Chapter Summaries

As the apocalypse began, Lu Chen watched Auntie Wang bite his mother and saw his father fight to protect him. Trapped in the basement, he awakened an ability that upgraded to SSS-rank Flame Sovereign, destroyed the zombies, and emerged from the ruins.

• Auntie Wang arrived at Lu Chen's home bloodstained and attacked his mother after being let inside.
• Lu Chen's father struck Auntie Wang with an ashtray and an iron rod, then ordered Lu Chen to take his mother and hide in the basement.
• Lu Chen's father shut the basement door to face the zombies alone, leaving Lu Chen trapped as the monsters approached.
• Lu Chen activated Infinite Replication and gained SSS-rank Flame Sovereign from Auntie Wang's D-rank Flame Manipulation.
• Lu Chen engulfed the basement entrance and the zombies in flames, then walked out of the ruins charred black.

After his father died, Lu Chen rejected Officer Old Zhang’s evacuation group and awakened powerful flame energy while clearing the building of zombies. He burned the building down and left carrying his father’s body, searching for medical resources.

• Lu Chen found his father mortally wounded, and Father Lu warned him not to trust anyone before dying.
• Lu Chen refused Officer Old Zhang’s offer to evacuate and carried his father upstairs.
• Lu Chen killed zombies throughout the building, growing stronger as his flame energy increased.
• Lu Chen mistook a frightened young woman for a threat and killed her with his cleaver.
• Lu Chen used his SSS-Rank Flame Manipulation to burn the building down, killing the still-crawling Auntie Wang.
• Lu Chen picked up his father’s body and set off to find medical resources.

Lu Chen refused Old Zhang’s demand that he join the Dawn Shelter and took his injured father to an abandoned supermarket clinic to treat him. That night, several Lickers attacked, and Lu Chen met them with a wall of fire as a bloody fight began.

• Old Zhang offered Lu Chen medical supplies for his father if he joined the Dawn Shelter, but Lu Chen refused and threatened the officers with his flames.
• Lu Chen carried his father away and found medical supplies in a clinic inside an abandoned supermarket, where he bandaged his father’s wounds.
• Lu Chen checked his Talent Panel and saw his SSS-rank Flame Manipulation and F-rank Perception Enhancement.
• Several Lickers approached the clinic and demanded to borrow a light, but Lu Chen prepared to fight them.
• The Lickers charged into the clinic, and Lu Chen raised a wall of fire to face them.

Lu Chen used copied and replicated water affinity to defeat a Black Wolf Gang ambush, then freed Xiao Lu and took her with him. Carrying his father, he headed toward the temporary shelter, sensing something unusual ahead.

• Lu Chen detected an ambush in the ruins and led the Black Wolf Gang attackers onto a rooftop.
• Lu Chen copied an F-rank Water Element Affinity, raised it to SSS rank, and swept away the gang with Water Dragon's Roar.
• Lu Chen kicked the scar-faced gang leader off the roof and found Xiao Lu bound inside a nearby abandoned house.
• Lu Chen freed Xiao Lu and said she could join him if she obeyed him.
• Lu Chen hoisted his father onto his back and set out with Xiao Lu for the temporary shelter, sensing something unusual near the ruins' exit.

Lu Chen brought his injured father and Xiao Lu to the shelter, where Captain Lin became suspicious of him. After sneaking into the medical area to steal medicine and copying a guard’s Spatial Storage talent, Lu Chen returned to his room while Captain Lin ordered him watched and investigated.

• Lu Chen reached the shelter with his father and Xiao Lu, and Captain Lin questioned them before letting them enter.
• Captain Lin noticed Lu Chen smelled of flames and offered to take him to the medical room, but Lu Chen refused his help.
• That night, Lu Chen overheard Captain Lin torturing a suspected traitor, then broke into the medicine storeroom and took the supplies.
• Lu Chen copied a guard’s E-rank Spatial Storage talent and used it to carry the medicine back to Xiao Lu.
• Captain Lin watched Lu Chen on the surveillance screens and ordered his men to monitor him, investigate his past, and review the medical room footage.

Lu Chen used his flame control to treat burn patients, gained their trust, and copied numerous talents, including an upgraded SSS-rank regeneration ability. He then carried his father out of the base with Xiao Lu, but Captain Lin confronted them as marching footsteps approached.

