Chapter Summaries

The Defense Tower replenished its energy and burned the Mutants attacking Dragon An Base, while TANK continued smashing the wall. As Gao Tian prepared to strike TANK, Senior Colonel Chu ordered Awakeners to unleash heavy weapons to hold it back.

• The Awakeners inside the Defense Tower restored their energy and fired Lava Rays, killing Mutants that had leaped toward the wall.
• Wang Meng considered sending the military region’s armored unit to intervene, while his staff officer assumed Dragon An Base had run out of options.
• An JingTian urged Gao Tian to finish preparing his attack as Zombies and Mutants climbed TANK toward the wall.
• Senior Colonel Chu ordered the Awakeners to deploy heavy weapons against TANK while Gao Tian prepared his shot.
• Three Physical Body System Awakeners fired tungsten-alloy rounds from modified Gatlings, wounding TANK and temporarily weakening it.

The Wangjiang Military Region watched Dragon An Base hold off a TANK with rapid gunfire before Gao Tian killed it instantly with a purple arrow. Wang Meng and Huang Yan recognized Dragon An had a hidden Second-Order Awakener, but believed the arrow required a long charge and remained confident in the military region’s strength.

• The Wangjiang observers saw three Dragon An awakeners use skill-enhanced gunfire to immobilize the TANK, though the monster’s rapid healing made the barrage seem like a delay tactic.
• Gao Tian fired a purple arrow that appeared to leave the TANK unharmed, prompting a bow-wielding awakener to mock the attack.
• The footage caught up and showed the TANK annihilated by dark purple psionic energy, leaving only ash.
• Wang Meng sprang up in shock as the observers realized Gao Tian had killed a Second-Order TANK with one arrow.
• Huang Yan guessed that Gao Tian had charged the attack in advance, and Wang Meng agreed that Dragon An had hidden a Second-Order Awakener.
• Wang Meng stopped underestimating Dragon An but concluded that the military region could withstand its trump cards.

During Dragon An Base’s battle, Gao Tian killed two TANKs and a Rotting Giant Corpse in quick succession, shocking the military officers watching the broadcast. As Wang Meng prepared for the Zombie Tide’s final attack, he learned that Gao Yan reported Old Chief Gao Wang’s situation was looking very bad.

• Dragon An Base’s defenders watched the second TANK bombard the wall while Wang Meng speculated that they would retreat and fight a war of attrition.
• Gao Tian fired again, killing the second TANK and a Rotting Giant Corpse, and appeared to level up afterward.
• Wang Meng and the officers recognized Gao Tian from Lin An’s group and discussed the group’s strength and the military’s advantages in numbers and firepower.
• Wang Meng ordered everyone to study Dragon An Base’s tactics and contacted the dispatched Armored Unit as they prepared for the Zombie Tide’s final assault.
• The communications officer told Wang Meng that Gao Yan and the others were nearing the military region and that Gao Yan had reported Old Chief Gao Wang’s situation was looking very bad.

On the second day of the Zombie Tide City Defense War, the exhausted defenders prepared for the coming Total Offensive while Chu An briefed the command team on new intelligence. The offensive was expected around one o’clock, when Mo Ling’s Precognition vision showed her attacking the Spiritual Energy Core, and a powerful unknown Mutant was also approaching the base.

• The soldiers finished fighting the second wave’s one hundred thousand Zombies, suffering casualties and exhausting their ammunition and Spiritual Energy reserves.
• Chu An told Wen Ya, An JingTian, and the others that the Zombie Tide’s Total Offensive was expected around one o’clock, matching the time Mo Ling’s vision showed her attacking the Spiritual Energy Core.
• Chu An concluded that Mo Ling’s apparent betrayal was likely connected to a Mutant, rather than the feared Supernatural Event, and Wen Ya comforted the distressed Mo Ling.
• Chu An reported that Liang Shaoguang had found an Armored Corps near the base and detected a fast Mutant, at least Second Order and possibly Third Order, whose route overlapped with the base’s location.

Chu An and the others confirmed that a third-order speed mutant was approaching, but kept the danger from Lin An so he could focus on defending the Core Fortress. As the predicted midnight crisis drew near, Lin An watched Mo Ling and waited for the Zombie Tide’s Total Offensive, which began at 12:59 a.m.

• Chu An confirmed that Liang Shaoguang had identified a third-order speed mutant and decided not to tell Lin An, fearing the news would distract him.
• Lin An guarded the Core Fortress, reassured by the Safe Zone’s defenses and hoping to revive Zhang Tie if the battle went well.
• Yun Lin’s prediction of Gao Tian became distorted, leaving Lin An unsure whether the coming future meant survival or destruction.
• Lin An asked Gao Tian whether Mo Ling was acting strangely, and Gao Tian reported that she was with him and seemed only subdued.
• At 12:59 a.m., the Zombie Tide’s Total Offensive began as the ground trembled and warning flares lit the defensive line.

