Chapter Summaries

After Chen Luo expelled Zhang Jingjing and Zhang Dongcheng, he arranged for the Dharma King to secretly deal with them. Leng Chen returned to ask to join Chen Luo, bringing a crystal that Chen Luo recognized as level six.

• Chen Luo told Zhang Jingjing and Zhang Dongcheng to leave, then discreetly sent the Dharma King after them.
• Leng Chen fled Sun Dawei’s group and, after seeing the screams that followed, decided to seek shelter with Chen Luo.
• Leng Chen returned to the community entrance and asked Chen Luo to take his group in.
• Leng Chen showed Chen Luo a pale white crystal, and Chen Luo snatched it and identified it as a level six crystal.

Chen Luo obtained Leng Chen’s level six crystal and accepted Leng Chen’s group into his settlement. With the crystal and a level five fire crystal, Chen Luo expected to reach level five within about three days, while he continued expanding and preparing his people for future threats.

• Leng Chen explained that he had found the level six crystal in the corpse of a huge monster and had stopped absorbing it after it made him feel as though his body would explode.
• Chen Luo took the crystal, learned Leng Chen’s name, and told Chen Guang to explain the settlement’s rules and accept Leng Chen’s group if they agreed to join.
• Chen Luo calculated that the level six crystal and his level five fire crystal could help him reach level five in about three days, and Rice checked Leng Chen’s group for malice.
• The Dharma King returned from its mission, and Chen Luo told Chen Guang to seek out people with light or other support abilities among future arrivals.
• Chen Luo’s group served Leng Chen’s companions a hot dinner, then gave them level one crystals after the meal.

Chen Luo organized combat training and a supply run, sending Shu Yun to lead a group to Mi Li’s residential complex. When a convoy arrived, its men harassed Yan Li and her teammates, and Yan Li’s kick triggered a violent confrontation.

• Chen Luo assigned lower-level members to night watch and absorbed part of a level-six crystal, while comforting Mi Li with Rice beside them.
• The next morning, Chen Luo sent the level-two members and Leng Chen’s group out under Shu Yun’s leadership to kill Zombies and gather supplies.
• Shu Yun led the group to Mi Li’s residential complex, where they cleared the area and searched the buildings for supplies.
• Jiang Feng spotted a convoy approaching and warned the others, but several vehicles surrounded the heavy truck before Yan Li could regroup.
• A dark-faced man groped Yan Li, who kicked him in the crotch; he then ordered his men to cripple her male teammates and seize the women.

Shu Yun’s team clashed with Lu Yuan’s group, and Yan Li died from her injuries after Shu Yun chose to withdraw rather than risk more lives. Chen Luo gathered his people and led them back to confront Lu Yuan’s group, leaving the two sides facing off.

• Hei Zi and his men attacked Shu Yun’s team, and Yan Li was struck in the head while Jiang Feng tried to distract them.
• Shu Yun arrived with reinforcements, killed one attacker, and exchanged blows with Lu Yuan before agreeing to leave with her people.
• Shu Yun’s team recovered the survivors, but Yan Li was dead, and Lu Yuan’s group kept their heavy truck as they withdrew.
• Shu Yun told Chen Luo what had happened, and he praised her restraint before declaring that Yan Li’s death would be avenged.
• Chen Luo led more than sixty people back to the residential complex, where Lu Yuan saw them arriving and recognized the group.

Chen Luo confronted Lu Yuan’s group over their attack on Shu Yun and the death of one of his people. After Lu Yuan sacrificed Hei Zi, Li Kui, and Mao Er, Chen Luo had them beaten to death and refused to consider the matter settled, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lu Yuan led his people downstairs to face Chen Luo and offered to return the truck and pay rice as compensation.
• Lu Yuan handed Hei Zi over to Chen Luo’s group, and Hei Zi named Li Kui and Mao Er as accomplices, so Lu Yuan sacrificed them too.
• Chen Luo ordered his people to beat the three men with shoes, and Shu Yun struck them with a nail-studded board while Wang Ling healed them.
• After more than ten minutes, Hei Zi, Li Kui, and Mao Er died from the beating.
• Lu Yuan claimed the sides were even, but Chen Luo rejected the deal and said none of Lu Yuan’s people would escape punishment.

