Chapter Summaries

Vanguard Team One withdrew after finding the Red Water Bay survivors safe, while Hu Shou deduced that Shen Jin was the Technology Special Ability User. At the Old Shipyard, the transferred civilians worried about the absent defenders until a noise came from the underground passage.

• The hip-hop guy and the Daoist captured a Japanese man who had filmed the battle, then the hip-hop guy stayed behind with the female dolphin.
• Vanguard Team One left the sea, and Iron Fist and Haozi debated whether they had completed their mission.
• Xia Anbang and Hu Shou discussed the report, and Hu Shou cut Xia Anbang’s Gene Serum supply after Xia teased him.
• Hu Shou concluded that Shen Jin was the Technology Special Ability User and considered how to recruit him for experiments.
• At the Old Shipyard, Meng San struck a civilian for suggesting the defenders might be dead, and a noise from the underground passage startled everyone.

After defeating the zombie horde, Shen Jin collected the crystal cores, completed a settlement mission, and received a new mission to expand Red Water Bay Base. Zhu Dan prepared to return home and launch a broader zombie-clearing campaign, though he lingered to ask Shen Jin for more study materials.

• Shen Jin discovered that the Big-Head Zombie's Tier 2 Energy Crystal Core was hidden in its heart and had the soul attribute, which might explain its repeated resurrections.
• Shen Jin equipped twenty-seven more people with Iron Armor, completed prosperous settlement II, and received 100 World Coins and an Enchanting Book Gift Pack.
• The system assigned prosperous settlement III, requiring Shen Jin to enclose a zombie-free base of at least twenty square kilometers, and he planned to incorporate the mountain villages east of Red Water Bay Base.
• Zhu Dan thanked Shen Jin for his support, said he was close to becoming a Tier 2 Superhuman, and proposed starting a zombie-clearing operation in Lükou District.
• Shen Jin gave Zhu Dan a Senzu Bean and offered Zhao Chao's help, then Zhu Dan pulled a flattened hard drive from his Spider-Man underwear and asked for more study materials.

After the zombie horde’s defeat, Shen Jin reflected on his relationship with Shang Qian and weighed how to spend his first [World Line]. He decided to save it for now, complete his current mission, and unlock [Intermediate Industry I] and the [Jetpack].

• Zhu Dan left with his study materials after helping Shen Jin fight the zombie horde and strengthening his special ability.
• Shen Jin asked Shang Qian what she thought of Zhu Dan, and they spoke affectionately about their relationship.
• Shen Jin returned to his workshop and considered whether to spend his [World Line] on [Tinkers' Construct], [Food Craft], or upgrading the [Crystal Core Shop].
• Shen Jin chose to keep his [World Line] unspent so he could finish his mission, unlock [Intermediate Industry I], and obtain the [Jetpack].

Shen Jin received four enchanted books, restored his workshop, and learned how many cores his squads had collected after the battle. He offered Hu Shou one hundred Extractors for the Government, provided it supplied the raw materials, and left negotiations about to begin.

• Shen Jin opened an Enchanted Book Gift Pack and found Efficiency IV, Energy Saving III, Zombie Killer III, and Frost Walker II enchanted books.
• Two days later, Shen Jin’s workshop was running again, and Mu Yan and Shen Mengmeng discussed trying to win him over while preparing food.
• Zhao Chao reported that the squads had collected 12,449 ordinary Energy Crystal Cores, 2,763 Mutant Energy Crystal Cores, 12 tier 1 Energy Crystal Cores, and 10 tier 1 Mutant Energy Crystal Cores.
• Shen Jin and the others discussed the growing share of evolved zombies and the greater danger they posed to ordinary people.
• Shen Jin called Hu Shou and offered to provide one hundred Extractors to expand Gene Serum production, asking the Government to supply the raw materials needed to make them.

Hu Shou arranged for D City to deliver materials and negotiated extra Gene Serum doses in exchange for Shen Jin’s [Extractors] and a possible visit to the Heavenly Net. Shen Jin prepared the [Extractors] and planned to enclose the land, while Zhu Dan asked to borrow his people to reclaim Lükou District.

