Elara Harvey has been reborn as an infant with no power and wakes to a dangerous moment: a zombie, Riven Hoyle, approaches. Elara fears she'll die; Riven, a transmigrant who already risks losing his human mind, freezes when the baby reminds him of his daughter from a previous life. The zombie realizes the infant speaks, murmuring "Zeta," and offers a bottle as the baby cries from hunger. That unexpected act shifts the scene from attack to choice, and Riven’s next decision to feed or to strike will determine whether any of his humanity remains.
When a zombie notices, 'My Frenzy Value is dropping,' he suspects the Sovran girl he's caring for is the cause. The Sovran wakes disoriented, outraged and embarrassed to be tended by a zombie, but he insists on taking her outside. They confront a mass of roaming zombies; the girl expects death because her 'cheap dad' seems ordinary. Instead the horde recoils, and even a menacing Tier‑I zombie approaches then unexpectedly submits. The episode ends with both stunned: his falling Frenzy Value and the Tier‑I's submission leave their survival and the cause unresolved.
During a street encounter, the narrator's zombie father effortlessly subjugates an agile Tier-I mutant with a single look and names the new subordinate Flash after a prior drop in his Frenzy Value. Bystanders stare as two Tier-I mutants become his bodyguards and ordinary zombies fall in line. The narrator suddenly recalls a past-life report that Rivertown was razed by a mysterious Zombie King whose two powerful subordinates—one fat, one thin—match these zombies exactly. The episode ends with the narrator realizing her zombie dad may be that same Zombie King, leaving his identity unresolved.
She discovers the feared tyrant who destroyed Rivertown is her father when she notices him soften, lower his Frenzy Value, and awkwardly smile for her. After collecting infant supplies, he subjugates Tier-I mutant zombies—three fall under his command and he immediately evolves into a Tier-II Zombie King. His power grows because her presence removes the Frenzy constraint, letting him absorb zombie strength. Riding down a dangerous street together, she contemplates preventing the later event that turned him into a monster: "If I can stop that event from happening, will I change everything?"
A hidden survivor realizes she's being watched by a man riding a monster; he locks eyes with her, then rides away. A nearby clash reveals two crippled Tier-I mutant zombies flagged as subjugable and ordered killed. At a raider camp, a child shouts to her father, 'I want this one!' as the group argues about feeding a captured creature to their men and whether a baby girl could be eaten. One person instead detects the infant's unusually pure energy—stronger than any Sigma-tier corestone they'd absorbed in a past life—making the baby an unexpected prize and leaving her fate unresolved.
A reborn adult trapped in a tiny body awakens to surging energy and discovers two superpowers—time control and telekinesis—but his small form is already saturated and must digest the power slowly. He and other survivors are taken to a human settlement shelter that he remembers as exploitative hell. Later, sharing chicken soup, a girl thanks him and calls him "Dad," which startles him because he can’t yet speak; he revels in being a father, but the child soon complains, "Dad, stop spinning—I'm getting dizzy," leaving his new role and unstable powers unresolved.
Survivors arrive at a supposed rescue shelter but are stopped by Orson's gatekeepers, who demand ten pounds of food per person. Hungry and out of supplies, one man offers crucial intel instead: he saw a figure at Sunglow Quarters controlling two mutant zombies like pets while holding a baby — a suspected Zombie King. Though skeptical, Orson realizes the high-level corestone could be either a treasure or a new threat. He orders everyone armed, detains the informant, and vows to crush the Zombie King in the cradle and retrieve the corestone, setting up an imminent armed strike.
An armored survivor force led by Orson opens fire on a zombie stronghold, using tanks, rocket launchers and mortars to clear the horde. Inside, the Zombie King notes his near Tier-III resilience but fears for Zeta, a normal baby vulnerable to stray bullets. He orders pack members Burl and Flash to take Zeta west while the pack provides cover. As they try to break out, Orson's team spots two unusually fast mutant zombies—one carrying a crib—racing away. The survivors converge and shout, "Stop them!", leaving the escape unresolved.
The episode opens with Gifted captains and soldiers surrounding the Zombie King's group as they charge to capture him and the infant Zeta. Gunfire and powers blast forward, but attacks suddenly fail: fireballs vanish and wind blades are blocked. Burl and Flash are ordered to run with Zeta while suppression continues, yet the superpowers can't reach the baby. Investigating, the captains detect a new power field centered on the infant. The key turn: they identify the baby as the source — possibly the real Zombie King — forcing both sides to halt and rethink their next move, leaving escape uncertain.
The group realize the baby girl is the real Zombie King when superpower attacks fail. They switch to a sniper plan and lock a target while two controlled zombies are suppressed to clear the shot. The baby's strong mental power pushes a host into frenzy; warnings flash as Frenzy Value climbs to 80, 85, then 90 percent. The sniper prepares a second shot as others exclaim "Stop it!" and someone calls "Dad." With host mental collapse declared imminent, the group is left on the knife edge between firing and total loss of control.