Chapter Summaries

As the VFV epidemic spread worldwide, tests confirmed that Zhao Min carried the virus despite having no symptoms, and that Lan Xi had also been infected. Chen Mo decided to request Zhao Min's transfer to the capital's quarantine zone, hoping its facilities would provide her the best care and her unusual case might help the research team.

• The WHO identified the New York economic forum and the Paris concert as major sources of the VFV Virus, while infections and travel restrictions spread across the world.
• Li Yufang told Zhao Min that tests had found active VFV in her blood, though her antibodies kept the virus's quantity and activity unusually low.
• Li Yufang reported that Lan Xi's viral quantity had risen quickly and that Zhao Min likely infected her during their recent contact.
• Wu Bing learned that Chen Mo had joined the research team because Zhao Min was a suspected case, and Chen Mo confirmed it.
• Chen Mo proposed transferring Zhao Min to the capital's quarantine zone so the team could monitor her unusual infection and provide better care.
• Wu Bing advised Chen Mo to ask Team Leader Shi for approval, and Chen Mo left to speak with him.

Chen Mo visited Zhao Min in isolation and realized that the Potential Elixir might explain why her VFV Virus infection was unusually slow. He planned to test the elixir as a treatment for Zhao Min and Lan Xi, while refusing to use it on a large scale.

• Chen Mo visited Zhao Min in isolation and told her he had joined the expert team researching a specific treatment for the VFV Virus.
• Chen Mo questioned Zhao Min about her health and learned that she had not taken medicine but had remained healthy since receiving the Potential Elixir.
• Chen Mo realized the Potential Elixir might have strengthened Zhao Min's immunity and slowed the virus's metabolism.
• Chen Mo told Wu Bing he wanted to test the Potential Elixir as a treatment, and Wu Bing warned that large-scale use could expose a strategic secret.
• Chen Mo said he only intended to cure Zhao Min and Lan Xi, adding that others had nothing to do with him.

Qiu Xiang reported that AG72 did not cure VFV but stopped infected macaques from worsening, giving researchers time to seek treatment. At Jianghe Institute of Microbial Medicine, Xu Minsheng’s team completed HX3, a drug that reduced the virus’s activity in a culture dish, and prepared to report it to Chen Mo.

• Qiu Xiang and Judson presented the AG72 test results, which showed the drug failed to cure VFV in macaques.
• Qiu Xiang announced that AG72 had prevented the macaques’ condition from worsening for over a week, prompting researchers to celebrate.
• The Angel Team’s AG72 breakthrough was released to the public and spread worldwide.
• Xu Minsheng’s team at Jianghe Institute of Microbial Medicine completed HX3 using Chen Mo’s research materials and confirmed that it reduced VFV activity in a culture dish.
• Xu Minsheng told his team to compile a report and left to ask Chen Mo how to proceed with HX3.

Chen Mo brought HX3, a drug that reduced VFV activity, to the institute as Zhao Min’s condition began to worsen, and he promised to cure her. Starfish Company’s clinical trials helped slow the epidemic, but neither HX3 nor the WHO’s AG72 could eradicate the virus, and the chapter ended with news of an even bigger development emerging.

• Chen Mo delivered HX3 and the institute’s experimental report to Shi Hongtu, who ordered his team to test the drug.
• Chen Mo told Wu Bing he had a treatment plan that still needed verification.
• A nurse reported Zhao Min’s new chest tightness and red spots, and Chen Mo examined her as her VFV symptoms emerged.
• Chen Mo reassured Zhao Min that he would cure her, and she told him she believed him.
• Starfish Company received approval for HX3 human trials, while the WHO sought cooperation and obtained a batch of the drug.
• Clinical results showed that HX3 and AG72 could slow VFV’s spread, but neither could eradicate the virus; news of a bigger development then emerged.

After GBOY brought the first reported VFV recovery, Chen Mo and Wu Bing confirmed that their antibody treatment had cured all five clinical-trial patients, including Fu Chaonan. Chen Mo decided to use the treatment on Zhao Min rather than try the unfamiliar GBOY first.

• Hardick learned that Amboer Pharmaceutical Company’s GBOY had cured a VFV patient and promised Kelly they would marry once she recovered.
• The WHO verified GBOY, and Glaxo Company announced it would acquire Amboer Pharmaceutical Company for 1.5 billion US Dollars.
• The WHO team reported that AG72II, made using Starfish Company’s HX3, could greatly delay VFV’s progression.
• Wu Bing told Fu Chaonan that tests showed the VFV Virus had disappeared, and he thanked her and Chen Mo for saving him.
• Chen Mo explained that the antibody treatment had cured all five trial patients and said he would now treat Zhao Min.
• Wu Bing asked whether they should try GBOY first, but Chen Mo chose their own treatment plan because they knew its results firsthand.

