Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo persuaded Luther West to release Chris, then asked Chris to lead everyone to the exit he had claimed to know. The group followed him to a sealed steel gate, leaving Chris’s claim to be tested.

• Luther West reconsidered his judgment of Chris and unlocked his cage after Chen Mo’s intervention.
• Chris thanked Chen Mo, who asked him to show the others the way out and prove he had told the truth.
• Chris agreed to lead the group, while Luther West and the others followed with lingering suspicion.
• Chris guided everyone outside, past the zombies gathered at the perimeter gate, to a thick, sealed steel gate.

Chris led the group to a sealed garage, where they found the riot-control armored vehicle he had promised. Its engine had been removed, so Angel Ortiz estimated it would take a week to reinstall, while zombies were also tunneling beneath the prison.

• Chris told the group that a riot-control armored vehicle was stored behind a nearby gate, and Luther West and Angel Ortiz went to inspect it.
• Angel Ortiz used a gas-cutting torch to cut the jammed lock, then he and Luther West raised the gate and revealed the armored vehicle.
• Angel Ortiz discovered the vehicle's engine hanging nearby, and he said reinstalling it might take at least a week.
• Luther West and the others accepted the repair delay as a better option than relying on Chen Mo to clear the zombies.
• Chen Mo realized the group had put their hopes in the vehicle, unaware that zombies were digging toward the prison through its drainage pipes.

Chris revealed that the prison had an armory in its flooded basement, giving the group a possible source of weapons and ammunition. They prepared to reach it through the submerged basement, with Chris offering to lead the dive.

• Chen Mo refused to abandon his zombie-clearing plan because he wanted to keep practicing his shooting while waiting for Alice.
• Christo and Luther West raised concerns about facing zombies outside the prison without enough weapons or ammunition.
• Chris said his unit had left an armory in the prison basement, and explained that more weapons had remained than people during the evacuation.
• The group followed Chris to the elevator shaft and found the basement flooded, but Chris said the armory was on higher ground about sixty meters away.
• Chris offered to lead the group through the flooded basement to the armory.

Chen Mo stopped Luther West, Chris, Angel Ortiz, and Christo from diving for weapons after realizing the armory was accessible from the prison’s first floor. Chris led the group to a hidden space beneath the main staircase, where Luther and Angel began breaking through the cement wall.

• Angel Ortiz volunteered to dive for weapons, while Kim Yong and Wendell said they could not swim well enough; Christo then volunteered, saying she had been her high school’s swimming champion.
• Chen Mo asked Chris whether the armory’s actual location was above ground and whether he could find it from the first floor, prompting the group to abandon their diving plan.
• Chris recalled the armory’s location and led the survivors in searching the first floor.
• The group found a concealed space beneath the main staircase and Chris pointed out where to break through the wall.
• Luther West and Angel Ortiz took iron hammers and began chipping away at the sturdy cement wall.

Luther West, Angel Ortiz, and the other survivors broke into the prison armory and discovered its weapons and ammunition were still there. They began taking inventory and choosing firearms, while Chen Mo remained wary that the prison’s apparent safety could fail.

• Luther West and Angel Ortiz smashed through the wall, revealing shelves of weapons and ammunition behind it.
• Chris, Kim Yong, Wendell, and the others helped widen the opening until everyone could enter the armory.
• Luther West and Angel Ortiz led the group inside, and Chen Mo followed after criticizing their lack of caution.
• Angel Ortiz picked up an M4A1, Luther West took an M249, and the others examined weapons in the armory.
• Luther West called everyone to put down their weapons and help inventory the armory, which held just over a hundred firearms.

After the group armed themselves at the arsenal, Chen Mo insisted on continuing his original plan while the armored car was repaired. He led everyone to the prison wall and began preparations, leaving Chris and Wendell unsure what he intended to do.

• Everyone took rifles or a submachine gun and backup pistols, while Luther West carried an M249, two submachine guns, and two pistols.
• Chris asked why Chen Mo had not taken a rifle, and Chen Mo said he was used to using pistols.
• Chen Mo told the group that his original plan would continue during the armored car repairs, and Luther West asked when it would start.
• Chen Mo said the plan would begin immediately, and the group gathered atop the wall.
• Angel Ortiz lowered a rope over the wall and secured it about three meters above the ground, then stepped aside as Chen Mo prepared to move.

Chen Mo displayed extraordinary marksmanship by killing zombies with two pistols, then climbed down from the prison wall and charged through the horde. His performance left Chris convinced that Chen Mo’s strength had made him the prison’s leader.

• Chen Mo used two pistols to shoot the zombies beneath the wall through the forehead, astonishing Chris and Wendell.
• Chen Mo climbed over the railing and descended the rope while continuing to fire at the zombies.
• Chen Mo reached the ground and charged through the horde, killing zombies before any could touch him.
• Chris recognized that Chen Mo’s skill explained why Luther West and the others trusted him and accepted him as their leader.
• Chris looked at his automatic rifle and reconsidered his belief that rifles were stronger than pistols against zombies.

