Chapter Summaries

Luo Yao proposed using Big Bear’s out-of-control 747 Satellite to knock Starlink satellites out of orbit, with Xuan Nü guiding its trajectory and Little Moss calculating the collisions. Big Bear agreed, but Luo Yao insisted it could retain only one of the resulting orbital slots, leaving Alexander to decide whether to accept the deal.

• Luo Yao told Alexander that destroying the 747 Satellite could be valuable if it took out Starlink satellites, and Little Moss simulated a chain of collisions involving five of them.
• Luo Yao explained that Xuan Nü could guide the 747 Satellite into the required orbit, and Alexander showed the simulation to Valoja.
• Valoja approved the plan and sought the orbital slot vacated by the 747 Satellite and two Starlink satellites in exchange for Big Bear’s cooperation.
• Luo Yao urged Director Ma to prepare a Quantum Satellite launch, while Zheng Yang agreed that Big Bear would benefit from future satellite cooperation.
• Alexander asked to retain two Starlink orbital slots, but Luo Yao offered only one and warned that Big Bear could decline the plan at the cost of Pioneer Technology’s business.

Luo Yao used Xuan Nü and the Electromagnetic Cannon to divert the 747 Satellite, which collided with six Starlink satellites instead of the intended Quantum Satellites. After Alexander asked Luo Yao to strengthen Big Bear’s network defenses, Anonymous failed to breach them and found its own systems infected by a taunting virus.

• Luo Yao remotely piloted Xuan Nü into space and used its Electromagnetic Cannon to push the 747 Satellite off course, where it struck six Starlink satellites.
• Alexander blamed Anonymous for the incident and, fearing further attacks, asked Luo Yao to upgrade Big Bear’s network defenses; Luo Yao agreed to handle cybersecurity.
• Mark ordered an urgent launch to claim the six vacant orbital slots, while Bill discovered that Hua Nation’s Quantum Satellites were unharmed and confronted Anonymous about the failed operation.
• TNT organized another attack on the Big Bear Space Administration to find evidence that Anonymous had issued the correct commands, but Luo Yao’s upgraded defenses blocked the intrusion.
• Anonymous’s attack failed, and a virus infected the team’s systems with a message declaring that strength, not Newton, ruled in space.

Luo Yao and Little Moss repelled Anonymous’s attack, while the Space Exploration Company lost six satellite orbital positions to Quantum Satellites. The Turing Award Committee announced Luo Yao as a winner, and he suspected the demand that he attend the ceremony was a trap.

• Luo Yao told Alexander that the Space Administration’s network security was inadequate and declined to upgrade its system.
• Bill paid TNT, then learned that Quantum Satellites had occupied six Starlink positions; Mark canceled the planned rocket launch after the ITU refused to intervene.
• At the Pentagon, Bill’s superior discussed targeting Luo Yao, and Frank proposed using the Turing Award ceremony to draw him abroad or damage his reputation if he refused.
• Frank told the Turing Award Committee chairman that the winners had been approved, and Richard personally emailed Luo Yao the news that he had won.
• Luo Yao read that he had to submit a statement and attend in person, then suspected the award ceremony might be a Hongmen Banquet.

Luo Yao refused the Turing Award after suspecting the invitation was a trap, while Richard and the committee chairman uncovered plans to attack his reputation if he stayed away. After Richard warned Luo Yao, Luo tried to recruit him to Hua Nation, and when Richard declined, Luo offered to accept the award if Richard cooperated with one condition.

• Luo Yao rejected the Turing Award, and Dan Xing refused Zhu Dong’s suggestion to deceive the organizers by claiming Luo would attend before sending someone else to collect it.
• After Luo replied that he would not attend, Richard learned that Frank intended to use Luo’s absence to cast doubt on his achievements and damage his reputation.
• The committee chairman warned Richard that the Ugly Nation’s officials planned to pressure Luo to cooperate or launch a public campaign against him, so Richard emailed Luo about the threat.
• Luo Yao searched Richard’s background, saw an opportunity to recruit the biomedical informatics expert for his AI Medical Pods project, and invited him to join Hua Nation.
• Richard politely declined Luo Yao’s offer, so Luo decided to accept the Turing Award on the condition that Richard cooperate.

Luo Yao persuaded Richard to arrange for the Turing Award to be delivered to Hua Nation, and online pressure pushed the committee toward sending someone. Richard and Vasily departed for Hua Nation, where Vasily revealed he hoped to stay and saw Luo Yao as his chance.

