Recaps

Chen Mo and Xiao Yu spent the night together, then Chen Mo agreed to Zhao Min’s plan for a Chinese Character Programming Language competition. Ant Army Company announced the competition for next June with a top prize of two million, and the news quickly spread.

• Chen Mo and Xiao Yu became lovers, spent the night together, and shared a quiet weekend at the villa.
• Zhao Min brought Chen Mo the application materials for the Chinese Character Programming Language Environment project and discussed a programming competition.
• Chen Mo approved Zhao Min’s plan and asked Mo Nv to create animated instructional videos for the programming language.
• Ant Army Company announced its Chinese Character Programming Language competition for next June, offering a top prize of two million.

Lin Shu sought her grandfather’s permission to enter Ant Army Company’s programming competition to win money for her brother’s surgery, while Chen Mo completed preparations to teach the Chinese Character Programming Language and chose a new technology task. The Sci-Tech Library gave Chen Mo knowledge of a room-temperature superconducting material called Silicon Carbon.

• Lin Shu showed her grandfather the competition notice and pleaded to enter so she could help pay for her brother’s treatment.
• Lin Shu’s grandfather reluctantly agreed to let her try, and Lin Shu vowed to win the prize money.
• Chen Mo checked Mo Nv’s teaching videos and instructed her to upload the first set and provide another set each week.
• Chen Mo entered the Sci-Tech Library and selected the Chemical Materials technology book.
• Chen Mo absorbed the technology and learned about Room-Temperature Superconducting Material—Silicon Carbon.

Chen Mo learned the synthesis and applications of room-temperature superconducting silicon carbide, but decided to keep the technology secret until he could protect himself. He picked up his cousin Zhang Xinxin, who came to stay with him after her exams and asked to work at his company.

• Chen Mo absorbed detailed knowledge about room-temperature superconducting silicon carbide and its potential uses, including superconducting chips.
• Chen Mo resolved not to reveal the material because its enormous value could bring dangerous trouble.
• Aunt Zhen told Chen Mo that Zhang Xinxin had finished her exams and was traveling to Bin Hai City; Chen Mo agreed to pick her up.
• Chen Mo and He Xiaoyu welcomed Zhang Xinxin at the bus station and brought her to the villa.
• Zhang Xinxin asked Chen Mo for a summer job at his company, and he agreed to have He Xiaoyu arrange entry-level work for her.
• Chen Mo took He Xiaoyu and Zhang Xinxin to the shopping plaza that evening.

Chen Mo agreed to represent Marching Ant Company at the China Internet Conference and planned to unveil a robot, while Zhang Xinxin began her path toward a job as an office assistant. The chapter ended with Chen Mo and Julie flying to Yanjing the day before the conference.

• Xiao Yu told Chen Mo that Li Ruoxi had found an office assistant position for Zhang Xinxin, and Chen Mo approved the entry-level job so she could learn independence.
• Zhao Min told Chen Mo that animal tests supported his Breast Enhancement Pill and that it had been submitted for human clinical trials.
• Chen Mo gave Zhao Min a formula for an Aphrodisiac Drug and agreed to bring a robot to the China Internet Conference in Yanjing.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to prepare simple independent intelligent software for the robot and worked on precision components for the 3D printer.
• A week later, Chen Mo and Julie boarded a plane to Yanjing for the conference.

Chen Mo inspected Ant Army Company's Capital Branch and found Lin Zhiyuan playing a game with a script written in the Chinese Character Programming Language. He disciplined Lin while recognizing his technical skill, then urged the R&D staff to learn the language before leaving for his hotel.

• Xia Changlong welcomed Chen Mo and Julie to the Capital Branch and took them to inspect the R&D department.
• Chen Mo found Lin Zhiyuan playing a game with a script he had developed in the Chinese Character Programming Language.
• Chen Mo deducted half a month's bonus from Lin Zhiyuan for misusing his talent, then raised his salary by 5% under the company's policy.
• Chen Mo made Yin Zhenghao and Wang Ming full-time employees after reviewing their program and encouraged the R&D staff to learn the Chinese Character Programming Language.
• Chen Mo toured the branch, learned about its operations, and left for the hotel with Julie and the others.

