Chapter Summaries

Gao Jingyu forced two men to fight over instant noodles, killed them when their battle ended in a draw, and then left the inn to search for Su Qiao. Su Qiao had found a quiet room on the fifth floor of a mall.

• Gao Jingyu promised He Yong and Zhang Jun a box of instant noodles if one killed the other.
• He Yong and Zhang Jun fought until both were badly injured, so Gao Jingyu declared a draw and killed them both.
• Gao Jingyu wondered where Su Qiao was and left the inn with his zombie companion, who stored the instant noodles.
• Su Qiao found a quiet room on the mall's fifth floor.

Su Qiao went downstairs to find a female Water Ability User but was confronted by Aunt Su and overheard her plotting with Su Yali. A confrontation between Kang Minghui and Zhang Wenli ended with Song Hai returning to defend his wife, while Kang Weibao ordered Su Yali to serve him that night.

• Su Qiao ran into Aunt Su, who scolded her for not helping, while Su Yali privately questioned whether they should keep taking Su Qiao along.
• Aunt Su warned Su Yali that Su Qiao might not be as foolish as she seemed and that they had not found a chance to abandon her.
• Aunt Su and Su Yali recognized Kang Minghui's arrival and fell silent, afraid of his powerful father, Kang Weibao.
• Kang Minghui threatened Zhang Wenli after she resisted him, and Song Hai returned to comfort his wife and glare at Kang Weibao.
• Kang Weibao shoved aside the onlookers and ordered Su Yali to serve him that night.

Kang Weibao threatened Su Yali, but she and Aunt Su decided to send Su Qiao in her place. Su Yali looked forward to ruining Su Qiao’s reputation, while Su Yongcheng returned and asked what trouble they meant.

• Kang Weibao threatened Su Yali and left, prompting Aunt Su to worry that he might drive their family out of the group.
• Su Yali reasoned that Kang Weibao only wanted someone to vent his anger on and suggested sending Su Qiao instead.
• Su Yali recalled Su Qiao’s achievements in her previous life and resolved to see her fall from favor.
• Aunt Su agreed that Su Qiao was a suitable substitute.
• Su Yongcheng returned with a gray jacket, and Aunt Su angrily asked where he had been; he asked what trouble had happened.

Su Qiao changed her appearance after bathing and went downstairs to investigate a commotion in the lobby. There, a newly arrived group met Kang Weibao, and one young man recognized him.

• Aunt Su pressured Su Yongcheng to send Su Qiao away, arguing that she owed the family for raising her, while Su Yongcheng remained reluctant.
• Su Qiao used 444’s information to find a woman with a Water Ability, hypnotized her into filling a tub, and borrowed her clothes.
• Su Qiao cut her hair, changed into a black tracksuit, and left to look for something to sleep on.
• Su Qiao heard a commotion in the lobby and went downstairs, where Kang Weibao’s people were questioning a group they had found while gathering supplies.
• A young man in a wrinkled Deep Blue suit recognized Kang Weibao and approached him.

Kang Weibao reunited with his former driver Wu Bin and welcomed him into his group. Su Qiao spotted Gao Jingyu among the newcomers, and his thoughts revealed that he knew her and was delighted she had survived; the chapter left the others mistaking his bewildered expression for stupidity.

• Kang Weibao recognized Wu Bin, his former company driver, and asked him to keep working for him.
• Wu Bin agreed, and Kang Weibao promised him a place to stay, water, and food.
• Su Qiao noticed Gao Jingyu at the back of the group after 444 told her the Great Demon King had arrived.
• Gao Jingyu saw Su Qiao and thought happily that she had not turned into a zombie.
• Other newcomers noticed Gao Jingyu staring blankly and joked that he might be stupid.

Su Qiao took Gao Jingyu away from the main hall after others mocked them as idiots and considered throwing Gao out. In the inner hall, newcomers argued over whether women should rely on powerful men or survive through their own abilities.

• People in the main hall mocked Gao Jingyu as an idiot and debated whether to throw him out.
• Su Qiao grabbed Gao Jingyu and led him away, while he followed without resisting.
• After they left, the people in the hall realized Su Qiao and Gao Jingyu were neither mute nor stupid.
• In the inner hall, a newcomer asked about Liu Shasha, and a middle-aged woman said she was Kang Weibao's woman.
• Lin Keke and Xie Xiaoyu argued about relying on a powerful man versus killing zombies and depending on one's own abilities.

Su Qiao brought Gao Jingyu to her temporary room, then forced Tan Jun to fill a barrel with water using her Mental Power. After Tan Jun exhausted his ability, she demanded his food.

• Su Qiao asked Gao Jingyu if he was hurt, but he refused to speak and wondered why she was acting unfamiliar with him.
• Su Qiao left Gao Jingyu in the room and went to find someone who could provide water.
• Tan Jun mistook Su Qiao’s visit for a chance to get close to her, but she kicked him inside and ordered him to fill a barrel.
• Su Qiao crushed Tan Jun to the floor with her Mental Power until he agreed to use his Water Ability.
• Tan Jun filled the barrel more than halfway before exhausting his ability, and Su Qiao demanded his food.

