Chapter Summaries

Yinsen inspected and test-fired Cherry Military Industries' improved Greatsword Rifle, approving of its performance and modular design. He directed the company to prioritize Exoskeleton Armor after the rifle, while Nebula used the testing session to assess her enhanced body.

• Fernando Donato presented the lighter, modular Greatsword Rifle and explained its high-velocity metal-pellet ammunition and improved cooling system.
• Yinsen test-fired the rifle, quickly mastered its trajectory, and praised its accuracy and power.
• Yinsen signaled Annette that his team should obtain several dozen rifles for their own use.
• Fernando Donato outlined other planned projects, and Yinsen told the company to drop the All-Terrain Vehicle and prioritize Exoskeleton Armor after the Greatsword.
• Annette agreed with Yinsen's strategy, and Nebula finished firing and recognized how much her physical abilities had improved.

Nebula tested her enhanced body and chose to pursue several ways to power her Energy Weapons, while Yinsen gathered the people ready to return to the Moon Goddess. After settling back in the Main World and bringing Bruce Banner and Maria Hill with him, Yinsen released the ship on a barren asteroid, preparing to begin his journey into space.

• Nebula discovered that her new body had greatly improved her physical abilities, but she needed an energy source or energy-control skills to fire her Energy Weapons, so she decided to pursue every available option.
• Yinsen asked the crew who was ready to leave the Starship Troopers world, and he departed with Nebula, Evelyn, Sherry, and others while several crew members stayed behind for work or personal reasons.
• Back at the manor, Yinsen introduced Leah as his new disciple, and Evelyn and Sherry continued teaching her while Sherry began lessons in magic.
• Laura and Nebula sparred, and Evelyn and Sherry helped Leah study as the returning group rested and adjusted.
• Yinsen summoned Bruce Banner and Maria Hill, then took the group back to the Main World and released the Moon Goddess on a barren asteroid.

The Moon Goddess left the asteroid as Nebula tested its systems and Yinsen learned the ship’s capabilities. Yinsen then showed Bruce Banner and the others their new home, including a real island and sea created inside the ship.

• Nebula piloted the Moon Goddess away from the asteroid and tested its flight and navigation systems, while Yinsen studied the ship’s readings.
• Nebula praised Tony Stark’s modifications after judging the Moon Goddess capable of supporting spacefaring adventurers.
• Yinsen explained the ship’s artificial gravity to Bruce Banner and showed him Nebula’s original blue-skinned appearance.
• Yinsen led Banner and the others through the Moon Goddess’s living and recreation areas.
• Yinsen transformed an empty cabin into a real island surrounded by seawater, surprising Banner and explaining that its ecosystem could not yet support living creatures.

Bruce Banner toured the Moon Goddess and learned about its comforts, learning devices, and piloting simulators. Yinsen then told Banner that Hulk was not a problem, beginning a serious conversation about Banner’s condition.

• Yinsen showed Banner the Moon Goddess’s vacation island, including its beaches, forests, hot springs, and snow-capped mountain.
• Banner ate with Yinsen, Sherry, Maria Hill, Nebula, and Leah, and Leah offered to learn to cook while continuing her studies.
• Yinsen explained that the Learning Device could quickly transfer knowledge but could be dangerous for people learning complex subjects.
• Banner tried a spaceship piloting simulator and experienced a realistic fighter jet flight before virtual enemies shot him down.
• Yinsen told Banner that Hulk was not a problem as he began addressing Banner’s desire to resolve his condition.

Yinsen explained to Banner that Hulk had emerged from Banner’s own rejected emotions and offered to help merge their mental bodies, leaving Banner to decide whether to accept Hulk as part of himself. Meanwhile, Yinsen built and began testing a teleportation platform aboard the Moon Goddess, with the Starship Troopers world as its first destination.

• Yinsen told Banner that Hulk was another aspect of himself and that Banner would need to accept Hulk before they could safely merge their mental bodies.
• Banner asked for time to consider his relationship with Hulk, and Yinsen left him on Summer Island to think it over.
• Yinsen remodeled the Teleportation Room into individual platforms and a large portal linked to the Starship Troopers world, then asked Luna to monitor its data.
• Nebula and Hill inspected the Moon Goddess while Leah learned from Evelyn, Sherry, and Laura and rapidly mastered basic Mental Power cultivation.
• Banner borrowed a device that let him speak with Hulk in his mental consciousness, though Hulk could only respond instinctively.
• After refining and testing the teleportation platforms, Yinsen began traveling through the large portal to the Starship Troopers world.

