Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue overcame his inner demon and drove Zheng Zha's Copy into retreat, but his Mind Light and Limiter left him severely weakened. With about a year before the final battle, he planned to temper himself and build up the strength needed for his own path.

• Zheng Zha's Copy returned to the fight but found Xu Yue's inner demon and Mind Light unexpectedly troublesome.
• Xu Yue accepted that both his compassionate self and ruthless reincarnation self were him, then subdued his inner demon and beat Zheng Zha's Copy.
• Chu Xuan judged the Demon Team's position untenable and ordered the team to end the mission and return.
• Xu Yue collapsed after the Demon Team vanished, having exhausted his strength and the SS-Rank temporary Limiter.
• Xu Yue decided to spend the remaining year tempering his inner demon and accumulating strength before the final battle.

After Zheng Zha was resurrected, Xu Yue told him the Necronomicon could offer a chance to save their dead companions and enlisted his help rescuing survivors. Xu Yue reached the checkpoint with fewer than a hundred survivors, where Cain revealed that Umbrella had used the catastrophe to test its bioweapons and secured Alice; Xu Yue could only advise Cain to contain the virus as Umbrella’s outbreak plans continued.

• Zheng Zha emerged from the rubble after resurrection, and Xu Yue told him the Necronomicon might let him save their companions.
• Xu Yue asked Zheng Zha to help rescue survivors, and they worked together to save as many people as they could from the collapsed settlement and Mutated Lickers.
• Xu Yue, Zheng Zha, and the others escorted fewer than a hundred survivors to the checkpoint before Zheng Zha faded from sight.
• Cain told the survivors that Advisor Xu Yue had given them their last chance, and Jill Valentine and the others realized why they had escaped.
• Cain thanked Xu Yue for the successful bioweapon test and said he expected a promotion; Xu Yue advised him to kill less and contain the virus.
• Xu Yue learned Umbrella had arranged channels to spread the virus throughout the districts and could not stop the outbreak.

Carlos and the other survivors escaped Raccoon City under Umbrella Corporation’s cover story before the city was destroyed in a nuclear explosion. Xu Yue welcomed the survivors and Jill Valentine in Los Angeles, where Jill asked him to help reveal the truth about the virus as outbreaks spread elsewhere.

• Umbrella Corporation forced the survivors to sign confidentiality agreements and publicly blame a nuclear power plant accident for the disaster.
• As the buses carried the survivors away, a nuclear warhead struck Raccoon City, and Jill Valentine kept a memory card containing a reporter’s footage of the truth.
• Xu Yue agreed to let Carlos and the others join him, then planned to organize a convoy to rescue people as the virus spread.
• Jill apologized to Xu Yue, said her videos exposing Umbrella Corporation had been suppressed, and asked him to tell the public about the outbreaks appearing elsewhere.

Xu Yue rejected Jill’s hopes of containing the outbreak through public disclosure, then set out with his team for Mexico as riots spread. Elsewhere, Suzuki demonstrated the First Tier Gene Lock to gathered Reincarnators and described stronger Gene Lock users capable of challenging Veteran Intruders.

• Xu Yue warned Jill that public panic could worsen the infection crisis, while Jill gave him a BSAA card and left believing he might eventually support their cause.
• Carlos urged Xu Yue to join the BSAA, but Xu Yue pointed to riots in Mexico and said the team needed to act rather than merely talk.
• Xu Yue ordered his group to travel to Mexico, and Carlos joined after Kaplan, Lein, and James boarded the car.
• Suzuki demonstrated his First Tier Gene Lock by shooting flying discs and defeating several opponents before serving them barbecue.
• Suzuki told the Reincarnators that higher Gene Lock tiers could rival Veteran Intruders and described powerful native fighters he and Takahashi had faced.
• Takahashi Kojiro and Suzuki gathered Lord Xue and Lord Yu as reinforcements because Hell Mode was too difficult for their existing group to handle.

Xu Yue and his group crossed into Mexico to help survivors escape the spreading infection. After learning that the infected zone lay south of the northern quarantine belt, Xu Yue decided to establish a green corridor and temporary shelters rather than charge blindly into the outbreak.

• The United States sealed the border with a massive military deployment as refugees gathered in Ciudad Juárez.
• The helicopter pilot briefed Xu Yue's group on the outbreak, the northern isolation zone, and the BSAA rescue team operating in the infected area.
• The helicopter dropped Xu Yue's group and their Hummer on a highway about seventy kilometers from Mazatlán.
• Kaplan asked whether they would enter the infected zone to rescue survivors, and Xu Yue said they would create a route and shelters for those fleeing north.
• Xu Yue planned to obtain a container truck and gather supplies locally for the rescue operation.

