Chapter Summaries

Gao Jingyu revealed that he had chosen not to save everyone and led Lin Xiu toward the rooftop exit. Tang Yun died after opening the door to let in the zombies, and Lin Xiu chose to leave with Gao Jingyu.

• Gao Jingyu announced that Lin Xiu would go with him, and Tang Yun attacked him in anger.
• Gao Jingyu kicked Tang Yun aside, while Lin Xiu rejected Tang Yun and hid behind Gao Jingyu.
• Tang Yun opened the rooftop door and let the zombies in, then one of them tore into his neck.
• Gao Jingyu admitted he could have saved everyone but had not wanted to, and Lin Xiu chose to leave with him.

Gao Jingyu found Su Qiao and deliberately directed zombies to surround her, while Su Qiao fought her way clear and returned to the Shopping Mall. The chapter left Gao Jingyu delighted by her strength and Su Qiao angry at the trouble he had caused.

• Gao Jingyu led Lin Xiu out of the zombie-infested restaurant, and she fled from him once they reached the street.
• Gao Jingyu spotted Su Qiao from an office building and decided to play a game with her.
• Su Qiao fought off the zombies surrounding her, used her Mental Power to destroy many of them, and guessed Gao Jingyu was behind the attack.
• Su Qiao hurried through an alley and returned to the Shopping Mall, clearing the zombies at its main entrance with her club.

Su Qiao entered the shelter after fighting off zombies, while other residents speculated that she had abilities. On the second floor, Aunt Su confronted her over a failed plan involving Young Master Kang, but Su Qiao threw her to the ground and denied knowing about it.

• Su Qiao passed the guards’ wound check and entered the shelter.
• Residents guessed that Su Qiao had strength and speed abilities and discussed how her aunt and uncle had treated her.
• Su Qiao encountered Aunt Su on the second floor, where Aunt Su accused her of ruining the plan for her to go to Young Master Kang’s room.
• Su Qiao flung Aunt Su to the ground and asked what she meant, and Aunt Su began accusing her again.

Su Qiao exposed Aunt Su’s attempt to take Su Yali’s place with Young Master Kang, turning the family’s accusations back on them. The chapter ended with Su Yongjun demanding to know whether Su Yali had known her mother went out at night.

• Su Qiao reminded the onlookers that Young Master Kang had chosen Su Yali, and they condemned the family for trying to make Su Qiao take her place.
• Su Qiao accused Aunt Su of sneaking into Young Master Kang’s room herself and disgracing the Su family.
• Su Yongjun arrived, agreed with Su Qiao, and kicked Aunt Su away for looking down on him.
• Su Qiao questioned whether Su Yali, who had slept in the inner room, had noticed her mother leaving during the night.
• Su Yongjun grabbed Su Yali’s arm and demanded to know whether she had known about her mother’s actions.

Su Qiao exposed Su Yali’s knowledge of ability levels and cultivation, then protected her backpack from Aunt Su as she left. Kang Weibao and Kang Minghui discussed cultivating abilities, and Kang Minghui decided to capture Su Yali to force the method from her.

• Su Qiao teased Su Yali about knowing abilities had levels and could be cultivated, making Su Yali nervous before she offered an excuse.
• Aunt Su grabbed Su Qiao’s backpack, but Su Qiao flung her away and continued toward the fifth floor.
• Other survivors envied Su Qiao’s supplies, while some argued that she should hand them over to the group.
• Kang Weibao and Kang Minghui watched Su Qiao leave and discussed whether abilities could be cultivated.
• Kang Minghui went downstairs, intending to capture Su Yali and force her to reveal the cultivation method.

Kang Weibao explained to Kang Minghui that survival in the apocalypse depended on gathering capable people and building a fortress, while Su Yali faced repeated interrogation and revealed that zombies held crystal cores Ability Users could use to cultivate. Back at their room, Su Qiao confronted Gao Jingyu about luring zombies toward her, and he denied wanting to hurt her.