• Lu Chen treated a severely burned patient with precise flames, impressing Sister Chen and prompting her to try to secure a neural regeneration agent for his father.
• Lu Chen copied Li Si's Cell Regeneration talent and gained the SSS-rank Infinite Regeneration ability.
• Lu Chen treated more patients and copied over a dozen support talents, upgrading them to SSS rank.
• At night, Lu Chen carried his father out through the base's main gate while Xiao Lu followed.
• Captain Lin accused Lu Chen of stealing the neural regeneration agent and removing a patient without permission, but Lu Chen declared that he was the rules and surrounded himself with flames.
• As Lu Chen prepared to leave with his father, the sound of a large force marching toward them drew nearer.

Lu Chen escaped the base with his father and Xiao Lu by copying and upgrading talents that let him evade thermal trackers and spot security gaps. Captain Lin ordered a manhunt and then recognized someone unexpected on the surveillance footage.

• Captain Lin confronted Lu Chen over stealing a nerve regeneration agent and taking his father, but Lu Chen refused to surrender and displayed his fire ability.
• After Xiao Lu warned him about thermal trackers, Lu Chen copied and upgraded Thermal Energy Shielding, then used it to evade the search squad.
• Lu Chen copied and upgraded Eagle Eye Vision to identify patrol routes and surveillance blind spots, leading Xiao Lu and his father through a drainage pipe out of the base.
• Captain Lin failed to catch the fugitives and ordered the base sealed, searched, and checked for people with Eagle Eye-type talents; he also focused the search on Xiao Lu.
• Captain Lin spotted a ragged man carrying a child toward the rear gate on surveillance footage, recognized him, and muttered, “Long time no see...”

Lu Chen infiltrated the base’s medical area to steal a nerve regeneration agent for his critically injured father, but Captain Lin exposed his disguise and attacked him. Lu Chen defeated the guards with copied talents and escaped with the medicine as the base launched a pursuit.

• Captain Lin ordered a search for Lu Chen and noticed a disguised man carrying a child on surveillance footage, then recognized him with surprise.
• Lu Chen prepared to infiltrate the base because his father’s condition was worsening, while Xiao Lu agreed to create a distraction.
• Lu Chen entered the medical area disguised as an injured awakener, copied a doctor’s [Toxin Decomposition] talent, and searched for the nerve regeneration agent.
• Captain Lin confronted Lu Chen near a guarded room, and Lu Chen copied a guard’s [Gravity Manipulation] talent before using its SSS-rank power and flames to incapacitate the guards.
• Lu Chen took the nerve regeneration agent and fled, while Captain Lin sounded the alarm and ordered the base to pursue him dead or alive.

After rescuing Xiao Lu from the Black Wolf Gang, Lu Chen defeated the gang members, found the injured Li Gou'er in the sewer, and forced him to become his first subordinate. He then set his sights on a military base to obtain more medicine and talents, and led Xiao Lu and Li Gou'er toward it.

• Lu Chen returned to the hideout and killed the Black Wolf Gang thugs who were threatening Xiao Lu using an SSS-rank Metal Affinity talent.
• Lu Chen learned from a surviving gang member that Li Gou'er had fallen into the sewer, then found him injured there.
• Lu Chen upgraded Li Gou'er's Beast Instinct and used an upgraded Mental Soothing talent to calm him before making him agree to serve.
• Lu Chen named Li Gou'er the first warrior of the Godslaying Legion and asked Xiao Lu to join him; she agreed to follow him.
• Lu Chen pointed out a nearby military base as his next target, seeking medicine and talents, and set off with Xiao Lu and Li Gou'er.

Lu Chen infiltrated the military base to find the nerve regeneration agent for his father and secretly gather talents, but his suspicious behavior drew the attention of Tang Xue and Professor Zhao. The chapter ended with Professor Zhao ordering One-Eyed Wolf to investigate Lu Chen.

• Lu Chen disguised himself as a B-rank awakened one and entered the base after Tang Xue approved his registration.
• Professor Zhao watched Lu Chen on a monitor and identified him as interesting experimental material.
• Assigned to clear zombie remains, Lu Chen copied more than a dozen talents, upgrading several to SSS rank.
• Tang Xue found Lu Chen awake and watching the base layout, then reported his behavior to Professor Zhao.
• Professor Zhao told Tang Xue to have One-Eyed Wolf discreetly investigate Lu Chen.

Lu Chen pretended to be weak around One-Eyed Wolf, then used his abilities to defeat him and unlock SSS-rank Mind Domination. After discovering One-Eyed Wolf’s memories point to Professor Zhao’s talent extraction experiment, Lu Chen began probing deeper as Tang Xue raised the alarm over One-Eyed Wolf’s disappearance.

