Lin Dong

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Lin Dong lost his parents before he was old enough to remember them and grew up in an orphanage. Upon reaching legal age, he inherited their estate, including the assets that later became his livestock farm, supermarket, and two properties. He gradually expanded those businesses before the apocalypse. 1

Reborn with knowledge of the coming disaster, Lin Dong treated flesh and blood as the foundation of zombie evolution. Ten days before the apocalypse, he slaughtered his farm’s livestock, ordered massive quantities of frozen meat and blood, and filled his storage space with survival goods, weapons, generators, solar panels, and even an excavator. To finance the preparations, he sold his farm to Zhao Peng for 120 million yuan and borrowed another 80 million using his remaining properties as collateral. 1 2 3

When the Blood Sun triggered the apocalypse, Lin Dong isolated himself in his twentieth-floor residence and evolved by consuming his stored meat. Once he reached C-rank, he began recruiting zombies with useful traits rather than relying on mindless undead: the former athlete Little Eight, the powerful fitness trainer Tank, and the highly intelligent Doctor Zombie. 4 5 17

Lin Dong later killed Xu Shan, his former girlfriend, after discovering that she had lured him into an ambush with three male students. At Jiangbei University, he instead spared his warehouse manager Su Xiaorou because her usefulness as a cleaner, cook, and assistant outweighed her value as food. 10 12 16

As his territory grew, Lin Dong developed an unusual working relationship with Cheng Luoyi and Sun Xiaoqiang, his former orphanage friends. He offered them passage, supplies, rescue assistance, and protection through his territory, while they repaid him in Crystal Cores, intelligence, and weapons. 51 83 85 102

Lin Dong gradually expanded beyond Jiangbei, defeating rival Zombie Kings, Tech Company forces, and Black Scorpion Organization members while gathering Crystal Stones and Stone Tablet fragments. After completing the Star Map Slate, he traveled to the Outer Realm alone to investigate its dangers before relocating his immense zombie force. 507 619 653

On the Corpse Soil Continent, Lin Dong infiltrated Human Civilization under the identity of the mercenary Tang Ye. He used the disguise to loot the Black Market’s weapons and Guard Mechas, raid the Inner City, and investigate the origins of advanced human technology. 682 687 702 710

After discovering the Forbidden Zone’s Rune Sources and learning that the Star Map Slate is the Key of Civilization, Lin Dong turned his attention to Central Province and Ancestral Mountain. There, he openly challenged the Undying Emperor Wujian and the other Emperor-tier Undead Race leaders. 842 844 868 890 891

Appearance

Lin Dong is a handsome young man with fair skin, sharply defined features, and an unusually immaculate appearance. Early in the apocalypse, his skin is pale and bloodless, giving him a sickly look; after further evolution, he can speak and appear nearly indistinguishable from a human. 4 7 17

• Usually wears spotless white clothing, often with a napkin or scarf tied around his neck while eating. 4 7
• Maintains an extreme standard of cleanliness, even during massacres and supply raids. 1 16 24
• His eyes glow red when he activates Corpse Domain. 17 19
• His skin becomes rubber-like and resistant to ordinary weapons after rapid evolution. 6
• During his Northern Border campaign, he wears a meticulously crafted white fur coat over his usual shirt. 563 616
• He habitually removes his shirt before seriously fighting, revealing a lean, highly muscular physique and signaling the release of greater power. 647 833 890
• When he activates Rune Source power, golden patterns spread beneath and across his skin like luminous tattoos. 844 845 891

Personality

Lin Dong is calculating, patient, and intensely resource-focused. Rather than rushing into danger, he stockpiles supplies, evolves in safety, recruits specialized subordinates, and lets enemies exhaust themselves before acting. He sees flesh, blood, Brain Cores, Crystal Cores, and even living people primarily as resources. 2 5 25 31

His retained human habits are selective. He is obsessed with cleanliness, avoids physical contact, bathes and changes clothes after hunts, and keeps his residence orderly even as society collapses. 1 3 24

Lin Dong is largely indifferent to human suffering, but memories of his orphanage friends Cheng Luoyi and Sun Xiaoqiang still provoke rare warmth and nostalgia. Around them, he shares food, reminisces about childhood, and guides their group through his territory without harming them. 20 47 48 49

