Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue and the Reincarnators encountered a powerful Mutated Licker in an old church, where it killed one of their group before Xu Yue fought it. The chapter left Xu Yue and the Licker facing off after his heavy strike failed to overcome its strength and agility.

• Takahashi Kojiro noticed the church zombies were unusually mangled and warned the group that another monster might be inside.
• Xu Yue spotted a single, unusually large Mutated Licker stalking the Reincarnators from the church ceiling.
• The Mutated Licker seized a Reincarnator with its tongue and killed him despite the group's gunfire.
• Xu Yue claimed he had reached the peak of the second-stage Gene Lock and charged the Mutated Licker before it could attack again.
• Xu Yue's punch shattered the Licker's bony armor and sent it crashing through pews, but both fighters recovered with the Licker showing little damage.

Xu Yue fought the Mutated Licker head-on with the Reincarnators’ help and broke through to the third tier of the Gene Lock before killing it. He rested under their protection while they celebrated the Gene Lock’s potential and Suzuki-kun warned that Xu Yue had not formed a bond with them.

• Xu Yue clashed with the Mutated Licker, and Takahashi Kojiro warned the Reincarnators that Xu Yue might not be able to keep fighting for long.
• Xu Yue abandoned evasive tactics and grappled with the Licker, while Reincarnators repeatedly rescued him from lethal attacks.
• Xu Yue broke through to the third tier of the Gene Lock after four life-or-death crises.
• Xu Yue killed the Mutated Licker with a single hand chop and asked the Reincarnators to protect him while he ate and recovered.
• Suzuki-kun told the Reincarnators that Xu Yue had not unlocked an affinity with them, while the others resolved to pursue the Gene Lock and discussed killing Xu Yue later to recover their costs.

Xu Yue stayed in the church to develop his Third Tier Gene Lock and martial arts while the Reincarnators watched his growing strength with unease and interest. Meanwhile, Zheng Zha’s Zhongzhou Team arrived in Raccoon City and learned that finding the doctor’s daughter would trigger the Demon Reincarnation Squad’s entry into the mission.

• Xu Yue settled in the church, consolidated his Third Tier Gene Lock, and practiced martial arts while trying to develop a way to fight in the coming clash.
• Xu Yue failed to cultivate Internal Energy, so he used the Fujiwara Family Head’s and Chen Zhen’s techniques as references to advance his body and form the rudiments of Fist Intent.
• Suzuki feared Xu Yue’s rising power, while Takahashi Kojiro decided to spend heavily to obtain Xu Yue’s enhancement method.
• Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, Zhao Yingkong, Xiao Honglu, Zhang Heng, Cheng Xiao, Jiang Zhe, and Miao Ruo Leng arrived at the Raccoon City Police Department as the Zhongzhou Team.
• Zheng Zha read the mission to find the doctor’s daughter and escort her through the checkpoint, then learned that the Demon Reincarnation Squad would enter the world once she was found.

The Zhongzhou Team planned to find the mission target and escape Raccoon City while avoiding the Demon Team. Meanwhile, Xu Yue prepared to intercept them near the church and led his Reincarnators toward the police station for supplies.

• Xiao Honglu judged that the Zhongzhou Team had little chance against the Demon Team and urged them to find a helicopter, locate the target, and retreat if their probing went badly.
• Zhan Lan scanned Raccoon City, identified the checkpoint and a large survivor gathering, and could not locate the target without knowing her mental signature.
• Zheng Zha ordered Zhan Lan to brief newcomers Jiang Zhe and Miao Ruo Leng as Xiao Honglu laid out plans for escaping and possibly testing the Demon Team.
• Xu Yue completed his training, inferred that Zheng Zha's group would head toward the hotel shelter, and decided to block their route at the church.
• After Xu Yue used up the church's food, he persuaded the Reincarnators to move to the nearby police station, where they could find frozen food and recover.

