Chapter Summaries

Mi Ling, Mi Li, Su Dazhu, and Dharma King defeated a level-four zombie, though Mi Ling was badly wounded. Back at base, Chen Luo exchanged the recovered crystals for points and wondered why Rice had not sensed a death among another group of survivors.

• Mi Ling shielded Mi Li from a level-four zombie’s Wind Blade, and Mi Li healed her while Su Dazhu and Dharma King fought the attacker.
• Dharma King and Su Dazhu knocked down the level-four zombie, and the group killed it before Dharma King extracted its crystal.
• The group returned to base, where Chen Luo valued the level-four crystal at 100 points and gave it to Rice until Dharma King explained he wanted points for turning it in.
• Chen Luo learned that Mi Ling had been injured and considered whether Rice could sense danger only to people close to Rice.
• Another group returned with four injured survivors and one dead, leaving Chen Luo to wonder why Rice had not sensed the death.

Chen Luo rejected an unprepared recruit, celebrated Dharma King's advancement to level four, and received Zhao Hai's request for help. Zhao Hai's envoy, Song Ling, offered Chen Luo a hundred cartons of Huazi cigarettes as a gift, whether or not he agreed to help.

• Chen Luo revised the recruitment requirements, then let Chen Guang test a desperate young man, who was expelled after accidentally attacking a teammate during a fight.
• Dharma King advanced to level four, and he told Chen Luo he wanted points so he could become a dog elder and eventually the Dog Leader.
• Chen Luo realized Dharma King's new strength would improve the canine assassin's mission success rate, though he especially looked forward to Rice reaching level four.
• The next day, Song Ling arrived on Zhao Hai's behalf with a dozen or so people in three cars to ask Chen Luo for help.
• Song Ling offered Chen Luo a hundred cartons of Huazi cigarettes as a gift, regardless of whether Chen Luo agreed to help.

Chen Luo agreed to help Zhao Hai deal with the powerful Jiang Wu, hoping to claim valuable crystals, and set out with Rice after receiving reassurance from Rice’s perception. He arrived at Zhao Hai’s base with Song Ling, where the residents were surprised that their promised help was only one young man.

• Song Ling told Chen Luo that Jiang Wu had killed more than a dozen of Zhao Hai’s people and threatened to make Zhao Hai his lackey.
• Chen Luo agreed to confront Jiang Wu after learning he was probably a powerful Flesh-type ability user and deciding he might possess valuable crystals.
• Chen Luo asked Rice to sense whether the trip was dangerous, then took Rice along and left Dharma King to guard the base.
• Song Ling drove Chen Luo to Zhao Hai’s base at Golden Dragon Community, while his people cleared zombies along the way.
• Zhao Hai greeted Chen Luo with gratitude, and his recruits wondered how one young man could help against Jiang Wu.

Chen Luo joined Zhao Hai’s group to confront Jiang Wu, whose strength came from absorbing zombie crystals. Chen Luo killed Jiang Wu with the Void Blade and discovered that Jiang Wu had hidden his crystal in his underwear.

• Jiang Wu’s underling warned him that Zhao Hai had arrived with his men.
• Zhao Hai challenged Jiang Wu and offered a pound of sausage to anyone who fought him.
• Chen Luo put Rice in the Bentley and followed the group into the confrontation.
• Jiang Wu withstood a barrage of steel pipes, but Chen Luo slipped through the crowd and cut him in half with the Void Blade.
• Chen Luo searched Jiang Wu’s pockets for a crystal, and Song Ling found it hidden in Jiang Wu’s underwear.

Chen Luo killed Jiang Wu, claimed a rare psychic crystal, and rushed home after Rice predicted danger for Mi Ling. He reached the Villa District to find the members beaten up and Mi Ling apparently showing signs of a great bust.

• Song Ling reluctantly handed Chen Luo a level-six psychic crystal, which Chen Luo stored for Rice.
• Chen Luo killed Jiang Wu and took his crystal while Zhao Hai recruited Jiang Wu’s former followers.
• Chen Luo left Zhao Hai’s base in a Gold Bentley and drove home with Rice watching a period drama.
• Rice predicted that Mi Ling faced a great bust, prompting Chen Luo to hurry home.
• A group blocked the road, but Chen Luo sprinted past them and reached the Villa District, where he found the members bruised and Mi Ling showing signs of a great bust.

