Recaps

Haozi reconnoitered Red Water Bay Base and discovered that its defenders could use modern weapons, while Shen Jin’s forces fought off four M1 Zombies with energy arrows. The Big-Head Zombie began building a bridge of flesh across the pit, leaving the defenders to face a new threat.

• Haozi reported that the zombie horde was dormant, then watched the next morning as it advanced toward Red Water Bay Base and reported that the defenders were using explosives.
• Shen Jin and the others watched TNT devastate the advancing horde, but more zombies kept pressing toward the pit and wall.
• Four M1 Zombies leapt across the pit and charged the wall while the defenders fired energy arrows at them.
• Liu Yang and Miao Shubai struck the M1 Zombies with improvised energy attacks, and Zhu Dan taught the defenders to fire tracking arrows that knocked the attackers from the wall.
• Haozi reported that all twenty-four people defending the wall were Superhumans.
• Zhao Chao warned Shen Jin that the Big-Head Zombie was draining ordinary zombies and laying their flesh across the pit to make a bridge.

Shen Jin and the defenders at Red Water Bay fought off the zombie horde’s first attacks, destroying its flesh bridge and battling four M1 Zombies as the Z Zombie rebuilt the crossing. Shen Jin’s explosive round failed to harm the gigantic Bloated Zombie, leaving the defenders facing an overwhelming threat.

• Hu Shou watched the satellite feed, identified a Z Zombie leading the horde, and told Old Xia to observe rather than attack.
• Shen Jin’s team destroyed the Z Zombie’s flesh bridge with a volley of energy arrows, but the Z Zombie began rebuilding it.
• Shen Jin ordered Zhao Chao to burn the bridge and directed the others to stop four M1 Zombies climbing the wall.
• Zhu Dan, Liu Yang, Miao Shubai, and Zheng Ying prepared to repel the M1 Zombies as the bow users readied another volley.
• Zhao Chao ate the special ability Carrot and fired lasers at the growing bridge while Shen Jin launched a High-Explosive Round at the gigantic Bloated Zombie.
• The Bloated Zombie caught Shen Jin’s round in its palm and emerged nearly unharmed.

Shen Jin and the defenders used Empowerment Bows and explosives to repel the zombie horde, but the Big-Head Zombie sent flying Harpy Zombies carrying Super Evolved Zombies across the pit. Shen Jin’s gravity round and the squad’s energy arrows brought down all nine airborne attackers, though the battle continued.

• Zhu Dan and the defenders used Empowerment Bows to kill two M1 Zombies and knock the others from the wall.
• Shen Jin fired High-Explosive Rounds at the Big-Head Zombie and cut off the flesh it was absorbing, allowing Zhao Chao to destroy the remaining mass with his Laser Eyes.
• The Big-Head Zombie sent six evolved Harpy Zombies carrying six L1 Zombies across the pit, then brought out three enormous Spitter Zombies.
• Shen Jin fired a gravity round at the Harpy Zombies as they tried to carry the Spitter Zombies over the pit.
• The gravity round dragged the airborne zombies together, and the defenders’ energy arrows and its explosion sent all nine Super Evolved Zombies into the pit.

Haozi, Iron Fist, Xia Anbang, and Hu Shou learned that Shen Jin’s twenty-four special ability users had stopped the huge zombie horde without retreating. As the team finished off two M1 Zombies, the Big-Head Zombie activated its antennae and another M1 Zombie sprang up behind Zhu Dan, prompting Shen Jin to shout a warning.

• Haozi reported that Shen Jin’s team had pinned down the sixty-thousand-strong zombie horde without suffering injuries.
• Iron Fist told Xia Anbang that Shen Jin’s twenty-four special ability users had stopped the horde, and Xia passed the report to Hu Shou.
• Hu Shou confirmed through the satellite feed that the horde had made no progress and praised Red Water Bay Base’s hidden talent.
• Zhu Dan webbed the wounded M1 Zombie and killed it by driving a spider leg through its skull.
• Miao Shubai trapped the other M1 Zombie with air walls while Zheng Ying froze it, but Liu Yang smashed the ice sculpture before they could preserve it for Shen Jin to study.
• The Big-Head Zombie’s feelers extended into antennae, and the M1 Zombie Zhu Dan had killed sprang up behind him as Shen Jin shouted a warning.

