Chapter Summaries

Wang Tao learned that Changhe Base City in Xizhou Province had invited the survivors of Bauhinia Base, but the distance and the zombie horde made rescuing them seem impossible. He returned to Wuyang City to hunt stronger zombies and discovered a Tier 5 Calamity monster radiating deadly energy as it emerged beneath the helicopter.

• Han Rui told Wang Tao that Changhe Base City had several hundred thousand survivors and offered refuge, food, and work, but it was a thousand kilometers away.
• Wang Tao told Lan Yulian about the offer, then left Bauhinia Base for the Military Base after Lightning advanced to the second order.
• At the Military Base, Wang Tao explained Bauhinia Base's danger and decided to hunt Fourth Order zombies in Wuyang City to strengthen their group.
• Wang Tao's Plant Affinity detected a huge figure that caused plants to die wherever it went, and the helicopter's Geiger Counter began clicking rapidly as radiation spread.
• A gigantic flesh ball made from zombies, animals, and machines emerged from the ground, and Wang Tao identified it as a Tier 5 Calamity with Radiation Awakening.

Wang Tao’s group encountered a Fifth Order Calamity Grade Radiation Zombie and realized Wuyang City was becoming too dangerous to remain in. After contacting Changhe Base City, Wang Tao learned of a high-altitude aircraft hazard and discovered that the city might send its Third Army Corps to rescue more than twenty thousand survivors at Bauhinia Base.

• Wang Tao’s helicopter fled after the Radiation Zombie’s radiation drained the group’s health, and they washed the aircraft and themselves at the Military Base to stop the damage.
• Wang Tao suspected the Radiation Zombie had mutated after surviving a low-yield nuclear blast and decided the group could not stay at the Military Base.
• Nie Siyan restored contact with Changhe Base City, where operator Li Ping warned that aircraft malfunctioned above 3,000 meters and advised Wang Tao to fly below 2,000 meters.
• Wang Tao learned that Changhe Base City could not immediately provide support because violent winds and lightning grounded its aircraft, then revealed that more than twenty thousand survivors were trapped at Bauhinia Base.
• Commander Hou Zhiyuan promised to send the Third Army Corps to rescue the survivors if Wang Tao sent video verifying their numbers.

Wang Tao sent evidence of Bauhinia Base’s plight to Changhe Base City and received confirmation that a rescue force would come if the survivors could hold out for three days. He decided to abandon the Military Base and bring its supplies to Bauhinia Base, where Lan Yulian learned rescue was on the way.

• Wang Tao arrived at Bauhinia Base, recorded its besieged walls and survivors, and sent the footage and photos through the Military Base to Changhe Base City.
• Hou Zhiyuan reviewed the evidence and population data, then confirmed that Changhe Base City would send a rescue force and asked Wang Tao to hold out for three days.
• Wang Tao killed several Third Order Lord Zombies attacking Bauhinia Base, disrupting the horde’s assault.
• Wang Tao told Hou Zhiyuan that communications might fail, and Hou Zhiyuan promised the rescue force would continue regardless.
• Wang Tao told Lan Yulian he would abandon the Military Base, bring its supplies to Bauhinia Base, and wait for rescue.

Wang Tao abandoned the Military Base and brought his people and weapons to Bauhinia Base, where they joined Lan Yulian’s survivors in preparing to hold out for reinforcements from Changhe Base City. After helping Lightning grow stronger, Wang Tao rested, but a Tier 4 zombie appeared in the horde that night.

• Wang Tao transported the supplies and survivors from the Military Base to Bauhinia Base, then sealed the old base before leaving.
• Wang Tao helped fortify Bauhinia Base with heavy machine guns and killed three Third Order Lord Zombies attacking its walls.
• Lan Yulian told the survivors that Changhe Base City would send reinforcements, giving them hope as they prepared to defend the base for several days.
• Wang Tao killed zombies with a baton so Lightning could finish them and raise its health, then fed Lightning meat from a fourth-order monster and helped it advance.
• Ding Yuqin woke Wang Tao to warn him that a Tier 4 zombie had appeared in the horde, and Wang Tao went to investigate.

Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue fought a Fourth Order Lord Chainsaw Zombie threatening Bauhinia Base. Wang Tao killed it with his Prairie Fire awakening, then returned to the high wall to inspect its loot as the zombie assault lost coordination.

