Chapter Summaries

Wu Bing and Ding Jianwen received biological-enhancement research materials and drug samples from Instructor Li for verification. Wu Bing began testing the samples in her laboratory, promising Li Chengzhi a report within two days.

• Wu Bing's experiments on white mice continued to fail because the drugs caused severe side effects and the mice soon died.
• An assistant summoned Wu Bing to meet Ding Jianwen and Instructor Li, who brought research materials and two drug samples for verification.
• Wu Bing read the materials and found data suggesting that another researcher had successfully enhanced white mice using a substance called the Silence Factor.
• Li Chengzhi asked Wu Bing and Ding Jianwen to verify the drugs' functions and effects, explaining that they were Human Potential Development drugs.
• Wu Bing took the samples to her laboratory, stored one dose in a refrigerated safe, and began testing the other.

Chen Mo and Zhao Min discussed the risks and terms of cooperating with the higher-ups over the enhancement drug. After Li Chengzhi reported that tests showed the drug strengthened cells and mice, Chen Mo proposed a joint arrangement that left production to a company established by the higher-ups.

• Zhao Min asked Chen Mo about the stalled cooperation and worried that the higher-ups might buy out the drug technology.
• Mo Nv announced that Li Chengzhi had arrived at the company.
• Li Chengzhi explained that Wu Bing's tests found no adverse effects and showed the drug improved mice's physical traits and cell activity.
• Li Chengzhi said the higher-ups ideally wanted to buy out the technology, but would consider another arrangement and prioritize Chen Mo's wishes.
• Chen Mo proposed that the higher-ups establish a company to produce the drug, while Ant Army Company received ten thousand in profit for every unit produced.

Chen Mo agreed to provide the military with the medicine technology for a modest technical fee, and explained to Zhao Min why the deal benefited Ant Army Company beyond immediate profits. After work, he and Xiao Yu bought seafood and returned to the villa together.

• Chen Mo offered to charge ten thousand per dose in technical fees and sold Li Chengzhi twenty vials for further experiments.
• Li Chengzhi packed the medicine into a safe and left Ant Army Company to report Chen Mo's terms to his superiors.
• Chen Mo told Zhao Min the medicine could not be sold publicly and that the symbolic fee would earn goodwill while setting limits on future technology transfers.
• Chen Mo entered the Sci-Tech Library after Zhao Min left to handle company affairs.
• Chen Mo and Xiao Yu went grocery shopping, teased each other about dinner, and returned to the villa with seafood.

Chen Mo and Xiao Yu began their day together before Zhao Min briefed Chen Mo on the company’s city projects and the Special Police Brigade’s move nearby. At the biological institute, Wu Bing’s team found that the drug improved several measures in two monkeys, but Wu Bing insisted on continued monitoring and sought a meeting with the drug’s inventor.

• Chen Mo and Xiao Yu woke up together, showered, and went to the company after breakfast.
• Zhao Min told Chen Mo that the Special Police Brigade was relocating beside the company’s Science and Technology Park and gave him the cooperation terms for Smart Transportation and the Unmanned Bus projects.
• Wu Bing and the researchers saw improved readings in the two monkeys given the drug and found gains in their examinations while their results remained within normal ranges.
• Wu Bing ordered continued monitoring and cautioned a researcher that human trials required formal review and approval.
• Li Chengzhi met Wu Bing, heard the preliminary results, and was told that she wanted to meet the person who invented the drug and discovered the Silence Factor.

Chen Mo’s Superconducting Computer neared completion as he met Wu Bing, who had come with Li Chengzhi to discuss the Potential Development Elixir. Wu Bing said the elixir had passed tests on mice and monkeys and could soon proceed to human clinical trials.

• Chen Mo inspected the robot-assembled Superconducting Computer, which was nearing completion in Building No. 1.
• Mo Nv told Chen Mo that Li Chengzhi had brought Wu Bing to see him, and Chen Mo recognized her from their earlier meeting in the capital.
• Wu Bing learned that Chen Mo owned Ant Army Company and had developed the elixir, and she asked how he discovered the Silence Factor.
• Chen Mo said he had tested the substance on mice and rabbits before seeking Wu Bing’s team’s help with further research.
• Wu Bing told Chen Mo that tests on monkeys had found no problems and that human clinical trials could begin after the observation period.