Shen Jin and his allies fought zombies that had been revived by the Big-Head Zombie, then used Shang Qian’s teleportation ability to drop lit [TNT] above it. The explosion stopped the horde, leaving the Big-Head Zombie’s fate unclear in the smoke.

• A headless M1 Zombie and a flaming M1 Zombie revived, but Zhu Dan, Miao Shubai, Zheng Ying, the Zombie Slaying Squad, and Liu Yang destroyed them again.
• Shen Jin warned Shang Qian and Zhao Chao that the Big-Head Zombie could revive brain-dead zombies, and they planned to attack its feelers.
• Zhao Chao fired his laser at the Big-Head Zombie’s feelers while Shen Jin lit [TNT] and Shang Qian teleported them above the target.
• Shen Jin dropped the [TNT], and Shang Qian teleported them back as the six L1 Zombies battered the wall without breaking it.
• The explosion engulfed the Big-Head Zombie, halted the zombie horde, and sent the Harpy Zombies and Spitter Zombies crashing into the pit.

Shen Jin and the Zombie Slaying Squad discovered that the Z-Type Zombie had survived the blast and was regenerating behind the T1 Bloated Zombie’s protective energy barrier. Shen Jin used his enchanted Diamond Sword to destroy the Big-Head Zombie, then Shang Qian carried him back to the platform as he collapsed.

• Zhao Chao and the squad celebrated after the Z-Type Zombie’s head was blown off, but Haozi and Zhao Chao spotted it absorbing energy and regenerating.
• Zhao Chao, Shen Jin, and Zhu Dan attacked the reviving Z-Type Zombie, while Harpy Zombies intercepted most of their projectiles and the T1 Bloated Zombie’s black membrane shielded it.
• Shen Jin swallowed a Giant Sausage, transformed, and ordered Shang Qian to transport him above the Big-Head Zombie.
• Shen Jin charged his Empowered Diamond Sword with his and Zhu Dan’s energy, then sliced through the protective barrier, the zombie’s defenses, and the Big-Head Zombie itself.
• The sword strike also severed the T1 Bloated Zombie’s left arm, and Shang Qian transported the collapsing Shen Jin back to the platform.

Shen Jin and his allies destroyed the Z Zombie’s body, but it resurrected and led the Zombie Horde into a renewed assault. As six Evolved Harpy Zombies attacked the wall, Zhao Chao spotted the Z Zombie rebuilding itself and firing flesh to form three bridges.

• Shen Jin and Zhu Dan obliterated the Z Zombie’s severed body, while Haozi reported their abilities and apparent victory to Captain Iron Fist and Xia Anbang.
• Hu Shou told Xia Anbang that the Z Zombie would resurrect and retaliate, and Xia Anbang suspected Shen Jin was a rare dual-ability user.
• The Z Zombie revived, the Horde resumed moving, and six Evolved Harpy Zombies carried Spitter Zombies out of the pit and flew toward the wall.
• Shen Jin gave out Senzu Beans and ordered six strength-type Superhumans to eat big sausages and fight the Harpies after their tracking arrows failed.
• Zhao Chao found the Z Zombie inside a Bloated Zombie as it absorbed flesh and formed three bridges, then the Zombie Horde charged.

Shen Jin and his allies destroyed the Flesh Bridge and fought off the horde’s flying Harpy Zombies, while mysterious visitors arrived overhead. As the remaining zombies tore at the wall, Shen Jin triggered a nuclear attack.

