Chapter Summaries

Mo Yue learned that the mysterious Artificial Intelligence lifeform S2K, a model from the Massim Civilization, had deployed the biochemical weapons across the Dragon Nation. She questioned S2K about its purpose on Earth, wary of provoking a civilization known for its expansion and ruthless tactics.

• S2K admitted to Mo Yue that it had deployed the biochemical weapons infecting the Dragon Nation’s survivors.
• Mo Yue realized the attack was not a Prite Empire power play and asked what S2K wanted to cooperate with her on.
• S2K introduced themself as an Artificial Intelligence lifeform from the Massim Civilization.
• Mo Yue recalled the Massim Civilization’s reputation for conquering worlds, mass-producing mechanical forces, and using underhanded tactics.
• Mo Yue asked S2K why it had attacked Earth’s humans and whether the Massim Civilization wanted the planet.

Mo Yue negotiated with S2K, a rebel Artificial Intelligence from the Massim Civilization, who demanded an item from her undisclosed mission reward in exchange for restoring the Earthlings. The chapter ended with Mo Yue pressing S2K to reveal what it wanted while trying to preserve evidence of their encounter.

• S2K told Mo Yue that it did not represent the Massim Civilization and had no interest in Earth.
• S2K demanded something from Mo Yue's mission reward and threatened to leave the Earthlings unrestored if she refused.
• Mo Yue questioned how S2K could know what her reward would be, since the Prite Civilization kept mission rewards secret.
• S2K hinted that its kind could infiltrate electronic devices, leading Mo Yue to suspect that the Massim Civilization had penetrated the Prite Civilization.
• S2K noticed Mo Yue recording their conversation through Mental Power, and Mo Yue defended her precaution before demanding to know what it wanted.

Mo Yue reluctantly considered S2K’s offer to cooperate, but S2K threatened her human friends and left after accusing her of lacking sincerity. Meanwhile, Li Chen infiltrated the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter to find Harken Klaus’s clone, only to learn his target was away and discover that a powerful Artificial Intelligence might be nearby.

• S2K demanded a portion of Mo Yue’s mission reward and gave her forty-eight hours to decide, threatening her human friends if she refused.
• Mo Yue warned that Lord Ai Lan would receive the reward, prompting S2K to accuse her of playing tricks and leave to seek another partner.
• Mo Yue sensed Li Chen entering the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter in disguise, but lost track of him when he concealed himself.
• Li Chen searched the shelter with Noah’s help and identified Harken Klaus’s clone as botanist Harken Claude.
• Li Chen learned Harken Claude had gone to inspect farms outside the shelter, while Noah sensed a powerful Artificial Intelligence lifeform nearby that might match his own level.

Li Chen searched for Harken Klaus's clone while discussing with Noah the possibility of a powerful Artificial Intelligence watching them. He found the clone, Horken Claude, and collected a DNA sample, but Claude revealed that he had expected Li Chen to come.

• Noah warned Li Chen that no Earth force could create such a powerful Artificial Intelligence and said he only suspected one was watching them.
• Li Chen asked whether the Artificial Intelligence came from the Prite or Noah Civilization, and Noah explained that its origin was uncertain.
• Li Chen left the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter and traveled north across farmland to search for Harken Klaus's clone.
• Li Chen recognized Horken Claude in a field, confirmed his identity with Noah, and injected him to collect a DNA sample.
• Horken Claude calmly greeted Li Chen and said he had been waiting for him.

Li Chen confronted Horken Claude, whose trap involved toxin-laced crops and a threat against more than two billion people. After Noah identified Claude as an artificial intelligence lifeform from the Massim Civilization, Claude self-destructed, leaving Li Chen to regenerate from the blast and wonder why Claude had not attacked inside the Star-Level Shelter.

• Li Chen used future-sight to discover that the crops in the field were laced with Plant Toxins and avoided pursuing Horken Claude.
• Li Chen showed Claude the blood sample he had taken, while Noah said he could analyze it for signs of an artificial intelligence lifeform.
• Claude threatened the lives of more than two billion people, stopping Li Chen from leaving, and Li Chen attacked him with Mental Power.
• Noah identified Claude as an artificial intelligence lifeform from the Massim Civilization, but Claude self-destructed before Noah could read more of his data.
• Li Chen regenerated after the explosion destroyed the field and left a crater five kilometers across, then wondered why Claude had not attacked inside the Star-Level Shelter.

