Chapter Summaries

Fu Wei used Shen Jin’s Extractor to confirm that blood crystals contained unknown microorganisms and energy factors, though extracting one substance destroyed the rest. Shen Jin then handed out compressed biscuits to the settlement in hopes of earning sincere thanks, but Old Wang took his biscuit without thanking him.

• Fu Wei placed a blood crystal in the Extractor and found that it contained energy factors, mixed crystals, and unknown microorganisms.
• Fu Wei explained that the Extractor destroyed other substances when extracting one, and Shen Jin promised him more blood crystals for experiments.
• Shen Jin spotted Su Lele showing off her compressed biscuits and devised a plan to collect thank-yous by giving biscuits to everyone.
• Yang Ao gathered the settlement’s thirty-one residents, and Shen Jin gave each person a compressed biscuit.
• Old Wang took his biscuit, and Shen Jin stopped him and pointed out that he had not said thank you.

Shen Jin collected gratitude from the settlement residents by distributing compressed biscuits, then took the biscuits back and used a second distribution to earn more sincere thanks. He completed the “Win the People's Hearts” quest, received rewards, and began a new daily-quests challenge, ending by ordering Yang Ao to collect the biscuits again.

• Shen Jin required residents to thank him for their biscuits, but Qi Tong's thanks did not count as sincere and he marked her name in his notebook.
• Shen Jin received eighteen sincere expressions of gratitude, then ordered Yang Ao to collect everyone's biscuits back.
• Li Moxiao had already eaten her biscuits, while the others regretted not doing the same.
• Shen Jin redistributed biscuits to people he named, including habitual slackers, and some residents sincerely thanked him for the special treatment.
• Shen Jin completed the “Win the People's Hearts” quest, received World Coins and Diamonds, and gained the “Lord's Daily Life” quest.
• Shen Jin told Yang Ao to collect all the biscuits again.

After Shen Jin and Yang Ao used food to punish residents who failed to show gratitude, Ma Sanxiong abused Zhao Hong and demanded that she obtain meat and alcohol from the villa. That night, Yang Ao summoned Li Jie and Su Lele, but Zhao Hong begged to go with them.

• Shen Jin took back the compressed biscuits a second time, and residents realized that those who had criticized the superhumans or shirked work were denied extra food.
• Ma Sanxiong rejected his steamed bun, slapped Zhao Hong, and demanded that she get him meat and alcohol from the villa.
• Zhao Hong pleaded with Ma Sanxiong, then silently prepared for the villa's nighttime summons while other women condemned his behavior.
• Su Lele continued enjoying special treatment from Shen Jin while keeping Liu Dalao eager to please her.
• Yang Ao summoned Li Jie and Su Lele, and Zhao Hong grabbed his hand and begged him to take her too.

Yang Ao learned that Ma Sanxiong was abusing Zhao Hong and took her under his protection. Meanwhile, Shang Qian proposed plans to expand Shen Jin’s settlement, then began wondering whether Shen Jin might be romantically interested in her.

• Zhao Hong begged Yang Ao to take her with him, and Qi Tong revealed that Ma Sanxiong beat and humiliated her despite taking her food.
• Yang Ao promised to protect Zhao Hong and warned that Ma Sanxiong must never hit her again; Li Jie agreed to pass along the warning.
• Shang Qian told Shen Jin that the eastern factory could help expand the settlement and that its fertilizer plant might support future farming if they secured enough electricity.
• Su Lele arrived in a maid outfit for Shen Jin’s massage, prompting Shang Qian to leave and question whether she had misread his sexuality.
• Shang Qian returned to her room, wondered if Shen Jin had brought her back because he was interested in her, and blushed as she imagined the possibility.

Zhao Hong brought Ma Sanxiong meat and liquor after Yang Ao protected her dignity and set boundaries for their relationship. The next day, Shen Jin and Yang Ao sensed an approaching threat and discovered a huge dust-covered zombie horde moving toward the settlement, possibly led by a zombie capable of communicating with others.

• Zhao Hong asked Yang Ao for meat and liquor to repay Ma Sanxiong, but Yang Ao gave her the food and liquor without accepting her offer and told her to limit contact with Ma Sanxiong to delivering meals.
• Ma Sanxiong ate the salted duck and drank the Erguotou, then got drunk while remembering his former life with Zhao Hong and their child.
• Shen Jin and Yang Ao felt tremors approaching, woke Shang Qian and Li Moxiao, and went to investigate the disturbance to the west.
• Shen Jin used binoculars to spot a strange M-Type Zombie leaping between buildings ahead of a massive cloud of dust.
• Shen Jin warned the others that a huge zombie horde was approaching and suggested that a super zombie capable of communicating might be leading it.

