Chapter Summaries

Shen Jin and the Superhumans prepared to face the Z3 Zombie after it regenerated from the destruction of its original body. With Little Niece’s help, Shen Jin made 441 golden fruits, and the group summoned golden Metal Elementals to combine their strength for a decisive attack.

• Shen Jin warned that the Z3 Zombie would not die while its horde remained alive, and continued making golden fruits as the giant zombie’s body collapsed.
• The Z3 Zombie regenerated its head from black mist and lunged at the Superhuman who had destroyed its original body, but Shang Qian rescued him.
• Shen Jin gave the final fruit to the Superhuman from Q City, reaching 441 fruits, and the group ate them to rise to pseudo-Tier 3 power.
• Shen Jin and the 440 Superhumans summoned golden Metal Elementals, then the other 440 figures entered Shen Jin’s giant golden form to lend him their strength.

Shen Jin fused the Metal Elementals of 440 people into a giant form and fought the giant zombie, cutting off its head and limbs before it trapped him. As the zombie began restoring its limbs, Lu Daizhen reassured the others and Mi Xiaoli prepared to help Shen Jin.

• Shen Jin merged the summoned Metal Elementals into a hundred-meter giant, while Lu Daizhen and Mi Xiaoli used Tier 3 Carrots to raise their abilities to Pseudo-Tier 3.
• Shen Jin severed the giant zombie’s tentacles, beheaded it, and cut off both arms despite its regenerative ability.
• The giant zombie trapped Shen Jin’s sword in a black-mist hand, but Shen Jin wounded its chest, pinned its arms with Explosive Arrows, and cut off its right leg with Flying Sword Technique.
• The zombie regenerated its limbs and trapped Shen Jin in black mist, prompting Lu Daizhen to tell the others not to panic and ask Mi Xiaoli to help.
• Mi Xiaoli unleashed his aura and began using Curse-Mental Turmoil.

Shen Jin used the fusion technique to destroy the Z3 Zombie’s giant body, then his allies killed the weakened zombie after it emerged from the corpses. Shen Jin received a World Line reward before losing consciousness.

• Mi Xiaoli’s curse dragons agitated the zombies inside the Z3 Zombie’s body, while Shen Jin transformed into a golden hammer and struck it six times.
• Zhu Dan explained that the fusion technique combined Shen Jin’s past, present, and future power with the energy of the other Superhumans and Li Moxiao.
• Shen Jin’s five-minute transformation ended, and he collapsed after warning everyone that the Z3 Zombie was still alive.
• Bao Gechuan, Liu Yang, Zheng Ying, Zhao Chao, the Daoist’s reinforcements, and Lu Daizhen attacked the battlefield while the fused Superhumans recovered.
• Liu Yang spotted the eye-covered Z3 Zombie among the corpses and killed it, earning Shen Jin a World Line reward before he blacked out.

After Home No. 1 wiped out the million-zombie horde, Zhang Qiang prepared Heavenly Net's S City branch to face the remaining 500,000 zombies alone. In B City, Sun Can climbed Twin Stars Tower and encountered a Tier 3 zombie on the 53rd floor.

• Zhang Qiang learned that Home No. 1 had completely eliminated the million-strong horde and praised Shen Jin.
• Zhang Qiang ordered Heavenly Net's Superhumans and crossbow troops to form up at six the next morning to face the remaining elite hordes.
• Sun Can fought his way through Twin Stars Tower, where each floor's malformed zombies grew stronger, and reached the 53rd floor.
• Sun Can entered a blood-red chamber and saw a Tier 3 zombie emerge from the living flesh.

After waking from the battle against the million-strong Zombie Horde, Shen Jin learned that the survivors were safe, though Zhu Dan had been gravely weakened and Cui Liu had died. The group celebrated their victory and assessed its losses, while Shen Jin received the two Tier 3 Energy Crystal Cores taken from the horde’s powerful zombies.

• Shang Qian told Shen Jin that the million-strong Zombie Horde had been wiped out and Zhu Dan had survived but lost much of his strength and ability.
• Shen Jin learned that Zhao Chao had recovered Cui Liu’s body and would bring it back for a funeral and monument.
• Shen Jin went outside with Shang Qian and Li Moxiao, where the surviving Superhumans celebrated their victory.
• Yang Ao reported that 469 people remained, 34 were seriously injured, and the others could resume fighting after resting.
• Zhao Chao gave Shen Jin the Tier 3 Energy Crystal Cores from the Z3 Zombie and the huge zombie’s upper body.

