Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo tested how zombies detected sound and fought through a building, discovering their corrosive fluids and the strange skills they granted. After returning to the Resurrection Point, he learned the Bionic Human had been repaired and prepared to resume exploring the ruins.

• Yang Bo used echoes from tapping a wall to locate zombies inside nearby units, then confirmed that a zombie activated when it spotted the Bionic Human.
• Yang Bo fought zombies with a shield and hammer, gained several unexpected skills, and fled after their bodily fluids corroded the Bionic Human.
• Yang Bo returned to the Resurrection Point, spent Game Coins repairing his equipment, and logged out to check whether the Bionic Human would be repaired.
• Fatty Boss told Yang Bo that the Gene Serum Material had arrived, the government had paid compensation, and the attackers on March Star had been arrested.
• The next day, Yang Bo logged in during heavy rain and found that the Bionic Human's corroded parts had been patched with mismatched material.

Yang Bo explored a zombie-infested town and discovered a fortified Breeding Farm packed with zombies, where he killed a flying monster and received a bounty mission notification. Meanwhile, Zhou Rui trained, considered getting close to Yang Bo, and learned that the Divine Thief Sect would soon accept him.

• Yang Bo chose a crossbow, arrows, a short spear, and a shield, then traveled to a nearby town to test whether zombie animals could grant him the Charge skill.
• Zhou Rui completed intense physical training, wondered what Yang Bo’s superpower was, and decided to get closer to him despite Fatty’s interference.
• Zhou Rui read an email from her father saying the Divine Thief Sect would arrive after the storm to accept Yang Bo.
• Yang Bo killed zombies with his crossbow, accidentally drew their attention and fled town alongside two other players.
• Yang Bo found a fortified Breeding Farm filled with zombies and discovered a flying monster circling above the wall.
• Yang Bo dodged the monster’s dive and struck it with his short spear, earning Rend +4 and a bounty mission notification.

Yang Bo used the game to grind skills by spending ammunition to kill zombies, then found a much larger monster-filled Breeding Farm and prepared to return with more weapons. During a hurricane, Zhou Rui told him the Divine Thief Sect would assess him after the storm and warned him that sect resources came with fierce competition.

• Yang Bo collected blood and feathers from a huge creature, then realized he should spend money on ammunition to grind skills rather than focus on bounty profits.
• Yang Bo shot 272 zombies at the Breeding Farm, gained Blade Skill and other skills, and discovered blades in cliff chambers that explained the zombies’ Blade Skill rewards.
• Yang Bo searched Green Mountain Farm, saw thousands of mutated goats and many other monsters, hid his weapons, and returned to the Resurrection Point to prepare more supplies.
• Fatty Boss messaged Yang Bo to come eat, and Yang Bo joined him and Zhou Rui while a hurricane battered the house.
• Zhou Rui told Yang Bo that the Divine Thief Sect would assess him after the hurricane and warned that sects distributed resources through intense competition and equal exchange.

Yang Bo listened as Fatty Boss and Zhou Rui discussed the dangers of family rivalries and the arrival of a Divine Thief Sect disciple, while the two secretly negotiated over Yang Bo’s abilities. In the game, Yang Bo attacked the Zombie Sheep at the Breeding Farm, gained Tracking and Charge, and escaped the advancing herd while considering a better way to kill them.

• Fatty Boss described how family rivalries and Red Earl’s attack had killed or made people disappear, while Zhou Rui encouraged Yang Bo to rely on the Bounty Hunter Guild as well as his boss.
• Zhou Rui warned Yang Bo to keep his superpower secret and explained what little she knew about the Divine Thief Sect.
• After Yang Bo returned to his room, Zhou Rui pressed Fatty Boss to reveal his abilities, and Fatty Boss demanded high-compatibility Energy Armor and an alliance with the guild president in exchange for the information.
• Yang Bo entered the game, prepared a hilltop position near the Breeding Farm, and shot a Zombie Dog, gaining Tracking +2.
• Yang Bo fired into the charging Zombie Sheep, gained Charge +2, and fled after the herd overwhelmed his makeshift defenses.
• After outrunning the herd, Yang Bo felt the boost from Charge and decided to study the terrain for a more efficient way to kill the zombies.