Chen Luo killed Lu Yuan and overwhelmed his followers with the Void Blade, proving his strength to the people who had recently joined him. After his group secured the area, he urged them to grow stronger and prepare for danger.

• Chen Luo refused to hand over Hei Zi and challenged Lu Yuan's group to fight him alone.
• Chen Luo killed Lu Yuan with the Void Blade, then cut down several of his people while Mi Li strengthened him.
• Lu Yuan's followers fled, but Mi Ling and the others blocked their escape and helped ensure none got away.
• Chen Guang and Leng Chen grew more respectful of Chen Luo after seeing his strength, while the others admired him.
• Chen Luo told his followers to train for their own protection, then ordered them to gather supplies and prepare lunch.

Chen Luo returned to find Dharma King chasing two men who had tried to lure him with feces, then decided to expand the base by recruiting more survivors. An order to recruit people with support abilities was distorted as it passed from person to person, becoming a command to abduct pretty girls.

• Xie Da and Miao Hui tried to lure Dharma King out with feces so they could eat him, but their argument over whose feces he should eat turned into a fight.
• Dharma King became furious when the men offered him their filthy bait, chased them down, and killed them after Chen Luo returned.
• Chen Luo decided his base needed more people and ordered his group to test nearby survivors, while accepting those with support abilities directly.
• Chen Guang passed Chen Luo's order to Su Dazhu, who passed it to Leng Chen, and the message eventually became a command to tie up and bring back any pretty girl.

Chen Luo’s settlement posted a recruitment notice and attracted five survivors, including the rare Level Two healer Liu Qi. Chen Luo welcomed them, and they were taken to a villa to settle in.

• Chen Luo prepared a recruitment notice advertising the settlement’s strength, benefits, and requirements.
• Wang Chao and four companions stopped at the notice and learned that Level One ability users could join by providing three Level One crystals.
• Liu Qi revealed that he was a Level Two healer, and Chen Guang agreed to make an exception for him and his companions.
• Chen Guang brought the five survivors to Chen Luo, who welcomed them after Rice confirmed they had no ulterior motives.
• A pretty girl led the new arrivals to a villa to settle in.

Chen Luo's group recruited more survivors as he advanced to level five and prepared to lead a dangerous operation at the Happiness Road market. He left Chen Guang and Dharma King to guard the base while the rest set out in a convoy.

• Chen Guang turned away a group of unpowered newcomers and accepted a level two woman and her friend from a larger group.
• Chen Luo continued absorbing crystal power, planned a market operation, and told Shu Yun to clear the road while staying at least five hundred meters from the market.
• Shu Yun led the group in clearing zombies without casualties, and Chen Luo recruited three more level two survivors.
• Chen Luo reached level five, strengthening his abilities and extending his Void Walk to about five hundred meters.
• Chen Luo gathered the 74-person group and ordered them to the market, leaving Chen Guang and Dharma King to guard the base.
• Chen Luo and the others drove toward the market in a convoy of large-capacity vehicles.

Chen Luo taught the group to lure and kite zombies at the farmers' market, then killed a fast Earth-mutant zombie before leading the survivors through a large horde. The group cleared more than two hundred zombies, though Chen Luo warned that the method depended on keeping ahead of the zombies’ evolution.

• Chen Luo sent Jiang Feng to lure small groups of zombies into the survivors’ attacks, and the group cleared the market’s outskirts.
• Chen Luo went to draw out the zombies in the market’s center and attracted more than two hundred of them.
• An old farmer zombie used Earth Spikes to attack Chen Luo, but Chen Luo dodged with Void Walk and killed it with a Void Blade.
• Chen Luo led the horde past the group and instructed the members to run while casting spells backward.
• The survivors kited and killed the zombies, and Chen Luo reflected that without killing the mutant, they would have had to flee.

Chen Luo's group cleared a farmers' market, rescued Yang Lan, and loaded its abundant supplies before another convoy arrived. At the gate, Chen Luo recognized Xia Haoran, who had come to plead with Brother Long for a chicken to make soup for his dying mother.

• Chen Luo and the others killed the zombies in the farmers' market, with Chen Luo taking down more than four hundred himself.
• The group gathered supplies and found Yang Lan, who had kept the cold storage running with backup diesel generators.
• Chen Luo refused to take Yang Lan home but offered to bring her to his settlement, and his group loaded the preserved meat and other goods.
• Chen Luo's convoy left the market as another convoy arrived, and a middle-aged man tried to stop the lead vehicle.
• Xia Haoran arrived on his motorcycle and asked Brother Long to give him a live chicken so he could make soup for his dying mother.