• Richard agreed to pursue Luo Yao's request to hold the Turing Award ceremony in Hua Nation, but the committee president rejected the idea as a break with tradition.
• Dan Xing questioned Luo Yao about receiving the award, and Luo Yao explained that he had asked the committee to deliver it to him.
• Online criticism accused the Turing Award committee of exploiting Luo Yao, prompting the president to arrange for the trophy to be delivered to Hua Nation.
• Richard volunteered to deliver the trophy, and the president assigned Vasily to accompany him.
• At the airport, Vasily told Richard that he wanted to stay in Hua Nation and regarded Luo Yao as his opportunity.

Richard and Vasily saw Hua Nation’s advanced AI safety monitoring and construction robots before meeting Luo Yao, who invited them to consider joining his team. After Hua Nation publicized the Turing Award presentation, Luo Yao turned to Peng Gang and proposed AI as a breakthrough for new energy vehicles.

• Richard and Vasily arrived in Hua Nation and learned from their driver that nationwide AI monitoring protected commercial-vehicle passengers and drivers, while construction robots helped workers become more productive.
• Luo Yao dismissed the Turing Award trophy but accepted the million-dollar check, then invited Richard to join his team and allowed both visitors to stay while he considered their applications.
• Dan Xing and Fu Daobin arranged publicity for the award presentation, and major media coverage prompted Richard and Vasily to reconsider what they had been told about Hua Nation.
• Richard and Vasily decided to explore the country further, while Vasily questioned whether the news they had seen about it had been shaped by the Ugly Nation.
• Luo Yao assessed Peng Gang’s new-energy vehicle materials, cited charging infrastructure and driving range as obstacles, and suggested Artificial Intelligence as a breakthrough.

Luo Yao rejected Peng Gang’s proposed AI partnership until the battery issue was resolved, then revealed plans to commercialize the Hydrogen Negative Ion Conductor Battery. After learning that production required scarce lanthanum hydride, he decided to obtain foreign rare-earth resources and contacted a company Zheng Yang recommended.

• Luo Yao told Peng Gang that an AI system could not compensate for electric vehicles’ limited range and revealed that he knew of a fourth battery type.
• Peng Gang searched for the fourth battery, feared it might be experimental, and asked Zheng Yang about Luo Yao’s plans; Zheng Yang assured him that the battery was mature.
• Luo Yao took Luo Zhu to dinner, learned that she liked Wang Ye, and then discussed commercializing the Hydrogen Negative Ion Conductor Battery with her.
• Luo Zhu explained that large-scale production required lanthanum hydride and said illegal mining and sales had reduced China’s share of global rare-earth supply.
• Luo Yao told Zheng Yang he wanted foreign rare-earth resources for battery commercialization, and Zheng Yang gave him the name of a company from the Ugly Nation to contact.
• Luo Yao decided to approach the company and pursue the rare earths despite suspecting its motives.

As foreign powers competed for rare-earth mining rights in the Mozambique Tribe, Luo Yao proposed trading smart-city technology and infrastructure for the mine, while China’s negotiators struggled to match a 100-billion-dollar offer. The chapter ended with Cai Yue arriving to make a new pitch as Nihong representatives also sought another meeting with Old Kori.

• Liam told Lawrence that Sato could join the Mountain Pass auction as a bidder who would not be allowed to win, and confirmed the other participants had been screened for Hua Nation ties.
• Li Zuodong received a call from Luo Yao about rare-earth supplies, then changed his mind and decided to attend the Mountain Pass auction.
• Luo Yao asked General Serah about the Mozambique Tribe mine and proposed offering Old Kori a smart city and infrastructure development in exchange for its mining rights.
• Zheng Yang and Old Zhou learned that Nihong had raised its offer to 100 billion dollars, and Cai Yue’s team began preparing a final proposal centered on infrastructure and other cooperation.
• General Serah urged Old Kori to consider Pioneer Technology’s offer, and Old Kori was intrigued by the prospect of a smart city.
• Cai Yue arrived to meet Old Kori, but his secretary said Old Kori was receiving guests just as Nihong representatives arrived asking to see him.

General Serah persuaded Old Kori to choose cooperation with Luo Yao’s Pioneer Technology over the rival offers for the Mozambique Tribe’s rare-earth mine. With a hundred drones overhead, Old Kori gathered the rival delegations to announce his decision, but the chapter ended as a projected Hua Nation man appeared.