Yang Bo used a rope-and-bomb setup to slaughter Zombie Sheep, then killed valuable flying monsters with help from two players before logging off to exercise. Meanwhile, Zhou Rui agreed to help Fatty Boss find Energy Armor and an Energy Weapon, and Fatty Boss revealed Yang Bo’s pharmaceutical crafting talent to her.

• Yang Bo lured Zombie Sheep beneath a high rope, killed them with bombs and gunfire, and attracted two players who watched from nearby.
• After Yang Bo paused his game, six flying monsters attacked his character; he returned, killed most of them, and shared the remaining monsters with the two players who helped him.
• Yang Bo collected the monsters’ blood, turned in the quest for over two hundred thousand Game Coins, and logged off to exercise while considering his new Rending ability.
• The two players began collecting materials and clearing the Zombie Sheep corpses, while Yang Bo found his Bionic Human badly damaged and ended his online session.
• Zhou Rui agreed to find Fatty Boss suitable Energy Armor and an Energy Weapon within a year or pay him one hundred million Credit Points, and the two signed a secret contract.
• Fatty Boss signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Bounty Hunter Guild president’s family and told Zhou Rui that Yang Bo had exceptional pharmaceutical crafting talent.

Fatty Boss revealed Yang Bo’s pharmaceutical talent and Light Superpower to Zhou Rui, hoping the Bounty Hunter Guild could help him develop safely. After Zhou Rui reported the news to her father, they considered investing in Yang Bo if his abilities could be verified.

• Fatty Boss showed Zhou Rui records supporting Yang Bo’s ability to make Four-Star potions and a video of his powerful Light Orbs.
• Zhou Rui and Fatty Boss discussed Yang Bo’s other abilities, the dangers of family politics, and whether he should join a sect.
• Fatty Boss admitted to Yang Bo that he had shared his talents with Zhou Rui and traded the information for battle armor.
• Yang Bo accepted the disclosure and planned to obtain armor so he could use his powers openly while protecting himself.
• Zhou Rui returned home and told her father about Yang Bo’s abilities, and they discussed testing their possible connection to his survival on Green Devil Star.

Yang Bo demonstrated his light-energy superpower during Zhou Rui’s evaluation for the Bounty Hunter Guild and unexpectedly scored 99 for energy purity. His unusually high result drew Zhou Rui’s interest, while Yang Bo realized he had revealed more of his ability than intended.

• Yang Bo decided to let his increased physique settle before returning to the game, and he reflected on his distrustful mindset and Fatty Boss’s reliability.
• Zhou Rui invited Yang Bo to the Training Room to evaluate his light-energy superpower, while Yang Bo insisted Fatty Boss come along and help settle the benefits.
• Zhou Rui offered Yang Bo his choice of suitable armor and an Energy Weapon from the Guild’s headquarters warehouse if his ability was verified.
• Yang Bo released a small Light Orb at the test target, which lit up brightly for a second and registered an energy-purity score of 99.
• Fatty Boss credited Yang Bo’s rapid progress to his practice, while Zhou Rui explained that high energy purity indicated greater potential and helped attacks overcome protective equipment.

Yang Bo’s test showed that his energy purity was 99, impressing Zhou Rui’s family, while Fatty Boss warned him to stay away from the watched Bounty Hunter Guild headquarters. After entering the game, Yang Bo hunted Zombie Sheep at the Breeding Farm and went inside after the players warned that a stronger monster might appear.

