Chapter Summaries

Shen Jin's group overwhelmed fifty-two Afghan men who tried to capture them and forced Jieke to lead them to the Afghan camp. Sun Li also insisted that one man fulfill his boast of eating Aunt Jie Ke's excrement.

• Fifty-two Afghan men surrounded Shen Jin's group and threatened to enslave the women, but Sun Li asked Shen Jin for permission to act.
• Sun Li defeated all fifty-two men, leaving their leader toothless and the group begging for mercy.
• Shen Jin ordered Jieke to lead the group to camp and warned that he would punish any lies.
• Sun Li identified the man who had vowed to eat Aunt Jie Ke's excrement, and he admitted that the thought made him sick.
• Shen Jin joked that Aunt Jie Ke's excrement would make good secret rice balls.

Shen Jin led his team to an Afghan camp, where he discovered lapis lazuli embedded in the village wall and learned that the villagers were desperate for food. After gathering the camp’s 135 residents, he made an example of an Afghan who had tried to ambush his team and warned the others against attacking them.

• Shen Jin escorted 52 Afghans to their camp while Li Moxiao and the others subdued those who tried to escape.
• Ding Bowen explained that the villagers were starving because Afghanistan had few food reserves and little suitable farmland.
• Jieke brought the group to Shikelang Village, where Shen Jin found lapis lazuli in the crude stone wall and mined 64 pieces.
• Sun Li gathered the camp’s 135 residents, including eleven Tier 1 Superhumans, and Shen Jin ordered his team to be friendly while they mined.
• Shen Jin cut off the hand of an Afghan who had tried to ambush his team and warned the villagers not to attack them.

Shen Jin subdued the Afghan camp and used food, salt, and cigarettes to win the villagers’ cooperation. He learned where the lapis lazuli mines were and prepared to lead his people to them.

• Shen Jin punished the camp’s resisters, and the Afghans shouted that they understood and would not resist.
• Shen Jin gave the camp rice and salt, then asked the women to cook while he proposed discussing lapis lazuli.
• Jieke explained that nearby mines still held lapis lazuli and brought three experienced miners forward to help.
• Shen Jin had Ding Bowen use a map of Afghanistan to mark lapis lazuli and other mineral mines.
• Shen Jin gave Jieke a pack of Chunghwa cigarettes, and the villagers’ attitudes softened as they considered working for him.

Shen Jin used automated mining machines to harvest Afghanistan’s rich mineral deposits, stunning the local miners, then received a message that prompted a trip to Afghanistan’s Main Base for medicine.

• At lunch, Shen Jin’s group fed the Afghans, and Sun Li told Ding Bowen that the mix of kindness and intimidation had secured their cooperation.
• Shen Jin flew with three old miners to a new lapis lazuli mine and used his scanner to discover abundant deposits of several ores.
• Shen Jin deployed sixty-four Mining Machines and connected them to power and storage, beginning large-scale automated mining.
• The old miners mistook the machines for advanced technology, and Ding Bowen explained that they came from Shen Jin’s special ability.
• Shen Jin and Sun Li discussed the mysterious apocalypse and the origins of humanity’s powers before an unfamiliar number messaged Shen Jin.
• Shen Jin told Li Moxiao that they needed to visit Afghanistan’s Main Base to obtain a bottle of medicine.

Shen Jin mined Lapis Lazuli in Afghanistan and flew with his companions to the Kabul Government base to seize the serums connected to Japan’s Seed plan. He chose a forceful entrance, leaving the Kabul Government command room’s roof collapsed.

• Shen Jin ordered Sun Li to guard the mining machines and keep the Afghan camp’s residents from revealing their presence.
• Shen Jin learned from Jieke that the Kabul Government was stationed in gardens on Kabul’s northern outskirts, while the Taliban remained active elsewhere.
• Shen Jin left rice and cigarettes for the camp residents, then flew toward Kabul with ten companions.
• Shen Jin and his group found the Kabul Government and Taliban positions at a former American military base and spotted American soldiers nearby.
• Shen Jin and his companions landed above the Kabul Government command room, and the roof collapsed as they broke in.

Li Moxiao unlocked the Tier 3 Gene Lock and defeated Afghanistan’s strongest warrior as Shen Jin’s group seized control of the command center. Shen Jin demanded the Eye of Susanoo potion, uncovering the Divine Assembly’s role in blocking Afghanistan’s trade with the Heavenly Net, and Kenny agreed to lead them to the potions.