• Takao boasted to Cai Yue that the Mud Hong delegation had offered Old Kori 100 billion US dollars, while Henry arrived for the Ugly Nation delegation.
• General Serah discussed the tribe’s development needs with Old Kori, showed him Luo Yao’s smart-city plan, and persuaded him to cooperate with Pioneer Technology.
• Old Kori’s secretary told the waiting delegations that Old Kori would announce his decision the next day, prompting Cai Yue to report the news to Zheng Yang.
• Luo Yao told General Serah to bring one hundred drones to protect Old Kori and test how the Ugly Nation and Mud Hong representatives would react.
• Selah arrived at the Mozambique Tribe with one hundred drones, and Old Kori met with Henry, Takao, and Cai Yue to announce his decision.
• Old Kori had his secretary turn on a projector, and Henry questioned the appearance of a young man from Hua Nation on the screen.

Luo Yao secured the Mozambique Tribe’s rare earth mining rights by agreeing to build a smart city, then prepared plans for the project with Zheng Yang. Just as the cooperation was about to move forward, Old Kori abruptly canceled it, and Selah learned that foreign vehicles could no longer enter the tribe.

• Old Kori granted Pioneer Technology the mining rights, while Luo Yao denied Takao’s bribery accusations and Old Kori confirmed that no money had changed hands.
• Luo Yao explained that he had promised to build a smart city, and Cai Yue told Zheng Yang that the agreement had secured the rare earth mine for Hua Nation.
• Zheng Yang met with Luo Yao, reviewed his plans for legal transfers, mining, and urban development, and agreed to cooperate through an arrangement that let Luo Yao use the rare earth himself.
• Luo Yao and Zheng Yang met rare earth experts, but Old Kori called Luo Yao and abruptly canceled their cooperation without explaining why.
• Luo Yao asked Selah to investigate, and Selah learned that the Mozambique Tribe had stopped allowing foreign vehicles to enter.

Luo Yao suspected that powerful forces had arranged a pirate hostage crisis to seize the Mozambique Tribe’s rare earth mine, and he sent drones to confront the pirates without deploying warships. The chapter ended with the exhausted pirates struggling against the drones’ repeated attacks.

• Salah told Luo Yao that he could not enter the Mozambique Tribe or reach Old Kori, while drones had already been deployed to guard the mining area.
• Cai Yue reported that Henry and Takao had tried to enter the mine, and that the Mozambique Tribe had limited Old Kori’s authority while Somali pirates held a cargo ship and over a hundred hostages for ransom.
• Luo Yao inferred that Bissot and the pirates were part of a scheme to pressure the Mozambique Tribe into selling the rare earth rights, and decided to deal with the pirates first.
• In the Mozambique Strait, Jack and the pirate leader used the ship’s high-pressure water cannons to fend off a swarm of drones.
• Luo Yao told his team to wait as the pirates grew exhausted from repeatedly trying to repel the drones.

Luo Yao’s drones wore down the pirates until they surrendered, and their leader revealed that he already feared Luo Yao from a previous encounter with his Electromagnetic Cannon. The rescue pushed the Zansang Tribe to reconsider cooperation with Pioneer Technology, while Bissot promoted an alternative deal with the Sixth Star Nation; Luo Yao agreed to send fifty upgraded Wandering Dragon drones, and both a Pioneer Technology delegation and Sixth Star Nation representatives arrived at the tribe.

• Luo Yao used drones to exhaust and monitor the pirates, who raised white flags and surrendered before Mozambique government personnel arrived.
• The pirate leader told Cai Yue that he recognized Luo Yao from a previous raid and feared his Electromagnetic Cannon, prompting the officials to connect the rescue to Pioneer Technology and its disputed mining agreement.
• Ali and the Zansang Tribe’s leaders discussed hiring Pioneer Technology to secure the strait, but Bissot cast suspicion on the rescue and urged them to consider the Sixth Star Nation instead.
• Ali asked Old Kori why he had supported Pioneer Technology, then proposed that the company prove its sincerity by handing over fifty drones.
• Luo Yao agreed to provide fifty upgraded Wandering Dragon drones, and Zheng Yang arranged for experts to survey the rare earth mine and help mediate.
• An exploration team carrying the fifty drones departed for the Zansang Tribe as representatives of the Sixth Star Nation arrived.

Ali secretly transferred the Mozambique Tribe rare earth mining rights to Pioneer Technology, while Demps and Henry were forced to leave under the threat of Wandering Dragon drones. Li Zuodong’s company secured Mountain Pass Minerals through its hidden Hua Nation ownership, and Luo Yao began planning an electric vehicle project aimed at creating a new market track and taking first place in market share.