• Wang Tao spotted the Chainsaw Zombie directing the horde and helped the defenders use ultraviolet lights to repel the Night Demon Zombies.
• Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue left the wall to confront the Chainsaw Zombie, whose chainsaw blocked his ranged attacks and dealt devastating damage to Entangling Tree Root.
• Wang Tao adapted by attacking with his shield and blade, but the Chainsaw Zombie began spinning toward the base, threatening to cut through the wall.
• Wang Tao used Prairie Fire to knock the Chainsaw Zombie out of its spinning attack, then struck it and killed it as it tried to flee.
• Wang Tao burned the surrounding zombies, returned to the high wall with Jiang Shixue, and received the group's praise as the horde fell into disarray.
• Wang Tao stayed on the wall in case another Fourth Order zombie appeared and examined the Chainsaw Zombie's loot.

After killing the Chainsaw Zombie, Wang Tao inspected its loot, crafted a High-Power Pacemaker that could revive people shortly after death, and gave several support items to Lan Yulian. With the base still under siege by huge numbers of zombies, he went outside to raise the Bloody Chainsaw’s health cap, leaving only one day in his agreement with Hou Zhiyuan.

• Wang Tao found that the Bloody Chainsaw could remove zombies’ life force but lost health when used, and he tested its damage against several zombies.
• Wang Tao opened the loot packages, obtained potions and blueprints, and gave the Farsight Glasses, Female Doctor Set, and Sharp Scalpel to Lan Yulian.
• Wang Tao crafted a High-Power Pacemaker that could restore someone with zero health if their vital organs were intact, and Lan Yulian rushed to warn the others to preserve fallen companions’ bodies.
• Wang Tao saw that the base remained besieged and that Third Order Lord Zombies kept appearing, so he jumped from the wall to kill zombies and increase the Bloody Chainsaw’s health cap.
• Wang Tao slaughtered zombies with the Bloody Chainsaw until the Night Demons began fleeing at dawn, then noted that only the final day of his agreement with Hou Zhiyuan remained.

Wang Tao hunted Madman Zombie and Night Demon nests, raising Lightning’s health to 100,000 and the Bloody Chainsaw’s health to 100,000. He then discovered four Fourth Order Lord Zombies heading for Bauhinia Base, where Lan Yulian organized the defenders as the zombie horde attacked again.

• Wang Tao returned to Bauhinia Base at dawn, rested, and later learned that ammunition would last about three days if the fighting continued at the previous pace.
• Wang Tao took Jiang Shixue and Lightning outside to hunt zombies, followed fleeing Madman Zombies to a nest, and destroyed it, finding First, Second, and Third Order Crystal Core Stripping Crystal Cores.
• Wang Tao cleared a Night Demon Nest, bringing Lightning’s health to 100,000, then spotted four Fourth Order Lord Zombies approaching Bauhinia Base and warned Lan Yulian.
• Wang Tao and Lan Yulian distributed weapons and organized Bauhinia Base’s defenders into rotating groups as survivors prepared to fight.
• The zombie horde grew frenzied and began climbing the high walls, and Lan Yulian ordered the defenders to fire as flames and bullets struck the advancing zombies.

Wang Tao killed one Fourth Order Lord Zombie and collected its loot, but the other three stayed hidden until nightfall, when they returned with an enormous horde to threaten the base. He prepared everyone for a desperate defense as the rescue force remained their hope.

• Wang Tao used an Anti-Material Sniper Rifle to kill zombies while waiting for the Fourth Order Lord Zombies to reveal themselves.
• A bald Fourth Order Lord Zombie attacked the base wall with a metal pillar, so Wang Tao lured it away and fought it while He Jijun provided helicopter support.
• Wang Tao used Mental Impact and close-range attacks to weaken the bald zombie, blocked its thrown pillar from hitting the helicopter, stored the Mystic Iron Rod, and killed the zombie.
• Wang Tao collected the bald zombie's loot, including Awakening Energy Orbs, Mystic Iron, and a Mystic Iron Heavy Armor Set Crafting Blueprint, then crafted the armor.
• At night, Wang Tao spotted the other three Fourth Order Lord Zombies returning with at least three times the existing zombie horde, and he ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

Wang Tao and Bauhinia Base fought off a massive zombie siege as four Fourth Order Lord Zombies attacked from different directions and breached the western wall. Wearing the Mystic Iron Heavy Armor, Wang Tao held the breach and began fighting three Lords at once, deciding to spend his Advanced Special Energy to keep Prairie Fire active.

