Arc 22Jinzhou and the Meridian Method

Shen Jin brought Home No. 1 to Jinzhou City, defeated its zombie hordes, and began drawing the city and its residents into his expanding settlement. As Heavenly Net shared an ancient cultivation method and Home No. 1 built a vast power network, Shen Jin prepared to expand the Jinzhou district and seek resources for Quantum Armor.

  • Shen Jin equipped Home No. 1 with new weapons and ability enhancements, dealt with the Divine Assembly prisoners, and led the push toward Jinzhou City.
  • Home No. 1 rescued Xiang Shi’s unit, wiped out a huge zombie horde, and began clearing Jinzhou City while Shen Jin arranged to mine its uranium.
  • Shen Jin expanded Home No. 1’s electricity production with solar, wind, and hydroelectric generators, and set plans to build power storage and new districts.
  • Shen Jin negotiated with Ma Xiangnan, offered bounties and supplies to civilian fighters, and used Home No. 1’s support to draw people into Jinzhou City.
  • Sun Li’s team fought the Fleshball Zombie and Desire Zombie at ZY Film Studio, overcame their attacks, and recovered the movie discs needed to reopen cinemas.
  • Liu Shicai presented an ancient meridian cultivation method, formed an international ruins research team, and made the method available as zombies continued to evolve.
  • Shen Jin trained with the method, upgraded the Zombie Slaying Squad, activated a Quantum Solar Generator, and sent teams to search for synthetic diamonds and ore.
  • Shen Jin prepared Jinzhou’s eastern district with homes and utilities, expanded its power network, and advertised free services as Ma Xiangnan realized Home No. 1 was attracting residents.
Chapters 549–574 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 549The final page of the [Crystal Core Shop]

Shen Jin developed powerful alloy armor and weapons, then opened the new page of the Crystal Core Shop to inspect its ability upgrades and items. He decided to exchange for a potion for himself, but the chapter ended before he chose one.

  • Shen Jin spent World Coins on slime blocks and had Sun Can fire the green slime blocks into magma slime blocks.
  • Shen Jin crafted and reinforced a multicolored alloy chestplate with Enderference and other defensive traits.
  • Shen Jin tested the chestplate by striking Pang Guang, who confirmed it absorbed most of the impact and protected him from injury.
  • Shen Jin produced a powerful magma slime-Manyullyn Cleaver and decided Tinkers' Construct weapons suited him better than his Nano Saber.
  • Shen Jin opened the new Crystal Core Shop page, reviewed its potions and Ability Orbs, and set out to exchange for a potion for himself.

Ch. 550Breakthrough, advanced Tier 3!

Shen Jin used an Advanced Special Ability Enhancement Potion and advanced to advanced Tier 3, greatly improving the Special Ability Food he could make for Home No. 1. He then gave Shang Qian a Tier 3 Special Ability Advancement Potion, and her space ability evolved into stable portals for crossing between locations.

  • Shen Jin exchanged a Tier 3 Energy Crystal Core, ten Tier 2 Energy Crystal Cores, and ten Lapotron Crystals for an Advanced Special Ability Enhancement Potion, then drank it and advanced to advanced Tier 3.
  • Shen Jin tested his Metal Elemental Fruit and found that it now contained more energy and mental power, allowing it to give his team members a stronger boost; he planned to make enough Special Ability Food to equip the troops.
  • Shen Jin exchanged for a Tier 3 Special Ability Advancement Potion and brought it to Shang Qian, who drank it and underwent a Tier 3 breakthrough.
  • Shang Qian demonstrated that she could open stable spatial portals, and she and Yang Ao tested traveling through one.
  • Shen Jin and Shang Qian used a portal to return to her office, where Shen Jin shut the door and flirted with her.

Ch. 551A way to massively boost Home No. 1's overall strength

Shen Jin tested new advancement potions on Li Zhe and his deputy, transforming them into powerful Eight-Armed Asura and Rubber Man users. He also discovered reusable energy orbs that summoned zombie projections, and planned to trade for enough cores to equip Home No. 1’s Superhumans.