As the Zombie Tide’s Total Offensive began, Chu An organized the Dragon An Base’s defenders around buying time for Lin An, who remained absent. At the Wangjiang Military Region, Wang Meng watched the battle and continued to doubt Lin An’s strength as Mutants reached the city wall.

• Chu An ordered the Alloy Hook Locks prepared, sent An JingTian and half the Awakened to defend the wall’s right side, and directed Wen Ya to reserve her Mental Strength Sharing for Gao Tian.
• Chu An told Gao Tian to focus on holding back the greatest threats rather than rescuing individuals, and Gao Tian took his Compound Bow to the highest point of the wall.
• The base’s officers opened fire as the Wailing Banshees led the Zombie Tide’s Total Offensive toward the city wall.
• Wang Meng learned that the offensive had begun, rushed to watch the battlefield, and asked whether Lin An had appeared.
• Fan Bing, disguised as Gao Yan, watched the battle anxiously as Wailing Banshees climbed onto the wall and Lin An remained nowhere in sight.

At the Core Fortress, Lin An stayed behind to guard the base while the defensive line buckled under the Zombie Tide. Gao Tian and Chu An estimated that the line would fall within minutes, with eleven minutes remaining until the future event.

• Lin An questioned Zhuanxu repeatedly, learning that the fortress remained secure but one wall section was close to destruction and the Spiritual Energy Tower reserves were low.
• Gao Tian told Lin An that the front line was holding, then killed a TANK and nearby Zombies with his Annihilation Effect despite mounting pressure.
• Gao Tian and Wen Ya struggled against Wailing Banshees and other monsters as explosions, falling Zombies, and heavy casualties overwhelmed the wall.
• Chu An warned Gao Tian that the defensive line would fall in at most seven minutes if the trapped monsters broke free, while unknown mutants remained unaccounted for.
• At 1:58 a.m., Gao Tian watched the soldiers and An JingTian fight on as he realized the line could not hold much longer.

Wang Meng concluded that Dragon An Base was about to fall and ordered Chu An’s unit to retreat toward his forces with the Safety Token and two special Awakeners. Gao Yan realized Wang Meng had tracked her team and understood that his promised evacuation assistance was a threat to force Dragon An Base’s survivors to submit.

• Wang Meng watched Dragon An Base’s defenses fail and judged that its remaining fighters had no other means to resist.
• Wang Meng told his staff officer that Lin An had brought ruin on the base by refusing help, while a Second-Order Awakener regretted the fate of its fighters.
• Wang Meng messaged Chu An, ordering his unit to retreat toward the Wangjiang forces with the Safety Token and two special Awakeners, and threatened bombardment as cover for their evacuation.
• Gao Yan questioned how Wang Meng knew the base’s location, and Wang Meng revealed that he had placed a Signal Tracking Device in her military boots.
• Wang Meng explained that he would force Dragon An Base to surrender its people and token, while Gao Yan grew alarmed at his plan to exploit the battle.

Fan Bing, disguised as Gao Yan, tried to stop Wang Meng from attacking Dragon An Base and invented a story that Lin An was her lover and the father of her unborn child. Her explanation convinced Wang Meng that Lin An was tied to the Old Chief’s political plans, but Wang Meng’s mention of Lin An’s fiancée nearly broke Fan Bing’s composure.

• Wang Meng explained that he considered Lin An’s value negligible and wanted Dragon An Base’s Safety Token and special buildings.
• Fan Bing panicked and clung to Wang Meng, insisting that he must not launch missiles or let Lin An get hurt.
• Fan Bing claimed that she had dated Lin An before the apocalypse, was pregnant with his child, and had her father’s approval.
• Fan Bing fabricated explanations for Lin An’s past actions and suggested that the Old Chief had concealed their relationship as part of a political plan.
• Wang Meng asked how her story fit with Lin An’s fiancée, Tang Wan, and Fan Bing was stunned to learn that Lin An had one.

Fan Bing convinced the military region that Lin An had won Gao Yan’s affection, but Wang Meng condemned him as cowardly and ordered the Armored Corps not to aid Dragon An Base. As the base fell under the Zombie Tide, Lin An waited at the Core Fortress while An JingTian reported that Mo Ling was safe and Time Lock continued counting down.

