Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaolin played through the factory level, where BT was captured and the moving assembly line became an innovative combat course. After the finished training ground revealed Ash's challenge, Xu Xiaolin gave the game a perfect score and faced the next crisis.

• Xu Xiaolin fought through the factory’s drainage spillway, picked up the Power Shot attachment, and defeated Ken in a Titan battle.
• Xu Xiaolin entered the assembly factory, equipped the Scorch attachment, and overheard Sam order Ash to kill the Resistance Pilot.
• Xu Xiaolin activated the cargo lift terminal, triggering alarms as a mechanical arm seized BT and carried him away.
• Xu Xiaolin fought through the factory’s moving production line, navigating hazards as a concrete slab was gradually built into a room and then a training ground.
• Ash announced that the stage was set, and Xu Xiaolin praised the level’s design and awarded the game one hundred points.

Teacher Piao played Titanfall’s “Effect and Cause,” where a wristband let him shift between the past and present of an IMC research facility, and he found Major Anderson embedded in the ceiling. As the level revealed that actions in the past could alter the present, Zhou Ting realized Gu Sheng was about to challenge the ceiling of level design again.

• Xu Xiaolin praised “Into the Void” as a pinnacle of level design before Teacher Piao’s livestream interrupted him with cries of shock.
• Teacher Piao and BT defeated Ash, avenging Captain Lastimosa, then continued to Major Anderson’s rendezvous point.
• Inside the research facility, Teacher Piao discovered that a wristband shifted him between past and present, and that events in the past could affect the present.
• Teacher Piao found Major Anderson embedded in the ceiling and learned that Anderson had been sent to investigate the facility’s spacetime distortion.
• BT helped Teacher Piao enter the facility to continue Anderson’s mission, while Zhou Ting watched the stream and realized Gu Sheng was about to break the level-design ceiling.

A Yin used the time-travel glove to fight through the past and present versions of an IMC facility, uncovering the Ark’s power and locating it before IMC could transport it. As the Ark overloaded, time froze around him, leaving the game world suspended in a striking tableau before the shockwave resumed and blasted him away.

• A Yin shifted between timelines to bypass obstacles, evade IMC soldiers, and fight through the factory while learning that the Ark could fold space and time and could destroy a planet if weaponized.
• A Yin reached the control room, decrypted its console, and BT shielded him from a missile before bringing him into the cockpit.
• A Yin switched BT to Ronin, defeated the enemy Titan guarding the bridge, and prepared to scan the Ark.
• The Ark destabilized and released a flash that froze the battlefield, allowing A Yin to cross the drawbridge and approach it through suspended explosions, debris, and soldiers.
• Xu Xiaolin and Zhou Ting recognized the level as a breakthrough in game design, and Xu Xiaolin called it the greatest level in gaming history.
• Time resumed, and the Ark’s shockwave blasted A Yin away and swept through the gaming world.

After the first half of Titanfall ended with a trailer and a seven-day wait for the second half, players praised Gu Sheng’s interactive-movie approach instead of criticizing the split, crushing Shen Miaomiao’s hopes of a backlash. The next morning, Gu Sheng received a collaboration inquiry from America’s Legendary Pictures about a sensory film project.

• Titanfall’s first half ended with a cinematic trailer for Part Two and a countdown to its release in seven days.
• Gu Sheng explained that he had split the game into two parts to present it as a polished interactive movie and make its price feel worthwhile.
• Shen Miaomiao celebrated the split as a chance to hurt sales, while Yan Sheng warned Gu Sheng that it could damage the game’s reputation; Gu Sheng stood by his decision.
• Players praised Titanfall’s quality, defended the two-part release, and mocked Shen Miaomiao when she criticized the lack of content.
• Shen Miaomiao hoped the film industry would reject Titanfall’s interactive-movie label, but the next morning Gu Sheng received an email from Hannah Tour of Legendary Pictures proposing a partnership.

Titanfall’s success led Legendary Pictures to invite Golden Wind into a Pacific Rim crossover, and Gu Sheng proposed expanding the collaboration beyond the end credits. Shen Miaomiao discovered the partnership on Weibo and realized it would add even more hype to Titanfall.

• Titanfall received perfect reviews and widespread praise from players, media outlets, and Huayudian.
• Yan Sheng told Gu Sheng that Thomas Tull had specifically chosen Titanfall for a Pacific Rim promotional collaboration and offered Golden Wind $500,000 for Gu Sheng to serve as an honorary artistic consultant.
• Gu Sheng agreed to the deal and asked Yan Sheng to arrange a meeting so he could discuss a deeper collaboration involving music.
• Shen Miaomiao searched for criticism of Gu Sheng’s interactive movie game idea but found only Guo Fan praising it.
• Shen Miaomiao discovered the Pacific Rim and Titanfall collaboration trending on Weibo and learned that Gu Sheng had arranged it without telling her.
• Shen Miaomiao lamented that the collaboration would further boost Titanfall’s popularity and marveled that Gu Sheng had connections with Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.