  • Shen Jin offered Li Zhe a choice of advancement potions, and Li Zhe chose the [Eight-Armed Asura Potion].
  • Li Zhe transformed into an eight-armed fighter whose arms retained his tentacles’ reach and strength.
  • Shen Jin gave Li Zhe’s deputy captain a [Rubber Man Advancement Potion], which made his body elastic and able to stretch over a hundred meters.
  • Shen Jin tested the [Strength Orb] and [Regeneration Orb], learning that each summoned a powerful zombie projection but that he could connect to only one orb at a time.
  • Shen Jin decided to trade with the Heavenly Net for enough energy crystal cores to equip Home No. 1’s core Superhumans with summoning orbs.

Ch. 552The Divine Assembly's spoils

Shen Jin counted the Divine Assembly’s spoils, considered using a Tier 3 Soul Ball to control zombies, and tested several Crystal Core Shop items. He returned to Home No. 1 proud of its thriving community, then looked toward the cages holding the Divine Assembly prisoners, whose fate remained undecided.

  • Shen Jin counted the Divine Assembly’s spoils and found five Tier 3, 280 Tier 2, and 3,017 Tier 1 Energy Crystal Cores, along with tens of thousands of ordinary cores.
  • Shen Jin crafted a Tier 3 Soul Ball and tested it in T City, but its Z3 phantom only prevented nearby zombies from attacking him instead of controlling them.
  • Shen Jin bought a Special Effects Mystery Box and received a golden shield visual effect, then spent another 1,000 World Coins on a beneficial-effect potion and a debuff potion.
  • Shen Jin decided to postpone unlocking another industrial expansion mod until he had improved the base’s power supply and admired Home No. 1’s growing prosperity.
  • Shen Jin looked south toward the alloy cages holding the Divine Assembly prisoners, still unsure what to do with them.

Ch. 553Taking Jinzhou City in One Month

Shen Jin decided to use captured Divine Assembly Superhumans as coerced zombie-fighting troops, killed the thirteen Tier 3 prisoners for their energy cores, and set Jinzhou City as Home No. 1’s next target. After ordering an assault within a month, he reconciled with Liu Yue and promised to take her on future missions.

  • Shen Jin inspected the imprisoned Divine Assembly survivors and discussed their possible use with Liu Jin and Yang Ao.
  • Yang Ao proposed forcing lower-tier prisoners to serve as barrier troops under threat of execution, while Shen Jin decided to kill the uncontrollable Tier 3 captives.
  • Shen Jin killed all thirteen Tier 3 Superhumans and collected their Energy Crystal Cores.
  • Shen Jin announced that Home No. 1 would capture Jinzhou City within a month and assigned teams to supervise the Divine Assembly prisoners in battle.
  • Liu Yue confronted Shen Jin for leaving her behind, and he promised to take her along next time before carrying her back to her home.

Ch. 554Ancient ruins, meridian diagram

Liu Shicai and Yang Tianyao verified that Superhumans could cultivate using the meridian diagram from Ancient Ruins No. 30, while Hu Shou returned close to tier 4. Three days later, Shen Jin’s group reached Jinzhou City and found a vast zombie horde blocking their advance.

  • Liu Shicai drew the Ruins No. 30 meridian diagram on a tier 2 strength-based Superhuman, who activated its thirty-six points and absorbed energy factors released by an Energy Atomizer.
  • Liu Shicai and Yang Tianyao discussed ancient Superhumans, the coming zombie evolution, and Shen Jin, whom Yang Tianyao said Heavenly Net was ordered to cooperate with and protect.
  • A staff member announced Hu Shou’s return, and Liu Shicai and Yang Tianyao learned that Hu Shou was close to tier 4 but planned to enter seclusion before advancing.
  • Liu Shicai told Hu Shou that his findings about Ruins No. 30 might help him advance to tier 4 faster.
  • Three days later, Shen Jin’s group reached the outskirts of Jinzhou City through a forty-kilometer tunnel route, where Yang Ao spotted a zombie horde of roughly five or six hundred thousand.

Ch. 555The unit driven into a corner

Xiang Shi’s unit was overwhelmed by a horde of 600,000 zombies, so he ordered half his remaining fighters to retreat while he and fifty-eight others stayed behind to cover them. Just as the survivors were being overrun, a group from Home No. 1 arrived and carried them to safety.