His connection to ordinary human morality continues to weaken. He struggles to understand concepts such as hostages and evaluates people chiefly by their usefulness, danger, or nutritional value. 13 49

Despite his utilitarian nature, Lin Dong recognizes reciprocity. He accepts Crystal Cores and other payments from those who repay his help, values useful allies, and occasionally rescues humans or protects them when doing so aligns with his interests. 51 83 85 105

Lin Dong is also highly suspicious of manipulation. He uses illusions, false identities, bait, and carefully arranged conflicts to control opponents, but responds to hidden threats by destroying them rather than trusting their explanations. 694 740 842

By the time he reaches the Alien Continent, his ambitions have expanded beyond revenge or local conquest. He seeks the secrets of runes, Ancestral Mountain, the Star Map Slate, and the evolution needed to overcome the limits of his current world. 811 842 891

Abilities & Skills

Zombie Physiology and Evolution

Lin Dong grows stronger by consuming flesh, blood, Brain Cores, and Crystal Cores.

• Possesses enhanced hearing, smell, night vision, nails, teeth, durability, and reduced pain sensitivity. 4 25
• Develops skin tough enough that ordinary daggers leave only faint marks. 6
• Can overpower Crystal Core Awakened such as Zhang Xiaoyuan with a single punch. 24
• Absorbs energy from Brain Cores and Crystal Cores; he compares their taste to cherries. 19 24
• Uses physical force alongside his domain, defeating the earth-type Awakened Lü Hao in direct combat. 44 45
• His physical strength eventually reaches SSS-Rank, allowing him to shatter mech defenses and harvest machines in direct combat. 702
• Possesses extreme regenerative resilience and physical force, enduring powerful elemental attacks before crushing high-level augmented humans and Emperor-tier opponents with his bare hands. 615 647 891
• Can activate a crimson blood aura derived from Blood Princess’s Crystal Core, dramatically strengthening his combat ability. 616 647

Corpse Domain

Corpse Domain is Lin Dong’s awakened spatial ability, later also referred to as the Zombie King Domain. It creates a blood-colored area of overwhelming pressure around him. 17 20

• Suppresses humans and mutated beasts, causing paralysis, terror, slowed movement, and hallucinations of corpses and blood. 17 20 30
• Allows Lin Dong to conceal himself from sight and pass through walls, terrain, and other solid objects. 17 28
• Lets him bypass external defenses and attack organs or extract cores directly through an enemy’s body. 17 19 24
• Can negate or resist psychic attacks within its range. 30
• Consumes mental energy and cannot be sustained indefinitely. 17
• Initially extends roughly ten meters; later reaches at least twenty meters and can be maintained at full power for twenty minutes. 17 20 32
• Deflects barrages from Crystal Core firearms and can shatter large physical projectiles through pressure alone. 291 330
• Can suppress Zombie Kings, rune-powered stone statues, and high-level Undead Race opponents, though sufficiently strong psychic or rune abilities can weaken or resist it. 720 838 890
• Enables Lin Dong to bypass sealed entrances, security systems, walls, and rune barriers without relying on conventional access points. 233 508 868

Mental Power and Illusions

Lin Dong’s mental power grows alongside his body and Corpse Domain, eventually allowing him to create highly convincing independent manifestations.

• Can sense hidden humans, powerful auras, and concealed hostile intent across a wide area. 59 85 868
• Creates lifelike humanoid illusions that can resemble Lin Dong, people he has killed, Zombie Kings, or inanimate objects. 453 463
• Uses illusions for reconnaissance, deception, infiltration, and identity theft, including disguising himself as Zhao Tong, Hao Lei, Tang Ye, and Nether Dragon. 463 694 710 740
• Can use false targets and mental constructs to mislead powerful enemies in combat. 641 868
• His mental power exceeds that of S-Plus Rank psychic Awakened and is strong enough to identify concealed mental probes. 683 684
• Faces significant interference from top-tier psychic specialists such as Rosen and Ye Liugui, whose abilities can compress or restrain Corpse Domain. 706 890

Rune Source and Blood Sacrifice

After entering the Alien Continent’s Forbidden Zone, Lin Dong acquires and integrates powers connected to ancient runes.

