Arc 21Fall of the Divine Assembly

Shen Jin rescued Xing Lingmin and led a campaign to destroy the Divine Assembly on West Surface Island. After the victory, he expanded his technology while Liu Shicai emerged from seclusion with thirty days left before the next-tier Time Lock.

  • Xing Lingmin was arrested after Ibe exposed her as a Chinese spy, while Shen Jin’s forces defeated Ibe and rescued her from the Divine Assembly.
  • Shen Jin surrounded the Divine Assembly’s headquarters, rescued Xing Lingmin, and chose to keep fighting rather than abandon the Japanese civilians.
  • Shen Jin’s allies fought the Divine Assembly’s forces around the city as Liu Dalao arrived and helped drive back the purple-clad warriors.
  • Murata led the Divine Assembly’s strongest fighters against Shen Jin’s side, but Shen Jin’s team trapped and defeated him with their Ultimate Fusion Technique.
  • Shen Jin’s forces brought down the Scarlet Curtain, defeated the remaining fighters, freed the imprisoned Superhumans, and seized the Divine Assembly headquarters.
  • Shen Jin unlocked new Crystal Core Shop expansions, while Liu Shicai emerged from seclusion and said thirty days remained before the zombies unlocked the next-tier Time Lock.
  • Shen Jin crafted Molecular Transformers, began producing Iridium Ingots, and explored new solar equipment and Tinkers' Construct Alloy.
Chapters 523–548 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 523Xing Lingmin had a keen nose, and Ibe's special ability was extraordinary

Xing Lingmin sensed that her cover was at risk and tried to escape the Divine Assembly, but Ibe’s information led the Twelve Samurai to capture her. In Kandahar, Ibe revealed a mirror-wielding woman inside his body to reflect Shen Jin’s 1,200-cannon barrage, leaving the battle unresolved as Shen Jin realized the intelligence about Ibe’s ability was wrong.

  • Xing Lingmin realized her informant Xiao Min had disappeared after the search teams were wiped out and decided to flee to the coast.
  • Xing Lingmin reached the headquarters entrance, but the hooded boss and the Twelve Samurai intercepted her with the captured water-based superhuman she had planned to meet.
  • The hooded boss said Ibe had exposed Xing Lingmin as a Chinese spy, and the Twelve Samurai arrested her and fastened a collar that suppressed her abilities.
  • In Kandahar, Shen Jin ordered 1,200 superhumans to fire their laser guns at Ibe, who stood protected by a blood-red shield alongside the emotionless Terry.
  • Ibe’s chest opened and a woman emerged, using a glowing mirror to reflect all 1,200 blasts toward Shen Jin’s forces.
  • Shen Jin, Yang Ao, and Shang Qian raised an electronic defensive force field to shield the others, and Shen Jin suspected Ibe’s special ability was not Fusion Technique.

Ch. 5241,200 Superhumans battle Ibe (two-in-one, more blazing than Boruto)

Shen Jin and his allies battled Ibe and his puppets, using Quantum Armor and a fused Metal Elemental Greatsword to destroy Ibe’s powerful chicken-headed puppet. Ibe vanished after Shen Jin identified the puppet’s destruction and challenged him to reveal how many more powerful puppets he had.

  • Shen Jin deduced that Ibe controlled his puppets through his special ability, and he, Yang Ao, and Shang Qian recharged their Quantum Armor with Lapotron Energy Storage Backpacks.
  • Tong Zhen summoned a hundred doubles for Squad 3, while Ibe took flight with Wind Man and attacked Tong Zhen; Shen Jin, Yang Ao, and Shang Qian intercepted him.
  • Qi Tong illuminated the battlefield as the three fighters clashed with Ibe and his puppets; Shang Qian struck Wind Man’s wings, but Ibe regenerated both puppets’ injuries.
  • Shen Jin used Squad 3’s completed fusion technique to wield a massive Metal Elemental Greatsword, then clashed with Ibe’s chicken-headed puppet in a devastating attack.
  • Shen Jin’s small golden sword pierced the chicken-headed puppet and destroyed it from within, snapping one of Ibe’s energy strings; Ibe formed seals and vanished.

Ch. 525Ibe's Invisibility Technique, Shen Jin's Immortal-Binding Lock (two-in-one)

Shen Jin’s group used ink and Zheng Ying’s Frost Domain to expose Ibe’s invisible attacks, then Li Zhe’s squad bound him with the Immortal-Binding Lock. Ibe remained trapped as Shen Jin’s sword arrived, though he began resisting with puppets.

