Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue’s group encountered Koizumi Shinji and his surviving gang members while heading toward an anime convention overrun by zombies. Koizumi agreed to help Xu Yue reach the station, unaware that the boarding privilege Xu Yue described did not extend to him or his gang.

• Koizumi Shinji ordered his men to emerge after Inspector Tanaka spotted them, then claimed they needed police help.
• Xu Yue persuaded Inspector Tanaka to let Koizumi and his men join the group, and asked them about the anime convention ahead.
• Koizumi’s subordinate warned that at least ten thousand monsters had occupied the convention, but Xu Yue insisted they needed to cross its wall to reach Hokuto Station.
• Xu Yue said he had special permission to board a Shinkansen to Tokyo, and Koizumi decided to escort him there in hopes of getting a place on the train.
• Koizumi stood with Afu’s help and took up his crutches, while Xu Yue praised his resolve and Inspector Tanaka chose not to correct his mistaken assumptions.

Xu Yue led the group along a narrow wall above a horde of corpses, but their attempt to hurry across ended in several falls and deaths. Koizumi Shinji crossed the failing gate after sacrificing a police officer, and Inspector Tanaka confronted him at gunpoint.

• Xu Yue led the group along the narrow wall as corpses gathered on both sides and threatened to bring it down.
• Xu Yue sped up toward the rear gate, prompting the group to follow, but two club members lost their balance and fell among the corpses.
• Koizumi Shinji used his steel crutch to steady the next man, then hurried ahead as the wall began to tremble.
• Xu Yue crossed the iron gate, and Tanaka helped the second police officer over while the corpses began ramming it.
• Koizumi Shinji shoved the hesitant third police officer off the wall and crossed the gate himself as it began to collapse.
• Tanaka pressed a gun to Koizumi Shinji's forehead, and a system prompt demanded 500 Reincarnation Points to explain himself.

Xu Yue guided the survivors across the wall and bridge approach while manipulating Koizumi Shinji into paying a small fee and accepting the deaths during their escape. After reaching the far side, the group began clearing nearby corpses, and Xu Yue resolved to keep Koizumi alive until they reached Chukashiro City.

• Xu Yue watched the survivors cross the wall and used a payment prompt to make Koizumi Shinji pay 500 Reincarnation Points.
• Koizumi Shinji explained that he had pushed his partner down to save himself, and Inspector Tanaka gradually accepted that the choice had helped others survive.
• Xu Yue encouraged the survivors to continue, and the group crossed the remaining stretch of wall without further incident.
• Xu Yue jumped down and killed three nearby corpses with practiced technique, impressing Koizumi Shinji and the others.
• Xu Yue supported Koizumi as he climbed down, then encouraged him to fight while Tanaka and his remaining subordinate joined the battle.
• Xu Yue watched Koizumi fight with his cane and decided to keep him alive until they reached Chukashiro City.

Xu Yue’s group crossed the bridge and rested in a courtyard, where Koizumi Shinji learned that Xu Yue was heading to Chukashiro City to find his uncle. They later reached Hokuto Station as its defenses collapsed and charged through the dead ones toward the station, where Xu Yue turned back to help Koizumi Shinji keep up.

• Xu Yue led the group through the bridge and nearby alley, where they cleared dead ones and secured a courtyard to rest.
• Xu Yue cooked a meal, then told Koizumi Shinji and Inspector Tanaka that he was going to Chukashiro City to find his uncle, the city’s police chief.
• Koizumi Shinji realized Xu Yue was the person he had been seeking and resolved to earn his recognition by helping him.
• The group reached Hokuto Station and found its barbed-wire defenses breached, with dead ones overrunning the square and the remaining defenders retreating.
• Xu Yue decided the group had to rush to the station, and they sprinted through the square as Tanaka and the young officer used their ammunition to cover them.
• Koizumi Shinji spent a C-Rank Plot Point to restore his mobility, and Xu Yue slowed down, turned back, and pulled him along.

Xu Yue, Inspector Tanaka, and Koizumi Shinji escaped the corpse-infested station aboard the last Shinkansen. After they settled into the uninspected last carriage, screams and gunfire came from the carriage ahead, and a bitten soldier appeared outside their door.

