Recaps

Chen Luo captured Meng Yin while she was transformed into a rabbit and brought her back to the base, where she met Mi Li and the others. Meanwhile, Chen Luo and the Dharma King tried to make Little Red lay more eggs, leaving the chicken in tears.

• Meng Yin transformed into a rabbit to flee Chen Luo, but he caught her by the ears and carried her away while Xiao Yu returned to the safe house and realized Meng Yin had been captured.
• Chen Luo brought Meng Yin to the base, where her ability ran out and she changed back; Mi Li offered her food, and Chen Luo had Shu Yun take care of her.
• Chen Luo forced Little Red to lay two eggs by hitting it, then told Sister Yu to cook them and ordered the Dharma King to watch the chicken.
• The Dharma King fed Little Red rice and repeatedly patted its head in an attempt to make it lay another egg, while Little Red struggled and cried.

Chen Luo brought Meng Yin to his base by force, then won her over with plentiful food and asked her to improve potato seeds. Xiao Yu tracked Meng Yin to the villa district and found her happily eating Kentucky Fried Chicken, while Chen Luo discovered that three new recruits were spies.

• Shu Yun brought Meng Yin to a clean room and offered her food, but Meng Yin insisted she would not eat Chen Luo's food before hunger made her drink soda.
• Chen Luo and Mi Li brought Meng Yin braised pork, and Meng Yin abandoned her pride and devoured it.
• Chen Luo apologized for bringing Meng Yin by force, explained that he needed her seed-improving ability, and asked her to test potato seeds.
• Chen Luo interrogated three suspected recruits and learned that two spies had been sent by Ye Gaofei and one by Qi Lin.
• Xiao Yu followed Chen Luo's truck to the villa district and found Meng Yin eating a Kentucky Fried Chicken Family Bucket, leaving Xiao Yu in tears.

Xiao Yu found Meng Yin safe and well-fed at Chen Luo’s base after searching for her all day. Chen Luo welcomed Xiao Yu, gave both girls food and level three crystals, and began considering how to develop her rare invisibility ability.

• Xiao Yu discovered Meng Yin eating fried chicken and broke down crying, revealing herself after losing control of her invisibility.
• Meng Yin explained that Xiao Yu was her friend, and Chen Luo welcomed Xiao Yu after hearing she could turn invisible.
• Chen Luo learned that Xiao Yu could maintain invisibility for six minutes and considered using her to scout Zhao Hai’s base and search for mutants.
• Chen Luo gave Xiao Yu fried chicken and gave both girls level three crystals.
• After Xiao Yu finished eating, she angrily confronted Meng Yin for failing to invite her to the safe base, and Meng Yin offered to turn into a bunny for her to pet.

Chen Luo joined a meeting where Qi Lin proposed killing Ye Gaofei and dividing his supplies and followers among the participating leaders. Chen Luo refused to take part, and Qi Lin warned him that spectators were killed first when two sides fought.

• Chen Luo gave Xia Haoran a Level Four Flesh Crystal and told him to report back after advancing.
• Chen Luo scolded the Dharma King for exhausting Little Red and gave the chicken two Level Three Crystals to absorb.
• Chen Luo trained with Mi Ling and Mi Li while limiting his strength to Level Three, then agreed to attend Qi Lin's gathering with Zhao Hai.
• Qi Lin told the assembled leaders he had a way to kill Ye Gaofei and asked them to join him in dividing Ye Gaofei's supplies and people.
• Chen Luo declined to join the plan, and Qi Lin warned him that spectators were killed first when two sides fought.

Chen Luo refused Qi Lin’s demand for his crystal and help against Ye Gaofei, then killed Qi Lin and routed his followers. He spared the remaining bosses who had watched the confrontation, but wondered whether he would have to deal with Ye Gaofei himself.

• Zhao Hai defended Chen Luo when Qi Lin accused him of hoping to profit from the conflict, but Qi Lin demanded Chen Luo’s crystal and ordered his men to search him.
• Chen Luo attacked Qi Lin’s men, revealed he was level five, and seized Qi Lin before he could escape.
• Chen Luo questioned Qi Lin about his plan to kill Ye Gaofei, then snapped Qi Lin’s neck when he refused to answer.
• Chen Luo conjured the Void Sword and slaughtered Qi Lin’s followers until the rest fled, then killed the long-haired boss with glasses.
• Chen Luo told the surviving bosses he did not kill spectators and wondered whether he would have to deal with Ye Gaofei himself.