Golden Wind celebrated Titanfall’s first-week sales of 355,430 copies and a 99% purchase rate, while Shen Miaomiao mourned her shrinking losses. As the game’s second half unlocked, Dai Xiaomei experienced its cinematic opening as Cooper and BT and reached the signal station, where they rescued Cole’s squad from Stalkers.

• Lu Bian announced that Yiyou x2 had sold 358,920 units and Titanfall had sold 355,430 copies in its first week, generating 70.37 million in revenue at a 99% purchase rate.
• Gu Sheng revealed that he had guessed 350,000 copies before changing his answer to one, and the team joked about breakfast while Shen Miaomiao lamented her reduced losses.
• At eight that evening, Titanfall’s second half unlocked, and Dai Xiaomei began the new section as Cooper riding BT through the mountains toward the signal station.
• Dai Xiaomei and BT heard Cole’s distress call and fought through the Stalkers besieging the control room.
• Cole thanked Dai Xiaomei after she rescued his squad, and she smugly asked him to report on the signal station.

Dai Xiaomei restored power to the signal station, but its restart failed, forcing her to help repair a module on the tower. BT launched her toward the control tower, and the intense ride disconnected her from the sensory link.

• Dai Xiaomei retrieved an Arc Gun from the maintenance substation after surviving repeated attempts through its dangerous parkour course.
• Dai Xiaomei used the Arc Gun to activate the relays, and Cole began restarting the signal station.
• The signal station exploded during the restart, and Cole told Dai Xiaomei she would need to repair a module manually as IMC reinforcements approached.
• BT located an active connection lock module and said throwing was the only option, prompting Dai Xiaomei to climb onto his hand.
• BT threw Dai Xiaomei toward the control tower, and her excessive blood pressure and heart rate caused an automatic sensory-link disconnect.

Brother Shu and Dai Xiaomei restored the signal station and reunited with the Militia fleet, but Commander Briggs planned to transfer BT to another Pilot. BT objected and kept Cooper as its Pilot, and the scene ended with a prompt asking players whether to enable multiplayer co-op.

• Brother Shu crossed the operations towers, used the Arc Gun to defeat IMC reinforcements, and retrieved the uplink module.
• Brother Shu rode a zipline to BT and rejoined the Titan, then they fought off the remaining IMC forces.
• Dai Xiaomei replaced the broken link module atop the satellite dish, fell as it shifted, and BT caught her.
• Dai Xiaomei and BT transmitted the signal, contacted the Militia reinforcements, and met Commander Briggs.
• Briggs announced that BT would be transferred to a qualified Pilot, but BT objected and requested authorization to keep Cooper as its Pilot.
• Briggs approved the link and promoted Jack Cooper to official Pilot before a multiplayer co-op prompt appeared.

Dai Xiaomei joined five top streamers for the co-op Trial by Fire mission, where six Titans dropped into a massive battle to stop the IMC from transporting the Ark. The fight was underway as the squad used their Titans’ abilities to hold off enemy forces.

• Dai Xiaomei joined Sister Zhou, Teacher Piao, Old Ma, Qiezi, and Dong Gua in a six-player party.
• Commander Briggs briefed the pilots on the IMC’s planet-destroying Fold Weapon and ordered them to seize the Ark before it left the airbase.
• The six pilots deployed from a transport ship into a sprawling battle at the airport, where the IMC was preparing to launch the Ark.
• Dai Xiaomei’s BT fought enemy Titans until Sister Zhou arrived and destroyed two foes with Flame Core.
• Teacher Piao and Old Ma combined their Titans’ missile attacks to break through an enemy encirclement.
• Dong Gua and Qiezi attacked the boss-class Legion, with Qiezi distracting it while Dong Gua struck with Sword Core.

Dai Xiaomei pursued the Dragon Star with the Resistance fleet, survived Viper’s aerial attack, and infiltrated the Maltese Frigate to disable its defenses. After proving her skill as a Pilot, she reunited with BT just as Viper appeared to confront them.

• Dai Xiaomei watched Sam escape aboard the Dragon Star with the Ark, and Commander Briggs ordered the Resistance fleet to pursue.
• Viper attacked the Resistance fleet in a flying Titan, destroying warships and knocking Dai Xiaomei and BT from the sky before Barker rescued them.
• Dai Xiaomei boarded the 6-4 fighter and leaped onto the Maltese Frigate, then fought through its defenders and took control of the ship with her data knife.
• BT joined Dai Xiaomei on the Maltese bridge and praised her, but Viper emerged at the bow and declared that her journey was over.