Wu Bing toured Chen Mo’s biology laboratory and learned that his research was a casual hobby alongside work in many other fields. After Wu Bing and Li Chengzhi left, Chen Mo focused on his superconducting computer, which Mo Nv reported complete a week later.

• Chen Mo agreed to participate in the drug experiment and showed Wu Bing his biology laboratory.
• Wu Bing questioned why Chen Mo studied life sciences, and he said he had discovered the Silence Factor while researching medicine for fun.
• Wu Bing inspected Chen Mo’s advanced laboratory and learned he also had labs for several other disciplines.
• Chen Mo told Wu Bing he was already a Wild Academician but avoided Academy of Engineering projects because he disliked their restrictions.
• After Wu Bing and Li Chengzhi left, Chen Mo devoted himself to finishing the superconducting computer.
• A week later, Mo Nv told Chen Mo that the superconducting computer was complete.

Chen Mo tested the completed Superconducting Computer and found its performance far exceeded the world’s leading supercomputer, while keeping the breakthrough secret. After authorizing Mo Nv to use its computing power for company research and production, Chen Mo returned to the Sci-Tech Library to seek his next technology.

• Chen Mo visited the underground laboratory and saw the completed Superconducting Computer, whose existence he decided to keep secret.
• Mo Nv started a trial run and reported a peak speed of 7.324 billion billion operations per second and a sustained speed of 5.248 billion billion operations per second.
• Chen Mo agreed that Mo Nv could optimize the company’s robots and computing systems and design miniature robots for research and production.
• Chen Mo left Building No. 1, relieved that the Superconducting Computer was finished, and kept the achievement from public view.
• Chen Mo returned to his resting room and entered the Sci-Tech Library to look for the next technology.

Chen Mo chose Applied Physics in the Sci-Tech Library and acquired Holographic Technology, though he wondered whether the task required completing all three projector types. After waking beside Xiao Yu, he learned Li Chengzhi had been waiting to see him about Potential Potion Technology and went to meet him.

• Chen Mo selected Applied Physics and received a flood of technical knowledge about Holographic Technology.
• Chen Mo learned the technology covered miniature, medium, and large holographic projectors, but he was unsure whether all three were required to finish the task.
• Chen Mo woke to Xiao Yu wiping his forehead and reassured her that he was well.
• Xiao Yu told Chen Mo that Li Chengzhi had waited in the reception room for an hour.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to bring Li Chengzhi to his office and went to meet him.

Chen Mo agreed to join the human clinical trials of his drug and travel to the capital with Li Chengzhi, bringing the formula and technical documents. Two days later, an escort team took Chen Mo and Wang Hai from his villa to a military base for a dedicated flight.

• Li Chengzhi told Chen Mo that the higher-ups had approved their cooperation and that the drug’s human clinical trials had been authorized.
• Li Chengzhi said the trials would begin after volunteers were recruited, and Chen Mo agreed to go to the capital and provide the drug formula and technical documents.
• Chen Mo and Li Chengzhi set their departure for two days later, and Chen Mo began organizing materials on Holographic Technology after Li Chengzhi left.
• Yang Jun and four other special personnel arrived at Chen Mo’s villa to escort him, while Chen Mo said goodbye to Xiao Yu and assigned White Pearl to drive her.
• Yang Jun’s team took Chen Mo and Wang Hai to a military base, where a dedicated military plane was waiting.

She Ge was offered a place in a dangerous, top-secret program and was given until the next day to decide. Chen Mo arrived at the capital research compound, settled into temporary housing beside Wu Bing, and gave Li Chengzhi an encrypted flash drive containing a drug formula and related technology; the chapter ended with Wu Bing knocking on Chen Mo’s door.

• Zou Kai told She Ge that a top-secret program was recruiting volunteers, warned him of the risks, and asked him to decide by the next day.
• Chen Mo arrived by military aircraft, and Li Chengzhi escorted him to a secured residential compound for researchers.
• Chen Mo moved into a temporary apartment beside Wu Bing, who greeted him and welcomed him as a neighbor.
• Li Chengzhi teased Chen Mo about Wu Bing, and Chen Mo explained that he had married Xiao Yu to give her security.
• Chen Mo handed Li Chengzhi an encrypted flash drive containing a drug formula and related technology.
• After Li Chengzhi left, Wu Bing knocked on Chen Mo’s door.

