Chapter Summaries

Lin An used the Ghost Infant to teleport his group, Fan Bing, and the bound Mo Yu back to Dragon An Base, where Fan Bing struggled to make sense of the unsettling safe zone. Afterward, Lin An confronted Chu An about her eyeglasses and the Ghost Infant’s cries, leaving her to explain what he had discovered.

• Mo Ling pretended that everyone was a ghost, then put her head in the iron box and teleported away with the others as pursuing Awakened found the Off-road Vehicle empty.
• At Dragon An Base, Chu An stitched the Ghost Infant’s head while Mo Ling reattached her own, and Lin An reassured the frightened Fan Bing.
• Wen Ya greeted Lin An and showed jealousy toward Fan Bing, whom Lin An said he had recruited for publicity.
• Lin An told An JingTian to inject half a tube of Potion into Mo Yu and report the results before giving her the rest.
• Lin An showed Chu An the eyeglasses from his ring and asked her to explain them and why he had heard the Ghost Infant’s teleportation cry in the hospital’s Underground Parking Lot.

Lin An confronted Chu An about the glasses and suspected that Chu An had hidden knowledge of the hospital incidents. Chu An denied the theories and argued that the Zombie Doctor, not Chu An, had been connected to the Red-Clothed Mutant, leaving Lin An with an alternative explanation but no proof.

• Lin An questioned Chu An about the glasses from 317 Ward and how Chu An knew about the Red-Clothed Mutant and Zombie Doctor.
• Chu An said the glasses were not his and denied Lin An’s theories that he had created the Red-Clothed Girl or returned from the future.
• Chu An proposed that the glasses belonged to the Zombie Doctor, who may have treated the Red-Clothed Mutant before the apocalypse and retained his reason after becoming infected.
• Chu An said Lin An’s arrival disrupted the Zombie Doctor’s plans and that Lin An killed him before learning the secrets he might have held.
• Chu An explained that Ghost Infant cries were likely identical because the System used the same templates to generate similar supernatural entities.

Lin An considered Chu An’s warning against speculating about the Doomsday Game and followed her to the Spiritual Energy Core. There, Chu An revealed that the Undying Asura had been stored beneath it and told Lin An that the cheat on his body was another System.

• Lin An reconsidered whether he had been too suspicious of Chu An, then discussed Huang Shao Hua in the Crystal Ball with her.
• Chu An argued that Huang Shao Hua could serve as a map or source of answers but that Lin An should focus on becoming stronger rather than guessing at the System’s secrets.
• Lin An and Chu An went to the underground Spiritual Energy Core, where Chu An ordered Zhuanxu to open the Undying Asura storage unit.
• Chu An told Lin An that the cheat on his body was another System.

Lin An learned that Chu An had deduced he possessed a second System and heard Chu An explain how it had disguised itself to manipulate the Apocalypse System’s announcements. Chu An concluded that the Savior System had stolen the key because it believed Lin An would otherwise die with absolute certainty.

• Lin An admitted to Chu An that he possessed a second System and showed him the colorful key it had provided.
• Chu An reasoned that Lin An’s System had imitated an Apocalypse System announcement to claim the reward and prevent Lin An’s name from appearing on the Leaderboard.
• Lin An questioned why his System had also taken the conspicuous key, which was only available to the Global First.
• Chu An explained that the System must have judged the risk of stealing the key less dangerous than doing nothing.
• Chu An told Lin An that his System believed he would certainly die without the key.

Lin An feared that the Amoeba Instance Dungeon would bring a danger beyond his ability to survive, and Chu An prepared Ghost Infant Teleportation as a possible escape route. Chu An then hinted that he knew the Amoeba Worm’s true significance, leaving Lin An demanding answers as the Undying Asura regenerated from a tiny fragment.

• Lin An questioned what deadly danger awaited him, and Chu An concluded that the Amoeba Instance Dungeon was the most likely threat.
• Chu An revealed that he had tested Ghost Infant Teleportation as a possible escape for Lin An, but admitted he did not know whether it would work inside an instance dungeon.
• Lin An asked Chu An what the Amoeba Instance Dungeon might contain, but Chu An instead explained that the Undying Asura could survive death by transferring to a viable body.
• Chu An declared that the Undying Asura could die and be destroyed, then urged Lin An to remember that death could lead to rebirth.
• Lin An realized Chu An knew more about the Amoeba Worm than he had admitted and grabbed his collar to demand an explanation.
• The Undying Asura’s largest piece melted under the laser, while its smallest fragment regenerated and grew larger.