The Zhongzhou Team found Raccoon City far more devastated than expected and learned that the outbreak had lasted over half a month, with thousands of survivors holding out at a gathering place. Xu Yue learned the Lickers' restraints were failing, and the chapter ended with the Zhongzhou Team encountering Takahashi Kojiro's group.

• The Zhongzhou Team cleared the police station area, found no nearby living people, and entered a supermarket to question five armed survivors.
• Xiao Honglu and Zheng Zha obtained information from the survivors, then the team honored its promise by killing the zombies nearby before leaving.
• Xiao Honglu and Zhan Lan questioned how a gathering place of several thousand people had survived for over half a month despite the threat of Lickers.
• Xu Yue received a message from Cain that the Lickers' restraints were about to fail and that the evolved creatures would soon be tested against the newcomers.
• Takahashi Kojiro's group met the Zhongzhou Team after arrows killed several zombies, and Xu Yue recognized them aloud.

Xu Yue’s explanation led both the Zhongzhou Team and Takahashi Kojiro’s group to mistake each other’s intentions, turning a possible alliance into a fight. The chapter ended with Zheng Zha and Zhao Yingkong knocking out the first two attackers while the remaining Reincarnators prepared to engage.

• Xu Yue explained that the Zhongzhou Team had unlocked their Gene Locks during the incident beneath The Hive, and both groups misread what that meant.
• Zheng Zha decided the Zhongzhou Team should ally with Xu Yue and proposed that they work together against the Demon Team.
• Xu Yue warned that Umbrella Corporation would want to study their unusual breakthroughs, then offered not to capture them if they could defeat his attendants.
• Takahashi Kojiro and Suzuki ordered their group to capture the Zhongzhou Team alive and charged without using guns.
• Zheng Zha and Zhao Yingkong knocked Takahashi and Suzuki unconscious, leaving the rest of their group to face the Zhongzhou Team.

Takahashi Kojiro unleashed a costly burst of power and attacked Zheng Zha, forcing the Zhongzhou Team to confront how dangerous the Intruders were. Zheng Zha endured Takahashi’s assault with his third-stage Gene Lock and turned the fight around, leaving their battle unresolved.

• After waking, Takahashi Kojiro decided the Zhongzhou Team could reveal a breakthrough opportunity, and Xu Yue encouraged his assumptions.
• Takahashi Kojiro released his restriction, detected Zhan Lan’s spiritual perception, and judged Zheng Zha and the others to be formidable opponents.
• Takahashi Kojiro attacked Zheng Zha with a rapid martial arts and Street Fighter combination, driving him through an aerial exchange while keeping the destruction limited.
• Zheng Zha unlocked the third-stage Gene Lock and blocked Takahashi Kojiro’s attacks, enduring the onslaught despite losing the initiative.
• Zheng Zha trapped Takahashi Kojiro’s strike, seized his other hand, and headbutted him, turning defense into offense.

Xu Yue’s group clashed with Zheng Zha’s team, and Zheng Zha and Zhao Yingkong defeated Takahashi Kojiro and Suzuki. Xu Yue then challenged Zheng Zha, beat him while explaining the Third Tier Gene Lock, and stopped after Zheng Zha managed to restrain his wrist.

• Suzuki joined Takahashi Kojiro’s fight against Zheng Zha, while Zhao Yingkong tried to intercept Suzuki and Zhang Heng kept the other Reincarnators at bay with his bow.
• Zheng Zha and Zhao Yingkong defeated Takahashi Kojiro and Suzuki, leaving both sides wary of each other.
• Xiao Honglu suggested that Xu Yue’s group could help them face the Demon Team, and Zheng Zha agreed to a spar with Xu Yue under a mutual-condition wager.
• Xu Yue identified Zheng Zha as a Third Tier Gene Lock user and explained that he was wasting its potential by relying only on thought simulation.
• Xu Yue overwhelmed Zheng Zha with precise attacks and instruction until Zheng Zha adapted enough to restrain Xu Yue’s wrist, after which Xu Yue conceded the spar.

