Chapter Summaries

As wars spread through Africa and South America, people in peaceful regions looked forward to an unusually large Orionid meteor shower and hoped it would bring peace. At the Lunar Base, Shi Dongting discussed observing the shower with Bi Shichen, while Chen Mo and Xiao Yu planned to watch it with Zhao Min as Chen Mo waited to begin his Mars transformation plan.

• Conflicts escalated across Africa as tribal forces annexed or destroyed one another, and unrest spread through South America amid economic collapse and the assassination of Brazil's president.
• Reports announced that a century-scale Orionid meteor shower would arrive on October 13, inspiring people to share hopes for peace on social media.
• At the Lunar Base, Bi Shichen asked Shi Dongting to watch the meteor shower, and they discussed collecting meteorite samples if any fell near the base.
• Chen Mo watched Mars from his villa balcony as he waited to begin the next stage of his Planetary Transformation plan.
• Xiao Yu told Chen Mo she had invited Zhao Min to watch the meteor shower with them, and she said she planned to wish for something personal rather than world peace.

People around the world gathered to watch the record-breaking Orionid meteor shower, while a fierce meteorite storm struck the Moon and a meteorite landed near the Lunar Base. As the first meteors appeared over Earth, a stream containing spacecraft wreckage, cryogenic pods, and strange corpses approached the atmosphere.

• People across Earth gathered to watch the meteor shower, make wishes, and enjoy the peaceful night.
• Shi Dongting and the other Lunar Base scientists monitored the meteorite storm as it bombarded the Moon.
• The base AI reported a meteorite impact in F14 Zone, and Shi Dongting sent No. 7 Transport Robot to retrieve it.
• Chen Mo, Xiao Yu, Zhao Min, Wushuang, and Mo Nv spent the evening together on the lawn, joking and waiting for the meteors.
• The first meteor appeared over Earth, and people everywhere looked up to make wishes.
• A meteorite stream carrying spacecraft wreckage, cryogenic pods, and strange corpses rushed toward Earth's atmosphere.

A meteor shower concealed the destruction of alien bodies and spacecraft debris entering Earth’s atmosphere. After a lunar robot discovered an alien corpse in an escape pod, Chen Mo realized the spectacle was more than a meteor shower, and the group returned to the villa.

• Meteors filled Earth’s skies as alien corpses and spacecraft debris burned up in the atmosphere.
• No. 7 Robot reached a lunar impact crater, and Shi Dongting and the scientists recoiled at what it revealed.
• Li Xin and his fellow travelers were knocked down by a meteorite’s shock wave and found something horrifying at its impact site.
• Mo Nv showed Chen Mo, Xiao Yu, and Zhao Min an alien corpse discovered on the Moon inside a strange pod.
• Wushuang pointed out more bright meteors, and Chen Mo led the others back toward the villa.

Alien spacecraft wreckage plunged the world into chaos as countries fought to seize its advanced technology. Chen Mo decided to openly support Xitu and authorized the Ant Army Group to secure as much wreckage as possible.

• Alien wreckage and corpses appeared around the world, and the confirmed news of extraterrestrial life triggered panic and widespread conflict.
• Countries began fighting over wreckage and weapons, with six South American nations entering wars over alien technology within a day.
• Wang Hai reported that Xitu held a large spacecraft fragment in Congo and faced demands and threats from neighboring countries.
• Chen Mo ordered Xitu to move the fragment to the Tanzanian border and arrange its transport to the Soldier Ant Equipment factory, publicly presenting the deal as a trade for weapons.
• Chen Mo authorized Wang Hai to gather as much alien wreckage as possible, and the Ant Army Group began mobilizing.

Xitu traded the spaceship wreckage to Zhong Lei for advanced weapons from the Ant Army Group, while Chen Mo confirmed his Nanobots were ready for use. The chapter ended with Mo Nv telling Chen Mo that the alien corpse and hibernation pod had arrived at Flying Ant Aerospace Center.

• Xitu explained that he traded the wreckage to avoid being caught between the three sides in the war and to strengthen his forces.
• At Tanzania's border, Zhong Lei exchanged thirty War Robots, smart missiles, quantum radars, and other weapons for the spaceship wreckage, and Xitu took command authorization.
• The Goddess landed at Flying Ant Aerospace Center and delivered the alien corpse and hibernation pod to the underground research institute.
• Chen Mo confirmed that repeated tests had shown no flaws in the Nanobots and formed them into a wristband.
• Mo Nv made an identical Nanobot wristband and told Chen Mo that the Goddess had brought back the alien corpse and hibernation pod from the Moon.