A swarm of mutated bees attacked Mi Ling, Mi Li, and the others during training, but Chen Luo’s group killed them and dealt with their stings. Rice failed to tell Chen Luo’s fortune, then correctly predicted that dinner would be chicken soup.

• A swarm of mutated bees attacked Mi Ling, Shu Yun, Su Dazhu, Mi Li, and Dharma King while they were training near the mountain.
• Mi Ling and the others fled to the artificial lake, where the members joined them and helped kill the swarm, though many were stung and Mi Ling was stung on the chest.
• Chen Luo returned, learned what had happened, and relaxed after Mi Li confirmed that Mi Ling was safe; Mi Ling stayed in her room until the swelling eased.
• Chen Luo searched for the men who had blocked his way but could not find them, then asked Rice to tell his fortune, which she failed to do.
• At dinner, Rice tried telling Mi Li’s fortune and announced, “Winner, winner, chicken dinner,” just as Ma Yu brought out chicken soup.

Chen Luo used Rice to expose Xu Yang’s murderous intent when he tried to join the Villa District base. After beating Xu Yang, Chen Luo forced him to reveal his powers and discovered he had both lightning and fire abilities.

• Chen Luo gave Rice a level six crystal to absorb, then let it sleep on his stomach; Rice kicked him awake near dawn.
• Xu Yang’s dying brother urged him to join the Villa District base, but Xu Yang blamed its entry requirements for his brother’s death and vowed revenge.
• Rice sensed Xu Yang’s intense malice when he approached Chen Luo at the base entrance.
• Chen Luo led Xu Yang to Jin Tao’s room, then slapped and interrogated him about wanting to kill Chen Luo.
• Xu Yang finally fought back, forming lightning in one hand and a fireball in the other, revealing his dual abilities.

Chen Luo killed Xu Yang after discovering his newly awakened fire ability, while Rice reached level four and began sensing danger to people outside the base. Rice’s warning helped Chen Luo save Xu Mingqing from a zombie cat, but Rice then coughed blood and fainted, leaving Chen Luo’s group facing an unexplained crisis.

• Chen Luo realized Xu Yang had awakened a second, fire-based ability, but killed him after Xu Yang explained that he blamed Chen Luo for his brother’s death.
• Shu Yun reported that their team had cleared most nearby zombies and encountered survivors who safely hunted zombies by laying traps.
• Rice reached level four, and two days later warned Chen Luo that Xu Mingqing was going to die.
• Chen Luo followed Chen Guang’s team and knocked a hidden zombie cat away before it could attack Xu Mingqing.
• Rice spat out blood and fainted while lying on Dharma King.

After Rice collapsed following Chen Luo’s intervention to save Xu Mingqing, Chen Luo brought him to Mi Li for healing and learned that changing the course of a prediction had caused Rice to pass out. Rice explained that Chen Luo, Mi Ling, and Mi Li revolved around him in an orbit he could correct, while Dharma King was far outside it.

• Dharma King found Rice unconscious with blood at his mouth and raced to alert Chen Luo, awakening a new ability called Flash of Lightning.
• Chen Luo returned to the base, found Rice unresponsive, and carried him to Mi Li for treatment after suspecting Rice had been hurt because Chen Luo changed Xu Mingqing’s predicted death.
• Mi Li cast Healing Spell on Rice, who woke weakly, and Chen Luo brought him and the others back to the base.
• After eating and recovering somewhat, Rice told Chen Luo that changing his prediction had made him pass out and described an orbit linking himself, Chen Luo, Mi Ling, and Mi Li.
• Rice said Dharma King was desperately trying to enter the orbit but was so far away that correcting his course might mean Rice could never eat fish again.

Chen Luo learned that Rice could change the fates of people with intimacy at 100 without backlash, while altering others’ fates remained risky, and he tried unsuccessfully to master taking people with him through Void Walk. Meanwhile, Zhang Lei recruited healer Gao Yue into Shu Yun’s group, where Gao Yue’s warm welcome and abundant food inspired her to recruit others.

• Chen Luo explained Rice’s fate-changing limits to Dharma King and told it to stay close to Rice, then appointed Dharma King as Rice’s mount.
• Chen Luo tried using Void Walk with Mi Li and Dharma King, but neither came along, and he decided he needed to test his ability under pressure.
• Shu Yun’s group killed zombies and returned to meet a neighboring group, where Zhang Lei approached healer Gao Yue with an offer to join them.
• Gao Yue accepted Zhang Lei’s offer and left with Shu Yun’s group, while her former group watched without daring to intervene.
• Gao Yue joined as an Ordinary Member, received generous food and benefits, and decided to poach recruits herself.