After confronting Chu An about the Amoeba Instance Dungeon, Lin An remained uncertain whether Chu An was hiding knowledge about death, reincarnation, or a previous cycle. Meanwhile, Wen Ya showed Fan Bing around Dragon An Base, where Fan Bing encountered the Second-Order Sandworm Bo Ye Duo and an armed Special Operations Team.

• Lin An watched Chu An leave the Spiritual Energy Core after Chu An said he had told Lin An everything and was tired.
• Lin An wondered whether Chu An was a Player from a previous cycle or a reincarnator, and questioned the connection between the Amoeba Instance Dungeon and the Undying Asura.
• Wen Ya led Fan Bing through Dragon An Base and showed her its advanced facilities, defenses, and peaceful daily life.
• Fan Bing pointed out a Sandworm emerging from the ground, and a Special Operations Team member explained that Bo Ye Duo was a Second-Order Demon Beast subdued by Lord Lin An to dig reservoirs and underground facilities.
• The twelve-person Special Operations Team greeted Wen Ya and recognized the woman with her as Fan Bing.

Wen Ya introduced Fan Bing to the base as a new member of the Propaganda Department, while privately reflecting on her uncertain relationship with Lin An. The base members welcomed Fan Bing and praised Dragon Security, then speculated about why Lin An was absent from the global rankings.

• The base members noticed Fan Bing and gathered around her as Wen Ya and the special combat team arrived.
• Wen Ya introduced Fan Bing as a Propaganda Department member and explained that she would receive no special treatment.
• Fan Bing greeted the crowd, mentioned that Lin An had brought her into the base, and asked for support with her work.
• The base members praised Dragon Security and compared its safety with the struggles of other factions and Safe Zones.
• The boys discussed Lin An's strength and speculated that he was either far beyond the rankings or not human.

Lin An prepared his team for the Amoeba Instance Dungeon after the Antidote Serum tests failed to explain An Xia’s mutation. As the team was teleported, An JingTian handed Lin An a sealed letter and relayed a cryptic message from Senior Colonel Chu.

• Fan Bing heard the base crowd focus on Lin An rather than her, while An JingTian ordered his inspection team to record and analyze the discussions.
• Lin An prepared supplies and decided to enter the Amoeba Instance Dungeon early because its unchanged difficulty rating and the approaching Zombie Tide worried him.
• An JingTian reported that tests on Mo Yu found no link between the Antidote Serum and An Xia’s mutation, leaving Lin An determined to find An Xia after the Zombie Tide.
• Lin An departed with Zhang Tie, Gao Tian, and Mo Ling after the System identified the B-grade Amoeba dungeon as “Dangerous—Horrifying.”
• As teleportation began, An JingTian handed Lin An a sealed envelope and started relaying a message from Senior Colonel Chu.

Lin An and his team entered the Amoeba Instance Dungeon, where they had to help resolve a zombie apocalypse similar to the real world’s. After inspecting their starting location, Lin An decided to seek survivors and military forces, but a disturbance in the corridor interrupted them.

• Lin An and Zhang Tie, Gao Tian, and Mo Ling learned the instance’s mission, rules, and zombie-apocalypse background as the countdown ended.
• Gao Tian examined a long-dead man who appeared to have committed suicide, while Lin An and Zhang Tie surveyed the ruined city from the apartment window.
• The team searched the apartment, found a working radio, and confirmed that technology still functioned in the instance.
• Lin An proposed finding survivors and a Safe Zone or military base, then using the team’s technological-weapon privilege to make the authorities cooperate.
• Lin An sensed someone in the corridor and ordered the team to go out and catch her.

Lin An and his companions captured a filthy woman who had been dragging a corpse, then used beef jerky to persuade her to answer their questions. After introducing herself as Lin Ruolan, she asked whether they were from a shelter.

• Lin An ordered Zhang Tie to capture the woman outside the room, and Bear Dunce held her while the group questioned her.
• The woman pretended she could not speak until Zhang Tie threatened to kill her, then said she could talk.
• Lin An offered the woman beef jerky, and she snatched it and began eating it greedily.
• The woman hid the remaining jerky against her chest, introduced herself as Lin Ruolan, and asked whether the group came from a shelter.