• Li Moxiao unlocked the Tier 3 Gene Lock after demonstrating her strength, then joined Shen Jin and the others as they faced five Afghan Superhumans in the command center.
• Terry transformed and attacked, but Li Moxiao knocked him into a wall with one blow, while Shen Jin’s group subdued the other officers.
• Kenny recognized Shen Jin as the trader who had tried to buy lapis lazuli and blamed the Divine Assembly for forbidding Afghanistan from trading with the Heavenly Net.
• Shen Jin demanded the Eye of Susanoo potion and warned the officers that their soldiers’ actions could get them killed.
• Kenny offered lapis lazuli, but Shen Jin refused and told him to bring out the potions, so Kenny led the group to them.

Shen Jin negotiated with Afghanistan’s leaders after securing the potion, offering Chinese Super Gene Serum in exchange for the Eye of Susanoo. The Afghan leaders eagerly prepared to trade and host the Chinese delegation.

• Kenny led Shen Jin and the others through the Afghan base, where Li Moxiao demanded fresh cattle, sheep, and milk.
• Li Moxiao offered Kenny ten Home Coins for the meal, but the Afghan leaders praised the coins as artwork after recognizing Shen Jin’s portrait on them.
• Shen Jin took back the coins and offered potions as compensation for the Eye of Susanoo and the beef and lamb.
• Kenny asked how many potions China would provide, and Shen Jin offered one hundred bottles of the latest Super Gene Serum, which had a ten percent chance of awakening an advanced special ability.
• The Afghan president ordered the Eye of Susanoo brought out, while Kenny arranged roast meat and fresh milk tea for the guests.

Shen Jin traded Afghanistan 100 bottles of China’s special ability awakening potion for four bottles of Eye of Susanoo, then joined the Afghans for a feast at Kabul Base. The meal was interrupted by a fierce argument outside.

• Shen Jin offered 100 bottles of the awakening potion in exchange for one Tier 3 potion, and the Afghans brought out four bottles of Eye of Susanoo as payment.
• Shen Jin verified that the potions were genuine, then agreed to join the Afghans for a meal.
• Shen Jin’s team repaired the command room roof with cobblestone that appeared from nowhere, surprising Kenny.
• The Afghans served roast sheep, roasted goat, and milk tea, and Li Moxiao eagerly began eating.
• People outside began arguing loudly in English while the group enjoyed the feast.

Shen Jin’s group defeated the American soldiers who attacked the Afghan camp, then traded Afghanistan a hundred awakening potions and prepared to leave. Kenny asked whether Afghanistan could exchange more goods for additional potions.

• Dave insulted Shen Jin’s group and ordered Jimmy to unleash a lightning attack on the Afghan camp after Shen Jin refused to befriend the Americans.
• Miao Shubai shielded the camp with an air force field, while Shen Jin restrained Dave and crushed the American soldiers’ advance, allowing Ding Bowen and the others to subdue them.
• Shen Jin spared the Americans and urged Dave to unite humanity against the zombies; Dave then rallied his soldiers to build a territory and grow stronger instead of waiting for rescue.
• Shen Jin and Li Moxiao fought over a leg of lamb, and the group finished their meal before Shen Jin prepared to deliver the potions to Heavenly Net Headquarters for analysis.
• Shen Jin gave Kenny a hundred Super Special Ability Awakening Potions, and Kenny asked if Afghanistan could trade for more.

Shen Jin traded Gene Serum for 250 cattle and 250 sheep, then learned that nearby Little Sith Mountain held high-purity graphite but was surrounded by 50,000 zombies. He led ten companions to clear the mountain, and the chapter ended as explosions drew the zombies toward the summit.

• Shen Jin traded fifty bottles of Gene Serum for 250 cattle and 250 sheep, then paid two more bottles after Li Moxiao arranged for milk tea.
• Kenny told Shen Jin that Little Sith Mountain held an untouched graphite deposit and was surrounded by 50,000 zombies.
• Shen Jin led ten companions toward the mountain, while Kenny, Dave, and others followed to watch them fight.
• Shen Jin's group surveyed the mountain, found three Tier 2 Zombies, and lured out the flying Y2 Zombie, which Li Moxiao killed.
• Explosions shook the mountain and drew the zombies toward the summit, leaving Dave wondering whether missiles had been fired.