• Yang Bo learned that his energy purity was 99, while Zhou Rui said hers had taken years to reach 79 and Fatty Boss lamented his slow progress.
• Fatty Boss advised Yang Bo to avoid headquarters and focus on growing stronger; Zhou Rui’s Father ordered Yang Bo’s information sealed and decided to forge him combat armor from Energy Metal.
• Yang Bo exercised, entered the game, and inspected protective equipment before going to the Breeding Farm.
• Two players supplied Yang Bo with ammunition and bombs, and he lured Zombie Sheep into range and shot them in the neck.
• After killing nearly all the Zombie Sheep, Yang Bo entered the Breeding Farm while the two players warned that the large number of monsters might attract a stronger one.

Yang Bo killed the Zombie Ram leading the Zombie Sheep herd and gained Mind Control, but three players tried to rob him of its mission item. The ensuing forum posts exposed the thieves and sparked a pursuit, while two players approached Yang Bo at the Resurrection Point to offer him half the value of their loot.

• Yang Bo found a trapped Zombie Ram whose howls summoned the Zombie Sheep herd, then killed it and gained Mind Control.
• Three players demanded the mission item and attacked with bombs, but Yang Bo escaped and posted their photos and the location on the forum.
• The three players claimed they had not obtained the mission item, but other posts revealed that a Sheep Horn had been recovered from one of their damaged backpacks.
• Players recognized the three as thieves and began pursuing them through the surrounding mountains as Yang Bo returned to the Resurrection Point.
• Two players told Yang Bo they had found loot worth nearly sixty thousand Game Coins and offered to give him half.

Yang Bo teamed up with One Yellow Pen and Two Yellow Pens to search for animal leaders that could grant Mental Power skills, while the fallout from his earlier clash with three players spread across the game. At a mountain farm, he discovered zombie animals and gained several new abilities, including a skill that could improve his physique.

• Yang Bo recruited One Yellow Pen and Two Yellow Pens to scout the zoo and search for other animal herds, offering them a share of mission items.
• Yang Bo read forum posts about the player brawl and considered how animal leaders, zombies, and stronger Mental Power might help him develop his abilities.
• Yang Bo's teammates discussed sticking with him for potential profits, while the three players who had fought him were killed by other players and lost their gear and mission items.
• Yang Bo traveled to a small mountain farm, found no animals there, and continued toward a larger farm farther up the mountain.
• Zombie chickens and other zombie animals emerged from the grass and chased Yang Bo; after killing them, he gained Stomping Kick, Charge, Listening, and Dynamic Vision, and considered finding a large pig farm.

Yang Bo cleared a Zombie Chicken farm, gained Mind Control and Stomping Kick, and discovered his kick could hit with immense force. After several unprofitable hunts, he prepared to meet people from the sect.

• Yang Bo recruited Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong to help gather feathers and ammunition while he cleared more than 1,500 Zombie Chickens.
• Yang Bo killed the large rooster boss and gained Mind Control +4, then split the bounty with his teammates and logged off.
• Yang Bo tested Stomping Kick at home and recorded a force of 1,200 tons on a strength-testing machine.
• Yang Bo hunted Zombie Pigs and Zombie Rabbits over the next few days, but without a boss he and his teammates lost money.
• After the hurricane, Yang Bo watched the cleaning robots at his home and said he was meeting people from the sect.

Yang Bo rejected the Divine Thief Sect after its representative failed to introduce herself, while Zhou Rui and her father discussed their cooperation with the sect and plans to protect Yang Bo. After questioning whether the meeting was a trap, Yang Bo went to the Bounty Hunter Guild’s secret base, where a member mistook him for Third Master.

• Yang Bo met a woman from the Divine Thief Sect, then declined to join because of the sect’s rules and her dismissive manner.
• Yang Bo left with Fatty Boss and learned that using the unlocking skill would not cause trouble; Fatty Boss warned him to be cautious about Zhou Rui’s connection to the sect.
• Zhou Rui and her father agreed not to explain the failed meeting to the Divine Thief Sect and discussed moving Liu Zhijie and waiting for Third Master.
• Yang Bo returned home, considered changing his identity, and decided to seek equipment from the Bounty Hunter Guild.
• The female captain struggled to explain Yang Bo’s motives and wondered whether he belonged to a hidden sect.
• Yang Bo entered the Bounty Hunter Guild’s secret base while invisible, and a member on duty addressed him as Third Master.