Dai Xiaomei and BT defeated Viper and recovered the Ark from the crashing Dragon Star, but a devastating explosion trapped them. BT shielded Dai Xiaomei and invoked Protocol Three as the screen went black.

• A Yin repeatedly challenged Viper with jokes and different Titan loadouts, but Viper killed him again and again until Dai Xiaomei synchronized with BT and destroyed him.
• Viper survived the attack and seized Dai Xiaomei and BT, carrying them onto the Dragon Star, where the two Titans fought until Dai Xiaomei killed Viper's Pilot.
• Dai Xiaomei and the badly damaged BT entered the burning ship and retrieved the Ark as the Dragon Star plunged toward the ground.
• An explosion knocked Dai Xiaomei and BT down, and BT raised a metal shield to protect her when she could not escape.
• BT declared, "Protocol Three: I will not lose another Pilot," and braced for impact as the screen went black.

Dai Xiaomei watched Sam and Sloan steal the Ark and seemingly destroy BT, then used BT’s SERE Kit to fight through IMC forces and reunite BT’s core with a new Titan. With BT restored, Cooper charged into the battle to confront Sloan as Sam prepared to fire the Fold Weapon at Harmony.

• Sam captured Dai Xiaomei and BT, forced BT to open its hatch, and Sloan tore the Ark from BT before shooting through its chest.
• BT survived long enough to give Dai Xiaomei its SERE Kit and core, and she used the smart pistol to defeat the IMC soldiers in her path.
• Sarah directed Dai Xiaomei to a waiting Legion Titan, where she installed BT’s core and welcomed BT back.
• Cooper and BT fought through the battle toward the control room while Sam placed the Ark in the Fold Weapon launch chamber aimed at Harmony.
• Sam sent Sloan to face Cooper, and Dai Xiaomei raised her weapon to settle their personal grudge.

Dai Xiaomei and the players destroy Sloan’s Titan, but the launcher blast leaves BT badly damaged as they try to stop the Ark. BT sacrifices himself to save Dai Xiaomei and destroy the Ark, leaving her and the players to mourn him as Cooper’s story concludes and Titanfall’s credits roll.

• Dai Xiaomei and the other players combine their Titan Cores to destroy Sloan and her Titan.
• Dai Xiaomei and BT are thrown clear by the launcher's shockwave, and BT struggles to reboot while warning that throwing is the only option.
• Sam gives Dai Xiaomei an APEX card before leaving, and BT proposes exposing his reactor core to disrupt the Ark.
• Dai Xiaomei and BT enter the launch chamber, where BT throws her to safety and falls toward the Ark, repeating Protocol Three: Protect the Pilot.
• The Ark explodes, and Commander Sarah’s warship rescues Dai Xiaomei as Typhon is destroyed and Harmony survives.
• Cooper’s final message and the players’ farewells to BT play before Golden Wind’s Titanfall title card appears.

After players mourned BT’s sacrifice, Sister Zhou unlocked rewards that revealed an upcoming APEX Legends spin-off. Titanfall’s acclaim and sales surged worldwide, eventually outselling the Yiyou x2 platform itself; the chapter ended with a girl in Binjiang laughing and crying over the industry’s baffling profits.

• Titanfall players around the world broke down over BT’s sacrifice and cursed Gu Sheng for the ending.
• Sister Zhou equipped the postgame rewards, heard BT’s voice pack, and discovered that the APEX invitation teased the upcoming game Apex Legends.
• Players and developers reacted to the reveal as Titanfall earned glowing reviews and inspired competitors to imitate its levels and mechanics.
• Titanfall’s global sales climbed past 650,000 copies, exceeding the Yiyou x2’s 634,589 units as buyers refunded their consoles after finishing the game.
• On the fifteenth day after release, a girl in a dim Binjiang apartment cried and laughed while wondering who in the industry was losing money.

Shen Miaomiao discovered that Titanfall had earned back its investment, while Chen Guangde admitted Xunteng had lost to Golden Wind in fair competition. After Shen Miaomiao decided to guide Golden Wind’s next project herself, the system unlocked a new mechanism for additional derivative investment.

• Shen Miaomiao checked Titanfall’s settlement report and saw that its revenue had reached its 170-million-yuan investment, leaving no rebate.
• Chen Guangde reviewed Xunteng’s losses in the VR pod war and acknowledged that Golden Wind had defeated his three-pronged strategy through fair competition.
• Shen Miaomiao vented her frustration by beating a Gu Sheng body pillow, then resolved to personally guide Golden Wind’s next project.
• Shen Miaomiao tried to settle the Titanfall order early, and the system announced that its new additional derivative investment mechanism had activated.