The Xitu Armed Forces secured a foothold in the Mitumba Mountain Range after defeating Congolese and Zambian forces with weapons traded by the Ant Army Group. As global powers began reshaping the world, Chen Mo prepared to terraform Mars and develop long-distance quantum communication while the Ant Army Group assessed how to benefit from the upheaval.

• The Xitu Armed Forces defeated the Congolese and Zambian militaries, seized territory, and established itself as a major power in central Africa.
• News revealed that Xitu had obtained War Robots and Smart Missiles from the Ant Army Group in exchange for alien spacecraft wreckage, prompting condemnation from neighboring countries.
• Chen Mo and Xiao Yu discussed the global conflicts and the alien corpse under study, while Mo Nv reported that the Igniter was approaching Mars.
• The Fairy Maiden carried sealed crates into space, and Mo Nv told Chen Mo that the Planet Bomb was on its way to Mars.
• Chen Mo focused on developing long-distance Quantum Communication technology so Earth and a terraformed Mars could communicate without delays.
• Wang Hai briefed Zhao Min on the ten major powers and the North American Group's advance into Central America, and the Ant Army Group considered how to profit from the changing global order.

Chen Mo reviewed the alien autopsy findings, judged the wreckage of little use, and turned his attention to terraforming Mars. Meanwhile, Rosen and Eva launched their war plan against South America, but Island Nation unexpectedly betrayed Australia and seized control of the country.

• Chen Mo received a report describing the aliens’ nitrogen-based biology, unusual muscles, and powerful iron-rich tails.
• Chen Mo concluded that the alien technology offered little beyond what he could access through the Sci-Tech Library, and focused on terraforming Mars as the igniter approached.
• Rosen urged the United States to stir up conflicts in Asia while attacking South America, and Eva signed the war authorization.
• The North American Group declared war on the South American Group, and Australia joined the invasion while Island Nation sent forces into the South Pacific.
• Island Nation accused Australia of betraying their alliance, declared war, and used its control of Australian infrastructure and deployed War Robots to capture the capital.
• Australia launched a desperate counterattack, but North America offered no support as Island Nation’s takeover and purges spread across the country.

Chen Mo’s team activated Mars’s magnetic field by crashing the Igniter asteroid into the planet and detonating ten Planet Bombs. He began the next phase of the Mars Project, deploying a vast climate-control satellite network, while the planet’s transformation remained far from complete.

• Chen Mo, Zhao Min, and Xiao Yu watched as the Igniter struck Mars, triggering massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the detection of a magnetic field.
• Chen Mo ordered the Fairy Maiden to deploy ten Planet Bombs at the impact site, strengthening Mars’s magnetic field and intensifying its geological activity.
• Chen Mo instructed Mo Nv to begin constructing the Advanced Climate Control Satellite Network System around Mars to accelerate the planet’s cooling.
• Zhao Min compared Chen Mo’s work to Pangu creating heaven and earth, and Xiao Yu agreed as she noticed a change in Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo told Xiao Yu that Mars still needed cooling, soil transformation, water purification, atmospheric alteration, and vegetation before it could support human habitation.

As war halted space research, Howell discovered that an asteroid had transformed Mars, but Jim told him there was no funding to investigate it. The Ant Army Group remained the only organization able to study Mars up close, and it refused to share its data.

• Rosen proposed blockading the South American Group's supply routes and exhausting its weapons before attacking, while considering how to respond to ASEAN's alarm over Australia's fall.
• Howell observed Mars through a telescope and discovered that it had been changed by an asteroid impact.
• Howell brought the Mars research team's photograph to Jim and urged him to fund new probes and satellites.
• Jim refused, explaining that wartime spending had suspended major space projects, and Howell lamented that the Ant Army Group would retain the lead in Mars research.
• NASA announced the asteroid impact, but the Ant Army Group refused requests to share its data, and public interest soon faded.

Chen Mo told Li Chengzhi that Flying Ant Aerospace had launched thousands of satellites to build a network around Mars, then met a delegation from the South American Group seeking weapons to resist the North American Group. He left the delegation ready to inspect equipment, with Chen Mo agreeing that his company could deliver it despite the blockade.

• Li Chengzhi asked Chen Mo about the frequent spacecraft launches, and Chen Mo said he had launched 3,143 satellites for a Mars-wide network, with more than 7,000 still to go.
• Li Chengzhi offered Chen Mo a business deal, and Chen Mo learned that the South American Group had sent a delegation to Ant Army Group headquarters.
• Blair Ke told Chen Mo that the South American Group wanted to buy weapons for countering aircraft, tanks, and War Robots.
• Chen Mo explained that ordinary purchases required the buyers to arrange transport and pay in full upon delivery, while company delivery required a 60 percent deposit and cost more.
• Blair Ke accepted the delivery terms, and Chen Mo invited the delegation to inspect the equipment.