After sparring with Zheng Zha, Xu Yue agreed to help the Zhongzhou Team in exchange for their nutritional capsules and offered to unlock their Gene Locks. The team prepared to face the approaching Demon Team, hoping to defeat a dangerous rival while keeping the mission target safe.

• Zheng Zha endured Xu Yue's final attack, and Xu Yue praised his determination and combat potential.
• Xu Yue said his cultivation required enormous amounts of food, so Zheng Zha gave him capsules that replenished food and water.
• After tasting the capsules, Xu Yue offered to help unlock the Zhongzhou Team members' Gene Locks in exchange for their remaining supply.
• Xiao Honglu persuaded Xu Yue to have Umbrella Corporation protect the team, offering Zheng Zha's cooperation with research and blood samples.
• Takahashi Kojiro and the other Reincarnators discussed pursuing Gene Lock techniques, while Xiao Honglu explained that the Demon Team might arrive that day.
• The Zhongzhou Team planned to hide the mission target near the checkpoint while confronting the Demon Team with their new allies.

After joining forces with the Zhongzhou Team, Takahashi Kojiro and Suzuki learned about the Gene Lock and the group headed toward a survivor gathering point in District B. When Xu Yue warned that the company might destroy the city with a nuclear strike, he resolved to stay and lead several thousand survivors to safety.

• Takahashi Kojiro argued that Zheng Zha’s strength was limited and that the vampire leader’s pursuers were probably not much stronger, while Suzuki pointed out the Reincarnators’ numbers and potential.
• Takahashi Kojiro and Suzuki reconciled with Zheng Zha’s group and asked him to teach them how to unlock the Gene Lock.
• Zhan Lan reported that several thousand survivors had gathered in District B, and the Zhongzhou Team agreed to head there together.
• Xu Yue recognized the gathering point as the hotel where he had been staying and warned that the company might sterilize the city with a nuclear strike.
• Takahashi Kojiro urged everyone to leave immediately, but Xu Yue insisted on staying to evacuate the survivors.

Xu Yue joined Zheng Zha’s group as they headed through Raccoon City to rescue survivors, while Takahashi Kojiro’s team agreed to help them in exchange for a chance to escape before the nuclear strike. After reaching the survivor base, the group found its defenders had secured the surrounding streets and were preparing routes to the checkpoint.

• Xu Yue joined Zheng Zha and the others, and Takahashi Kojiro’s group agreed to help them escape the city in hopes of unlocking the Gene Lock and gaining Umbrella’s methods.
• Xu Yue teased Zhao Yingkong, while he and Zhan Lan warned the group about dangerous Lickers lurking in the city.
• A Mutated Licker ambushed Takahashi Kojiro, who spent points to kill it after Zheng Zha and Xu Yue’s rescue attempt collided; Kojiro then claimed his team was too drained to use its full strength.
• Xu Yue secretly emailed photos of the Reincarnators, noting that Umbrella’s Lickers could identify their scent codes even if they could not see images.
• The group reached the survivor base, where S.T.A.R.S. members, Xu Yue’s bodyguards, and James’s mercenaries had fortified the hotel and organized efforts to clear streets toward the checkpoint.

Xu Yue and his armed group reached the survivor base, where Carlos welcomed them but a white-shirted official tried to impose stricter inspections. Xu Yue recognized that Councilman Fick was using the infection rules to gain control of the base’s armed forces, then asserted his ownership of the hotel and offered a vaccine before challenging the official’s authority.

• Carlos recognized Xu Yue and lowered the S.T.A.R.S. members’ weapons as Xu Yue’s group approached the barricade.
• Carlos recalled how earlier survivors had brought infected people to the base, causing deaths and leading to strict screening procedures.
• A white-shirted man demanded that Xu Yue’s group strip for wound checks and undergo isolation, citing orders from Councilman Fick.
• Carlos objected that the new rules were excessive, while the man accused him of negligence and abusing his authority.
• Xu Yue learned from Carlos that Councilman Fick handled communications with the outside response team and had high standing at the base.
• Xu Yue offered to provide another vaccine dose, claimed the hotel as his private property, and told the man he could leave if he did not accept Xu Yue’s terms.