• Kang Weibao warned Kang Minghui not to act rashly and urged him to gather capable people and build a secure fortress.
• Kang Weibao let other Ability Users interrogate Su Yali until she revealed that zombies contained crystal cores that Ability Users could use to cultivate.
• Su Qiao returned to the room and found Gao Jingyu eating instant noodles on the sofa.
• Su Qiao accused Gao Jingyu of watching her fight zombies and of luring the horde toward her, and he admitted he had thought it would be fun.
• Gao Jingyu denied trying to kill Su Qiao and protested that she had hurt his feelings by suspecting him.

Su Qiao questioned Gao Jingyu about their relationship after he acted hurt that she did not remember him. They ended the chapter bickering in her room, with Gao Jingyu giving his name and demanding hot instant noodles.

• Su Qiao asked Gao Jingyu who he was, and he questioned why she had helped him if she did not remember him.
• Su Qiao said she had helped because she wanted to, while Gao Jingyu accused her of being heartless toward him despite their past companionship.
• Gao Jingyu refused the food Su Qiao offered and turned away, but then demanded hot instant noodles when she left.
• Su Qiao learned his name was Gao Jingyu, but remembered she had no stove to cook the noodles.
• Gao Jingyu lay back down in a sulk, and Su Qiao wondered to Xiao Si whether she had brought home an ancestor.

Su Qiao learned that she and Gao Jingyu had been close classmates and wondered whether her leaving him in the laboratory had led to his suffering and hostility toward her. After deciding she could not untangle his changed personality, she went to find a stove and supplies so she could make a fire.

• 444 told Su Qiao that she and Gao Jingyu had been biology classmates who shared similar backgrounds and often quietly comforted each other.
• Su Qiao learned Gao Jingyu had been orphaned, mistreated by his adoptive family, and ultimately became the Zombie Emperor even in his previous life.
• Su Qiao suspected Gao Jingyu resented her because she had left him in the laboratory, allowing Yuan Zhihong to capture and torture him.
• Su Qiao set aside her doubts about Gao Jingyu’s changed personality and searched the fifth floor for a small stove.
• Su Qiao used the Golden Dragon Sword to chop wooden stools into firewood and carried the stove, firewood, and cooking supplies back to her room.

Kang Weibao pressured Song Hai to let Kang Minghui have Zhang Wenli, but Song Hai refused and asked to leave with his wife. Kang Weibao agreed, believing the zombies outside would prevent them from escaping anytime soon.

• Kang Weibao reminded Song Hai of his years of service and demanded that he protect Kang Minghui from danger and regret.
• Song Hai refused to give up Zhang Wenli, explaining that she was his wife and he could not live without her.
• Kang Weibao let Song Hai leave with Zhang Wenli after Song Hai said he wanted a quiet life away from the group.
• After Song Hai and Zhang Wenli left, Kang Minghui objected, but Kang Weibao said the zombies outside would keep them from leaving soon.

Kang Weibao warned Kang Minghui to stay away from Su Qiao and said he had plans to deal with Song Hai. Su Qiao returned openly and tried to feed Gao Jingyu instant noodles, but he complained about the seasoning.

• Kang Weibao called Song Hai a disobedient dog and said keeping him around would become a liability, while refusing to tell Kang Minghui his plans for him.
• Kang Weibao told Kang Minghui to behave himself and stay away from Su Qiao, whom he considered dangerous.
• Kang Minghui agreed to obey for now but still privately dismissed Su Qiao as nothing special.
• Su Qiao returned through the front entrance and served Gao Jingyu instant noodles.
• Gao Jingyu complained that the noodles were too oily, then demanded spicy noodles with three packets of seasoning.

Su Qiao cooked Gao Jingyu instant noodles with three seasoning packets while explaining that she truly had no memories when she woke up. Gao Jingyu described what happened after they passed out during a lab class, but his brief account left Su Qiao wanting more details.