Shen Jin's team wiped out the zombies on Little Sith Mountain, then mined its high-purity redstone ore. As they prepared to leave for lapis lazuli, Shen Jin remained wary of Kabul's unnerving silence and the unexplained absence of a Zombie Horde.

• Shen Jin's team bombarded the zombies on the mountain, while Li Moxiao killed a Tier 2 Spitter Zombie with one punch and their Nano Armor repelled its insects.
• Kenny and Dave watched the team's equipment and firepower with awe, then helped collect energy crystal cores and burn the zombie corpses.
• After recharging their equipment, Shen Jin used the OD Scanner to locate redstone ore and wondered why the zombies in Kabul had not attacked the Afghan survivors.
• Shen Jin led his team into Little Sith Mountain with Mining Laser Guns, and they extracted all the high-purity redstone ore over three hours.
• Shen Jin counted a haul of 10,010 redstone ore and said the team would leave after collecting lapis lazuli, then head to find iridium.

Shen Jin finished gathering lapis lazuli and other ores in Afghanistan, then set out with his group for Pakistan. He left the Afghan camp behind, where three elderly miners had mysteriously become middle-aged and a young girl named Cath was missing.

• Shen Jin realized that his new jetpacks and mining laser guns would require far more electricity than his current power supply could provide, so he planned to build a nuclear power plant after returning home.
• Shen Jin met Sun Li, who had guarded the Afghan camp with his shadow, and checked that the mining machines were still working.
• Shen Jin followed three local miners to old lapis lazuli pits and a mountain where diamonds had been found, using his scanner to locate ore.
• After three days, Shen Jin dismantled the mining equipment and left with lapis lazuli, graphite, and other ores, including 521 blocks of diamond ore.
• Shen Jin departed for Pakistan, while the Afghan camp returned to normal and its residents noticed that Cath was missing.

Liu Dalao and Su Lele were held captive in a Japanese laboratory where researchers studied them as conscious zombies and subjected other people to brutal experiments. After the researchers fed a dead Superhuman to the pair, Liu Dalao vowed to escape with Su Lele and make their captors pay.

• Researchers in the Divine Assembly's laboratory injected a captured white Superhuman with radioactive material, and he died after five minutes.
• Colonel Tanaka and the elderly researcher discussed how Liu Dalao and Su Lele retained human consciousness, and Tanaka demanded a serum that could create controllable zombies.
• The researcher drew blood from both zombies and considered operating on Liu Dalao's brain to investigate his remaining intelligence.
• Two researchers cut up the dead Superhuman and fed the remains to Su Lele and Liu Dalao.
• Liu Dalao silently reassured Su Lele that they were still human and vowed to find a way to escape and kill their captors.

Sun Li delivered the Eye of Susanoo and iridium crucibles from Heavenly Net Headquarters to Shen Jin’s group, who then traveled toward Pakistan to locate an iridium mine. The group reached the area near Rawal City and prepared to ask a local where the newest mine pit was.

• Yang Tianyao received Sun Li, who handed over four bottles of the Eye of Susanoo and warned that the drug had side effects and should not be used by China's Superhumans.
• Yang Tianyao gave Sun Li five one-kilogram pure iridium crucibles and a list of laboratories and factories that might have more iridium.
• Sun Li returned with the crucibles while Yang Tianyao and the researchers began studying the Eye of Susanoo.
• Shen Jin's group discussed their lack of English skills and chose Rawal City as their destination to find Pakistan's iridium mine.
• Shen Jin explained iridium's rarity and potential use in Quantum Armor as the twelve travelers approached the mine area.

Shen Jin and Li Moxiao searched Rawal City for Pakistani settlements and approached a sealed courtyard after spotting smoke. A Pakistani man who spoke Chinese appeared on the roof and recognized them as Chinese.

• Shen Jin and his group split up to search Rawal City, while Li Moxiao stayed with him.
• Shen Jin and Li Moxiao spotted smoke and descended toward a small, carefully sealed courtyard.
• Shen Jin knocked on the gate and tried speaking English, but the occupant first replied in Arabic.
• A middle-aged Pakistani man appeared on the roof, greeted Shen Jin and Li Moxiao in Chinese, and confirmed they were Chinese.

Shen Jin and Li Moxiao met Abbas and his daughter Lola while searching for an iridium mine near Rawaka, and learned that the nearby Rawal Settlement was controlled by the Taliban Organization. After Abbas described the settlement and offered to help, Li Moxiao and Shen Jin improved his family’s home with fresh water, electricity, and supplies.