  • Xiang Shi led his unit away from the city with the zombie horde in pursuit, losing eighty fighters before they reached a small factory.
  • Xiang Shi divided the sixty remaining fighters into two groups, sending Xiao Lü and fifty-nine others to retreat while he stayed with fifty-eight teammates.
  • Xiang Shi and the others fought the attacking zombies, and Old Liu kept battling after an M2 Zombie wounded him fatally.
  • Home No. 1 superhumans blasted through the factory roof, drove back the zombies with Laser Cannons, and rescued Xiang Shi’s group.
  • Xiang Shi asked which unit had rescued them, and one of the newcomers answered, “Home No. 1.”

Ch. 556Wipe them out!

Home No. 1’s superhumans rescued Xiang Shi’s unit and began wiping out a 600,000-zombie horde from the air. As Old Liu neared death from the zombie virus, Yang Ao gave him a Senzu Bean, and 3,000 more superhumans emerged to join the battle.

  • Meng San rescued Xiang Shi and led Home No. 1’s superhumans into battle against the zombies attacking Jinzhou City.
  • Old Liu told Xiang Shi’s unit that Home No. 1 had taken control of Gourd City and urged them to consider its role in reclaiming Jinzhou City.
  • Home No. 1’s fighters cleared the flying zombies and bombarded the 600,000-strong horde, while Xiang Shi’s unit watched from safety.
  • Old Liu revealed that the zombie virus was overcoming him and asked his comrades to place his gravestone near their unit after Jinzhou City was reclaimed.
  • Yang Ao gave Old Liu a Senzu Bean and said he would not die, leaving Xiang Shi and the others bewildered.
  • Three thousand superhumans in bone Tinkers’ Construct armor emerged from underground and charged the remaining zombies.

Ch. 557Expanding the power supply

Shen Jin ordered Long Taojia and Jia Taolong to build 1,000 coastal Wind Turbines to expand Home No. 1’s electricity supply and support his plan to manufacture advanced solar generators. While investigating the materials those generators required, he discovered that China’s nearest uranium mine was inside Jinzhou City.

  • Shen Jin explained that Home No. 1 needed far more electricity to power its equipment and charge its growing supply of Quantum Armor.
  • Shen Jin ordered Long Taojia and Jia Taolong to build up to 1,000 Wind Turbines along the 150-kilometer coastline and connect them to a separate power storage station.
  • Shen Jin planned to use the new turbines’ output to produce advanced solar generators while reserving nuclear power for Iridium Ingots and equipment charging.
  • Shen Jin checked Kong Long’s report on uranium deposits and discovered that the nearest uranium mine was in Jinzhou City.

Ch. 558Meeting

Shen Jin visited Jinzhou City after learning that a uranium mine lay near the battlefield, and Home No. 1’s forces prepared to clear the city’s zombie hordes. He met the Jinzhou City Heavenly Net Branch Bureau after rescuing Xiang Shi’s team, and its leader welcomed him.

  • Shen Jin ordered the uranium mine cleared for automated mining and flew to Jinzhou City to inspect the battle and the Japanese prisoners.
  • Home No. 1’s Superhumans reported wiping out a horde of six hundred thousand zombies, and Shen Jin approved their plan to clear another nearby horde before moving on.
  • Shen Jin assigned the remaining street-clearing work to civilian Superhumans and Pseudo-Superhumans, while Meng San reported that the death squads had improved after he punished those who retreated.
  • Yang Ao pointed out the rescued Jinzhou City Heavenly Net Branch Bureau members, and Shen Jin flew with Xiang Shi and his team to their base.
  • Xiang Shi’s comrades celebrated the return of all fifty-nine members of his team, and the Jinzhou City branch leader welcomed Shen Jin.

Ch. 559Probing

Shen Jin met with Ma Xiangnan at the Jinzhou City Heavenly Net Branch Bureau, where he tested the base’s leaders and learned about their resources and policies. After agreeing to accept three tons of nuts and offering to clear the remaining zombies, Shen Jin concluded that Jinzhou would be difficult to acquire by ordinary means but hinted he had a way to subdue it without fighting.