  • Ibe vanished and attacked Shen Jin’s team, smashing several helmets and injuring others before they could locate him.
  • Wu Yong raised a defensive formation, and Shen Jin’s group used ink sacs to reveal Ibe briefly, but Ibe resisted their Nano Sabers and escaped again.
  • Shang Qian proposed using rain to track Ibe, so Shen Jin had Zheng Ying spread freezing air and frost through the area.
  • The frost revealed Ibe’s outline, and Li Zhe’s 124 Unusual Form Special Ability Users bound him with thousands of elastic tentacles.
  • Ibe tore at the tentacles and summoned puppets to resist, while Shen Jin’s sword arrived.

Ch. 526A bloody battle against nine puppets!

Shen Jin and his allies broke Ibe’s Blood Cocoon and forced him to split into nine puppets, then gathered Home No. 1’s elite fighters for a battle inside a tentacle-formed cocoon. Shen Jin challenged Ibe’s strongest puppet, the ninja, and his sword shattered the ninja’s earth dragon attack before the ninja escaped with a Body Replacement Technique.

  • Shen Jin, Yang Ao, and Shang Qian attacked Ibe’s Blood Cocoon while Li Zhe’s squad restrained him, but the mirror woman repeatedly repaired the shield.
  • Li Moxiao smashed the shield with her Manyullyn Sledgehammer, and Ibe exploded into nine puppet forms as his cocoon collapsed.
  • Shen Jin summoned a second Sword of Metal, while Li Zhe’s squad changed from binding Ibe’s puppets to attacking them across the battlefield.
  • Six squad captains and Sun Li joined Shen Jin, Yang Ao, Shang Qian, and Li Moxiao inside a sealed tentacle cocoon to fight the nine Ibe puppets.
  • Shen Jin fought the advanced-tier ninja, broke his Earth Dragon Bullet Technique with his golden greatsword, and forced him to escape using the Body Replacement Technique.

Ch. 527Heroes should not be abandoned!

Shen Jin and Home No. 1 defeated Ibe’s puppets, with Li Moxiao crushing several and Yang Ao advancing to Tier 3 during the battle. After Shen Jin exposed and killed Ibe, he led the exhausted team toward Heavenly Net Headquarters to rescue a proven hero.

  • Shen Jin and the captains fought Ibe’s nine remaining puppets, using their armor, weapons, and support abilities to keep the attackers suppressed.
  • Ibe activated the Secret Art of Blood, restoring his puppets and boosting their strength, but Li Moxiao smashed one muscle puppet and broke the battle’s balance.
  • Yang Ao advanced to Tier 3 and killed a puppet as the team overwhelmed the weakened enemies, while Li Moxiao flattened several more.
  • Ibe tried to escape in the disguised body of Terry, but Shen Jin had anticipated the deception and used an Earth Giant to seize and crush him.
  • Shen Jin ordered the team to recover with Senzu Beans and return to Heavenly Net Headquarters to save a proven hero.

Ch. 528Was it worth it? (Two chapters in one)

Shen Jin learned that Xing Lingmin had escaped the Divine Assembly and was returning to base, but he still decided to attack its headquarters and rescue her. After gathering allies and supplies, he struggled to decide whether risking many lives to save one person was worth it.

  • Shen Jin received a suspicious reply from Xing Lingmin, realized she was using a counter-surveillance code, and ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
  • Li Moxiao advanced to Intermediate Tier 3, while Shen Jin failed to break through and complained of pain.
  • Shen Jin brought his people back to Heavenly Net Headquarters, where the ten injured teammates received treatment, and learned that Hu Shou had reached Perfected Tier 3, Pseudo-Tier 4.
  • Shen Jin took 2,000 Energy Atomizers, then recruited Liu Dalao, Zhu Dan, and Sun Can to help him attack the Divine Assembly.
  • Shen Jin left Hu Shou a message asking for help and began weighing whether the cost of rescuing Xing Lingmin was worth it.

Ch. 529Setting the pieces

Shen Jin resolved to rescue Xing Lingmin and secretly brought Home No. 1’s forces to the Divine Assembly’s West Surface Island. After the Divine Assembly agreed to exchange Xing Lingmin for Ibe, Shen Jin ordered his 2,200 Superhumans to prepare for the operation at eight.

