Chapter Summaries

Lin Moxi and Wang Yu discussed finding a power bank and learned that survivors were gathered in the building’s control room. Lin Dong and five security guards broke into her office and attacked them, but Lin Moxi defeated the men while Wang Yu remained unharmed; Wang Yu then suggested killing the attackers and asked to deal with Lin Dong himself.

• Lin Moxi asked Wang Yu to help find a power bank so they could use a map to return to her villa, but Wang Yu said the building was clear of zombies and mentioned the survivors in the control room.
• Lin Dong and five security guards rammed their way into Lin Moxi’s office and threatened her and Wang Yu.
• Lin Dong aimed his pistol at Wang Yu and fired, but Lin Moxi disarmed him and beat him and the five guards.
• Lin Moxi asked Wang Yu if he was hurt, and he pointed out that the bullet had hit the sofa instead of him.
• Lin Moxi proposed tying up the attackers, but Wang Yu suggested killing them and asked to take Lin Dong for himself.

Lin Moxi left the six men who had bullied survivors to Wang Yu, who forced them to help clean the building. After two men tried to escape and Wang Yu killed them with thrown pens, Lin Dong and the others finished the work and offered Wang Yu food.

• Lin Moxi refused to kill the six men but handed them to Wang Yu, and Wang Yu took Lin Dong's Communication Wristband to use for a map.
• Lin Moxi learned that the building's Control Room had run out of backup fuel, while Wang Yu ordered the six men to follow him to the office area.
• Two men tried to escape, but Wang Yu killed them by throwing pens into their heads, and the other four surrendered.
• Wang Yu ordered the four men to throw out the zombie corpses and disinfect the floor, and Lin Dong reported that they had finished and offered to bring up food.

Wang Yu prepared to explore Dawn City at night while learning about the zombie outbreak and possible ways to survive. The players identified a TB10 serum factory as a potential source of antibodies and rallied others to help develop a vaccine.

• Wang Yu sent Lin Dong and three others to wait in an office, then decided to search Dawn City for food after dark.
• Lin Moxi gave Wang Yu a charged Communication Wristband and urged him to travel to her well-stocked villa, but he insisted they first learn more about the situation outside.
• Wang Yu used the wristband to view a map of Dawn City, though he found it could not connect to a satellite network.
• Wang Yu read players’ chat reports that TB100 was linked to the zombie outbreak and that some users gained supernatural abilities instead of turning.
• Players proposed going to a TB10 serum factory west of Dawn City to obtain possible antibodies, restart production, and develop a vaccine.

Wang Yu prepared to search the Happy Water Bear factory for clues to a TB100 Virus antibody, first planning to mutate his Wild Rat Kings so they could fight Zombies safely. That night, he used his Shadow Clone to draw nearby Zombies into a plaza and destroyed them with an explosion, startling a group of mission-bound travelers.

• Wang Yu found the Happy Water Bear factory on his map and decided to investigate it, but chose to gather crystals and mutate all ten Wild Rat Kings before venturing outside.
• Wang Yu used his Dice to increase his First Aid Kits, giving himself more masks and disinfecting alcohol to protect against the TB100 Virus.
• After nightfall, Wang Yu dressed in protective gear, rode Wild Rat King Wang Si downstairs, and sent his Shadow Clone out to lure nearby Zombies with a clanging iron sheet.
• The Shadow Clone drew the Zombies from surrounding buildings into a plaza, then vanished as an explosion engulfed the Zombies within a hundred-meter radius and burned them to ash.
• A group on a mission to Dawn City heard the noise and explosion from several kilometers away and concluded that a powerful C-level-or-higher Earth Rank expert was nearby.

Wang Yu tested Wild Rat King Wang Si’s powerful [Flame Bursting Fire], collected 11 crystals from mutated zombies, and began searching nearby Convenience Stores for supplies. As he left the area, a squad approached, hoping to recruit the person responsible for the explosions to help with their mission.

• Wang Yu used his Shadow Clone to gather zombies and confirmed that Wild Rat King Wang Si’s [Flame Bursting Fire] could devastate everything within a hundred meters, though it consumed 200 Energy.
• Wang Yu’s Shadow Clone discovered crystals inside the skulls of unusually strong zombies and collected five crystals from them.
• A squad in the nearby Office Buildings saw the explosions, and Shu Ge decided they would approach the powerful stranger after the zombies were dead and ask for help with their mission.
• Wang Yu had Wild Rat King Wang Si use [Flame Bursting Fire] twice more, then sent his Shadow Clone to kill the surviving zombies and collect six additional crystals.
• Wang Yu set out with his Shadow Clone to search nearby Convenience Stores for food and other supplies, then saw a group of people approaching.