Su Qiao took Tan Jun’s supplies, returned to care for Gao Jingyu, and searched for furniture before encountering the Su family again. Aunt Su demanded that Su Qiao go serve Young Master Kang, and Su Qiao faced the family’s demand.

• Su Qiao took Tan Jun’s backpack and hypnotized him before leaving.
• Su Qiao told Gao Jingyu to bathe and ordered him to stay inside, then went to find furniture.
• Su Qiao found a wooden coffee table on the second floor and ran into the Su family.
• Su Yongjun explained that the family could no longer support Su Qiao, and Aunt Su said Young Master Kang wanted her to serve him.

Su Qiao’s uncle and aunt tried to send her to Young Master Kang in place of Su Yali, but she silently ignored their threats and carried a coffee table upstairs. Gao Jingyu watched her and decided not to help, then headed to the fifth floor; he returned to find Su Qiao looking for him.

• Su Yongjun urged Su Qiao to go to Young Master Kang, while Aunt Su threatened her if she refused or caused trouble.
• Su Qiao remained silent as Su Yongjun pulled Aunt Su away, then picked up the wooden coffee table and carried it upstairs.
• Gao Jingyu watched the exchange and thought Su Qiao had chosen her relatives over him, deciding not to help her.
• Gao Jingyu walked up to the fifth floor, drawing looks from residents because he appeared unusually clean and calm.
• Su Qiao returned to the room, found it empty, and went to look for Gao Jingyu, who then walked in.

Su Qiao and Gao Jingyu settled in for the night, arguing over who would sleep on the bed and sofa. After he fell off the sofa twice, she carried him onto the bed and noticed that his body was unusually cold.

• Su Qiao told Gao Jingyu to eat from the backpack and claimed the bed for herself, leaving him to sleep on the short sofa.
• Gao Jingyu lay down on the sofa, but Su Qiao woke when he fell to the floor and carried him back.
• When Gao Jingyu fell off the sofa again, Su Qiao carried him onto the bed.
• Su Qiao noticed Gao Jingyu's body was ice-cold and asked why, making him stiffen and slowly open his eyes.

Su Qiao questioned Gao Jingyu about his past, and he claimed that he had lost his memory as well. After 444 revealed that Su Yali’s virus had left Gao Jingyu vulnerable to being captured for experiments, Su Qiao asked where Yuan Zhihong was.

• Su Qiao asked Gao Jingyu why people called him an idiot and mute, and he explained that he could speak but chose not to deal with boring people.
• Gao Jingyu said he had lost his memory too, matching Su Qiao’s claim that she had forgotten her past.
• 444 appeared and checked Gao Jingyu’s situation after Su Qiao asked it to investigate him.
• 444 revealed that Su Yali had injected Gao Jingyu with an unidentified virus and that Yuan Zhihong had found him before he woke and treated him as an experimental subject.
• Su Qiao asked what kind of person Yuan Zhihong was and where he was now.

Su Qiao learned that Gao Jingyu was a half-human, half-zombie who could control zombies, and resented having to share a bed with his cold body. When Gao Jingyu asked if she found him disgusting and warned that he might bite her, she threatened to pull out his teeth, and they settled down to sleep.

• Su Qiao learned from 444 that Gao Jingyu still had some body temperature and heart function despite being part zombie.
• Su Qiao took the blanket for herself and told Gao Jingyu to keep his distance because he was freezing cold.
• Gao Jingyu asked how Su Qiao knew about his condition and wondered if she had abandoned him after they fainted in the laboratory.
• Gao Jingyu asked if Su Qiao was afraid he would bite her, and she threatened to pull out all his teeth.
• Gao Jingyu lay down and told Su Qiao to stop disturbing his sleep.

Su Qiao stole into the Su family’s room to deal with Su Yali’s jade pendant, then set up Aunt Su and Kang Minghui in a compromising position. On her way back, she encountered Gao Jingyu and asked what he had seen.

• Su Qiao left her room at one in the morning and snuck into the shop where the Su family was sleeping.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Su Yali’s jade pendant contained a space, and Su Qiao knocked out Su Yongjun and his wife.
• Su Qiao left the pendant with Su Yali for the moment and carried Aunt Su to Kang Minghui’s room.
• Su Qiao dressed Aunt Su in a red nightgown, arranged her beside the drunk Kang Minghui, and tucked them in together.
• Su Qiao ran into Gao Jingyu near the escalator, brought him back upstairs, and asked what he had seen.

Su Qiao revealed her willingness to retaliate against her family, while Gao Jingyu stayed with her overnight. The next morning, Aunt Su woke up in Kang Minghui’s bed and was seized by security guards as the crowd gathered.

• Su Qiao told Gao Jingyu that putting Aunt Su in danger was a good deed and warned him to keep his mouth shut while they slept.
• Kang Minghui woke beside Aunt Su, kicked her off the bed, and ordered the guards to kill her.
• Aunt Su protested that she did not know how she had gotten into his room, but the guards seized her as people gathered outside.
• Aunt Su called to Su Yali for help, and Kang Minghui slapped her while Su Yali stared in shock.

