Chapter Summaries

After Home No. 1 survived the zombie horde, Shen Jin questioned Sun Can about whether he also had a system, but Sun Can denied it, leaving Shen Jin to wonder if he was the only system holder. Heavenly Net approved plans to make Home No. 1 its Q City branch, while Shen Jin's people recovered a huge haul of energy cores and Sun Can received a mysterious instruction not to reveal the truth.

• Shen Jin questioned Sun Can about the New World game and whether he had a system, but Sun Can said he had come to kill zombies and seemed unaware of any connection between them.
• Shen Jin concluded that he might be the only person with a system as Sun Can left, and the zombie crisis at Home No. 1 ended just before the New Year.
• Shi Lai proposed making Home No. 1 a Heavenly Net branch, and Hu Shou agreed; a researcher then announced that Heavenly Net had succeeded in developing the Energy Potion.
• Shen Jin's nearly three thousand Pseudo-Superhumans spent two days collecting cores from the horde, yielding 198,000 ordinary cores, hundreds of Tier 1 cores, and two Tier 2 cores.
• Shen Jin counted his cores and noted that he could use three Tier 2 cores to induce three Superhuman advancements.
• Sun Can wondered why Void would not let him tell Shen Jin the truth, then acknowledged the reply he received.

After Home No. 1 joined Heavenly Net and became Q City’s official branch, Shen Jin unlocked a new permanent quest and the Tinkers’ Construct mods. He began testing new equipment, then offered the abandoned Xing Lingmin a chance to rise again in exchange for her looks and skills.

• Zhu Dan returned to D City with forty Superhumans, while Shen Jin and his leaders debated whether to join Heavenly Net.
• Shen Jin decided Home No. 1 would join Heavenly Net, and Heavenly Net announced it as Q City’s official branch.
• The announcement granted Shen Jin a world line and completed his newbie quests, unlocking the permanent quest to defend Blue Star.
• Shen Jin unlocked Tinkers’ Construct and crafted a knapsack and gloves; the gloves let Yang Ao mine cobblestone unusually quickly.
• Shen Jin visited Xing Lingmin and asked whether she would trade her looks and skills for a chance to rise to the top.

Shen Jin showed Li Moxiao, Shang Qian, and Yang Ao how Tinkers' Construct equipment granted the Blockify Ability and provided new ways to carry and use items. After they tested the equipment and discussed its combat potential, Shen Jin prepared to reveal something important to those closest to him.

• Shen Jin gave Li Moxiao Tinkers' Construct gloves and a Diamond pickaxe, and she discovered she could turn objects into models and restore them as blocks.
• Li Moxiao put on a Tinkers' Construct Knapsack, sensed its 27 slots, and learned to retrieve stored items by silently naming them.
• Li Moxiao broke Shen Jin's Extractor with the Diamond pickaxe, leaving only an Iron Machine Casing, so Shen Jin gave her a Wrench for dismantling electrical equipment.
• Shen Jin gave Shang Qian a Traveler's Belt and Traveler's Gloves, and she quickly retrieved a Diamond Sword and practiced placing Cobblestone walls before striking through them.
• Shen Jin, Yang Ao, Shang Qian, and Li Moxiao sat down to discuss the ability's future uses, and Shen Jin said he needed to tell them something important.

Shen Jin explained the limits and uses of the Blockify Ability and asked whether Home No. 1 should promote it. Shang Qian, Yang Ao, and Li Moxiao supported the plan, while Shen Jin demonstrated several additional pieces of equipment and ended by mentioning a Smeltery.

• Shen Jin revealed that [Traveler's Gloves] let others use the Blockify Ability, but they wore out after 10,000 uses and required him to repair them.
• Shang Qian proposed distributing the equipment to support Home No. 1's construction, scavenging, and planned return to work and production, and Yang Ao and Li Moxiao agreed.
• Shen Jin crafted [Traveler's Goggles], which magnified distant objects, and [Traveler's Boots], which improved jumping.
• Shen Jin crafted a warm but otherwise ordinary [Traveler's Vest] and explained that he could not yet make [Traveler's Wings] without an [Ender Pearl].
• Shen Jin said he needed to build a [Smeltery] before he could make more tools, weapons, and armor, leaving the others confused about what it was.

Shen Jin set up a Tinkers' Construct research center and studied the features available in the basic module. He learned which tools and weapons he could build, but wondered how to obtain the rare materials listed in the compendium.

