Chapter Summaries

Lu Li and Jun Shutong returned safely to the Camp after surviving the Bat Magical Beast, and Lu Li advised Jun Shutong on organizing the growing settlement. The next day, Fatty Lei reported that more newcomers had arrived.

• Lu Li explained that the Bat Magical Beast tracked moving targets with ultrasound, while Jun Shutong worried about the bullet she had spent.
• Lu Li and Jun Shutong returned to the Camp, where Fatty Lei thanked Jun Shutong for saving him and complained to Lu Li about being used as bait.
• Jun Shutong asked Lu Li for advice on Camp rules, and he suggested assigning work, organizing supply teams, and creating a contribution points system.
• Lu Li fed Feebas and went to bed after leaving Jun Shutong to consider his suggestions.
• On the sixth day since Pokémon arrived, Fatty Lei told Lu Li that more newcomers had reached the Camp.

Lu Li learned how An Kang and his family had crossed the mall by following gray humanoid Pokémon fighting Rattata over protein powder. An Kang also described the brutal gang controlling Anke Survivor Camp, explaining why his family had fled to Lu Li’s camp.

• Fatty Lei introduced Lu Li to An Kang, Liu Li, An Xi, and An Ran, who had joined the camp.
• An Kang explained that his family had followed gray humanoid Pokémon through the mall while they fought Rattata over protein powder.
• An Kang told Lu Li that Wang Dazhuang had seized Anke Survivor Camp by killing its manager and terrorizing the residents.
• An Kang said Wang Dazhuang used corpses as bait when gathering supplies and that he had brought his family to Lu Li’s camp after their food ran low.

Lu Li and Fatty Lei kept Anke Camp’s abuses from Jun Shutong, fearing she would risk herself to rescue its survivors, while Lu Li arranged for An Kang to help develop the camp’s contribution points system. Lu Li continued caring for Feebas, then found Jun Shutong and An Kang discussing the system, leaving the camp preparing to test it.

• Lu Li warned Fatty Lei not to tell Jun Shutong about Anke Camp, and Fatty Lei persuaded An Kang and his family to keep it secret.
• Lu Li learned that An Kang had been a Federation Bank branch manager and recommended him to help Jun Shutong with the contribution points system.
• Lu Li fed and groomed Feebas, noticing that it reacted more readily and floated up when he lifted it from the tank.
• Lu Li visited Jun Shutong and found her discussing the contribution points system with An Kang, who said they had worked out a plan and still needed to trial and revise it.

Lu Li and Jun Shutong searched the third floor for supplies, but a crash and tremor raised fears that Rattata were damaging the mall’s load-bearing walls. They returned to find the camp in chaos, where Liu Li had calmed the survivors, and Lu Li warned Fatty Lei to take more responsibility.

• Lu Li asked Jun Shutong to join him on a supply search, and they went to the third floor to collect clothes and food.
• A loud crash shook the mall, and Lu Li and Jun Shutong feared Rattata might be gnawing through its load-bearing walls.
• Lu Li warned that repeated tremors could force them to relocate the camp, and Jun Shutong agreed to return with him.
• Liu Li calmed the frightened camp survivors, then yielded the lead back to Jun Shutong.
• Lu Li told Fatty Lei that he needed to step up and manage the survivors during future emergencies.

At Cliff Second Base, a doctor’s experiments showed that Caterpie and Metapod resisted most modern weapons and other attacks, leading him to suspect they were high-dimensional life forms. Outside the base, Banette sensed the gathered resentment and life energy, then engulfed the facility in Will-O-Wisp and began feeding.

• A curly-haired doctor tested Caterpie with handguns and an armor-piercing rifle, finding that the shots left little more than marks on it.
• The doctor concluded that Caterpie was nearly immune to firearms but vulnerable to fire, and recommended flamethrowers while cautioning that the findings might not apply to other Pokémon.
• The doctor’s team tested Metapod with firearms, fire, electricity, and poison, but none of the methods caused effective damage; the doctor declared that biology had died.
• Banette sensed abundant resentment and life energy inside Cliff Second Base and spread Will-O-Wisp until the flames engulfed the facility.
• Banette began absorbing energy and grudge from the burning base, then noticed that some of the grudge came from a Pokémon.

Lu Li examined reports of deaths among people trying to reach the camp and identified poisonous dust from Butterfree as a likely cause of one victim’s death. He agreed with Jun Shutong to name the survivor camp Dawn and joined her plan to collect rainwater.