Chen Mo agreed to a massive weapons and communications deal with Blair Ke to help South America resist the North American Group’s blockade, while his executives planned the risky delivery route. In Europe, Johnson, Renka Bauer, and Macron agreed to cooperate with the North American Group against the New Soviet Union only after it began fighting.

• Blair Ke asked Chen Mo for secure communications and network support, and Chen Mo offered quantum-encrypted phones, the Termite System, servers, and satellite services.
• Blair Ke gave Chen Mo a weapons list worth about 220 billion; Chen Mo required payment largely in hard goods, raised prices by 30 percent, and agreed to deliver everything within three months, with an initial shipment within a week.
• Zhong Lei, Zhu He, and Wang Hai discussed the risks of the deal and decided to plan a delivery route across Africa and the Atlantic Ocean from Soldier Ant Equipment in Tanzania.
• Johnson, Renka Bauer, and Macron debated the North American Group’s proposed alliance and agreed to cooperate against the New Soviet Union only after confirming that the North American Group had attacked first.

Chen Mo advanced Mars’s terraforming by deploying the Dragon King climate network and preparing engineered microbes, plants, and nanobots to establish its biosphere. He told Zhao Min that Mars was only the beginning and that their future lay among the stars.

• Chen Mo completed Mars’s magnetic-field activation and launched more than ten thousand satellites to form the Dragon King climate control system.
• Zhao Min watched the system successfully seed clouds and produce rain, and Chen Mo said he would next clear volcanic ash and transform Mars’s atmosphere.
• Chen Mo prepared engineered bacteria and plant seeds, then ordered Mo Nv to send them and primitive nanobots to Mars under the third-stage plan.
• Zhao Min asked whether Chen Mo would claim Mars and become its king, and he said the Solar System was only a starting point on the way to the Sea of Stars.
• Zhao Min was pleased that Chen Mo had included her in his future plans, and Chen Mo did not deny it.

Fei Lei joined Professor Lan Shi’s archaeological expedition from Origin City to the Laniakea Supercluster, while Chen Mo made a successful initial trial of faster-than-light quantum communication. Chen Mo ordered a long-distance space experiment to test the technology.

• Fei Lei met Professor Lan Shi and his archaeological team at Origin Spaceport and guided them aboard their spacecraft.
• Professor Lan Shi told Fei Lei that their destination was the remote Laniakea Supercluster, and the spacecraft departed through a spatial jump point.
• Chen Mo spoke with Wushuang and Xiao Yu about aliens and reflected on humanity’s future among the stars.
• Chen Mo and Mo Nv successfully tested quantum communication by using Quantum Consciousness to sense changes in entangled particles without disrupting them.
• Mo Nv reported that the instruments had produced matching data without a network connection, and Chen Mo ordered Machine One sent into space for a long-distance experiment.

The Ant Army Group deployed microorganisms, soil bacteria, seeds, and nanobots on Mars as part of its planet transformation plan. Chen Mo revealed the project to the company’s senior executives and ordered them to prepare for the announcement that the Ant Army Group claimed ownership of Mars.

• The Fairy Maiden released Oxygen-producing Bacteria, Water Purification Bacteria, Atmosphere Purification Bacteria, and Decomposition Bacteria into Mo Ocean.
• The Divine Maiden scattered Soil Modification Bacteria, plant seeds, and Growth Agent across Mars, then deployed Nanobots on a plain.
• Chen Mo showed the executives a video documenting the five-year Mars Project, including the asteroid impact and the planet’s climate-control system.
• Chen Mo revealed that the project was transforming Mars into a habitable planet and had reached its fourth stage.
• Chen Mo ordered the executives to prepare for his announcement, three days later, that all of Mars belonged to the Ant Army Group.

Chang Meng and Zhang Xinxin’s PR team learned that they were preparing for a major confidential project, while Chen Mo showed Li Chengzhi the Mars Transformation Project. On Mars, Chen Mo directed Nanobots to expand and begin building a base and residential town.