  • Shen Jin devised a technological approach and secretly brought his forces to the Divine Assembly’s West Surface Island behind an Air Force Field.
  • Xing Lingmin endured torture in the Divine Assembly’s underground interrogation room and refused to reveal information about Shen Jin or her mission.
  • The Divine Assembly’s leaders discussed Ibe’s disappearance and tortured Xing Lingmin for information, learning only that her contact was called “Makka Pakka.”
  • Shen Jin messaged the Divine Assembly that he had captured Ibe and demanded Xing Lingmin’s release, then sent a photo proving Ibe was his prisoner.
  • Murata agreed to exchange Ibe for Xing Lingmin and ordered the Divine Assembly to prevent Shen Jin’s forces from escaping.
  • Shen Jin told his 2,200 Superhumans to continue preparing and launch the operation at eight.

Ch. 530Chain of traps

Shen Jin’s forces demanded the return of their people by appearing on the Divine Assembly’s western coast, where their sudden fortress and layered defenses devastated the troops sent to investigate. The six surviving samurai tried to retreat, but an Air Wall and an armored figure blocked their way.

  • Shen Jin’s forces appeared behind a fifty-meter wall on the western coast and killed twenty patrolmen with crossbow bolts, then demanded that the Divine Assembly return their people.
  • Murata dismissed reports of the wall as an illusion and sent six samurai with twelve hundred Superhumans to investigate.
  • The samurai found a real stone wall and the patrolmen’s bodies, then heard crossbows being readied and fled as bolts rained down from above.
  • Shen Jin’s crossbows killed or wounded most of the force, and hidden laser guns in the wall cut down many of the survivors.
  • The remaining samurai decided to report back, but an Air Wall blocked their retreat as a silver-armored figure holding two golden swords told them not to leave.

Ch. 531Besieged on all sides

Shen Jin and Sun Can killed six Divine Assembly samurai, while the Divine Assembly leadership struggled to understand the rapidly appearing walls surrounding their island. Murata led 5,000 Superhumans to attack the northern wall, only to discover it was a decoy as 2,200 armed figures appeared above the headquarters.

  • Shen Jin and Sun Can, aided by five vampires, broke the six samurai's fused energy technique and killed them inside Miao Shubai's Air Force Field.
  • Shen Jin and his forces returned behind the wall, while Divine Assembly intelligence reported the samurai's deaths and the leadership debated how to respond.
  • Murata urged the leaders to hold their position, but reports revealed walls and Chinese forces appearing around the island's east, north, and south sides.
  • Shen Jin's forces used the walls to surround the Divine Assembly and capture civilians and Superhumans while moving people between the island and Home No. 1 through a teleporter.
  • Murata led 5,000 Superhumans toward the northern wall, where they found the apparent defenders had vanished.
  • Nobi realized the attack had drawn them away from headquarters as 2,200 figures appeared above the Divine Assembly building with Laser Guns aimed below.

Ch. 532Luring the tiger from its mountain, the mantis stalks the cicada

Shen Jin used the Divine Assembly’s fear of being surrounded to draw its 5,000-strong main force away, then led Home No. 1 in an attack on its headquarters. The Divine Assembly trapped them inside a powerful blood-red barrier, and Shen Jin’s people began a ground-based counterattack as the enemy tried to break through their newly built wall.

  • Shen Jin surrounded the Divine Assembly’s headquarters with four walls, prompting its leaders to send 5,000 elite Superhumans toward the northern wall.
  • Shen Jin ordered 2,200 Laser Guns to fire at the headquarters, but its blood-red shield absorbed the barrage.
  • A young Divine Assembly Superhuman activated the barrier, enclosing Shen Jin and his people inside a cubic kilometer and pressing the shield downward.
  • Shen Jin ordered his people to land and eliminate the Divine Assembly’s 1,000 equipped defenders within eight minutes, while the main force was still away.
  • After their final volley failed to seriously injure most defenders, Shen Jin’s people threw Compressed Cobblestone to build a wall between themselves and the Divine Assembly troops.
  • The Divine Assembly troops tried to smash through the wall as strange knocking sounds came from beneath the ground.