• Gao Jingyu insisted on spicy noodles, and Su Qiao added three seasoning packets while asking if he had lost his sense of taste.
• Su Qiao explained that she had woken with no memories and met the Su family by chance while wandering.
• Gao Jingyu said they had passed out during a lab class and that he woke to find Su Qiao gone.
• Gao Jingyu said a strange person captured him and tried to harm him, so he killed the person and went to find Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao asked whether that was all, and Gao Jingyu gave no further explanation.

Su Qiao served Gao Jingyu spicy instant noodles, and he pretended they had been lovers to make her feel guilty for leaving him behind. After she refused to indulge his complaints, she promised to develop medicine to restore his body, leaving him surprised that recovery might be possible.

• Su Qiao handed Gao Jingyu a bowl of spicy instant noodles, but he asked whether she had forgotten their past.
• Gao Jingyu falsely claimed they had been lovers and accused Su Qiao of abandoning him to suffer at Yuan's hands.
• Su Qiao offered to avenge Gao Jingyu by whipping Yuan's corpse, but Gao Jingyu instead demanded that she raise him until he was plump.
• Su Qiao suggested that Gao Jingyu eat Mutated Animal meat for energy, but he sulked and refused his noodles.
• Su Qiao told Gao Jingyu to eat in moderation and promised to develop medicine to help restore his body.
• Gao Jingyu asked in surprise whether he could still recover, and Su Qiao assured him that nothing was impossible.

Su Qiao and Gao Jingyu made peace and settled into comfortable days together, while 444 told Su Qiao that Kang Weibao and his father were mistreating Song Hai’s family. The chapter ended with Song Hai bringing Wen Li to live in a small office on the fifth floor.

• Gao Jingyu asked Su Qiao to keep him company, and she warned him against ignoring her or entertaining wild ideas.
• After they finished their noodles, Su Qiao and Gao Jingyu walked along the fifth-floor railing, and he put an arm around her shoulders to steady her.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Kang Weibao had demanded Song Hai send his wife to him and that Kang’s family had tried to drive them out.
• Su Qiao dismissed 444’s appeal to uphold justice, saying she was from the demonic cult and helped others only when she felt like it.
• Gao Jingyu stopped deliberately causing trouble for Su Qiao, and the two began getting along harmoniously.
• Song Hai brought Wen Li to move into a simply renovated office on the fifth floor.

After Kang Minghui cornered Zhang Wenli and tried to force her to submit to him, Su Qiao and Gao Jingyu intervened. Kang Minghui fled, threatening to have his father throw them out.

• Kang Minghui confronted Zhang Wenli and blamed her for rejecting him and choosing Song Hai.
• Kang Minghui grabbed Zhang Wenli by the hair and threatened to withhold food unless she submitted to him.
• Su Qiao came out after 444 urged her and told Kang Minghui to let Zhang Wenli go.
• Gao Jingyu threatened to twist off Kang Minghui's head, and Kang Minghui released Zhang Wenli and fled.

Song Hai and Zhang Wenli decided to flee after Su Qiao warned them to leave and Song Hai realized Kang Weibao would kill him. With Liu Shasha's warning, they rushed toward the back exit, and Song Hai asked why she was helping them.

• Su Qiao thanked Zhang Wenli for helping and urged her to leave as soon as possible before returning to her room with Gao Jingyu.
• Song Hai reunited with Zhang Wenli, apologized for putting her in danger, and decided they had to escape immediately.
• Song Hai explained that Kang Weibao saw him as a betrayer and would not let him go, while Zhang Wenli blamed herself for the danger.
• Liu Shasha arrived and warned Song Hai and Zhang Wenli that Kang Weibao was coming to kill them, then told them to use the back door.
• Song Hai grabbed Zhang Wenli and ran toward the back exit without their belongings, then turned to ask Liu Shasha why she was helping them.

Liu Shasha helped Song Hai and Zhang Wenli escape, but Kang Minghui and his bodyguards caught up with them. As Kang Weibao’s people accused Song Hai of stealing food, Su Qiao learned that Gao Jingyu had taken most of the storeroom’s instant noodles and crispy noodles, and discovered he had access to a spatial ability user.