Xu Yue brought survivors into the hotel base and used vaccines to help his allies unlock the first stage of the Gene Lock. Councilman Fick and his followers began plotting against Xu Yue, while a crowd demanded the vaccines and the commotion attracted zombies.

• Takahashi Kojiro threatened the shirted man, who fled without insisting on inspection or quarantine.
• Xu Yue invited Carlos and James's mercenary squad to join his group and explained that the vaccine supply was limited.
• Councilman Fick tried to approach Xu Yue, but Xu Yue rejected him and ordered him to leave; Jill Valentine was pushed away when she asked about the vaccine.
• Fick and the shirted man discussed seizing the hotel and taking control of its vaccines.
• Xu Yue's allies, Carlos, James's squad, K, and the models unlocked the first stage of the Gene Lock.
• Survivors gathered to demand free vaccines, and Xu Yue noticed figures moving through the building opposite, drawn by the noise.

Xu Yue killed Councilman Fick and moved up the evacuation as Lickers gathered around the hotel. After his group escaped in armored vehicles with Angel, the Zhongzhou Team received a notification that the Demon Team had entered.

• A S.T.A.R.S. sniper spotted growing numbers of Lickers gathering on buildings near the hotel.
• Xu Yue shot Councilman Fick after he stirred up the survivors, then his armed group silenced the crowd and announced the evacuation was moving up.
• Xu Yue's group left in two armored personnel carriers, smashing through barricades toward the checkpoint.
• Kaplan boarded with Angel, Dr. Charles's daughter, whom Xu Yue's group had already found at the hotel.
• When Angel joined the Zhongzhou Team, every member received a notification that the Demon Team had entered.

Zhongzhou Team and Demon Team discovered each other as both groups made their way through Raccoon City. Demon Team prepared to confront them, while Xu Yue judged that clone Zheng Zha’s need to torment and kill the original might keep him from fighting at full strength.

• Zhan Lan sensed Demon Team ten kilometers northwest, identified its two psychic controllers, and warned Zheng Zha that they had blocked her perception.
• Tom’s team screened Zhan Lan and showed Demon Team images of Zhongzhou Team’s armored vehicles and companions, which Chu Xuan judged to be a source of their confidence.
• Zhao Zhuokong fixated on Zhao Yingkong after seeing Xu Yue pat her head, while Chu Xuan and clone Zheng Zha discussed the approaching battle.
• Demon Team advanced through the streets as Mutated Lickers attacked refugees and hindered the team.
• Xu Yue assessed clone Zheng Zha as Demon Team’s greatest threat but believed his desire to torment the original could keep him from unleashing his full strength.

The Demon Team intercepted Zheng Zha’s group as they raced toward the checkpoint, while the two teams discovered that their opponents were stronger and stranger than expected. The Demon Team’s psychic support lost contact after a powerful will disrupted their abilities.

• Fransos and Dechai left the Mutated Lickers behind and flew after the armored vehicles with Zheng Zha’s clone.
• Zhan Lan detected the three pursuers, and Zheng Zha ordered the group to dismount and prepare for battle.
• Nemeses attacked Zheng Zha’s clone with rockets and Vulcan fire, but he emerged unharmed and went to confront them.
• Fransos and Dechai bombarded the gathered teams with the Green Goblin Glider before landing to block their path.
• Chu Xuan judged that the apparent plot characters had unusual abilities and warned his team that the Main God’s information was wrong.
• Tom and Emilia reported that a powerful will had disrupted the psychic auras and prevented them from making contact.

Xu Yue confronted Zheng Zha's clone and was badly injured by his black-flame attack, then called on the others to hold the clone off while he recovered. The Intruders and Reincarnators assembled for a coordinated counterattack, determined to exploit their trump cards and help Xu Yue.