• Chang Meng asked Zhang Xinxin what the sealed resort assignment was, but she said they could not discuss it.
• The PR department head showed the assembled team the project’s core content, leaving them stunned.
• Chen Mo invited Li Chengzhi to Army Ant Group headquarters and revealed that the company had invested more than five trillion in the Mars Transformation Project.
• Chen Mo told Mo Nv to have the Nanobots replicate to roughly 35 billion cubic meters and build a Martian base with factories, research institutes, and a residential town.
• Mo Nv showed footage of Nanobots rapidly constructing futuristic buildings on Mars, and Chen Mo noted that their replication had to remain carefully controlled.

The Ant Army Group held a global press conference where Chen Mo announced that the company would own Mars, prompting widespread disbelief and mockery. He then began showing a video that was expected to reveal more.

• Chen Mo and Zhao Min discussed opposition to the plan to claim Mars, and Chen Mo said nobody could stop them from reaching the planet.
• Chen Mo, Zhao Min, and Mo Nv appeared onstage as the press conference was broadcast worldwide.
• Chen Mo announced that the Ant Army Group would possess ownership of Mars, leaving the audience stunned.
• Reporters and viewers mocked Chen Mo and questioned whether he had gone mad.
• Chen Mo dimmed the venue and began showing a video of Mars, where a mechanical pillar appeared.

Chen Mo announced that the Ant Army Group had terraformed Mars and claimed the planet, prompting shock and protests across Earth. The chapter then shifted to Professor Lan Shi’s expedition in the Laniakea Supercluster, where his team began scanning for life-bearing planets.

• Chen Mo revealed that the Ant Army Group had deliberately redirected an asteroid into Mars and announced that the company claimed the planet after terraforming it.
• People around the world reacted with awe, disbelief, and opposition, while Eva and Rosen concluded that Earth could not constrain Chen Mo’s power.
• Zhao Min and Chen Mo dismissed the protests, and Chen Mo told Mo Nv to check the microorganisms released into Mars Sea.
• Aboard Big Wolf in the Hydra Constellation Star Cluster, Fei Lei reported the expedition’s location to Professor Lan Shi.
• Professor Lan Shi ordered the Lizard Head creature to activate the life-planet Quantum Radar at maximum range.

Chen Mo successfully tested the Faster-than-Light Quantum Consciousness Communication System and received a Sci-Tech Library reward that transformed him. Meanwhile, Lan Shi explored an ocean planet, found only non-sapient life, and moved on to the next planet.

• Chen Mo tested the communication system between the ground and the Shennü, and Mo Nv reported an average reception delay of three nanoseconds.
• Chen Mo ordered Mo Nv to encode the system and build a prototype, then entered the Sci-Tech Library and archived the new technology.
• The Sci-Tech Ball gave Chen Mo a drop of golden liquid, which merged into him and caused a profound transformation.
• Lan Shi explored an ocean-covered planet and observed its diverse ecosystem of Red-Level non-sapient lifeforms.
• Lan Shi's team found no evidence of intelligent civilization, so he decided to visit the next life-bearing planet.

Jim organized a Humanity Space Conference in Geneva to challenge the Ant Army Group’s claim over Mars, and Chen Mo learned that agencies worldwide planned to pressure him. As Mars showed its first signs of life, public opinion focused on whether Chen Mo would attend the conference despite threats of assassination.

• Jim contacted international space agencies and persuaded Jan Woerner and Edo Castle to join a conference opposing the Ant Army Group’s claim to Mars.
• Mo Nv told Chen Mo that space institutions worldwide would hold the Humanity Space Conference in Geneva, and Chen Mo said they would deal with whatever came.
• Chen Mo watched evidence that bacteria were changing Mars’s oceans and atmosphere and that a blade of Duo Zi Grass had emerged on the planet.
• Space agencies worldwide announced the conference, invited Chen Mo, and drew intense media attention to whether he would attend.
• People across the world speculated that Chen Mo could be assassinated if he attended or face ridicule if he stayed away, while the Ant Army Group awaited his response.

Chen Mo ignored Li Chengzhi’s warnings and prepared to attend the European space conference, where powerful interests might target him. He and Mo Nv flew aboard the Fairy Maiden in Nano Armor, leaving for the conference under heavy security.

• Chen Mo told Li Chengzhi he would attend the conference despite the danger and public provocations.
• Tom predicted Chen Mo would go and ordered a secret team to wait at the venue for instructions about attacking him.
• Wang Hai assigned thirty elite warriors to protect Chen Mo on the trip, with the mission rated S level.
• Xiao Yu saw Chen Mo off, while Zhao Min explained that the Fairy Maiden would carry him to the venue.
• Chen Mo and Mo Nv donned Nano Armor, flew to the Fairy Maiden, and learned the conference would begin in five hours.