• A young officer stayed behind to cover Inspector Tanaka and Xu Yue’s retreat, but the corpses overwhelmed him after he fired his pistol.
• Xu Yue, Tanaka, and Koizumi Shinji reached the station, where police officers pulled them inside as corpses battered the entrance.
• A Self-Defense Forces captain ordered everyone onto the last carriage and struck a noblewoman who demanded a safer seat.
• Xu Yue’s group boarded with the other evacuees, and the Shinkansen departed as corpses flooded onto the platform.
• Xu Yue checked the uninspected carriage and found no immediate signs of infection, but screams and gunshots sounded from the carriage ahead.
• A blood-covered, bitten soldier wandered outside their carriage, and Koizumi Shinji fell silent after seeing him.

Koizumi Shinji and the passengers fought off the infected trapped in their carriage, with Xu Yue leading the shooting and saving them from being overwhelmed. Afterward, the Self-Defense Forces opened a clean carriage for them, and the group moved forward to rest.

• When the infected began battering the door, Koizumi Shinji organized the passengers and selected himself, Xu Yue, and Inspector Tanaka as the main shooters.
• The officers and passengers prepared a firing line and barricaded the aisle as the isolation door shook under the infected.
• After the door fell, Xu Yue shot the approaching infected in the head and controlled their spacing while the others held their fire.
• The group killed all the infected in the carriage, and Koizumi Shinji realized Xu Yue's shooting and battlefield control had far surpassed his own.
• Inspector Tanaka learned that the front carriage had refused to intervene because they lacked ammunition and volunteers, then secured access to a clean carriage.
• The passengers moved into the clean carriage to rest while avoiding the bodies.

Xu Yue left Tokyo station with Koizumi Shinji and Inspector Tanaka after a Self-Defense Forces officer insulted them. His planted grenade attack infected the station and unleashed chaos, while Xu Yue continued to present himself as soft-hearted.

• At Tokyo station, a Self-Defense Forces officer tried to conscript Xu Yue, insulted him, and struck Koizumi Shinji when he challenged the officer.
• Xu Yue stopped Koizumi Shinji from retaliating and left the station with him and Inspector Tanaka.
• After leaving, Xu Yue pressed the call button on a phone he had placed in his pocket.
• Phones in station trash cans rang and then exploded, scattering steel pellets that infected wounded soldiers and triggered a spreading outbreak.
• The officer tried to shoot himself, but Xu Yue had tampered with his pistol, and the infected dragged the officer down.
• Koizumi Shinji warned Xu Yue that he needed to be more ruthless, but Xu Yue insisted he could not change who he was.

Xu Yue and his companions reached Chukashiro City and planned to rest before searching for relatives, but they encountered three disabled Reincarnators at their inn. After Koizumi Shinji verified their alliance with hand signs, the groups joined forces, while Xu Yue quietly signaled Novsky.

• Xu Yue, Inspector Tanaka, and Koizumi Shinji arrived in Chukashiro City and chose a secluded inn for the night.
• Xu Yue confirmed that Fujimi Academy was nearby and recognized three disabled guests as Reincarnators.
• Eunuch Liu used secret hand signs to verify Koizumi Shinji's identity, and Koizumi welcomed the newcomers as allies.
• Koizumi introduced Xu Yue as a Son of Destiny, and Liu Er, Novsky, and Li Xian introduced themselves.
• Xu Yue agreed to join forces with the three Reincarnators and gave Novsky a meaningful look that made him uneasy.

Xu Yue prepared vehicles and supplies in Chukashiro City as the undead outbreak began, then went to Fujimi Academy to find his uncle and cousin. The chapter left him watching the first signs of the outbreak at the school while Komuro Takashi was also nearby.

• Koizumi Shinji told the other Reincarnators about Xu Yue, and Novsky went to meet him, recognizing him as his boss.
• Xu Yue bought the hotel and arranged for large purchases, securing a container truck, a Hummer, and supplies before the undead appeared in Chukashiro City.
• Xu Yue asked the Reincarnators to reinforce the vehicles and fortify the hotel while he went to find his uncle and cousin, refusing Koizumi Shinji's offer to accompany him.
• At Fujimi Academy, a figure crashed into the entrance gate, drawing teachers and the skipping Komuro Takashi's attention.
• Xu Yue watched from the school rooftop, called the emergency number, heard a dead tone, and declared that the outbreak had begun.

Xu Yue rescued Komuro Takashi, Miyamoto Rei, and Igo Eiei from a dead at Fujimi Academy, warned them that bites spread the infection, and claimed Miyamoto Rei was his cousin. He led the three toward escape as the outbreak overwhelmed the school.