Ch. 533The real target

Shen Jin’s forces used Industrial TNT and laser fire to batter the Divine Assembly’s purple-clad warriors, but the Scarlet Curtain restored their armor and began squeezing the battlefield. As Murata arrived with the Living Spirit Blade, Shen Jin’s group vanished, and the Divine Assembly learned that Shangxiu Lingmin had been rescued.

  • Shen Jin detonated buried Industrial TNT beneath the purple-clad warriors, then ordered 2,200 laser guns to fire scatter shots through the wall.
  • The Divine Assembly replenished its warriors’ armor through the Scarlet Curtain, while they battered down the compressed cobblestone wall and Shen Jin’s forces kept firing.
  • The kidney-deficient man contracted the Scarlet Curtain as the Divine Assembly’s main force returned, but Shen Jin continued to hold his position and wait.
  • Murata flew in on the Living Spirit Blade and cleaved through the wall, only to find Shen Jin’s group gone and advanced alloy components left behind.
  • The Divine Assembly’s higher-ups learned that Shangxiu Lingmin had been rescued.

Ch. 534A plea from Japan's civilians

Shen Jin’s team rescued Xing Lingmin from the Divine Assembly and returned to their base, while the Japanese civilians pleaded for help against the organization. After weighing his responsibility to Home No. 1 against their plight, Shen Jin ordered Sun Li to activate the Teleporter, leaving his decision about Japan unresolved.

  • Murata and the Divine Assembly’s senior members found Kenichiro dead, Xing Lingmin missing, and her intact neck shackle on the interrogation-room floor, then accused the room’s staff of hiding how she escaped.
  • Sun Li closed the Teleporter after Home No. 1’s forces returned, and Shang Qian and Yang Ao brought the injured Xing Lingmin to Shen Jin, who revived her with a Senzu Bean.
  • Shang Qian and Yang Ao reported their rescue, and Shen Jin’s team recalled how their diversion had drawn the Divine Assembly away while the pair infiltrated underground to retrieve Xing Lingmin.
  • Japanese civilians and unaffiliated superhumans told Shen Jin that the Divine Assembly had seized control, experimented on people, and used human blood to strengthen its members, then begged him to protect the remaining civilians.
  • Shen Jin struggled with whether to help the Japanese civilians or return to Home No. 1, then ordered Sun Li to activate the Teleporter.

Ch. 535Some things mattered more than life

Shen Jin chose to stay on West Surface Island and destroy the Divine Assembly, rallying Home No. 1’s troops and their allies behind him. With Kojima Hisao’s support, they occupied the island’s outlying settlements and reached the city, where the Divine Assembly’s blood-red formation stopped their advance.

  • Shen Jin rejected the choice to retreat, ordered Sun Li to shut down the [Teleporter], and rallied his troops and allies to continue fighting the Divine Assembly.
  • The Daoist, Zhu Dan, and Sun Can agreed to follow Shen Jin’s command, and he began organizing the attack with help from Long Taojia and the squad captains.
  • The Divine Assembly’s leaders decided to gather intelligence and delay retaliation, but Murata learned that Shen Jin’s forces were occupying settlements and factories across West Surface Island.
  • Kojima Hisao met with Shen Jin, pledged support for destroying the Divine Assembly, and helped the advancing forces secure the island’s outlying areas without resistance.
  • Shen Jin’s four forces reached the edge of the city, where the Divine Assembly’s blood-red formation blocked entry, and Shen Jin ordered them to begin a siege.

Ch. 536Besieging the city

Shen Jin’s forces besieged the Divine Assembly’s city by building a stone wall, but the Assembly sent out its elite Purple-Clad Troops and shattered the western defenses. The chapter ended with both sides poised for battle as more enemies approached the other fronts.

  • Shen Jin ordered Home No. 1’s people to build a ten-meter-high wall around the city using compressed cobblestone, while the Divine Assembly leaders debated how to respond.
  • The Divine Assembly leaders sent its Six Samurai, four Tier 3 Superhumans, and three thousand Purple-Clad Troops to attack, relying on the Scarlet Curtain to empower and protect them.
  • Shen Jin assigned Long Taojia’s construction crew to continue building elsewhere and prepared his thirteen hundred western defenders with Laser Guns and Crossbows.
  • The Purple-Clad Troops combined into red energy phantoms and destroyed a fifty-meter section of Shen Jin’s wall, overpowering two volleys of Laser Cannon fire.
  • Home No. 1’s defenders fired arrows at the purple-armored warriors, but their armor and the Scarlet Curtain absorbed the attack.
  • Shen Jin judged the western battle difficult as Sun Can, the Daoist, and Zhu Dan spotted approaching enemies at their fronts.

