang Cai that Deng Weibo, Fang Rong, and Fan Hongxuan had already died in his previous life, and identified the smell in Deng Weibo’s room as blood.
• Deng Weibo exposed a hidden pit containing the mutilated Fang Rong and vowed to keep torturing him.
• Guards stopped Chu Han at the inner city entrance, and he asked them about the New Year Assembly and where first-time military recruits should go.

Chu Han arrived at the enlistment site in Shangjing Base and tried to skip the Evolver line by offering third-tier crystals. His offer drew the attention of Major Lin Tianci, while Zhuge Lele eagerly latched onto Chu Han and called him a rich guy.

• A guard named Zhuge Lele led Chu Han to the enlistment area and told him to join the Evolver line.
• Chu Han left the line, went to the front, and placed a third-tier crystal on the table, saying he wanted to cut in line.
• The female soldier refused to let Chu Han cut in line, despite being intimidated by the crystal and what it might imply about him.
• Chu Han placed a second third-tier crystal on the table and asked whether two were enough.
• Major Lin Tianci noticed the commotion and headed over, while Zhuge Lele wrapped himself around Chu Han's leg and asked to be friends.

Chu Han used two Tier 3 Crystals to persuade Lin Tianci to register him without waiting in line. As Chu Han began filling out the form, Crazy Lion arrived and asked whether an Enhancer had appeared.

• Chu Han showed two Tier 3 Crystals at the registration desk, drawing the crowd’s attention.
• Lin Tianci confronted Chu Han, who admitted he wanted to cut in line.
• Chu Han offered Lin Tianci the crystals, and Lin Tianci agreed to register him at the empty Enhancer station while claiming he was not accepting a bribe.
• Chu Han began filling out the form without handing Lin Tianci the crystals.
• Crazy Lion arrived in a major general’s uniform and asked whether an Enhancer had arrived.

Chu Han went to register for the army, where Major General Crazy Lion insulted him and barred him from joining. Chu Han attacked Crazy Lion in front of the crowd, leaving the consequences of the assault unresolved.

• Crazy Lion arrived at the registration area, and Lin Tianci and Zhuge Lele saluted him while Chu Han continued registering.
• Crazy Lion berated Chu Han for failing to salute, then snatched his form and discovered that Chu Han was an evolver rather than an enhanced individual.
• Crazy Lion cursed Chu Han and vowed to keep him from joining the army, while nearby officers memorized Chu Han's face.
• Chu Han warned Crazy Lion that the insults were not over, grabbed him by the jaw, and slammed him to the ground, knocking out two of his teeth.

Chu Han subdued Major General Crazy Lion at the recruitment site, but Crazy Lion called for an enemy attack and triggered an alarm across Shangjing Survivor Base. The officers who rushed to respond arrived to find Crazy Lion under Chu Han’s boot, and Liu Yuding recognized Chu Han in shock.

• Chu Han slammed Crazy Lion to the ground and pinned his face beneath a boot as the crowd backed away in fear.
• Crazy Lion shouted into a walkie-talkie that the recruitment site was under enemy attack, prompting soldiers and senior officers across the inner city to mobilize.
• Commander Mu ordered He Feng to investigate and told Luo Ming to convene an emergency meeting.
• Liu Yuding arrived with armed soldiers, saw Chu Han standing on Crazy Lion, and exclaimed in surprise that he knew him.

Liu Yuding stopped Crazy Lion’s false enemy-attack alert from escalating and asked Chu Han to drop his foot, then offered Crazy Lion a Tier 4 zombie crystal to let the assault go. Chu Han was baffled by Liu Yuding’s familiar attitude and offer, while Crazy Lion refused to let the humiliation go.

• Crazy Lion ordered Liu Yuding and the soldiers to attack Chu Han, but Liu Yuding questioned where the supposed enemy attack was.
• Liu Yuding ordered the soldiers to report that there was no enemy attack, and officers who had mobilized began heading to condemn Crazy Lion for his false alarm.
• Liu Yuding rebuked Crazy Lion for misunderstanding military regulations and told Chu Han to take his foot off him.
• Liu Yuding called Chu Han an old friend and offered Crazy Lion a Tier 4 zombie crystal to settle the matter.
• Chu Han and Crazy Lion both shouted “No,” though they opposed Liu Yuding’s offer for different reasons.

