Chapter Summaries

Juanjuan reunited Zhou Jun and Xu Wei with Scarface, then invited the two former police colleagues to travel with her toward Changli County to find her mother. The group reached the site of a devastating battle at night, where the damage was worse than Juanjuan had expected.

• Juanjuan introduced Zhou Jun, Xu Wei, and Scarface, and Da Huang and Er Hei returned to join them.
• Xu Wei questioned whether Juanjuan's mother could still be alive, but Juanjuan insisted her mother was strong enough to defeat Mutant Monsters.
• Juanjuan invited Zhou Jun and Xu Wei to accompany her toward the JN Military Region after finding her mother, and they agreed.
• Zhou Jun showed Juanjuan and Xu Wei the route he had taken and said they had found military supplies but no Zombies.
• The group set out toward Changli County with Juanjuan's vehicle in front, followed by Zhou Jun and Xu Wei, and arrived at the battle site after dark.

Juanjuan and the uncles gathered weapons, food, and fuel at the camp, then shared a meal and learned that Zhao Lingling had died. After Juanjuan embarrassed Uncle Zhou with teasing about his relationship with Zhao Lingling, Uncle Scarface used his ability to whisk her away from a threatened spanking.

• Uncle Scarface, Uncle Zhou, and Uncle Xu divided the camp’s weapons, food, and fuel among their vehicles.
• The group camped for the night and ate around a fire beneath the stars.
• Juanjuan asked Uncle Zhou about Zhao Lingling, and he told her that Zhao Lingling had died after they encountered a frog-like Mutant Monster.
• Uncle Zhou admitted that he and Zhao Lingling had been together, and Juanjuan’s teasing comments made the group awkward.
• When Uncle Zhou grabbed Juanjuan to punish her, she pleaded with Uncle Scarface, who used his ability to move her several meters from the campfire.

Juanjuan accidentally unleashed a dangerous ability when Uncle Scarface’s threatening gaze triggered it, injuring him and scattering the camp. After Scarface reassured her and the others, Juanjuan decided she could not use the ability freely because it could harm allies.

• Juanjuan apologized to Uncle Zhou for their awkward earlier exchange, and a kiss made him laugh again until she teased him about shaving his beard.
• Uncle Zhou asked Uncle Scarface whether he shared Juanjuan’s mother’s abilities and whether he could use Steam Mode; Scarface said he could not and was weaker than her.
• When Uncle Zhou asked whether Scarface had other abilities, Scarface’s dangerous gaze triggered Juanjuan’s power, and Scarface covered her mouth while a bloody sword appeared.
• Juanjuan woke to find Scarface’s palm cracked and his ears bleeding, while Uncle Zhou and Uncle Xu had been knocked down and the campfire, car window, and meal were damaged.
• Scarface told Juanjuan not to use the ability around allies, then carried her to bed as she resolved not to use it again.

The narrator split the Rakshasa Squad and Ham’s group across three routes to search for Juanjuan while he drove alone toward TS City to intercept her. His journey ended when a Cyclops attacked and flipped his car, leaving him trapped upside down as he raised his M500.

• The narrator ordered the Rakshasa Squad to follow three safety rules, then divided the search party among three highway routes toward TS City.
• Liu Yuetong reported that Rakshasa Squad girls had seen a big yellow dog with Juanjuan near Ninghe District four days earlier.
• The narrator assigned Ham’s group an armored vehicle and ten Rakshasa Squad soldiers, then drove alone toward TS City.
• The narrator raced along the highway, worrying that Grandpa Zhao might be dead and Juanjuan might be alone with his knife.
• A Cyclops emerged from a mound of piled cars, smashed the Bentley’s front end, and overturned it while the narrator reached for his M500.

The narrator escaped an overturned car and fought a Cyclops, blasting apart its leg and then shooting through its chest. The wounded monster collapsed, and the narrator approached it while reloading.