Ch. 537You Call These Stragglers???

Zhu Dan, Li Zhe, and Captain Li fought three tier 3 Divine Assembly superhumans who had expected to face only weak stragglers. As the enemies tried to escape and shut down the Scarlet Curtain, Zhu Dan froze the giant with a gem-set mechanical glove.

  • Zhu Dan sent Long Taojia and the construction workers away, then attacked the approaching Divine Assembly fighters as an earth-based superhuman began collapsing the northern wall.
  • Zhu Dan used his Yin-Yang Arrows against the earth user while Li Zhe and Captain Li engaged the giant and the card-wielding woman.
  • Captain Li used telekinesis to crush the card woman's armor and wound her, but the giant broke through Li Zhe's tentacles and rescued her.
  • The giant and the earth user joined forces against Zhu Dan, then retreated with the injured card woman after realizing they were outmatched.
  • The giant ordered Light Yagami to shut off the Scarlet Curtain, but Zhu Dan froze him in place with a gem-set mechanical glove.

Ch. 538Three sisters and three brawny men

The east and south sides of the Divine Assembly’s main city came under attack, and the Zombie Slaying Fifth and Sixth Squads fought to hold their walls. The Daoist damaged one of the triplet sisters’ defenses while Sun Can overwhelmed three Divine Assembly fighters, leaving both battles ongoing.

  • The Daoist and Wu Yong’s squad discovered three invisible triplet girls attacking the east wall, and Bao Gechuan and a hundred-person Metal Elemental fought them.
  • Bao Gechuan empowered a Giant Eagle with his Wildness Runes and broke through the sisters’ fire dragon, while the Metal Elemental pierced their ice serpent; both were stopped by Girl Two’s Air Wall.
  • The Daoist struck all three sisters with his horsetail whisk, and cracks appeared across Girl Two’s body.
  • Three Divine Assembly veterans attacked the south wall, and Qi Tong worried Sun Can would retreat, but he jumped down to fight them.
  • Sun Can empowered his summons with Earth Enchanting and Heart of Oak; his ghosts weakened and burned the three attackers before he advanced with five vampires.

Ch. 539He Came for Revenge!

The Divine Assembly’s forces attacked from several directions, but Home No. 1’s fighters defeated the eastern and southern squads and Shen Jin drew the western army away from the Scarlet Curtain. After losing five subordinates, Shen Jin spotted reinforcements approaching and prepared to take over the battle.

  • Murata’s officers received the wounded twin sisters and three burning men, while the northern squad failed to report back.
  • Zhu Dan immobilized three Divine Assembly Superhumans as Li Zhe and Captain Li killed them before they could activate their escape tokens.
  • Shen Jin learned that Sun Can and Daoist had driven off their attackers and led his outnumbered force away from the Scarlet Curtain.
  • Shang Qian used Space Traversal to retrieve Zhu Dan, Daoist, and Sun Can after they became trapped inside the barrier.
  • Murata led four senior members north to target Zhu Dan, while Shen Jin’s team suffered five deaths and continued luring the pursuing army away from the barrier.
  • Shen Jin saw a dark cloud of reinforcements approaching and ordered his fighters to gain altitude and distance from the enemy.

Ch. 540Liu Dalao's fury

Liu Dalao arrived with a million-strong zombie horde and helped Shen Jin’s forces devastate the Divine Assembly’s warriors, while Zhu Dan’s group escaped Murata’s attack. The surviving Divine Assembly forces sealed themselves behind the Scarlet Curtain as Shen Jin warned that their boss was coming.

  • Liu Dalao descended on the Divine Assembly’s purple-clad warriors, crushed their formation, and joined Shen Jin’s forces in a counterattack.
  • Liu Dalao blocked the Scarlet Curtain’s entrance with Black Insects while Shen Jin’s people hemmed in the fleeing warriors and attacked them.
  • Zhu Dan sensed Murata approaching the northern wall and led Li Zhe, Li Moxuan, and their teammates through a teleporter before Murata destroyed the wall.
  • Murata found the northern, eastern, and southern positions deserted and moved on to the east.
  • Shen Jin and Liu Dalao killed nearly 2,000 purple-clad warriors, while the survivors and the ten Tier 3 Superhumans escaped behind the Scarlet Curtain.
  • Liu Dalao battered the barrier as Shen Jin’s forces regrouped outside, and Shen Jin announced that the Divine Assembly’s boss was coming.

