Chapter Summaries

Lu Bingze and the Divine Concealment Squad robbed and terrorized recruits’ families in Jianyi Base’s civilian district, provoking the veterans. Lu Yi sent the Third Regiment to restore order, but former veteran soldiers retaliated against recruits, and the unrest was only beginning.

• Lu Bingze and Wu Jicao’s Divine Concealment Squad raided Liu Xiang’s former comrade’s home, discovered his Second Lieutenant badge, and took his valuables.
• The Divine Concealment Squad and Black Radiance Squad staged coordinated attacks across the civilian district, spreading news of the chaos.
• Veterans whose former comrades had been targeted appealed to Lu Yi, who ordered the Third Regiment to suppress the disorder and strip the offending recruits of their ranks.
• Half an hour later, a guard told Lu Yi that former veteran soldiers were retaliating by wrecking recruits’ homes, driving out their families, beating people, and robbing them.
• Lu Yi smashed a wooden table in anger and called the situation a disgrace.

As riots between recruits and veterans spread through Jianyi Base, Lu Yi sent troops to suppress them while the Divine Concealment Squad slipped away unnoticed. That night, the squad began courting civilians for information, and Lu Bingze posed as an injured former soldier at a home of three older women.

• Lu Yi received increasingly serious reports of unrest, then learned the Third Unit had joined the veterans in fighting after its members split during an intervention.
• Lu Yi sent the First Unit, Second Unit, and half his personal guard to suppress the fighting, authorizing them to shoot anyone who disobeyed.
• The Divine Concealment Squad changed outfits under the Black Radiance Squad’s cover and quietly left the riot zone as the civilian district descended into chaos.
• Troops suppressed the riot with a gunshot, and Lu Yi gathered Jianyi Base’s leaders to discuss the unrest’s lasting dangers.
• Lu Bingze visited one of ten selected homes disguised as a bloodied, injured victim, and three older women welcomed him and questioned him.
• Lu Bingze claimed he had been a Huaxia soldier before petty people framed him and got him expelled from Jianyi Base’s forces.

Lu Bingze manipulated three aunties into spreading a false call for Qin Yuan to lead veterans against Liang Shuxin, triggering another crisis at Jianyi Base. As Lu Yi tried to contain Liang Shuxin, Xiao Kun burst into the conference room, rescued him, and accused Lu Yi of rebelling against Shangjing Base.

• Lu Bingze persuaded three aunties that veterans should rally behind Qin Yuan against Liang Shuxin and encouraged them to recruit others.
• By dawn, rumors spread that Qin Yuan was gathering people to fight Liang Shuxin, forcing Jianyi Base's leaders into another emergency meeting.
• Liang Shuxin demanded permission from Lu Yi to arrest and publicly execute Qin Yuan, but Lu Yi ordered Yang Lin to restrain him.
• Yang Lin pinned Liang Shuxin down and silenced him with a sock while Lu Yi considered what to do.
• Xiao Kun kicked Yang Lin, carried Liang Shuxin away, and accused Lu Yi of rebelling against Shangjing Base.

Xiao Kun rescued Liang Shuxin, who launched an attack on Qin Yuan’s veterans, while the Black Radiance Squad and Divine Concealment Squad stirred civilians into fleeing toward Jianyi Base’s gate. As Lu Yi and Qin Yuan both headed for the gate, the squads prepared to carry out the final step of their plan.

• Xiao Kun carried Liang Shuxin to the recruits, where Liang ordered his men to attack Qin Yuan’s gathering and seize control of Jianyi Base.
• Liang Shuxin’s forces attacked the logistics department, prompting Qin Yuan to arm his veterans and fight back.
• The Divine Concealment Squad and Black Radiance Squad spread panic among the civilians and led thousands toward the sealed base gate.
• Lu Yi ordered his combat unit to the logistics department and took the command staff to the gate to confront the fleeing civilians.
• Qin Yuan decided to lead his veterans out with the civilians, while the squads waited at the gate and the Feather Slayer Squad prepared to steal badges.

Chu Han's plan to destabilize Jianyi Base succeeded as Qin Yuan led his veterans and thousands of civilians through the gates toward Wolf Fang Base. Lu Yi fainted as Jianyi Base lost people and soldiers who would strengthen Chu Han's base.