• Wang Tao rejected Xiang Hongbin’s plan to draw away two Lord Zombies because he feared it would get his companions killed, then discovered their Awakenings made them resistant to bullets.
• The three Lords vanished from the southern wall, and Wang Tao found that a fourth Lord, a Night Demon Zombie, had breached the western wall while the others had served as a diversion.
• Wang Tao used Prairie Fire to trap the zombies pouring through the breach in flames, then killed the Lord Night Demon and joined his allies in defending the opening.
• Wang Tao sent most of the combat personnel to reinforce the other walls and stayed at the breach with Lan Yulian, Ding Yuqin, and his companions as the Lords resumed their assault.
• Wang Tao donned the Mystic Iron Heavy Armor, which let him withstand ordinary zombies, and fought the Rock Armor, Deformed, and Fat Zombies as they attacked together.
• Wang Tao judged that he could wear down the three Lords with his healing and Prairie Fire, then exchanged Advanced Special Energy for Awakening Energy to continue the fight.

Wang Tao killed the three Fourth Order Lord Zombies attacking Bauhinia Base, then faced a Fourth Order Giant Zombie that threatened the survivors. After discovering the Bloody Chainsaw could damage it, he brought the Giant Zombie down, leaving the base’s remaining zombie horde unresolved.

• Wang Tao used Blast Flame Grenades from He Jijun’s helicopter to burn thousands of zombies and ease pressure on the base walls.
• Wang Tao shattered the Rock Armor Zombie’s armor and killed it, then killed the Fat Zombie and the Deformed Zombie while rescuing the survivors from poison gas and fire.
• A Fourth Order Giant Zombie appeared, and Wang Tao’s health loss triggered his Berserk ability, turning him into a Flame Giant.
• Wang Tao fought the Giant Zombie but struggled to damage it with his usual weapons and attacks, so he used the Bloody Chainsaw’s Bone Removal ability.
• Wang Tao repeatedly attacked the Giant Zombie with the chainsaw and emptied its health bar.

Wang Tao and Bauhinia Base survived the zombie horde after he killed the Giant Zombie, and reinforcements from Changhe Base City arrived with advanced military equipment. The survivors began evacuating by train, but a large zombie attack struck along the way; the group eventually reached the enormous train and continued toward Changhe Base City.

• Wang Tao killed the Giant Zombie, then defended the breach and burned through the zombie horde until dawn as Ding Yuqin and Lan Yulian helped the wounded.
• Duan Xuchang led Changhe Base City's armed forces to Bauhinia Base, where Wang Tao and the survivors learned that reinforcements had arrived.
• Duan Xuchang arranged for the twenty thousand survivors to evacuate by train, while his soldiers protected them from the remaining zombies.
• Wang Tao told Duan Xuchang that his group had killed the Giant Zombie before the reinforcements arrived, and the survivors began their journey under military protection.
• A large number of Madman Zombies attacked the convoy, but the Power Armor troops destroyed them and returned unharmed.
• Wang Tao and the others continued toward the railroad tracks and saw the enormous train that would carry them to Changhe Base City.

Wang Tao and the survivors boarded the Obstacle Clearing Train bound for Changhe Base, where they shared food and learned about the Mystical Stomach Pouch. After the train departed, Wang Tao inspected the Fourth Order zombie loot, crafting a Night Demon Ring that could summon his armor set and acquiring useful supplies for the journey ahead.

• Duan Xuchang showed Wang Tao and the others the armored Obstacle Clearing Train, and the military loaded more than twenty thousand survivors and their vehicles aboard.
• Duan Xuchang served Cockroach Paste, but Wang Tao and the women offered better food; Wang Tao demonstrated the Mystical Stomach Pouch and gave several to the soldiers.
• The train pulled away as zombies surged after it, and Duan Xuchang told Wang Tao that Changhe Base was a major but imperfect refuge.
• Wang Tao checked his loot, crafted Night Demon Leg Armor, and fused his Night Demon equipment into a ring that let him summon or remove the set with a thought.
• Wang Tao inspected more loot from the Rock Armor Zombie and the poison-gas-releasing Deformed Zombie, gaining Awakening Keys, potions, blueprints, and Corrosive Poison Gas Bombs.

