Chapter Summaries

Shen Jin used a Special Ability Enhancement Potion on Shang Qian, restoring her Space-based Ability and advancing her to a Tier 1 Superhuman. The chapter ended with Shang Qian teleporting onto Shen Jin's lap as he pulled her close.

• Shen Jin crafted an Energy Crystal and exchanged it with a Tier 1 Energy Crystal Core for a Special Ability Enhancement Potion.
• Shen Jin called Shang Qian over and gave her the potion, which she drank without hesitation.
• Shang Qian endured the potion's surging energy, then regained her Space-based Ability and became a Tier 1 Superhuman.
• Shang Qian tested her restored ability by teleporting around and carrying Shen Jin back to their bedroom.
• Shang Qian teleported onto Shen Jin's lap, and he pulled her close.

Shen Jin established the Zombie Slaying Squad and gave its eleven founding members potions that awakened them as Tier 1 superhumans. The squad celebrated their new powers, and Liu Yang revealed his Bedrock Giant ability.

• Shen Jin asked the ten Self-Defense Force members to follow him in fighting zombies, and they pledged their loyalty alongside Zhao Chao.
• Shen Jin announced the creation of Red Water Bay Base's Zombie Slaying Squad, with the eleven members becoming its founding members.
• Shen Jin handed out eleven Special Ability Awakening Potions, and everyone drank one.
• After half an hour, all eleven members had awakened successfully, including several strength-type ability users.
• Liu Yang activated Bedrock Giant, encasing himself in rocks and demonstrating formidable, renewable defenses against the others' attacks.

Liu Yang and Zhao Chao demonstrated their newly awakened abilities, and Shen Jin used a special carrot to strengthen Zhao Chao’s Laser Eyes. The squad confirmed that all eleven serum users had awakened abilities, leaving Shen Jin satisfied as he prepared for his next plan.

• Liu Yang tested his bedrock giant form against Bao Xu, proving its strength and defense despite its limited mobility.
• Zhao Chao revealed that his eyesight had improved and that he could fire heat beams from his eyes.
• Shen Jin gave Zhao Chao a glowing carrot, which enhanced his vision and beams enough to pierce several trees.
• Zhao Chao accepted the name Laser Eyes, and the squad rated his and Liu Yang’s abilities B-rank.
• The squad recorded that all eleven serum users survived and awakened abilities, with nine strength-type users and two users with special abilities.

Shen Jin prepared to expand his settlement by bringing survivors from the Technology College into a new outer zone, while the newly strengthened Zombie Slaying Squad set out to clear the route. As Shen Jin and Shang Qian dug underground toward the college, Shang Qian explained the limits of her teleportation ability.

• Shen Jin completed the Tier 1 Superhuman mission, received 50 World Coins, and accepted a new mission to grow the settlement population to 1,000.
• Shen Jin decided to build another outer zone for the women from the Technology College and planned to leave personnel management to Shang Qian.
• Shen Jin ordered Zhao Chao to lead the Zombie Slaying Squad overland while he and Shang Qian dug an underground passage toward the college.
• Liu Yang asked Shen Jin to assign him a wife, and Shen Jin warned the squad that anyone who abused survivors would be killed.
• Shang Qian told Shen Jin that teleporting required remembered or visible destinations, carrying another person used substantially more energy, and rapid blinking strained her body.

Shen Jin and Shang Qian returned to the Technology College to take the 111 women to Red Water Bay Base, but many of the women refused to leave. Mu Yan was ready to go, while Shen Jin’s expression turned cold at the others’ objections.

• Zhao Chao reported that the Zombie Slaying Squad had killed fifteen evolved zombies and handed Shen Jin fifteen Energy Crystal Stones.
• Liu Yang and the other strength-based Superhumans broke through the cobblestone entrance, and Shang Qian teleported Shen Jin and herself to the fourth floor.
• Mu Yan decided she wanted to leave, while other women argued over whether Shen Jin’s group had good or bad intentions.
• Shen Jin told the women he had come to take them to Red Water Bay Base, and Mu Yan agreed to leave immediately.
• Several women refused to leave and accused Shen Jin’s group of trying to force them, causing Shen Jin’s expression to turn cold.

Shen Jin confronted the women at the settlement and took the supplies after sixteen refused to leave with him. He led his group back toward Red Water Bay Base, then realized he had overlooked something.