• Abbas welcomed Shen Jin and Li Moxiao, explained that he and Lola had survived alone since the crisis, and said he did not know where the iridium mine was.
• Abbas warned Shen Jin that the Taliban Organization controlled Rawal Settlement and offered to gather information about the mine there.
• Li Moxiao befriended Lola, flew away to find her clothes, and returned with a dress before digging a well in the courtyard.
• Shen Jin installed a pump, solar generators, and an energy storage box, restoring running water and electricity to Abbas’s home.
• Li Moxiao gave Abbas bags of clothes for Lola and secretly drank half of Shen Jin’s milk tea.

Shen Jin and his team reached a Taliban-controlled settlement near Rawal to ask about iridium ore. After two guards threatened and insulted them, one of Shen Jin’s female Superhumans killed them, and the group entered the settlement to confront its leaders.

• Shen Jin gave Abbas two awakening potions and supplies before he and Li Moxiao flew to the settlement where their teammates had gathered.
• The team learned that the large livestock farm was likely Rawal’s biggest survivor settlement and that Pakistan’s Taliban controlled it.
• Two armed guards demanded valuables and women from the team, then threatened and sexually insulted them.
• At Shen Jin’s command, the female Superhuman killed Johnny and Seth with her Nano Saber, and Sun Li’s shadow opened the gate.
• Shen Jin led the team into the settlement, where a middle-aged man confronted them and demanded to know who they were.

Shen Jin’s group fought their way through the Rawal Settlement and questioned its leader, Lanpite, who revealed the likely location of an iridium mine. Shen Jin chose to leave rather than risk a fight with Lanpite, and after they departed, Lanpite killed two captured subordinates and returned to abusing the settlement’s people.

• Li Moxiao knocked a second-stage gene lock superhuman through a chicken-farm building, while Shen Jin’s group overwhelmed the settlement’s fighters and captured two of them.
• Lanpite arrived, apologized to Shen Jin, and said Rawal’s government had likely hidden an iridium mine on South Mountain.
• Sun Li flew to the site and confirmed that it contained a mine and mining equipment, so Shen Jin ordered Ding Bowen to release the captives and led the group away.
• After Shen Jin’s group left, Lanpite killed the two captured superhumans and ordered his subordinates to bring him women from the settlement.

Shen Jin and his team mined platinum-iridium ore in Pakistan, then discovered Abbas had been killed and Lola abducted. They traced the attack to Rawal Settlement, where Li Moxiao charged in to rescue Lola and avenge Abbas, but Lanpite used his power to send her crashing down.

• Shen Jin's team installed Mining Machines in the mine, collected 464 pieces of platinum-iridium ore, and set off for home.
• Shen Jin noticed that Abbas's courtyard had been disturbed and found Abbas dead, while Lola was missing.
• Li Moxiao recognized a piece of Lola's dress, and Shen Jin ordered everyone to search for the people who had taken her.
• Shen Jin and Li Moxiao deduced that a powerful Superhuman was responsible and flew to Rawal Settlement, where they saw a Tier 2 Superhuman discussing a captured girl.
• Li Moxiao attacked Rawal Settlement's central building, and the team prepared to fight while Shen Jin concealed himself and sent Shen Tu underground.
• Li Moxiao spotted Lola bound but still clothed, then attacked the captors; Lanpite used his ability to make Li Moxiao plummet.

Shen Jin, Li Moxiao, and Shen Tu fought Lanpite, whose blood-control ability overwhelmed Li Moxiao and threatened the civilians at Rawal Settlement. Shen Jin’s hidden ally arrived and killed Lanpite, leaving the battle abruptly ended.

• Lanpite used his blood-control ability to make Li Moxiao lose control of her body, but Shen Jin and Shen Tu intervened and attacked him.
• Shen Jin restrained Lanpite while Shen Tu struck him, and they discovered Lanpite could not control Shen Tu’s earth-elemental body.
• Lanpite broke free, controlled Li Moxiao, and killed at least two hundred civilians in a chicken shed to replenish his strength.
• Lanpite ordered his followers to attack Li Moxiao, while Shen Jin used a Mining Laser Gun to keep them back and exposed his position.
• Lanpite took control of Shen Jin as well, but Shen Jin’s ally flew in on a golden sword and shattered Lanpite’s head.