• Hu Shou told Xia Anbang to trade for Shen Jin’s hundred [Extractors], invite him to the Heavenly Net Bureau without pressure, and watch for agents from Japan’s Divine Assembly.
• Xia Anbang asked for extra Gene Serum for D City, and Hu Shou promised twenty additional doses for delivering the [Extractors] and fifty more per month if Shen Jin visited the Heavenly Net Headquarters.
• Shen Jin finished making a hundred [Extractors] and planned to enclose the mountainous area south of Lükou District to complete his system mission.
• Zhu Dan called Shen Jin and asked to borrow people to help clear all of Lükou District; Shen Jin agreed to lend ten, provided they wore empowered armor, and set their meeting at Red Water Bay Base in a week.

Shen Jin completed the territory quest and unlocked Intermediate Industry I, gaining access to the Jetpack recipe. A new quest led him to suspect the Compound-Eyed Zombie had survived in Q City, and he planned to return there once he could fly.

• The D City Government prepared to give Shen Jin steel, iron, tin, copper, and graphite, but could not supply the diamonds he needed from the Wafangdian Diamond Mine.
• Shen Jin enclosed the Southern Mountainous Area of Lükou District with cobblestone, completing Prosperous Settlement III and receiving 150 World Coins.
• A new quest required Shen Jin to obtain another World Line, and he concluded that killing the Intelligent Zombie had earned his existing one.
• Shen Jin realized the Compound-Eyed Zombie from Q City had likely revived by transferring its genes and energy into another zombie.
• Shen Jin unlocked Intermediate Industry I for 500 World Coins, gaining access to the Jetpack and other industrial items.

Shen Jin crafted and tested a Mining Machine and OD Scanner to automate ore mining, then discovered that the Iron Storage Chest kept its contents when dismantled with an Electric Wrench. He left the chest reassembled with the cobblestone still inside, delighted by its hidden convenience.

• Shen Jin crafted a Mining Machine and an OD Scanner, noting that the industrial recipes used doubled materials.
• Shen Jin installed a Mining Drill, OD Scanner, and Mining Pipes in the Mining Machine and powered it with a CESU Energy Storage Unit.
• Shen Jin started the Mining Machine, which drilled underground and scanned for mineral deposits but initially found only cobblestone.
• Shen Jin crafted an Iron Storage Chest and found it held only forty-five slots, so he tried to break it with an Iron Pickaxe.
• Shen Jin used an Electric Wrench to dismantle the Iron Storage Chest and discovered that the cobblestone remained safely inside it.

Shen Jin discovered that [Iron Storage Chest]s could preserve their contents when removed, letting him carry far more supplies, and moved his mining operation deeper underground. He crafted a [Jetpack] to prepare for installing wind generators high above the coast.

• Shen Jin tested [Iron Storage Chest]s, found that they could hold other chests but could not be nested endlessly, and made twenty to store valuable supplies.
• Shen Jin connected an [Iron Storage Chest] to the [Mining Machine] and packed up the mining setup at ground level.
• Shen Jin rode a [Minecart] down the mine shaft and installed the [Mining Machine] and its equipment five hundred meters underground.
• Shen Jin reviewed the parts needed for wind power and decided he would need a [Jetpack] to install generators high above the ground.
• Shen Jin used his stored biogas to craft a [Jetpack] and examined its controls.

Shen Jin tested an Industrial Jetpack, discovered he could fly at high speed, and showed off his new equipment to Mu Yan and Shen Mengmeng. After exploring how Red Water Bay Base had developed its entertainment and resource-sharing businesses, he dragged Shang Qian to the Fishing Platform to try the jetpack.

• Shen Jin equipped the Jetpack over the sea, learned to control its powerful thrust, and hovered in the air.
• Shen Jin estimated the Jetpack's top speed at about eighty kilometers per hour, while Mu Yan and Shen Mengmeng watched him fly.
• Mu Yan offered Shen Jin a freshly baked treat and asked if he would come watch their performance that night; he agreed to take a look.
• Red Water Bay Base's residents traded food for repaired devices, media, and games through the Red Water Bay Online Resource Store.
• Shen Jin pulled Shang Qian away from her drama and dragged her to the Fishing Platform to try his new equipment.

Shen Jin tested his new biogas-powered Jetpack with Shang Qian, got lost beyond the Mini-map’s range, and discovered her teleportation limits. Back at Red Water Bay Base, he expanded biogas production and ordered residents to use designated toilets, then made eleven more Jetpacks for the Superhumans guarding the base while he prepared to meet the Government.