• Shen Jin asked the women to choose whether to follow him, and most went behind him while sixteen stayed put.
• Liu Yang and eight other strength-type Superhumans arrived, causing more women to join Shen Jin’s group.
• Shen Jin agreed to let the sixteen stay but ordered his people to move all the supplies downstairs, and Zhao Chao and Shen Jin drove back their attempts to stop them.
• The remaining women tried to switch sides, but Shen Jin refused to take them because they had shown no gratitude.
• Shang Qian and Shen Jin used their abilities to transfer the supplies into the Workshop’s [Chests], and Shen Jin noticed he had overlooked something.

Shen Jin discovered that his inventory could preserve special ability food, letting him store energy-packed meals for later use and potentially keep the Zombie Slaying Squad fighting at tier 2 strength. He planned to expand Red Water Bay Base into southern Lükou District, gather survivors and supplies, and build a second combat squad, then assigned Zhao Chao and Shang Qian key roles in the base’s development.

• Shen Jin stored four kinds of special ability food in his inventory and realized he could save them for later use.
• Shen Jin tested the food’s effects on Liu Yang, who exhausted himself using several boosts but recovered after eating a Senzu Bean.
• Shen Jin planned to recruit survivors, gather food, expand into the mountainous south of Lükou District, and form a Zombie Slaying Second Squad.
• Shen Jin asked Zhao Chao to select and train fifty recruits, assigned Shang Qian to help organize recruits and settlement affairs, and ordered the Zombie Slaying Squad to bring back useful appliances.

Hu Shou told Old Zhao that a Chinese citizen had supplied equipment that extracted energy factor from Zombie Crystal Cores, while Old Zhao urged him to recruit the citizen without applying pressure. Back at Red Water Bay Base, Shen Jin, Zhao Chao, and Shang Qian finished planning the base’s military development, and Zhao Chao suggested a village to explore for strange zombies.

• Old Zhao briefed Hu Shou on the worsening zombie attacks and the progress of cold-weapons production and military superhuman development.
• Hu Shou revealed that a tier-two Earth-based Ability user from China had provided two Extractors, and Old Zhao approved efforts to support and recruit him without coercion.
• Old Zhao and Hu Shou discussed research, the Heavenly Net Superhuman Squad, zombie evolution, and deploying ability users in military units.
• Shen Jin, Zhao Chao, and Shang Qian spent the night planning Red Water Bay Base’s next steps, with Zhao Chao advising on military training and deployment.
• Zhao Chao recommended a village east of the base where strange zombies had reportedly appeared.

Shen Jin led his team to Diao Family Village after hearing that its zombies were eating one another, fearing they might evolve into a powerful threat. At the village entrance, Liu Yang fought a Bloated Zombie while the group watched for its abilities, and Zhao Chao spotted another creature emerging from the darkness.

• Zhao Chao told Shen Jin that survivors from Diao Family Village had seen zombies feeding on one another, and Shen Jin hurriedly assembled the team to investigate.
• Shen Jin warned the group about the danger of infection, and the thirteen survivors rode electric motorcycles toward the village, clearing zombies and obstacles along the way.
• At Diao Family Village, Zhao Chao spotted an enormous, unusually fat Evolved Zombie, so Shen Jin ordered Liu Yang to approach it while the others held back.
• Liu Yang exchanged heavy blows with the Bloated Zombie, whose thick flesh absorbed his punches and whose green pus appeared dangerous to anyone with an open wound.
• Zhao Chao spotted a red-haired figure leaping from beside a house and warned Liu Yang to watch out.

Shen Jin’s squad killed two mutated zombies using food-enhanced abilities, but a hidden spitter then attacked them with black insects. After Shen Jin’s carrots helped the squad burn the insects away, more mutated zombies emerged, and he ordered everyone to wipe them out within five minutes.

• A red-haired Harpy zombie attacked Liu Yang, while the bloated zombie charged the squad; Shen Jin gave Liu Yang a sausage and Zhao Chao a carrot to strengthen their abilities.
• Liu Yang transformed into a Stone Giant and crushed the bloated zombie, while Zhao Chao used fiery lasers to kill the Harpy zombie.
• The squad collected two green Mutant Energy Crystal Cores, but Shang Qian spotted black particles and teleported herself and Shen Jin out of their path.
• A hidden green spitter released black insects over the squad; Zhao Chao killed it, and Shen Jin gave the others carrots that let them burn the insects away.
• More green spitter zombies appeared around Diao Family Village, and Shen Jin told the squad to defeat them within five minutes.

