Chapter Summaries

Shen Jin and Shang Qian lured a Tier 1 Harpy Zombie into a TNT trap, killed it, and began mining the diamond pit. After discovering rich ore deposits, Shen Jin set up four Mining Machines and made a comfortable base inside the pit, where he and Shang Qian settled in to rest.

• Shen Jin and Shang Qian baited the Harpy Zombie into a trapped tunnel, blasted it with TNT, and finished it off with their swords.
• Shen Jin collected the Harpy Zombie’s Energy Crystal Core, and he and Shang Qian searched the remaining tunnels to make sure the pit was clear.
• Shen Jin mined Diamond Ore and used Diamond Fragments to craft a Diamond, then found more ore with his OD Scanner.
• Shen Jin placed four Mining Machines around the pit and let them automate the excavation.
• Shang Qian returned to find Shen Jin relaxing in a furnished shelter, and the two settled in to watch a movie together.

Zhu Dan's team discovered that survivors had vanished from several floors of the Science and Technology Innovation Tower and found evidence that a tentacled monster had dragged them into the ventilation ducts. As the team continued upstairs, a tiny, powerful zombie attacked Zhu Dan, and a swarm of similar zombies emerged around them.

• Zhu Dan noticed that the twentieth and twenty-first floors were empty of people despite barricaded offices, and his team found blood and unfinished food inside.
• A black tentacle attacked Zhu Dan from an air-conditioning duct, but Liu Yang held it while Zheng Ying and the others cut it off; the remaining tentacle escaped into the duct.
• Zhu Dan concluded that the tentacle monster had taken the missing people and led the team upstairs to find and destroy it.
• On the twenty-third floor, a tiny zombie ambushed Zhu Dan and bit his Spider-Man Suit until a team member killed it.
• A swarm of tiny zombies poured out from around the twenty-third floor, surrounding the team.

Zhu Dan's team rested after fighting through the twenty-third floor, then faced a swarm of little zombies on the twenty-fourth. Shen Jin reflected on his losses and vowed to return to Q City and kill the Compound-Eyed Zombie, while Zhu Dan ordered his group to fight the new attackers while retreating.

• Zhu Dan and the ten Superhumans from Red Water Bay defeated the little zombies on the twenty-third floor but were too exhausted to climb farther without resting.
• Shen Jin relaxed with Shang Qian, remembered how the zombie horde had taken his home and companions, and vowed to make up for lost time and return to Q City to kill every zombie, especially the Compound-Eyed Zombie.
• Shen Jin tried to call Zhao Chao but got no signal inside the mine, then spent the evening with Shang Qian.
• After resting and replenishing their supplies, Zhu Dan's team reached the twenty-fourth floor and lured dozens of little zombies out of hiding with a thrown chair.
• Zhu Dan blasted one little zombie in the head and ordered his team to fight while retreating as the swarm attacked.

Zhu Dan’s team fought their way down through a swarm of unusually powerful little zombies and rested on the twenty-third floor, while Shen Jin discussed expanding his Superhuman ranks with Shang Qian. The next morning, Zhu Dan shared his rare ham sausage with the squad, strengthening their sense that he regarded them as his own people.

• Zheng Ying iced the stairs and slowed the little zombies while Liu Yang, Zhu Dan, and the other fighters covered the team’s retreat.
• The squad killed more than thirty little zombies on the twenty-third floor, collected their small Energy Crystal Cores, and decided to camp for the night.
• Shen Jin told Shang Qian he planned to give Superhuman power to three people with good character so the base could grow strong enough to return to Q City.
• The squad woke the next morning and ate rice and vegetables warmed over their campfire.
• Zhu Dan shared nearly all of his rare ham sausage with the squad, and the members recognized how readily he treated them as his own people.

Zhu Dan’s team fought through growing swarms of little zombies and rested after clearing a nest, while Shen Jin collected Diamonds and set out with Shang Qian to find survivors for his psychological-counseling quest. The chapter left Shen Jin outside a factory where zombies crowded the doors, preparing to approach the people inside.

• Zhu Dan’s team cleared floors 25 through 27, then retreated from a hundred little zombies on floor 28 and wiped out the nest near floor 24.
• Zheng Ying and the others exhausted much of their energy and equipment, so Zhu Dan ordered them to rest before heading back upstairs.
• Zhu Dan resolved to eliminate the little zombies to protect D City’s survivors and tallied 500 of the estimated 70,000 zombies he needed to kill.
• Shen Jin collected 419 Diamonds from the Mining Machines and learned that Shang Qian would not join his attempted morning quickie.
• Shen Jin reviewed his Daily Quests and took Shang Qian to search for survivors, choosing a factory surrounded by zombies as their next stop.
• Shen Jin told Shang Qian to act friendly, then drew his Diamond Sword as they prepared to approach the factory.