• Liu Shasha explained that her husband had died saving her and warned Song Hai and Zhang Wenli to flee from Kang Weibao and his son.
• Song Hai and Zhang Wenli headed for the rear stairwell but encountered Kang Minghui with two bodyguards.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Kang Weibao’s people had caught Song Hai and accused him of hiding stolen food.
• Su Qiao learned that Gao Jingyu had taken forty or fifty cases of instant noodles and crispy noodles from the storeroom and used a younger subordinate with a spatial ability to store them.
• Su Qiao took Gao Jingyu’s crispy noodles, but he snatched them back and argued that she had only forbidden him from eating too many instant noodles.

Su Qiao and Gao Jingyu went downstairs to investigate the accusation that Song Hai had stolen supplies. In the lobby, Kang Weibao pressured the restrained Song Hai to confess, while Liu Shasha questioned the evidence.

• Gao Jingyu claimed his noodles were a snack he had found, and Su Qiao decided to go see what had happened to Song Hai.
• Gao Jingyu followed Su Qiao downstairs after agreeing to obey her and avoid acting recklessly.
• Su Qiao and Gao Jingyu found more than a hundred people gathered in the lobby, where two men were holding Song Hai down beside his disheveled wife, Zhang Wenli.
• Kang Weibao accused Song Hai of stealing from the storeroom and said witnesses had seen him sneaking near it, but Song Hai denied taking anything.
• Liu Shasha questioned whether Song Hai could have stolen the supplies, then nervously told Kang Weibao she had only gone to the restroom.
• Kang Weibao and the other men demanded that Song Hai hand over the stolen goods, threatening to kill him if he refused.

Kang Weibao accused Song Hai of stealing food and turned the camp against him, then ordered his son Kang Minghui to execute him. The chapter ended with the crowd calling for Song Hai’s death while Zhang Wenli’s protests went unheard.

• Zhang Wenli accused Kang Weibao of framing Song Hai because he had refused to hand her over, but Kang Weibao and Kang Minghui denied it.
• Kang Weibao ordered his men to pull Zhang Wenli away, while Song Hai struggled to stop them.
• Kang Weibao handed Kang Minghui a knife and ordered him to cut off Song Hai’s head, leaving Kang Minghui stunned and afraid.
• Kang Weibao blamed the missing food on Song Hai and warned the camp that food rations would be cut and searchers might die, stirring the crowd against him.
• The crowd shouted for Song Hai to be killed as Zhang Wenli pleaded that they had never taken the food, and Kang Weibao threw the knife at Kang Minghui’s feet.

Kang Minghui tried to kill Song Hai under Kang Weibao’s orders, but Su Qiao secretly redirected his knife and killed Kang Weibao instead. Kang Minghui fled, and Gao Jingyu quietly used Mental Power to ensure he would not escape to harm more girls.

• Kang Weibao ordered Kang Minghui to kill Song Hai, and Kang Minghui attacked with a small iron knife.
• Su Qiao used Mental Power to redirect the knife, slicing Kang Weibao’s throat and killing him.
• Kang Minghui apologized to his father, then abandoned him and fled through the crowd.
• Gao Jingyu quietly spread his Mental Power as Kang Minghui ran, and Su Qiao approved of his action.

Su Qiao helped Song Hai and his wife escape while disrupting the Ability Users who chased them. After Kang Weibao died by his son’s hand, Wu Bin moved to take charge and proposed making ordinary people gather food.

• Su Qiao sent Song Hai a mental message, told him to flee through the east gate with his wife, and promised to hold the others back.
• Su Qiao used her Mental Power to make the Ability Users chasing Song Hai trip and attack one another, while Gao Jingyu recognized her interference.
• Kang Weibao died, leaving the building’s residents panicked and his subordinates vying for control.
• Wu Bin stepped forward, called Kang Weibao’s death an accident, and proposed counting the food supply and making ordinary people gather food.