Xu Yue’s group found Mazatlán deserted, took a MACK truck after the Peacekeeping Forces refused them entry to the port, and continued south. In Mocalan, Leon was sent to scout a route through a town consumed by violence, while Xu Yue’s group stopped outside the same burning town.

• Xu Yue explained that the Peacekeeping Forces had likely gathered supplies in Mazatlán for refugee camps and decided to take a container truck from a nearby yard.
• The Peacekeeping Forces refused Xu Yue’s group access to the port, so Carlos took a MACK truck parked outside instead.
• A Peacekeeping Forces officer let Xu Yue’s group leave, saying they would soon face their own test.
• Leon arrived by helicopter in Mocalan and learned he had to scout a route for a survivor convoy; the helicopter was destroyed by an RPG, leaving him with only a pistol.
• Xu Yue’s group reached Mocalan and stopped outside as fires, gunfire, screams, explosions, and artillery came from within the town.

Leon encountered Xu Yue and his armed companions at Mocalan Town’s northern road and explained the evacuation situation. Xu Yue proposed recruiting surviving gang members to help clear the route, while Leon was left bewildered by his approach.

• Leon realized he could not clear the road through Mocalan Town alone and approached the four armed newcomers for help.
• Xu Yue identified Leon as a BSAA agent, introduced himself, and learned that Leon had come to rescue people rather than collect virus samples.
• Leon explained the outbreak, the struggling BSAA teams, and the need to open an evacuation route for survivors heading north.
• Xu Yue suggested recruiting surviving gang members to clear the road, and distant artillery fire left Leon confused.

Xu Yue tried to bring the Wolf Gang and Bear Gang under control so they could help clear Mocalan Town’s northern exit, using overwhelming gunfire to force the rival gangs to listen. After killing both gang bosses and a dissenting member, he invited the survivors to share their opinions.

• Leon warned Xu Yue that the local gangs had military-grade weapons and were too dangerous to treat like ordinary gangs, but Xu Yue headed toward their battle anyway.
• The Wolf Gang and Bear Gang fought fiercely with smuggled artillery and armored vehicles as Xu Yue and his companions arrived in a pickup truck.
• Xu Yue shot down a rocket aimed at the group, then pulled Leon away when an anti-materiel sniper round destroyed the pickup.
• Xu Yue used his rifles to kill exposed gang members until the survivors hid behind cover and stopped fighting.
• Xu Yue asked the gangs to work together to clear vehicles from the northern exit, then shot a member who was about to object.

Xu Yue subdued a gang, organized its members to fight infected and evacuate Mocalan’s residents, and prepared to head north with Leon and the others. Meanwhile, a twenty-four-person Reincarnator team arrived in town on a mission to obtain a special ability.

• Xu Yue imposed strict rules and punishments on the gang members, then recruited them to help the survivors.
• Xu Yue arranged for Carlos to drive an armored vehicle north while Leon scouted on a Harley and the gang members followed on foot.
• When infected appeared in the streets, Xu Yue ordered the gang to kill them and warn residents to flee north, while he broadcast the evacuation message himself.
• A helicopter flew over Mocalan, and Xu Yue told Leon that another organization had likely arrived to collect samples.
• Twenty-four Reincarnators rappelled into Mocalan and discussed their mission to gain a special ability and survive the Punishment mission.

Jubei Mutou’s team entered the town to collect virus samples, but a special infected wiped out one squad over the radio. Meanwhile, Xu Yue encountered a Licker while escorting laborers and killed it with a sword, leaving Leon stunned as the group continued toward the northern exit.

• Twenty-four armed men split into two teams and entered the town to collect categorized virus samples while avoiding the local gang.
• Jubei Mutou ordered his team to collect samples from a zombie, then heard another squad report a special infected before their radio fell silent amid sounds of chewing.
• Xu Yue spotted a newly emerged Licker attacking a laborer and told K to continue clearing barricades with the escort team while he investigated.
• Leon warned Xu Yue not to fight the Licker up close, but Xu Yue charged it and cut it in half with his Tang Saber.
• K explained that the sword was a costly custom-made alloy weapon, then told Leon that Xu Yue had killed Lickers barehanded before.