  • Ma Xiangnan welcomed Shen Jin and thanked him for helping Xiang Shi and his men, then explained how Jinzhou City had secured food stores, power plants, and factories early in the outbreak.
  • Yang Ao and the captains confronted Ma Xiangnan over the absence of Tier 3 Superhumans, but Ma Xiangnan explained that Jinzhou had none and ordered his soldiers to lower their weapons.
  • At a meeting, Ma Xiangnan offered Shen Jin twenty-one tons of food as thanks, and Shen Jin instead accepted three tons of nuts after Yang Ao challenged the value of the gift.
  • Shen Jin asked how Jinzhou treated ordinary residents and learned that they could leave the base but were discouraged from scavenging because the base provided food, work, and electricity.
  • Shen Jin promised that Home No. 1 would clear Jinzhou City's remaining zombies, then left with Yang Ao and said Ma Xiangnan was too sincere and calculating to handle like the leaders of Q City and Gourd City.
  • Shen Jin suggested that Jinzhou's easy early survival had limited its Superhumans' growth and said he might be able to subdue the base without fighting.

Ch. 560Cost recovery period

Shen Jin secured a uranium mine and began developing advanced solar power equipment, calculating the cost and output of each generator tier. He concluded that Quantum Generators offered the best long-term return, but struggled to choose between investing in them and using the electricity to equip his forces with Quantum Armor.

  • Shen Jin sent Yang Ao and the others back to the Gourd District, then visited Meng San's cleared uranium mine.
  • Shen Jin installed three Advanced Mining Machines, ordered Meng San to guard them, and took the first 640 blocks of Uranium Ore to Home No. 1.
  • Shen Jin established a mountain workshop, began processing uranium and producing Sunnarium Parts, and made an Advanced Solar Panel and a Hybrid Solar Generator.
  • Shen Jin calculated that an Ultimate Hybrid Solar Panel would take 156 days to repay its energy cost and planned to use one to upgrade his Quantum Helmet.
  • Shen Jin calculated that a Quantum Generator would repay its enormous cost in 111 days, but questioned whether to invest in generators or reserve electricity for Quantum Armor for his forces.

Ch. 561I want them all!

Shen Jin decided to prioritize expanding power generation over mass-producing Quantum Armor, reasoning that Home No. 1’s forces could handle near-term threats while more electricity would support stronger equipment later. He planned to make vast numbers of cheap solar and hydroelectric generators, especially along the coastline, and was stunned by their potential output.

  • Shen Jin met a factory worker who studied zombie-fighting techniques after work so he could become a pseudo-superhuman and join a scavenging team.
  • Shen Jin gave the worker a Basic Special Ability Awakening Potion, then used his time-management plan to reconsider his own production strategy.
  • Shen Jin concluded that Home No. 1 should make a small reserve of Quantum Armor and devote most available electricity to Quantum Solar Generators.
  • Shen Jin proposed mass-producing basic Solar Generators and asked Jia Taolong’s power bureau and construction team to handle installation and the grid.
  • Shen Jin calculated that as many as four hundred thousand Hydroelectric Generators could fit along the coast and produce ninety-six million kilowatt-hours daily, then ordered the project started.

Ch. 562Reopening the Cinema

Shen Jin arranged automated production of hundreds of thousands of generators and discussed reopening a cinema with Shang Qian, deciding to send Sun Li to retrieve films from ZY Film Studio in B City. Meanwhile, Ma Xiangnan worried about Home No. 1’s intentions in Jinzhou, and Xiang Shi asked Old Liu to explain what had happened in Gourd City.

  • Shen Jin set up Batch Crafting Tables to produce 100,000 Solar Generators and 400,000 Hydroelectric Generators, and planned further power expansion and storage.
  • Shen Jin learned from Shang Qian that reopening a proper cinema required movie hard drives and keys from ZY Film Studio, then agreed to send Sun Li and a team to retrieve them from Louhuai District in B City.
  • Shang Qian asked Shen Jin to take her to the cinema if it reopened, and the two went to her bedroom together.
  • Shen Jin asked Shang Qian to recruit loyal construction workers and have Lu Daizhen test them.
  • Ma Xiangnan and his advisers debated why Home No. 1 had come to Jinzhou and recalled the takeover of Gourd City; Ma hoped Shen Jin would not turn against them.
  • Xiang Shi asked Old Liu what he meant by warning him not to take sides and what had happened in Gourd City, and Old Liu began to explain.