Wang Yu met Shu Ke of the Lan Family in Su City, who asked him to help find Commander Lan’s missing daughter, but he refused. Later, Wang Yu and his Shadow Clone investigated a convenience store and discovered an intelligent, evolved zombie, leaving Wang Yu ready to test its strength.

• Shu Ke and fifteen armed companions introduced themselves to Wang Yu and explained that they had come to Dawn City to find Commander Lan’s daughter.
• Shu Ke offered a reward and a place at the refugee base in Su City if Wang Yu helped search, but Wang Yu refused and the group left.
• Wang Yu sent his Shadow Clone to a convenience store three kilometers away while he followed on Wild Rat King Wang Si.
• The Shadow Clone found a zombie eating another zombie and observed its intelligence, golden hard-looking skin, and sharp teeth.
• Wang Yu decided to test the evolved zombie’s strength.

Wang Yu tested a powerful, intelligent Zombie in a Convenience Store and discovered it could fire golden energy, use long claws and a tongue, and protect itself with a Golden Bell Cover. After killing it and taking its Golden Crystal, he filled four Void Sea Conch Shells with supplies and chose to avoid the city's more dangerous districts until the Wild Rat King mutated.

• The Zombie attacked the Shadow Clone with golden light, claws, and its tongue, but its attacks passed through the shadow.
• The Shadow Clone became tangible, kicked the Zombie through a wall, shattered its Golden Bell Cover, and then killed it with a saber.
• The Shadow Clone split open the Zombie's head, found a larger Golden Crystal, and took it.
• The Shadow Clone packed the Convenience Store's useful goods into four Void Sea Conch Shells.
• Wang Yu checked his map and decided to wait for the Wild Rat King to mutate before entering the city's dangerous districts.

After rejecting Lin Moxi’s request to lead the survivors, Wang Yu used his dice to multiply a matching brand of Instant Noodles and prepared a meal in a makeshift wood-fired kitchen. Lin Moxi and Lin Dong’s group arrived as the noodles were ready, asking for some.

• Wang Yu returned to the building and rejected Lin Moxi’s appeal to lead the survivors and help rebuild a safe shelter.
• Lin Dong and the other three prisoners asked Wang Yu for food and water, but he ignored them and went into his room.
• Wang Yu found that the dice could not lock onto Instant Noodles of different brands, then multiplied 59 packets of one brand into a total of 236 packets.
• Wang Yu gathered solid-wood furnishings for fuel, made a kitchen in a nearby office, and cooked Instant Noodles with Purified Water.
• Lin Moxi and Lin Dong’s group appeared at Wang Yu’s doorway and asked him to share the noodles.

Wang Yu fed Lin Dong and the three security guards, while Lin Moxi warned them not to return to their old ways. After checking the players’ plans to reach the Happy Water Bear factory, Wang Yu prepared to investigate it and used Use Dice to Increase on a Golden Crystal, leaving him with six to mutate another Wild Rat King.

• Wang Yu cooked Instant Noodles for himself, Lin Dong, and the three security guards, and Lin Dong declared that he wanted to follow him as a lackey.
• Lin Moxi aimed her pistol at Lin Dong and the guards, warned them not to harm anyone again, and sent them back to their place.
• Wang Yu read the Chat Channel and learned that players were forming teams and trying to reach the Happy Water Bear factory to obtain TB10 Potion.
• Wang Yu summoned Wild Rat King Big King and Wild Rat King Wang Si to guard him while he slept.
• After six hours, Wang Yu rolled a five with Use Dice to Increase and multiplied one Golden Crystal into five more.
• Wang Yu decided to use a Golden Crystal to mutate another Wild Rat King because Wang Si had already mutated.

Wang Yu tested a Golden Crystal on the newly named Wild Rat King Wang Wu, which mutated and gained Golden Geng Force, two metal abilities, and a talent that let it replenish its power by devouring metal. Its Gold Control Technique gave Wang Yu a way to defend against zombie viruses, leaving him ready to hunt zombies during the day.

• Wang Yu chose Wang Wu for the Golden Crystal experiment, keeping Big King, Second King, and Wang San safe, then locked Wang Wu in a Steel Giant Cage.
• Wang Wu swallowed the Golden Crystal and mutated, gaining six Strength, Golden Geng Force, Gold Control Technique, Giant Gold Body, and a metal-devouring Growth Talent.
• Wang Yu tested Wang Wu's Gold Control Technique and learned it could shape Golden Qi into weapons or shields, including a Golden Light Shield that could last indefinitely at low intensity.
• Wang Yu considered using the Golden Light Shield and gold-covered claws to protect against zombie viruses, allowing him to fight zombies during the day.
• Wang Yu examined Giant Gold Body and learned that it increased Wang Wu's size, Strength, and Defense by consuming Golden Geng Force.