Chen Luo’s growing base attracted new members and drew the attention of Zhang Kun, who joined forces with Zhao Hai to seize its supplies and women. The combined force arrived at the Villa District, where Song Ling struck Zhang Kun for threatening Chen Luo.

• Chen Luo welcomed more than thirty recruits, while the daily requirement to kill five zombies discouraged many other survivors from joining.
• Zhang Kun tried to recruit Shu Yun, then learned from a resentful survivor that Chen Luo’s base had plentiful supplies and capable members.
• Zhang Kun sought Zhao Hai’s help in raiding Chen Luo’s base, and Zhao Hai agreed despite recognizing Chen Luo’s group.
• Zhang Kun and Zhao Hai brought more than six hundred people to the Villa District and demanded that Chen Luo’s members surrender.
• Song Ling smacked Zhang Kun on the back of the head and challenged him for threatening Brother Chen.

Chen Luo subdued Zhang Kun and forced his men to join an expedition to the Logistics Park, where he and Zhao Hai planned to gather supplies. The group loaded into trucks and set out, while Dharma King stayed behind to guard the Villa District.

• Song Ling ambushed Zhang Kun, and Chen Luo ordered Zhang Kun’s men to surrender before having Zhang Kun taken away to be shot.
• Chen Luo proposed raiding the Logistics Park, and Zhao Hai agreed to join him in exchange for a share of the supplies.
• Chen Luo made Zhang Kun’s surviving men join the expedition as the vanguard, killing one man who refused.
• Chen Luo sent Dharma King and several others to guard the Villa District while the remaining group departed in trucks for the Logistics Park.

Chen Luo's convoy reached a delivery depot and forced Zhang Kun's people to help clear its Zombies, then began taking the supplies. Meanwhile, Liu Haoyu planned to lure the convoy toward Iron Claw, confident that his Hypnosis could make its leader trust him.

• Chen Luo's convoy arrived at the logistics park and found that someone had killed some Zombies at a Da Express depot but left the packages untouched.
• Chen Luo made Zhang Kun and about three hundred others fight alongside his people, and they killed over a hundred Zombies, suffering a few deaths and more than twenty injuries.
• Chen Luo had Mi Li, Liu Qi, Wang Ling, and Gao Yue treat the wounded before his group prepared to clear the other delivery depots.
• Liu Haoyu's group realized Chen Luo's convoy had taken over the depot they had been working to clear, and Liu Haoyu decided to send the newcomers toward Iron Claw.
• Liu Haoyu revealed that he was a Psychic Esper Ability User specializing in Hypnosis and believed he could make the convoy's leader trust him.

After Chen Luo’s group cleared a parcel depot, Liu Haoyu tried to hypnotize them and lure them to a powerful Zombie so he could keep the supplies. Chen Luo exposed the hypnosis and learned about the Zombie Iron Claw, then ordered Liu Haoyu to lead them to it.

• Chen Luo’s group sorted valuable supplies at the parcel depot while Zhao Hai and Chen Guang welcomed Liu Haoyu’s offer to show them a warehouse of snacks.
• Rice sensed Liu Haoyu’s bad intentions, and Chen Luo realized Liu Haoyu had hypnotized Zhao Hai and Chen Guang.
• Chen Luo slapped Liu Haoyu and knocked Zhao Hai and Chen Guang out of the hypnosis, then forced Liu Haoyu to explain his plan.
• Liu Haoyu admitted he wanted to lure them to a powerful Zombie called Iron Claw, whose sharp claws could tear people apart.
• Chen Luo had Mi Li heal Liu Haoyu and ordered him to lead the group to Iron Claw.

Chen Luo brought Liu Haoyu to a warehouse to find Iron Claw and crippled the zombie’s claws in a fight. He forced Iron Claw to become his sparring partner, promising to feed him while secretly knowing Iron Claw would soon die from his mutation.

• Chen Luo carried Liu Haoyu into the warehouse and searched for Iron Claw, cutting down the zombies in their way.
• Chen Luo called out until Iron Claw appeared, then claimed he had come to make friends and bring food.
• Chen Luo used Void Walk to ambush Iron Claw and severed both of his arms with a Void Sword.
• Chen Luo threatened Iron Claw with his sword and demanded that he stay as a sparring partner for a few days.
• Iron Claw agreed to go with Chen Luo if he was fed, and Chen Luo promised him a feast despite knowing the mutant would soon die.