• The car trapped the narrator under its crushed roof, but the narrator pushed free and escaped through the shattered windshield.
• The narrator shot the Cyclops's leg with an M500, and the monster's foot was blown off.
• The Cyclops knocked the narrator flying, but the narrator survived and saw the monster fall onto its backside.
• The narrator reloaded and fired five shots into the Cyclops's torso, causing it to collapse.
• The narrator reloaded again and walked to within a few meters of the fallen Cyclops.

After killing a Cyclops, the narrator gathered his scattered supplies and entered TJ City searching for a usable car. He found banners directing survivors to a settlement and followed them, while Zombies watched him from a distance.

• The narrator killed the wounded Cyclops with his M500 and worried about running low on ammunition.
• He collected his weapons and supplies from the wrecked car, hid most of them in a nearby house, and dragged the Cyclops's severed arm into TJ City.
• After finding the roadside cars unusable, he walked through the city looking for a 4S store while Zombies circled him without approaching.
• The narrator spotted a banner announcing a survivor settlement and decided to follow its arrows, hoping to trade the Cyclops's arm for a car.
• On June 29, early in the morning, he continued along streets marked with banners as Zombies kept their distance and occasionally taunted him.

The narrator followed a banner through a zombie-filled area to TJ University, where survivors had built a fortified base. Tang Wei greeted her at the gate, but froze after spotting the gigantic hand behind her.

• The narrator suspected Juanjuan had survived the praying mantis encounter and continued toward the marked destination.
• The narrator crossed a stone bridge and entered TJ University through a latched gate as zombies parted around her.
• The narrator followed a fenced road to a fortified campus entrance and spotted working surveillance cameras.
• Tang Wei came out to greet the narrator, fetched the key, and unlocked the gate.
• Tang Wei noticed the gigantic hand behind the narrator and reacted in alarm.

Fang Yuxuan entered a fortified campus and tried to trade a Mutant Monster’s severed arm for a car or a map of TS City. Su Yi agreed to help her find someone with a map, but his armed group’s hostility and his probing questions left the meeting tense.

• Fang Yuxuan threw the severed arm over the barricade and jumped after it when the bespectacled guard forgot to unlock the inner gate.
• Su Yi introduced himself as captain of the first squad of the Security Team and asked Fang Yuxuan where she came from and how she got the arm.
• Fang Yuxuan claimed to be a special forces soldier and demanded a trade, then told a jealous girl to get out of her way.
• Su Yi agreed to help Fang Yuxuan find someone who might know where to get a map of TS City, since his group had no car.
• Su Yi led Fang Yuxuan through the crowded campus and questioned her familiarity with his Winchester rifle.

After firing Su Yi’s gun and being expelled from the settlement, the narrator demanded the return of the arm he had brought in. When the escorting girl refused, he slapped her and threatened her.

• The narrator examined Su Yi’s .44 Magnum and fired it at a billboard, drawing a crowd from nearby buildings.
• Su Yi took back his gun, blamed the narrator for causing trouble, and ordered him to leave the settlement.
• The narrator asked for directions to a 4S store and learned that he could find one at Tianjin Port by following the main road south.
• The narrator asked the girl escorting him to return the arm he had brought in, but she refused and told him to leave.
• The narrator slapped the girl and demanded his belongings back, warning her that he would hit her again if she refused.
• The girl screamed after the narrator’s threat.

The narrator confronted Su Yi and his people after they refused to return her belongings, and fought them when they attacked. She left Su Yi disarmed and held him at gunpoint while his followers hesitated.

• A woman shrieked for help and accused the narrator of hitting and threatening her, bringing Su Yi and hundreds of people to the scene.
• The narrator demanded her belongings back, but Su Yi’s followers insulted her and several men moved to attack.
• The narrator knocked down the first attacker and defeated several more with her kukri.
• Su Yi aimed a Winchester at the narrator, so she cut off his arm, took the rifle, and wounded the wrists of a dozen men at the front.
• The narrator pressed the Winchester to Su Yi’s head and ordered everyone to stay quiet while his followers hesitated.