• Fatty Lei showed Lu Li an observation log documenting three deaths among people crossing from the Star Sea Residential Community toward the Shopping Mall.
• Lu Li concluded that a young man who had died painfully on the road was likely killed by toxic dust from nearby butterfly Pokémon and warned Fatty Lei to alert the Supply Collection Team.
• Lu Li read about two other victims, one killed by Oddish in the Green Belt and another bitten to death by a Gray Canine Magical Beast.
• Jun Shutong asked Lu Li to help name the survivor camp, and they settled on Dawn Camp.
• Lu Li advised Jun Shutong to collect the coming rain in buckets, and he agreed to go with her.

Lu Li and Jun Shutong collected rainwater so the camp could boil enough water for everyone to bathe, while Jun Shutong stayed behind to guard against flying Magical Beasts. After bathing, Lu Li returned to find her directing the water collection and reporting that the rain had kept the flying Magical Beasts mostly inactive.

• Lu Li and Jun Shutong agreed to collect rainwater for baths after Fatty Lei refused to join them.
• Lu Li and Jun Shutong filled four buckets in the rain, and Jun Shutong stayed behind to guard while Lu Li went to alert the camp.
• Lu Li informed Fatty Lei and the kitchen staff that Jun Shutong was organizing water for everyone to bathe.
• Lu Li bathed and then returned to the roof, where Jun Shutong said the flying Magical Beasts had barely moved since the rain began.

Lu Li persuaded Jun Shutong to use the rain as cover for a trip to the Water Station, while he stayed behind to lead the Camp. Jun Shutong returned with bottled water and immediately set out for another run, leaving Lu Li and the others to carry the supplies inside.

• Lu Li convinced Jun Shutong that the Camp should collect rainwater and make a trip to the Water Station while the rain kept many Pokémon sheltered.
• Jun Shutong organized two groups, then led seven men toward the Water Station while Lu Li remained at the Camp.
• Lu Li and Fatty Lei prepared to collect rainwater and store hot bathwater for Jun Shutong's return.
• Jun Shutong radioed Lu Li that she had left bottled water at Entrance Seven and was going back for another load.
• Lu Li led Fatty Lei and fourteen others down the emergency stairwell, where they found a large stack of bottled water blocking the entrance.

Jun Shutong returned to Dawn Camp with twenty-seven survivors and an unexpected discovery, but three Palpitoad attacked the group with hypnotic and immobilizing moves. Lu Li led the survivors toward the Arcade, where Jun Shutong counted nine people missing.

• Jun Shutong brought back twenty-seven survivors from Area Two and told Lu Li she had also found something unexpected.
• Three Palpitoad emerged from a manhole and used a soothing cry to mesmerize the camp workers.
• Lu Li snapped out of the effect, told Jun Shutong to fire a warning shot, and led the group toward the Arcade as the Palpitoad attacked.
• The Palpitoad trapped or slowed people with mud and foamy beams while the survivors fled up the emergency stairs.
• Jun Shutong counted nine people who had not reached the Arcade: seven newcomers and two elderly camp residents.

Lu Li welcomed Wang Haipeng and the rescued survivors into Dawn Camp, then warned Jun Shutong about perfume attracting Magical Beasts and discussed recovering supplies and the camp’s casualties. Jun Shutong showed him a glowing seed found in a bird-type Magical Beast’s droppings, leading Lu Li to suspect Pokémon-world Berries could begin spreading through this world.

• Lu Li welcomed Wang Haipeng, who had carried a fallen little girl to safety, and brought the survivors back to Dawn Camp for baths and hot ginger tea.
• Lu Li warned Jun Shutong that perfume could attract canine Magical Beasts and advised her to retrieve the supplies left at Entrance Seven when the three toad-like beasts were gone.
• Jun Shutong reported nine deaths, including two longtime camp members, and showed Lu Li a glowing seed found in a bird-type Magical Beast’s droppings.
• Lu Li identified the bird-like beast as probably Pidgeot and reasoned that Pokémon Berry seeds might spread widely, potentially changing the world’s plant ecosystem.

Lu Li investigated how Pokémon energy might affect humanity and prepared to grow Pokémon-world Berries with help from experienced farmers. The next morning, Jun Shutong led a supply team to Entrance Seven, where she confronted armed men led by Zhao Zhu.