Xia Haoran asked Dragon Brother for a chicken to make soup for his terminally ill mother, but Chen Luo offered to provide the soup in exchange for Xia Haoran's service. Chen Luo brought Xia Haoran to retrieve his mother and learned she had terminal cancer.

• Xia Haoran asked Dragon Brother to give him a chicken so he could fulfill his dying mother's wish for chicken soup, but Dragon Brother refused.
• Chen Luo offered Xia Haoran chicken soup in exchange for his life, and Xia Haoran accepted.
• Chen Luo ordered Dragon Brother and his group to move aside, then took Xia Haoran toward his nearby residence while his own people waited on the road.
• Xia Haoran swiftly killed the Zombies they encountered as Chen Luo observed his martial skill.
• Xia Haoran carried his mother to Chen Luo's vehicle and explained that she had terminal cancer.

After bringing Xia Haoran and his sick mother to the villa district, Chen Luo treated them to a feast, but Xia's Mother soon died after entrusting her son to him. Chen Luo then established a rank and points system for his growing group and appointed temporary team leaders.

• Chen Luo returned to the Villa District with Xia Haoran and arranged a room and a lavish meal for Xia's Mother.
• Xia's Mother ate with Xia Haoran, then died peacefully after asking Chen Luo to care for her son and warning Xia Haoran not to let Chen Luo down.
• Chen Luo handled the funeral and assigned Xia Haoran to Fang Yu's group without giving him special treatment.
• Chen Luo created a Settlement rank system with points, rewards, and promotion rules.
• Chen Luo announced that Shu Yun would lead the women's team and Fang Yu and Chen Guang would temporarily lead men's teams, while Dharma King silently hoped to become the first dog Elder.

Chen Luo organized the base’s work and rewards while preparing Dharma King to become its next strong fighter. After newcomers received a lower-tier meal, one woman accused Shu Yun of bullying decent people.

• Chen Luo chose Dharma King to receive the old farmer Zombie’s level-four crystal and announced that all combat personnel had reached level two.
• Chen Luo let most members head out to work, while Xia Haoran rode off alone and Chen Luo stayed to guard the base.
• Chen Luo’s members returned with crystals, including 178 from Mi Ling, Mi Li, and Su Dazhu, and 59 from Xia Haoran alone.
• Chen Luo introduced different meals and advancement requirements for ordinary members, elite members, and newcomers.
• A woman in green confronted Shu Yun about the newcomers’ poorer meals and accused the base of bullying decent people.

Shu Yun expelled a troublesome newcomer while Chen Luo's group refused to trade meat for rice. Zhao Hai and Jin Tao arrived at Chen Luo's base with a large convoy, and Zhao Hai recognized Chen Luo as the borrower who had owed him three hundred million before the Apocalypse.

• Shu Yun dragged the girl in green out of the base after she smashed a bowl and complained about the food and zombie-fighting duties.
• Leng Chen refused a nearby group's offer to trade rice for meat, suggesting they could trade high-grade crystals instead.
• Zhao Hai and Jin Tao learned that Chen Luo's group had cleared the area of zombies and gathered local supplies, so they headed to the Villa District to meet them.
• Zhao Hai's underling recalled that Chen Luo had borrowed three hundred million from Zhao Hai before the Apocalypse, with his villa as collateral.
• Chen Luo's group prepared for the arrival of Zhao Hai and Jin Tao's convoy, and Zhao Hai recognized Chen Luo when he saw him.

Chen Luo faced Zhao Hai and Jin Tao, who tried to use an old debt to demand food and women from his group. Zhao Hai recognized the danger and withdrew, but Chen Luo confronted Jin Tao and discovered he had a Darkness Element ability and a Summoning Talent.

• Chen Luo recognized Zhao Hai as the creditor who had lent him three hundred million yuan, and Zhao Hai demanded repayment with interest.
• Chen Luo claimed he had already repaid Zhao Hai and offered rice instead, while Jin Tao demanded meat and threatened to take the women beside him.
• Zhao Hai realized Chen Luo's group was more capable than it appeared, withdrew his claim, and led his men aside.
• Jin Tao insulted Zhao Hai and refused to back down, so Chen Luo gave Jin Tao's men ten seconds to leave him.
• Some of Jin Tao's men began backing away, and Chen Luo discovered that Jin Tao had a Darkness Element ability and a Summoning Talent.