• Shen Jin enclosed a backyard plot as the Tinkers' Construct Research Center and began smelting Grout into Seared Bricks for a basic smeltery.
• Shen Jin paved the research center and made the seven Tinkers' Construct workstations, including the Armor Station.
• Shen Jin complained that unlocking Intermediate Tinkers' Construct required 500 World Coins, then crafted a Tinkers' Construct Compendium.
• Shen Jin read the compendium and found that it unlocked basic tools, weapons, and materials, while enhancements and some advanced equipment remained locked.
• Shen Jin wondered where he could find monster drops, magical and legendary materials, and Nether products.

Shen Jin discovered that cobalt from his seabed mining could make powerful Tinkers’ Construct equipment, then crafted a cheap Flint Rapier from flint, bone, and wood. He ended with a nimble, self-repairing weapon and noted that zombie remains supplied the bones it required.

• Shen Jin found cobalt among the materials his Mining Machine had extracted from the seabed and compared its properties with iron.
• Shen Jin identified Magnetic as a useful iron trait for ordinary people who needed to collect dropped blocks.
• Shen Jin used flint, bone, and a wooden plank to craft the Flint Rapier’s blade, rod, and cross guard.
• Shen Jin assembled the Flint Rapier and found that its traits gave it strong damage, fast swings, and automatic repairs.
• Shen Jin remarked that flint and wood were plentiful and that burned zombies left the bones needed for more weapons.

Shen Jin built a small Tinkers' Construct Smeltery and used it to forge a powerful Steel-Cobalt Shortbow and Steel Arrows. After testing their speed and penetration, he prepared to take the new weapons against zombies.

• Shen Jin planned to sell mass-produced Flint Rapiers to the pseudo-superhumans and left pricing to Shang Qian.
• Shen Jin built a small Tinkers' Construct Smeltery and fueled it with diesel.
• Shen Jin melted steel, cobalt, and gold, then crafted a Steel-Cobalt Shortbow with Sharp and Lightweight traits.
• Shen Jin made a quiver of 101 Steel Arrows with steel heads, sugar cane shafts, and feather fletching.
• Shen Jin tested the bow and found that its arrows fired rapidly and penetrated thirty centimeters into cobblestone.
• Shen Jin returned to his villa, ready to use the Tinker's Construct Mod against zombies.

Shen Jin gave Lu Daizhen, Mi Xiaoli, and the five captains equipment that granted his Blockify Ability, letting them shrink and store objects. The teams returned from their outings with their bags stuffed with salvaged goods, while Pseudo-Superhumans at Home No. 1’s gates discovered a “divine weapon.”

• Shen Jin gave Lu Daizhen and Mi Xiaoli Blockify equipment, and they learned to mine and store cobblestone models after correcting their tool use.
• Meng San used the equipment to store and quickly draw his saber, then killed an L-Type Zombie with one slash.
• Tong Zhen and his teammates dismantled and packed furniture, tiles, carpet, and concrete from an upscale office building.
• Wu Yong, Qi Tong, and Li Zhe collected materials and valuables as their teams’ exploration slowed under the temptation of their new storage gear.
• The five teams returned with their knapsacks and belts full, and the Superhumans joked about the ability turning its users into hoarders.
• Pseudo-Superhumans at Home No. 1’s gates discovered a “divine weapon.”

Shen Jin put three flint swords up for sale at Home No. 1, and the gate guards demonstrated their strength and self-repair. After Old Seven used a broadsword to kill an L-Type Zombie in one strike, the crowd recognized the weapons as powerful tools against evolved zombies.

• Shen Jin assigned the gate guards to sell flint broadswords, longswords, and rapiers, which could boost attacks and repair minor damage.
• Lu Renyi returned from scavenging with a small haul because an L-Type Zombie guarded a cellar full of supplies.
• Lu Renyi and Old Seven tested the swords in a duel, and Lu Renyi won with the longsword's agility.
• Old Seven took the broadsword outside and killed an L-Type Zombie with one blow, leaving the crowd eager to buy the weapons.

Shen Jin sold Tinkers' Construct weapons at the settlement gates and proposed using Energy Crystal Cores as currency. Shang Qian explained the limits of relying on them and argued for issuing fiat money, leaving Shen Jin recalling a possible solution to counterfeiting.

• Lu Renyi traded Compressed Biscuits for the Flint Longsword, Old Seven traded his Satellite Phone for a Flint Broadsword, and another Flint Rapier sold for five cans of luncheon meat.
• The deputy captain ordered three more swords from the warehouse, while Shen Jin's weapons sold briskly at both gates and earned him a stockpile of goods.
• Shen Jin told Shang Qian he wanted to establish Energy Crystal Cores as the base's common currency, but she pointed out their limited supply, high value, and potential vulnerability to outside trade.
• Shang Qian proposed issuing fiat currency backed by the base, and Shen Jin suddenly remembered seeing a way to make currency difficult to counterfeit.