Ch. 563Off to Jinzhou City with Sacks to Fill with Money!

Shen Jin prepared Home No. 1 to exploit Jinzhou City’s resources after its Superhumans defeated a 700,000-strong zombie horde. The chapter ended with bounty notices drawing tens of thousands of Superhumans and Pseudo-Superhumans toward the city to hunt zombies and gather supplies.

  • Shen Jin replied to Liu Yue, asked Shang Qian to expand the construction crew and install 500,000 generators, then went to Liu Yue’s room.
  • Yang Ao and Home No. 1’s Superhumans easily attacked the 700,000-strong horde while Ma Xiangnan and Jinzhou City Heavenly Net officials watched.
  • After a full hour of fighting, the horde broke and its Z2 zombie fled; Yang Ao sent the death squads in pursuit and hinted that Home No. 1 would take Jinzhou City.
  • Home No. 1 issued bounties for clearing Jinzhou City and began selling two potions that could raise a basic tier 1 Superhuman to tier 1 peak.
  • On the following day, tens of thousands of Superhumans and Pseudo-Superhumans emerged near Jinzhou City carrying sacks to collect rewards and supplies.

Ch. 564A locust plague!!!

Civilian groups poured into Jinzhou City to scavenge supplies while its officials realized the scale of the resource rush. Back at Home No. 1, Shen Jin recruited workers for his construction teams and gave Sun Li’s super troop its first mission.

  • Lu Renyi warned Old Seven and Ninth Sister not to rob other scavengers, and the three set out for a pine nut processing plant in Taihe District.
  • Civilian groups entered Jinzhou City to fight zombies and collect supplies, while Home No. 1 offered equipment, transport, and trading stalls in the safe zone.
  • Ma Xiangnan saw the crowds on Heavenly Net’s map and ordered Jinzhou’s Superhumans and army to haul supplies back to their base.
  • Shen Jin considered the risks of exposing his Blockify technology and checked the recruitment hall, where Lu Daizhen secretly screened applicants for lies.
  • Shen Jin assigned Sun Li and fifty members of his super troop to search ZY Film Studio in Louhuai District, B City, for movie discs.

Ch. 565The Superhero Squad!

Yang Ao organized the Zombie Slaying Squad’s twenty-day campaign to clear Panjin City and Yingkou City, while Sun Li led the newly formed Superhero Squad into Louhuai District to investigate a dangerous zombie-infested film studio. The squad reached the studio and identified two powerful, unfamiliar Tier 3 Zombies, then opened the warehouse to confront one of them.

  • Yang Ao briefed the Zombie Slaying Squad on clearing Panjin City and Yingkou City, building underground passages, and finishing before the zombies’ next time lock.
  • Sun Li led fifty Super Squad members and three hackers to Louhuai District, warning them that the unusually quiet area concealed danger.
  • Huo Zhenqiu killed four flying Y1 Zombies with steel bars, and Sun Li set up a teleporter as an emergency escape route.
  • The Super Squad cleared flying zombies around the ZY Film Studio and entered its compound after X-Ray Eyes detected two unfamiliar Tier 3 Zombies.
  • Sun Li sent Reviver to probe the warehouse zombie, and Reviver fired a laser gun to blast open the warehouse doors.

Ch. 566Each showed their powers

Sun Li's team fought a poisonous flesh-ball zombie and its mutated flies, using their abilities to contain both threats. Just as they pinned the zombie down, a hiss from the hall signaled that the stronger zombie inside was awakening.