Wang Yu discovered that Wild Rat King Wang Wu could grow by eating pure steel, though his daily gain was limited, and considered how to find more metal and crystals. When the building's survivors asked him to lead and protect them, he refused, triggering a Hidden Quest as they knelt before him.

• Wang Yu tested Metal Devour on desk metal, but Wild Rat King Wang Wu said its poor quality yielded almost no Golden Geng Force.
• Wang Yu gave Wild Rat King Wang Wu a Pure Steel blade, which he devoured and said could provide up to five Golden Geng Force each day.
• Wang Yu planned to find a supply of Pure Steel and use his remaining crystals to help Wild Rat King Wang Wu grow.
• On the third day of the Survival Game, Wang Yu recalled the three Wild Rat Kings and opened his door to Lin Moxi, who said the building's survivors wanted him to lead them.
• Wang Yu refused to protect or lead the survivors, and Lin Moxi and more than a hundred people knelt before him.
• The survivors' plea triggered a Hidden Quest asking Wang Yu to provide shelter amid the collapse of social order.

Wang Yu accepted the Ultimate Trial to shelter survivors, though he remained unsure whether he would pursue its goal of sheltering ten million people. He used five Golden Crystals to mutate five Wild Rat Kings, adding more potential Zombie fighters to his forces.

• Wang Yu read the Ultimate Trial rules, which set survivor sheltering milestones and offered the final reward for sheltering ten million people.
• Wang Yu told Lin Moxi to send the kneeling survivors away and ask them to return in an hour.
• Wang Yu accepted the optional Ultimate Trial, deciding he could consider how seriously to pursue it later.
• Wang Yu gave a Golden Crystal to Wild Rat King Wang Liu, causing it to mutate and gain Golden Geng Force and metal-devouring growth talents.
• Wang Yu used his remaining Golden Crystals to mutate Wang Qi, Wang Ba, Wang Jiu, and Wang Shi as well.

Wang Yu tested how crystals affected mutated Wild Rat Kings and then forced Lin Dong to swallow one. Lin Dong gained strength and heightened hearing as his ears grew, leaving Wang Yu watching for further changes.

• Wang Yu used Dice to multiply eleven Ordinary Crystals into five bundles, giving him fifty-five crystals.
• Wang Yu fed a crystal to Wild Rat King Wang Wu and found that it increased Wang Wu’s Strength and Golden Geng Force slightly.
• Wang Yu concluded that crystals were better saved for mutation than used to raise attributes, since Pure Steel was more efficient for increasing the Metal-type Wild Rat Kings’ Strength.
• Wang Yu brought Lin Moxi and Lin Dong into the bedroom, locked Lin Dong in a Big Iron Cage, and ordered him to swallow a crystal.
• Lin Dong swallowed the crystal, felt stronger and healthier, reported that he could hear many sounds, and grew ears more than twice their size.

Lin Dong developed an ability that let him hear distant sounds and identify Zombies, and he warned Wang Yu about a winged Zombie on the rooftop. Wang Yu led Lin Dong and Lin Moxi upstairs to confront it, where the intelligent higher-level Zombie attacked the gathered survivors.

• Lin Dong discovered he could enlarge and shrink his ears, then heard a powerful winged Zombie on the rooftop.
• Wang Yu brought Lin Dong out of the Steel Giant Cage and headed upstairs, while Lin Moxi followed despite his silence.
• Lin Dong swaggered past frightened survivors, and Lin Moxi told the crowd to wait before following Wang Yu.
• Wang Yu summoned Wild Rat King Wang Si, Wild Rat King Wang Wu, and Wang Liu on the rooftop as Lin Moxi, Lin Dong, and many survivors arrived.
• Wang Yu spotted an intelligent, high-level winged Zombie, which lunged at the crowd after seeing the newcomers.

Wang Yu and the Wild Rat Kings fought a powerful flying zombie that could speak, but it escaped briefly before Wang Si killed it. After retrieving its crystal, Wang Yu suspected that zombies had noticed the Players and warned everyone in the Chat Channel.

• Wang Yu summoned three Wild Rat Kings, and Wang Wu struck down the winged zombie during their first clash.
• The wounded zombie spoke to Wang Yu, asked where the humans had come from, and threatened them before flying away.
• Wang Si used its Flame Bursting Fire Ability to bring down the fleeing zombie, and Wang Yu retrieved its Gray Crystal.
• Wang Yu considered whether to use the crystal for mutation and worried that the apocalypse held greater dangers than he had expected.
• Wang Yu posted about the talking zombie and his suspicions that the zombies had noticed the Players in the Chat Channel.