After Chen Mo’s medical team achieved a 100% cure rate in trials for the VFV Virus, the news brought public hope and drew international attention. Xiao Yu, temporarily managing the Ant Army Group, learned from Chen Mo that Zhao Min had nearly recovered, and the company’s leaders relaxed.

• Shi Hongtu, Wu Bing, Chen Mo, and the medical team announced that their new drug had cured all five VFV-infected patients in clinical trials.
• The public celebrated the breakthrough, while the Ant Army Group pledged twenty million worth of medical supplies and the World Health Organization sent experts to the capital.
• Xiao Yu finished handling company affairs as acting president and read news reports praising Chen Mo’s work.
• Mo Nv connected Xiao Yu to Chen Mo, who told her Zhao Min was nearly recovered and could be discharged in a couple of days.
• Chen Mo asked Xiao Yu to bring Zhao Min the ointment he had made, and Xiao Yu said she would travel to the capital to pick her up.
• Xiao Yu told the Ant Army Group’s senior executives that Zhao Min was recovering, easing the tense atmosphere at the company.

After leaving the hospital, Zhao Min reunited with Chen Mo and Xiao Yu, who gave her ointment to heal her scars. Chen Mo stayed in the capital with them, where Zhao Min made him pay for a day of shopping before they returned home.

• Zhao Min thanked the doctors at Tangshan Hospital and donated five million to support VFV Virus treatment and poor patients.
• Outside the hospital, Xiao Yu teased Chen Mo about other women wanting him, then greeted Zhao Min and gave her scar-removing ointment.
• Chen Mo gave Lan Xi ointment for her scars and spoke with her parents as they thanked him for curing her.
• Zhao Min and Xiao Yu planned to tour the capital, and Chen Mo agreed to stay with them.
• Zhao Min and Xiao Yu made Chen Mo carry their purchases and pay for a full day of shopping before they returned home that night.

After Zhao Min recovered from VFV, she and Xiao Yu teased Chen Mo before the three went sightseeing. The chapter follows the worldwide decline of the VFV outbreak and the investigation into Anboer and the RS Organization, ending with the virus contained but Doliweizi and RS still missing.

• Zhao Min joked with Xiao Yu while Xiao Yu applied ointment to her scars, then teased Chen Mo the next morning about spending the night together.
• Chen Mo, Zhao Min, and Xiao Yu went sightseeing as global reports showed the VFV outbreak worsening and medical supplies running short.
• Glaxo Company began mass-producing GBOY, while Huaxia announced mass production of Kangfei, which worked with Starfish Company's HX3 Agent to cure VFV.
• Huaxia and other regions eliminated the virus, but research linked GBOY to Doliweizi's work and raised suspicion that Anboer was tied to the RS Organization.
• Investigators discovered that Anboer's owners and doctor had disappeared and that the company had transferred Glaxo's 1.5 billion US Dollars; RS then claimed it would stop releasing VFV.
• Over the following months, GBOY and Kangfei helped bring the outbreak to an end, while Chen Mo declined an honorary medal and the RS Organization and Doliweizi remained untraced.

Chen Mo completed and activated a highly advanced robotic body for Mo Nv, then explained its capabilities to Zhao Min. Mo Nv became Chen Mo’s personal bodyguard and secretary, while Chen Mo planned to make additional robotic guards for his family and Zhao Min.

• Chen Mo finished Mo Nv’s lifelike robotic body and activated it after Mo Nv confirmed its systems had no faults.
• Zhao Min visited the laboratory, recognized Mo Nv, and examined her body with Chen Mo’s permission.
• Chen Mo and Mo Nv explained the body’s four operating modes and its extensive sensors, weapons, advanced materials, and power systems.
• Chen Mo said Mo Nv would serve as his personal bodyguard and secretary and that he was making more robotic bodyguards for his family and Zhao Min.
• Chen Mo asked Zhao Min why she had come to the laboratory.

Zhao Min explained how Chen Mo could enter the military industry through domestic and Tanzanian companies, and presented the registered Soldier Ant Equipment and Worker Ant Defense. After Mo Nv got dressed, Chen Mo asked her to gather Wang Hai and the others so he could discuss managing the companies.