Chris watched Chen Mo fight and realized he was changing pistol magazines so quickly that his gunfire seemed continuous. Chen Mo reached the stalled truck and climbed inside, leaving Chris and the others to realize it was the truck Chen Mo had driven there.

• Chris recognized the advantages of pistols against close-range zombies and resolved to train with one.
• Chris noticed brief pauses in Chen Mo's firing and worked out that he was rapidly changing magazines from his sleeves.
• Kim Yong pointed out that Chen Mo had not seemed to change magazines, and Chris explained what he had observed to Luther West and the others.
• Chen Mo cleared a path through the horde and reached the stalled heavy truck.
• Chen Mo climbed onto the truck's cargo compartment and jumped through a hatch, and Luther West told Chris that it was the truck Chen Mo had driven there.

Chen Mo returned from the truck’s cargo compartment and unleashed the full power of Gun Fu, revealing that he could clear the zombie horde far faster than the survivors had expected. The survivors watched as he carved a growing safe zone through the zombies, while Chen Mo continued his marksmanship training.

• Luther West told Chris that Chen Mo planned to use the truck’s ammunition to clear the zombies outside, and Chris judged the task feasible but likely to take a month.
• The survivors considered waiting for Angel Ortiz to repair the armored vehicle, but nobody challenged Chen Mo’s decision.
• Chen Mo climbed out of the cargo compartment with empty hands, drew his twin pistols, and jumped into the zombie horde.
• Chen Mo fired much faster than before, leaving no zombies within two meters of him and carving out a four-meter-wide vacuum zone.
• The survivors realized Chen Mo had replenished ammunition hidden on his body and had previously held back his full strength.
• Chen Mo ignored the survivors and continued training his marksmanship as he killed the zombies.

Chen Mo slaughtered a huge horde of zombies and displayed extraordinary jumping and climbing ability as he returned to the prison wall. Over the next few days, he continued clearing zombies while Angel Ortiz repaired the armored car and Chris joined the watch rotation.

• Chen Mo used the zombie horde to improve his Gun Fu while the people on the wall watched in shock.
• Chen Mo cleared a path to the wall, leaped to the rope above it, and climbed back over as Angel Ortiz pulled the rope up.
• Luther West wondered whether Chen Mo was a superhuman fighting a hidden force behind the outbreak, then dismissed thoughts of saving the world as they focused on survival.
• Chen Mo continued clearing zombies each day, and Angel Ortiz worked on repairing the armored car.
• Chris earned everyone's trust and took Angel Ortiz's place in the watch rotation, while the zombie crowds around the prison thinned over several days.

Chen Mo and the prison survivors spotted Alice approaching in a small plane, while zombies continued tunneling toward the prison underground. Alice tried to land on the narrow rooftop, and Chen Mo began organizing the survivors to help her land safely.

• Chen Mo monitored the zombies digging through the sewers as they moved closer to the prison.
• An air raid siren sounded, and Chen Mo recognized Alice’s red propeller plane approaching from the northwest.
• Chen Mo and Kim Yong joined Angel Ortiz and Wendell as they rushed to the rooftop, where Chris, Luther West, and Christo were watching the plane.
• The plane flew low over the rooftop, and Chen Mo warned everyone to get down before it passed overhead.
• Chen Mo realized Alice was trying to land on the rooftop and began assigning tasks to help her land safely.

Chen Mo and the survivors prepared a rooftop runway for an emergency landing, using a cable as an arresting wire to slow the incoming plane. The plane stopped at the building’s edge, but its nose and front landing gear hung over the side, held only by the cable.

• Chen Mo ordered Angel Ortiz to rig a cable across the runway and sent the others to clear carts and oil drums.
• Angel Ortiz secured the cable to flagpoles and a steel pipe while the survivors moved obstacles from the runway.
• Chen Mo warned everyone when the plane approached, and the group cleared the runway before it landed.
• The plane dipped below the rooftop edge, then rose onto the narrow runway and smashed through several ventilation pipes.
• The plane’s landing gear caught the cable, which slowed it before it struck and broke through the parapet.
• The plane stopped at the rooftop edge with its front half hanging over the side, supported by the cable.

Chen Mo and the survivors pulled Alice’s plane back onto the rooftop just before it crashed into the horde below. After Alice and Claire emerged, Chris recognized Claire and approached her in disbelief.

• When the flagpoles tore loose, Chen Mo shoved Angel Ortiz aside and caught the plane’s cable, stopping its nose from falling into the horde.
• Angel Ortiz and the others, including Luther West and Kim Yong, helped Chen Mo pull the plane safely back onto the rooftop.
• Alice climbed out of the cockpit, met Chen Mo, and introduced herself.
• Claire emerged from the rear cabin, and Chris recognized her, walked up to her, and introduced himself.

Claire’s brother Chris found her, but her amnesia left her unable to recognize him. Alice learned that Arcadia was a ship anchored offshore, and Claire began recalling that its crew had come to collect her and Alice after their helicopter landed.