  • The Reviver lost and regrew his hand after the flesh-ball zombie hooked him, while the team used wind and fire to destroy most of its poisonous flies and Huo Zhenqiu trapped the survivors.
  • Quicksilver severed two of the zombie's hooks, then helped the Reviver plant [Energy Crystal Core Bombs] in its mouth, badly injuring it.
  • The flesh-ball zombie rolled into another hall and disturbed a stronger tier 3 zombie, whose energy X-Ray Eyes said was fifty percent greater.
  • Yun Fei, the Reviver, Huo Zhenqiu, and the other special ability users pinned down and dismantled the flesh-ball zombie while Sun Li kept the sickly boy and Bai Hang in reserve.
  • A hiss came from the hall, and Sun Li sent his shadow toward it just before the world suddenly changed.

Ch. 567The Tier 3 Desire Zombie's illusion

A Tier 3 Desire Body Zombie trapped the Super Squad in illusions while the Invulnerable One fought the Fleshball Zombie and Hua Mulan tried to free her teammates. As the squad approached the Desire Zombie and the Invulnerable One was caught by the Fleshball Zombie, a dark figure rose behind it.

  • Sun Li, Huo Zhenqiu, and Bai Hang experienced illusions of the lives and loved ones they most desired, while the rest of the Super Squad fell under the Desire Zombie’s mental control.
  • Hua Mulan remained conscious, and the Invulnerable One resisted the mental attack and poison mist before fighting the Fleshball Zombie.
  • The Invulnerable One fed Hua Mulan a Special Ability Carrot, allowing her to break free and use her mental power to open small gaps in her teammates’ psychic control.
  • The Desire Zombie attacked the Invulnerable One with a physical sound blast, and the Fleshball Zombie hooked its claws into his shoulder blades as the teammates neared the zombie.
  • A dark figure stood up behind the Fleshball Zombie.

Ch. 568Breaking free!

Sun Li and Huo Zhenqiu broke free from the Desire-Form Zombie’s dream control and helped their team kill it. After collecting supplies and returning to Home No. 1, the chapter ended with the settlement’s forces expanding rapidly, one week later.

  • Sun Li realized his campus romance with Juanjuan was a dream, remembered he was Home No. 1’s team captain, and used his shadow to attack the Fleshball Zombie and Desire-Form Zombie.
  • Huo Zhenqiu recognized that he was an A-Rank Superhuman and used his Metal Control ability to break out of the illusion and attack the Desire-Form Zombie.
  • Sun Li, Huo Zhenqiu, the Invulnerable One, and their teammates disabled the Desire-Form Zombie’s mental control, rescued their companions, and killed it to obtain its Tier 3 Crystal Core.
  • Bai Hang woke from his dream and briefly recalled his friends from the orphanage before returning to his usual cheerful manner.
  • Sun Li’s team collected supplies from the film studio and returned to repair Home No. 1’s movie theater, while Yang Ao’s squad, the construction team, and the settlement’s civilian forces continued their work and growth.

Ch. 569Plant a parasol tree, and the phoenix will come!

Shen Jin celebrated Home No. 1’s growing prosperity as its first cinemas opened and its power generation expanded, while Jinzhou City was cleared of zombies. He ordered a fourth district built in the city, hinting that new survivors would soon arrive.

  • Shen Jin, Wang Defa, and Zhao Chao opened cinemas in Home No. 1, the Gourd District, and the Red Water District, and Shen Jin later watched Titanic with Shang Qian and the captains.
  • Long Taojia and Jia Taolong reported that the construction team had installed one thousand [Wind Turbines] and was preparing to add solar and hydroelectric generators, while Shen Jin planned five new nuclear power plants.
  • Liu Jin reported that the City Defense Army and Jinzhou City Heavenly Net Branch Bureau had cleared Jinzhou City of zombies, though nearly five hundred people had died in action.
  • Shen Jin ordered Long Taojia, Jia Taolong, and Wang Defa to establish and equip a fourth district in Jinzhou City.
  • When his subordinates questioned the need for another district, Shen Jin replied, “Plant a parasol tree, and the phoenix will come!”

Ch. 570International conference: Sharing an ancient superhuman cultivation technique

At an international conference, Heavenly Net professor Liu Shicai revealed that ancient ruins contained a cultivation technique that improved superhumans’ abilities and physiques. He agreed to share the technique with every country, leaving Shen Jin eager to learn it.