Lin An learned from Lin Ruolan that the Sub-World Instance had no System or Awakened and that survivors relied on Safe Zones amid a Zombie crisis. He remained suspicious that the Instance concealed a greater danger as Lin Ruolan revealed that rescue teams were actually slave hunters.

• Lin An questioned Lin Ruolan about Safe Zones, and she mistook Zhang Tie’s strength for a mechanical enhancement before Lin An demonstrated his ability and startled her.
• Lin An stopped Zhang Tie from revealing information about their world and realized the Instance’s residents knew nothing of Systems or Awakened.
• Lin Ruolan explained that her world had ordinary Zombies, no Mutants, crude technology, and impassable boundaries around its sky and land.
• Lin An doubted that ordinary Zombies could explain the Savior System’s warning of certain death and decided to seek information from a major power.
• Lin Ruolan said the nearest Safe Zone was Bolaka, run by private armed forces, and called the Safe Zones and military zones cruel places where Search and Rescue Teams hunted people as slaves.

Lin An’s group encountered Lin Ruolan, a traumatized Wildling who mistook them for wealthy people who abused survivors for amusement. After learning about the brutal class system in the Sub-World Instance, Lin An heard how Lin Ruolan’s friends had been deceived and destroyed by Well-Fed People.

• Lin Ruolan accused Lin An’s group of being Well-Fed People and attacked Zhang Tie after Bear Dunce insulted her.
• Lin An stopped the scuffle and had Gao Tian search the room, where he found photographs showing Lin Ruolan’s former life as a polished radio host.
• Lin An questioned Lin Ruolan and learned that this world had Safe Zones but no Mutants or Awakened, while society had divided into Slave Owners, slaves, and Wildlings.
• Lin Ruolan explained that a Slave Hunting Squad had driven survivors into hiding and that Well-Fed People had lured women with food before tormenting them.
• Lin Ruolan said she had accepted being toyed with because she wanted meat before killing herself, while the group learned the extent of her friends’ suffering.

Lin An and his companions learned about the brutal scarcity inside the city and set out with Lin Ruolan for the nearest Safe Zone. As they left, the zombies began devouring the bodies killed by Mo Ling, deepening Lin An’s suspicion that the instance’s real danger had not yet appeared.

• Lin Ruolan explained that the Safe Zone prevented people from leaving the city, and she survived by eating maggots from corpses.
• Lin An pressured Lin Ruolan into guiding the group to the nearest Safe Zone in exchange for food, and she bargained for two packets of meat.
• Lin An produced three motorcycles with his ring, and the group rode out of the city while Mo Ling remained withdrawn and worried about Mo Yu.
• Lin An questioned why the slow, decayed zombies posed any threat and prepared to ask Huang Shao Hua about the Amoeba Instance Dungeon.
• Mo Ling shot several zombies pursuing the motorcycles, and the other zombies surrounded and ate the bodies killed by her psionic bullets.

As Lin An rode away from the city, he questioned Huang Shao Hua about the Amoeba Instance Dungeon and learned it was a Punishment Sub-World where even powerful Players had died quickly. Lin An confirmed he was inside the instance and was left wondering what sudden danger awaited him.

• Lin An awakened Huang Shao Hua inside the crystal and asked what he knew about the Amoeba Instance Dungeon and Amoeba Worm.
• Huang Shao Hua explained that the Amoeba Worm was one of the Three Great Punishment Sub-Worlds, where four Second Order Peak Players died within three days and a Third Order Peak Awakener reportedly died in two.
• Huang Shao Hua refused to explain which rule violations triggered a Punishment Sub-World mission, saying the System would erase him if he revealed that information.
• Huang Shao Hua realized Lin An was inside the Amoeba Instance Dungeon, and Lin An confirmed it after sensing that the old man was telling the truth.
• Lin An resumed riding with Black Dragon, realizing the instance's danger could erupt at any moment and that he had found no clue about what it was.

A Mei and her husband were captured by the Slave Hunting Squad after being dragged across the wasteland, and the husband was renamed Fighting Dog 77 for the Slave Arena. As the Squad prepared to kill their baby and turn A Mei into furniture, Zhang Tie raced toward them with two other vehicles.