• Lu Li asked Camp supply teams to collect Magical Beast droppings and considered whether Pokémon energy could cause human evolution or destruction.
• Lu Li analyzed why he had quickly recovered from Palpitoad's Growl, then prepared soil and sought farming advice from elderly Camp residents.
• Fatty Lei told Lu Li that several Camp residents had farming experience, and Lu Li consulted them before asking Fatty Lei to survey everyone's skills.
• On the eighth day after Pokémon arrived, Jun Shutong led a group to Entrance Seven and began gathering supplies after finding no trace of the attackers.
• Huang Jiafei warned Jun Shutong that armed men were approaching from Anke Residential Community, and Jun Shutong drew her handgun when Zhao Zhu and his men advanced.
• Zhao Zhu claimed his group needed supplies for elderly people and children, but Jun Shutong ordered the men to drop their weapons, raise their hands, and approach along the wall.

Jun Shutong interrogated four thugs from Anke Camp and learned that it was controlled by criminals, but Lu Li persuaded her not to launch a risky rescue. He also convinced her to reconsider letting the captured thugs join Dawn Camp, proposing instead that they serve as sacrifices to the Ghost Magical Beast.

• Jun Shutong had Zhao Zhu and his three lackeys restrained, then interrogated them separately about their camp and confirmed their stories matched.
• Zhao Zhu described the dire conditions and violent rule at Anke Residential Community Building B Survivor Camp, prompting Jun Shutong to ask Lu Li whether she should intervene.
• Lu Li warned Jun Shutong that attacking Anke Camp could endanger her people and urged her to wait for its thugs to come to the Shopping Mall.
• Jun Shutong abandoned her plan to go to Anke Camp, then said she intended to lock up the four captured thugs briefly before allowing them into Dawn Camp.
• Lu Li argued that the thugs should not join Dawn Camp and proposed that they take turns serving as sacrifices to the Ghost Magical Beast, with their sentences based on their crimes.

Lu Li arranged for Zhao Zhu and his three companions to serve as recurring sacrifices for the Ghost-type Magical Beast, sparing camp residents from that duty. On the ninth day, he reviewed the Pokémon threats around Dawn Camp and its dwindling supplies, then left encouraged by the time he had gained to develop as a Trainer.

• Lu Li persuaded Jun Shutong to sentence Zhao Zhu and his companions to take the camp's place as sacrifices for the Ghost-type Magical Beast.
• Lu Li frightened Zhao Zhu by explaining that the prisoners would be sent to the arcade in pairs, with the surviving pair freed after the other died.
• Fatty Lei gave Lu Li a map of Pokémon sightings around the mall and reported that Houndour fires and other dangerous Pokémon remained concerns.
• Lu Li learned that the camp had food and water for about a month at most, while newcomers continued to arrive and the Federation had not come.
• After eating, Lu Li headed back to feed Feebas, pleased that the sacrifices had bought him another twenty days to develop.

Lu Li tried to persuade Mimikyu to protect the Camp from the Rattata, while Mimikyu misunderstood him but decided to keep an eye on the humans it considered its emergency rations. The chapter ended with Lu Li confirming that Pokémon could communicate through actions, though humans and Pokémon could not fully understand each other’s words.

• A mother arrived at the Camp with her two hungry children after her husband went missing, and Lu Li told her the Camp would help raise them.
• Fatty Lei told Lu Li that Zhao Zhu had returned after being kept away for a day by the Ghost-type Magical Beast.
• Lu Li visited Mimikyu in the Arcade and tried to convince it to protect the Camp by warning it that Rattata threatened its food supply and home.
• Mimikyu misunderstood Lu Li but decided to watch the humans more closely and intervene if they were in danger.
• Mimikyu used Confuse Ray to send Lu Li outside, and he realized it had accepted the desk lamp and that Pokémon communication was possible through actions.

Lu Li cared for Feebas, named it Xiaomei, and tried unsuccessfully to teach it Tackle. Afterward, he went looking for Jun Shutong and learned that she had gone on a supply-gathering trip to the Berthing Hotel.

• Lu Li noticed his resistance to Confuse Ray had improved and returned to his room, where Feebas greeted him.
• Lu Li fed Feebas, named it Xiaomei, and took its affectionate response as a sign that their bond was growing.
• Lu Li tried to teach Xiaomei Tackle by demonstrating how to smash through cardboard, but Feebas did not understand.
• Lu Li saw the grandmother and grandson doing chores in the Camp and reflected on the strain the apocalypse placed on families.
• Lu Li went to find Jun Shutong but learned from Fatty Lei that she had taken a group to gather supplies at the Berthing Hotel.