  • Before the conference began, Kong Long explained that Liu Shicai had invited Shen Jin to hear his research on ancient ruins and human biology.
  • During the conference, Liu Shicai announced that humans may once have had a superhuman civilization and that ancient ruins contained information about superhumans.
  • Liu Shicai showed an experiment demonstrating that a meridian circulation technique from an ancient ruin improved a superhuman’s ability and physique.
  • Liu Shicai explained that the technique could double cultivation speed and strengthen all superhumans, prompting Shen Jin to want a copy.
  • When the United States’ Hydra Organization requested the research materials and technique, Liu Shicai agreed to make the technique available to everyone.

Ch. 572Forming the International Ancient Ruins Research Team

Liu Shicai proposed sharing Heavenly Net’s cultivation method and forming an international team to research ancient ruins, while Shen Jin wondered about the origin of his system. A week later, as stronger zombies made city cleanup more dangerous, Shen Jin lowered potion prices and used the new cultivation method to strengthen Home No. 1’s forces.

  • Liu Shicai offered Heavenly Net’s cultivation method to other organizations and called for a joint ancient ruins research team, warning that zombies would soon evolve further.
  • Kojima Hisao, the Hydra Organization, and the Black Bear Organization supported Liu Shicai’s proposal, and the International Ancient Ruins Research Team was established.
  • Shen Jin wondered whether his system came from an ancient superhuman civilization, but he could not explain how he had received it; Liu Shicai later asked him for information about ancient ruins, and Shen Jin said he had none.
  • By June 23, tier 1 evolved zombies had made it too dangerous for Home No. 1’s civilian forces to fight outside, so Shen Jin and Shang Qian lowered the Superhuman Potion price to 1,000 yuan.
  • Heavenly Net publicized its Ancient Meridian Cultivation Method, while Shen Jin practiced it with an energy amplifier and advanced tier 3 cultivation as his physical strength and recovery speed improved.

Ch. 573370 million kWh/day

Shen Jin upgraded the Zombie Slaying Squad and discovered that strength-based superhumans benefited greatly from the Meridian Cultivation Method. He built a Quantum Solar Generator and connected the base’s power network, bringing daily generation to 370 million kWh, then planned to find diamond mines to reduce the electricity cost of production.

  • Shen Jin upgraded the Zombie Slaying Squad, offering the 830 tier 1 peak recruits two advancement paths and giving the 1,200 veterans Intermediate Special Ability Enhancement Potions.
  • Shen Jin discovered that strength-based superhumans developed stronger Golden Bell Shields and inner force when they practiced Heavenly Net’s Meridian Cultivation Method.
  • Shen Jin built and activated a Quantum Solar Generator, which absorbed sunlight across 10,000 square meters and produced roughly 9.83 million kWh per day.
  • Jia Taolong reported that the Electric Power Bureau had installed 500,000 generators and completed the transmission lines to Shen Jin’s energy storage room.
  • Shen Jin calculated that his generators produced 370 million kWh per day and that his storage room held 410 million kWh.
  • Shen Jin decided to send people to search for diamond mines because producing diamonds with electricity was too costly.

Ch. 574Home No. 1 was poaching people!!!

Shen Jin sent Sun Li’s squad to search for diamonds and installed mining machines to probe for deep deposits. He then opened Home No. 1’s new Jinzhou City base, where its free amenities and shopping drew the attention of the neighboring Heavenly Net branch, which realized Shen Jin was poaching its residents.

  • Shen Jin gave Sun Li a gene-bound Quantum Armor and sent his squad to search thirteen locations for synthetic diamonds, warning them to prioritize their safety.
  • Shen Jin installed four Advanced Mining Machines on nearby mountains to scan for diamonds and iridium ore as deep as 160 kilometers underground.
  • Long Taojia and Old Wang reported that Jinzhou City’s eastern district had been enclosed, supplied with utilities, and prepared with homes, shops, and offices for residents.
  • Shen Jin ordered new wind and hydroelectric generators along the coastline to power the Jinzhou City base and a charging station for Quantum Armor.
  • Home No. 1 decorated the route to its gate and advertised free utilities, supplies, and furnished homes, prompting Ma Xiangnan and the Jinzhou City Heavenly Net officials to realize it was poaching residents.
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