Ye Gaofei resisted Long Yu’s efforts to send survivors out to fight zombies, preferring to consolidate the base before expanding his control. When Long Yu confronted Yu Lingjie over the murder of a survivor’s wife, Ye Gaofei intervened to protect him, and Yu Lingjie claimed he had taken the blame for Ye Gaofei.

• Long Yu urged Ye Gaofei to send people out to kill zombies, but Ye Gaofei insisted on first uniting the Divine Capital’s survivors and preserving his strength.
• Long Yu failed to recruit most level one, level two, and level three survivors, though more than forty people agreed to join him.
• A grieving man told Long Yu that Yu Lingjie had killed his wife, and Long Yu went to confront Yu Lingjie.
• Long Yu burst into Yu Lingjie’s room after hearing him boast about the woman’s death, but Ye Gaofei arrived and argued that Yu Lingjie should repay his crime by killing zombies.
• Yu Lingjie pleaded with Ye Gaofei and said he had taken the blame for him.

Long Yu left Ye Gaofei’s base after learning Ye Gaofei had abused and killed women, while Ye Gaofei spread lies to discredit him. Chen Luo weighed how to handle Ye Gaofei and watched the shifting alliances, as four of Qi Lin’s surviving followers set out to find Ye Gaofei for help against Chen Luo.

• Yu Lingjie exposed Ye Gaofei’s crimes, and Han Ya defended his abuse of women as a way to keep him happy and effective.
• Long Yu rejected Ye Gaofei and left the base with more than forty followers, while Ye Gaofei and Han Ya planned to accuse Long Yu of abusing people.
• Chen Luo considered how Ye Gaofei’s downfall might help him recruit Long Yu and heard Zhao Hai had sent a trusted man to spy inside Ye Gaofei’s group.
• Chen Luo reassured the gathered leaders that he would not seize their people, and Zhao Hai reflected on how his generosity differed from Ye Gaofei’s selfishness.
• Four of Qi Lin’s surviving followers decided to seek Ye Gaofei’s help against Chen Luo, reasoning that his base had three level fours.

Ye Gaofei learned that Chen Luo might unite rival groups, so he prepared to attack Chen Luo’s base with two thousand followers. Chen Luo was warned that Ye Gaofei was approaching and prepared to face him.

• Ye Gaofei learned from Qi Lin's underling that Chen Luo planned to unite other groups, and decided to attack before they could join forces.
• Ye Gaofei ordered food and drinks distributed to his level two and level three followers and prepared to march that night.
• Chen Luo returned to his base, absorbed crystals, and advised Xia Haoran to focus his level four body tempering on his fists.
• Chen Guang alerted Chen Luo that Zhao Hai had fled to the base and warned that Ye Gaofei was coming.
• Zhao Hai explained that Ye Gaofei was approaching with a large force, and Chen Luo suspected Qi Lin's underling had revealed his location.
• Ye Gaofei marched toward Chen Luo's base with his followers.

Ye Gaofei led over two thousand followers to attack Chen Luo's fortified base, expecting his numerical advantage to force a surrender. Chen Luo's members refused to yield, and Ye Gaofei found that none of his followers wanted to lead the assault.

• Ye Gaofei reached Zhao Hai's base, where Zhao Hai's followers surrendered after Zhao Hai disappeared.
• Ye Gaofei rallied his followers with a claim that he was bringing survivors together, then marched on Chen Luo's base.
• Chen Luo relied on his fortified walls and kept his members inside as Ye Gaofei's followers shouted demands for surrender and offered supplies as a reward.
• Dharma King rushed toward the entrance after hearing the commotion, but Chen Luo stopped him from charging out.
• Ye Gaofei announced his force's numbers and urged surrender, but Chen Luo's members did not respond or retreat.
• Ye Gaofei ordered Zhang Hao to lead the charge, but Zhang Hao refused, and the other minor leaders avoided the front line.

Chen Luo’s group repelled Ye Gaofei’s assault, and the Dharma King killed Ye Gaofei in a series of lightning attacks. The battle ended with the attackers routed and Ye Gaofei dead.