• A PE teacher was bitten after trying to grab a dead, bringing the infection into Fujimi Academy.
• Komuro Takashi slapped Miyamoto Rei and led her and Igo Eiei out of the classroom, while they armed themselves with a mop handle and baseball bat.
• Miyamoto Rei's spear and Igo Eiei's chokehold failed to stop a dead, which turned its head and tried to bite him.
• Xu Yue killed the dead with a Plasma Caster and warned the three that even a minor bite would turn them into one of the dead.
• Xu Yue told Miyamoto Rei that he was her cousin, then said the school could not be defended and led them to find a way out.

Xu Yue led Komuro Takashi, Miyamoto Rei, and Igo Eiei through the undead to retrieve the school bus keys and then agreed to help other survivors. He reunited with Busujima Saeko, Kikukawa Shizuka, Takashiro Saya, and Hirano Toda, and left the group under his command as they prepared to face more undead.

• Xu Yue explained the undead's weaknesses and cleared a path to the faculty office, where the group found the school bus keys.
• Xu Yue killed the undead gathered near the faculty office after they overwhelmed students seeking refuge inside.
• Xu Yue agreed to rescue more survivors when Komuro Takashi urged him not to abandon them, while Miyamoto Rei failed to get a clear response from her father.
• Xu Yue reassured Miyamoto Rei and led the group toward a scream coming from the teaching building.
• Xu Yue's group met Busujima Saeko, Kikukawa Shizuka, Takashiro Saya, and Hirano Toda, and Xu Yue slapped Takashiro Saya for shouting and risking attracting undead.

Xu Yue led a group of survivors through the school and reached a bus, using his fighting skills to protect them from the undead. When more survivors ran toward the bus, Xu Yue went back to help, while secretly considering how Fujiwara Koichi might be useful to the Reincarnators.

• Xu Yue showed the group the school bus keys, and Busujima Saeko and the others joined him as undead gathered nearby.
• Xu Yue killed seven or eight undead in seconds, then led the group through the school and helped additional students fight off attackers.
• The survivors reached the bus, and Kikukawa Shizuka drove as Xu Yue helped everyone board.
• When Fujiwara Koichi and other survivors approached, Miyamoto Rei urged the group to leave without them, but Xu Yue jumped off the bus to help.
• Xu Yue decided Fujiwara Koichi might be useful to the Reincarnators as a supposed Son of Destiny.

Xu Yue led the survivors from Fujimi Academy onto the bus and asserted control after Fujiwara Koichi tried to claim leadership. He directed the group toward Reiwa Inn, a prepared shelter, while Fujiwara secretly planned to win the students over.

• Fujiwara Koichi helped the injured student onto the bus while hiding his contempt, and Busujima Saeko and Xu Yue got the last survivors aboard.
• Kikukawa Shizuka drove the bus through the gates, and Miyamoto Rei checked whether anyone had been bitten or scratched.
• Fujiwara Koichi proposed that he lead the group, but Xu Yue threatened him with the Plasma Caster and declared himself captain.
• Xu Yue said the group would go to Reiwa Inn, which he and his friends had prepared as a shelter, and explained that the outbreak had already overrun Hokkaido.
• Fujiwara Koichi accepted Xu Yue's leadership outwardly and privately planned to win the Fujimi Academy students over.

Xu Yue brought Miyamoto Rei and the others to a fortified hotel base, where he introduced Rei as his cousin and arranged rooms for the group. As Koizumi Shinji and the others assessed the newcomers, Xu Yue called Komuro Takashi aside to discuss finding his parents.

• Xu Yue arrived at the hotel with the students and reunited with Inspector Tanaka, Koizumi Shinji, and Novsky.
• Xu Yue introduced Miyamoto Rei as his cousin and led her and the others inside to rest.
• Xu Yue assigned rooms, placing Miyamoto Rei and the other women on the top floor and Komuro Takashi, Igo Eiei, and Hirano Toda below.
• Koizumi Shinji visited Komuro Takashi and Igo Eiei with wine, while the hotel residents discussed which newcomers might be Sons of Destiny.
• Xu Yue called Komuro Takashi away to discuss their departure route and where to find his parents.

Xu Yue organized a trip into Chukashiro City to search for relatives and supplies, while Fujiwara Koichi plotted to take control of the hotel after the group left. The seven travelers departed in a reinforced bus, leaving the hotel’s defense to Igo Eiei and the others.