• Absorbs all seven primordial Rune Sources from the Forbidden Zone’s central pillars. 844 845
• Gains golden rune patterns that enhance his physique, accelerate evolution, and allow him to pass through or resist rune formations. 844 868
• Uses the Star Map Slate to identify, disrupt, and destroy rune-based traps and formations. 838 842
• Activates Blood Sacrifice to release crimson blood energy and amplify his physical power. 744 891
• Combines Blood Sacrifice with Rune Source enhancement to enter his fourth stage, Golden-Pattern Lin Dong. 891
• In Golden-Pattern form, can break Emperor-tier spiritual restraints and force Wujian back with a single punch. 891

Zombie King Authority

Lin Dong can communicate with, command, and train weaker zombies through his superior status as a Zombie King. 5

• Weaker zombies instinctively recognize his higher rank and submit to him. 5
• Recruits zombies according to their former human traits, assigning them roles based on speed, strength, or intelligence. 5
• Trains underlings to use machetes, crossbows, and coordinated tactics. 5 8 16
• Commands a horde that grows from a small elite group to ten thousand zombies after expanding his territory. 17 45
• Delegates scouting, defense, recruitment, and battlefield leadership to Tank, Little Eight, and Doctor Zombie. 25 32 45
• Expands his forces from ninety thousand zombies to more than one million subordinates and numerous subordinate Zombie Kings. 305 653
• Establishes allied and subordinate forces beyond Jiangbei, including Zombie Kings in the Island Nation, Southern Province, and other regions of the Corpse Soil Continent. 275 720 885
• Uses his authority to direct large-scale warfare, resource harvesting, territorial expansion, and research projects. 512 720 723

Storage Space

Lin Dong possesses a storage space used for both pre-apocalypse preparation and battlefield logistics.

• Stores vast reserves of meat, blood, food, household goods, weapons, generators, solar panels, and other supplies. 2 3
• Can deploy large equipment, including an excavator used to breach Zhao Peng’s fortress. 15
• Empties entire warehouses of supplies during the Dafa Supermarket raid. 26
• Produces food for Cheng Luoyi and Sun Xiaoqiang’s rescue group, contributing to their suspicion that he has an unusual ability. 48
• Stores corpses, Crystal Cores, weapons, vehicles, and heavy military equipment collected during raids and battles. 233 687 702
• Uses the space to preserve his clean clothing during dangerous battles and to carry expedition supplies, including water, soil, vehicles, and generators intended for the Outer Realm. 616 653

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dagger — Used with Corpse Domain to kill enemies and extract Brain Cores or Crystal Cores. 19 24
• Storage space — Holds his supplies, weapons, machinery, and captured resources. 2 26
• Compound bows and crossbows — Lin Dong stockpiles one hundred of each before the apocalypse and trains his underlings to use ranged weapons. 3 5
• Daggers and machetes — Purchased in the hundreds and used to arm zombie underlings. 3 5
• Excavator — Retrieved from his farm and used to dig beneath a fortified gate. 2 15
• Truck and box truck — Used to transport his zombie followers, Su Xiaorou, and collected supplies. 9 13
• Star Map Slate — A mysterious slate assembled from multiple Stone Tablet fragments and Crystal Stones. It can generate destructive force fields, withstand high-tier combat, interact with runes, and is later identified as the Key of Civilization. 308 330 842
• Meteorite Blade — A fire-embedded long saber received from Cheng Luoyi as payment for passage through his territory; Lin Dong later loans it back to her after her sword breaks. 83 507
• Fire Poker — A meteorite-forged sword embedded with an S-rank Fire Crystal Core. Given by Cheng Luoyi, Lin Dong uses it to pierce and burn the mechanical warrior Tong Lei. 597
• Crystal Core Laser Swords and Guard Mechas — Advanced Human Civilization equipment Lin Dong loots from the Black Market to arm his Ace Elite underlings. 687
• White shirt and fur coat — His signature clean clothing also serves as a restraint ritual; removing it signifies that he is escalating into a serious combat stage. 616 647 890

