Chapter Summaries

Shen Jin’s Industrial TNT barrage killed hundreds of thousands of zombies, but a giant zombie’s energy shield and the horde’s flesh shell let the survivors withstand the attack. Shen Jin’s team teleported to prepare a second defensive line as the giant zombie broke through the city wall, while the S City Heavenly Net Branch watched the battle and lost its confidence.

• A thirty-meter giant zombie emerged in the horde, grew to thirty-three meters, and used a black energy shield to protect the zombies from Shen Jin’s Industrial TNT.
• The zombie horde fused into a blood-red eggshell that absorbed explosions and advanced toward the city wall, while Shen Jin’s barrage killed at least 550,000 zombies.
• Li Moxiao suggested collecting energy crystal cores, but Shen Jin ordered everyone to teleport to Celestial River Mountain and prepare a parallel TNT setup for the second defensive line.
• The giant zombie kicked through the remaining city wall as Shen Jin’s team left the first line.
• Zhang Qiang and the S City Heavenly Net Branch celebrated the explosions until they saw the giant zombie, and a technician awkwardly asked an old leader whether they had retreated far enough.

Shen Jin reinforced the second defensive line at Celestial River Mountain with a simultaneous-detonation network of 3,000 Industrial TNT blocks and obstacles to slow the zombies. As the horde approached unusually slowly, he sent Li Moxiao and the lightly injured fighters on a task, leaving the reason for the delay unclear.

• Shen Jin realized the first line’s spaced-out explosives had given the Z3 Zombie time to protect half the horde with a shield of T Zombies.
• Shen Jin used all his remaining Industrial TNT and Redstone to prepare a simultaneous blast at the second defensive line.
• Li Zhe, Wu Yong, and the captains built staggered cobblestone and wooden obstacles on the uphill road to slow and burn the advancing zombies.
• Shen Jin learned from the aerial observer that the horde had stopped and was now moving slowly toward the line, with the Giant Zombie and two Breeder Variants in its center.
• Shen Jin ordered everyone to rest, then sent Li Moxiao and more than twenty lightly injured fighters away on a task.

Shen Jin’s plan to destroy the approaching zombie horde with buried Industrial TNT failed when the Z3 Zombie sent specialized zombies to dig up and disable the charges. The horde continued advancing under the Giant Zombie’s protection, leaving Home No. 1’s defenders without their planned annihilating attack.

• S City’s command center estimated that about 490,000 zombies remained, and Shen Jin prepared to detonate 3,000 buried Industrial TNT charges as the horde approached.
• The zombie horde halted before reaching the minefield, and Shen Jin realized that zombies were moving underground.
• A Minesweeping Zombie surfaced with an Industrial TNT charge, revealing that a small zombie fused to an M-Type Zombie had dug it up.
• The Z3 Zombie created more Minesweeping Zombies, which unearthed the TNT while L-Type Zombies smashed the charges.
• Wu Yong’s giant crossbows failed to penetrate the Giant Zombie’s protective black membrane, and Shen Jin’s plan to annihilate the horde collapsed.

Shen Jin ordered an aerial bombardment of the zombie horde after its digging zombies threatened the connected TNT, and the first waves devastated the enemies below. The Giant Zombie then raised a pale-black dome over the horde, intercepting the third wave of bombs.

• Shen Jin rejected detonating the connected TNT and decided to attack the grounded zombie horde from the air with Energy Crystal Core Bombs.
• Shen Jin gave 420 people ten bombs each, and they flew above the horde to prepare a coordinated bombardment.
• Shen Jin spotted the Z3 zombie and taunted it as the first 420 bombs exploded across the horde, damaging the Giant Zombie and breeder variants.
• Shen Jin ordered a second and third wave of bombs, but the Giant Zombie roared and raised a pale-black dome that stopped the third wave from reaching the zombies.

Shen Jin’s Energy Bombs shattered the Giant Zombie’s shield, but the Z3 Zombie fused the horde’s energy to create an even stronger barrier that withstood a triple barrage. Unable to break through, Shen Jin called off the bombing and planned a nighttime surprise attack while his teams recovered TNT and guarded the retreat.

• Shen Jin’s group bombarded the horde, breaking the Giant Zombie’s shield and forcing it to its knees.
• The Z3 Zombie linked the zombies’ energy through black mist, raised the Giant Zombie, and restored a stronger shield that blocked another volley of Energy Bombs.
• Shen Jin ordered everyone to throw three bombs each, but the reinforced shield absorbed the attack as the horde’s energy replenished it.
• Shen Jin canceled the bombing and decided to attack the zombies by surprise at night, before they could reach S City Base.
• Shen Jin sent Old Wu’s team to recover TNT near the city wall and Tong Zhen’s team to cover them from the air.