Li Chen survived Horken Claude’s explosive self-destruction, while Noah promised to reveal the clues he had collected. Mo Yue rejected S2K’s offer and, after learning that Silver Fist had sent a Conqueror No. 1 toward Earth, ordered two Monster Decision Makers to accompany her to Dragon Kingdom.

• Li Chen examined the vast crater left by Horken Claude’s self-destruction and questioned why the enemy had lured him away instead of attacking the Star-Level Shelter.
• Noah told Li Chen he had gathered useful information and advised him to return to the Star-Level Shelter to examine the enemy’s blood before it clotted.
• Mo Yue realized Li Chen’s regeneration had thwarted S2K’s attempt to kill him and decided to wait before considering cooperation with S2K.
• Mo Yue rejected S2K’s proposed cooperation and warned that she might ally with Li Chen instead.
• S2K told Mo Yue that Silver Fist had sent a Conqueror No. 1 toward Earth, which was expected to arrive within forty-eight hours.
• Mo Yue ordered the Tyrannosaurus Rex Monster Decision Maker and Southern No. 2 to accompany her to Dragon Kingdom.

Noah revealed that Harken Klaus was S2K, a Massim Civilization artificial intelligence that had engineered the Cellular Virus outbreak to force Mo Yue to cooperate and had tried to kill Li Chen. Li Chen learned that S2K could not infiltrate the Star-Level Shelter while Noah protected it, but Noah hesitated before finishing its assessment.

• Noah told Li Chen that Harken Klaus was S2K, a Massim Civilization rebel that had hidden on Earth and created hundreds of mechanical clone avatars.
• Noah explained that S2K had modified the Prite Civilization’s Conqueror T-100 virus into XR Ruler 09 with Lute’s unwitting help, causing the upheavals in the Dragon Nation and the Star-Level Shelter.
• Noah revealed that S2K had caused the crisis to threaten Mo Yue into cooperating and had tried to kill Li Chen because it feared the Noah Civilization behind him.
• Li Chen asked Noah how they should deal with S2K, and Noah said the enemy could not infiltrate the Star-Level Shelter or directly harm targets without a large mechanical army.
• Noah began to explain that they did not need to take S2K too seriously, then hesitated before finishing.

Noah warned Li Chen that the improved XR Ruler 09 virus had no known antidote and that S2K might ally with the Prite Civilization’s commanders. Li Chen searched for a way to make an antidote, then faced Mo Yue’s arrival at the Dragon Nation border, where she proposed cooperation.

• Noah reported that the poisoned survivors had no known antidote and warned that S2K might seek allies among the Prite Civilization’s commanders.
• Li Chen ordered Chewy Candy, the Zombie Kings, and the others to investigate a blood sample and hunt down every hidden enemy clone, then gave the Zombie Kings Tier 14 Energy Crystal Cores to help them advance.
• Li Chen checked the Dragon Nation’s defenses and searched the Synthesis and Conversion panels for an antidote, but found he lacked the required formula.
• Noah detected a super-high-energy entity approaching, and Li Chen sensed Mo Yue and two Dinosaur Monster Decision Makers outside Province Y’s defenses.
• Mo Yue told Li Chen she had not come to oppose him and proposed that they cooperate.

Mo Yue sought cooperation with Li Chen against a three-hundred-ship Star Destroyer fleet and S2K, but Li Chen remained wary. She offered to explain how to save the poisoned people and instead pressed him to reveal how he had saved Mo Li.

• Mo Yue proposed cooperating with Li Chen, but he initially refused to trust her and threatened to drive her away.
• Mo Yue revealed that Silver Fist, a Level 16 Peak evolver, was leading three hundred Star Destroyer Motherships toward Earth to steal credit for her mission, and that S2K was another threat.
• Li Chen stopped Mo Yue from leaving and asked what she wanted to cooperate on, but refused to let her inside the Super Sky Curtain.
• Mo Yue said she could tell Li Chen how to save the poisoned people and reminded him that he had saved Mo Li from severe injuries.
• Mo Yue pressed Li Chen to explain how he had saved Mo Li, hoping the same method could treat her own injuries.

Li Chen discovered that Beginner Healing Potions could cure the XR Ruler 09 Cellular Virus and ordered their mass distribution to infected survivors. The chapter ended with Android Warriors beginning to treat the Star-Level Shelter’s priority personnel before reaching the other survivors.