Xu Yue killed the Lickers that had ambushed a combat squad, then confronted Jubei Mutou and his team. After Xu Yue demonstrated his overwhelming strength, Jubei Mutou tried to win his favor by destroying the biochemical samples.

• Xu Yue found the remains of a twelve-person combat squad and realized another team was nearby.
• Jubei Mutou and three others arrived, and Xu Yue suspected Jubei Mutou was a Reincarnator.
• Xu Yue deflected the team's gunfire and wounded two shooters with precise shots.
• Jubei Mutou privately asked Xu Yue if he was a Reincarnator, then relaxed when Xu Yue's reaction suggested he was not.
• Jubei Mutou claimed he opposed his superior's orders and smashed several sample vials to gain Xu Yue's trust.

Xu Yue recruited Jubei Mutou’s squad to help clear a north-south green corridor through the infected city, promising benefits to selected Reincarnators. After the route was opened and survivors began evacuating toward Mazatlán, Xu Yue kept the gang members behind to continue clearing the city.

• Xu Yue spared Jubei Mutou’s squad after their captain destroyed the samples, then refused to leave and ordered them to help clear a route for survivors.
• Xu Yue brought the squad’s combat personnel and helicopter crew to the northern exit, where gang members and survivors were clearing vehicles under K, Carlos, Lein, and Leon’s supervision.
• After Leon warned that monsters were lurking nearby, Xu Yue asked Jubei Mutou to choose trusted teammates and gave them serum injections.
• The workers removed the final vehicle blocking the road, and Xu Yue announced that survivors could travel north to the port at Mazatlán to leave the infected zone.
• Xu Yue watched the survivors depart, then promised the gang members they could leave only after the city’s main roads were cleared and connected.

Leon and the four Reincarnators awakened the first stage of the Gene Lock, then came under attack from a Mutated Licker. After Xu Yue helped finish the fight, he told the Reincarnators their special physiques destined them to fight the monsters.

• Jubei Mutou recognized that he and the other Reincarnators had unlocked the first stage of the Gene Lock and warned them that advancing further would likely come at a steep cost.
• Jubei Mutou urged the group to take their missions seriously while still seeking the second and third stages of the Gene Lock.
• A Mutated Licker tore into the armored vehicle, wounding two Reincarnators before they drove it off with gunfire.
• Leon warned that the Reincarnators’ wounds carried a dangerous virus, but their injuries quickly healed after their bodies produced antibodies.
• Xu Yue killed the last Mutated Licker, then told the Reincarnators their special physiques gave them the potential to unlock higher stages of the Gene Lock and put them on the front lines.

Jubei Mutou encouraged the injured Reincarnators as Xu Yue’s group fought its way toward the southern exit, while Leon learned that rescue efforts across the region were collapsing. The chapter ended with Leon’s operator asking him to persuade his companions to support the besieged team in Stermoxi Town, where a powerful monster had appeared.

• Jubei Mutou reassured the injured Reincarnators that Xu Yue might be able to help them unlock higher Gene Locks, and they accepted the losses as an investment.
• Xu Yue’s group cleared the zombies around their armored vehicle, urged residents to flee north, and fought through more obstacles on the way to the southern exit.
• Leon received a brief signal from his operator and confirmed that he was safe and making progress with help from his companions.
• Leon’s operator reported that rescue missions south of Aguascalientes had failed and that only two of the four northern hub towns had been cleared.
• The operator told Leon that Stermoxi Town’s team had dwindled from twelve people to four and sent him a photograph of a huge monster killing a Licker.
• Leon’s operator asked him to persuade his companions to help the survivors in Stermoxi Town.

Xu Yue freed the gang members only to make them continue helping the convoy, which then set out for Stermoxi Town despite scarce ammunition. The group entered the near-deserted town and tried to contact the three surviving team members sheltering at its police station.

• Xu Yue promised the laborers they could leave after clearing the southern exit, then counted down before K persuaded them to keep helping the convoy.
• Kaplan and James arrived with a truck of supplies, and the group resupplied, gathered vehicles, and organized a convoy toward Stermoxi Town.
• Leon warned over the radio that ammunition was critically low, so K ordered the gang members to conserve their bullets and leave most fighting to experienced combatants.
• The convoy reached Stermoxi Town, ran over zombies outside, and rammed open a passage through the blocked northern exit.
• Leon contacted the team inside town and learned that three members and about a dozen survivors were holding out at the police station.