Shen Jin brought five women from a factory settlement to his hut to complete a psychological counseling mission, though his threats and their suspicions made the session awkward. After giving each woman a Senzu Bean, he completed the mission and prepared to send them home with supplies.

• Shen Jin had Shang Qian transport five women from the factory to his territory beside the Diamond Mine, leaving their furious boyfriends and husbands behind.
• Shen Jin threatened to take the women to nearby zombies unless they shared their troubles, and Shang Qian called out their eager flattery.
• A young married woman tried to undress, then told Shen Jin that her anus hurt; he corrected her by saying it was an exit and gave her a Senzu Bean.
• The woman felt full and healed, and the system recorded the first counseling progress after she left the hut.
• Shen Jin gave the other four women Senzu Beans, completed the mission, and received a World Coin and a Resource Pack.
• Shen Jin offered each woman canned goods and said he would send them back to their settlement.

Zhu Dan, Liu Yang, Zheng Ying, and the others fought four unusually agile little zombies on the twenty-ninth floor of Technology Tower. After using Shen Jin's Compressed Special Ability Food to boost their powers, they killed the zombies and identified them as Tier 1 Evolved Zombies.

• Zhu Dan led the eleven Superhumans onto the twenty-ninth floor, where four little zombies dropped from the ceiling and attacked.
• The evolved zombies bit through Liu Yang's stone defenses and breached two men's Iron Armor while evading Zhu Dan's spider legs and Zheng Ying's freezing attacks.
• Zheng Ying and the others ate Compressed Special Ability Food, greatly increasing their strength and enhancing their abilities.
• Liu Yang bound one little zombie with his rubber-like body and smashed it into a crater while Zhu Dan pinned another to the wall and destroyed its head with an Ultra Spiral Beam.
• The nine fighters behind them used their enhanced strength to chop the remaining two little zombies into pieces.
• Zheng Ying found an ordinary Energy Crystal Core in one zombie's head, and the group identified the creatures as Tier 1 Evolved Zombies.

Zhu Dan and the Superhuman Squad reached the thirtieth floor and discovered a giant Zombie Brood Nest producing little zombies while keeping more than a hundred men alive on its tentacles. Zhu Dan killed one man at his request, then saw a woman screaming as an egg emerged from the monster’s abdomen.

• After resting, Zhu Dan persuaded the Superhuman Squad to explore the thirtieth floor, promising to protect them with his ability.
• The group found a huge spider-octopus-like monster surrounded by colored eggs, and one egg hatched a little zombie.
• Zhu Dan tried to stop the zombie from eating a man skewered on a tentacle, but Liu Yang and Zheng Ying restrained him; the man asked to be killed, and Zhu Dan used his Rolex to end his life.
• Zhu Dan and the others discovered that the monster’s tentacles held more than a hundred living men, while no women were visible.
• Zheng Ying suspected the eggs were connected to the missing women, and a woman screamed as an egg rolled from the monster’s abdomen.

Zhu Dan led Shen Jin’s squad away from the Brood Nest Zombie, then secretly returned to fight it alone after seeing the women trapped inside. He powered himself up with compressed food and charged toward the thirtieth floor to rescue the survivors.

• Zhu Dan stopped Liu Yang, Zheng Ying, and the others from attacking the Brood Nest Zombie and led them down the building while Zheng Ying slowed its pursuing tentacles.
• The squad failed to contact Shen Jin and escorted the rescued civilians back to Red Water Bay Base, while Zhu Dan asked Liu Yang and Zheng Ying for their compressed food.
• After the others left, Zhu Dan returned to the Technology Tower and left Shen Jin a message explaining that he could not abandon the imprisoned humans.
• Zhu Dan ate four pieces of compressed food and used Wish Fulfillment to grow into a five-meter-tall giant with enhanced strength, agility, and regeneration.
• Zhu Dan headed for the thirtieth floor, declaring that he had come to save his fellow humans.

After mining a vast supply of diamonds, Shen Jin and Shang Qian returned to Red Water Bay Base and learned that Zhu Dan had gone alone to confront powerful new zombies. Shen Jin found Zhu Dan’s Rolex in the workshop and gained access to its stored energy and abilities, along with a glimpse of Zhu Dan’s conviction.

• Shen Jin mined 2,842 diamonds, made Shang Qian a matching set of diamond armor and a diamond sword, then packed up their base and flew toward Red Water Bay Base.
• Shen Jin received messages reporting new, potentially Tier 3 zombie types and learned that Zhu Dan had gone ahead alone after sending the others back.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian landed at Red Water Bay Base, where Zhao Chao told Shen Jin that the returning team had split up from Zhu Dan.
• Shen Jin searched the workshop and found Zhu Dan’s Rolex lying on a table.
• The Rolex fastened itself to Shen Jin’s wrist, revealed its energy and powers, and conveyed Zhu Dan’s wish and the words, “With greater power comes greater responsibility!”