Shen Jin counted the rewards from Home No. 1’s victory, spent World Coins on Ardite Ore, and then prepared to help S City’s base survive the approaching zombie hordes. As the defenders braced for battle, Shen Jin and his team flew out to destroy the nearest horde.

• Shen Jin calculated that he had earned 12,594 World Coins and one World Line, then used 50 coins to draw 64 Ardite Ore.
• Shen Jin briefed Yang Ao on the next day’s itinerary before resting.
• Zhang Qiang arranged S City’s defenses against the approaching hordes, while Ye Fan and the defenders rallied together and shouted, “For China!”
• Zhang Qiang explained that abandoning the base would put hidden civilians at risk, and Shen Jin called to request the locations of the other three hordes so Home No. 1 could help.
• Home No. 1 flew toward the northern horde of 140,000 zombies, and Shen Jin ordered his team to split into three groups and wipe them out.

Zhao Chao’s group wiped out the 140,000-strong northern zombie horde with aerial energy-bomb attacks and flaming arrows. When they returned to S City Base, Ye Fan learned that the city’s zombie crisis had been resolved.

• Shen Jin divided Home No. 1’s Superhumans into three groups and gave each person twenty Energy Crystal Core Bombs.
• Zhao Chao’s 145-person team killed the horde’s Y1 zombies, then bombed the 140,000 zombies along Century Avenue and destroyed the Z2 zombie repeatedly.
• Zhao Chao’s team built arrow towers and used flaming arrows to finish off the survivors, wiping out the northern horde after two hours.
• Ye Fan and S City’s defenders prepared to fight, but Zhao Chao told them the northern horde was already gone and the other groups had likely cleared the south and west.
• Zhang Qiang announced over the radio that S City’s zombie crisis was resolved, leaving Ye Fan astonished by Home No. 1’s strength.

Shen Jin’s forces wiped out the zombie hordes threatening S City, and he struck deals to supply its branch base with bombs, equipment, and power-generation facilities. Meanwhile, Sun Can was overwhelmed by a Tier 3 Deformed Zombie at the Twin Stars Tower, but a purple flash appeared just as it was about to kill him.

• Shen Jin used a four-person fusion technique to summon a Tier 3 Metal Elemental, and Home No. 1’s forces destroyed 500,000 zombies without losing anyone.
• Zhang Qiang thanked Shen Jin and arranged to buy 10,000 Energy Crystal Core Bombs, 400 sets of personal flight equipment, and biogas-generation facilities for S City.
• Shen Jin began installing equipment at the Heavenly Net branch base while Little Liu and Wu Yong inventoried materials for the deal.
• At the Twin Stars Tower, Sun Can used a Tier 2 Energy Crystal Core and a Senzu Bean but failed to harm the Tier 3 Deformed Zombie or the mother nest.
• The Tier 3 Deformed Zombie struck at the defeated Sun Can, and a streak of purple light flashed in the darkness.

Sun Can recounted his rise through the zombie apocalypse and his repeated, mysterious encounters with Shen Jin before a Tier 3 zombie cornered him in Twin Stars Tower. Just as the zombie struck, Sun Can vanished and reappeared outside the tower, where the system announced that he had completed a special quest and gained a world line.

• Sun Can described arriving in the zombie apocalypse with a leveling system, gaining skills and growing stronger as he killed zombies and completed quests.
• Sun Can met Shen Jin during a special rescue quest, later suspecting that Shen Jin also had a system, but Void stopped him from discussing their systems.
• Sun Can returned to Q City and encountered Shen Jin again, then traded magical materials for equipment before traveling to Twin Stars Tower in B City.
• Sun Can found the zombie nest on the wrong floor and was trapped with a Tier 3 Combat Zombie as he neared level 30.
• A flash of purple light made Sun Can disappear just before the zombie hit him, and he reappeared at the tower’s foot as the system awarded him a world line.
• Shen Jin, installing a Wind Turbine Generator at the Heavenly Net base in S City, wondered what had happened.

Five outside Superhumans plotted to rob Lu Renyi, Old Seven, and Ninth Sister while Home No. 1’s defenses seemed understaffed, but Liu Yue'er stopped them and left them hanging at the residential complex entrance. Liu Jin and his teammates watched her return and decided to report her actions to the boss.

• Five Tier 1 Superhumans in the Red Light Livable Residential Complex grew jealous of Lu Renyi, Old Seven, and Ninth Sister’s wealth and planned to rob them.
• The five gathered at midnight and set out to capture the trio, intending to force them to reveal their hidden supplies.
• Liu Yue'er confronted the men after hearing their plans, but they threatened her and moved to seize her.
• Liu Yue'er blasted all five with white energy, tied them up, and hung them from streetlights at the complex entrance.
• Liu Jin and several teammates watched Liu Yue'er leave and said they would report the capable newcomer to the boss.