• Qin Yuan's forces broke through Liang Shuxin's recruits and charged toward Jianyi Base's gates as Lu Yi tried to calm the crowd.
• Lu Bingze and the Divine Concealment Squad urged the civilians to break open the gates and spread word of Wolf Fang Base's advantages.
• Lu Yi recognized the troublemakers and realized Chu Han had orchestrated the unrest to take Jianyi Base's people and soldiers.
• Qin Yuan chose to join Wolf Fang Base and led more than a thousand veterans toward the gates.
• The gates burst open, and Qin Yuan's troops and the civilians escaped together while Lu Yi fainted from rage.

Chu Han’s raid left Jianyi Base in chaos, and Lu Yi discovered his badge was missing. At the wilderness camp, Chu Han’s squads regrouped with the badge, then brought back a battered Meng Qiwei.

• Chu Han watched Qin Yuan leave Jianyi Base with soldiers and equipment, then escaped after releasing the guard he had tied up.
• Lu Yi blamed Liang Shuxin for the riot and ordered him sent to Shangjing Base, then realized his badge was missing.
• Chu Han celebrated with Black Radiance Squad and Feather Slayer Squad while waiting for Divine Concealment Squad to return, and handled Lu Yi’s stolen badge.
• Xu Feng and Li Bifeng returned with a man who had followed them, and Chu Han recognized the beaten captive as Meng Qiwei.

Meng Qiwei asked to join Chu Han, offering his infiltration skills and proposing to handle covert work for him. Chu Han considered building an underground power and learned Meng Qiwei wanted help avenging his parents, but the man responsible was Zhong Kai.

• Meng Qiwei asked Chu Han to let him follow him and offered to do dirty work behind the scenes.
• Chu Han considered creating an underground power separate from the Wolf Fang Regiment, and Xu Feng led the others away to give them privacy.
• Meng Qiwei said he had a group of Refugees at Jianyi Base who were skilled at infiltration and gathering information.
• Meng Qiwei explained that his girlfriend had betrayed him and caused his parents' deaths, and he asked Chu Han to help him get revenge.
• Meng Qiwei named Zhong Kai as the man his girlfriend had attached herself to, and Chu Han reacted with alarm.

Chu Han recruited Meng Qiwei and ordered him to build an underground intelligence and supply network across China’s bases, beginning with Nandu. After Meng Qiwei left to carry out the plan, Chu Han learned that Wang Cai could not exchange currency until the Reforging System was activated.

• Chu Han made Meng Qiwei agree to obey his orders and promised to capture Zhong Kai alive for him to kill.
• Meng Qiwei told Chu Han that he had around thirty subordinates, and Chu Han gave him five thousand Reforging Coins.
• Chu Han ordered Meng Qiwei to leave twenty people in Jianyi Base and take ten others to infiltrate Nandu Base, build a network within two months, and eventually expand across China’s bases.
• After Meng Qiwei left, Chu Han asked Wang Cai to exchange Reforging Coins, but Wang Cai said the function required the Reforging System to be activated.
• Chu Han realized he had given away all the money he had on hand and pulled out several tufts of Wang Cai’s fur in frustration.

Chu Han intercepted Fan Jian on his return from Jianyi Base and demanded to know why Lu Yi had sent him to Wolf Fang Base. Fan Jian began to explain that the matter could affect Chu Han’s reputation, leaving Chu Han eager to hear the details.

• Chu Han sent Xu Feng and Li Bifeng to intercept Fan Jian on the road to Jianyi Base.
• Xu Feng and Li Bifeng ambushed Fan Jian, knocked him unconscious, and brought him and his motorcycle back to Chu Han.
• After waking, Fan Jian cursed Chu Han for having him intercepted, and Chu Han asked what Lu Yi had sent him to Wolf Fang Base to do.
• When Fan Jian warned that the mission could affect Chu Han’s reputation, Chu Han cleared the Third Combat Team away but kept Xu Feng and Li Bifeng nearby.
• Fan Jian agreed to tell Chu Han what happened and asked how Chu Han had known where he was.

Chu Han learned that Lu Yi was using Shang Jiudi’s brother to persuade her to stay in contact, and he recruited Fan Jian to help retaliate. He revealed that he had stolen Lu Yi’s lieutenant general’s badge and predicted Fan Jian’s next assignment would be to search for it.

• Chu Han read Lu Yi’s letter and learned that Lu Yi had offered to help transfer Shang Jiudi’s brother out of the Shangjing Survivor Base if she stayed in contact and let him visit Wolf Fang Base.
• Fan Jian told Chu Han that Shang Jiudi had seemed hesitant and moved by the letter, and Chu Han felt guilty that she had never told him about her brother.
• Chu Han persuaded Fan Jian to return the letter to Lu Yi truthfully and then help make Lu Yi pay for his attempt to interfere.
• Chu Han revealed that Lu Yi’s lieutenant general’s badge had been stolen and placed it in Fan Jian’s hand.
• Chu Han predicted that Lu Yi would hire Fan Jian to search for the badge and told him to double the original offer because Lu Yi suspected both Liang Shuxin’s subordinate and Chu Han.