Chen Mo traveled to the capital with Julie to attend the China Internet Conference and prepared to give a keynote speech for Ant Army Company. At the conference venue, he met Yu Chengnan and Zhou Hongwei, discussed their business interests, and warned them that the internet would soon face new security challenges.

• Julie explained the conference schedule to Chen Mo and shared how Zhao Min had helped her build Ant Army Company.
• Chen Mo reviewed the conference materials, then went with Julie to the Capital International Convention Center the next morning.
• Yu Chengnan asked Chen Mo again about licensing the Intelligent Assistant technology, but Chen Mo refused.
• Zhou Hongwei joined Chen Mo and Yu Chengnan, and they shared that their conference topics were cybersecurity, terminal devices, cloud computing, chips, and artificial intelligence.
• Chen Mo told Zhou Hongwei that the internet was no longer safe and that new challenges would arrive in the near future.

At the Internet Conference, Chen Mo discussed the risk of future cybervirus attacks before turning his attention to the forum. In the exhibition area, Ant Army Company’s robot Yao Ji amazed reporters with her natural movements and ability to respond to commands.

• Chen Mo told Zhou Hongwei and Yu Chengnan that future virus attacks could again devastate the internet and suggested asking General Yu for advice.
• Chen Mo listened to the forum dialogue between Zhang Wei and Wu Hequan, then grew bored and chatted with his companions.
• Jia Jin explored the conference exhibition and headed to Ant Army Company’s display after learning the company had brought products.
• Lu Hongyi introduced Yao Ji as Ant Army Company’s Bewitching Concubine Series Robot Butler, and she greeted Jia Jin and shook his hand.
• Yao Ji changed poses for the reporters, shook hands with them, and poured Jia Jin a glass of water at Lu Hongyi’s request.

Yao Ji Robot’s debut made Ant Army Company and Chen Mo the focus of public attention and established the company as a major contender in Artificial Intelligence. Chen Mo was called to deliver his keynote speech at the Internet Conference, leaving his remarks yet to come.

• News reports and online discussions about Yao Ji Robot spread rapidly, with many people marveling at its capabilities and worrying about intelligent robots.
• Chen Mo told Yu Chengnan that Yao Ji was an early prototype with a battery lasting less than three hours and many flaws.
• A hostess escorted Chen Mo backstage as he prepared to deliver his keynote speech.
• Du Chun introduced Chen Mo to the conference as the founder of Ant Army Company and a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence.
• Chen Mo stepped up to the podium, steadied his nerves, and looked out at the audience.

Chen Mo spoke about Ant Army Company's ambitions in Artificial Intelligence, then gave People's Daily an exclusive interview about his life, company, and views on AI. After the interview, he returned to rest before an evening business event.

• Chen Mo told a forum that AI was reshaping the world and said Ant Army's intelligent robots were already in the experimental stage.
• Yu Chengnan and Zhou Hongwei discussed Chen Mo's confidence and Ant Army's advanced robot technology.
• Julie told Chen Mo that People's Daily wanted an exclusive interview, and he agreed to meet the reporters that afternoon.
• Jiao Yan arrived at Chen Mo's hotel with photographers and began the interview after an initially awkward introduction.
• Chen Mo discussed his daily life, meeting his girlfriend Xiao Yu, Ant Army's founding, and the future of Artificial Intelligence during the ninety-minute interview.

Chen Mo attended a business networking event, where Wu Hequan and Li Chengzhi urged him to join the Academy of Engineering. Chen Mo agreed after Li Chengzhi promised the title would bring no major obligations and that dedicated personnel would protect his family.

• Chen Mo arrived at the networking event with Julie and met Wu Hequan, who praised his achievements and escorted him aside for a private conversation.
• Wu Hequan asked Chen Mo to join the Academy of Engineering, explaining that the higher-ups were considering making an exception for him.
• Li Chengzhi arrived and said he had also been working to bring Chen Mo into the Academy of Engineering.
• Li Chengzhi explained that Chen Mo would receive a title and allowance, face no forced research duties, and have dedicated protection for his family.
• Chen Mo agreed to join, and Wu Hequan returned and led him inside to meet someone.

At a networking event, Chen Mo avoided Wu Bing’s mistaken assumption that he was pursuing her and later spoke with Yu Chengnan. He left the event with Julie and returned to the hotel.