Shen Miaomiao discovered that derivative projects inherited their main projects’ rebate multipliers and planned to use the mechanism to maximize future payouts. After she developed a fever overnight, Gu Sheng came to her apartment and carried her to the hospital.

• Shen Miaomiao learned that derivative projects inherited the main project’s rebate multiplier and reasoned that she could exploit the settlement rules to raise it further.
• Shen Miaomiao decided to use a Titanfall derivative project for research and imagined making future main projects profitable so their sub-projects could take over her loss-making plans.
• Shen Miaomiao woke during the night with a fever and messaged Gu Sheng to bring her medicine the next day.
• Gu Sheng saw Shen Miaomiao’s message, entered her apartment using the key under the doormat, and found her burning with fever.
• Gu Sheng wrapped Shen Miaomiao in a blanket, carried her to his car, and drove toward the hospital while singing to her as she fell asleep.

After caring for Shen Miaomiao during her fever, Gu Sheng hinted that he wanted a roommate, but she misunderstood his intentions and their teasing ended with him asking her to tell Secretary Chu about the offer. The next morning, Gu Sheng mistakenly thought the project team was gossiping about his supposed foot fetish and defended himself, only to learn they had been discussing his ambitious TTF spinoff idea.

• Gu Sheng carried Shen Miaomiao from the hospital to her apartment, where they teased each other about her husky pillow bearing his photo.
• Gu Sheng said he was looking for a roommate and described his apartment and cooking, while Shen Miaomiao tried to hint that she wanted to move in with him.
• Gu Sheng told Shen Miaomiao to ask Secretary Chu to be his roommate, prompting her to kick at him; they joked about his photo on her pillow before agreeing on a mock greeting of happy cohabitation.
• The next morning, Gu Sheng overheard the project team calling him insane and assumed Shen Miaomiao had spread gossip about his foot fetish.
• Gu Sheng loudly defended his supposed preferences, then learned that Lu Bian and the team had been discussing his challenging idea for exclusive skills in the TTF spinoff.

After recovering, Shen Miaomiao approved Golden Wind’s APEX spin-off project, believing its risky battle royale and hero-skill design could lose money. The meeting ended with the team ready to discuss how the game would be monetized.

• Shen Miaomiao returned to work and agreed to include Wang Xiaoming in the APEX project meeting.
• Gu Sheng proposed making APEX a battle royale with distinctive heroes and skills, while Lu Bian explained how its FPS-first design differed from Cataclysm of the Gods.
• Jiang Yun described how Cataclysm of the Gods had failed because its first-person MOBA gameplay could not support clear macro decisions or coordinated fights.
• Shen Miaomiao approved the project, reassured the team that Golden Wind could afford a loss, and raised monetization as the final topic.

Shen Miaomiao persuaded Gu Sheng to make APEX free only for players who had received Titanfall invitations, preserving the base game's prestige while limiting APEX's audience. As the team debated a fair revenue model, Wang Xiaoming proposed selling cosmetic-only skins, leaving the meeting to consider a new approach to in-app purchases.

• Gu Sheng proposed selling APEX separately to players who did not own Titanfall, while keeping it free for existing owners.
• Shen Miaomiao persuaded Gu Sheng to restrict APEX to invited Titanfall players, and he agreed to the plan.
• Shen Miaomiao rejected pay-to-win monetization and asked the team to find a fair way to earn revenue from the free game.
• Wang Xiaoming proposed selling only cosmetic gun skins and outfits without gameplay advantages, drawing strong doubts from the meeting.
• Gu Sheng approved of Wang Xiaoming's idea, and Shen Miaomiao was delighted by the prospect of a monetization model that could limit APEX's profits.

Shen Miaomiao approved APEX with Wang Xiaoming’s stat-free in-app purchase model, expecting the project to lose money, while Gu Sheng’s team developed a Season Pass and loot boxes packed with tempting cosmetic rewards. As development continued, Lu Bian and Xu Dajiang began plotting to discover why Gu Sheng had started leaving work on time.

• Shen Miaomiao praised Wang Xiaoming’s proposal to sell cosmetics without stat boosts, approved APEX, and created its System document with a seven-day settlement period and an estimated 550 million yuan rebate.
• Gu Sheng assigned Wang Xiaoming to Jiang Yun’s planning team, and Wang delivered a proposal built around a hundred-level Season Pass, loot boxes, and exclusive cosmetic rewards.
• Lu Bian marveled at the spending incentives in Wang Xiaoming’s proposal, while Da Jiang described a Season One Legendary Pilot set inspired by Captain Lastimosa with BT-7274 voice lines.
• Lu Bian noticed Gu Sheng had recently begun leaving work on time and persuaded Da Jiang that he was hiding a beauty at home.
• Lu Bian and Da Jiang agreed to investigate Gu Sheng’s home life with a surprise visit that week.