Chen Luo brought Iron Claw back under control, led the survivors through a dangerous supply raid, and set terms for recruiting Zhang Kun’s people. He left the newcomers with a small ration and began selecting promising recruits, while a mass grave loomed in their future.

• Chen Luo confiscated Iron Claw’s severed claws, threatened him into obedience, and locked him in a truck before bringing him to Some Da Express.
• Chen Luo urged the survivors to gain courage, then lured Zombies out in batches as the group raided six delivery depots, losing seventeen people and gathering supplies for 122 trucks.
• Chen Luo gave Zhao Hai twenty-two trucks of supplies and invited Zhang Kun’s people to join either his group or Zhao Hai’s after proving themselves against Zombies.
• Chen Luo distributed small rations to Zhang Kun’s people and, with Rice in his arms, singled out a dozen promising recruits while a large pit awaited the others.

Chen Luo tried to awaken new Space abilities by sparring with Iron Claw and setting Dharma King a humiliating punishment if he failed. After enduring Dharma King’s slap, Chen Luo finally grasped Mutated Space Cage the next day.

• Chen Luo sparred with Iron Claw to push his potential, but stopped when he could no longer bear the blows and let Xia Haoran try instead.
• After a day without learning a new skill, Chen Luo locked Iron Claw in the truck and asked Dharma King to slap him if he failed to awaken one the next day.
• Mi Li absorbed her crystal and advanced to Level Four, becoming the fourth person in the group to reach that level.
• Chen Luo spent the next day trying to master Space Cutting but failed, so Dharma King reluctantly slapped him under their agreement.
• Chen Luo scolded Dharma King and scrubbed him with a brush, then finally grasped Mutated Space Cage the following day.

Chen Luo learned Spatial Cage while sparring with Iron Claw, who later died after Chen Luo delayed feeding him. During the rain, Chen Luo distributed crystals to his members and had Jin Tao summon a level-four undead mage, revealing that its crystal could be harvested; Jin Tao asked for food but was promised a meal tomorrow.

• Chen Luo learned Spatial Cage while taking a beating from Iron Claw, but could only use it to trap himself.
• Iron Claw died after Chen Luo put off feeding him, and Chen Luo extracted his crystal and buried him.
• Chen Luo distributed reserve crystals to the members during a two-day downpour while they stayed indoors.
• Chen Luo made Jin Tao summon a level-four undead mage, which Chen Luo killed, and Fang Yu extracted its crystal.
• Jin Tao realized his summons could provide crystals, then asked Chen Luo for food and was promised a good meal tomorrow.

After zombies evolved to level three and Jin Tao died suddenly after exploiting the summoning bug, Chen Luo learned of a nearby trade fair and decided to attend in search of useful supplies and potential recruits. He arrived with Zhao Hai and a hundred people, where a stranger called out to him.

• Chen Luo set new crystal quotas for his members and watched Jin Tao die shortly after summoning his sixth creature, but he could not determine the cause.
• A group of survivors told Chen Luo about a trade fair at the National Highway 999 toll station, and he accepted their invitation and gave them cigarettes.
• Chen Luo decided to attend the fair to trade supplies and meet potential recruits, while Zhao Hai also agreed to go with him.
• Chen Luo packed level-two crystals, rice, and snacks, then set out with Zhao Hai and a hundred people, leaving Mi Ling and Mi Li behind.
• At the trade fair, a stranger called out to Chen Luo and invited him to have some fun.

Chen Luo and his group visited a highway trading point, where he rejected a sleazy man's offer and set up a stall to recruit powerful ability users and buy high-level crystals. He bought a truckload of diesel from Deng Xianhong, who offered it as a gift to gain his friendship.

• A sleazy man offered Chen Luo and his group women in exchange for supplies, but Chen Luo angrily sent him away.
• Chen Luo set up a stall, posted recruitment and crystal-buying signs, and gave his people crystals to shop while warning them not to seek trouble.
• Chen Luo and his companions browsed the market, where he bought goods with crystals and spotted a truckload of diesel.
• Chen Luo paid Deng Xianhong 135 crystals for all forty-five barrels of diesel.
• Deng Xianhong offered Chen Luo the entire truckload as a gift and said he sincerely wanted to be his friend.