Shen Jin discovered that his Metal Forming Machine could produce Industrial Credits, prompting Shang Qian to plan a currency system backed by crystal cores and grain. As Shang Qian began recruiting financial experts and preparing to relocate the inner-city residents, New Year’s Eve approached.

• Shen Jin found the Metal Forming Machine’s function for turning iron ingots into Industrial Credits and brought the coins to Shang Qian.
• Shang Qian explained that issuing currency required careful planning, a financial team, and exchange channels backed by crystal cores and grain.
• Shang Qian began recruiting financial experts as Home No. 1 prepared to move its 18,000 inner-city residents into the larger settlement and turn the inner city into a commercial district.
• Shang Qian saw survivors celebrating as a middle-aged man wrote a Spring Festival couplet, and she realized New Year’s Eve was the next day.

Shen Jin forged a steel Tinkers' Construct armor set and tested pig iron made from zombie blood to create a new shortbow. As New Year's Eve approached, he prepared weapons and supplies for his people.

• Shen Jin read the Tinkers' Construct Armory Addendum and made a complete steel armor set that formed a defensive field and surpassed diamond armor in protection.
• Shen Jin calculated that each set required 31 steel ingots and four bones, then began preparing armor and weapons as New Year gifts for his superhuman squads.
• Shen Jin tested several steel weapons and discovered that melting an M-Type Zombie produced blood for making pig iron.
• Shen Jin combined iron, clay, and zombie blood to make pig iron, then crafted a steel-pig iron shortbow with a trait that absorbed blood to restore itself.
• Shen Jin hung six weapon sets and a shortbow at the villa entrance, postponed gathering more zombie corpses, and went to check the New Year supplies.

On Lunar New Year's Eve, Shen Jin gave Shang Qian an enhancement potion that raised her to Tier 2, then offered Li Moxiao an Energy Serum and a co-op game. The chapter ended with Li Moxiao inviting Miao Shubai to play It Takes Two with her.

• Shang Qian reflected on the festive order at Home No. 1 and her new financial team led by Li Wen.
• Shen Jin gave Shang Qian an Intermediate Special Ability Enhancement Potion, and she became a Tier 2 Superhuman with greater strength, speed, and teleportation range.
• Shen Jin visited Li Moxiao and introduced her to It Takes Two, showing her old reviews about people playing the game with friends and partners.
• Shen Jin gave Li Moxiao an Energy Serum, and she drank it despite already having used several bottles for its yogurt flavor.
• Li Moxiao messaged Miao Shubai on Feem and invited her to play It Takes Two.

Shen Jin displayed six sets of Tinkers' Construct weapons for his Superhumans to test before the feast. Meng San and Pang Guang each abandoned their old weapon preferences after discovering the new weapons’ power, and both chose weapons to add to their teams’ tallies.

• Meng San told the Superhumans to try the six new weapons, then watched his subordinates demonstrate the Steel Cleaver, Steel Rapier, and Steel Battlesign.
• Meng San tested a Steel Longsword and asked his deputy captain to record his choice, despite having praised his saber moments earlier.
• Pang Guang dismissed the Steel-Pig Iron Shortbow as unsuitable until a beginner’s arrow sank deep into a cobblestone wall.
• Pang Guang tested the shortbow himself, found its power nearly matched his longbow firing an Explosive Arrow, and asked his captain to record his choice with extra quivers of arrows.

Yang Ao tested the Tinkers' Construct Steel Armor and became eager to get a set after seeing how well it absorbed attacks. Shen Jin approved volunteer human trials for Fu Wei's Gene Optimization Serum 2.0, while Home No. 1 welcomed refugees on New Year's Eve and recruited them to make dumplings.

• Yang Ao watched Li Zhe test the Steel Armor, saw it withstand increasingly powerful blows, and went to find Shen Jin to ask for a set.
• Fu Wei told Shen Jin that Gene Optimization Serum 2.0 could unlock gene locks painlessly but needed human trials, and Shen Jin approved trials using volunteers.
• Shen Jin stopped Fu Wei from beginning experiments on New Year's Eve, and Fu Wei spent the afternoon laughing at Master Sing's movies.
• Refugees arrived at Home No. 1 after hearing Heavenly Net's broadcasts, and Wang Ze rushed to volunteer for dumpling-making after boasting that he would refuse settlement work.

On New Year's Eve, people across the settlements celebrated and listened to the Spring Festival Gala broadcast while Shen Jin sent supplies and gifts to D City. After midnight, Shen Jin called Hu Shou, leaving the story poised for their conversation.