Shen Jin’s squad wiped out the mutated zombies in Diao Family Village, then deduced that the dark, sunless village had driven zombies to evolve by eating one another. Shen Jin realized this cannibalistic evolution might create far stronger threats elsewhere, and began to recall another place with similar conditions.

• Shen Jin led the enhanced Zombie Slaying Squad in a five-minute assault, and the eleven Superhumans slaughtered the mutated zombies throughout Diao Family Village.
• After the battle, the squad searched the remains for Energy Crystal Cores while Shen Jin reviewed the squad members’ abilities and the zombies’ traits.
• Shen Jin, Shang Qian, and Zhao Chao concluded that the village’s zombies had eaten humans and then one another because the mountain and trees blocked direct sunlight.
• Shen Jin identified cannibalistic evolution as a second way zombies could evolve and feared it might produce a powerful Super Zombie elsewhere.
• Shen Jin decided not to call the Heavenly Net, then wondered where he had seen another enclosed, sunless place filled with zombies.

Shen Jin spoke with Zhu Dan, who asked about evil Superhumans so he could uphold justice, then helped his base collect food from Diao Family Village. With the village cleared and supplies secured, Red Water Bay Base entered a period of rapid development, and half a month passed.

• Zhu Dan called Shen Jin to ask for charging equipment and then asked whether any evil Superhumans nearby needed to be punished.
• Shen Jin dismissed Zhu Dan's talk of justice and an Infinity Gauntlet as worsening hero delusions.
• Zhao Chao reported that the Zombie Slaying Squad had recovered twenty-five green Energy Crystal Cores from the cleared site.
• Shen Jin made thirty Minecarts, and the group used them to transport abundant food from Diao Family Village to the base.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian escorted the squad along the eastern mountain road, where they found no further aberrant zombies or M1 or L1-Type Zombies.
• Shen Jin, Shang Qian, and Zhao Chao focused on construction, management, and military affairs as the base developed steadily over the next half month.

Sun Can reached level 10 and tested his upgraded fire powers and new summons after clearing the Haiwu Office Building. At Red Water Bay Base, Miao Shubai prepared breakfast and learned that the women were finishing their last day of work before assembling for training.

• Sun Can killed an M1 Zombie, reached level 10, and learned he could summon a Ghost and a stronger skeleton soldier.
• Sun Can used Sulfur Stone to coat his summons and their weapons with fire, then led them out of the cleared Haiwu Office Building.
• Miao Shubai prepared instant noodles for breakfast and read messages in the base's group chats.
• Miao Shubai sent Shen Jin her usual morning greeting and learned that the women would finish their final shift that day.
• Shang Qian told the Peacekeeping Team to assemble at the Training Ground at three that afternoon.

Miao Shubai and Zheng Ying delivered meals to the women in Outer Area Two, where Shen Jin had arranged counseling for five residents. The base’s livestock and food supplies supported its growing population, while the five women prepared to meet Shen Jin.

• Miao Shubai and the others gathered seafood, prepared breakfast, and sealed eleven meals for the Zombie Slaying Squad in a [Fluid/Solid Canning Machine].
• Miao Shubai read Shen Jin’s message asking her and Zheng Ying to bring five women to him for counseling after delivering the food.
• Miao Shubai and Zheng Ying transported rice to Outer Area Two by [Minecart] and checked that its lights and power equipment were working.
• Zheng Ying called the five women named for counseling, and they agreed to go with her and Miao Shubai after eating.

Half a month later, Shen Jin’s base had settled into daily routines of counseling, work, training, and recreation while its residents used fermentation machines to generate electricity. As Miao Shubai and others gathered for training, Shen Jin emerged from an underwater mining trip and hurried to join them, carrying supplies and ten Basic Special Ability Awakening Potions.

• Shen Jin gave five women suggestive counseling, while Miao Shubai escorted them and later explained that he had rejected a former girl-group member who tried to seduce him.
• Miao Shubai inspected the fermenters and generators in all three outer districts, confirming that the machines were clean and supplying electricity.
• Miao Shubai browsed the base group chat, played a phone game, and helped the other women prepare lunch as Shen Mengmeng and Mu Yan planned a performance to win Shen Jin over.
• At the training ground, Shang Qian and Zhao Chao noticed Shen Jin was missing and heard that he had gone mining underwater.
• Shen Jin sped out of his workshop in a Minecart, sorted his supplies, exchanged for ten Basic Special Ability Awakening Potions, and rushed off.