Sun Can survived the Twin Stars Tower thanks to Shen Jin’s helmet, grew stronger, and returned to destroy the tower. Meanwhile, Shen Jin received a [World Line], expanded S City’s power and aerial capabilities, and then set off with his team on their return journey.

• Sun Can recovered after the helmet’s [Enderference] saved his life, then reached Tier 3 and assembled stronger summoned allies before entering the Twin Stars Tower.
• Sun Can destroyed the Twin Stars Tower and discovered his next system mission.
• Shen Jin received a [World Line] and concluded that Heavenly Net’s achievements with his supplied equipment had earned it.
• Shen Jin and his team built ten wind power stations for S City, produced 400 [Jetpacks], and taught Zhang Qiang how to use [Fermenters] to make [Biogas].
• Wu Yong and S City completed the resource handover, and Shen Jin and his team officially began their return journey.

After returning from S City, Shen Jin prepared the promised equipment and decided to give its ordinary soldiers extra bone armor. Shang Qian proposed using the shipment to introduce Home Coins in S City and make them hard currency across the apocalypse.

• Shen Jin returned to Q City with nearly 20,000 World Coins, two World Lines, and enough resources to reach Tier 3.
• Ye Fan arrived with Heavenly Net’s order for 300 sets of armor and weapons, which Shen Jin quickly assembled.
• Shen Jin refused to return S City’s surplus materials and promised another 5,000 sets of bone armor for its ordinary soldiers.
• Shang Qian suggested giving the soldiers Home Coins to spend at the equipment shop, and Shen Jin realized she intended to establish Home Coins as hard currency.

Shang Qian urged Shen Jin to consider expanding Home No. 1 into a ruling power backed by military strength and supplies, while Shen Jin visited Zhu Dan, whose aging body had ended his combat role. Zhu Dan vowed to stay and empower Home No. 1’s weapons, then eagerly seized on Shen Jin’s hint that medicine might restore him.

• Shang Qian explained how Home No. 1 could establish currency hegemony and eventually claim more territory, but Shen Jin said he needed time to consider it.
• Shang Qian planned to deliver Home Coins to Ye Fan and the others for 5,000 sets of bone armor and told Shen Jin to check on Zhu Dan.
• Shen Jin visited Zhu Dan and told him S City had received equipment and could expand after the surrounding zombies were cleared.
• Zhu Dan offered to stay at Home No. 1 as its dedicated enchanter, using his Empowerment All Things ability to strengthen weapons.
• Zhu Dan declared he would never leave Home No. 1, but Shen Jin revealed that medicine might help him recover, prompting Zhu Dan to beg for it.

Shen Jin restored Zhu Dan’s vitality and powers with a series of potions, bringing him back to peak Tier 2 strength. Zhu Dan left for D City to study the path to Tier 3, while Shen Jin was left wondering whether Zhu Dan had dismissed his own advancement.

• Shen Jin gave Zhu Dan a Basic Special Ability Enhancement Potion, restoring his youth and raising his ability to Tier 1 Peak.
• Shen Jin gave Zhu Dan a Special Ability Advancement Potion, advancing him to Tier 2 and returning him to his former strength.
• Shen Jin gave Zhu Dan an Intermediate Special Ability Enhancement Potion, bringing him to peak Tier 2 and restoring his thirty-year-old appearance.
• Zhu Dan refused a potion that would advance him directly to Tier 3, insisting he would reach that level through his own ability.
• Shen Jin gave Zhu Dan an Energy Serum, further improving his body and bringing him closer to Tier 3.
• Zhu Dan left for D City to observe a Tier 3 Superhuman and develop his own path to advancement.

Ye Fan and the S City Superhumans toured Home No. 1, discovering how its currency, shops, jobs, and services supported a thriving economy. They reached No. 1 Academy, where Ye Fan recognized Instructor Wang.

• Shang Qian gave Ye Fan 50,000 in Home Coins and recommended Bone Armor for ordinary soldiers.
• Ye Fan and the S City Superhumans examined Home No. 1’s shops and watched workers install security cameras, learning that residents earned money through paid work.
• The group explored the general store and armor shop, where they saw plentiful goods and learned that Bone Armor cost ten per set.
• Ye Fan and his companions saw a Trade-O-Mat selling Gene Optimization Serum and other supplies, and Ye Fan recognized how Home No. 1’s paid labor and market economy worked.
• Ye Fan and the S City Superhumans arrived at No. 1 Academy, where Ye Fan excitedly recognized Instructor Wang.

