Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu raised all ten Big Dogs to B-level, where they reached their mutation limit, then began upgrading his four Big Cats. He summoned a Two-Winged Nether Cat and inspected its D+ level attributes.

• Wang Yu fed a Big Dog crystals until it reached C+ and gained Danger Sense.
• Wang Yu continued feeding the Big Dog crystals until it reached B-level, then discovered that crystals could no longer increase its attributes.
• Wang Yu concluded that the Big Dog had reached its mutation limit and that creatures could not evolve indefinitely through crystals alone.
• Wang Yu spent crystals to raise all ten Big Dogs to B-level, using 2,261 crystals in total.
• Wang Yu summoned a Big Cat and inspected the Two-Winged Nether Cat's information.

Wang Yu fed crystals to Big Cat, raising him to A Rank and unlocking Mental Control and flight. After strengthening his other beasts, Wang Yu stored the crystals he had left and prepared to go out at night.

• Wang Yu fed Big Cat crystals until he reached C+ Rank and gained Mental Control, which could possess creatures with less than one-third of his Mental Power and obtain their memories.
• Wang Yu continued feeding Big Cat until he reached B Rank, then B+ Rank and gained Soaring Through the Nine Heavens, a flight ability.
• After feeding Big Cat 800 crystals, Wang Yu raised him to A Rank and found that another crystal did not increase his Mental Power.
• Wang Yu spent crystals to raise all four Big Cats to A Rank, bringing his eight Wild Rat Kings to A Rank and ten Big Dogs to B Rank as well.
• Wang Yu stored his remaining 5,142 crystals in the enlarged Sea Conch Shell and went out at night to stir up trouble.

The Zombie King attacked a refugee camp in Dawn City and discovered that Miss Lan's body contained something that resisted him. Wang Yu tracked him to the camp with his summons and saw the aftermath of the attack, leaving him shocked by the scene.

• The Zombie King descended on a refugee camp and crippled armed survivors before biting them.
• Miss Lan tried to attack the Zombie King with her broadsword, but he caught it, seized her, and bit her neck.
• The Zombie King realized that something inside Miss Lan threatened him, and she recognized him as Xia Yu and mentioned Doctor Cao.
• Wang Yu set out with Wild Rat King Wang Si, a Big Dog, and his other summons to hunt the Zombie King, hoping to kill him and obtain his crystal.
• Wang Yu surrounded the Zombie King with his forces while his Shadow Clone approached the camp, and Wang Yu saw the horrifying scene inside.

Wang Yu and his forces trapped the Zombie King and attacked it from all sides, but it transformed into a stronger form. Wang Yu used flares and spotlights to exploit its fear of strong light as the battle continued.

• Wang Yu's Shadow Clone found the Zombie King feeding on survivors and attacked after it spotted the clone and tried to flee.
• Wild Rat King Wang Si and the four Big Cats blasted the Zombie King, while six giant Gold-type Wild Rat Kings surrounded it and joined the assault.
• The Zombie King repeatedly tried to escape, but the Wild Rat Kings and Shadow Clone blocked its routes and battered it.
• The Zombie King erupted in black flames, grew larger, sprouted three heads and six arms, and summoned a Dark Stone above its head.
• Wang Yu ordered the drones to launch flares and shine their Detection Spotlights on the Zombie King, which screamed and tried to flee the light.
• The six giant Wild Rat Kings summoned golden blades and brought them down as the transformed Zombie King's escape was blocked.

Wang Yu used strong light to keep the Zombie King trapped, but the Zombie King unleashed Black Qi and revealed that a meteorite on his head powered him. As Wang Yu struggled to break through the Zombie King's defenses, a Girl Zombie arrived seeking revenge and agreed to hear the Shadow Clone out.

• Wang Yu and the Wild Rat Kings and Big Cats attacked the Zombie King under strong light, but he spread Black Qi that swallowed the light and resisted their attacks.
• The Shadow Clone entered the Black Qi and learned that the Zombie King had merged with a meteorite, hoped to complete the process in another year, and offered to share its Longevity Technique.
• The Shadow Clone failed to defeat the Zombie King or damage the meteorite on his head, and Wang Yu's drone bombs also had no effect.
• A Girl Zombie arrived and initially attacked the Shadow Clone, but stopped when his body proved intangible.
• The Shadow Clone convinced the Girl Zombie that he was also fighting the Zombie King, then recognized the blood-red flame in her hand as the Zombie King's technique.

The Girl Zombie joined Wang Yu’s Shadow Clone and the Wild Rat Kings in fighting the Zombie King, absorbing its Black Qi and growing stronger. After Wang San trapped the weakened Zombie King in a Bone Cage, the Girl Zombie raced for its knocked-off Black Stone as Wang Yu prepared five Golden Talismans.