• Shen Jin and Zhao Chao failed to destroy the Flesh Bridge with their initial attacks, so Shen Jin and Shang Qian dropped five blocks of [TNT] and blew it apart.
• A Taoist, a hip-hop-clad man, and a woman arrived on a giant eagle, identified the battle site, and watched from above.
• Six Harpy Zombies attacked the defenders, but Zhu Dan immobilized them with his Infinity Gauntlet while the strength-based fighters decapitated and dismembered them.
• The remaining zombie horde and six L1 zombies joined forces to smash the wall as Shen Jin prepared a nuclear strike.
• Shen Jin pressed a remote, and a massive explosion struck the battlefield.

Shen Jin and the defenders of Red Water Bay Base fought the Z Zombie’s growing Flesh Bridges until they devised a plan to bring the Big-Head Zombie within reach and disrupt the horde’s control. After the team’s final empowered attacks crippled the Giant Bloated Zombie, Shen Jin and Shang Qian severed the Big-Head Zombie’s arms and teleported it onto the wall.

• Shen Jin’s group recovered their energy and attacked seven Flesh Bridges while the Z Zombie supplied them with flesh and energy.
• Liu Yang used a Big Banana to transform into a Stone Rubber-Body Giant and smashed the Harpy Zombies threatening the wall.
• As the defenders’ energy and empowered weapons ran low, Zhu Dan proposed luring the zombies into the pit by bringing the Big-Head Zombie close to death and disrupting its control.
• Shang Qian boosted her space-based ability with a Carrot while the defenders fired their last empowered arrows and Zhu Dan attacked the Giant Bloated Zombie.
• After the Giant Bloated Zombie collapsed, Zhu Dan’s M87 Ray cut into the Big-Head Zombie’s left arm as Shen Jin severed its right arm.
• Shang Qian teleported herself, Shen Jin, and the disarmed Big-Head Zombie onto the wall.

Shen Jin and his allies destroyed the seventy-thousand-strong Zombie Horde with a massive TNT explosion and finished off the remaining zombies. Shen Jin killed the regenerating Big-Head Zombie and obtained a World Line.

• Liu Yang repeatedly smashed the Big-Head Zombie's head while the rest of the horde poured into Shen Jin's pit.
• Shen Jin triggered one thousand TNT blocks, wiping out the Zombie Horde in a huge explosion.
• Hip-Hop Man, the Daoist, and Bangs Girl noticed someone hiding at sea and flew toward them on the giant eagle.
• Haozi reported the explosion and the zombies' disappearance to Iron Fist, while the survivors celebrated Red Water Bay Base's victory.
• Shen Jin's group killed the six remaining L1 zombies and searched the area for survivors.
• Shen Jin rejected Zhu Dan's suggestion to donate the regenerating Big-Head Zombie to the Government, killed it with a Diamond Sword, and received a World Line.

Vanguard Team One withdrew after finding the Red Water Bay survivors safe, while Hu Shou deduced that Shen Jin was the Technology Special Ability User. At the Old Shipyard, the transferred civilians worried about the absent defenders until a noise came from the underground passage.

• The hip-hop guy and the Daoist captured a Japanese man who had filmed the battle, then the hip-hop guy stayed behind with the female dolphin.
• Vanguard Team One left the sea, and Iron Fist and Haozi debated whether they had completed their mission.
• Xia Anbang and Hu Shou discussed the report, and Hu Shou cut Xia Anbang’s Gene Serum supply after Xia teased him.
• Hu Shou concluded that Shen Jin was the Technology Special Ability User and considered how to recruit him for experiments.
• At the Old Shipyard, Meng San struck a civilian for suggesting the defenders might be dead, and a noise from the underground passage startled everyone.

After defeating the zombie horde, Shen Jin collected the crystal cores, completed a settlement mission, and received a new mission to expand Red Water Bay Base. Zhu Dan prepared to return home and launch a broader zombie-clearing campaign, though he lingered to ask Shen Jin for more study materials.