As the zombie horde advanced beneath an immense black dome, Shen Jin left his team to maintain their tactics and flew to S City with Shang Qian to seek help from Director Zhang Qiang. He privately asked whether S City had missiles, leaving his backup plan unresolved.

• Wu Yong reported that his team had removed the TNT, and Shen Jin ordered them to withdraw and watch the dome from a distance.
• Shen Jin distributed Energy Crystal Core Bombs, left Yang Ao in charge, and sent the squad leaders to assist Li Moxiao.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian flew to S City and met Director Zhang Qiang at the Heavenly Net branch.
• Shen Jin told Zhang Qiang he needed help and asked whether S City had missiles.

Shen Jin tried to launch a missile at the shielded zombie horde, but his ability could not make it fire. As night fell and the horde stopped to rest, he waited to see whether its black shield would drop.

• Zhang Qiang took Shen Jin and Shang Qian to the missile silo, where its control tower lacked power because the backup generators had been moved.
• Shen Jin powered the tower with an MFE Energy Storage Box, and the guards selected a missile and tracked the five-hundred-thousand-zombie horde.
• Shen Jin repeatedly pressed the launch button, but the missile did not launch, so he left with Shang Qian and warned Zhang Qiang to prepare for the horde.
• Shen Jin returned to the front line and watched the horde advance with its black shield still raised.
• The horde stopped after nightfall as it prepared to enter dormancy, and Shen Jin watched to see whether the shield would fall.

Shen Jin’s group waited for the zombie horde’s energy shield to weaken, while Li Moxiao returned with a huge haul of energy crystal cores. After realizing the system had rewarded him with 10,788 World Coins for the earlier battle, Shen Jin upgraded his industry module and set his sights on the Quantum Suit.

• Shen Jin’s group tried to test the zombie horde’s energy shield again, but it remained intact.
• Li Moxiao returned with 510,000 ordinary and mutated energy crystal cores and over 5,000 Tier 1 cores.
• Shen Jin checked his muted system messages and discovered rewards totaling 10,788 World Coins from the horde battle.
• Shen Jin spent 1,500 World Coins to upgrade Intermediate Industry II to Intermediate Industry III and planned to pursue the Quantum Suit.

Shen Jin spent his World Coins upgrading Industrial and Tinkers' Construct, unlocking new armor, tools, and weapons, but discovered that advanced industry required a World Line he had already used up. He ended with 7,350 World Coins and found two random-draw options for Tinkers' Construct expansions or materials, unsure whether to gamble.

• Shen Jin tried to unlock Advanced Industry I but learned that it required a World Line, so he reluctantly upgraded Intermediate Tinkers' Construct instead.
• Shen Jin unlocked Advanced Tinkers' Construct for 2,500 World Coins, gaining new weapons and tools, including Longbows and Crossbows.
• Shen Jin thought about using the newly unlocked Crossbows for his 500 skilled crossbow soldiers in Q City as he worked to integrate them into Home No. 1.
• Shen Jin found options to randomly obtain a Tinkers' Construct expansion mod for 5,000 World Coins or a stack of materials for 50 World Coins, and hesitated over whether to draw.

Shen Jin and his team followed the Zombie Horde, unable to break its barrier despite repeated bombardments. The Daoist arrived and used the Earth-Breaking Formation to weaken the barrier, leaving Shen Jin’s forces poised to attack.

• Shen Jin and the 440 others followed the moving Zombie Horde and found their bombs could not break its barrier, which was powered by 470,000 zombies and sunlight.
• Shen Jin prepared to spend World Coins on Tinkers' Construct lottery draws, hoping to obtain something that could help destroy the barrier.
• The Daoist arrived on a Giant Eagle with five companions, stepped through the air on golden lotuses, and cast the Earth-Breaking Formation.
• The Daoist's golden character for “break” melted into the barrier and caused it to weaken, severing the Giant Zombie's control over it.
• Shen Jin ordered his team to drop their bombs while the Giant Zombie failed to channel the horde's energy into the failing barrier.

Shen Jin’s forces and their allies overwhelmed the Zombie Horde after the Daoist shattered the Giant Zombie’s energy barrier and the Z3 Zombie was blasted out of the Breeder Variant. As the battle’s outcome became clear, Bao Gechuan explained that reaching Tier 3 required insight through analysis and simulation, leaving Shen Jin pondering what he had realized.

