Recaps

Wang Bujian established a settlement and recruited survivors while Shen Yu investigated a mysterious love letter, Song Xiaojie, and signs of a supernatural game. Shen Yu left home to investigate a repeating-day report and the people connected to it.

• Sun Haobo drew pursuing zombies away from his family, then escaped after two larger groups of zombies tore the pursuers apart.
• Chu Xi and her companions brought Sun Hongchang’s family to Wang Bujian, who explained that marked zombies obeyed him and offered them safety in his settlement.
• Sun Haobo directed zombies and survivors in building a wall, while Wang Bujian sent search teams to recruit survivors for Aurora Settlement.
• Han Po’s group told Wan Wu that an Original Zombie had led the horde that destroyed Bright Settlement, then praised Wang Bujian’s ability to protect survivors and confirmed he had evolved.
• Shen Yu investigated a heart-marked letter that appeared mysteriously on his desk and recognized Song Xiaojie’s handwriting on it.
• Shen Yu researched Song Xiaojie and found her hidden livestream, then discovered online reports of a man trapped in a repeating day and learned from Crow that Song Xiaojie’s father had died.
• Shen Yu found that the letter’s contents had changed, told his parents he would be away, and left home to investigate the anomaly.
• Shen Yu followed audio clues to an old residential building, where a woman said she had not seen Xiao Jie recently and mentioned that other residents had disappeared from sight.

Shen Yu entered a building trapped in a time loop and joined Huo Wujìu and Wen Zhishu in investigating its dangers. After helping Su Nian survive a nightmare, he learned she might already be dead and that the building’s missing room owners could threaten the others.

• Shen Yu entered the building after realizing the post was bait, and Meiling asked whether he had come from outside.
• Huo Wujìu explained that Zhao Yongqiang’s repeated attempts to change the past had worsened the loop, while Shen Yu deduced that the building was sealed off from the outside world.
• Shen Yu and Wen Zhishu tested the boundary, then Shen Yu ate a wafer despite the Red Thread burning on his wrist.
• Su Nian described her recurring dream of an old man knocking, and Shen Yu helped her escape the dream by jumping from a window.
• Shen Yu agreed to be Huo Wujìu and Wen Zhishu’s friend, then joined them after a scream led them to a person who had jumped to their death.
• Shen Yu told Huo Wujìu and Wen Zhishu that Su Nian might already be dead, and they realized ending the loop could put her at risk.
• Huo Wujìu suspected the original owner of Su Nian’s room had killed her, while Shen Yu urged him and Wen Zhishu to prepare for whatever happened next.

Shen Yu and his companions faced the Clock Hands Ghost and the spreading corpses, while Wang Bujian gathered survivors and zombies into a growing base. The Immortal Royal Court became a refuge and a source of hope as Zombie Tides threatened humanity and Contract Anomalists sought to change its fate.

• Shen Yu used the mysterious love letter to summon the Female Ghost, told her he liked her, and unleashed her against the Clock Hands Ghost that had trapped the building.
• Shen Yu fought the corpses as the Clock Hands Ghost weakened, then escaped the building with Huo Wujìu and Wen Zhishu while Zhong Xun was injured and Ye Ran fled.
• Shen Yu and his companions tried to contain the corpses and evacuate residents, but found signs that the missing people had become corpses and identified Zhong Xun as the point where the rules had broken.
• Wan Wu brought his people to Wang Bujian’s town, where Wang Bujian accepted their loyalty and prepared to use an approaching zombie horde as labor for his base.
• Wang Bujian subdued thousands of zombies while Wan Wu brought nearby small bases into the group, which named itself the Immortal Royal Court and continued to grow.
• Survivors debated how to help humanity fight Original Zombies, considering research into immune or gifted people as Wang Bujian expanded his forces and population.
• Wang Bujian let people believe he was the first Evolver rather than reveal that he was a Contract Anomalist, and news of his identity drew survivors seeking refuge and hope.
• As Zombie Tides devastated more bases, Contract Anomalists around the world sought to reclaim the world’s dissipating fortune and change humanity’s ending.