Su Yali tried to calm Kang Minghui after he accused her mother of taking her place in his bed, but the situation worsened when Su Yongjun arrived and began beating Aunt Su. The chapter left Su Yali humiliated as the crowd mocked her mother and Kang demanded an explanation.

• Aunt Su begged Su Yali to save her from Kang Minghui, who demanded compensation for his losses.
• Kang Minghui accused Su Yali of sending her mother to his room instead of coming herself, and Su Yali dodged his attempt to slap her with her Wind Ability.
• Su Yali asked Aunt Su how she had ended up there, but Aunt Su insisted she did not know what had happened.
• Su Yongjun arrived, accused Aunt Su of betraying him, and beat her despite Su Yali's attempts to intervene.
• The onlookers mocked Aunt Su while Su Yali asked Kang Minghui for time to investigate, and he demanded to know what explanation they could give.

Kang Weibao investigated the commotion outside Kang Minghui’s room and learned that Zhang Wenli had scratched his son. Kang Minghui revealed his history with Zhang Wenli, leaving his father to recognize her as the only woman his son had once wanted to marry.

• Kang Weibao arrived and ordered everyone to leave while he investigated what had happened to Kang Minghui.
• Kang Weibao confronted his son in private and reproached him for causing trouble.
• Kang Minghui said Zhang Wenli had scratched his face and identified her as Song Hai’s wife.
• Kang Minghui admitted he had pursued Zhang Wenli at school, but she rejected him and later married Song Hai.
• Kang Weibao remembered Zhang Wenli as the only woman Kang Minghui had seriously wanted to marry.

Kang Minghui begged Kang Weibao to help him pursue a married woman and protect him from Song Hai, while Su Qiao inventoried supplies and learned that Gao Jingyu had likely attracted more zombies. The chapter left Su Qiao warning Gao Jingyu to beware of the people inside the mall as he eagerly suggested killing them.

• Kang Minghui insisted that he could not accept the woman choosing Song Hai, and Kang Weibao warned him that the chaotic world made his usual schemes dangerous.
• Kang Minghui asked Kang Weibao to protect him from Song Hai, and Kang Weibao criticized him for neglecting his ability training.
• Su Qiao returned to the room with Gao Jingyu and emptied the stolen backpack to inventory its supplies.
• 444 told Su Qiao that more zombies were nearby and suspected Gao Jingyu had howled toward the distance from the roof the night before.
• Gao Jingyu lied that he had gone to use the bathroom, and Su Qiao warned him that the mall's people were dangerous.
• Gao Jingyu suggested killing the people inside, and Su Qiao told him to stop shouting about killing people.

As zombies gathered around the Shopping Mall, Kang Weibao ordered tighter patrols while Su Qiao prepared to leave for food. Gao Jingyu stayed behind after asking her to bring him noodles and new clothes, including a white shirt and socks.

• Gao Jingyu suggested surrounding the Shopping Mall with zombies and cutting off its food, but Su Qiao threatened to pull out his teeth if he caused trouble.
• 444 noticed more zombies nearby, and the Shopping Mall's patrol personnel spotted the growing crowd.
• Kang Weibao ordered guards to watch the lobby, side doors, back entrance, and rooftop while he tried to determine why the zombies had come.
• Su Qiao packed her backpack and warned Gao Jingyu to stay inside while she went to get food.
• Gao Jingyu asked Su Qiao to bring him noodles, clothes, shoes, and white socks, and she agreed after pinching his cheek.

After Su Qiao escaped, Gao Jingyu followed her trail but lost sight of her and came across a couple trapped on a rooftop. He questioned them about their relationship and asked which one would survive if only one could.

• After Su Qiao left, Gao Jingyu touched his cheek and admitted that her slap had hurt.
• Su Qiao escaped through a storage-room window, and Gao Jingyu climbed out after her later.
• Gao Jingyu searched the streets for Su Qiao, then changed direction after seeing a couple calling for help from a rooftop.
• Gao Jingyu reached the rooftop, and Tang Yun and his girlfriend let him in and barricaded the door.
• Gao Jingyu asked how long the couple had been together, then asked which one would choose to survive if only one could.

Gao Jingyu forced Tang Yun and Lin Xiu to choose who should live, and Tang Yun chose himself. Lin Xiu discovered her boyfriend’s selfishness as zombies battered the hotel gate.

• Gao Jingyu gave Tang Yun and Lin Xiu paper and pens, demanding that they choose who would live as zombies approached.
• Tang Yun and Lin Xiu reluctantly wrote their choices while Gao Jingyu warned that the iron gate would soon give way.
• Gao Jingyu revealed that Tang Yun had chosen to save himself, and Tang Yun admitted he did not want to die.
• Lin Xiu confronted Tang Yun over his betrayal, and Gao Jingyu opened her paper to find only random scribbles.