• Shen Jin discovered that the Big-Head Zombie's Tier 2 Energy Crystal Core was hidden in its heart and had the soul attribute, which might explain its repeated resurrections.
• Shen Jin equipped twenty-seven more people with Iron Armor, completed prosperous settlement II, and received 100 World Coins and an Enchanting Book Gift Pack.
• The system assigned prosperous settlement III, requiring Shen Jin to enclose a zombie-free base of at least twenty square kilometers, and he planned to incorporate the mountain villages east of Red Water Bay Base.
• Zhu Dan thanked Shen Jin for his support, said he was close to becoming a Tier 2 Superhuman, and proposed starting a zombie-clearing operation in Lükou District.
• Shen Jin gave Zhu Dan a Senzu Bean and offered Zhao Chao's help, then Zhu Dan pulled a flattened hard drive from his Spider-Man underwear and asked for more study materials.

After the zombie horde’s defeat, Shen Jin reflected on his relationship with Shang Qian and weighed how to spend his first [World Line]. He decided to save it for now, complete his current mission, and unlock [Intermediate Industry I] and the [Jetpack].

• Zhu Dan left with his study materials after helping Shen Jin fight the zombie horde and strengthening his special ability.
• Shen Jin asked Shang Qian what she thought of Zhu Dan, and they spoke affectionately about their relationship.
• Shen Jin returned to his workshop and considered whether to spend his [World Line] on [Tinkers' Construct], [Food Craft], or upgrading the [Crystal Core Shop].
• Shen Jin chose to keep his [World Line] unspent so he could finish his mission, unlock [Intermediate Industry I], and obtain the [Jetpack].

Shen Jin received four enchanted books, restored his workshop, and learned how many cores his squads had collected after the battle. He offered Hu Shou one hundred Extractors for the Government, provided it supplied the raw materials, and left negotiations about to begin.

• Shen Jin opened an Enchanted Book Gift Pack and found Efficiency IV, Energy Saving III, Zombie Killer III, and Frost Walker II enchanted books.
• Two days later, Shen Jin’s workshop was running again, and Mu Yan and Shen Mengmeng discussed trying to win him over while preparing food.
• Zhao Chao reported that the squads had collected 12,449 ordinary Energy Crystal Cores, 2,763 Mutant Energy Crystal Cores, 12 tier 1 Energy Crystal Cores, and 10 tier 1 Mutant Energy Crystal Cores.
• Shen Jin and the others discussed the growing share of evolved zombies and the greater danger they posed to ordinary people.
• Shen Jin called Hu Shou and offered to provide one hundred Extractors to expand Gene Serum production, asking the Government to supply the raw materials needed to make them.

Hu Shou arranged for D City to deliver materials and negotiated extra Gene Serum doses in exchange for Shen Jin’s [Extractors] and a possible visit to the Heavenly Net. Shen Jin prepared the [Extractors] and planned to enclose the land, while Zhu Dan asked to borrow his people to reclaim Lükou District.

• Hu Shou told Xia Anbang to trade for Shen Jin’s hundred [Extractors], invite him to the Heavenly Net Bureau without pressure, and watch for agents from Japan’s Divine Assembly.
• Xia Anbang asked for extra Gene Serum for D City, and Hu Shou promised twenty additional doses for delivering the [Extractors] and fifty more per month if Shen Jin visited the Heavenly Net Headquarters.
• Shen Jin finished making a hundred [Extractors] and planned to enclose the mountainous area south of Lükou District to complete his system mission.
• Zhu Dan called Shen Jin and asked to borrow people to help clear all of Lükou District; Shen Jin agreed to lend ten, provided they wore empowered armor, and set their meeting at Red Water Bay Base in a week.

Shen Jin completed the territory quest and unlocked Intermediate Industry I, gaining access to the Jetpack recipe. A new quest led him to suspect the Compound-Eyed Zombie had survived in Q City, and he planned to return there once he could fly.