Shen Jin prepared his settlement for the approaching zombie horde while Fu Wei developed a possible serum to awaken superhuman abilities. Hu Shou announced that the capital had fallen, modern weapons no longer worked, and China was beginning nationwide resistance as two enormous zombies prepared to attack Shen Jin’s wall.

• Shen Jin ordered Yang Ao to evacuate the settlement underground and Shang Qian to protect Fu Wei and his research, while Li Moxiao brought Shen Jin food and a radio.
• Fu Wei told Shang Qian that he was developing an Energy Activation Serum from energy-bearing microorganisms and an Energy Crystal Core, but it would require testing.
• Hu Shou announced that the rescue plan had failed, the capital had fallen, modern weapons were useless, and the authorities had relocated to Tibet to pursue the secret Wallfacer Project.
• Hu Shou explained that vaccines could make infected people stronger zombies and that Energy Crystal Cores were dangerous, then called for citizens to produce cold weapons, secure supplies, and join the National Anti-Zombie Plan.
• The zombie horde approached Shen Jin’s wall, and the big-headed zombie sent two enormous, round-bellied zombies forward to attack it.

After the broadcast revealed that humanity would have to fight the zombies without relying on government rescue, Shen Jin began planning for a safer settlement. A horde attacked with black, devouring particles, and while the group took cover, Yang Ao found Fu Wei still working in the laboratory as the zombies drew near.

• Shen Jin and Shang Qian accepted that people would have to fight the zombies themselves, and Shen Jin decided their current location was too dangerous for a permanent settlement.
• Shen Jin led everyone underground to wait out the approaching horde, then spotted enormous zombies and two potbellied zombies preparing to launch black particles.
• Shen Jin shielded himself, Li Moxiao, Yang Ao, and Shang Qian with materialized wooden planks as black particles covered the courtyard.
• Ma Sanxiong was hit by the particles but escaped after taking off his contaminated jacket, while the black creatures devoured the courtyard's vegetation.
• Shen Jin carried Li Moxiao through the black creatures as Yang Ao reached the laboratory and urged Fu Wei to leave before the zombies broke in.

Shen Jin and the others were trapped outside the villa by rapidly growing black insects that prevented him from using his Blockify Ability and soon devoured the building. With zombies closing in beyond the perimeter wall, Shen Jin led the group toward a backup plan.

• Fu Wei abandoned his experiment and followed Yang Ao as the group fled toward the villa.
• Shen Jin discovered that black insects covered the villa and stopped him from digging an underground passage with his Blockify Ability.
• Yang Ao led the group toward the villa, but the insects rapidly gnawed through the building and buried its underground tunnel beneath the rubble.
• Ma Sanxiong pulled a biting insect from his back while the group stomped insects away and heard the zombies approaching the perimeter wall.
• Shen Jin led everyone toward the southern perimeter wall to use his backup plan.

Shen Jin led the survivors away from the black worms and zombie horde toward his backup base at the Seaside Villa. As they drove, they discovered a black worm beneath Ma Sanxiong’s skin, and a Super M-Type Zombie caught up with the convoy.

• Shen Jin and Yang Ao broke through the southern wall, retrieved a Hummer and two pickup trucks from a sealed parking garage, and led the survivors onto Xinhua Road.
• Shen Jin chose the route to the Seaside Villa because the ruined villa had made his underground network unsafe, and he had stocked the villa as a backup shelter.
• The survivors noticed that Ma Sanxiong was scratching his back and saw something wriggling beneath the skin on his neck; they let him stay in the truck after Zhao Hong pleaded for him.
• Shen Jin, Shang Qian, Li Moxiao, Yang Ao, and the others continued toward the Seaside Villa as Ma Sanxiong’s itching worsened.
• Yang Ao spotted a green-furred, hunched zombie leaping across buildings behind the vehicles, and Shen Jin identified it as a Super M-Type Zombie.

Sun Can’s skeleton army fought zombies in the city while Shen Jin and Yang Ao tried to stop a super M-Type Zombie pursuing their convoy. After crashing into Shen Jin’s tungsten steel barrier, the wounded zombie escaped their sword attack and began eating its shattered hands.

• Sun Can’s skeletons killed an L-Type Zombie, and he raised its bones into a towering skeleton soldier.
• Sun Can received an emergency quest and looked toward the coast, recognizing his target.
• Shen Jin stopped the Hummer and built a platform, while Yang Ao joined him to face the pursuing super M-Type Zombie.
• Shen Jin used a tungsten steel wall to make the super M-Type Zombie crash and injure its hands, then gave Yang Ao an energy-enhanced Diamond Sword.
• Shen Jin and Yang Ao rushed the stunned zombie, but it leaped away, bit off and ate its shattered hands, and fixed its eyes on them.