• The Slave Hunting Squad used grappling hooks to capture A Mei and her husband, dragging them across the wasteland until A Mei passed out and the man was badly injured.
• The Squad’s boss declared that the man would become Fighting Dog 77 and ordered his wife separated from him and their baby thrown to death.
• Fighting Dog 77 begged for his child and was beaten while the boss planned to turn A Mei’s body into furniture for the Well-Fed People.
• Zhang Tie drove toward the convoy with two other vehicles after hearing the engines and commotion.

Raymond’s Slave Hunting Squad mistook Lin An and his companions for an isolated group of nobles and considered capturing them. Lin An took control of the exchange and asked Raymond about the auction in Bolaka.

• Raymond stopped Zhang Tie and sized up the clean, well-equipped group, suspecting they were nobles traveling with a savage captive.
• Raymond grabbed Fighting Dog 77 and asked Lin An’s group which Safe Zone they came from and whether they had brought slaves.
• Zhang Tie ignored Raymond’s questions and asked how far Bolaka was and whether the Safe Zone lay behind the squad.
• A lackey used a monocular telescope to confirm there was no force following Lin An’s group, and Raymond prepared to attack them.
• Zhang Tie addressed Lin An as Team Leader, and Lin An asked Raymond what the auction was.

Lin An and his companions encountered the Slave Hunting Squad, whose leader Lei Man planned to enslave them and sell them at auction. Lin An and Zhang Tie revealed their overwhelming power, and Lin An ended the chapter aiming a revolver at Lei Man to play Russian Roulette.

• Lei Man explained auctions and tried to sell Fighting Dog 77, his wife, and their baby to Lin An and Zhang Tie.
• The Slave Hunting Squad threatened the captives and closed in on Lin An's group, while Lin Ruolan ate dried meat and Zhang Tie restrained his anger.
• Lei Man ordered his men to attack, but Zhang Tie crushed the bald strongman and Lin An used Telekinesis to bend the guns and make them explode.
• Lin An took Lei Man's revolver, loaded a bullet, and asked whether Lei Man had ever played Russian Roulette.

Lin An used a revolver and a cruel game of chance to kill the Slave Hunting Squad, leaving Lei Man convinced he had survived because the gun ran out of bullets. Lin An then killed Lei Man with an invisible Mental Shock.

• Lin An shot one squad member with a modified Dumdum Bullet and told Lei Man he would fire five more times, leaving the final shot for him.
• Lin An killed three more members with consecutive shots while Lei Man begged and prayed for his own survival.
• Lin An shot the scout, and Lei Man rejoiced at surviving the last bullet.
• Lin An pulled the trigger on an empty chamber, then used Mental Shock to make Lei Man's head explode.

Lin An’s group defeated the Slave Hunting Squad and questioned its surviving driver about Bolaka Safe Zone. Lin An chose to enter the city disguised as captured prey, intending to reach its leader and learn more about the world.

• Lin An ordered Zhang Tie to kill half of the remaining Slave Hunting Squad and take the group into Bolaka City.
• Zhang Tie killed half the squad and brought Lin An a driver, who identified the dead men as the squad’s leaders.
• The driver explained that Bolaka Safe Zone had four rings, housed over a million people, and required costly supplies or identity tokens to enter its inner districts.
• The driver suggested Lin An pose as captured prey to enter the city, then apply to join the Security Team.
• Lin An accepted the plan, asked the driver’s name and where Bolaka usually stayed, and considered the danger and purpose of the Amoeba Instance Dungeon.

Lin An and his companions traveled through the ruined wilderness toward Bolaka, where driver Lemming explained how the zombie apocalypse had created a brutal slave-based order. They reached the sprawling Slave Cave outside the city, leaving them at the entrance to Bolaka’s grim world.

• Lemming introduced himself to Lin An and offered clean black cloaks so the group would not stand out.
• As the convoy crossed the wilderness, Gao Tian saw overgrown ruins and frightened survivors fleeing the Slave Hunting Squad.
• Lemming told Lin An that zombies had appeared three years earlier, collapsing governments and leading factions to build Safe Zones and abandon the cities.
• Lemming explained that the powerful had grown accustomed to ruling without laws, while people lower in the hierarchy often supported the system in hopes of rising above others.
• Lemming pointed out the Slave Cave at Bolaka’s edge, where Lin An and his companions saw crowded shacks, slave hunters, bound captives, and corpses displayed around the city walls.