• Professor Zhao vowed to teach Lu Chen who was in charge, and One-Eyed Wolf taunted Lu Chen during a supply-moving job.
• Lu Chen pretended to struggle with a heavy crate, prompting One-Eyed Wolf to lift it and exhaust himself.
• In the bathroom, Lu Chen used a staged collision to transfer a strange energy into One-Eyed Wolf, then broke his arm and gained SSS-rank Mind Domination.
• The next morning, Lu Chen knocked One-Eyed Wolf unconscious, dragged him to an abandoned warehouse, and read his memories about Professor Zhao’s plan and talent extraction experiment.
• Tang Xue discovered One-Eyed Wolf was missing and activated the base alarm while Lu Chen prepared to search his memories more deeply.

Lu Chen uncovered Professor Zhao’s live experiments on captive awakened ones, destroyed the secret laboratory, and took its research data. He left the base as Tang Xue triggered an emergency evacuation, while Professor Zhao’s fate remained unresolved.

• After the base alarm sounded, Lu Chen forced One-Eyed Wolf to reveal Professor Zhao’s plans and the secret passage to the underground laboratory.
• Lu Chen set the warehouse ablaze to distract the base personnel, then used an Energy Barrier to defeat the soldiers guarding the passage.
• Lu Chen reached the third underground level, found captive awakened ones undergoing live experiments, and burned the laboratory equipment.
• Professor Zhao confronted Lu Chen, who showed him a data chip containing the research results and prepared to leave.
• Tang Xue arrived at the laboratory, and Lu Chen left after displaying his upgraded flame ability; Tang Xue then pressed the emergency evacuation button.

Lu Chen broke into Professor Zhao's laboratory to steal its research data and investigate Test Subject 09. After rescuing her from isolation, he fled with Professor Zhao's forces closing in and encountered guards ahead.

• Lu Chen's destruction of the laboratory prompted Tang Xue to activate the emergency evacuation system.
• That night, Lu Chen used an Energy Barrier to sneak into the laboratory and copy its database onto a USB drive.
• Lu Chen freed Old Zhou, who told him about Test Subject 09 and led him to her isolation room.
• Lu Chen found Test Subject 09, a frail girl with half-human, half-zombie features, as Professor Zhao ordered the area sealed off.
• Lu Chen carried Test Subject 09 away from the approaching forces, but guards confronted him in the corridor.

Lu Chen rescued No. 09 from the institute, copying and elevating several talents as he escaped through its secret storeroom and destroyed the pursuing force. They reached an abandoned factory, where an unknown person greeted Lu Chen.

• Lu Chen used his new God-Slaying Demonic Sound talent to knock out guards, then discovered wires at No. 09’s temple and learned she was being controlled.
• Lu Chen copied Full-Area Scan and elevated it to Absolute Perception, using it to evade patrols and reach the institute’s third-basement storeroom.
• Lu Chen stole talent samples and experiment records, including the SSSS-Rank Talent Synthesis Plan, before Chen Feng and his soldiers cornered him.
• Lu Chen copied Chen Feng’s Demolition Specialization, elevated it to Destroy Heaven and Earth, and detonated the explosives, killing Chen Feng and his soldiers.
• Lu Chen escaped with No. 09 through a drainage pipe and reached an abandoned factory, where a raspy voice greeted him.

After escaping the burning laboratory, Lu Chen carried the unconscious No. 09 and led Old Zhou through the ruins, leaving Tang Xue behind as she freed prisoners and returned to the flames. They reached an abandoned shopping mall to seek shelter, but Lu Chen heard an unusual sound inside.

• Lu Chen showed Old Zhou the experimental data, and Old Zhou realized it described SSS-Rank Talent Fusion and its potential to make Lu Chen surpass everyone.
• No. 09 collapsed from exhaustion and injuries, and Lu Chen discovered his SSS-rank Talent Compatibility Detection ability showed her D-rank compatibility.
• Lu Chen carried No. 09 out of the factory as pursuers approached, while his flame traps set the laboratory ablaze and destroyed evidence.
• Lu Chen met Tang Xue near the burning base; she opened the gate to free imprisoned personnel, then walked into the flames after saying she hoped they would not be enemies next time.
• At dawn, Lu Chen carried No. 09 and supported Old Zhou to an abandoned shopping mall, where he heard a strange sound coming from inside.

Lu Chen began assembling his Godslaying Legion by recruiting Li Gou'er as its combat leader and Old Zhou as its chief scientist. With the first two roles filled, he planned to gather more capable people for the growing legion.