• Qi Tong grieved after finding her zombified family and decided to keep following Shen Jin, whose base embodied the justice she valued.
• Liu Yang and Zheng Ying urged Zhao Chao to visit Shen Jin in Q City, but Wu Yong arrived with equipment, medicine, and New Year's food from Shen Jin.
• Wu Yong gave Zhao Chao, Liu Yang, and Zheng Ying gifts from Shen Jin, including gear that granted space-based abilities.
• Residents of Home No. 1 and people across China celebrated as the Heavenly Net broadcast the Spring Festival Gala and stories from survivors.
• After the New Year's bells rang and the broadcast played a familiar song, Shen Jin took out a Satellite Phone and called Hu Shou.

Hu Shou approved mass production of an Energy Amplification Potion that boosted strength but prevented users from reaching tier 2, and Shen Jin offered Heavenly Net three thousand awakening potions for New Year’s. They exchanged plans for supplies and equipment, while Yang Tianyao asked Shen Jin to look for his son, Yang Ao, in Q City.

• Yang Tianyao reported that his Energy Amplification Potion had passed trials and could rapidly strengthen tier 1 Superhumans, though users would likely never advance to tier 2.
• Hu Shou decided the potion’s risks were acceptable and told Yang Tianyao to begin production, planning to ask Shen Jin for more Compressors.
• Shen Jin called Hu Shou to wish him a happy New Year and offered Heavenly Net three thousand awakening potions as a gift.
• Hu Shou agreed to provide Shen Jin with maps to Q City’s grain reserves, a miniature satellite analysis system, and five tier 2 Energy Crystal Cores in exchange for support clearing the city.
• Yang Tianyao asked Shen Jin to watch for his son, Yang Ao, in Q City, and Shen Jin joked about his name.

After discussing Yang Tianyao’s request to keep his survival secret from Yang Ao, Shen Jin gathered Home No. 1’s leaders to discuss plans and the risks of Tinkers’ Construct equipment. He discovered that the Traveler’s Gloves could be configured to prevent users from breaking or placing blocks in territory, and Yang Ao confirmed the restriction worked.

• Yang Tianyao told Shen Jin that he wanted Yang Ao kept unaware of his survival so Yang Ao would not hold back on the gene lock path.
• Shen Jin joined Home No. 1’s leaders to discuss the settlement’s future, its growing population, and the benefits and risks of the equipment.
• Lu Daizhen warned that the equipment’s storage and building abilities were powerful but that its tools could let malicious users breach the settlement’s walls.
• Shang Qian agreed that the equipment should remain restricted unless Shen Jin could prevent it from damaging the base.
• Shen Jin found a setting in the compendium that disabled the Traveler’s Gloves from breaking and placing blocks in territory, then switched both options off.
• Yang Ao tested an iron pickaxe on the hall floor, and the cobblestone cracked without breaking into a block.

Shen Jin assigned the Traveler's Gloves to Home No. 1's teams and planned a major expansion of the base using their building abilities. The teams finalized their first month's assignments, and technical soldiers arrived to install a military satellite signal receiver.

• Shang Qian proposed distributing the Traveler's Gloves to the Superhuman teams, and Shen Jin agreed to let them gather materials for the base.
• Tong Zhen, Wu Yong, Qi Tong, and Li Zhe described buildings and spaces they wanted, and Shen Jin promised each team land after the survivors moved out.
• Shen Jin assigned the teams to carry cobblestone and extend Home No. 1's walls along planned routes, with Yang Ao's Guard Squad tasked with clearing mountains and finding poultry.
• The teams finalized plans to expand west and east, assist in the western urban area at night, and establish a safe mountain quarry.
• Five cargo helicopters landed at Home No. 1, bringing twenty technical soldiers to install China's military satellite signal receiver.

Shen Jin helped install Heavenly Net’s military satellite system and received five Tier 2 energy crystal cores from Xiao Bing. Xiao Bing explained that the Space and Desire cores came from bizarre Aberrant Variant Zombies, leaving Shen Jin alarmed by the possibility of an Enderman-like zombie.

• Shen Jin watched A Bin’s technicians install the portable military satellite system on the second-highest floor of his villa.
• Shen Jin loaded three thousand awakening potions and ten Compressors onto a helicopter, and Xiao Bing gave him five Tier 2 energy crystal cores from Hu Shou.
• Xiao Bing explained that Hu Shou had killed a teleporting Aberrant Variant Zombie in Province G and obtained the Space crystal core.
• Xiao Bing described a Desire-type zombie that caused several women to become pregnant with zombie offspring after encounters with people or figures they believed were celebrities.
• Shen Jin wondered whether a Tier 2 Enderman Zombie could threaten Home No. 1, then stopped Xiao Bing from describing the women’s encounters in detail.