• The Daoist revealed Tier 3 strength by dissolving the Giant Zombie’s energy barrier, surprising Shen Jin and Shang Qian.
• Bao Gechuan arrived on a Giant Eagle and reunited with Mi Xiaoli and Lu Daizhen while Shen Jin’s 440 Superhumans prepared to attack.
• The Daoist repeatedly broke the Giant Zombie’s barriers as the Superhumans bombarded the horde and blasted the Z3 Zombie out of the Breeder Variant.
• Bao Gechuan told Shen Jin that Tier 3 advancement required insight, summed up as analysis and simulation.
• Shen Jin considered the Daoist’s explanation and suddenly realized something, while Li Moxiao wondered whether cosplay could help her reach Tier 3.

Sun Can fought his way through the zombie-packed thirteenth floor of Twin Stars Tower with Skeleton and Ghost support. In S City, Zhang Qiang heard the costly results of the battles against three zombie hordes and asked for the report on Home No. 1’s eastern front.

• Sun Can and his Skeletons and Ghosts fought through the zombies on the thirteenth floor, using fire, Deathly Shroud, and Energy Form to kill or weaken their enemies.
• Sun Can’s Firewood armor and Magma Slime Cleaver protected him from attacks and absorbed energy from zombie blood as he continued fighting.
• Zhang Qiang asked his secretary to report the battles and the zombie hordes’ progress.
• The secretary reported that Ye Fan’s northern force had killed about 154,000 zombies but lost 58 team members, leaving around 146,000 zombies in the horde.
• The secretary reported that Y City’s western force had buried most of a 500,000-zombie horde, but 190,000 zombies escaped and more than half the reinforcements were lost; the southern forces had killed 20,000 zombies while suffering heavy casualties and were still fighting.
• Zhang Qiang asked the secretary to report on Home No. 1’s eastern front.

Shen Jin and the Daoist used a Five Elements Formation and a barrage of [Energy Bombs] to devastate the zombie horde at Celestial River Mountain. After analyzing the Daoist’s technique, Shen Jin copied it and trapped several M1 Zombies himself.

• Zhang Qiang heard that six mysterious Superhumans had broken the suspected T3 Zombie’s shield, letting Home No. 1 resume bombing the horde, and he finally went to sleep.
• Shen Jin ordered his group to throw their remaining [Energy Bombs] as the horde approached his final defensive line.
• The Daoist trapped 300,000 zombies in a Five Elements Formation while Shen Jin’s group bombarded them with 2,200 [Energy Bombs].
• The Giant Zombie failed to raise its energy shield as the formation collapsed, and the explosions brought down a nearby mountain that buried much of the horde.
• Shen Jin analyzed the Daoist’s special ability and formed his own Five Elements Formation to trap several M1 Zombies.
• Bao Gechuan exclaimed that Shen Jin was a second Daoist.

Shen Jin meditated on the path to Tier 3 while the Zombie Horde fused into a hundred-meter-tall monster and battled the Daoist and the Superhumans. As the fight stalled behind the monster’s energy shield, Shen Jin opened his eyes with a sharp gleam.

• Shen Jin entered meditation after setting up the Five Elements Formation, and Bao Gechuan told the others not to disturb him.
• The Zombie Horde fused into a hundred-meter-tall creature, and Lu Daizhen was injured when she tried to probe its mind.
• The Daoist attacked the fusion, then summoned Golden Boy and Jade Maiden to fight it while the other Superhumans joined in.
• The fused zombie raised an energy shield that blocked the attacks, and Shen Jin opened his eyes.

Shen Jin advanced to Tier 3, allowing him to analyze Tong Zhen’s Summoning Technique and create a fruit that gave Shang Qian a Metal Elemental summon. As the giant zombie battered the defenders, Shen Jin prepared to demonstrate his new power.

• Shen Jin advanced to Tier 3 and gained the ability to see and analyze special ability energy.
• Shen Jin analyzed Tong Zhen’s summoned elementals and created a Summoning Fruit that taught Shang Qian to summon a Metal Elemental.
• Shang Qian ate the fruit, briefly exceeded her peak Tier 2 strength, and summoned a golden double that could transform into a sword.
• Shen Jin explained that Shang Qian’s summon was not a convincing human double, unlike the S-rank Clone Technique.
• The giant zombie knocked Golden Boy and Jade Girl away, then struck down nearby superhumans with tentacle-like arms.
• Shen Jin declared that he would show the power of a Tier 3 special ability user.

Home No. 1’s fighters struggled against the giant zombie, while Shen Jin analyzed the threat and gathered his people to unveil a stronger plan. He revealed that Home No. 1 also had a fusion skill, but the chapter ended before he explained or used it.