Chu Han deliberately escalated his clash with Crazy Lion, drawing the attention of Commander Mu and the Shangjing base’s leaders. In the emergency conference hall, Crazy Lion tried to accuse Chu Han and Liu Yuding, but Chu Han interrupted him to ask Liu Yuding’s name.

• Crazy Lion rejected Liu Yuding’s offer to settle the dispute with a Tier 4 zombie crystal and threatened to kill Chu Han.
• He Feng reported the disturbance, prompting Commander Mu to announce that Chu Han had arrived at the base.
• Chu Han punched Crazy Lion twice in front of the officers, while Liu Yuding struggled to contain the situation.
• He Feng recognized Chu Han and summoned him, Liu Yuding, and Crazy Lion to the emergency conference hall.
• Crazy Lion accused Chu Han of attacking a major general and claimed Liu Yuding had shielded him, but Chu Han interrupted to ask Liu Yuding’s name.

Chu Han confronted Crazy Lion in the Shangjing conference room and used the major general’s threats to pressure the base leaders, who revealed they wanted him to become a general. He refused the post while bargaining for benefits, leaving the leaders scrambling to persuade him.

• Chu Han recognized Liu Yuding, traded jokes with him, then struck Crazy Lion for pointing at him and slapped him.
• Chu Han accused the base leaders of mistreating him and threatened to reject the general’s post, prompting them to insist that they welcomed him into the military.
• Liu Yuding realized Chu Han was the General Chu Han, while Crazy Lion understood that he had attacked the very general the leaders had summoned.
• Chu Han repeated that he would not become a general, and Commander Mu asked whether he would reconsider for the benefits of rank and status.
• Chu Han complained that he had received no benefits and said even revealing his portrait threatened his privacy, while Pan Changxian tried to calm him and explain the base’s position.

Chu Han demanded better terms for accepting the rank of general, using his shameless bargaining to overwhelm the Shangjing Survivor Base officials. Luo Ming brokered a compromise, and Chu Han accepted the appointment while recognizing that Commander Mu and Luo Ming had helped him secure the benefits.

• Shao Li confronted Chu Han over his supposed selfishness, but Chu Han revealed he was a Tier 4 Evolver and then said he would refuse the general rank.
• Commander Mu handed Chu Han the general's benefits to review, and Chu Han rewrote the terms to demand far greater pay, territory, troops, officers, and privileges.
• Pan Changxian and the other officials objected to Chu Han's demands, which included removing his tax obligation to Shangjing Survivor Base.
• Luo Ming proposed a compromise that reduced Chu Han's supplies, left his base's military strength, area, and population to him, and cut his taxes in half.
• Chu Han accepted the compromise, and he realized that Commander Mu, Luo Ming, and Elder Luo had helped him gain the advantages.

After securing his General rank and benefits, Chu Han prepared to visit Chen Shaoye while Ding Siyao remained at Yang Tian’s base for New Year. He Feng learned that Chu Han had also disrupted Jun Zhi and Zui Chu’s missions, leaving the Tiger Fang Team to wonder if he was their nemesis.

• Commander Mu told Chu Han to attend the New Year’s Day oath ceremony, where he would receive his rank insignia, and Liu Yuding praised Chu Han’s General’s benefits.
• Chu Han agreed to let Liu Yuding follow him and asked him to take him to see Chen Shaoye.
• Ding Siyao waited all night for a helicopter that never came, then stayed at Yang Tian’s base for New Year while Yang Xue mocked him.
• Jun Zhi and Zui Chu returned to Shangjing and told He Feng that someone had stolen their missions.
• He Feng realized that Chu Han had disrupted his own mission to present the insignia and had also caused Jun Zhi and Zui Chu’s missions to fail.

Chu Han reunited with Chen Shaoye at Shangjing Survivor Base and learned that someone was keeping potential spies close to him. After touring the base’s sharply divided districts, Chu Han asked Liu Yuding to investigate a former lieutenant named Fang Cheng.