Chris and Jill’s survivors trapped in the Stermoxi Town police station received word that Leon was bringing reinforcements, but a Licker broke into the office and attacked them. After killing it, Chris tried to lead the survivors out and discovered two more threats nearby.

• Chris ended his bitten teammate’s life at the teammate’s request.
• Leon contacted Chris and said he was bringing fifty or sixty people and more than ten vehicles to the police station.
• A special infected entered the station, and a Licker smashed through the barricaded office door.
• Chris, Jill, and two police officers shot the Licker until Chris killed it with a blast to the head.
• Chris stepped out to lead the survivors toward Leon’s reinforcements, then retreated and warned them that two more threats were outside.

Xu Yue and his group rescued the survivors from the police station, where Chris and Jill had been trapped by Lickers. After Xu Yue killed the monsters, he offered the survivors a choice to travel with the convoy and work, but his laborers took charge when the survivors demanded supplies and a truck.

• Lickers distracted Chris and Jill with a thrown zombie corpse as Leon announced that reinforcements had arrived.
• Chris and Jill rushed to support the arriving group, but Xu Yue killed the Lickers before they could attack the survivors.
• Jill identified Xu Yue as the Umbrella Corporation senior consultant, and Chris thanked him for coming to their rescue.
• Xu Yue told the survivors they could travel north or join his convoy if they helped clear the road.
• When survivors demanded a truck, weapons, food, and an escort, Xu Yue let his laborers handle the negotiations.
• A laborer pretended to agree to hand over his pickup truck, then ordered the survivors into its cargo bed as free workers.

Xu Yue led four Reincarnators to a gas station to find fuel and supplies while Leon’s group held back the zombies near the police station. After two Reincarnators were injured by a Licker but showed they were immune to infection, a giant creature emerged and pursued the tanker trucks, shrugging off a rocket-propelled grenade.

• Xu Yue left Leon and the others to hold the zombie horde while he took Jubei Mutou and three other Reincarnators to a nearby gas station.
• Xu Yue found two loaded tanker trucks and sent the Reincarnators to search the convenience store and handle threats there.
• Jubei Mutou and another Reincarnator emerged with claw wounds from a Licker, but revealed that they had constitutions that prevented infection.
• A giant creature smashed through the convenience-store wall, and the Reincarnators drove away in the tanker trucks as it chased them.
• The creature hurled a Licker’s corpse into the rear tanker truck and survived a direct hit from a rocket-propelled grenade.

Jubei Mutou fought a regenerating Tyrant after unlocking his power, while Xu Yue’s message caused three more Tyrants to join the battle. As the Reincarnators struggled to hold them off, Xu Yue drove on and looked for an anti-materiel supply drop.

• Jubei Mutou decided to unlock his power when a Tyrant grabbed the tanker trailer and slowed the truck.
• Jubei Mutou struck the Tyrant hard, but it quickly regenerated and showed more durability than he had expected.
• Xu Yue told the Red Queen that the target could withstand more pressure, and three additional Tyrants arrived to surround the Reincarnators.
• Jubei Mutou called for his teammates’ support as the four Reincarnators fought the four Tyrants, with only Jubei Mutou gaining the upper hand.
• Xu Yue considered joining the fight, then searched for an anti-materiel supply drop and asked whether the others needed help.
• Jubei Mutou told Xu Yue to drive the tanker away while the group dealt with the Tyrants.

Xu Yue used a sniper rifle and Tyrants to overwhelm the pursuing Reincarnators, then faced Jubei Mutou and a lava-covered Intruder himself. He escaped by tricking them with clones and an illusion, returned to the convoy in the tanker truck, and judged the gains acceptable.

• Xu Yue drove away in the tanker truck as Jubei Mutou and the other Reincarnators fought the Tyrants, while sniper fire disrupted their attacks and let the monsters batter them.
• A lava-covered Intruder broke free and pursued the sniper, and Jubei Mutou and the remaining Intruders followed after defeating their Tyrants.
• The lava-covered Intruder struck Xu Yue with lava, but Xu Yue revealed himself as a Reincarnator and unleashed crow clones, shuriken, and ninjutsu against his pursuers.
• Xu Yue used an illusion to make Jubei Mutou mistake his companions for enemies, then vanished while they were confused and injured.
• Xu Yue changed clothes, drove the tanker truck back to the convoy, and reflected that the Veteran Intruders had nearly broken his illusion.