• Fan Bing explained that Lin An did not like Tang Wan, and the Awakeners in the conference room concluded that Gao Yan was interested in Lin An.
• Wang Meng criticized Lin An for hiding while Dragon An Base was under attack and told Gao Yan to give up on him.
• The right city wall collapsed under the Charger’s attacks, and Wang Meng received Chu An’s threat that his troops would reach the military region’s gates in three days.
• Wang Meng ordered the Armored Corps not to help Dragon An Base and told its Awakeners they could seek refuge only if they brought Lin An’s head.
• At the Core Fortress, Lin An heard his team struggling as the Zombies broke through the defenses, while Gao Tian and An JingTian fought to buy time for the retreat.
• An JingTian told Lin An that everything was normal and Mo Ling was beside him as Time Lock reached fifty-six minutes.

Lin An realized that the force behind the crisis was not an intruder but a second Mo Ling: the Ghost Infant kept inside the Core Fortress. As the Zombie Tide overwhelmed the retreating survivors, he entered the fortress with Blood Annihilation to confront it.

• Lin An searched for clues while Mo Ling remained with An JingTian and the survivors retreated toward the Inner City.
• Gao Tian and Chu An led the retreat, avoiding the Core Fortress as Mutants attacked and the wounded Sandworm was surrounded.
• The survivors called for Lin An to save them, while Gao Tian led them toward an open area because they could not reach the fortress.
• Lin An realized that both he and Chu An had mistaken the enemy for an outside threat, and that the Ghost Infant was a second Mo Ling who had destroyed the Spiritual Energy Core.
• Lin An ordered Zhuanxu to open the Core Fortress, entered with Blood Annihilation, and charged toward the Ghost Infant.

Wang Meng and the Wangjiang Military Region Awakeners judged that Lin An could not survive the Zombie Tide and offered to help him retreat, while Gao Yan worried over his safety. The chapter ended as Lin An’s psionic energy vanished and the Mutants charged toward him.

• A Second-Order Awakener warned Wang Meng that Lin An lacked the energy and group-destruction ability to defeat the Zombie Tide.
• Wang Meng blamed Lin An for appearing too late and refusing to cooperate, while Gao Yan distrusted the military region’s motives and feared for him.
• Wang Meng offered to send the Armored Unit to help Lin An retreat if Gao Yan contacted him with the military region’s coordinates.
• Lin An suddenly dropped from the air as his psionic energy ran out, and the Mutants accelerated toward him.
• The Alloy Longsword fell, and the Dragon An Base members’ hope gave way to despair.

Lin An used Soul Shriek to annihilate thousands of zombies and the first Mutants, then replenished his Mental Strength with the Death God Gem and resumed fighting. As Dragon An Base celebrated, Wang Meng and the conference room watched Lin An unleash Soul Shriek again and carve through the Zombie Tide with Blood Annihilation.

• Jing Tian and Gao Tian feared Lin An had fallen, but Wen Ya urged them to trust him.
• Lin An unleashed Soul Shriek, destroying more than six thousand zombies and the six leading Mutants.
• Wang Meng and the Second-Order Awakener watched the broadcast and wondered whether Lin An had reached Third Order.
• Lin An absorbed the dead Mutants' souls, converted Soul Points into Mental Strength, and activated Heavenly Man again.
• Lin An used Soul Shriek and Sword Prison to tear through the Zombie Tide while Wang Meng watched in fear.

Lin An used Soul Shriek and Blood Annihilation to tear through the Zombie Tide and kill its Mutants, giving the base’s defenders a chance to recover. As the team wondered how he had resolved the Mo Ling incident, Chu An warned that Lin An was running low on Mental Strength and that two Mutants were still missing.

• Lin An repeatedly used Soul Shriek and Conversion to kill Mutants and replenish his Mental Strength, then pierced the Charger’s skull with Blood Annihilation.
• Lin An’s attacks carved through the Zombie Tide while the soldiers and Awakened team regained their footing and watched him fight.
• Yun Tian wanted to charge into the horde in his mecha, but Yun Lin stopped him.
• Mo Ling asked how Lin An had resolved her incident, and Gao Tian suggested she ask him when he returned.
• Chu An warned that two Mutants had not appeared and that Lin An was spending his remaining Mental Strength to sustain his abilities.

Lin An searched the Zombie Tide for two hidden Mutants while holding back and considering whether to use the Reversal Sequence, his trump card. At the Wangjiang Military Region, Wang Meng and the others watched Lin An’s overwhelming power and realized how far it surpassed their expectations.

• Chu An unsettled Gao Tian and the others by warning that Lin An’s strength might falter, while secretly trusting Lin An’s hidden trump card.
• Lin An sensed two Mutant auras in the Zombie Tide but could not locate them, and suspected they were waiting for his Mental Strength to run out.
• Lin An considered using the Reversal Sequence to borrow power from his past Pseudo-Third Order self, but held back because it could harm the Black Dragon and affect the Body of Fear.
• Lin An deliberately restrained some of his strength as he continued searching for the Unknown Mutants.
• Wang Meng watched Lin An’s battle from the conference room and concluded that Lin An was Third Order or close to it, recognizing that one person could outmatch the Dragon An Base’s forces.