The narrator forced Su Yi’s group to return the severed arm, hand over ammunition, and find a vehicle, while keeping Su Yi alive for answers. Su Yi revealed that the survivor base used tissue culture to maintain Mutant Monster scent, and the group was still waiting for a motorized tricycle.

• Su Yi ordered his people to retrieve the severed arm, and the narrator demanded compensation and killed a woman who urged the group to shoot.
• The narrator claimed Su Yi’s gun and all its .44 ammunition, then demanded a vehicle to carry the goods away.
• Su Yi’s people brought back the arm, and a concerned girl bandaged his wound while another person went to fetch a motorized tricycle.
• The narrator asked how the survivor base kept Mutant Monsters’ scent, and Su Yi revealed that they used tissue culture.

The narrator confronted Teacher Du after taking supplies from Su Yi’s group and refusing to explain the conflict. When Su Yi survived a deadly revolver gamble, the narrator killed the girl who tried to stop him and challenged Teacher Du’s authority.

• A motorized tricycle arrived, and the narrator told Su Yi to have his men load the items before a large crowd approached.
• Teacher Du asked the narrator to release Su Yi, then heard Su Yi’s account and asked what the narrator had come to do.
• The narrator said he planned to leave with the goods, and Teacher Du arranged a revolver gamble in which Su Yi had to pull the trigger.
• Su Yi pulled the trigger and survived, then offered the revolver to the narrator.
• The narrator ignored the gun, pulled the Nepalese blade from the girl’s head, and killed her as the crowd watched.
• The narrator asked Teacher Du’s name and dismissed his attempt to force the conflict into a contest.

The woman overpowered Mr. Du and the survivors who had tried to coerce her, then left the base with Su Yi. She drove off after forcing a bespectacled man to take her vehicle through the gate.

• The woman used Second Gear to pin Mr. Du down and slash off one of his arms, declaring herself a new human who could crush the survivor base.
• The crowd fell silent after she shouted that she would become the woman of the King of Survivors, and people called her "Queen."
• She dragged the bespectacled man out of the crowd and beat him, then explained that Mr. Du's proposal had been a malicious trap.
• The woman ordered the bespectacled man to drive the three-wheeled vehicle to the gate, threatening to kill him if he refused.
• The gate guards let the vehicle through, and the woman said goodbye to Mr. Du before walking away.

Fang Yuxuan agreed to help Mr. Du stabilize the survivor base after learning that Mr. Du had doctors and medical equipment that might save Juanjuan. The chapter ended with Fang Yuxuan revealing that the person he needed help saving was his daughter.

• Mr. Du offered Fang Yuxuan half of what he had if Fang stayed, then promised him access to doctors and medical equipment.
• Fang Yuxuan reconsidered leaving when he realized Mr. Du might have the resources to help Juanjuan.
• Mr. Du asked Fang Yuxuan to help protect the students and warned that Zombies were becoming less afraid of Mutant Monsters.
• Fang Yuxuan said at least three creatures could destroy the survivor base and agreed to help for a while in exchange for Mr. Du's assistance.
• Fang Yuxuan asked Mr. Du to use his medical expertise to save his daughter.

Yuxuan agreed to help Du Yihe study her blood and genes in exchange for his help growing lung tissue for Juanjuan. After leaving him, she reached TS Port to search among its many vehicles for a way to rescue Juanjuan.

• Mr. Du scrutinized Yuxuan, and she was unsettled by her instinctive, feminine defensive pose.
• Du Yihe deduced that Yuxuan was a virgin and questioned how she had a child, then agreed to her terms because he prioritized humanity’s survival.
• Yuxuan explained Juanjuan’s condition, and Du Yihe said growing lung tissue would take three months and asked her to help him during that time.
• Yuxuan and Du Yihe discussed his plan to study her blood and genes, and she promised to return after rescuing Juanjuan.
• Yuxuan rode a three-wheeled motorcycle to TS Port, followed by hundreds of thousands of Zombies, and found rows of vehicles beside a cargo ship.

