Chapter Summaries

Nan Shao, Zhang Yi, and Li Muran entered an apartment complex to search for supplies and Corpse Crystals. After Zhang Yi froze while facing an old woman and child zombie, the group continued searching, and a young man appeared on the fourth floor.

• Nan Shao led Zhang Yi and Li Muran into an apartment building, where they killed zombies and extracted Corpse Crystals.
• Zhang Yi and Nan Shao searched an empty apartment and found tools but no food or clean clothes.
• Zhang Yi hesitated when he saw an old woman and child zombie, and Nan Shao pulled him out of danger while Li Muran killed the child.
• The group searched the apartment, collected food and children’s clothes, and Zhang Yi said he wanted to retrieve his mother’s pickled vegetables another day.
• After finding little on the next two floors, Zhang Yi and the others encountered a young man stepping out of an apartment on the fourth floor.

A mysterious young man stole Nan Shao’s Tang sword and disappeared, while Zhang Yi, Nan Shao, and Li Muran searched an apartment and discovered he had taken a zombie’s Corpse Crystal. With zombies closing in, the three escaped to the roof and prepared to practice killing them.

• A handsome young man disarmed Nan Shao, took his Tang sword, and vanished down the stairs.
• Zhang Yi and the others found a dead zombie with its Corpse Crystal missing and gathered useful supplies from the apartment.
• Li Muran spotted zombies climbing the stairs, so Zhang Yi led the group up to the roof and locked the iron door behind them.
• Nan Shao counted dozens of zombies below and proposed staying on the roof to practice fighting them.
• The three agreed on a fallback route and took turns resting and using their weapons, with Nan Shao taking the machete first.

Nan Shao, Li Muran, and Zhang Yi retreated from the zombie-filled building after losing a blade and collecting too few Corpse Crystals. Back in Wangyang Town, they reunited with Zhang Ruiyang and Meat Tower Chen, who had failed to find a radio station, and Nan Shao asked where the Vanguard Team was staying.

• Nan Shao killed six zombies at the iron gate, while Li Muran struggled to use the chipped machete and wore herself out.
• Nan Shao stopped Zhang Yi from fighting on, and the three left through the stairwell and returned to Wangyang Town with only fifteen Corpse Crystals.
• Zhang Ruiyang ran to Nan Shao by mistake, then called for Zhang Yi, and his tiger game made everyone laugh.
• Meat Tower Chen told them he had spent the day tuning the radio without finding a station.
• Nan Shao asked where the Vanguard Team was staying.

Zhang Yi and Nan Shao prepared to kill Zheng Kun and went to the Vanguard Team’s house at night to scout it. They reached the building and began observing the rooms through an open window.

• Nan Shao questioned Meat Tower Chen about the Vanguard Team’s house, Zheng Kun’s room, and its night-watch arrangements.
• Meat Tower Chen told Zhang Yi that Zheng Kun’s team had taken guns and ammunition from the old Public Security Bureau, and explained the rivalry between Zheng Kun and Wang Yuanwei.
• Zhang Yi considered how Zheng Kun’s death might affect the Vanguard Team and decided the operation needed to leave no clues.
• After dark, Zhang Yi and Nan Shao went to scout the Vanguard Team’s house without Li Muran.
• Zhang Yi and Nan Shao slipped behind the house and watched the occupants through an open window.

Zhang Yi and Nan Shao secretly watched Zheng Kun’s room and learned he planned to cripple Yangyang and the others after they left. As Zheng Kun approached the balcony with a gun, Nan Shao pulled Zhang Yi up to the third floor to escape detection.

• Zhang Yi and Nan Shao climbed onto the second-floor balcony and spotted Zheng Kun inside his room.
• Zheng Kun ordered a subordinate to break the fatty’s and Yangyang’s arms and legs and dump them in the slums.
• Nan Shao restrained Zhang Yi and calmed him by reminding him that Yangyang was waiting at home.
• Bai Mei argued with Zheng Kun over his plan to hurt Meat Tower Chen, and Zheng Kun attacked her.
• Bai Mei noticed someone on the balcony, so Nan Shao helped Zhang Yi climb to the third floor as Zheng Kun came to investigate.

Zhang Yi and Nan Shao killed Zheng Kun while he was with Bai Gong, then staged the scene to make her death look like suicide. They left the gun behind and postponed killing Zheng Kun’s subordinate.