Lu Li went to the Berthing Hotel after Jun Shutong and her squad failed to return, and learned they were trapped on the sixth floor because of danger on the fourth. He found a female Indeedee delivering food to a hotel guest, leaving him to wonder why she was thriving in the apocalypse.

• After Jun Shutong failed to return from the Berthing Hotel, Lu Li took a radio and went there alone to investigate.
• Lu Li contacted Jun Shutong, who told him that her group was trapped on the sixth floor and that the fourth floor was dangerous.
• Lu Li decided to investigate the fourth floor himself rather than seek help from Mimikyu.
• Lu Li found a female Indeedee pushing a food cart and recognized her as a Psychic- and Normal-type Pokémon.
• Lu Li watched Indeedee deliver food to a guest who thanked her as a great magical beast.

Lu Li entered a hotel room and learned from Eve Liya that Indeedee had confined the surviving guests while caring for them. When Indeedee tried to communicate with Lu Li psychically, the attempt caused him severe pain, and Indeedee soothed him with a green light.

• Indeedee delivered meals to the hotel guests, and Lu Li entered Eve Liya’s room to ask about the Pokémon.
• Eve Liya explained that Indeedee had been caring for the guests but prevented them from leaving, and that he had made several would-be escapees disappear.
• Indeedee arrived at the room and motioned for Lu Li to follow him, while Eve Liya assured Lu Li that he would be safe if he stayed.
• Lu Li pleaded with Indeedee through his thoughts to let him return to his family and companions, but Indeedee’s psychic reply caused him intense pain.
• Indeedee used a green light and a soothing fragrance to ease Lu Li’s pain, and Lu Li slowly stood up.

Lu Li persuaded Indeedee to let him and his companions leave the hotel, while declining Indeedee’s offer to take in everyone from the Camp. Indeedee allowed them to go and invited Lu Li to visit alone if he ever faced danger.

• Indeedee revealed that it had been keeping survivors in the hotel to care for them and feed on their positive emotions.
• Lu Li asked Indeedee to release his companions and rejected the offer to bring the Camp’s residents to the hotel, warning that Mimikyu might follow.
• Indeedee agreed to let Jun Shutong and the others leave, but specified that only Lu Li could stay at the hotel in the future.
• Indeedee used Teleport to take Lu Li to the sixth floor, where he hurriedly gathered everyone from their rooms.
• Jun Shutong feared Lu Li had been captured, and Lu Li told her that Indeedee had agreed to let them return.

Lu Li led Jun Shutong and the other scavengers out of the hotel after negotiating with Indeedee, who provided supplies and agreed to release them. Back at Camp, Jun Shutong wondered whether intelligent Magical Beasts were keeping humans as livestock, and Lu Li suggested Indeedee might feed on human emotions.

• Lu Li led Jun Shutong to the Emergency Exit, where Indeedee vanished after letting them pass.
• Lu Li told the group that Indeedee had agreed to release them if they never returned, and everyone carried the supplies he had left behind.
• Lu Li guided the group across the skybridge and brought them safely back to Camp, where Fatty Lei welcomed them.
• Huang Jiafei recounted the hotel encounter to Fatty Lei while the others gave Lu Li and Jun Shutong time alone.
• Jun Shutong thanked Lu Li and asked whether the Magical Beasts they had encountered were intelligent and kept humans like livestock.
• Lu Li suggested that Indeedee, like the Ghost Magical Beast, might feed on emotions produced by humans.

Lu Li worried about how to feed Feebas once his remaining fish food ran out, then visited the Berthing Hotel to invite Indeedee to Dawn Camp. Indeedee accepted and agreed to stay hidden from the Camp’s frightened residents.

• Lu Li reassured Jun Shutong that the hotel’s Pokémon were not necessarily safer than the Ghost Magical Beast, then returned to find Feebas lively and increasingly beautiful.
• Lu Li quietly removed all the fish food from the Aquarium, where Slowpoke’s psychic power kept the Pokémon from fighting, and worried that his supplies would run out within a week.
• Two days later, Lu Li gave Indeedee a gift at the Berthing Hotel and invited it to visit Dawn Camp for its positive emotions.
• Indeedee accepted Lu Li’s invitation after considering the hotel guests and agreed not to appear before the Camp residents.
• Indeedee turned invisible rather than using Teleport, leading Lu Li to suspect it was stronger than he had thought.