• Shen Jin and Shang Qian tested their Jetpacks over the sea, but Shen Jin lost his bearings after flying beyond the Mini-map’s ten-kilometer range.
• Shang Qian teleported back to the base alone, while Shen Jin estimated her travel range and searched until Red Water Bay Base appeared on his Mini-map.
• Shang Qian assessed the Jetpack’s weight and went to train assassination techniques with the Female Boss Squad.
• Shen Jin installed biogas equipment in Outer Areas One, Two, and Three, redirected their electricity to the Main Base grid, and turned the waste-collection units into designated toilets.
• Shen Jin announced that residents had to use the designated toilets and threatened to ferment the food of anyone who defecated elsewhere.
• Shen Jin made eleven Jetpacks for the Superhumans staying behind to guard the base while he went to exchange resources with the Government.

Shen Jin arranged a zombie-hunting squad for Zhu Dan and prepared to deliver an [Extractor] to the Government. His counseling had encouraged a strength-based Superhuman, but the squad assignments left her feeling overlooked again.

• A strength-based Superhuman sought counseling, and Shen Jin encouraged her to develop her ability and contribute at Red Water Bay Base.
• Zhu Dan arrived to collect the Superhumans Shen Jin had promised to lend him.
• Shen Jin assigned Liu Yang as squad captain and Zheng Ying as vice-captain for the zombie-hunting operation, while Zhao Chao and Miao Shubai commanded the group staying behind.
• The counseled woman realized she was still one of seventeen Tier 1 Strength Superhumans without a leadership role and grew angry.
• Zhu Dan empowered the squad's iron armor, and Shen Jin told the Government he would fly over to deliver the [Extractor].

Shen Jin and Shang Qian tested their new Jetpacks and flew toward a Government meeting point, but Shang Qian teleported them down to rescue a girl being chased by zombies. The chapter left Shen Jin facing the girl and the pursuing horde while three men fled.

• Zhu Dan and the other ability users departed with food supplied by Shen Jin, and Shen Jin left Zhao Chao in charge of the base and Jetpack training.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian flew off in their Jetpacks, reaching about one thousand meters before the airflow and pressure pushed the equipment to its limit.
• From the air, Shen Jin and Shang Qian spotted survivor groups and a girl being chased by zombies.
• Shang Qian teleported herself and Shen Jin to the ground to help the girl as more than a hundred zombies charged toward them and three men ran away.

Shen Jin and Shang Qian rescued a girl from a zombie horde after three men abandoned her. Shen Jin asked whether she would punish the men if she gained Superhuman powers, leaving her answer pending.

• Three men fled from the zombies and left the girl behind as bait.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian appeared in armor and killed the horde, including the L-Type and M-Type zombies.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian rescued the girl, who explained that the three men had abandoned her so they could escape.
• The girl said she wanted to become a Superhuman and save women from harm and kill zombies.
• Shen Jin asked whether she would make the three men pay if she gained Superhuman powers.

Shen Jin gave Li Moxuan a Basic Special Ability Awakening Potion, and she awakened the ability to control objects. After Shen Jin and Shang Qian flew away, Li Moxuan revealed that she had deceived them and pursued the three people who had abandoned her.

• Shen Jin learned that the timid girl was eighteen and named Li Moxuan, though she had never heard of Li Moxiao.
• Shen Jin exchanged ten Energy Crystal Cores for an awakening potion and gave it to Li Moxuan.
• Li Moxuan awakened the ability to control objects, lifting bricks into the air with telekinesis.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian flew toward the Zhongya Welding Rod Factory and discussed Shen Jin's decision to help Li Moxuan.
• Li Moxuan called Shen Jin a gullible fool, lifted steel pipes, and chased after the three people who had abandoned her.

Shen Jin and Shang Qian arrived at the D City resource handover and cleared out a warehouse of tin and iron using Shen Jin’s spatial storage. As they headed to a cable factory, Shen Jin began negotiating for copper wire by asking whether the military base needed electricity.

• Xia Anbang waited for Shen Jin and Shang Qian, then watched them descend from the sky using personal flight gear.
• Shen Jin explained that they had been delayed rescuing survivors on the way to D City.
• Xia Anbang showed Shen Jin the warehouse’s tin and iron, and Shen Jin asked to be left alone inside with Shang Qian.
• After half an hour, Shen Jin and Shang Qian emerged, and Xia Anbang learned that the entire warehouse had been emptied.
• Xia Anbang told Shen Jin that he could take at most a hundred tonnes of copper from the cable factory, but Shen Jin challenged his narrow perspective.
• Shen Jin asked whether the military base needed electricity, hinting that he might have something to trade for the copper.