• Xu Yue announced plans to enter the city, and Komuro Takashi, Miyamoto Rei, Kikukawa Shizuka, Takashiro Saya, Busujima Saeko, and Hirano Toda volunteered to go with him.
• Xu Yue told Igo Eiei to stay behind and protect the hotel, and Novsky and Fujiwara Koichi supported the decision.
• Koizumi Shinji and Eunuch Liu worked overnight to reinforce the bus and prepare weapons, equipment, and rations for the travelers.
• Xu Yue distributed the supplies among the seven travelers, and Kikukawa Shizuka drove them away from the hotel.
• Fujiwara Koichi moved to gather the remaining people around him, while the Reincarnators considered gaining his favor.

Xu Yue and his companions entered the city to gather supplies, but an armed gang ambushed their bus and threatened the women. When the gang leader tried to shoot Xu Yue, he disarmed and killed him, leaving the confrontation with the remaining attackers unresolved.

• Takashiro Saya planned a route to collect supplies, and the group drove into the chaotic city streets.
• Xu Yue spotted tire-cutting blades on the road and stopped the bus before it ran over them.
• Armed men emerged from nearby alleys and ordered everyone off the bus, then threatened the women and demanded to share them.
• Komuro Takashi and Hirano Toda aimed their weapons at the gang but hesitated to shoot its armed leader.
• The gang leader pointed his hunting rifle at Xu Yue and prepared to fire, but Xu Yue snapped his arm and killed him with a spear.

After Xu Yue killed the last robber, he led the group to Minami Rika’s home, hoping to find shelter and supplies. He and Miyamoto Rei drew nearby infected away so the others could search the house.

• Xu Yue pulled the Plasma Caster from the last robber and warned the group to adapt to the collapse of order.
• The group left before the gunshots attracted more infected, taking a hunting rifle and a box of shells.
• Xu Yue found Minami Rika’s undamaged home and learned from Kikukawa Shizuka that she was an SAT police officer who might have survived.
• Xu Yue sent the others to search the house while he and Miyamoto Rei made explosive noise devices at a nearby gas station to draw infected away.
• Xu Yue rode back with Miyamoto Rei, dealt with infected near the house, and entered the foyer.

Xu Yue’s group crossed the river and reached Chukashiro Elementary School, where signs of an orderly evacuation gave Komuro Takashi hope that his mother had survived. As they returned to their vehicles, several people were trying to break into the Humvee.

• The group rested overnight at Minami Rika’s house, and Xu Yue arranged to drive ahead with Miyamoto Rei the next morning.
• Xu Yue led the group across the river in the Humvee, with the bus following safely behind.
• The group noticed fewer undead on the far bank and reached Chukashiro Elementary School with little trouble.
• Xu Yue found evidence that the Self-Defense Forces had cleared the school and that its occupants had evacuated in an orderly fashion.
• As the group returned to the vehicles, they found several figures trying to pry open the Humvee.

Xu Yue’s group took in four starving survivors and continued toward Takashiro Saya’s home, where the undead had gathered in unusual numbers. Their attempt to drive through the least crowded street ended with the Humvee trapped in a wire fence as undead swarmed around both vehicles.

• Four starving men surrendered to Xu Yue’s group, and Tokugawa Jiro explained that they had hidden in a bicycle shop without food for two days.
• Xu Yue agreed to share food with the men in return for their help, and the group set out toward Takashiro Saya’s home.
• Takashiro Saya reported that the undead grew denser near East Board Second Street, but Xu Yue ordered the vehicles to try driving through the least crowded route.
• Takashiro Saya spotted a wire fence, and Kikukawa Shizuka’s Humvee crashed into it after braking too late.
• Xu Yue left the bus as undead swarmed around the trapped Humvee and the vehicles.

Xu Yue and his group fought through a horde of corpses and reached the Takashiro family’s fortified survivor camp, where Takashiro Saya reunited with her mother. Xu Yue then met Takashiro Soichiro and discovered he knew the former owner of Reiwa Inn, which Xu Yue had recently bought.

• Xu Yue used an M16 and his Plasma Caster to kill the corpses surrounding the bus, stunning Ootani and Tokugawa with his skill.
• Takashiro Yuriko and her firefighting team arrived, found the corpses already defeated, and welcomed Takashiro Saya into an emotional reunion.
• Xu Yue’s group entered the Takashiro family’s fortified grounds, where Takashiro Yuriko offered them a place to rest.
• Takashiro Soichiro greeted the newcomers, and Xu Yue introduced himself as the owner of Reiwa Inn.
• Takashiro Soichiro recognized Reiwa Inn as a property once owned by his former subordinate, and Xu Yue confirmed he had bought it for thirty million dollars.