Yang Bo visited the Bounty Hunter Guild to claim his membership and commission, inspect its equipment and missions, and arrange to buy several items. After he left, Zhou Sen and Zhou Rui discussed his mysterious power and origins, while Yang Bo returned home and received an urgent message from Fatty Boss.

• Yang Bo entered the Bounty Hunter Guild, browsed its equipment, and received his highest-level membership identification and the points and commission owed to him.
• Yang Bo asked Zhou Rui to obtain several pieces of equipment and said he would return for them in three months, then left the underground base at extreme speed.
• Zhou Sen and Zhou Rui discussed Yang Bo's unknown background, his strength, and the possibility that he had come seeking revenge after the Pirate Group's destruction.
• Yang Bo explored the Guild terminal's missions and trading functions in the forest, including illegal bounties on March Star and Galan Star.
• Yang Bo returned home intending to train underwater, but Fatty Boss emailed him and urgently asked him to come over.

Yang Bo rejected Wang Muxue’s attempt to meet him and join the Divine Thief Sect, then went to train under the pressure of the deep sea. Fatty Boss contacted Zhou Rui for information about Wang Muxue.

• Fatty Boss arranged a meeting between Yang Bo and Wang Muxue after she asked him to help contact Yang Bo.
• Yang Bo rejected Wang Muxue, criticized her use of privilege, and left with Fatty Boss.
• Fatty Boss returned to Wang Muxue, who questioned whether Yang Bo’s records and Alliance upbringing explained his refusal.
• Yang Bo decided to avoid Wang Muxue, used Stealth to reach the sea, and trained at a depth of five thousand meters.
• Fatty Boss called Zhou Rui, who asked where he was and said she knew more about Wang Muxue.

Zhou Rui and Fatty Boss discussed Wang Muxue’s rise, her interest in Yang Bo, and the protection order placed on him, while Wang Muxue tried to work out how to approach him. Yang Bo accepted the surveillance, entered the game, and set off with Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong to investigate a goat farm that might contain a minor BOSS.

• Zhou Rui told Fatty Boss that Wang Muxue was her childhood relative and described how Wang Muxue’s military victories had elevated the Wang Family.
• Fatty Boss explained that Wang Muxue had been the real target of the Ash Organization’s kidnapping mission and that he had obtained a Special Protection Order for Yang Bo.
• Yang Bo read Fatty Boss’s email, learned that the Protection Order would monitor him for a month, and decided to focus on gaming and training.
• Wang Muxue studied Yang Bo’s clean profile, wondered about his connection to Zhou Rui and the Divine Thief Sect, and struggled to investigate him without drawing attention.
• Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong told Yang Bo about a distant free-range goat farm that likely had a minor BOSS, and Yang Bo set out to investigate it.

Yang Bo led Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong to the Breeding Farm, where a landslide blocked their route and zombies filled the flooded area. After building a Bamboo Raft and drawing the zombies across the water, he cleared them quickly and considered expanding the team; Xiao Huang asked if two more friends could join, and Yang Bo asked whether the pair knew each other in real life.

• Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong privately discussed their family troubles and speculated about Yang Bo's background as the group traveled into the wilderness.
• Yang Bo discovered that a landslide had submerged the creek by the Breeding Farm and built a Bamboo Raft to cross the flooded stretch.
• Yang Bo used stones to lure underwater zombies away, crossed the water, shot Zombie Sheep, and drew more zombies toward the shore for the group to fight.
• Yang Bo killed hundreds of zombies while Xiao Hong collected their brain matter and Xiao Huang supplied bullets, and Yang Bo gained Charge +2.
• Xiao Huang asked Yang Bo to let two more friends join the team, and Yang Bo asked whether Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong knew each other in real life.