Wang Yu tested Lin Dong’s new Hearing Ability and then gave Lin Moxi a crystal to see what mutation it would cause. Lin Moxi awakened a powerful lightning ability, leaving Wang Yu considering whether he could take it for himself.

• Wang Yu asked Lin Dong about his Hearing Ability and tested his increased strength by having him attack; he blocked Lin Dong’s kick without trouble.
• Wang Yu concluded that crystals could cause unpredictable mutations and decided Lin Dong would remain useful for further experiments.
• Lin Moxi volunteered to become an Ability User, entered the Iron Cage, and swallowed a crystal Wang Yu gave her.
• Electric arcs surrounded Lin Moxi, and she blasted several large pits into the wall with bolts of lightning.
• Lin Dong trembled at Lin Moxi’s display while Wang Yu wondered whether cutting open her head would let him obtain her ability.

Wang Yu tested Lin Moxi’s newly awakened Lightning Ability and learned that its power was far below Wild Rat King Wang Wu’s defenses. After Lin Moxi and Lin Dong said they wanted to follow him, Wang Yu asked Lin Moxi how she would help survivors endure the apocalypse, then challenged her ability to lead on a larger scale.

• Lin Moxi demonstrated her Lightning Ability, and Wang Yu tested it against Wild Rat King Wang Wu’s Golden Light Shield; her strongest attack barely made the shield tremble.
• Wang Yu assessed Lin Moxi’s ability as Transcendent Level F+ and concluded that Transcendent Level mattered more than an ability when comparing combat strength.
• Wang Yu released Lin Moxi from the Steel Giant Cage and asked what she and Lin Dong wanted to do next; both said they wanted to follow him.
• Lin Dong proposed taking control of Dawn City, while Lin Moxi proposed building a safe, sustainable base with supplies, production, services, and laws.
• Wang Yu asked Lin Moxi whether she could manage and sustain ten million survivors.

Wang Yu began organizing a shelter and accepted the challenge of sheltering a million people, while Lin Moxi planned to manage the survivors and secure food. After asking Lin Dong to lead him to an illegal weapons dealer, Wang Yu heard Lin Moxi warn him that her cousin would damage the shelter, and told her she was wrong.

• Wang Yu asked Lin Moxi whether she could manage a million survivors, then told her to plan ahead as they established a shelter.
• Lin Dong proposed gathering survivors and weapons, while Lin Moxi argued that they should first secure food from a grain and oil market.
• Wang Yu assigned Lin Moxi to feed and organize the survivors, then asked Lin Dong to take him to the weapons dealer.
• Wang Yu emptied four Void Sea Conch Shells of supplies and decided to focus on the Ultimate Trial by building a self-sufficient shelter.
• Lin Moxi brought Wang Yu a bowl of noodles and warned him that Lin Dong's past behavior could harm the shelter; Wang Yu said she was wrong.

Wang Yu took Lin Dong to retrieve weapons, using his Wild Rat Kings to fight through the Zombies. The group collected Crystals on the way, while Wang Yu wondered why no Advanced Zombies had appeared and left nearby survivors stunned.

• Wang Yu explained to Lin Moxi that Lin Dong could use his ruthless methods to enforce order in a future camp, and she agreed.
• Wang Yu brought Lin Dong along because his Hearing Ability could warn them of danger, then summoned eight Wild Rat Kings for the journey.
• The Six Wild Rat Kings led the group through growing numbers of Zombies, killing them while Wang Yu collected Crystals.
• Wang Yu found only 1-Level Zombies along the route and suspected that the Advanced Zombies were hiding from them.
• Survivors watched the Wild Rat Kings wipe out the Zombies and wondered whether Wang Yu and Lin Dong were Ability Users.

Wang Yu and Lin Dong fought through hordes of zombies and sought a place to rest before heading for a bar with guns. They entered a building occupied by a JC Uniform Woman, and Lin Dong revealed that he had heard many women upstairs.

• Wang Yu and the Six Wild Rat Kings cut through the zombies while Lin Dong pointed out a nearby warehouse supermarket and led them toward a bar containing guns.
• Lin Dong heard ten or twenty thousand zombies ahead, so Wang Yu chose a nearby building where the group could rest and recover.
• Lin Dong failed to break the building's lock, but Wang Yu tore open the gate and sent a Wild Rat King inside to scout.
• A JC Uniform Woman confronted the group upstairs and recognized Lin Dong, who flirted with her until Wang Yu stopped him.
• Wang Yu put away the Wild Rat Kings and asked for a place to rest, while the JC Uniform Woman refused to let them upstairs.
• Wang Yu asked Lin Dong what was inside, and Lin Dong said he could hear many women upstairs.