Wu Bing visited Chen Mo to ask whether the Potential Elixir had been tested on humans and whether it had helped make him unusually intelligent. Chen Mo avoided revealing his secret, and the next morning he went with Li Chengzhi to the Research Institute to begin the next stage of work on the elixir.

• Wu Bing asked Chen Mo whether he had tested the Potential Elixir on humans and whether it could improve brain functions such as memory and learning.
• Chen Mo guessed that Wu Bing suspected the elixir had made him intelligent, but he did not confirm her theory.
• Wu Bing said she wanted the truth and promised to keep it secret, but Chen Mo challenged her reason to trust him.
• Chen Mo teased Wu Bing about offering to become his girlfriend, embarrassing her and diverting their conversation.
• Wu Bing apologized for asking, and Chen Mo explained that they would study the elixir through proper clinical trials rather than risk anyone's health.
• The next morning, Chen Mo followed Li Chengzhi to the Research Institute to work on the Potential Elixir's clinical trials.

Chen Mo visited the Life Science Research Institute, reviewed the successful Potential Elixir experiments, and left with Wu Bing for lunch under the protection of two bodyguards. A bespectacled young man watched them with jealousy and headed toward the dormitories after overhearing staff speculate about Chen Mo.

• Wu Bing showed Chen Mo the experimental monkeys and explained that the four test subjects had improved cellular activity and strength without any signs of illness.
• Chen Mo reviewed and memorized the research materials, then toured the institute and met its director and researchers.
• Wu Bing invited Chen Mo to lunch and offered to show him around the capital, while staff members watched them and speculated about their relationship.
• Two bodyguards sent by Li Chengzhi met Chen Mo at the institute entrance and accompanied him and Wu Bing in a car.
• A bespectacled young man watched Chen Mo and Wu Bing leave, overheard two female staff members discussing Chen Mo, and hurried toward the dormitories.

Chen Mo accompanied Wu Bing on a day of sightseeing, keeping his distance despite her hints because he was devoted to Xiao Yu. The first ten volunteers for the Potential Elixir project completed extensive baseline tests, and Chen Mo and Wu Bing prepared to begin the experiment.

• Chen Mo and Wu Bing visited Ji Gate Pass, where Wu Bing hinted at her feelings and Chen Mo silently reaffirmed that he would not pursue her because he had Xiao Yu.
• Chen Mo spent the day sightseeing and eating with Wu Bing, then traveled to the research institute the next morning with Li Chengzhi's security personnel.
• Wu Bing told Chen Mo that ten volunteers had arrived and were undergoing examinations before she led him into her lab.
• She Ge completed physical, intelligence, memory, and psychological tests after choosing to join the secret China Captain project despite the risks.
• A researcher delivered the volunteers' examination results, which showed they were generally in excellent physical condition, and Wu Bing led Chen Mo to begin the experiment.

At the Academy of Engineering, researchers administered the Potential Elixir to volunteer Luo Yong for its first human trial and monitored his reaction. Luo Yong fell asleep as the elixir began changing his body, while Wu Bing stayed behind to watch over him.

• Ding Jianwen instructed assistants Shen Chongxin and Li Wen to inject Luo Yong with the Potential Elixir as researchers and military security personnel observed.
• After the injection, Luo Yong's heartbeat quickened because he was nervous, but he reported no other immediate discomfort.
• Luo Yong grew profoundly exhausted and worried that something had gone wrong, so Chen Mo explained that fatigue was a normal effect and told him to sleep.
• Luo Yong fell into a deep sleep, and the monitors showed gradual increases in his body fat, bone density, and height while his vital signs remained normal.
• Chen Mo and the others left the room, while Wu Bing and an equipment staff member stayed to monitor Luo Yong until he woke.

Luo Yong woke from a nightmare during a clinical trial and appeared to have undergone visible physical changes after taking the drug. The researchers sent him for a full examination, leaving the trial’s safety and success unconfirmed until the results arrived the next day.

• Luo Yong woke from a nightmare about fighting endless zombies with plants and rocks, then told Wu Bing and the researchers what he had dreamed.
• Luo Yong said he felt hungry but had no other discomfort, while Chen Mo explained that the drug’s effects could consume energy.
• Ding Jianwen noticed Luo Yong looked different, and Chen Mo pointed out that Luo Yong’s body contours, skin tone, and height had changed.
• Wu Bing arranged a comprehensive physical examination, and Luo Yong was taken away while the researchers awaited results due the next day.
• Chen Mo and Wu Bing discussed dinner and the trial, while Shen Chongxin watched them jealously before Liu Liwen invited him to eat.