• Wu Hequan introduced his niece Wu Bing to Chen Mo, but Wu Bing told Chen Mo she was not interested in rich heirs.
• Wu Bing left after Yan Ruyu approached Chen Mo and Wu Hequan failed to persuade her to stay.
• Chen Mo avoided Yan Ruyu and joined Yu Chengnan, who discussed the value of connections and resources.
• After Yu Chengnan left, Chen Mo watched the event’s entertainment and moved to a secluded corner to avoid the socialites.
• Chen Mo waited until the event ended, called Julie over, and returned with her to the hotel.

Chen Mo returned to Bin Hai City for a surprise birthday celebration arranged by Xiao Yu and Zhang Xinxin, then went to work and prepared to assemble a seismograph. The chapter left him in his laboratory, ready to begin building it with the custom components that had arrived.

• Chen Mo spoke with Xiao Yu, who asked him to return home on the night of the 25th without explaining why.
• As the Internet Conference ended, Chen Mo returned to Bin Hai City, where Xiao Yu met him at the airport.
• Xiao Yu and Zhang Xinxin surprised Chen Mo with a birthday cake, then smeared cream on his face as the result of a bet.
• Xiao Yu gave Chen Mo a Peace Talisman she had prayed for at Lingyin Temple.
• Zhao Min told Chen Mo that his ordered components had arrived and planned to put a company robot in the lobby as a receptionist.
• Chen Mo went into the laboratory to begin assembling the seismograph.

Chen Mo had Mo Nv write a paper explaining his earthquake early-warning research, but Nature and domestic journals rejected it, so he published it on the company website. Zhao Min learned of the paper and sent Xiao Yu to ask Chen Mo about it.

• Chen Mo began assembling equipment with robot assistance and had Mo Nv draft a paper on earthquake early warning while withholding the core seismometer principles and manufacturing technology.
• Chen Mo submitted the paper to international Nature, but Campbell dismissed it as baseless and ordered its rejection.
• After domestic Nature and Science also rejected the paper, Chen Mo had Mo Nv publish it on the company website.
• Cheng Mingxin noticed the new paper, printed it, and brought it to Zhao Min's office.
• Zhao Min praised Chen Mo's work and sent Xiao Yu upstairs with the paper to ask him what was happening.

After Chen Mo’s theoretical paper on earthquake early warning triggered widespread criticism and mockery, Zhao Min urged him to respond. Chen Mo stood by his theory, and Army Ant Company posted his remark that geniuses were always misunderstood.

• Li Tiejun saw Chen Mo’s earthquake early-warning paper on Army Ant Company’s website and published a report that quickly spread across the media.
• Seismology and physics experts criticized the paper for lacking experimental data, while many netizens mocked Chen Mo online.
• Reporters gathered outside Army Ant Company to question Chen Mo, and Zhao Min asked him how they should respond.
• Chen Mo refused to withdraw the paper and told Zhao Min that geniuses were always misunderstood.
• Zhao Min decided to use Chen Mo’s remark as the company’s response, and Army Ant Company posted it on its official Weibo.

Chen Mo completed the first seismometer and began planning tests in earthquake-prone regions, including the possibility of deploying units on the seafloor. The chapter left him calling Li Chengzhi to solve the problem of transporting the devices overseas.

• Xiao Yu felt upset by the online mockery of Chen Mo, and he comforted her and took her out for a walk.
• Half a month later, Mo Nv told Chen Mo that the first seismometer had been assembled and its algorithm loaded.
• Chen Mo considered testing the device in the Ring of Fire and asked Zhao Min to help arrange overseas tests.
• Xiao Yu suggested deploying the seismometers on the seafloor, and Chen Mo decided to modify them and prepare materials for ten units.
• Chen Mo called Li Chengzhi to discuss transporting the seismometers across the ocean.

Chen Mo showed Li Chengzhi a seismometer built from the principles in his controversial paper and asked him to arrange its deployment near the Mariana earthquake zone. After Li Chengzhi agreed to seek help, Chen Mo continued modifying the device to withstand deep-sea pressure and transmit warning signals.

• Li Chengzhi visited Ant Army Company and asked Chen Mo why he had summoned him.
• Chen Mo took Li Chengzhi into his laboratory and showed him the seismometer based on his earthquake-prediction paper.
• Chen Mo asked Li Chengzhi to help deploy six seismometers near Mariana, and Li Chengzhi agreed to consult the Academy of Sciences’ oceanographic expedition.
• Li Chengzhi photographed the instrument and left to seek arrangements for its deployment.
• Chen Mo continued modifying the seismometer to handle deep-sea pressure and send signals to the outside world.