Wang Tao examined the high-quality loot from the Deformed Zombie and Fat Zombie, then fused with a Fireball crystal core despite its severe maximum-health penalty. He tested the new ability aboard the train and began experimenting with embedding a Slow Healing crystal core into a Flame Gauze Robe.

• Wang Tao crafted Corrosion Armor and a Corrosion Spear from the Deformed Zombie’s blueprints, noting that both produced poisonous gas and cost the wearer health.
• Wang Tao found Slow Healing, Blast Flame, and Fireball crystal cores among the Fat Zombie’s loot, then fused with Fireball, reducing his maximum health by 100,000.
• Wang Tao tested Fireball by creating a small flame on his fingertip, and Lightning approached it for warmth.
• Wang Tao obtained ten Blast Flame Grenades, an Awakening Energy Orb, and blueprints for a Flame Gauze Robe and Flame Bracelet.
• Wang Tao crafted the flame-themed equipment, chose a Slow Healing crystal core to test embedding in the robe, and read the rules governing embedded abilities.

Wang Tao examined and tested newly crafted equipment, then sorted through the Giant Zombie’s loot and made more gear from its drops. After resting aboard the train, he woke when it stopped because the road ahead was blocked and the passengers needed to clear it.

• Wang Tao tested the Flame Gauze Robe’s socketed Slow Healing ability and compared its energy costs with the Corrosion Spear’s innate ability.
• Wang Tao gave Jiang Shixue the option of wearing the Flame Gauze Robe, but she refused because its bright appearance did not suit her ambush tactics.
• Wang Tao examined the Giant Zombie’s drops, including an Advancement Crystal Core, a Blood Orb, new elixirs, an Awakening Key, Socket Opening Devices, and crafting materials and blueprints.
• Wang Tao drank ten Energy Elixirs, raising his energy limit to 65,000, and crafted a Giant Killer Ring and Giant Heavy Armor Set.
• Wang Tao rested with Lightning, then woke when the train stopped and an announcement said the road ahead was blocked and had to be cleared.

Wang Tao’s train was delayed by rubble blocking the tracks, so he and the others prepared to keep watch overnight while the soldiers cleared the route. During the delay, Wang Tao distributed equipment and supplies, tested the Flame Bracelet, and demonstrated his newly learned Fireball Ability, which set part of a village ablaze.

• Duan Xuchang showed Wang Tao that collapsed buildings blocked the tracks, and the soldiers began clearing the rubble while the group watched from the train.
• Wang Tao offered equipment and supplies to his companions; Lan Yulian won the Flame Gauze Robe, and Wang Tao explained that four Physical Awakening Keys could be used once they reached safety.
• The soldiers reported that the tracks were intact but would not be cleared until the next day, so Wang Tao, Jiang Shixue, and Lightning went outside to help keep watch.
• Wang Tao tested the Flame Bracelet on zombies and found that its fire attribute slightly increased damage and could sometimes ignite targets.
• Wang Tao used his Fireball Ability to kill the remaining zombies in a village, but the flames also set half the village ablaze.

Wang Tao joined Duan Xuchang’s army to hunt Night Demons and locate their nest, using his ultraviolet equipment to expose and weaken them. After finding the nest and having the army blast open its entrance, Wang Tao led his group underground, where he discovered a vast mass of Incubation Flesh and several Fourth Order Lord Night Demons.

• Wang Tao practiced his Fireball Ability, accidentally set a village ablaze, and mastered the power while killing the zombies drawn by the flames.
• Duan Xuchang reported Night Demons at the train station, and Wang Tao joined the army’s search for their nest.
• The army used thermal imaging and heavy weapons to kill Night Demons, while Wang Tao supplied portable High-Power Ultraviolet Flashlights.
• Wang Tao located a large Night Demon Nest, fired a Large Ultraviolet Flare to weaken the Night Demons, and directed armed helicopters to blast open the entrance.
• Wang Tao led his group into the nest and found countless malformed Night Demons and several Fourth Order Lord Night Demons.