Shen Jin struck a deal with Xia Anbang to build a wind turbine generator for the D City Government base in exchange for large quantities of copper, steel, and iron. After collecting the copper, Shen Jin arrived at the base and saw how its soldiers defended the survivors.

• Shen Jin proposed wind power after Xia Anbang explained the problems with thermal and solar generation.
• Shen Jin and Xia Anbang agreed that Shen Jin would build a generator capable of powering the base in exchange for 400 tonnes each of copper, steel, and iron, with the [Extractor] secured first.
• Shen Jin collected 500 tonnes of copper wire and traveled with his group to the D City Grain Reserve Bureau Base.
• Shen Jin saw that survivors lived near the western defenses while soldiers guarded the more dangerous eastern side facing the city.
• Xia Anbang and the officers affirmed that protecting the people was the soldiers’ duty.

Shen Jin built a wind turbine at the Grain Reserve Bureau Military Base, producing enough electricity to power its arsenal. Xia Anbang then urged him to join the Heavenly Net Headquarters to investigate why firearms had stopped working, identifying him as a Technology Special Ability User.

• Shen Jin crafted the wind turbine components and surveyed the base from the air to find a suitable location.
• Shen Jin built a cobblestone tower beside the arsenal, installed the generator, and connected it to a CESU Energy Storage Unit.
• The turbine began generating 2,500 kilowatt-hours per hour, which Xia Anbang said was more than enough for the base and arsenal.
• Xia Anbang asked Shen Jin to stay and join the Heavenly Net Headquarters, while Shang Qian objected to his attempt to recruit him.
• Xia Anbang explained that the Heavenly Net wanted Shen Jin to help research why firearms had stopped working, and Shen Jin was surprised when Xia called him a Technology Special Ability User.

Shen Jin rejected Xia Anbang’s request to join Heavenly Net but completed a resource exchange and learned the location of a diamond mine. He and Shang Qian reached the mine, cleared nearby zombies, and noticed that all the zombies there were evolved.

• Shen Jin accepted Xia Anbang’s label of him as a Technology Special Ability User and explained that his technology only worked for him and required more materials to advance.
• Shen Jin refused Xia Anbang’s invitation to go to Heavenly Net Headquarters, then collected 500 tonnes each of copper, tin, iron, and steel in exchange for revealing his abilities and learned the diamond mine’s location.
• Xia Anbang told Hu Shou that Shen Jin had left and reported that Shen Jin’s Wind Turbine Generator had solved the weapons processing plant’s power shortage.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian flew to the diamond mine in Wafangdian District and killed an M-Type Zombie and an L-Type Zombie near the site.
• Shen Jin and Shang Qian circled the mine and drew out nearby zombies to kill them, then Shang Qian noticed that all the zombies around the mine were evolved.

Zhu Dan led Liu Yang, Zheng Ying, and the Red Water Bay Superhumans into the Science and Technology Innovation Tower to rescue survivors, clearing the first three floors of zombies. As the team continued upward, the rescued survivors debated seeking free awakening serum, while one man left the tower alone with a steel pipe.

• Zhu Dan briefed his team on the mission to clear the tower and rescue its survivors, then led them inside.
• Liu Yang’s noisy entrance drew zombies from the upper floors, and Zhu Dan, Liu Yang, Zheng Ying, and the strength-enhanced fighters killed the attackers.
• The team cleared the first three floors without losing anyone, and Zheng Ying organized the others to collect energy crystal cores for Shen Jin.
• Survivors emerged from the lower floors, marveled at the Superhumans’ strength, and discussed trying to obtain awakening serum for free.
• One survivor picked up a steel pipe and walked out of the tower alone, separating himself from the others.

Shen Jin and Shang Qian searched a mine pit for diamonds and discovered a powerful Harpy Zombie had eaten most of the zombies nearby. After escaping its attack, Shen Jin devised a plan to deal with it and began setting up outside the tunnel.

• Shang Qian noticed that the zombies around the mine pit were all evolved, and she and Shen Jin refilled their Jetpacks before descending to search for ore.
• Shen Jin scanned the lower mine and found four diamond ore blocks in a dark tunnel behind a loader.
• A Harpy Zombie lunged at Shen Jin and Shang Qian, but Shang Qian teleported them to safety.
• Shang Qian concluded that the Harpy Zombie had eaten the ordinary zombies, leaving only evolved zombies in the area.
• Shen Jin recalled how Harpy Zombies had been defeated before, devised a plan, and started setting it up outside the tunnel.