Ch. 541The decisive battle! (Part one)

Shen Jin and Home No. 1 prepared to face Murata and the Divine Assembly’s strongest fighters, gathering their Tier 3 allies and setting up their formations and support abilities. Murata arrived with reinforcements, and the decisive battle began when Liu Dalao attacked him.

  • Shen Jin ordered the Tier 2 superhumans to withdraw and told Shang Qian to remain only while her Quantum Armor stayed above one million charge.
  • Li Moxuan reunited with Shen Jin, prompting a jealous argument with Li Moxiao before Shen Jin ordered them to focus on the battle.
  • Shen Jin and his allies planned to rely on Liu Mou, the Daoist’s formation, Sun Can’s support skills, and Shang Qian’s teleporter to survive the fight.
  • Murata arrived with four powerful companions and ten additional Tier 3 superhumans, while a flying specialist gave the Divine Assembly’s troops the ability to hover.
  • The Daoist raised a Five Elements Formation and Sun Can strengthened their side with Earth Enchanting and Heart of Oak.
  • Liu Dalao charged Murata with a powerful punch, and Murata sent the Living Spirit Blade to meet it.

Ch. 542Decisive battle (part two)

Shen Jin’s forces fought Murata and the Divine Assembly in a sprawling battle, with Liu Dalao and his allies protecting one another and holding several fronts. As Shen Jin joined the fight, Murata blocked his electrified Nano Saber with the Living Spirit Blade.

  • Liu Dalao’s punch failed to hurt Murata, and Murata’s slash nearly destroyed Liu Dalao’s head before the Daoist, Li Moxuan, Zhu Dan, and Shen Jin’s team helped him survive.
  • Liu Dalao realized he was no longer fighting alone, rebuilt his arm, and joined the battle while Sun Can and the five vampires attacked Murata.
  • Yang Ao charged the gravity-controlling long-haired man, unlocked his Tier 3 gene lock, and escaped with Shang Qian’s help before the Daoist took over the fight.
  • Liu Dalao battled Tanaka and another fused Divine Assembly superhuman while Li Moxiao fought Raven, and Shen Jin sent Meng San’s fused weapons and Earth Elemental to support Zhu Dan’s group.
  • Murata’s black-and-white saber energy severely injured Sun Can and depleted his Nano Armor, then Shen Jin attacked Murata with a plasma cannon and Nano Saber.
  • Murata shattered Shen Jin’s plasma cannon and caught the Nano Saber’s edge with the white side of the Living Spirit Blade, which resisted the weapon’s electric attack.

Ch. 543The decisive battle (part two)

Shen Jin’s forces launched their planned Ultimate Fusion Technique to trap Murata in a sealed alloy cage while the other battles across the battlefield continued. Murata remained inside under coordinated pressure, and Shen Jin’s allies gained momentum against the Divine Assembly’s forces.

  • Murata disabled Shen Jin’s Nano Saber and nearly overwhelmed him, but Shen Jin blocked a strike with a Manyullyn Battle Sign while Shang Qian failed to reach him.
  • Shen Jin ordered the captains to execute the Ultimate Fusion Technique, and Miao Shubai restrained Murata’s thrown blade long enough for Sun Can to withdraw.
  • Wu Yong, Miao Shubai, Li Zhe, Tong Zhen, and their teams combined their abilities and advanced materials to force Murata into a block cage.
  • Liu Jin’s city defense squad suppressed Murata’s Special Ability as the Mechanism Technique teams sealed the cage around him.
  • The Daoist kept the long-haired Tier 3 Superhuman from reaching Murata, while Li Moxiao battered Raven and Shang Qian stopped a messenger from calling reinforcements.
  • Liu Dalao released 50,000 zombies against the Divine Assembly’s purple-clad troops as his side gained ground elsewhere.

Ch. 544Killed, but Not Quite Finished Off...

Shen Jin and Home No. 1 battered Murata with a coordinated assault inside Wu Yong’s reinforced alloy box, then unleashed their strongest attacks after Mi Xiaoli weakened him with a curse. Shen Jin’s final sword strike pierced the box, but Murata disappeared, leaving his fate uncertain.