The narrator scavenged the port’s gas station and chose a new red Wrangler to drive in search of Juanjuan. After loading fuel, supplies, and ammunition into the vehicle, she prepared to leave the city.

• The narrator drove her trike into the fenced port area and killed several nearby Zombies.
• She chose an intact red Wrangler from the row of vehicles and found its key inside.
• She siphoned gasoline from other cars to fill the Wrangler and an extra fuel drum.
• She discovered the Wrangler’s soft top, packed it and her gear into the trunk, and tied her decaying severed arm to the back of the car.
• She tested Su Yi’s Winchester and organized her ammunition before checking the Wrangler’s tire pressure.

Juanjuan and the three uncles found the wreckage of her mother’s car and her destroyed gun, leaving Juanjuan distraught and determined to find her. They continued toward TS City, following a road marked by craters, while her mother’s fate remained unknown.

• Juanjuan and the three uncles set out from near Changli County as the weather turned gloomy.
• Juanjuan spotted her mother’s burned-out car, then found her mother’s warped, unusable gun nearby.
• Uncle Scarface said the gun had been damaged by a long-range sniper rifle, and Uncle Zhou recognized it as Fang Yuxuan’s.
• Juanjuan tried to run off in search of her mother, but Uncle Scarface stopped and comforted her, noting there was no blood or sign her mother had died there.
• The group continued toward TS City, passing a road covered in craters, and Juanjuan spotted something in the distance.

Juanjuan followed a month-old trail to TS City, where Uncle Scarface and the others found evidence that her mother had survived the battle but may have been taken away. The next morning, the narrator drove toward Tangshan City and encountered six zombies near a store.

• Juanjuan and Uncle Scarface followed her mother's trail to TS City and found a burned battlefield without her body.
• Uncle Zhou suspected that unknown people had swept the area and taken Juanjuan's mother away, so the group stayed overnight at a hotel.
• The next morning, the narrator drove around TJ City, passed through Baodi District, and tested the Winchester on zombies.
• The narrator reached the Jinyan store near Tangshan City and was confronted by six running zombies.

Juanjuan and Uncle Scarface searched the eerily empty city for her mother, then encountered a huge, inflated figure that attacked them with a cleaver. The chapter ended just after Uncle Scarface fired and the figure made a bursting sound.

• Juanjuan rested at a looted store and continued toward the city, reflecting on the strange food chain involving BOOM, zombies, insects, and crows.
• On June 30, Juanjuan set out with Uncle Scarface, Uncle Zhou Jun, and Uncle Xu Wei to search for her missing mother, splitting into two groups.
• Juanjuan and Uncle Scarface searched the silent, deserted city with Er Hei and Da Huang, finding only scattered bones and old bloodstains.
• After reaching a stadium, Juanjuan chose to search the nearby university because its library might attract her mother.
• A huge figure attacked Juanjuan with a flying cleaver, but Da Huang and Er Hei shielded her as Uncle Scarface fired at it.

After a strange fatty exploded and covered Uncle Scarface, Da Huang, and Er Hei in slime, the group headed into North China University of Technology looking for water. A massive horde of zombies surrounded the library, where Uncle Scarface and the animals fought them off as the chapter ended with a grenade blast.

• Uncle Scarface blocked falling slime after the fatty exploded, then licked some of it before the narrator stopped him.
• The narrator took Uncle Scarface, Da Huang, and Er Hei to North China University of Technology to find water and clean off the slime.
• A huge zombie horde approached from every direction, so Uncle Scarface carried the narrator into the library with Da Huang and Er Hei following.
• The group ran upstairs as zombies flooded into the library, and Da Huang and Er Hei held the stairwell while Uncle Scarface fired at the horde.
• Uncle Scarface threw a grenade downstairs, causing a blast that shook the library and blew a hole in the wall.