• The Shadow Clone convinced the Girl Zombie to help fight the Zombie King, and she entered the Black Qi with him.
• The Girl Zombie absorbed the Black Qi while the Shadow Clone defended her from the Zombie King, then the nearby light forced Wang Yu to recall the clone.
• The Girl Zombie and the enormous Wild Rat King fought the Zombie King as it weakened under the intense light.
• Wild Rat King Wang San ambushed the Zombie King with Bone Sabers while the enormous Wild Rat King knocked the Black Stone from its head.
• Wang San trapped the Zombie King in an A-rank Bone Cage, and the Girl Zombie flew toward the Black Stone despite attacks meant to stop her.
• Wang Yu took out five Golden Talismans while the Zombie King struggled to break free of the Bone Cage.

Wang Yu killed the Zombie King with five Golden Talismans, then questioned the Girl Zombie about how she gained her powers. She explained that Doctor Cao’s drug had protected her from the Zombie Virus and asked Wang Yu to hear more about the doctor.

• Wild Rat King Wang San trapped the Zombie King while Wang Yu struck it with five Golden Talismans, destroying it despite its Mental Attack.
• Wang Yu recovered from the attack and watched Wild Rat King Wang San seize the Black Stone while the Girl Zombie stood stunned.
• The Girl Zombie recognized Wang Yu from Shu Ke’s account and confirmed that Shu Ke had been looking for Miss Lan.
• The Girl Zombie said the Zombie King had bitten her twice, but Doctor Cao’s drug protected her and the Black Stone gave her immense strength, turning her into a Zombie King.
• Wang Yu asked the Girl Zombie to explain everything she knew about Doctor Cao, the drug, and whether Cao had caused the Zombie Crisis.

After the Zombie King’s death, the Girl Zombie told Wang Yu how the Rebooters and Doctor Cao were connected to the TB100 Virus and the plan to turn humanity into Zombies for their crystals. Wang Yu learned that Doctor Cao had opposed the Planting Plan and created the Rebooters to preserve humanity, though the elites behind the plan ignored the limits of crystal-based evolution.

• The Girl Zombie led several hundred shaken survivors back to camp, where Shu Ke thanked Wang Yu for saving them and explained that Miss Lan had refused to leave.
• Wang Yu asked the Girl Zombie about Doctor Cao, and she revealed that the Rebooters had recruited her three years earlier and trained her with an experimental drug.
• The Girl Zombie explained that Doctor Cao had developed the TB100 Virus, which could give people with a rare constitution superpowers but turned others into Zombies.
• She said Doctor Cao’s partner devised the Planting Plan to infect the world and harvest crystals, with powerful elites expecting to use them to become Advanced Humans.
• The Girl Zombie said Doctor Cao opposed the plan because crystal-based evolution had limits, so he gathered the three thousand people suited to the virus for the Rebooters plan.

Wang Yu learned more about Doctor Cao’s Rebooter Project and recruited the Girl Zombie to help him confront the organization behind it. He led her and his creatures in clearing zombies from the city overnight, while keeping the Black Stone for further study.

• The Girl Zombie told Wang Yu that Doctor Cao had planned to use three thousand people to take the fruits of the Planting Plan and prepare for the Zombie King, but an Artificial Intelligence had managed his orders since his death three years earlier.
• The Girl Zombie explained that she had fled after gaining superpowers from the TB100 Serum and had been protecting survivors; Wang Yu asked her to bring her camp into his organization and help him meet the people plotting behind the scenes.
• The Girl Zombie asked Wang Yu for the Black Stone so she could evolve, but he refused and said he would study it before asking for her help.
• Wang Yu invited the Girl Zombie to help clear the city’s zombies, and she agreed in exchange for half the crystals; he countered with half a percent.
• Wang Yu led eight Wild Rat Kings, four Big Cats, ten Big Dogs, and the Girl Zombie into the night, and they spent the entire night killing zombies.

After clearing most of the Zombies in half the city, Wang Yu received the seventh-day Prompt Messages, which warned of an imminent Nuclear Strike and a new Zombie King. He redeemed and duplicated Zombie Contract Scrolls, then began looking for a way to obtain more.

• Wang Yu used a Loudspeaker to draw Zombies in and killed them, then ordered people to clear the corpses and collect their crystals while Lin Moxi recruited survivors.
• At nine in the morning, Wang Yu received five Prompt Messages, including warnings about a TB10 Potion factory, Tianzhou’s planned Nuclear Strike, exposed Player identities, and a new Zombie King.
• Wang Yu spent fifty crystals to redeem one Zombie Contract Scroll and learned that it could contract a subdued or willing Zombie.
• After the redemption limit prevented him from buying another scroll, Wang Yu used the Dice in Right Hand to increase his total to four scrolls.
• Wang Yu offered eighty crystals for a Zombie Contract Scroll through the Trading Channel, then opened the message about the TB10 Potion factory.