  • Shen Jin ordered the team to attack Murata inside the alloy box, and their combined beams, tentacles, explosives, and mechanisms gradually wore him down.
  • Shen Jin fused the Metal Elementals of 450 superhumans into Shen Gold, who clashed with Murata before Liu Yang and the others joined the fight.
  • Shen Jin and the team shattered Murata’s protective barrier, while Mi Xiaoli’s curse weakened him and the group’s suppressive abilities further restricted his power.
  • Sun Li, Miao Shubai, and Shen Jin’s tentacles restrained Murata, and Qi Tong’s Little Sun struck him with a powerful beam.
  • Shen Jin plunged down with a golden sword attack, piercing the alloy box, but Murata vanished when the tentacles released him.

Ch. 545The Divine Assembly was wiped out!

Shen Jin and his allies defeated the Divine Assembly’s strongest fighters, though Murata vanished and the organization’s members realized their hooded leader’s identity had been erased from their memories. The Scarlet Curtain fell, the remaining captives were defeated, and Shen Jin’s forces took the Divine Assembly headquarters.

  • Shen Jin’s team defeated Murata with their fusion skill, but his body and demonic sword vanished, leaving only his damaged hood; Shen Jin ordered the exhausted fighters to return to Home No. 1.
  • Li Moxiao revealed that she had crushed her opponent in a deep pit, while Shang Qian led reinforcements against the remaining Divine Assembly fighters.
  • Liu Dalao and the Daoist killed the gravity-controlling superhuman, and Liu Dalao secretly collected his corpse and other bodies.
  • The seven Divine Assembly survivors inside the Scarlet Curtain remembered that Ibe had once led them and discovered that they could not recall their later leader’s name or appearance.
  • The Scarlet Curtain fell, Shen Jin’s forces defeated the remaining captives, and Li Moxiao showed Shen Jin the captive Light Yagami as they seized the Divine Assembly headquarters.

Ch. 546The Wallfacer Emerged (End)

Shen Jin freed Japan from the Divine Assembly, formed a friendly understanding with Kojima Hisao, and returned home to unlock new system upgrades. As he prepared for the next challenges, Liu Shicai emerged from seclusion at Heavenly Net Headquarters with only thirty days until the zombies unlocked the next-tier Time Lock.

  • Shen Jin and his forces defeated the Divine Assembly, and Kojima Hisao’s Opposition Faction and Japanese civilians thanked them for ending the Assembly’s oppression.
  • Shen Jin agreed that Japan and Home No. 1 would remain friends, then destroyed the XP Laboratory and freed the Superhumans imprisoned underground.
  • Shen Jin slept for three days, woke beside Li Moxiao, and later learned that Sun Can’s Special Ability had advanced to Advanced Tier 3.
  • Shen Jin unlocked the third page of the Crystal Core Shop and obtained the Alloy Materials and Advanced Solar Panels expansion mods.
  • Liu Shicai emerged from seclusion at Heavenly Net Headquarters and revealed that thirty days remained until the zombies unlocked the next-tier Time Lock.

Ch. 548[Advanced Solar Panels] and [Tinkers' Construct Alloy]

Liu Shicai emerged from seclusion with revolutionary energy-science research and reunited with Yang Tianyao at Heavenly Net’s laboratory. Shen Jin tested the [Advanced Solar Panels] mod’s [Molecular Transformer], ramped up iridium production, and examined new solar equipment and alloy gear.

  • Liu Shicai reunited with Yang Tianyao and explained that the Wallfacers had agreed to emerge from seclusion if they achieved revolutionary results.
  • Liu Shicai told Yang Tianyao that he had come out to advance China’s energy science, rather than to reveal discoveries about the zombie virus, firearms, or the Time Lock.
  • Shen Jin crafted a [Molecular Transformer] and confirmed that it converted an [Iron Ingot] into an [Iridium Ingot] using far less electricity than the [Replicator] setup.
  • Shen Jin installed four [Molecular Transformers] on the roof, shut down the [Replicator] setup, and began producing [Iridium Ingots] while keeping the [UU Matter Generator] running at reduced power.
  • Shen Jin reviewed the new solar generators and solar helmets, then learned that [Tinkers' Construct Alloy] could combine material traits to make stronger equipment with multiple modifiers.
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