Chu Han instructed Fan Jian to manipulate Lu Yi into paying increasingly more for the stolen badge and information, then insisted on keeping seventy percent of the profits. Fan Jian left after accepting the split, wary of Chu Han’s forces but privately planning to challenge him on their journey to Nandu.

• Chu Han laid out a scheme for Fan Jian to use staged leads and information about Lu Yi’s badge to raise the payment and extract more money from Lu Yi.
• Chu Han told Fan Jian to claim he had found the badge at Chu Han’s office and discovered who stole it, while demanding payment for the information.
• Chu Han used a Wolf Fang Regiment hand signal to frighten Fan Jian with Xu Feng and Li Bifeng, then rejected Fan Jian’s attempts to negotiate for a larger share.
• Fan Jian accepted thirty percent of the profits and left without dinner, realizing the Third Combat Team’s positions made escape by force dangerous.
• Fan Jian privately resolved to teach Chu Han a lesson during their journey to Nandu, unaware that even more Tier 6 New Humans owed Chu Han.

Chu Han learned that Shang Jiudi was distressed over her brother and regretted failing to investigate her family sooner. Unable to go to Shangjing himself, he remembered Mercer and set out to seek help.

• Chu Han revealed that he had planned the Jianyi Base disturbance to test Lu Yi, but had not expected Shang Jiudi to have an older brother.
• Chu Han watched Shang Jiudi cry through a window, then saw her return to work without knowing he was there.
• Chu Han realized he lacked the information and time to bring Shang Jiudi’s brother from Shangjing Survivor Base, and vowed to help her regardless of the cost.
• Chu Han smashed Liu Yuding’s table, asked him to keep the visit secret, and left after remembering Mercer might soon come to Wolf Fang Base.

Chu Han chose Mercer to travel to Shangjing Base and sought to organize Lu Hongsheng’s weapon-making work at Wolf Fang Base. After examining the weapon blueprints Lu Hongsheng had developed with He Shang and Su Xing, Chu Han found designs for advanced firearms and asked whether Lu Hongsheng could make them.

• Chu Han decided Mercer was the best person to send to Shangjing Base because Mercer was a lone wolf and owed him a favor.
• Chu Han told Lu Hongsheng to forge custom weapons for free only for people ranked major general or above, with other requests handled by the base’s upper management.
• Lu Hongsheng asked for a female assistant, and Chu Han said he would find him an assistant from the management staff.
• Lu Hongsheng gave Chu Han a book of blueprints that he, He Shang, and Su Xing had designed together.
• Chu Han saw plans for guns, rocket launchers, and an electromagnetic cannon, then asked Lu Hongsheng whether he could make them.

Chu Han arranged mass-produced weapons for the growing Wolf Fang Regiment and asked Lu Hongsheng to design a dangerous chain weapon for Mercer. Before Chu Han could eat, a huge group of elite troops and survivors headed toward Wolf Fang Base, prompting an alarmed emergency meeting.

• Lu Hongsheng explained that he could build prototypes but could not make He Shang's theoretical firearms usable, and Chu Han took the weapon booklet for safekeeping.
• Chu Han and Lu Hongsheng agreed to divide weapon production between Lu Hongsheng's custom work and assembly-line weapons for the expanding Wolf Fang Regiment.
• Chu Han asked Lu Hongsheng to design a detachable chain weapon for Mercer, and Lu Hongsheng went to consult Su Xing.
• Chu Han received news that many elite troops and survivors were approaching Wolf Fang Base, and senior members convened a high-level meeting to debate their intentions.

Chu Han returned to Wolf Fang Base and let its leaders independently analyze the arrival of a large survivor group. They concluded the group had voluntarily fled Jianyi Base because a major danger had arisen there, leaving Wolf Fang to consider how to respond.

• Chu Han surprised Shang Jiudi and the other leaders by arriving unannounced, then took the seat of honor and told them to continue their discussion.
• Ding Siyao and Shang Jiudi narrowed the group’s possible origin to Jianyi Base, while Chu Han declined to guide the analysis.
• Gu Liangchen proposed splitting the possibilities into branches, and Shang Jiudi and Ding Siyao developed his tree-diagram approach.
• Gu Liangchen praised Chu Han’s rapid deductions, but Chu Han urged the group to finish analyzing the situation themselves.
• Ding Siyao concluded that a grave danger at Jianyi Base had driven many people to leave, and the leaders looked to Chu Han for confirmation.