Wang Yu learned that Tianzhou planned to destroy the city with a nuclear strike in 24 hours and began organizing an evacuation. He also learned that Players would no longer be protected from powerful factions and that a more dangerous Zombie King had appeared, likely Miss Lan.

• Wang Yu read a warning that Tianzhou had noticed the Players' mass zombie-clearing and would launch a nuclear strike against the city in 24 hours.
• Wang Yu ordered Lin Moxi and the others to gather the survivors, recover the zombie crystals, and prepare to evacuate.
• Wang Yu learned that killing the Zombie King had removed protection of Player information and exposed Players to powerful factions.
• Wang Yu read that a new, more dangerous Zombie King had appeared and suspected Miss Lan was the threat.
• Lin Moxi and the others arrived, and Lin Moxi reported that everyone could be assembled within twenty minutes.

Wang Yu revealed that a powerful organization planned to strike the city with a nuclear weapon in just over twenty hours, and he organized an evacuation while assigning several groups urgent tasks. The chapter ended with Wang Yu preparing to head west with the Girl Zombie while the others gathered weapons, vehicles, and zombie crystals.

• Wang Yu told the group that the organization behind the biohazard crisis planned to launch a nuclear strike on the city and said they had to evacuate quickly.
• Wang Yu gave Shang General 400 crystals and ordered him to turn soldiers into Ability Users, move his legion and supplies, and collect weapons from nearby locations.
• Wang Yu assigned Lin Moxi to coordinate the evacuation and ordered Lin Dong to secure vehicles and fuel.
• Wang Yu sent Jun Tianbao and Chi Luo to clear the city's remaining zombies and collect their crystals while he handled matters in the west.
• Wang Yu told the Girl Zombie that she would accompany him west, leaving the others puzzled about his plan.

Wang Yu persuaded Zhang Laotou to teach the Tianshi Mansion’s Golden Light Curse to the gathered survivors and learned that Lin Moxi’s sister, Lin Moxing, may have been chosen as a Rebooter. As the group prepared to evacuate Dawn City, Wang Yu decided to distribute his remaining crystals to more than five thousand people so they could gain abilities and work for him.

• Wang Yu told Zhang Laotou that he had killed the Zombie King using the Golden Talisman and asked him to teach the Golden Light Curse to the survivors; Zhang Laotou agreed.
• Lin Moxi asked to return home before evacuating Dawn City, and Wang Yu agreed to accompany her and look for information from her sister, Lin Moxing.
• Wang Yu asked the Girl Zombie to explain the Planting Plan and Rebooter Project, and Lin Moxi realized her sister had likely been chosen as a Rebooter.
• Wang Yu assigned Shu Ke to help Lin Moxi and said they should focus on preparing the city’s evacuation.
• Wang Yu offered his remaining 4,692 crystals to the gathered survivors, but rejected Lin Dong’s suggestion to use them to cultivate powerful fighters because he wanted more people to become productive Ability Users.

Wang Yu decided to use the organization’s crystals to turn all five thousand survivors into Ability Users before evacuating the city. After they gained powers, learned the Golden Light Curse, and cleared the nearby Zombie corpses, he left Lin Moxi in charge as time ran short before the imminent Nuclear Strike.

• Wang Yu overruled Lin Dong’s suggestion to reserve crystals for stronger members and ordered crystals distributed to all survivors.
• Lin Moxi announced the plan, laid out the collection and registration rules, and had each survivor leave a labeled piece of clothing as a warning against betrayal.
• The survivors swallowed crystals, gained superpowers, registered their abilities, and quickly learned Zhang Laotou’s Golden Light Curse.
• Wang Yu left Lin Moxi to direct the organization, deliberately building her authority while he planned for his eventual departure.
• The five thousand newly empowered survivors cleared every nearby Zombie corpse and searched the skulls for crystals in just over two hours.

Wang Yu and Lin Moxi searched her villa for her younger sister before finding a hidden shelter and a bracelet full of messages from her. The messages revealed that Lin Moxi's sister was alive, connected to the Rebooters, and had warned of Dawn City's nuclear strike; Wang Yu then headed west with the others.