Shen Jin prepared to return to Q City and grow his forces while the Brood Nest Zombie recovered, but Zhu Dan awakened and killed it. The chapter ended with a new threat stirring in D City as the Daoist and his companions prepared to confront it.

• Shen Jin inspected the Brood Nest Zombie, judged himself unable to kill it yet, and planned to recruit more Superhumans before returning to Q City.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian found their villa ransacked and overrun by zombies, then returned to Red Water Bay Base to gather allies for a campaign to reclaim Q City.
• Li Moxiao continued searching for food with Yang Ao and Old Fu, while Sun Can cleared Q City Second People's Hospital and accepted a mission to eliminate high-threat zombies.
• Zhu Dan awakened inside the Brood Nest Zombie, killed it with his newly manifested powers, recovered with a Compressed Senzu Bean, and set out after sensing danger in the city.
• Xia Anbang warned Hu Shou that a threat in D City was about to emerge, then requested support from Gan Mujia and his companions.
• Gan Mujia agreed to help suppress the approaching evil creature and ordered his group to assemble, while the woman with bangs asked what to do with the Japanese man.

Shen Jin addressed thirty Self-Defense Force trainees at Red Water Bay Base before giving them Basic Special Ability Awakening Potions. He urged them to remember that power carried responsibility as they prepared to awaken their abilities.

• The trainees discussed their hopes for special abilities and worried about taking on leadership roles as squad captains.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian arrived at the Training Ground, where the thirty trainees affirmed their loyalty to Shen Jin and their goal of fighting zombies for humanity.
• Shen Jin shared the words “With great power comes great responsibility,” explaining that his friend had proved them with his life.
• The thirty trainees drank their Basic Special Ability Awakening Potions to begin awakening their powers.

Shen Jin’s thirty recruits awakened their Tier 1 Superhuman powers, and he examined the five unusual abilities. Wu Yong’s Mechanism Technique and Tong Zhen’s powerful Summoning Technique stood out as the group prepared for Shen Jin to assign their roles.

• Shen Jin encouraged the recruits to value how they used their abilities, and Zhao Chao tallied twenty-five strength-based powers and five special abilities.
• Wu Yong demonstrated his Mechanism Technique by building a moving stone vehicle and a flying, spike-firing wooden dragonfly.
• Three recruits displayed wind, fire, and lightning abilities, which Shen Jin and Shang Qian classified as B-rank.
• Tong Zhen summoned Lava and Frost Spirits that could fight independently, attach to his arms, and unleash their elemental attacks.
• Shen Jin, Shang Qian, and Zhao Chao agreed that Tong Zhen’s Summoning Technique was A-rank, while Meng San remained pleased with his strength-based ability and saber skills.

Shen Jin organized the Superhumans into squads, left Zhao Chao to protect D City, and led 40 fighters with Shang Qian back to Q City. After they landed near Shen Jin’s ruined villa and cleared a group of zombies, someone in a dark sewer suddenly woke.

• Shen Jin assigned Liu Yang and Zheng Ying to remain in D City and reclaim Lükou District in honor of Zhu Dan, while Miao Shubai, Meng San, Tong Zhen, and Wu Yong prepared to lead squads to Q City.
• Meng San requested a strength-only team for his combat formations, Tong Zhen asked for the wind, fire, and lightning ability users, and Shen Jin approved the swaps.
• Shen Jin left Zhao Chao in charge of Red Water Bay Base and flew to Q City with Shang Qian and 40 Tier 1 Superhumans.
• Old Wang and the others spotted the group flying past their building and hurried to put an SOS sign in the window.
• Shen Jin’s squad landed near his collapsed villa and quickly killed dozens of nearby zombies with Iron Swords.
• A moss-covered figure in a dark sewer suddenly woke.

Shen Jin’s Zombie Slaying Squad fought through a vast zombie swarm, with Old Wu’s makeshift battle vehicle and the team’s growing coordination helping them advance. After two hours, they reached the ruins of the villa where Shen Jin had grown up.

• Shen Jin ordered the 40 Superhumans to charge, while Miao Shubai protected the team with air walls and killed an M-Type Zombie.
• Old Wu built a mobile battle fortress and crafted a tracking Tube Arrow that pierced a row of zombies’ heads.
• Meng San led the veterans at the front, using Shen Jin’s refined-steel curved saber to cut down zombies.
• Pang Guang requested to leave the front line, joined the battle vehicle as an archer, and killed an L-Type Zombie with a Power Shot.
• The four squads adjusted their tactics and fought through the zombie swarm for two hours before burning the dead and reaching the remains of Shen Jin’s childhood villa.