Wang Tao’s group fought three Fourth Order Lord Night Demons in a nest, killed them, and discovered that the bloated Mother Night Demon had been guarding Fifth and Fourth Order Night Demon Parasite eggs. After Wang Tao warned everyone about the new threat, they returned to find Duan Xuchang still battling more Night Demons, and Wang Tao lit the battlefield with another Large Ultraviolet Flare.

• Wang Tao’s group entered the nest, used ultraviolet flares to weaken three Fourth Order Lord Night Demons, and killed the two Black-skinned Night Demons.
• Wang Tao and the others attacked the bloated Night Demon, but it threw a Fifth Order parasite at Lan Yulian before Lightning intercepted it and Wang Tao killed it.
• Wang Tao found thirteen Fifth Order and fifty-six Fourth Order Night Demon Parasite eggs beneath the Mother Night Demon and warned everyone about parasitism.
• Wang Tao’s group emerged to find Duan Xuchang still fighting more Night Demons, including two Fourth Order ones.
• Wang Tao fired a Large Ultraviolet Flare into the battlefield, illuminating it and disorienting the Night Demons.

Wang Tao and the soldiers defeated the Night Demons, and he reported the parasites to Duan Xuchang before tallying the battle’s enormous rewards. He crafted a complete Fourth Order Night Demon Set and gave it to Jiang Shixue, then turned to the loot from the Fifth Order Night Demon Parasite.

• Wang Tao told Duan Xuchang that the group had encountered a Fifth Order zombie parasite and three Fourth Order Lord Night Demons underground, revealing that six Fourth Order lords had been involved in the battle.
• Duan Xuchang thanked Wang Tao’s group for helping avert military casualties, and Wang Tao explained that unusual concentrations of powerful zombies often indicated a Mother Zombie.
• After returning to the train, Wang Tao reviewed the spoils, raised his maximum health to 150,000, and increased his Awakening Energy cap to 700.
• Wang Tao obtained a complete set of Night Demon equipment blueprints, crafted the Fourth Order set, and gave the ring containing it to Jiang Shixue.
• Jiang Shixue equipped the Night Demon Set, thanked Wang Tao with a kiss on the cheek, and ran off while Wang Tao examined the Fifth Order Night Demon Parasite’s loot package.

Wang Tao examined the Night Demon Parasite’s insect eggs and loot, then equipped Lan Yulian with gear that let her healing grant fire-element attacks to allies. The group cleared the train tracks and departed as the rain began to ease, signaling that zombie evolution might be near.

• Wang Tao stored the Fifth Order Night Demon Parasite egg, considered testing lower-order eggs, and collected the parasite’s loot, including a Night Demon I Type, an Awakening Energy Orb, Crystal Cores, ultraviolet supplies, and a Healing Earring blueprint.
• Wang Tao crafted the Ordinary Healing Earring and realized it could pass elemental attacks from the wearer to people she healed.
• Wang Tao gave Lan Yulian the Flame Bracelet and Healing Earrings, and confirmed that her healing and Healing Light could grant allies fire-element attacks.
• Duan Xuchang and the others finished clearing the railway tracks, and Wang Tao’s group boarded the train and left the station.
• Duan Xuchang noticed that the rain had weakened, and the group realized zombie evolution might soon follow.

As the rain stopped, Wang Tao and the survivors faced a horde of evolved zombies on the route to Changhe Base. They cleared the final obstacle, but Wang Tao discovered that most newly obtained crystal cores lacked abilities as the train neared the base.

• Lan Yulian reassured the Bauhinia Base survivors while Wang Tao comforted Yang Changhong and watched the rain begin to let up.
• Duan Xuchang reported that an evolved zombie horde blocked the train’s route, so Wang Tao lent him the transport helicopter to deliver six sets of Power Armor into the fight.
• Wang Tao and Lan Yulian joined Duan Xuchang’s armored soldiers, and Lan Yulian’s Healing Light added fire damage that helped them burn through the zombies.
• Wang Tao found that most crystal cores dropped by the evolved zombies had no ability, though Lan Yulian obtained a Tier 2 Charger Crystal Core that still contained one.
• The train passed the cleared horde and continued toward Changhe Base; after the rain stopped, the survivors saw a rainbow as Duan Xuchang announced they had arrived.