• Xu Yue pursued Zheng Zha's clone and found him standing over two defeated Nemeses.
• Zheng Zha's clone questioned Xu Yue's origins, then attacked him with a sweeping black-flame sword strike that tore through buildings.
• Xu Yue was blasted through a building and left gravely wounded, but swallowed food capsules and ordered the others to buy him time in exchange for medicine to advance their Gene Locks.
• Takahashi Kojiro charged Zheng Zha's clone and was knocked down, while the clone caught another attack and Zheng Zha split an Intruder in two.
• Suzuki rallied the Intruders and Reincarnators, formed a Steel Giant from nearby metal, and called for everyone to fight together using their recovery items and other trump cards.

The Demon Team and Zhongzhou Team confronted the Reincarnators, whose coordinated attacks briefly held off Zheng Zha's copy. After learning that neither group understood the other's origins, they agreed to work together against their powerful foe, while Xu Yue recovered and prepared to exploit the Reincarnators' desire to unlock the Gene Lock.

• Xiao Honglu watched the Reincarnators display abilities that seemed far beyond ordinary powers or biotechnology.
• Suzuki used a Metal Giant and the Reincarnators coordinated attacks to restrain Zheng Zha's copy, while their items and tactics revealed them as outsiders.
• Chu Xuan and the Demon Team arrived, giving Zheng Zha's copy a chance to break away from the Reincarnators' assault.
• Takahashi Kojiro questioned Zheng Zha and the others about their legion, then realized they were not Reincarnators and agreed to cooperate against the strongest enemy.
• Takahashi Kojiro and Suzuki resolved to use powerful one-use items and risk the fight to force their potential and obtain the Gene Lock.
• Xu Yue continued recovering from his injuries and welcomed the Reincarnators' decision to enter the fight, intending to avoid further trouble as he advanced toward the Fourth Tier.

The Demon Team and its allies continued fighting Zheng Zha’s clone while Chu Xuan watched Xu Yue, who had survived his critical wounds and was recovering after breaking through to the Fourth Tier. Zheng Zha’s clone used the attackers’ habits to anticipate their trump card, then turned the battle against them by burning Suzuki inside the Metal Giant.

• The Reincarnators struggled to damage Zheng Zha’s clone, while Zhao Zhuokong, Ming Yanwei, and the Demon Team’s tanks kept the Zhongzhou Team occupied elsewhere.
• Chu Xuan stayed out of the fight and watched Xu Yue, recognizing that Xu Yue had used the captain’s pressure to complete a Gene Lock breakthrough and was recovering his strength.
• Takahashi Kojiro used his hidden speed-and-power scroll when Zheng Zha’s clone appeared to be trapped by Suzuki’s Metal Giant, piercing his chest with a beam.
• Zheng Zha’s clone healed the wound, explaining that he had studied the Reincarnators’ habits and moved his vital organs away from the attack before exposing a genuine opening.
• Zheng Zha’s clone twisted his sword and engulfed the Metal Giant in Black Flame, while Suzuki screamed from within it.

Suzuki’s sealing attack failed to capture Zheng Zha’s clone, and the Reincarnators’ raid collapsed as survivors fled. Xu Yue revealed his Fourth Tier power by striking the clone beyond the city, while his apparent heart demon emerged.

• Suzuki used Inner Four Symbols Sealing to try to trap Zheng Zha’s clone, but the clone anchored himself with Black Flame and broke free.
• Takahashi Kojiro and the remaining Reincarnators fled as Zheng Zha’s clone cut down their ranks, while Advisor Xu Yue and Chu Xuan discussed Xu Yue’s motives.
• Zheng Zha’s clone burned the Zhongzhou Team to nothing and enclosed the area in an arena of Black Flame.
• Xu Yue struck Zheng Zha’s clone with a punch that sent him beyond the city, displaying a strange power of absolute emptiness.
• Xu Yue said his power was still rudimentary, and Chu Xuan realized that Xu Yue had manifested both a Mind Light and a heart demon that appeared to be himself.