Wu Zhen, a veteran earthquake researcher who had lost his family in an earthquake, examined Chen Mo’s paper and seismograph, hoping the device might advance earthquake early warning. He agreed to help Chen Mo secure field tests, leaving Chen Mo to prepare the instruments for deployment on land and at sea.

• Wu Zhen repeatedly studied Chen Mo’s earthquake early warning paper but could not identify its most important principle.
• Li Chengzhi visited Wu Zhen and showed him photos of Chen Mo’s seismograph, prompting Wu Zhen to ask to see it.
• Li Chengzhi brought Wu Zhen to Ant Army Company, where Chen Mo explained that he had withheld the paper’s core details to prevent the technology from leaking.
• Wu Zhen examined the seismograph and learned that Chen Mo planned to test it in snowy regions and the Western Pacific.
• Wu Zhen asked to access the instrument’s collected data if it proved useful, and Chen Mo welcomed him into the planned research collaboration.
• Wu Zhen agreed to help Chen Mo secure the experiment, while Chen Mo prepared to modify the seismographs for seafloor deployment.

Chen Mo completed modified seismographs for the snow-region survey and the Academy of Sciences’ ocean expedition, then shipped the equipment to the teams responsible for installing it. The snow-region installations began successfully, while Wu Zhen’s expedition prepared to inspect the remaining seismographs before placing them in the Mariana Trench.

• Chen Mo modified seabed seismographs with Mo Nv’s help, adding pressure-resistant structures, one-way extremely low-frequency transmitters, and safeguards against unauthorized recovery.
• After the final crates were loaded at Binhai Port, Chen Mo gave Li Chengzhi a tutorial video for Wu Zhen and explained the seismographs’ self-destruct protection.
• Chen Mo promised Xiao Yu a couple of days off and agreed to take her to a movie after two months of work.
• Zhang Songlin and his team installed and calibrated a seismograph in the snow region, while Luo Changhua’s team carried out the same work elsewhere.
• Wu Zhen’s expedition team opened six crates aboard the ship and discovered the modified seabed seismographs intended for placement in the Mariana Trench.

Wu Zhen’s research team completed installing seismographs on the Pacific seabed, while Chen Mo began researching room-temperature superconducting silicon carbide. The chapter ended with Mo Nv telling Chen Mo that people from the Island Nation had salvaged one of the seismographs.

• Wu Zhen explained that the Ant Army Company instruments were seismographs based on Chen Mo’s earthquake early-warning research, and defended testing the experimental design.
• Wu Zhen’s team deployed five seismographs during a half-month research voyage and successfully installed the sixth in the West Pacific.
• Shi Tengchuan Ying tracked the Huaxia research vessel, found a metallic object with sonar, and ordered his crew to salvage it.
• Chen Mo analyzed early seismograph data and focused on synthesizing high-purity silicon carbide for room-temperature superconducting materials.
• Mo Nv told Chen Mo that the Island Nation people had salvaged one of the seismographs.

Chen Mo confirmed that Ant Army Company’s salvaged device was a seismometer and said its core technology could not be leaked. A week later, Mo Nv delivered the first warning of a possible magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the West Pacific, putting the instrument to its first real test.

• Chen Mo told reporters that Island Nation had salvaged Ant Army Company’s test equipment and confirmed that it was a seismometer under development.
• Chen Mo said the seismometer might predict earthquakes but still needed verification, and he assured reporters that its technology could not be leaked.
• Li Lingfeng told Chen Mo and Zhao Min that Island Nation was delaying the return of the instrument and had denied him a visa.
• Chen Mo explained that the salvaged device’s chip had been destroyed and told Zhao Min not to waste too much time trying to recover it.
• A week later, Mo Nv warned Chen Mo that the seismometer had detected a geomagnetic anomaly in the West Pacific and that a magnitude 6.0 earthquake might occur in two hours.

Chen Mo learned that American and Island Nation forces were heading to salvage his seismometer, so he announced a subtle earthquake warning to show the consequences of interfering with his equipment. The warning spread worldwide as both forces raced toward its coordinates, leaving the predicted earthquake and the seismometer’s fate unresolved.