Shen Jin and Yang Ao struggled against the Super M-Type Zombie as the others fled, while Ma Sanxiong succumbed to the Black Insects. Zhao Hong chose to remain with her dying husband and was devoured alongside him as the pickup drove away.

• The Super M-Type Zombie kicked Yang Ao aside and attacked Shen Jin, who used stone walls to defend himself and tried to lure it into striking.
• The zombie broke through toward Yang Ao, forcing Shen Jin to take out the last-resort item he had saved for Lu Qiang.
• As the fleeing survivors worried about Shen Jin and Yang Ao, Ma Sanxiong tearfully apologized to Zhao Hong and admitted he had failed to protect her.
• Ma Sanxiong began coughing up blood as Black Insects chewed through his body, and Zhao Hong refused to leave him when the others tried to remove him from the truck.
• Zhao Hong carried Ma Sanxiong to the roadside, stayed with him as he died, and recounted how he had once protected her.
• Black Insects emerged from Ma Sanxiong and engulfed Zhao Hong as the others drove away.

Shen Jin and his group fled a zombie horde after killing a Super M-Type Zombie, then abandoned their vehicles when another horde blocked the road. As they hid near the train station, the street’s zombies suddenly turned toward them.

• Shen Jin and Yang Ao escaped in Shang Qian’s Hummer after killing the Super M-Type Zombie, and Shen Jin revealed that his MK18 rifle had delivered the fatal shots.
• Shen Jin’s group encountered two pickup trucks blocking the road; Old Wang and Qi Tong reported that another huge zombie horde had sealed off the route ahead.
• Shen Jin led everyone out of the underground passage and into a courtyard near the train-station hotels, abandoning their vehicles because the roads were impassable.
• Shen Jin spotted zombie hordes approaching from both ends of Xinhua Road and began warning the group that their target was unclear.
• The zombies on the street turned toward the group in unison and roared.

Shen Jin and his companions fought their way out of a zombie horde, but a super M-Type Zombie cornered them at the outskirts. As they struggled to stop it, a Giant Zombie charged toward them, leaving the battle on the brink of disaster.

• Shen Jin led the group through the zombies toward his tunnel exit, while Yang Ao cleared a path and an L-Type Zombie killed the middle-aged man they had rescued.
• The Big-Head Zombie sent one super M-Type Zombie after Shen Jin and another toward a fire at the rear of the horde, while the Giant Zombie followed the one pursuing Shen Jin.
• Shen Jin reached the outskirts with the survivors, where seven people were missing, and gave Li Moxiao an Energy-Enhanced Iron Sword before ordering the others to flee or hide.
• Liu Dalao and Su Lele hid in a manhole, while Shen Jin sealed Shang Qian and Fu Wei inside an alloy shelter and prepared to fight alongside Yang Ao and Li Moxiao.
• The super M-Type Zombie resisted their attacks and broke through Shen Jin's blocks, then a five-meter-tall Giant Zombie charged toward them.

Shen Jin, Yang Ao, and Li Moxiao fought two super evolved zombies, killing the Super M-Type Zombie but struggling against the giant zombie. As their defenses failed, Shang Qian seized Fu Wei’s unfinished potion and asked if she could drink it.

• Yang Ao and Li Moxiao drew the two zombies away from the shelter while Shen Jin prepared to shoot.
• Yang Ao cut the Super M-Type Zombie’s belly, and Shen Jin’s gunfire let Yang Ao behead it.
• Li Moxiao lured the giant zombie away but was struck by a rock, so Shen Jin attacked it with his rifle and grenade launcher.
• The giant zombie’s punch shattered the fortifications and sent Shen Jin flying, while Yang Ao and Li Moxiao failed to pierce its defenses.
• Shang Qian asked Fu Wei how she could help, then grabbed his unfinished glowing purple potion and asked whether she could drink it.

Shang Qian drank Fu Wei’s experimental serum in hopes of awakening an ability, while Shen Jin, Yang Ao, and Li Moxiao fought the Giant Zombie. Li Moxiao unlocked her gene lock as the zombie reached for Shen Jin.

• Shang Qian took Fu Wei’s serum and drank it, enduring intense pain as she tried to awaken an ability.
• Shen Jin freed himself from the debris and prepared to fight the Giant Zombie alongside the badly injured Yang Ao.
• Li Moxiao kept the Giant Zombie occupied until it turned back toward Shen Jin and Yang Ao, then chased after it.
• Shen Jin fired at the zombie while Yang Ao charged and cut open its hand, allowing Shen Jin to blast it with a grenade.
• The Giant Zombie reached for Shen Jin, and Li Moxiao unlocked her gene lock and rushed to protect him.