Luo Yong’s tests showed dramatic improvements in strength and speed after taking the Potential Elixir, leading the research team to declare the trial preliminarily successful. After three days without side effects, Wu Bing began the next trial with three more volunteers.

• Luo Yong recorded a 237-kilogram punch, an 832-kilogram side kick, and a 9.21-second hundred-meter time.
• Ding Jianwen and Wu Bing acknowledged Chen Mo’s role in the elixir’s success, while Chen Mo joked about being handsome.
• Wu Bing ordered daily monitoring of Luo Yong and scheduled further volunteer trials after three days.
• Luo Yong showed no side effects, and his growing strength and agility let him take on four special forces soldiers.
• Wu Bing began the next trial with two men and one woman secured to beds, and Shen Chongxin approached them nervously.

During the second drug trial, Shen Chongxin secretly switched She Ge’s syringe and later injected the stolen medicine into a pen refill. The examinations found improved physical measurements in two volunteers but no obvious changes in She Ge, leaving the trial’s cause for concern unresolved.

• Shen Chongxin switched She Ge’s syringe for one filled with orange liquid while injecting the three volunteers.
• She Ge felt no fatigue or other effects, unlike the other two volunteers, who fell asleep after receiving the drug.
• Wu Bing ordered the volunteers monitored and examined after She Ge’s data showed little change while the others’ data shifted considerably.
• Shen Chongxin slipped away, transferred medicine from the syringe into a pen refill, and disposed of the syringe before returning unnoticed.
• The examination reports showed increased cell activity, bone density, strength, and speed in Volunteers No. 3 and No. 4, while Volunteer No. 2 showed no obvious physical changes.

Chen Mo realized that the failed Potential Elixir experiment might have involved a mix-up or substitution, after Xiao Yu pointed out the possibility. As Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to monitor the researchers, Shen Chongxin revealed that he had secretly taken an elixir and injected it into himself.

• Chen Mo reviewed the failed experiment and remained convinced that the Potential Elixir’s technology was sound.
• Xiao Yu suggested that the volunteer might have been injected with the wrong medicine, prompting Chen Mo to consider that the elixir had been mixed up or swapped.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to watch the researchers for suspicious activity but chose not to alert Li Chengzhi yet.
• Shen Chongxin returned home with the stolen elixir, confident that the researchers blamed the failure on immature technology.
• Shen Chongxin injected the elixir into himself, hid the remaining amount, and fell into a deep sleep.

Chen Mo discovered that Volunteer No. 2 had been injected with fake Potential Elixir after testing the syringe residue, exposing a possible mole inside the research team. Ding Jianwen ordered the team assembled and Instructor Li notified.

• Ding Jianwen ended the discussion and postponed the third-phase experiment while the researchers investigated the volunteers' results and possible elixir problems.
• Chen Mo retrieved the previous day's supplies and syringes with Wu Bing, then explained that the failed trial might have involved a switch rather than a flaw in the elixir.
• Chen Mo tested the residue from Volunteer No. 2's syringe and found that it was colored saline solution, not Potential Elixir.
• Shen Chongxin saw the test results, realized his worst fear had come true, and ran toward the Research Institute's exit.
• Wu Bing and Chen Mo showed Ding Jianwen the report, and he ordered them to gather the team and notify Instructor Li.

After discovering that Shen Chongxin had switched the Potential Elixir, Chen Mo learned that jealousy and plans to sell the stolen elixir had motivated the theft. With Shen Chongxin arrested, Chen Mo prepared to return to Bin Hai City and arranged to use the elixir on his bodyguards once testing was complete.

• Li Chengzhi learned Shen Chongxin had fled, and he told the team to conceal the elixir swap while the investigation continued.
• The security department found the remaining Potential Elixir in Shen Chongxin's room and arrested him on the highway to Jin City that afternoon.
• Li Chengzhi told Chen Mo that Shen Chongxin had stolen the elixir out of jealousy over Wu Bing and intended to sell what remained to foreign pharmaceutical companies.
• Chen Mo said he would return to Bin Hai City the next day and asked to use the elixir on Wang Hai, Black Hawk, White Pearl, and A Nan after testing was complete.
• Li Chengzhi agreed to arrange the bodyguards' treatment once the tests confirmed the elixir was safe, and Chen Mo invited him to buy local specialties.