• Chris told Claire he was her brother, but she restrained him and said she did not know him.
• Alice confirmed that Claire had lost her memory and urged Chris to give her time to remember.
• Christo asked Alice whether she had come looking for Arcadia, and Chen Mo showed Alice that Arcadia was a ship offshore.
• Angel Ortiz played Arcadia’s emergency broadcast and explained that its signal had stopped two days earlier.
• Claire remembered that Arcadia’s crew had arrived in speedboats to collect her and Alice, and Chen Mo offered to help her remember more.

Chen Mo warned Alice and Claire that Umbrella Corporation had captured survivors aboard the Arcadia, and they chose to leave with his group rather than risk flying to the ship. Claire stayed behind to watch the Arcadia and continued recovering memories of her captured companions and brother.

• Chen Mo told Alice and Claire that armed soldiers had captured survivors and that the Arcadia was likely connected to Umbrella Corporation.
• Claire realized the broadcasts and promise of rescue had been a trap, and Alice decided they had to reach the Arcadia to save their friends.
• Chen Mo offered Alice and Claire a safer way out in three days, once Angel Ortiz finished repairing the armored car, and they agreed to leave with his group.
• Chen Mo warned everyone that zombies might be moving beneath the prison and urged them to stay together and remain alert.
• Claire stayed on the rooftop while Alice went to eat, then watched the Arcadia through binoculars as more memories of her companions and brother returned.

Claire remembered that her friends were likely aboard an Umbrella Corporation ship and planned to rescue them, so Chris offered to join her despite the danger. At the prison, Alice prepared her weapons and learned about Chen Mo’s abilities, concluding that he was not working with Umbrella Corporation.

• Chris asked Claire whether her friends were aboard the ship, and Claire said she thought they were and agreed to go save them.
• Chris insisted on joining Claire because he would not let his little sister risk her life alone.
• Alice showed Christo her collection of weapons and gear, then sorted a pouch of coins while asking about the prison and Chen Mo.
• Christo told Alice about Chen Mo’s marksmanship, strength, and plan to clear out the zombies, leaving Alice astonished by his abilities.
• Alice judged that Chen Mo was not allied with Umbrella Corporation and packed the sorted coins into the barrels of her double-barreled Hunting rifles.

Alice settled into the prison after arriving with Christo, while Claire kept watch over the Arcadia and an enormous axe-wielding figure approached the prison. The next morning, Alice prepared to take a cold shower, unaware that someone was emerging from the room opposite hers.

• Alice loaded coins into her shotguns as ammunition, checked her revolvers, and followed Christo to her assigned room.
• Alice slept fully clothed with a revolver in hand, while Claire watched the Arcadia from the rooftop with Chris through the night.
• An enormous figure carrying a bloodstained giant axe strode toward the prison, and the survivors inside began waking up.
• Alice met Christo in the morning and asked to shower; Christo said the prison had running water but no hot water.
• Christo led Alice toward the showers as someone slowly opened the door opposite Alice's room.

Alice went to the prison bathhouse with Christo, but while she was preparing to shower, she discovered Wendell hiding there to spy on her. After Alice killed a tentacled zombie that ambushed her, Wendell found himself blocked by another zombie with no weapon to defend himself.

• Christo showed Alice the bathhouse, then left her alone to wash.
• Alice heard a noise, drew her revolver, and found Wendell hiding behind the towel rack to spy on her.
• Alice forced Wendell out and ordered him to leave at gunpoint.
• A tentacled zombie attacked Alice from behind, and she killed it with a point-blank shot.
• Wendell tried to flee but encountered another zombie, and he had no weapon to protect himself.

A zombie emerging from a tunnel killed Wendell and alerted the prison survivors that the creatures could enter through any sewer. With the armored vehicle still unfinished, Chen Mo took charge and ordered everyone to move weapons and ammunition to the garage while he handled the vehicle.

• A tentacled zombie dragged Wendell through a hole in the bathroom floor while Alice was distracted by another attacker.
• Alice told Christo and the arriving survivors that zombies had entered the prison, and Chen Mo warned that they could emerge wherever sewers were present.
• Luther West urged the group to leave, but Angel Ortiz said the armored vehicle needed at least two more days of repairs.
• Chen Mo told everyone to move the armory's weapons and ammunition to the garage and stay alert while he took responsibility for the armored vehicle.

As the group prepared for a possible zombie assault, Alice and Claire went to the armory to choose weapons and ammunition for a breakout. The chapter ended with the survivors arming themselves and relying on Chen Mo to lead them if they had to escape by force.

• Alice wondered why everyone carried two pistols, unaware that Chen Mo’s example had inspired them to imitate his fighting style.
• Chen Mo assigned the group their tasks and told Alice and Claire to gather extra weapons because a fierce battle might come that day.
• Alice and Claire joined the others in moving weapons and ammunition from the armory to the armored car.
• Chris showed Alice and Claire the unit’s weapons, including shotguns and sniper rifles, and pointed out the ammunition and magazines.
• Alice kept her familiar hunting rifles and revolvers, added two submachine guns, and stocked up on magazines.
• Claire chose a pistol and extra magazines, while Alice accepted her choice as best suited to her fighting style.