• Ye Gaofei ordered Han Ya and a group of Earth Ability users to charge through the gate under threat of electrocution.
• Mi Ling and Shu Yun blasted Han Ya and the attackers with explosive skills, while Chen Luo’s defenders killed more of the advancing fighters.
• The attackers lost their nerve and pushed backward, so Chen Luo sent Xia Haoran, Su Dazhu, and other fighters out to attack them.
• The Dharma King broke free from Chen Luo and charged toward Ye Gaofei, blasting away his guards with a Lightning Ball.
• The Dharma King struck Ye Gaofei with Lightning God Palm and Thunderous Tail Sweep, killing him.

After killing Ye Gaofei, Chen Luo seized his base and supplies, while Dharma King stayed behind to guard the captured site. Chen Luo found Ye Gaofei’s female golden retriever and considered taking her back as a mate for Dharma King.

• Dharma King killed Ye Gaofei, and Chen Luo’s people routed the attackers and captured Lu Wen, who explained that Ye Gaofei had framed Long Yu.
• Chen Luo left Zhao Hai and Dharma King to guard the site, then led his people to Ye Gaofei’s base to claim its supplies.
• Chen Luo’s forces entered the base without resistance, and Lu Wen showed them where the supplies were stored.
• Chen Luo spotted Ye Gaofei’s golden retriever after her caretaker fled, discovered she was female, and considered charging Dharma King a thousand points for her.

Chen Luo returned from destroying Ye Gaofei’s base with supplies and a new golden retriever, while Dharma King became jealous before accepting his appointment as Dog Elder. The next day, news of the victory drew many would-be recruits, but Chen Luo admitted only applicants who met his strict standards.

• Chen Luo brought the golden retriever and the looted supplies back to his base, then thanked Zhao Hai and invited his core followers to a barbecue.
• Dharma King mistook the golden retriever for Chen Luo’s new romantic partner and wept until Chen Luo explained she was meant to be his wife.
• Chen Luo awarded Dharma King enough points to become the base’s first elder, and Dharma King demanded that everyone call him Dog Elder.
• After reports spread that Dharma King had killed Ye Gaofei, many people tried to join Chen Luo’s base.
• Chen Luo posted strict recruitment requirements, accepting only applicants who were at least level three and killed zombies daily.

Chen Luo appointed Dharma King as the base’s first elder, and Dharma King treated everyone to drinks during the barbecue. Long Yu visited the base and decided to return with his people once they all reached level three, while Dharma King learned he had gone deeply into debt.

• Chen Luo announced that Dharma King had earned enough points to become an elder, and the members greeted him as Dog Elder.
• Rice translated Dharma King’s offer to pay for the drinks, and Chen Luo announced that everyone could drink freely.
• Long Yu inspected Chen Luo’s base, approved of its rules, and left intending to return when all his followers reached level three.
• Chen Luo showed Dharma King that the members had consumed 1,568 bottles, leaving Dharma King with a negative balance of 1,568 points.

Xiao Yu searched for dead mutants while invisible and found an ice-type mutant beyond the cleared area. Chen Luo decided to lead the group there to retrieve its crystal, while worrying that the others’ growing strength could threaten him.

• Chen Luo sent Xiao Yu to scout the outskirts for mutant corpses and report their locations, warning her not to retrieve crystals or venture too deep.
• Xia Haoran escorted Xiao Yu to the outskirts, where she used her invisibility to search the streets.
• On her third day of searching, Xiao Yu found a dead ice-type mutant outside a cake shop and returned to report its location to Chen Luo.
• Chen Luo judged that the mutant lay about 1,300 meters beyond the cleared area, in a district with more than a thousand zombies along the route.
• Chen Luo decided to take all the members there that afternoon and worried that the others’ rising levels might make them a threat to him.

Chen Luo led an operation to reach a cake shop, where his group fought successive zombie waves and he killed a level-six mutant. He obtained a level-seven Ice crystal and absorbed enough power to advance to level six two days later.

• Chen Luo led nearly four hundred people toward the cake shop, where the noise of their approach drew zombies into a large horde.
• Chen Luo, Su Dazhu, and Xia Haoran drove reinforced trucks into the first zombie wave to break its formation, allowing their members to attack.
• A level-six female Fire mutant appeared, and Chen Luo killed her instantly with Void Walk and his Void Sword.
• Chen Luo recovered a level-seven Ice crystal, rewarded Xiao Yu for discovering the mutant, and led the group away from the area.
• Chen Luo absorbed a third of the crystal's power and advanced to level six two days later.