• The D City Government prepared to give Shen Jin steel, iron, tin, copper, and graphite, but could not supply the diamonds he needed from the Wafangdian Diamond Mine.
• Shen Jin enclosed the Southern Mountainous Area of Lükou District with cobblestone, completing Prosperous Settlement III and receiving 150 World Coins.
• A new quest required Shen Jin to obtain another World Line, and he concluded that killing the Intelligent Zombie had earned his existing one.
• Shen Jin realized the Compound-Eyed Zombie from Q City had likely revived by transferring its genes and energy into another zombie.
• Shen Jin unlocked Intermediate Industry I for 500 World Coins, gaining access to the Jetpack and other industrial items.

Shen Jin crafted and tested a Mining Machine and OD Scanner to automate ore mining, then discovered that the Iron Storage Chest kept its contents when dismantled with an Electric Wrench. He left the chest reassembled with the cobblestone still inside, delighted by its hidden convenience.

• Shen Jin crafted a Mining Machine and an OD Scanner, noting that the industrial recipes used doubled materials.
• Shen Jin installed a Mining Drill, OD Scanner, and Mining Pipes in the Mining Machine and powered it with a CESU Energy Storage Unit.
• Shen Jin started the Mining Machine, which drilled underground and scanned for mineral deposits but initially found only cobblestone.
• Shen Jin crafted an Iron Storage Chest and found it held only forty-five slots, so he tried to break it with an Iron Pickaxe.
• Shen Jin used an Electric Wrench to dismantle the Iron Storage Chest and discovered that the cobblestone remained safely inside it.

Shen Jin discovered that [Iron Storage Chest]s could preserve their contents when removed, letting him carry far more supplies, and moved his mining operation deeper underground. He crafted a [Jetpack] to prepare for installing wind generators high above the coast.

• Shen Jin tested [Iron Storage Chest]s, found that they could hold other chests but could not be nested endlessly, and made twenty to store valuable supplies.
• Shen Jin connected an [Iron Storage Chest] to the [Mining Machine] and packed up the mining setup at ground level.
• Shen Jin rode a [Minecart] down the mine shaft and installed the [Mining Machine] and its equipment five hundred meters underground.
• Shen Jin reviewed the parts needed for wind power and decided he would need a [Jetpack] to install generators high above the ground.
• Shen Jin used his stored biogas to craft a [Jetpack] and examined its controls.

Shen Jin tested an Industrial Jetpack, discovered he could fly at high speed, and showed off his new equipment to Mu Yan and Shen Mengmeng. After exploring how Red Water Bay Base had developed its entertainment and resource-sharing businesses, he dragged Shang Qian to the Fishing Platform to try the jetpack.

• Shen Jin equipped the Jetpack over the sea, learned to control its powerful thrust, and hovered in the air.
• Shen Jin estimated the Jetpack's top speed at about eighty kilometers per hour, while Mu Yan and Shen Mengmeng watched him fly.
• Mu Yan offered Shen Jin a freshly baked treat and asked if he would come watch their performance that night; he agreed to take a look.
• Red Water Bay Base's residents traded food for repaired devices, media, and games through the Red Water Bay Online Resource Store.
• Shen Jin pulled Shang Qian away from her drama and dragged her to the Fishing Platform to try his new equipment.

Shen Jin tested his new biogas-powered Jetpack with Shang Qian, got lost beyond the Mini-map’s range, and discovered her teleportation limits. Back at Red Water Bay Base, he expanded biogas production and ordered residents to use designated toilets, then made eleven more Jetpacks for the Superhumans guarding the base while he prepared to meet the Government.

• Shen Jin and Shang Qian tested their Jetpacks over the sea, but Shen Jin lost his bearings after flying beyond the Mini-map’s ten-kilometer range.
• Shang Qian teleported back to the base alone, while Shen Jin estimated her travel range and searched until Red Water Bay Base appeared on his Mini-map.
• Shang Qian assessed the Jetpack’s weight and went to train assassination techniques with the Female Boss Squad.
• Shen Jin installed biogas equipment in Outer Areas One, Two, and Three, redirected their electricity to the Main Base grid, and turned the waste-collection units into designated toilets.
• Shen Jin announced that residents had to use the designated toilets and threatened to ferment the food of anyone who defecated elsewhere.
• Shen Jin made eleven Jetpacks for the Superhumans staying behind to guard the base while he went to exchange resources with the Government.