Chen Luo let his team fight Jin Tao’s forces, but Dharma King’s powerful ranged attacks shattered the enemy formation and turned the battle into a rout. Jin Tao was left helpless as Dharma King claimed him and chased down the fleeing survivors.

• Jin Tao summoned seven Skeleton Soldiers and threatened Chen Luo’s team, while Chen Luo ordered his people to fight for points and capture Jin Tao alive.
• Dharma King demanded points for kills, and Chen Luo agreed to reward him.
• Xia Haoran prepared to lead the charge, but Dharma King attacked first with a Lightning Ball that killed four enemies.
• Dharma King kited Jin Tao’s forces with ranged attacks, killing more than a dozen people and throwing their formation into chaos.
• Mi Ling ordered Chen Luo’s team to advance, and Jin Tao’s people died or fled as his Skeleton Soldiers were destroyed.
• Dharma King pissed on Jin Tao, claimed him as his kill, and chased after the fleeing survivors.

Chen Luo defeated Jin Tao’s group, kept Jin Tao alive to exploit his Summoning System, and recruited talented survivors by demonstrating his strength. Zhao Hai left for Golden Dragon Garden after offering cooperation, while Dharma King waited for Chen Luo to signal him to attack.

• Jin Tao begged Chen Luo to spare him, and Chen Luo ordered him locked up as a New Member while planning to exploit his ability to summon level four undead.
• Chen Luo shot himself in the chest with Zhao Hai’s silver handgun and stopped the bullet with his skin, shocking Zhao Hai and the assembled survivors.
• Chen Luo offered supplies and membership to survivors with useful abilities, and sixteen people joined or began pursuing admission by killing zombies and collecting crystals.
• Zhao Hai left for Golden Dragon Garden after agreeing to recommend talented people to Chen Luo in exchange for supplies and asking for future help.
• Dharma King returned disappointed by his points and watched Zhao Hai leave, hoping Chen Luo would signal him to attack, but Chen Luo gave no order.

Chen Luo fortified the base, watched Xia Haoran and Leng Chen reach level three, and ordered the members to stop killing nearby zombies. Mi Li questioned the decision, and Chen Luo privately recognized that humanity needed zombies to evolve so survivors could obtain high-level crystals before powerful monsters arrived.

• Chen Luo restricted New Members from living in the Villa District and assigned Earth Ability users to build a defensive wall at the base entrance.
• Chen Luo checked on the injured Jin Tao and hoped he would reach level three so Chen Luo could take his level-four crystals.
• Xia Haoran and Leng Chen reached level three, and Xia Haoran became an Elite Member after earning three hundred points.
• Chen Luo ordered the members to stop killing nearby zombies as they were about to advance to level two.
• Mi Li asked Chen Luo why they did not eliminate the zombies, and he explained that survivors were unprepared and a stronger mutant could wipe out a gathered group.
• After Mi Li fell asleep, Chen Luo considered that zombies needed to evolve so humanity could obtain high-level crystals before powerful monsters descended.

Chen Luo let Mi Ling’s team face the increasingly dangerous Level Two zombies, trusting Rice’s warning that Mi Ling would be hurt but survive. Mi Ling, Mi Li, and Su Dazhu encountered a horde led by a Level Four Wind zombie, which used a gust to drive the zombies after them.

• Chen Luo warned everyone that zombies were getting stronger, then let the group head out in separate vehicles despite Rice sensing that Mi Ling would be injured.
• Rice reassured Chen Luo that Mi Ling’s life was not in danger, and Chen Luo decided not to follow her team so she could gain experience.
• Mi Ling, Mi Li, and Su Dazhu fought zombies with Dharma King, who collected crystals in a bag while trying to earn enough points to become a Dog Elder.
• A Level Four zombie gathered more than twenty zombies and charged at Mi Ling’s group while Dharma King moved away to pursue other kills.
• Mi Ling used an Explosive Fireball to damage the horde, and the group retreated as the Wind zombie summoned a gust that sped the zombies toward them.