Wang Meng and the Wangjiang Military Region confronted how badly Lin An outclassed their strongest Awakener. Their strategists claimed a fifty percent chance of victory, but admitted the odds included detonating a Tactical Nuclear Bomb and taking Lin An with them.

• Huang Yan admitted he would die if he fought Lin An, and Wang Meng silenced an Awakened subordinate who asked whether Huang Yan could win.
• Wang Meng asked his strategists to estimate the Wangjiang Military Region's chances against Lin An, and the senior staff officer said they had a fifty percent chance under favorable conditions.
• The staff officer proposed using Awakeners to slow and weaken Lin An before attacking him with Tactical Missiles and antiaircraft guns.
• When Wang Meng asked what would happen if Lin An infiltrated the command center, the staff officer said they could detonate a Tactical Nuclear Bomb beneath themselves, counting mutual destruction as a fifty percent chance of victory.

Wang Meng reconsidered his harsh judgment of Lin An and tried to use Gao Yan to open a path to cooperation with the Wangjiang Military Region. Gao Yan understood his concern but knew Chu An’s real plan was to take over and absorb the military region, leaving her conflicted.

• The staff officer proposed a fifty-fifty outcome against Lin An, angering Wang Meng and the other military leaders.
• Wang Meng reflected on how Awakener abilities made conventional weapons ineffective and regretted underestimating Lin An.
• Wang Meng apologized indirectly to Gao Yan and explained that he had been protecting the million survivors in the Wangjiang Military Region.
• Wang Meng asked Gao Yan about her relationship with Lin An and hoped she would help them cooperate.
• Gao Yan realized Wang Meng wanted peaceful coexistence, while Chu An’s plan called for Dragon Security to seize control of the military region.

Gao Yan urged Wang Meng to stop treating Lin An as an enemy and explained why Lin An had kept his distance, while Wang Meng accepted that the military region could not challenge him. The military officers turned to studying Lin An’s combat methods as he continued fighting the Zombie Tide, though Huang Yan wondered why he was relying on physical attacks instead of psychic energy.

• Gao Yan warned Wang Meng that Lin An’s strength could intimidate the entire military region and that provoking him would risk disaster.
• Gao Yan told Wang Meng that she had a relationship with Lin An and defended his motives, saying the military region had misunderstood him.
• Wang Meng decided to stop being hostile toward Lin An and ordered the Awakened Ones to record the broadcast and study Lin An’s techniques.
• Huang Yan warned the Awakened Ones who had mocked Lin An that they might face consequences if Lin An heard what they had said.
• The officers watched Lin An continue fighting the remaining Zombie Tide, and Huang Yan wondered why he was using physical attacks rather than psychic energy.

After Dragon An Base’s defenders wiped out the visible Mutants, they celebrated victory and charged to help Lin An finish off the remaining Zombies. Gao Tian and Lin An ordered them to retreat when Lin An sensed an Unknown Mutant, which then gathered the battlefield’s corpses and Zombies into a terrifying Corpse Storm.

• Lin An killed the last visible Mutant after 46 hours of fighting, leaving fewer than 100,000 Zombies on the battlefield.
• The soldiers and medics rallied to attack the remaining Zombies and ease Lin An’s burden.
• After communicating with Lin An, Gao Tian ordered everyone to fall back and stay away from the Zombies.
• Lin An sensed two faint Mutant traces that fused beneath the layer of corpses and warned everyone to retreat.
• The Unknown Mutant gathered blood, corpses, and Zombies into a Corpse Storm, then condensed it as a soul-shaking roar sounded.

A colossal Thousand-Eyed Zombie appeared during Lin An’s mission and overwhelmed him with immense speed, strength, and multiple Mutant abilities. As the Wangjiang Military Region watched in alarm, Lin An was injured by the monster’s attack.

• The thirty-five-meter-tall Thousand-Eyed Zombie charged at Lin An, crushing the alloy ground beneath its feet.
• Lin An dodged the monster’s attacks while its eyes briefly immobilized him and its corrosive pus burned through the ground.
• The Thousand-Eyed Zombie crushed an Armored Car and hurled it into the Dark Crystal City Wall, collapsing part of it.
• Wang Meng and the Awakeners assessed the monster’s size and speed, while Huang Yan judged its physical strength to be close to Third Order.
• The Thousand-Eyed Zombie’s fist grazed Lin An and sent him crashing into the ground, visibly injured.