Long Yu brought his level-four group to Chen Luo’s base and asked to join, and Chen Luo welcomed them. Long Yu and his companions sampled the base’s abundant beef-broth noodles and met Dharma King.

• Long Yu’s group decided that its level-three members would seek admission to Chen Luo’s base while Long Yu stayed behind to help the four level-two members advance.
• Long Yu arrived at the base with his group the next morning and asked Chen Luo to accept everyone, including those who had not reached level three.
• Chen Luo recognized Long Yu as a promising recruit and welcomed the group, inviting them to breakfast.
• Long Yu and his companions ate bowls of beef-broth noodles, and Chen Guang encouraged Long Yu to go back for more.
• Long Yu greeted Dharma King as the dog left the base to earn points.

Chen Luo tested Long Yu’s metal abilities and showed him how he could forge weapons and armor for the survivors. Their plans were interrupted when Zhao Hai and Song Ling reported that a powerful, fast zombie had slaughtered dozens of people and might be heading their way.

• Chen Luo asked Long Yu why he had joined, then tested his metal body and knocked him back with a punch.
• Chen Luo helped Long Yu discover he could transform metal into gold and suggested he use his abilities to make weapons and armor for the survivors.
• Long Yu realized how valuable his crafting ability could be and went to his room to experiment with metal.
• Zhao Hai and Song Ling warned Chen Luo that a powerful zombie had killed dozens of people with Wind Blades and might arrive soon.
• Rice told Chen Luo that he was done for.

Chen Luo faced a powerful Wind Zombie that slaughtered the guards and nearly killed Mi Li, but his crystal suddenly awakened Time Acceleration and caused the zombie to collapse. Chen Luo also collapsed after the ability drained his esper energy.

• Rice warned Chen Luo that he would nearly die within half an hour, though an incredible benefit awaited him.
• The Wind Zombie rushed into the Villa District and killed the guards as Mi Ling, Mi Li, and Su Dazhu returned.
• Chen Luo attacked the Wind Zombie with his Void Sword, but the blade barely wounded it, and the zombie broke his arm with a slap.
• Chen Luo tried to use Void Walk to rescue Mi Ling, Mi Li, and Su Dazhu, but he escaped alone and then shielded Mi Li from the Wind Zombie.
• Chen Luo's crystal changed as he desperately wished the Wind Zombie would die, triggering Time Acceleration that made it collapse and left Chen Luo unconscious.

After collapsing from using Time Acceleration, Chen Luo woke three days later and discovered that he had gained a Time ability alongside Space. He realized his dual abilities had greatly improved his crystal, but its shattered state meant it would take three months to recover.

• Chen Luo collapsed after using Time Acceleration to make the Mutant die in an instant, and Mi Ling ordered the base sealed while everyone kept watch over him.
• Rice reassured the worried group that Chen Luo would survive and gain something from what happened.
• Chen Luo woke on the afternoon of the third day and sensed Time energy inside his crystal, confirming that he had awakened a second esper ability.
• Chen Luo recalled meeting Jiang Chuxue, whose Time Stop had once immobilized him, and remembered how she and humanity later died to monsters in the apocalypse.
• Chen Luo realized that his Space and Time abilities had raised his crystal's quality to level eight, but his shattered crystal would take three months to recover.

After awakening a Time ability, Chen Luo recovered from nearly shattering his crystal and began distributing crystals to strengthen his core members. Meanwhile, elephant keeper An Chen raided a neighboring base with his powerful elephant, then heard a dying man boast that a dog was stronger than it.

• Chen Luo learned that his crystal would keep him from using abilities or absorbing crystals for a month, then decided to use the recovered level-eight crystal to strengthen his core members.
• Mi Li, Dharma King, Mi Ling, Su Dazhu, and others welcomed Chen Luo after he woke, and he rewarded the base with three days of beef and lamb.
• Chen Luo gave Dharma King a level-eight crystal, and Dharma King reached level five that night before choosing to stay and protect his weakened master.
• Chen Luo assigned Fire and Ice crystals to Mi Ling and Shu Yun, then planned for the remaining core members to absorb crystals in turn.
• An Chen led a raid on a neighboring base with his level-four elephant, which rampaged through the defenders and killed several people.
• A dying defender taunted An Chen that his elephant was weaker than a dog, and An Chen angrily rejected the claim.