Chu Han reorganized Wolf Fang Base’s senior administration by ordering new departments, assigning leaders, and addressing the disorder in meetings. He selected twenty people for the Intelligence Department and appointed Ding Xue as meeting stenographer, leaving Gu Liangchen temporarily in charge of both the Staff Department and Intelligence Department.

• Chu Han ordered the appointment of meeting stenographers, the establishment of a Staff Department led temporarily by Gu Liangchen, and a reconnaissance department led by Jiang Tianqing.
• Gu Liangchen presented his candidate list for the Intelligence Department, and Chu Han selected twenty people, including Lu Wencheng, Cheng Xianguo, and Ye Chen.
• Chu Han asked whether the others understood the need for stenographers and appointed Ding Xue to record meetings and organize materials, citing her past leadership experience.
• Chu Han appointed Gu Liangchen to lead the Intelligence Department temporarily until he could choose a permanent manager.

Chu Han ordered Wolf Fang Base to gather intelligence on the incoming Jianyi Base survivors, reinforce its defenses, and continue producing zombie lures while the Wolf Fang Regiment trained in Anluo City. As the Jianyi group approached, Chu Han left to inspect the regiment and narrowly passed Qin Yuan, who was heading to Wolf Fang Base.

• Chu Han assigned Gu Liangchen’s twenty-person Intelligence Department ten days to record information on all ten thousand incoming survivors and ordered the base to strengthen its security.
• Chu Han marked vulnerable locations on a map and told Yang Tian to double defenses there, using trustworthy Wolf Fang Regiment veterans if necessary.
• Shang Jiudi reported that three hundred zombie lures had been produced, and Chu Han ordered more production and said he would inspect the Wolf Fang Regiment’s training in two days.
• Chu Han told Old Gao to keep the regiment supplied while it waited in Anluo City, despite doubts about the cost and the difficulty of clearing the city’s zombies.
• As the Jianyi Base group neared Wolf Fang Base, Chu Han left to inspect the Wolf Fang Regiment and passed Qin Yuan, who was traveling ahead of the group.

Chu Han inspected Anluo City as the Wolf Fang Regiment cleared zombies, revealing his plan to gradually turn the city into safe residential regions for ordinary survivors. As he searched for locations to use zombie bait in Region One, two people blocked his path.

• Chu Han argued with Wang Cai that Wolf Fang Base needed Anluo City cleared and that survivors would not have to wait until every zombie was dead to move in.
• Chu Han inspected the regiment's strongholds and explained that they formed Region One, the first area intended for ordinary survivors to occupy after it was cleared.
• Chu Han's plan divided Anluo City into regions that the Wolf Fang Regiment would clear and secure step by step.
• Chu Han assessed zombie groups and terrain in Region One to find suitable places to use the first batch of zombie bait.
• Two people appeared in the road ahead and blocked Chu Han's way.

Chu Han encountered two drifters who tried to rob him while he inspected a potential zombie-clearing site in Anluo City. After beating them, he faced their boss, Brother Yuan, and left him sprawled in the shattered concrete with a single blow.

• Two drifters demanded an admission fee from Chu Han to enter their territory, then tried to rob him when he turned away.
• Chu Han beat the drifters and forced them to lead him to Brother Yuan's headquarters.
• Chu Han inspected the tennis courts around the building and judged them ideal for killing zombies in groups.
• The drifters ran inside and returned with their boss, Brother Yuan, a third-order New Human.
• Brother Yuan charged Chu Han and swung at the back of his head, but Chu Han sent him flying into the ground with one light blow.

Chu Han knocked out Yuan Min, then learned that Yuan Min recognized him as the man who had saved him months earlier. The refugees pledged themselves to Chu Han, unaware that he was the very person they planned to fight, and the chapter ended with him revealing his identity.

• Chu Han defeated Yuan Min with one punch while thinking through how to clear the tennis court without wasting explosives.
• Yuan Min recognized Chu Han as the person who had saved him and told him he had stayed behind after failing to keep up with him.
• Yuan Min explained that Wolf Fang Base's army had occupied the outpost, so he had settled in the building rather than submit to Chu Han's forces.
• The refugees pledged their loyalty to Chu Han and promised to help Yuan Min take back the outpost.
• Chu Han told them that he was Chu Han.