Yinsen helped Bruce Banner absorb Hulk and taught him to control his new power, then traveled to the Starship Troopers world and discovered that the transport platform had serious timing and landing problems. He reunited with his allies and offered to take anyone back with him using the platform, while Ada recommended Positioning Devices as the safer option.

• Bruce Banner agreed to absorb Hulk, and Yinsen merged their Mental Bodies while discovering Banner's mind was inherently prone to splitting.
• Yinsen taught Banner Mental Power training and ways to control Hulk's strength, and Banner was pleased that he could control his new power despite losing their sparring match.
• Yinsen traveled to the Starship Troopers world and found that the transport platform had deposited him in a random location six months after his previous visit.
• Yinsen met Selene, Logan, and Betty at Selene's villa, where he learned that Logan and Betty had left military service while Annette oversaw mass production of the Greatsword Rifle.
• Yinsen explained the transport problems and offered to take anyone back with him, but Ada appeared and recommended equipping everyone with Positioning Devices instead.

Yinsen brought Ada, Betty, and Logan back to the Moon Goddess, where they met Banner and Leah and learned about the ship’s changes. Betty then asked Yinsen to help her return home and find out whether her relatives were still alive, but she was unsure she could locate them precisely.

• Yinsen agreed to equip Ada, Betty, and Logan with Positioning Devices so the Moon Goddess could summon them back in an emergency.
• Ada, Betty, and Logan left with Yinsen after Ada explained that Cherry Military Industries was stable and she had already gathered the available technical information.
• Yinsen showed them the modified Moon Goddess, and Logan learned that Yinsen had helped Banner resolve the Hulk problem.
• Yinsen introduced Ada and Logan to Leah and explained that he wanted to change her tragic future by teaching her to control her fate.
• Betty asked Yinsen to take her home so she could check whether her relatives were still alive, but she was uncertain she could identify the exact location.

Yinsen used a blood-relation spell to find the direction of Betty’s living relatives, and the Moon Goddess set course to leave the star system. After repairing the teleportation platform and relaxing in an Arcane spring, Yinsen was joined by Ada, who teased him as they soaked together.

• The group discussed how to find Betty’s home, and Yinsen used magic to determine the direction of her living relatives.
• The Moon Goddess set a course to leave the star system, while Banner studied sensor data and Yinsen continued repairing the teleportation platform.
• Yinsen finished the platform, tested it, sent technical materials to Annette and the others, and began making personal teleportation Positioning Devices.
• Yinsen relaxed in a secluded Arcane spring on Summer Island as the crew spent more time living on the island during their journey.
• Ada entered the spring in a bikini and teased Yinsen, then tossed a small piece of cloth aside.

After Ada and Yinsen became intimate, Ada helped him realize Diana might be jealous because he had given Ada jewelry but never given Diana any. The Moon Goddess then broke out of the star system, beginning a journey that Luna estimated would take at least half a year to reach their destination.

• Ada told Yinsen that he did not need to explain their relationship to Diana, who would figure it out herself.
• Ada pointed out that Yinsen had given her jewelry but never given Diana any, and advised him not to confess the details of their encounter.
• Yinsen left the hot spring, looked for Logan at his cabin, and then returned to the Moon Goddess.
• Yinsen joined the others in the cockpit as they watched the Moon Goddess pass through the star system's outer boundary.
• The Moon Goddess accelerated back to maximum speed, and Luna estimated it would take at least half a year to reach the target star system.

Yinsen completed the teleportation platform and began teaching Leah magic, offering her several possible paths of study. Leah asked him to explain how the paths differed, leaving her choice undecided.

• Maria Hill considered using an Enhancement Potion after reaching her limit with Holy Light training, while Ada awaited equipment that would let her return to the Starship Troopers world.
• Yinsen made Ada a bound microchip with teleportation positioning, Storage Space, and communication functions, then took her to the Starship Troopers world.
• Yinsen visited Diana, who had discovered his relationship with Ada but did not confront him about it.
• Two months later, Yinsen finished testing the teleportation platform and officially began teaching Leah magic.
• After Leah caught up on basic knowledge and proved talented, Yinsen offered her several magical paths, and Leah asked what made them different.

Leah chose to follow Yinsen’s cultivation path and began training in Mental Power and swordsmanship, while Sherry also taught her about firearms. With his companions uninterested in an outing and little else to occupy him, Yinsen traveled alone to a new world, where he found people lying unconscious and sensed an opportunity for excitement.