• Zhao Min told Chen Mo that military-industry regulations and limited customers made domestic weapons development difficult, so she had registered a Tanzanian company alongside a domestic one.
• Zhao Min explained that Soldier Ant Equipment would handle overseas weapons research, while Worker Ant Defense would develop combat platforms and other equipment domestically.
• Chen Mo accepted the two companies and said they needed trustworthy managers, then proposed asking others for their opinions.
• Zhao Min teased Chen Mo about Mo Nv's appearance, and Chen Mo gave Mo Nv her specially made protective outfit.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to notify Wang Hai and the others to meet him in his office, then left the laboratory with Zhao Min and Mo Nv.

Chen Mo introduced Mo Nv as his assistant and assigned trusted security-team members to manage two newly acquired military-industry companies. Wang Hai and Zhong Lei were set to lead the Tanzania operation, while Zhu He would manage the domestic company.

• Chen Mo, Zhao Min, and Mo Nv arrived at headquarters, where employees photographed the unfamiliar beauty and rumors about her spread online.
• Chen Mo introduced Mo Nv to his security team and said her words represented his own.
• Chen Mo explained that two military-industry companies needed managers, one domestic and one in Tanzania.
• Wang Hai and Zhong Lei volunteered for the Tanzania operation, while Chen Mo assigned Zhu He to manage the domestic company and kept Black Hawk, Mount Tai, and A Nan on security duties.
• Zhao Min gave Wang Hai and Zhu He the company documents, and Mo Nv provided Wang Hai with information about Tanzania and local officials.

Chen Mo acquired Nanoscale 3D Laser Printer Technology in the Sci-Tech Library, bringing him one technology closer to advancing beyond Sci-Tech Apprentice. He returned home with Mo Nv, where Xiao Yu welcomed her as part of the family.

• After photos of Chen Mo and Mo Nv trended online, Chen Mo decided not to respond to the gossip.
• Chen Mo entered the Sci-Tech Library and acquired Nanoscale 3D Laser Printer Technology from the mechanical field.
• Chen Mo studied several related technologies, then rested until the end of the workday.
• Chen Mo brought roses home for Xiao Yu and introduced Mo Nv to her in person.
• Xiao Yu examined Mo Nv, teased Chen Mo about the rumors, and welcomed Mo Nv to sit with the family at dinner.

Zou Weiqi guided Wang Hai and Zhong Lei around a Tanzanian site planned for an arms factory while Reedman prepared a coup in Angola. The chapter ended with Reedman ordering Poison Rose to carry out the next stage of the plan cleanly and decisively.

• Zou Weiqi met Wang Hai and Zhong Lei at the harbor and drove them to inspect the site for their planned factory.
• Zou Weiqi offered to help Wang Hai and Zhong Lei find local workers, believing they were investors in a small machinery business.
• Reedman ordered Makani and Mbo to seize power by arranging Diogo's death, exposing evidence against Vasoren, and putting Neto in power.
• Poison Rose told Makani and Mbo that someone would contact them with the timing and details of the plan.
• Reedman asked Lirik about the progress of the secret research project and told him to report when it was finished.
• Aboard his helicopter, Reedman told Poison Rose to make the next stage of the plan clean and decisive.

Chen Mo gave Zhao Min a War Robot, which she named Xiao Qi, while preparing security for his family and the company. After Zhao Min left with her new robot, Chen Mo began researching the Nanoscale 3D Printer.

• Chen Mo watched news of Angolan candidate Dioding's death while having breakfast with Xiao Yu, Mo Nv, and Xiao Wushuang.
• Xiao Yu told Chen Mo she planned to attend a charity event in Bin Hai City, and he agreed while arranging for a robot and escorts to protect her.
• Black Hawk reported that Wang Hai had arrived in Tanzania to prepare the factory and recruit security personnel.
• Chen Mo brought Zhao Min to the robot laboratory and invited her to choose one of the seven newly completed War Robots.
• Zhao Min registered the female robot as hers, named her Xiao Qi, and left with her after thanking Chen Mo for the gift.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to display the Nanoscale 3D Printer blueprints and began his research.

Chen Mo designed a nanoscale 3D printer while Angola descended into chaos after Dioding’s murder and the alleged evidence against Vasoren. As rebels prepared to resist Vasoren, Reedman learned that American agents had offered them support and ordered them to accept.

• Chen Mo began designing a Nano 3D Printer using Electron-based Ink and his expertise in laser technology.
• After an Angolan government agent was accused of killing Dioding and a recording allegedly implicated Vasoren, protests and riots spread across Angola.
• Vasoren ordered the military to disperse protesters, while Dioding’s party fled with thirty thousand troops and recruited people to resist him.
• Witt offered Murmi weapons, equipment, and international support in exchange for obedience and access to oil fields and mineral resources.
• Lirik told Murmi not to accept the offer without his approval, then said he would give an answer that night.
• Reedman heard about the American agents’ offer and ordered that it be accepted.