Relationships

• Su Xiaorou — Former supermarket warehouse manager who becomes Lin Dong’s human assistant. He gives her food and shelter in exchange for cleaning, laundry, dishes, and other work. 1 12 16
• Tank — Former fitness trainer and Lin Dong’s strength-focused zombie underling. Fiercely loyal, physically overwhelming, and often used to break obstacles or lead assaults. 5 11 16
• Little Eight — Former provincial-level high-jump athlete and Lin Dong’s first recruited underling. She evolves into an exceptionally fast scout and combatant. 5 17 25
• Doctor Zombie — A highly intelligent former PhD holder. He serves as a tactical underling, learns weapons quickly, and later counters psychic control with Psychic Penetration. 5 16 43
• Xu Shan — Lin Dong’s former girlfriend. She deceives him and helps lure him into an ambush for supplies; Lin Dong later kills her. 5 10 12
• Zhao Peng — Developer who purchases Lin Dong’s farm and lends him 80 million yuan before the apocalypse. Zhao Peng attempts to invoke their past business relationship when cornered, but Lin Dong kills him for being his creditor. 1 2 16
• Cheng Luoyi — Lin Dong’s childhood friend from the orphanage. Their reunion evokes his strongest remaining memories of warmth and companionship. She becomes one of his most trusted human allies, later loses her memories after becoming a zombie, and remains a central motive in his decision to explore the Outer Realm. 2 20 47 83 652 653
• Sun Xiaoqiang — Another orphanage friend. Sun trusts Lin Dong despite learning he may be a zombie and readily accepts his help. 20 47 48
• Red-Eyed Crow — A talking mutated crow that assists Lin Dong against the Rat King and later warns him of incoming attacks; Lin Dong repays it with food. 34 36 38
• Tech Biotechnology Corporation — A major hostile human faction that repeatedly sends King-Hunting forces against Lin Dong’s territory. 24 38 45
• Flared Ears — A loyal zombie subordinate who develops into one of Lin Dong’s most capable organizers. Lin Dong entrusts him with territory management, treasure searches, tunnels, and the operation of a zombie farm. 308 603 680
• Professor Meng — A meteorite researcher from Mount Dongyue who provides intelligence on Crystal Stones, Stone Tablets, meteorite weapons, and the risks of synthesizing the Star Map Slate. 513 653
• Wang Cheng — A former Outer City guide whom Lin Dong recruits while disguised as Tang Ye. Wang Cheng calls him “Master,” later forms the White-Clad Order on the Alien Continent, and remains intensely loyal to him. 683 710 808 811
• Blood Fiend — Eastern Province’s Zombie King and a pragmatic ally-rival. Lin Dong cooperates with him against other races while repeatedly demonstrating strength far beyond Blood Fiend’s expectations. 726 744 825 891
• Nether Dragon — A Zombie King appointed by Lin Dong as Southern Province Overlord so that Lin Dong can expand indirectly without attracting Central Province’s attention. 720
• Lauen — A Fifth-Generation Augmented Human and self-proclaimed member of the Outer God Clan. He becomes one of Lin Dong’s strongest opponents while pursuing the Star Map Slate. 609 615 647
• Wujian — The Undying Emperor of Central Province. Wujian guards Ancestral Mountain and becomes Lin Dong’s principal Emperor-tier opponent after Lin Dong learns the Star Map Slate’s connection to the mountain. 842 890 891