• Shi Tengchuan Ying and Carter redirected their forces toward the undersea signal, hoping to salvage Ant Army Company's equipment.
• Mo Nv told Chen Mo that American warships and the Island Nation were heading for the seismometer.
• Chen Mo informed Zhao Min that he would publish a warning about a possible earthquake near the seismometer's location.
• Chen Mo posted a subtle warning on Ant Army Company's website, giving coordinates and predicting a magnitude 6.0 earthquake within two hours.
• Media outlets worldwide circulated the warning, and Shi Tengchuan Ying and the American military raced toward the target waters.

After Army Ant’s earthquake prediction proved accurate, Liu Qiang and others deleted their smear articles and apologized to Chen Mo, while the seismometer’s importance stunned the world. Carter’s crew found the signal device in the West Pacific, but an Island Nation fleet arrived as they began salvaging it.

• Carter’s warship was jolted by the earthquake, but he ordered the crew to continue toward the signal’s source.
• The United States Geological Survey and the Island Nation Meteorological Agency reported a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in the West Pacific and issued tsunami warnings.
• Liu Qiang felt ashamed of smearing Army Ant, deleted his article, and wrote, “We Owe Chen Mo an Apology!”
• Netizens and media deleted or withdrew their attacks, and Army Ant’s official Weibo account gained five million followers in less than half an hour.
• Carter’s crew detected the device that had sent the signal and prepared to haul it aboard.
• A soldier warned Carter that an Island Nation fleet was approaching, but Carter ordered the salvage operation to proceed.

After the seismographs successfully predicted an earthquake, Chen Mo warned countries that had recovered Ant Army Company instruments to return them and pay compensation. Cheng Guo, director of the Earthquake Administration, then arranged to test and purchase twenty seismographs, leaving Chen Mo and Li Chengzhi alone to continue their discussion.

• Chen Mo learned that the U.S. military had recovered a seismograph and ordered Ant Army Company to demand its return within three days, warning of consequences otherwise.
• Cheng Guo and Li Chengzhi visited Ant Army Company so Cheng Guo could seek help deploying seismographs across the country.
• Chen Mo said he could not supply enough instruments for nationwide coverage, but agreed to provide twenty for test zones.
• Cheng Guo agreed that the Earthquake Administration would consider buying the twenty instruments for one hundred million once their effectiveness was confirmed.
• Zhao Min took Cheng Guo on a tour of the company, while Chen Mo and Li Chengzhi stayed behind.

Chen Mo assured Li Chengzhi that the seismometer’s technology remained secure and gave him a research paper to pass to Wu Zhen. Meanwhile, American and Island Nation officials sought intact devices after the salvaged American seismometer proved burned out, and the Island Nation navy was ordered to search the seabed again.

• Li Chengzhi told Chen Mo that Chile and Indonesia were interested in the seismometer and asked whether its technology had leaked; Chen Mo assured him it had not.
• Chen Mo gave Li Chengzhi the complete Earthquake Early Warning research paper and asked him to pass it to Wu Zhen.
• At Norfolk Naval Base, Carter watched experts open the salvaged seismometer, whose internal components had been burned out.
• A military officer demanded surveillance footage and confronted Carter, who insisted that his people had not damaged the device.
• Shi Tengchuan Ying received an order from his elderly superior to search the route of the China Scientific Expedition Team with sonar and find an intact seismometer.

Chen Mo and Zhao Min discussed the seismograph’s global attention, production, and pricing as Chen Mo prepared to research room-temperature superconducting material. Zhao Min warned him to keep a low profile and stay safe, while Ant Army Company prepared to sell the technology to countries for $50 million per unit.

• Chen Mo shared a warm breakfast with Xiao Yu before they went to work at Ant Army Company.
• Zhao Min told Chen Mo that seismograph production procedures were underway and that the company had attracted intense attention and a record-breaking valuation.
• Zhao Min warned Chen Mo to avoid causing more trouble and to protect his personal safety because powerful interests might target him.
• Zhao Min explained that ambassadors from earthquake-prone countries wanted information about the seismograph’s accuracy and price.
• Chen Mo estimated the device’s production cost at about three million and said its accuracy might reach eighty percent, while Zhao Min proposed a selling price of $50 million per unit.