• The giant zombie’s tentacle strike injured many fighters, and the Daoist used his Body-Rending Formation to damage its body.
• Shen Jin gave the Daoist a Metal Elemental Summoning Fruit, empowering the Golden Boy and Jade Girl to attack the giant zombie.
• Meng San restored the fighters’ armor with zombie blood, while Shen Jin ordered the group to withdraw from the battle.
• Bao Gechuan and four Tier 2 Superhumans attacked the giant zombie’s head as the Daoist’s summons kept its body occupied.
• Shen Jin told his group that they could not defeat the zombie composite by fighting normally, then revealed that Home No. 1 had its own fusion skill.

Shen Jin proposed fusing 440 Metal Elemental Summoning Techniques to defeat the giant zombie body, and began making the required ability fruits by consuming Energy Crystal Cores despite the strain on his body. As the team prepared to act, Bao Gechuan was struck down and the giant corpse unleashed a rain of black insects.

• Shen Jin rejected repeating the Water-Air Bullet and proposed combining the team’s Summoning Techniques into a powerful Metal Elemental summon.
• Shen Jin explained that he could make only 100 fruits with his current reserves, so he would consume Energy Crystal Cores and Senzu Beans to produce enough for 440 people.
• The team urged Shen Jin to retreat and wait, but he insisted the stable giant corpse had to be stopped before it reached S City.
• Shen Jin began distributing Summoning Fruits and consuming Energy Crystal Cores as the Daoist’s summoned fighters struggled against the giant corpse.
• The giant corpse struck Bao Gechuan into the ground, then opened its mouth and showered him with black insects.

Zhu Dan's allies from D City joined Shen Jin's battle against the giant zombie, and Cui Liu gathered their water abilities to create a massive Water-Air Bullet. As the Daoist bound the monster and the attack closed in, Shen Jin had made only 180 of the 440 required fruits before a girl stopped him and offered to give herself to him.

• Zhu Dan saved Bao Gechuan from the black insect swarm by encasing him in Hulkbuster Armor, while Zheng Ying froze the insects and Liu Yang crushed them.
• Zhu Dan, Zhao Chao, Zheng Ying, Liu Yang, and thirty other superhumans arrived from D City and joined the fight against the giant zombie as Shen Jin continued making fruits.
• Cui Liu combined the water abilities of thirty superhumans into a huge Water-Air Bullet while Bao Gechuan, Zhu Dan, Zhao Chao, Zheng Ying, and Liu Yang attacked the zombie.
• Liu Yang smashed the giant zombie's eye-covered head with his fists, but two hands grew from its head and trapped him until Zhu Dan cut one free.
• The Daoist bound the giant zombie with Golden Boy and Jade Maiden as Cui Liu launched the Water-Air Bullet toward it.
• Shen Jin made 180 Metal Elemental Summoning Fruits, reached for a Tier 1 Energy Crystal Core, and was stopped by a girl who offered to give herself to him.

Li Moxiao revealed that she could store and transfer energy, replenishing Shen Jin as he produced special ability food. Meanwhile, Cui Liu and the other superhumans injured the giant zombie with a combined attack, but it recovered and appeared in front of them.

• Li Moxiao explained that she could store excess energy and channel it into Shen Jin, then transferred her energy through her hands beneath his shirt.
• Shen Jin used the replenished energy to produce more special ability food while wondering how Li Moxiao could possess both a special ability and gene-lock abilities.
• Cui Liu and twenty-nine superhumans launched a combined Water-Air Bullet at the giant zombie while the Daoist restrained it with Immortal-Binding Ropes.
• The Water-Air Bullet cracked the zombie's black energy barrier and froze its head, leaving it kneeling and injured.
• The giant zombie broke free, recovered enough to attack, and rushed toward Cui Liu and the others.
• The zombie appeared before Cui Liu, and a tentacle struck him.

Cui Liu died after the giant corpse’s attack, and the Daoist’s summons fell as the berserk creature overwhelmed the defenders. Zhu Dan spent forty years of his life to hold the giant corpse still, giving the D City Superhumans time to strike it with their Water-Air Bullet; the chapter left the Z3 Zombie’s fate uncertain.

• The giant corpse fatally injured Cui Liu, who used his last words to urge his teammates to continue their combination skill before dying.
• Shen Jin kept making fruits while the others recovered, and the Daoist struggled to hold off the giant corpse as it burned energy to move faster.
• The giant corpse destroyed Golden Boy and Jade Maiden, leaving the Daoist badly wounded and unable to continue fighting.
• Zhu Dan used the gems in his gauntlet to block the giant corpse and freeze it, burning forty years of his lifespan to buy Shen Jin’s allies time.
• The 29 D City Superhumans completed their Water-Air Bullet and blasted the giant corpse’s unshielded head, leaving everyone unsure whether the Z3 Zombie had died.