• Zhang Yi and Nan Shao hid on the balcony and overheard Brother Wei and the others discussing Zheng Kun, Bai Gong, and their hunt planned for the next day.
• When the power went out, Zhang Yi and Nan Shao climbed down and waited until the man outside had returned to the front of the house.
• Nan Shao stabbed Zheng Kun in the heart while Zhang Yi silenced and restrained Bai Mei.
• Nan Shao and Zhang Yi forced the knife into Bai Gong’s hand and staged her death as a suicide after she killed Zheng Kun.
• Zhang Yi and Nan Shao left Zheng Kun’s gun behind and decided to delay killing his subordinate.

After Zhang Yi and Nan Shao killed Zheng Kun, they returned home and learned that the Vanguard Team had turned on itself, leaving Wang Yuanwei in control. The group trained and recovered while Zhang Yi looked for ways to compensate for his injured leg and Meat Tower Chen struggled with the truth about Bai Mei.

• Zhang Yi and Nan Shao returned home after killing Zheng Kun, and Li Muran and Meat Tower Chen relaxed when they heard they were safe.
• Nan Shao and Zhang Yi struggled with having killed people, then trained through the night while Meat Tower Chen and Li Muran cultivated Corpse Crystals.
• Li Muran exercised with Zhang Ruiyang, and Zhang Yi reported that Zheng Kun had been killed by Bai Mei, who had then died by suicide, while infighting left Wang Yuanwei in control of the Vanguard Team.
• Zhang Yi explained how he and Nan Shao had arranged to frame Bai Mei, leaving Meat Tower Chen stunned by the truth about her.
• Zhang Yi and Nan Shao practiced with their machetes, while Zhang Yi tested ways to work around his injured leg and Meat Tower Chen focused on recovering.
• Zhang Ruiyang blew on Meat Tower Chen's wounds and wished him a speedy recovery so they could play bear together.

Nan Shao, Zhang Yi, and Li Muran returned to the residential complex to hunt zombies and collect Corpse Crystals. After gathering twenty-three crystals, Nan Shao’s unresolved attraction to Zhang Yi made him act awkwardly, and he left to kill more zombies while Li Muran wondered what was wrong.

• After staying home for two extra days without trouble from the Vanguard Team, Nan Shao, Zhang Yi, and Li Muran went out to hunt zombies.
• The three lured zombies toward an open stairwell, killed them nearby, and tossed their severed heads inside so they could retreat safely.
• After half an hour, they barricaded themselves in a cleared apartment and extracted crystals from the heads they had collected.
• Nan Shao saw forty or fifty zombies gathering outside, and the three discussed whether to head for the rooftop or gather more crystals first.
• Nan Shao avoided explaining his discomfort around Zhang Yi and abruptly went outside to kill more zombies, prompting Li Muran to silently ask Zhang Yi what was wrong with him.

Zhang Yi, Nan Shao, and Li Muran cleared the zombies from the residential complex and collected nearly two hundred Corpse Crystals. After returning home, Zhang Yi proposed dividing their remaining crystals so each person could save and spend their own share.

• Nan Shao killed zombies while Zhang Yi and Li Muran helped clear the bodies from the stairwell.
• The three confirmed the complex was almost free of zombies and collected Corpse Crystals from the street and a nearby stairwell.
• They gained nearly two hundred Corpse Crystals and encountered the less-arrogant Vanguard Team on their drive home.
• Zhang Yi proposed setting aside rent and shared expenses before dividing the remaining Corpse Crystals among themselves.

After the group divided their Corpse Crystals, Zhang Yi gave Meat Tower Chen some crystals to train and rested from his exhausting hunt. Nan Shao massaged Zhang Yi while Zhang Ruiyang watched, leaving the child confused by his father’s mixed reactions.

• Zhang Yi and the others counted 189 Corpse Crystals, set aside 89 for expenses, and divided the rest among themselves, giving Nan Shao the extra crystal.
• Zhang Yi gave Meat Tower Chen ten of his crystals so he could train until he could hunt zombies.
• Nan Shao and Li Muran recovered their strength by absorbing crystals, and Nan Shao cooked dinner for the group.
• Zhang Ruiyang noticed Zhang Yi’s soreness and tapped his arms, prompting Meat Tower Chen to offer him a massage.
• Nan Shao took over the massage, and Zhang Ruiyang became confused when Zhang Yi alternately moaned in comfort and cried out in pain.