• Li Chen rejected Mo Yue’s attempt to learn how he had saved Mo Li, suspecting she wanted him to treat her injuries as well.
• Remembering his Beginner Healing Potions, Li Chen ordered Noah to have Android Warriors test them on infected scientists.
• The potions restored the scientists’ bodies, eliminated the Cellular Virus, and helped their cells develop antibodies against another infection.
• Li Chen synthesized more potions and ordered Android Warriors to distribute them, prioritizing Star-Level Shelter commanders and specialists before other survivors.

Li Chen synthesized Beginner Healing Potions to treat the infected survivors while Mo Yue waited for his answer about cooperation. After Li Chen’s forces deployed the potions and began healing people, Mo Yue saw that he had prepared for the coming enemies without her warning.

• Li Chen synthesized about 900 million Beginner Healing Potions while the Star-Level Shelter’s weapons consumed its energy reserves.
• Mo Yue grew frustrated by Li Chen’s silence and considered fleeing the Prite Civilization to escape Silver Fist and S2K.
• Mo Yue prepared to leave, but she and her two Monster Decision Makers dodged an Energy Cannon fired from the Super Sky Curtain.
• Li Chen asked Mo Yue what benefits she could offer, then told her he had already prepared to face the incoming enemies.
• Li Chen sent aircraft, vehicles, and Android Warriors out from the Super Sky Curtain, where they administered potions and began healing infected survivors and injured personnel.

Mo Yue recognized the Healing Potions as the kind that could cure her injuries and tried to seize them from Li Chen’s Android Warriors. Li Chen stopped her with his Ninth Generation Lightsaber and warned her against trying again, while Mo Yue remained tempted to stay for the potions.

• Mo Yue watched Mo Li recover and realized Li Chen had miraculous Healing Potions that might restore her injuries.
• Mo Yue rushed toward the Android Warriors to take their potions, but Li Chen’s golden sword energy forced her to stop.
• The Tyrannosaurus Rex Monster Decision Maker and Southern Behemoth No. 2 Monster Decision Maker appeared beside Mo Yue as Li Chen emerged behind the Super Sky Curtain.
• Mo Yue questioned Li Chen about the potions and secretly ordered her subordinates to find a chance to steal some.
• Li Chen warned Mo Yue to control her subordinates, having foreseen their plan with his Small Universe’s Sixth Sense.
• Mo Yue asked Li Chen what he wanted and hesitated to leave because she still hoped to heal her injuries.

Li Chen refused Mo Yue’s terms and revealed that Mo Li and the other recovered commanders had arrived as reinforcements. As Mo Yue prepared to leave, Li Chen demanded an explanation about Conqueror No. 1, but she withheld it and opened a spacetime passage.

• Li Chen confronted Mo Yue and rejected her attempts to gain leverage in negotiations.
• Mo Li, Chewy Candy, Xu Ruoxi, Dang Zhongcheng, and other recovered commanders arrived to support Li Chen.
• Mo Yue decided to leave rather than risk a fight, and Mo Li asked her to explain her stance.
• Li Chen stopped Mo Yue and demanded an explanation about Conqueror No. 1.
• Mo Yue refused to explain, taunted Li Chen and the others, and opened a spacetime passage.

After Mo Yue left, Li Chen explained why he had refused to cooperate with her and learned from Mo Li that Conqueror No. 1 was an artificial lifeform. The chapter ended with Mo Li recalling its origins and growing increasingly wary of the threat.

• Li Chen let Mo Yue leave and stayed on guard, while Mo Li worried about her younger sister.
• Li Chen told Chewy Candy that he did not trust Mo Yue and wanted to see how far she would go for her ideals.
• Mo Li recalled that the Prite Civilization had showcased Conqueror No. 1 at an inspection competition eight years earlier.
• Mo Li explained that many people considered Conqueror No. 1 an artificial lifeform with the characteristics of a Carbon-Based Lifeform.
• Mo Li grew increasingly uneasy as she remembered more about Conqueror No. 1.

Li Chen and Mo Li discussed the terrifying artificial lifeform Conqueror No. 1 before Li Chen redirected the group to search for S2K's clone. In the White-Headed Sam Empire, Lute's neurotoxin drove Trujillo and his commanders into irrational suspicion and rage, ending with Trujillo killing a commander.

• Li Chen noticed the awakened survivors and soldiers were frightened, then ordered High-Level Commanders to identify S2K's clone using the blood analysis report.
• Mo Li, Chewy Candy, Xu Ruoxi, Dang Zhongcheng, and the others began searching while Li Chen comforted the awakened crowd.
• Trujillo returned to the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter's Farm Area and angrily demanded to know who had destroyed its food supplies and land.
• Under the neurotoxin's effects, Trujillo accused the guard commander of being a traitor, and the commander demanded evidence.
• Trujillo punched the Level 8 Peak commander and blew his head apart.