Shen Jin and Shang Qian established a superhuman team from ten trusted women at Red Water Bay Base, which they renamed the Female Boss Squad. After drinking Shen Jin's potions, the women awakened their abilities, including Zheng Ying's freezing power and Miao Shubai's powerful force field, while Shen Mengmeng and Mu Yan plotted to win Shen Jin over.

• Shang Qian selected eight trusted women and two college students to join the new team, while Shen Mengmeng and Mu Yan stayed out.
• Shang Qian asked the women to pledge their loyalty and readiness to maintain order and fight zombies, and Shen Jin encouraged them to build the strongest team of female superhumans.
• Shang Qian renamed the Peacekeeping Team the Female Boss Squad, and the ten women drank Shen Jin's awakening potions.
• The women awakened strength-based abilities, while Zheng Ying discovered her freezing ability and Miao Shubai demonstrated a force field that could stop Shen Jin's Diamond Sword and a superhuman's punch.
• Shang Qian appointed Zheng Ying captain and told Miao Shubai to support her, while Shen Mengmeng and Mu Yan planned to try to win Shen Jin over that night.

Shen Jin equipped and trained a new squad while expanding Red Water Bay Base’s resources and infrastructure. After reaching a population of one thousand, he received a new military mission and resolved to build up his forces so he could eventually return to Q City.

• Shen Jin gave ten women bronze armor and swords and ordered Zhao Chao to train them.
• Shen Jin sorted seafood and a massive haul of coal, deciding the base could now run its machines and streetlights more reliably.
• Shen Jin’s communications network, power systems, and heating supported Red Water Bay Base’s growing population.
• The system awarded Shen Jin the Prosperous Settlement I reward when the Zombie Slaying Squad returned with the last twenty people, bringing the base to one thousand residents.
• The system issued Prosperous Settlement II, requiring an armed force of fifty to kill one thousand zombies, and Shen Jin planned to send recruits into the field.
• Shen Jin counted his World Coins and vowed to unlock the Jetpack, return to Q City, and avenge his fallen teammate.

Li Moxiao led Yang Ao and Fu Wei to a cabin where they reunited with Shen Jin and his companions, while Shen Jin used a potion to strengthen his food-creating ability. Shen Jin later met Zhu Dan, who described his superhero ambitions before accepting a charger and a hard drive of study materials.

• Li Moxiao demanded crispy noodles from Yang Ao and led him and Fu Wei to a cabin, where they found Shen Jin and three familiar companions.
• Shen Jin opened a Resource Gift Pack, then spent his last Tier 1 Energy Crystal Core to obtain and drink a Special Ability Enhancement Potion.
• The potion increased Shen Jin’s energy reserves and made his food transformations last one minute longer, so he decided not to give another potion to Shang Qian.
• Shen Jin wondered about using Obsidian to open a portal, then received a call from Zhu Dan, who had climbed over the wall and swung toward him on Webs.
• Zhu Dan told Shen Jin he wanted to use his powers like Spider-Man to protect people, then accepted the charger and study-materials hard drive Shen Jin offered.

Zhu Dan told Shen Jin why he wore a Rolex over his Spider-Man suit and shared his vow to protect the weak. After a night of friendship and seafood barbecue, Zhu Dan left Shen Jin with news that D City also had a diamond mine.

• Zhu Dan explained that his former girlfriend had left him for a wealthy man with a Rolex, and he had kept his watch in hopes of meeting her again.
• Zhu Dan vowed to protect the weak and praised Shen Jin for treating the people at his base with dignity.
• Shen Jin and Zhu Dan shared a seafood barbecue and drinks while talking about the apocalypse and Mu Yan.
• The next day, Zhu Dan told Shen Jin that D City had a diamond mine.

Shen Jin learned that a large diamond mine lay in Wafangdian and planned to reach it once he had a Jetpack. He sent the female soldiers out to gain combat experience, then received an unexpected call from the D City Government.

• Zhu Dan told Shen Jin that Wafangdian had Asia’s largest known diamond mine, located in Taiyang Subdistrict, and offered to help him reach it if he provided food.
• Shen Jin gave Zhu Dan a [Solar Helmet] as thanks, and Zhu Dan swung away from the settlement.
• Mu Yan and Shen Mengmeng lamented that their attempt to seduce Shen Jin had failed and planned to try again that night.
• Shen Jin ordered Zhao Chao to send the female soldiers out with the Zombie Slaying Squad to clear zombies across southern Lükou District.
• Shen Jin agreed to continue his secret firearms training with Zhao Chao, then received a call from the D City Government.