• Wang Yu divided the gathered survivors into teams to find vehicles and fuel, locate survivors, clear zombies, and collect food and crystals.
• Wang Yu, Lin Moxi, and the Girl Zombie rode to Lin Moxi's villa, where Lin Moxi found it empty and led them to a concealed shelter.
• Lin Moxi found the bracelet her younger sister had left and read messages showing that her sister was alive, had joined the Rebooters, and had warned her to shelter from a nuclear strike the next day.
• The Girl Zombie inferred that Lin Moxi's sister had special access to the Rebooters' communications and information, while warning Wang Yu not to put her in danger.
• Wang Yu concluded that they might obtain information about the Rebooters through Lin Moxi's sister and set off for the factory in the west.

Wang Yu arrived at the Happy Water Bear factory, where thousands of players had failed to get past its automated defenses and needed the Anti-Zombie Virus Serum before a Nuclear Strike. After assessing the fortress-like walls, he chose a way to approach without causing heavy casualties and sent the Wild Rat King to summon Wild Rats.

• Thousands of players gathered outside the Happy Water Bear factory, unable to get past its automated weapons or obtain the serum.
• The players discussed Wang Yu’s strength and waited for him to arrive, believing he might be their best chance to enter.
• Wang Yu rode to the factory with Lin Moxi and a Girl Zombie, then studied its towering walls and defenses.
• Wang Yu considered how to get inside without causing heavy casualties and decided to use the Wild Rat King’s [Subjugation] skill.
• The Wild Rat King summoned Wild Rats, which raced toward the factory.

Wang Yu used Wild Rat King Wang Si’s rats, a flying Big Cat, and Wild Rat King Wang San to probe the factory’s defenses. The factory proved to be heavily armed, and Wang Yu prepared to end the Big Cat’s missile chase as the probe continued.

• Wang Yu had Wang Si summon 80,000 Wild Rats to enter the factory, but they found no living creatures and faced no attack.
• A Player guessed that the factory’s Automatic Counterattack System had ignored the rats because they were not a threat.
• Wang Yu sent a winged Big Cat over the factory, where it dodged three rockets and evaded a pursuing missile.
• Wang Yu summoned Wild Rat King Wang San, who blocked machine-gun fire with his spear and dodged rockets from launchers on the wall.
• Wang Yu watched the Big Cat and missile continue their chase and decided it was time to end it.

Wang Yu and his companions retreated after the Medicine Factory unleashed missiles, lasers, and shells, leaving him to plan how to obtain its medicine without destroying it. He promised the gathered players that he would get the medicine and prepared to use his Invisibility Bracelet to learn what was inside the factory.

• Big Cat destroyed the missiles chasing him, then fled from the factory's laser barrage while Wang San faced attacks outside its walls.
• The factory fired shells at the players, forcing them to retreat several kilometers as Wang Yu recalled Big Cat and Wang San.
• Wang Yu told the frightened players he would obtain the medicine and directed those seeking to join his organization to contact Jun Tianbao.
• The players stayed behind to watch Wang Yu attempt the impossible, while he rejected a destructive assault because it could ruin the medicine.
• Wang Yu decided to use his Invisibility Bracelet to investigate the factory's interior.

Wang Yu sent Wild Rat King Wang San to use an Invisibility Bracelet to scout the heavily defended factory while he questioned the Girl Zombie about its secrets. As Wang San approached the factory invisibly, the desperate Players waited to see whether Wang Yu could obtain its medicine.

• Wang Yu gave Wild Rat King Wang San an Invisibility Bracelet and sent him to find a secluded place before scouting the factory.
• The Girl Zombie told Wang Yu that Doctor Cao controlled Happy Water Bear Company and used the factory to make medicine for the Rebooters’ research.
• The Girl Zombie said the factory’s medicine could help protect people from the Zombie Virus, but she knew nothing about its interior.
• Wang Yu asked the Girl Zombie about the threatened nuclear strike and Tianzhou, but she had no information about the organization.
• Wild Rat King Wang San turned invisible and flew toward the factory as the Players watched and worried about their chances of survival.
• Wang Yu gazed at the factory and suddenly smiled.

Wang Yu searched the factory for the genuine potion that could prevent the TB100 Virus, but Wild Rat King Wang San found only ordinary products. Wang Yu concluded that the factory concealed a Hidden Region, and one of his Big Dogs located a distant air-conditioning exhaust vent that could reveal its location.

• Wild Rat King Wang San entered the factory and found boxed potions that Wang Yu identified as ordinary Happy Water Bear products, not the genuine TB100 Virus prevention potion.
• Wang Yu reasoned that the factory hid its Command Center, weapons, and complete potion in a Hidden Region.
• Wang Yu summoned ten Big Dogs to search around the factory while preparing an assault with six Gold-type Wild Rat Kings, Wild Rat King Wang Si, and four Big Cats.
• One of the Big Dogs found a barren patch of grass where something moved underground and gas was vented.
• Wang Yu recognized the distant vent as an exhaust outlet for the factory's hidden core area and rode to investigate it.