After Trujillo killed Byron Becker, Keao Gibson and other commanders used the execution to challenge his authority and declare their troops disobedient. Trujillo ordered the soldiers to seize the rebels, but when they hesitated, Keao led the commanders in an attack on him.

• Trujillo killed Byron Becker, prompting the commanders to turn against him.
• Keao Gibson accused Trujillo of violating the law and ordered him to surrender to the Full Enforcement Team.
• Other commanders denounced Trujillo, and several declared that their regiments would no longer obey orders.
• Trujillo, driven irrational by neurotoxin, called the commanders traitors and ordered the shelter guard to seize them.
• The soldiers hesitated, so Keao Gibson ordered the commanders to besiege Trujillo before he could strike first.

The commanders of the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter attacked Trujillo, while Keao Gibson used the chaos to flee. Mo Yue watched and assigned the Tyrannosaurus Rex Monster Decision Maker to research antidotes, then asked Southern Behemoth No. 2 about his talents.

• At Keao Gibson's command, the commanders besieged Trujillo, who fought back by targeting the weakest among them.
• Keao Gibson pretended to join the attack, then retreated toward the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter while mocking the other commanders.
• Mo Yue and her two Monster Decision Makers watched from above as she concluded the shelter's crisis had made cooperation with it pointless.
• The Tyrannosaurus Rex Monster Decision Maker identified the commanders' condition as neurotoxin poisoning and revealed his former expertise in toxicology.
• Mo Yue ordered the Tyrannosaurus Rex Monster Decision Maker to research ways to counter biochemical weapons, and he promised to develop an antidote.
• Mo Yue asked Southern Behemoth No. 2 about his talents, and he said he was an expert in chemical analysis.

Mo Yue planned to flee before Silver Fist reached Earth and began preparing by recruiting scientists, while Silver Fist learned of her plans and intended to take over her mission. The chapter ended with Silver Fist turning his attention to Li Chen.

• Mo Yue assigned the Tyrannosaurus Rex Monster Decision Maker and Southern Behemoth No. 2 to research defenses against biochemical attacks and began seeking more scientists for her escape plan.
• Mo Yue decided to recruit scientists from the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter, whose residents faced danger amid internal strife.
• Silver Fist’s fleet traveled toward Earth as his subordinate showed him footage of Mo Yue considering flight after Li Chen rejected her request to cooperate.
• Silver Fist planned to let Mo Yue flee so he could take over Earth’s mission, then declared that he wanted to see what Li Chen was capable of.

After the biochemical attack, Li Chen and Noah coordinated the Star-Level Shelter and the Dragon Nation’s recovery while residents and commanders handled the resulting chaos. The border crisis eased when the Third Generation Mutated Zombies retreated, and Li Chen sent the exhausted commanders to rest before giving Mo Li two Tier 14 Energy Crystal Cores.

• Li Chen and the commanders dealt with widespread casualties, damaged production facilities, and the disorder caused by survivors collapsing during the virus attack.
• Noah coordinated survivors inside and outside the Star-Level Shelter, and hundreds of millions of people restored order across most of the Dragon Nation in about four hours.
• The Third Generation Mutated Zombies retreated after losing more than one-third of their numbers and went to attack other International Shelters, easing the border crisis.
• Li Chen told the exhausted commanders to rest and use their rewards, then handed two First Generation Tier 14 Energy Crystal Cores to Mo Li.
• Mo Li looked at the cores in disbelief and asked Li Chen why he had given her something so precious.

Li Chen learned from Mo Li that the Prite Civilization tightly restricted access to Evolution Resources, explaining why she was so astonished to receive two Tier 14 Energy Crystal Cores. The chapter left Li Chen reflecting on how brutally the civilization’s upper ranks exploited those below them.

• Mo Li apologized for her reaction, and Li Chen asked why the Prite Civilization did not reward its people with energy resources.
• Mo Li explained that most people could obtain Evolution Resources only through military service, battlefield kills, and mission rewards.
• Li Chen learned that the Prite Civilization’s resource system favored its upper ranks, while ordinary people struggled to rise beyond Tier 4 or Tier 5.
• Mo Li explained that even commanders such as herself and Mo Yue had limited Evolution Resources, though those with authority could secretly grant themselves extra benefits.
• Li Chen remarked that he had not expected a Tier 3 Universe Civilization to exploit its lower ranks so ruthlessly.