Li Moxiao sensed a bountiful harvest and led Yang Ao and Fu Wei toward Shen Jin, who had reunited with Shang Qian and his team at the ruined villa. Shen Jin found his underground resources intact and prepared to rebuild his home.

• Li Moxiao sensed something promising, finished her noodles, and hurried Yang Ao and Fu Wei toward the place where they had started.
• Shen Jin directed his special ability users to cook, assigned the strength superhumans to clear nearby zombies, and went with Shang Qian to inspect the ruined villa.
• Shen Jin dug down to the basement and found that black insects had eaten the food and organic furnishings, while the sealed Yellow rooms remained unopened.
• Shen Jin reached the Black rooms and found them untouched, confirming that his deeper resource stores had survived.

Shen Jin and Shang Qian rebuilt his former villa into a large residence for the survivors and erected memorials for their fallen companions. After honoring Li Moxiao, Yang Ao, Fu Wei, and Su Lele, Shen Jin turned his attention to planning an attack on Q City.

• Shen Jin confirmed his underground supplies were intact and decided to rebuild his villa without changing its original layout.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian constructed a thousand-square-meter villa, and Shen Jin made bedrooms for the forty Superhumans and divided the building into eight floors.
• Shen Jin built a small cemetery and carved memorials for Li Moxiao, Yang Ao, and Fu Wei.
• At Shang Qian's urging, Shen Jin also carved a memorial for Su Lele.
• Shen Jin told Shang Qian they would study how to attack Q City the next day.

Shen Jin honored Li Moxiao and Zhu Dan, then sent four squads to clear zombies and rescue survivors in Q City while he and Shang Qian headed to Ancestor Mountain to mine stone. Meanwhile, Li Moxiao, Yang Ao, and Fu Wei sensed abundant food nearby and hurried toward it, suspecting Shen Jin had returned.

• Shen Jin left a large food offering at Li Moxiao's grave and asked Shang Qian to arrange a memorial for Zhu Dan at Red Water Bay Base.
• Shen Jin reflected on Zhu Dan's self-recharging Rolex and promised to avenge him once he unlocked Tier 2.
• Shen Jin ordered Miao Shubai, Meng San, Tong Zhen, and Wu Yong's squads to sweep Q City, rescue survivors, and report any sign of the Z-Type Zombie.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian flew toward Ancestor Mountain to mine cobblestone.
• Li Moxiao led Yang Ao and Fu Wei toward the source of abundant food, and Yang Ao eagerly hoped Shen Jin had returned.

At Ancestor Mountain Settlement, Zhao Laoda and his companions learned that the Southern Faction had seized two women and was forcing newcomers to eat Energy Crystal Cores, threatening the fragile treaty between the groups. Shen Jin and Shang Qian arrived by flying, set up Mining Machines on several peaks, and went to see why the settlement's residents were calling after them.

• A beaten gatekeeper told Zhao Laoda that Southern Faction members had taken two women, and Zhao Laoda and his companions discussed the threat to their treaty and the faction's dangerous Energy Crystal Core practice.
• The gatekeeper worried that the Southern Faction would grow stronger and planned to get Xiaohua away from them.
• A lookout reported that two people who could fly were approaching Ancestor Mountain, and Shen Jin and Shang Qian arrived above the settlement.
• Shen Jin placed Mining Machines and CESU Energy Storage Units on four peaks to collect cobblestone.
• After Shang Qian noticed a resident shouting up at them, Shen Jin suggested they visit the settlement while the machines mined.

Shen Jin and Shang Qian entered the Ancestor Mountain Settlement to see how its survivors lived, where Shang Qian killed a Southern Faction thug who threatened them. After learning about the conflict between the settlement’s two factions, Shen Jin went with a Northern Faction guard to meet Zhao Laoda, whose discussion of traps was interrupted by someone clapping outside.

• Shen Jin and Shang Qian disguised their armor and entered Ancestor Mountain, where a Northern Faction guard checked them for zombie bites.
• A Southern Faction leader threatened Shang Qian and Shen Jin, and Shang Qian killed him with her Diamond Sword.
• The leader’s four men fled, and the Northern Faction guard warned Shen Jin that the Southern Faction had powerful Superhumans.
• The guard told Shen Jin about the rivalry between the Southern Faction’s might-makes-right approach and the Northern Faction’s mutual aid, then led him to Zhao Laoda.
• Zhao Laoda and his brothers discussed how to use traps against the Southern Faction until someone clapped outside.