• Leah chose Yinsen’s cultivation method, and he explained how she could build Mental Power and generate magic power from within herself.
• Yinsen began teaching Leah Basic Swordsmanship after she asked whether his path required it, and he later set limits to keep her from overtraining.
• Sherry took Leah to study firearms, using the Moon Goddess’s weapons to show how they had evolved.
• Yinsen asked his companions where they wanted to go, but Sherry, Hill, Leah, and Logan showed little interest in traveling with him.
• Yinsen used Teleportation Magic to reach a new world, found people lying on the ground, and was surprised when one of them quickly stood up.

Yinsen woke in a strange living room with five other newcomers and learned they had been brought into an Infinite Space. Chen Peng explained the rules and revealed that their trial was to survive in a city for thirty days, though the Main God had provided no fixed plot.

• Yinsen tested the invisible barrier and met Chen Peng, who explained that they could not leave the protected area yet.
• The other newcomers woke, and Chen Peng introduced the Infinite Space, its teams, missions, rewards, and risks.
• Zhang Yi, Wang Hai, Zhou Shulin, and Zhao Ying introduced themselves, and Yinsen gave his name as Yinsen Arendelle.
• Chen Peng showed everyone how to view missions through the mark on their arms and announced their thirty-day survival trial.
• When Yinsen asked which world they had entered, Chen Peng said the Newbie Trial had no plot and the Main God would create suitable dangers.

Chen Peng explained the Newbie Trial’s rules, and the group searched their temporary home for clues and supplies. Wang Hai’s newspaper revealed several looming threats, leaving the newcomers to plan how to survive thirty days without relying on Chen Peng to protect them.

• Chen Peng explained that the Main God would give advance clues about a crisis, while testing whether Reincarnators could find and use them.
• After the protection period ended, Wang Hai found a newspaper and promised to share any useful intelligence, while Zhou Shulin confirmed they were in an English-speaking town abroad.
• Zhang Yi found food, water, and medical supplies, and Zhao Ying revealed a large stack of U.S. dollars found in the room.
• Wang Hai reported news of gang shootouts, possible man-eating monsters or wolves, and a typhoon expected in half a month.
• The group concluded that a zombie outbreak might force them to survive for thirty days, and began discussing how to use their money as Chen Peng stayed silent.

Wang Hai and the others planned how to prepare for zombies and a possible typhoon, while Chen Peng searched for an illegal weapons supplier. Yinsen’s unusual background made Chen Peng suspicious, and the chapter left Wang Hai considering a school bus as a potential escape vehicle.

• Wang Hai, Zhao Ying, Zhou Shulin, Zhang Yi, and Yinsen agreed they needed weapons, supplies, a sturdy vehicle, and multiple relocation routes, then divided up their tasks.
• Chen Peng confirmed that he was on the newcomers’ team, and Yinsen revealed that Tony had equipped him to create documents and that he had a North American driver’s license.
• Chen Peng set out to find a well-stocked illegal weapons shop, while recognizing Wang Hai’s plan to use its location as a future ammunition supply point.
• Chen Peng judged the newcomers promising but became suspicious of Yinsen because he had been awake and looking around before Chen Peng woke.
• Yinsen and Wang Hai surveyed their affluent neighborhood, and Yinsen warned Wang Hai against relying on patrol cars and suggested looking for school buses instead.

Yinsen and Wang Hai gathered supplies and assessed safer shelters as the group prepared for the approaching storm and possible zombie crisis. A gang shootout forced them to flee their fragile house, and Zhou Shulin suddenly attacked a figure as they left.

• Yinsen and Wang Hai returned with bottled water and food, while Zhang Yi and Zhou Shulin warned that the house was too weak to serve as a safe base.
• Wang Hai discussed nearby supermarkets and the library as fallback shelters, and the group considered preparing for a sudden drop in temperature.
• Gunfire erupted outside, bullets shattered the living-room window, and a stray bullet grazed Zhou Shulin while Zhang Yi pulled Zhao Ying to the floor.
• Chen Peng saw that the police had controlled the gang shootout and told the undocumented group to pack before officers questioned them.
• Yinsen bandaged Zhou Shulin, and the group left for a hiding place Chen Peng had found; as they walked, Zhou Shulin roared and struck a figure with a heavy hammer.