Yang Bo cleared a Breeding Farm with Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong, then fought off five players who ambushed them and returned to the Resurrection Point separately. After logging off, he accepted Zhou Rui’s offer to choose custom battle armor while Fatty Boss left March Star on urgent business.

• Yang Bo, Xiao Huang, and Xiao Hong cleared the Breeding Farm, where the leader ram spat Poisonous Liquid, and Yang Bo collected its valuable horns.
• Yang Bo sensed five players waiting in ambush and shot one of their thrown bombs in midair before bombing their hiding place and escaping with Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong.
• Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong returned separately to the Resurrection Point, where the ambushers’ group searched for the three players and caused a commotion.
• Yang Bo trained his Charge and listening skills, considered visiting other animal facilities, and learned that Fatty Boss was leaving March Star to handle trouble involving a subordinate.
• Yang Bo suspected Zhou Rui was behind Fatty Boss’s departure and agreed to choose custom battle armor, while Xiao Huang and Xiao Hong began asking their circle who wanted to join the game.

Yang Bo led an expanded party to clear a rabbit Breeding Farm, rapidly killing over 1,200 Zombie Rabbits and improving his Listening skill. After logging off, he saw that players had turned the game into a bomb-filled conflict that was keeping people out of cities, and he wondered how the game officials would respond.

• Xiao Huang introduced Cat Lover Miss and Dog Lover Miss, who joined Yang Bo’s party while under house arrest and hoping to earn money in the game.
• Yang Bo led the party to a rabbit Breeding Farm, where he sent the others back and shot down the charging Zombie Rabbits.
• The party cleared more than 1,200 Zombie Rabbits with over 1,400 bullets, earning substantial proceeds but finding no rabbit boss.
• Yang Bo collected rabbit fur with the others, returned to the Resurrection Point, and logged off after the party gained two more members.
• Yang Bo browsed the forums and saw players using bombs to draw zombie hordes toward opponents, making city travel dangerous for other players as well.

Yang Bo studied the game’s zombies and remote-control system, while the military planned changes to encourage players to spend and compete. After meeting Zhou Rui, he explored combat armor and weapon designs and considered developing more weapon skills.

• Yang Bo speculated that game levels and class changes might correspond to stronger Bionic Humans, then returned to the Mecha Game to visit Tie Niu and his brothers.
• The military’s game department proposed leaderboards, rewards, support classes, and virtual wars to curb player infighting and keep players engaged; the officials approved the plan.
• Yang Bo met Tie Niu and decided to bring him snacks and later target the Justice Gang before logging off.
• Yang Bo noticed satellites monitoring his building and traveled to the restaurant, where Zhou Rui was waiting for him.
• Yang Bo agreed to call Zhou Rui “Sister Rui” and learned that custom combat armor would require a service contract.
• Yang Bo studied Zhou Rui’s book of armor and weapon designs, connecting his Energy Metal Control and Blade Skill to future cold-weapon combat.

Yang Bo met Zhou Rui, who offered him master-forged armor and tried to draw him into more social activities, before he returned to training and entered the game with his team. At a remote Breeding Farm, he killed a leader Zombie Rabbit and dozens of others with a Kukri Knife, gaining Mind Control points and noticing a possible Blade Skill bonus.

• Zhou Rui told Yang Bo that a master-level Forging Master would make his armor and invited him to demonstrate his medicine-compounding talent and go fishing with her.
• Yang Bo declined Zhou Rui's book and indoor-activity invitations, then left to buy melee weapons; Zhou Rui considered whether his talent might make him suitable to marry into her family.
• Yang Bo trained in the sea that night and entered the game the next day, leading his four teammates toward two Breeding Farms to earn Game Coins and Mental Power.
• At the Long-Haired Rabbit Breeding Base, Yang Bo lured out Zombie Rabbits and spotted a mini-boss, then killed it with a gunshot before its fellow rabbits could devour it.
• Yang Bo used a Kukri Knife to sever the necks of more than forty Zombie Rabbits, gained Mind Control +8 from the leader's brain matter, and suspected he had received a Blade Skill bonus.