Ye Fan reunited with Coach Wang at Home No. 1, bought armor for his squad, and left with supplies for S City. Shen Jin studied new Tinkers' Construct enhancements and tested a NanoSuit, whose electric defense proved powerful; he then prepared to test the newly unlocked weapons and tools.

• Ye Fan reunited with Coach Wang, toured Home No. 1, and bought 5,000 sets of Bone Armor for S City's Superhuman squad.
• Ye Fan's companions sold Energy Crystal Cores to buy food and other goods before boarding helicopters with their armor and supplies.
• Shen Jin studied Tinkers' Construct enhancements and polished his armor with Sponge, more than doubling its toughness.
• Shen Jin crafted a NanoSuit, tested its electric defense against his own sword and Pang Guang's strikes, and found it absorbed attacks while consuming little of its large energy reserve.
• Shen Jin decided Tinkers' Construct armor remained better for mass production and prepared to test the newly unlocked weapons and tools.

Shen Jin inspected the new Tinkers' Construct tools and checked his undersea mine for cobalt ore to make manyullyn. He collected ores and gems from the mine, relocated exhausted machines, and found no cobalt, so he decided to draw for it.

• Shen Jin read that the Hammer, Lumber Axe, Scythe, and Excavator had unlocked, and considered making a Hammer from cobalt or manyullyn.
• Shen Jin rode a minecart to his undersea mine and collected saltpeter and mixed ore sand from the running Mining Machines.
• Shen Jin found iron, copper, tin, manganese, gold, quartz, and 54 emeralds in the machines’ storage boxes, but no cobalt ore.
• Shen Jin moved the stopped Mining Machines to new locations and sent the collected materials to the Ore Washers.
• Shen Jin saw the Ore Washers process the ore in seawater and decided to draw for cobalt.

Shen Jin used the Tinkers' Construct lotteries and smeltery to craft and enhance powerful tools, then forged two high-damage blades for Meng San. He planned to let Meng San choose between them while preparing for a major equipment upgrade for the Superhuman battalions.

• Shen Jin spent 500 World Coins on resource draws and obtained Cobalt Ore along with several other materials.
• Shen Jin smelted Cobalt Ore and Ardite Ore into manyullyn, cobalt, and ardite, then crafted a hammer with a manyullyn head and cobalt and ardite plates.
• Shen Jin added Vertical Expansion, Horizontal Expansion, and Haste to the hammer, then tested it by instantly mining a 4 × 4 × 2 area beneath his feet.
• Shen Jin crafted a Lumber Axe, an Excavator, and a Scythe for handling wood, soil, and crops.
• Shen Jin forged a Manyullyn Cleaver and Manyullyn Scimitar for Meng San and decided to ask him which weapon suited him better.

Shen Jin crafted five hundred powerful Tinkers' Construct crossbows and bolts for Q City's elite crossbowmen. He was ready to arm them and make them Superhumans, but had not decided whether to awaken their special abilities or unlock their gene locks.

• Shen Jin gave Meng San two Manyullyn sabers, and Meng San eagerly embraced his family's saber tradition.
• Shen Jin tested a longbow and a boomerang, deciding that the boomerang was too difficult for him to use accurately.
• Shen Jin chose to equip five hundred elite crossbowmen with Tinkers' Construct crossbows and awaken them as Superhumans.
• Shen Jin used slime, pig iron, steel, string, and feathers to craft five hundred crossbows and one thousand steel bolts.
• Shen Jin wondered whether the crossbowmen should gain special abilities or unlock their first-stage gene locks.

Shen Jin asked Yang Ao whether his five hundred crossbowmen should awaken special abilities or unlock gene locks. Yang Ao argued that gene locks would help them survive and use their powerful new crossbows effectively, so Shen Jin ordered 500 bottles of Gene Optimization Serum 2.0, though he planned a test first.

• Shen Jin summoned Yang Ao to ask which path suited the five hundred heavy crossbowmen, taking care not to reveal his own preference.
• Yang Ao tested Shen Jin’s Blue Slime Crossbow and saw it pierce a meter-thick cobblestone block and a foam wall.
• Yang Ao recommended making the crossbowmen gene lock superhumans because the crossbow supplied their attack power while combat instincts and focus would improve their survivability.
• Shen Jin accepted Yang Ao’s reasoning and told Old Fu to prepare 500 bottles of Gene Optimization Serum 2.0, but decided to conduct a small test first.