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Pre-Apocalypse Stockpiling — Lin Dong liquidates his assets, fills his storage space with meat, blood, supplies, weapons, and machinery, and prepares to evolve after the Blood Sun event. 1 2 3 4
• Formation of the First Underlings — He recruits Tank, Little Eight, and Doctor Zombie, proving that a Zombie King can organize and train zombies rather than merely command a mindless horde. 5 8
• University City Hunt — Lin Dong travels to Jiangbei University under the pretense of rescuing Xu Shan, kills her betrayers, gains Su Xiaorou as an assistant, and loots the campus cold storage. 9 10 12 13
• Fortress Assault and Awakening — He uses an excavator to breach Zhao Peng’s fortress, clears its survivors, consumes enough meat to condense a Crystal Core, and awakens Corpse Domain. 15 16 17
• Prison and Dafa Supermarket Raids — Lin Dong destroys the prison defense, kills Crystal Core Awakened Zhang Xiaoyuan, assassinates Tech Company Awakened at Dafa Supermarket, and steals four warehouses of supplies. 23 24 25 26
• Territory Expansion — After hunting more Awakened and absorbing Crystal Cores, Lin Dong claims territory and draws the attention of rival Zombie Kings. 29 31 32
• Rat Tide and King-Hunting Battle — He confronts the Rat King, receives the Red-Eyed Crow’s aid, and later exploits the conflict between the Red-Faced Zombie King and Tech Company’s forces. 36 39 40
• Defeat of Lü Hao and Horde Growth — Lin Dong kills the King-Hunting squad’s captain, gains intelligence about Tech Company’s wraith cultivation, and expands his force to ten thousand zombies. 42 43 45
• Reunion with Old Friends — Lin Dong encounters Cheng Luoyi and Sun Xiaoqiang near his zombie nest, gives their group food, and helps guide them toward the Black Scorpion Organization. 47 48 49
• Black Scorpion Conflict — Lin Dong protects Cheng Luoyi’s group from Black Scorpion forces, collects Crystal Core “tolls” within his territory, and develops a more overt cooperative relationship with his old friends. 50 51 102 103
• Tech Company and Black Scorpion War — He battles the combined Tech Company and Black Scorpion Organization forces, relies on the Star Map Slate after his conventional blade proves inadequate, and ultimately conquers Hanjiang Province. 330 505 507 508
• Northern Expedition and Continental Campaign — Lin Dong expands his zombie forces across Dragon Country, defeats powerful Zombie Kings and augmented humans, and pursues the remaining Stone Tablet fragments. 512 615 619
• Outer Realm Expedition — After completing the Star Map Slate, Lin Dong enters the Outer Realm alone, establishes a new Corpse Nest, and begins gathering resources and technology for his subordinates. 653 657 680
• Human Civilization Infiltration — Disguised as Tang Ye, he enters Human Civilization, loots the Black Market, obtains Guard Mechas and Crystal Core Laser Swords, and attacks the Inner City before returning to the Corpse Soil Continent. 682 687 702 706 710
• Southern and Eastern Province Expansion — Lin Dong defeats Tombstone, covertly controls Southern Province through Nether Dragon, and participates in the Eastern Province conflict while pursuing high-level Crystal Cores. 720 723 740 744
• Alien Continent and Forbidden Zone — He enters the Alien Continent to investigate runes, encounters the Lizardfolk and Wang Cheng’s White-Clad Order, then destroys the Forbidden Zone’s formations and absorbs the seven Rune Sources. 805 808 838 842 844
• Battle for Ancestral Mountain — Lin Dong confronts Central Province’s Emperor-tier rulers, reveals Golden-Pattern Lin Dong, and advances toward the hidden secret beneath Ancestral Mountain. 868 890 891

Notable Quotes

“I only eat steak that's 0.1% cooked. The moment the first ray of morning sunlight falls on the cow, it's ready to eat.” 1

“You... are food.” 10

“So you're my creditor... Then I should kill you even more.” 16

“I don’t eat beef.” 603

“Now, it’s too late...” 687

Trivia

• Lin Dong refuses handshakes and considers physical contact unclean. 1
• He continues bathing, changing clothes, cleaning, and maintaining a spotless home after becoming a zombie. 3 24
• He calls Brain Cores and Crystal Cores “cherries” because their taste reminds him of picking cherries with Cheng Luoyi at the orphanage. 19 26
• He refers to hunted Crystal Cores as “hand-grabbed rice” when speaking to Su Xiaorou. 24
• He once described himself online as “a timid boy, lacking a sense of security,” despite maintaining an army of elite zombies. 82
• Lin Dong considers damaged or bloodstained clothing more offensive than many life-threatening injuries. 505 616
• He declines dried human meat on the Alien Continent, stating that he does not eat human flesh. 806
• His subordinates treat the removal of his shirt before battle as an ominous sign that he is about to fight seriously. 616 833 890