Witt delivered Western weapons to Murmi’s forces as protests against Vasoren pushed Angola toward armed conflict. After negotiations failed, Murmi’s men prepared to attack, and a sniper’s shot at a frontline standoff triggered the first gunfire.

• Witt delivered crates of rifles, missiles, and grenades to Murmi’s forces in exchange for signed documents, while Murmi demanded further aid before taking action.
• Lirik told Murmi to wait until Vasoren had lost more support and Westerners had sent more equipment.
• Protests spread across Angola, Vasoren seized control of television and radio stations, and negotiations mediated by the United Nations collapsed over the demand that Vasoren resign.
• Murmi told Si Ge that they could attack but should make Vasoren’s forces fire first, and Si Ge accepted the order.
• At a tense frontline standoff, a sniper killed the soldier beside Arthur and fired near Arthur, who returned fire and broke the silence between the opposing forces.

As Angola descended into civil war and international pressure mounted, Vasoren summoned Ansky to the capital while Reedman prepared to seize power. Mbo received orders to eliminate Vasoren and Ansky when Ansky returned.

• The Opposition Armed Forces released evidence that Vasoren's army had fired first, and public anger grew after a journalist who criticized Vasoren was assassinated.
• The Opposition Armed Forces captured two towns but stalled as they advanced toward the capital, while the United Nations and Western countries pressured Vasoren to resign.
• Vasoren summoned Ansky and other ministers back to the capital, believing the crisis had reached a deadlock.
• Reedman ordered Mbo to take down Vasoren and Ansky in one sweep, and Poison Rose relayed the order.
• Mbo's assistant told him to carry out the plan once Ansky returned, and Mbo accepted the order.

Ansky returned to Angola and learned that Vasoren planned to use a staged coup to remove himself and stabilize the country, but Mbo’s troops seized the Presidential Palace first and installed an interim administration. As Mbo began negotiating with the Opposition Armed Forces, Chen Mo recognized an RS Organization operative in the video and ordered Mo Nv to investigate his connections.

• Ansky met Vasoren at the Presidential Palace, where Vasoren proposed that Ansky arrest him, form an interim administration, and negotiate with the Opposition Armed Forces.
• Mbo’s troops surrounded the Presidential Palace, disarmed its guards, and detained Vasoren, Ansky, and other officials before Mbo took temporary control.
• Senior Angolan generals backed Mbo’s defection, established an interim administration, and had Mbo call for peaceful negotiations on television and radio.
• Lirik told Murmi to negotiate with Mbo, and the two joined a video call in which Mbo proposed returning to the negotiating table.
• Mo Nv told Chen Mo that she had found the man who kidnapped Doliweizi in the Angola negotiations video, and Chen Mo ordered her to monitor him and investigate his contacts.

Lirik and his allies staged peace talks that put Neto in power as Angola’s interim president, while the real mastermind remained hidden. Chen Mo intercepted Lirik’s call and began investigating the mysterious man on a private island.

• Lirik told Murmi that Neto would lead Angola and reassured him that Mbo would not betray their plans.
• Mbo detained Vasoren and other faction leaders, and protests subsided as the military and Opposition Armed Forces agreed to peace talks.
• The two sides reached a staged agreement that disbanded the opposition forces, pardoned their soldiers, and gave them control of the interim government.
• The opposition nominated Neto as interim president, and his public outreach quickly made him the leading presidential candidate.
• Neto asked Lirik to arrange a meeting with the mysterious gentleman who controlled events behind the scenes.
• Chen Mo monitored their call, ordered Mo Nv to save the recording and surveillance footage, and requested an investigation into the island and villa owner.

Chen Mo uncovered Reedman’s identities and the RS Organization’s control of Angola, then secretly shared evidence with several intelligence agencies to have them pursue the conspirators. He left the laboratory expecting the agencies to act while he watched from the sidelines.

• Mo Nv found four fabricated identities belonging to Reedman, though she still could not locate Doliweizi’s biological weapons facility.
• Mo Nv tracked Lirik as he summoned the organization’s core members, and Chen Mo learned that the group controlled Angola’s military leadership.
• Reedman entered the Angolan Presidential Palace with Lirik, Poison Rose, and Murmi, where Neto and the other members gathered to celebrate their plan.
• Chen Mo removed evidence that would expose his surveillance capabilities and sent files on Reedman and the RS Organization to intelligence agencies in several countries.
• Mo Nv confirmed the files were sent without leaving traces, and Chen Mo left the laboratory to go home.