• Chen Shaoye rushed to greet Chu Han, and Chu Han introduced Liu Yuding as an old childhood friend.
• Chu Han recognized Xie Wei as a spy, but Chen Shaoye said he did not know whose agent she was.
• Chen Shaoye told Chu Han that He Peiyuan and Cheng Xianguo lived in the civilian district and that their group had not joined the military.
• Chu Han, Chen Shaoye, and Liu Yuding walked through the civilian district, where Liu Yuding explained the base’s inner city, wealthy district, civilian district, and refugee district.
• Chu Han asked Liu Yuding to investigate Fang Cheng, a man who had been a lieutenant in the civilized era.

Chu Han reunited with Ding Xue and gathered his people in Shangjing to announce that they would leave after the New Year for Wolf Fang Base. As the group prepared to go, Chu Han asked where He Peiyuan was.

• Chu Han saw Ding Xue carrying laundry outside a house in the civilian district.
• Xie Wei found the hall empty after Chu Han and his companions had left, then told Lieutenant Colonel Cha Shaonan that Chu Han had already gone.
• Chu Han met with his gathered companions, who had grown to more than a hundred people, and announced they would leave Shangjing after the New Year for Wolf Fang Base.
• Chu Han arranged helicopter transport for Jiang Zuo, his wife and child, and the children under twelve, and told Jiang Zuo he would work in the laboratory.
• Chu Han asked where He Peiyuan was.

Luo Xiaoxiao and Cha Shaonan sneaked out to find Chu Han but got lost while following the smell of dumplings. Meanwhile, Chu Han left his companions to share New Year’s Eve dinner, and He Peiyuan’s stiff family meal ended in chaos when an unexpected visitor appeared at the door.

• Luo Xiaoxiao persuaded Cha Shaonan to search Shangjing Base for Chu Han, but they wandered lost through the winter night.
• Luo Xiaoxiao and Cha Shaonan smelled freshly cooked dumplings and headed toward the food to ask for a meal.
• Chu Han left Chen Shaoye and the others to eat dumplings together while he went out briefly.
• He Peiyuan served dumplings to He Feng, Jun Zhi, and Zui Chu, who ate in rigid silence as if following orders.
• When He Peiyuan opened the door after two knocks, He Feng, Jun Zhi, and Zui Chu spat food across one another’s faces.

Chu Han visited He Peiyuan and discovered that He Feng, the captain of Tiger Fang Team, was He Peiyuan’s son. He reunited with Luo Xiaoxiao during the New Year, while Chen Shaoye returned home and ordered Xie Wei to cook for him.

• Chu Han arrived at He Peiyuan’s home, where He Peiyuan welcomed him warmly and introduced his son He Feng.
• Chu Han recognized He Feng as the future Ingenious Strategist of Yin Yang Valley and realized he was also Tiger Fang Team’s captain.
• Luo Xiaoxiao rushed into the house and tearfully embraced Chu Han, shocking He Feng, Jun Zhi, Zui Chu, and Cha Shaonan.
• Luo Xiaoxiao stayed with Chu Han until after midnight, then returned to the inner city as Chu Han, Chen Shaoye, and Liu Yuding left.
• Chen Shaoye returned home at two in the morning and found Xie Wei waiting; he told her to cook twenty dishes or he would sell her to the refugee district.

As Shangjing Base prepared for the New Year ceremony and Chu Han’s appointment as an admiral, Chu Han arrived late after forcing his way through security because he had no badge. With one minute left before the event, he admitted he did not know how to put on his uniform, and someone offered to help.

• The officials in the lounge grew impatient when Chu Han failed to arrive before the ceremony, and Commander Mu ordered preparations to begin.
• Luo Xiaoxiao worried about Chu Han while Chen Shaoye revealed that he had brought him breakfast.
• Chu Han fought past the guards in the Second Zone, saying he was there on business and had no badge.
• Chu Han entered the lounge in casual clothes with his admiral’s uniform packed in his backpack, then asked how to wear it.
• Commander Mu told Chu Han to go out without changing, but someone called out that they would help him.