Shen Jin arranged a zombie-hunting squad for Zhu Dan and prepared to deliver an [Extractor] to the Government. His counseling had encouraged a strength-based Superhuman, but the squad assignments left her feeling overlooked again.

• A strength-based Superhuman sought counseling, and Shen Jin encouraged her to develop her ability and contribute at Red Water Bay Base.
• Zhu Dan arrived to collect the Superhumans Shen Jin had promised to lend him.
• Shen Jin assigned Liu Yang as squad captain and Zheng Ying as vice-captain for the zombie-hunting operation, while Zhao Chao and Miao Shubai commanded the group staying behind.
• The counseled woman realized she was still one of seventeen Tier 1 Strength Superhumans without a leadership role and grew angry.
• Zhu Dan empowered the squad's iron armor, and Shen Jin told the Government he would fly over to deliver the [Extractor].

Shen Jin and Shang Qian tested their new Jetpacks and flew toward a Government meeting point, but Shang Qian teleported them down to rescue a girl being chased by zombies. The chapter left Shen Jin facing the girl and the pursuing horde while three men fled.

• Zhu Dan and the other ability users departed with food supplied by Shen Jin, and Shen Jin left Zhao Chao in charge of the base and Jetpack training.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian flew off in their Jetpacks, reaching about one thousand meters before the airflow and pressure pushed the equipment to its limit.
• From the air, Shen Jin and Shang Qian spotted survivor groups and a girl being chased by zombies.
• Shang Qian teleported herself and Shen Jin to the ground to help the girl as more than a hundred zombies charged toward them and three men ran away.

Shen Jin and Shang Qian rescued a girl from a zombie horde after three men abandoned her. Shen Jin asked whether she would punish the men if she gained Superhuman powers, leaving her answer pending.

• Three men fled from the zombies and left the girl behind as bait.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian appeared in armor and killed the horde, including the L-Type and M-Type zombies.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian rescued the girl, who explained that the three men had abandoned her so they could escape.
• The girl said she wanted to become a Superhuman and save women from harm and kill zombies.
• Shen Jin asked whether she would make the three men pay if she gained Superhuman powers.

Shen Jin gave Li Moxuan a Basic Special Ability Awakening Potion, and she awakened the ability to control objects. After Shen Jin and Shang Qian flew away, Li Moxuan revealed that she had deceived them and pursued the three people who had abandoned her.

• Shen Jin learned that the timid girl was eighteen and named Li Moxuan, though she had never heard of Li Moxiao.
• Shen Jin exchanged ten Energy Crystal Cores for an awakening potion and gave it to Li Moxuan.
• Li Moxuan awakened the ability to control objects, lifting bricks into the air with telekinesis.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian flew toward the Zhongya Welding Rod Factory and discussed Shen Jin's decision to help Li Moxuan.
• Li Moxuan called Shen Jin a gullible fool, lifted steel pipes, and chased after the three people who had abandoned her.

Shen Jin and Shang Qian arrived at the D City resource handover and cleared out a warehouse of tin and iron using Shen Jin’s spatial storage. As they headed to a cable factory, Shen Jin began negotiating for copper wire by asking whether the military base needed electricity.

• Xia Anbang waited for Shen Jin and Shang Qian, then watched them descend from the sky using personal flight gear.
• Shen Jin explained that they had been delayed rescuing survivors on the way to D City.
• Xia Anbang showed Shen Jin the warehouse’s tin and iron, and Shen Jin asked to be left alone inside with Shang Qian.
• After half an hour, Shen Jin and Shang Qian emerged, and Xia Anbang learned that the entire warehouse had been emptied.
• Xia Anbang told Shen Jin that he could take at most a hundred tonnes of copper from the cable factory, but Shen Jin challenged his narrow perspective.
• Shen Jin asked whether the military base needed electricity, hinting that he might have something to trade for the copper.