Chen Peng led the group to a rundown apartment hideout, where Wang Hai tried to ease tensions among the survivors. Yinsen confirmed that contaminated tap water would trigger a citywide zombie outbreak, and the group learned that a horde could overrun the city within days.

• Zhou Shulin punched a fleeing gunman who threatened the group, and Chen Peng killed the man before leading everyone onward.
• Chen Peng brought the group to a cramped apartment in the Asian District, where Wang Hai urged them to cooperate and Yinsen treated Zhou Shulin's wound.
• Yinsen tasted the tap water and confirmed that it was contaminated, predicting that zombies would overrun the city within two or three days.
• Yinsen used Mental Link to reassure Chen Peng, who realized that Yinsen could bypass his mental defenses and was far stronger than him.
• At dawn, Chen Peng left with Wang Hai to buy weapons and equipment, and Yinsen warned Zhao Ying not to use the tap water.
• Zhang Yi inferred that the contaminated water meant the whole city would soon be full of zombies.

Chen Peng and Wang Hai returned with weapons and a truck, and Yinsen taught the group basic firearm handling as they prepared to relocate. When danger approached their new shelter, Chen Peng chose to let the newcomers learn to stay ready, while suspecting Yinsen had a hidden reason for joining a Newbie Trial mission.

• Chen Peng and Wang Hai brought the group a truck loaded with pistols, shotguns, two Automatic Rifles, ammunition, Incendiary Bombs, and protective gear.
• Wang Hai explained the weapon choices and showed the group how the Armguards could protect them from zombie bites.
• Yinsen taught everyone firearm safety and basic shooting, warning them to keep their fingers off the trigger and aim for torsos rather than headshots.
• The group reached a secluded detached house, moved in their supplies, and prepared their equipment while planning possible routes to their previous home and a nearby shopping mall.
• Chen Peng noticed danger outside but let the newcomers remain unaware so they would learn to stay battle-ready, and he suspected Yinsen had an unspeakable motive for entering the trial.

Yinsen and the others fought off armed thugs who attacked their house, then escaped as zombies began overrunning the area. They reached another Residential Area, where the large-scale spread of the Zombie Virus had begun.

• Armed thugs attacked Yinsen's group, and Wang Hai ordered everyone to take cover behind a refrigerator and return fire.
• Chen Peng picked off several attackers while Yinsen killed a zombie that broke through the back door.
• As zombies attacked the thugs outside, the group used the confusion to leave through the back and cross the woods to another Residential Area.
• The group recognized that the Zombie Virus was spreading on a large scale and prepared to travel cautiously with their weapons out.
• A speeding car crashed into a tree, and a twisted zombie crawled from the driver's seat toward Wang Hai and the others.

Yinsen and Chen Peng’s group fought their way through the zombie-filled city while the newcomers learned to use their weapons. When dark clouds brought an unnatural chill, Yinsen sensed human interference in the changing weather, suggesting the trial world held more than a simple survival challenge.

• The newcomers moved through quieter side streets, fought zombies, and practiced using their guns as Yinsen covered them with precise shots.
• Chen Peng questioned Yinsen about his skills and why he had entered the Newbie Trial, and Yinsen said he had come looking for a vacation and could leave whenever he wanted.
• After traveling and fighting through the night, the group rested in a small supermarket, where Wang Hai and the others noticed the temperature dropping.
• Zhang Yi reported that thick clouds were gathering, and the group saw the sunlight disappear as the weather abruptly darkened.
• Yinsen sensed human interference in the world’s changing energy and found the situation more interesting than he had expected.

The Rookie Squad faced worsening conditions and an unusually fast zombie, prompting them to speed up preparations for surviving the thirty-day mission. After returning to their supply-filled house to rest, Yinsen and Chen Peng went to scout the roads, where Chen Peng questioned why the mission felt harder than expected.

• Zhang Yi was nearly bitten by a fast zombie, and the squad concluded that zombies could evolve unusually soon after the outbreak.
• Wang Hai urged the squad to prepare for the worst and move faster toward their chosen Base of Operations.
• The exhausted squad returned to the house, found their supplies and truck intact, and chose to rest before deciding how to relocate.
• Yinsen told the group that the coming temperature changes would be milder, then went with Chen Peng to check the roads.
• Zhang Yi, Zhao Ying, Zhou Shulin, and Wang Hai discussed their suspicions that Yinsen was a veteran and worried that he might endanger them.
• Chen Peng told Yinsen the mission difficulty felt wrong, and Yinsen insisted that he had not affected it.