Bing Huo announced that the novel would go premium the next day and urged readers to subscribe, outlining the update and bonus-chapter plans. The author also answered reader questions, invited them to join a group and possible Minecraft server, and ended with thanks and a subscription appeal.

• Bing Huo announced that VIP access would open at noon the next day, with five chapters taking the story to the end of volume one.
• Bing Huo promised a daily minimum of three chapters and offered bonus chapters based on subscriptions, monthly votes, and large tips.
• Bing Huo said the novel had a complete outline and explained that its female characters had their own motives and ideas.
• Bing Huo invited readers to express interest in a Minecraft server and join the reader group.
• Bing Huo thanked readers, asked them to subscribe, and recommended DNF: Gold Medal Mentor.

Li Moxiao and Shen Jin fought the Giant Zombie after its muscles transformed it into a stronger, Younger Toguro-like form. As they tried to outlast the transformation, the zombie attacked Liu Dalao and Su Lele in their hiding place, leaving Liu Dalao gravely injured and Su Lele clinging to Shen Jin.

• Li Moxiao unlocked her gene lock, knocked the Giant Zombie off balance, and wounded its ankle and neck while Shen Jin attacked with grenades.
• The Giant Zombie transformed, covering its wounds with knotted muscle and restoring its mobility, strength, and defenses.
• Shen Jin and Li Moxiao struggled to withstand its attacks, and Li Moxiao sensed that the transformation was consuming the zombie's energy.
• The Giant Zombie spotted Liu Dalao and Su Lele in the manhole and grabbed Liu Dalao, but Shen Jin shot into its unprotected mouth to make it release him.
• Liu Dalao landed with shattered bones, while Su Lele climbed out and ran to Shen Jin without looking back at him.

Li Moxiao consumed two Super M-Type Zombie Energy Crystal Cores and unlocked the second stage of her Gene Lock, then killed the Giant Zombie. As Shen Jin fled with the injured survivors, the Big-Head Zombie created a new Super M-Type Zombie and another Giant Zombie appeared, leaving Li Moxiao to confront them.

• Shen Jin and Li Moxiao fought the Giant Zombie as the horde approached, and Li Moxiao realized she had only minutes left with her Gene Lock unlocked.
• Li Moxiao swallowed the Energy Crystal Cores from two Super M-Type Zombies and forced her Gene Lock into its second stage, gaining overwhelming strength but risking fatal genetic collapse after two minutes.
• Li Moxiao severed the Giant Zombie's limbs and cut off its head while Shen Jin rescued Yang Ao and Shang Qian and prepared to escape.
• The Big-Head Zombie turned an ordinary M-Type Zombie into a Super M-Type Zombie, which lunged at Shen Jin as another Giant Zombie charged toward him.
• Li Moxiao leaped to intercept the approaching threats, moving as fast as the evolved M-Type Zombie.

Li Moxiao fought two super evolved zombies while Shen Jin tried to escape with the others, but the Compound-Eyed Zombie’s sonic attack and a bite from the Super M-Type Zombie endangered her. As zombies closed in around them, Shen Jin returned to fight beside her, and Li Moxiao killed the giant zombie, though the horde still surrounded them.

• Li Moxiao knocked down the Super M-Type Zombie and battled the giant zombie while Shen Jin fled with Yang Ao and Shang Qian.
• The Big-Head Zombie evolved compound eyes and unleashed a sonic attack that left Li Moxiao dazed, allowing the Super M-Type Zombie to bite her leg.
• Li Moxiao recovered and killed the Super M-Type Zombie, while the Compound-Eyed Zombie created another Super M-Type Zombie from the horde.
• Shen Jin turned back to help Li Moxiao as zombies surrounded the group, and he fired a grenade at the giant zombie.
• Li Moxiao used the opening to sever most of the giant zombie’s neck with her sword, then kicked his head off.

Li Moxiao sacrificed her body to keep her second-stage gene lock open long enough to kill the Big-Head Zombie, while Shen Jin and the others struggled to survive the horde. She defeated the zombie leader but collapsed from her injuries, as Liu Dalao lost consciousness after consuming an Energy Crystal Core to try to save Su Lele.

• Li Moxiao charged through the zombies and fought her way toward the Big-Head Zombie while Shen Jin fired his rifle and grenades at the horde.
• Liu Dalao crawled to a Giant Zombie's head, swallowed its Energy Crystal Core, and lost consciousness as his body began transforming.
• The Big-Head Zombie blocked Li Moxiao's punches with tendrils while surrounding zombies closed in on her.
• Li Moxiao crushed the Giant Zombie's crystal core, used its energy to extend her gene lock, and unleashed a final attack that killed the Big-Head Zombie.
• Li Moxiao collapsed as blood vessels ruptured throughout her body.