Chen Luo assigned Jiang Feng to build an intelligence network while An Chen arrived at the base with his elephant, seeking to challenge the dog he had heard was powerful. The chapter ended with An Chen taunting the golden retriever as it stepped forward to face him.

• After recognizing the need for intelligence about nearby bases, Chen Luo put Jiang Feng in charge of recruiting forty covert scouts.
• Jiang Feng accepted the assignment after Chen Luo offered generous rewards and the possibility of becoming an elder.
• An Chen brought his elephant toward Chen Luo's base, while two wolves watched him leave with hatred for killing their companions.
• The base's sentries spotted An Chen's group, and Chen Luo recognized him as the Elephant Tamer from his previous life.
• Chen Luo went outside with Dharma King as An Chen arrived and leered at Mi Ling, asking her to join him.
• The golden retriever pushed to the front, and An Chen pointed at it and asked if it was really so badass.

Mi Ling fought An Chen’s level four elephant and killed it with a concentrated flame attack, Red Lotus Burst. An Chen ordered his men to attack, while Chen Luo’s group prepared to meet them.

• An Chen challenged the golden retriever, then demanded that Mi Ling either fight his elephant or provide meat.
• Mi Ling volunteered to face the elephant, and Chen Luo let her fight without Mi Li’s buffs.
• Dharma King became angry when An Chen’s men mocked his Dog Elder title, but Chen Luo restrained him.
• Mi Ling gathered the flames covering her body into a red lotus and burned away the elephant’s trunk and head, killing it in one strike.
• An Chen ordered his men to attack, and Su Dazhu, Xia Haoran, and the others charged to meet them.

After An Chen fled the battlefield, Dharma King chased him down and killed him while Silver Wolf and Gray Wolf attacked. Dharma King tried to win Silver Wolf over with Little Red, but Chen Luo rescued the hen and took the wolves back to base, where he advised Dharma King to use force.

• An Chen fled, but Silver Wolf and Gray Wolf ambushed him, and Dharma King arrived and killed him with a single blow.
• Dharma King pinned Silver Wolf while Gray Wolf stayed behind to protect its companion, and the group gathered around the wolves.
• Dharma King brought Little Red to Silver Wolf as food, but Little Red laid several eggs, so Chen Luo rescued it and handed it to Su Dazhu.
• Chen Luo carried Silver Wolf and Gray Wolf back to base after they attacked him with their abilities, then locked them in a small truck.
• Chen Luo scolded Dharma King for acting like a simp and told it to make the wolves submit through strength.

Chen Luo took more than four hundred people to Li Village to clear zombies and prepare a new base before the zombies evolved further. When a powerful Big-Head Zombie attacked a team, Chen Luo arrived to face it.

• Chen Luo set a daily quota of three level-three zombie kills and began planning a base outside the city ahead of the coming level-four evolution.
• Chen Luo led sixteen trucks of members to Li Village and warned them to guard against mutated insects as they cleared the area.
• Chen Luo checked the river water while Rice rode on his shoulders, and he smashed a giant butterfly with Iron Claw's claw.
• A Big-Head Zombie hiding behind a door killed two members and chased the rest outside.
• Chen Luo arrived as the survivors regrouped, and the Big-Head Zombie called itself Iron Head and challenged him to hit its iron-tough head.
• Chen Luo kicked the Big-Head Zombie in the crotch twice after it admitted that only its head was tough.

Chen Luo subdued Iron Head, a level-five zombie known to villagers as the Great Demon King, and decided to keep him as a training partner. After Li Cheng identified Iron Head, Chen Luo deliberately let him try to escape and beat him until he returned to the truck.

• Chen Luo repeatedly kicked and slapped Iron Head until the zombie stopped resisting and agreed to stay in the truck.
• Chen Luo’s members brought the survivor Li Cheng to him, and Li Cheng warned that a huge-headed zombie had terrorized the village and eaten many people.
• Chen Luo showed Li Cheng that the feared Great Demon King was Iron Head, whom Chen Luo controlled with ease.
• Iron Head seized a chance to flee while Chen Luo pretended not to watch, but Chen Luo caught him and beat him for running away.
• Chen Luo ordered Iron Head back into the truck, and the battered zombie limped there while Li Cheng wondered whether Chen Luo was the real Great Demon King.