• Lu Chen used Mind Control on Li Gou'er and recruited him into the Godslaying Legion.
• Lu Chen ordered Li Gou'er to gather capable fighters and form a team within three days.
• Lu Chen offered Old Zhou cooperation and asked what he could contribute to the legion.
• Old Zhou offered to research zombies, develop weapons, and transform humans, and Lu Chen appointed him chief scientist.
• Lu Chen prepared to seek more talented recruits for the legion.

Lu Chen defeated Chen Feng’s soldiers by using his copied SSS-rank talents, then discovered Xiao Lu was injured in the explosion and sensed that she was beginning to evolve. He carried her toward safety, vowing to make Professor Zhao pay as a greater threat approached.

• Li Gou’er and his men were ambushed by Chen Feng’s regular troops while patrolling the mall perimeter.
• Lu Chen copied the sniper’s Ballistic Correction talent, raised it to SSS rank, and shot three soldiers from the mall window.
• Lu Chen used his SSS-rank Demolition Specialization to turn Chen Feng’s parking-lot bombs against his troops, while Li Gou’er led his men into the scattered survivors.
• Lu Chen killed the wounded Chen Feng and declared that he controlled those who tried to control him.
• Lu Chen found Xiao Lu alive but badly injured in a wrecked car, and sensed a powerful energy building inside her as she began to evolve.

After Xiao Lu woke, Lu Chen discovered that her talent had not fully awakened; when she healed Li Gou'er after a mutant rat attacked, her Life Link talent manifested, and Lu Chen replicated it at SSS rank. Xiao Lu agreed to train as a support member of the Godslaying Legion, but the base alarm announced that the test subjects had gone berserk.

• Xiao Lu woke in Lu Chen's arms and recalled Professor Zhao and the laboratory, while Old Zhou found that her talent had not fully awakened.
• A mutant rat attacked Li Gou'er in his tent, and Xiao Lu healed his wound and removed its toxin with pale blue light.
• Lu Chen detected Xiao Lu's D-rank Life Link talent and replicated it as an SSS-rank ability that could link multiple targets.
• Xiao Lu weakened after healing Li Gou'er, and Lu Chen promised to help her become the strongest support and welcomed her into the Godslaying Legion.
• The base alarm sounded, Old Zhou said the test subjects had gone berserk, and crashes, screams, and zombie and mutant roars filled the base.

Lu Chen used a diversion and his replicated talents to reach the medical area and find his unconscious father, but Captain Lin confronted him as he tried to escape. The chapter ended with Captain Lin firing an electromagnetic pulse round and Lu Chen caught in its path.

• Lu Chen learned that berserk test subjects had thrown the base into chaos and that his father was in the guarded medical area with Professor Zhao's people.
• Lu Chen recruited Li Gou'er and used his [Full-Area Scan] to locate his father and assess the medical area's defenses.
• Lu Chen sent Li Gou'er and several awakened to blow up the supply storage area, drawing away Professor Zhao's private soldiers.
• Lu Chen copied and upgraded [Toxin Decomposition] to [Absolute Purification], clearing viral spores so he and Xiao Lu could enter the medical area.
• After learning Captain Lin guarded his father's room, Lu Chen copied and upgraded [Thermal Energy Shielding], crawled through a ventilation duct, and grabbed his unconscious father.
• Captain Lin recognized Lu Chen, aimed an electromagnetic pulse gun at him, and fired as Lu Chen held his father.

Lu Chen used his copied and enhanced talents to defeat Captain Lin’s soldiers and escape through a drainage pipe with his father. Captain Lin ordered a citywide manhunt and told his men to destroy the surveillance footage, then reported to Professor Zhao that the test subject had gone out of control.

• Captain Lin and ten elite soldiers cornered Lu Chen and opened fire, but Lu Chen used SSS-rank [Metal Affinity] to shield himself and his father.
• Xiao Lu activated SSS-rank [Life Link], causing two soldiers to share the impact of Captain Lin’s attack and collapse.
• Lu Chen unleashed SSS-rank [Flame Manipulation] and B-rank [Sonic Oscillation], overwhelming Captain Lin’s energy barrier and injuring his ears.
• Lu Chen broke Captain Lin’s electromagnetic pulse gun, warned him to stay out of his way, and escaped with his father through a drainage pipe.
• Captain Lin ordered his soldiers to chase Lu Chen, erase the surveillance footage, impose martial law, and contact Professor Zhao about the escaped test subject.