• Ali pretended to be sick to avoid meeting Demps, while Bissot showed Demps the rare earth mine and explained that Pioneer Technology drones were protecting it.
• Sergei arrived in the Mozambique Tribe and realized that helping people in neglected places was meaningful; Cai Yue then signed an agreement with Ali to transfer the mining rights to Pioneer Technology.
• After Ali announced the transfer, Demps, Henry, and Bissot tried to confront him, but Wandering Dragon drones surrounded them and escorted Demps and Henry to the airport.
• Li Zuodong’s MPMO Company completed its purchase of Mountain Pass Minerals, then revealed that its holding company was a Hua Nation company and that it controlled the mine’s operations under preferred-share agreements.
• Luo Yao told Zheng Yang that Mountain Pass’s rare earths were inferior to those from the Mozambique Tribe, then said he would limit any sales to the Ugly Nation while pursuing an electric vehicle project designed to open a new market track.

Demps and David struggled to secure rare earth supplies after Chinese companies gained control of Mountain Pass, while Zheng Yang announced Hua Nation’s acquisition of two major rare earth deposits. When Luo Yao proposed building protective robots for the Mozambique Tribe project, he also revealed that Wang Ye would have to go there to help build a smart city.

• Demps’s superior blamed him for failing to secure the Mozambique Tribe mine, then Demps learned from David that a Hua Nation company controlled Mountain Pass and ordered David to request ten thousand tons of rare earths.
• Li Zuodong delayed MPMO Company’s shipment request, prompting David to order an urgent search for overseas mines as his procurement department struggled to find viable options.
• Zheng Yang announced the acquisition of the Mountain Pass and Mozambique Tribe deposits, then organized teams to develop both sites and addressed concerns about protecting the experts sent to Mozambique.
• Luo Yao proposed developing robots that could protect workers with shields during emergencies and explained that his robotics expertise and available carbon nanotubes would make the idea feasible.
• Luo Zhu offered Luo Yao her savings and discussed plans to commercialize the Hydrogen Negative Ion Conductor Battery, but Luo Yao told her Wang Ye had to go to the Mozambique Tribe to build a smart city.

Luo Yao assigned Wang Ye to a future project in the dangerous Mozambique Tribe and arranged a defensive robot to protect him. He also announced a secret high-energy-density battery trial for automakers, then began designing a typhoon-resistant robot he named Door frame.

• Luo Yao told Luo Zhu that Wang Ye was the best candidate for the Mozambique Tribe project, and Wang Ye reluctantly agreed to go after resting for a month.
• Luo Yao told Peng Gang that he planned to build a new electric car and revealed that his team’s high-energy-density battery was entering mass production and would be tested by non-foreign-funded automakers.
• Peng Gang invited automakers to join the battery trials, and the companies registered after Shao Hanzhong suggested supplying more low-end vehicles to reduce costs.
• Luo Yao asked Little Moss to design a defensive robot, rejected its coffin-shaped design, and drew a deployable shield robot himself.
• Little Moss’s simulation showed Luo Yao’s design could not withstand even a Category 8 typhoon, so Luo Yao called Zheng Yang for advice and decided to add a ground anchoring system.
• Luo Yao named the robot Door frame and continued working on its design.

After Wang Ye arrived at the Military Research Institute, Luo Yao showed off Little Moss’s holographic catgirl form, gave Wang Ye leave to meet Luo Zhu’s parents, and received news about his new factories. The chapter ended with Luo Yao visiting Santou Industrial Park and inspecting a factory filled with the robotic arms he had requested.

• Yu Dong praised Luo Yao’s judgment and said Wenjie’s development department would gladly provide the M10 for the battery experiment.
• Wang Ye gave Luo Zhu an Imperial Spring jade bracelet, then entered Luo Yao’s laboratory and discovered Little Moss was a holographic catgirl.
• Luo Yao refused to change Little Moss’s appearance and told reporter Yu Lan he did not care whether people criticized him or wrote about him in textbooks.
• Luo Yao gave Wang Ye a month off and ordered him to spend time with Luo Zhu and meet Luo Yao’s parents.
• Zheng Yang told Luo Yao that the government had built Santou Industrial Park for his work and showed him the completed factories.
• Luo Yao visited a factory in Santou Industrial Park and inspected the many robotic arms he had requested for its assembly workshop.

Luo Yao began testing the Hydrogen Negative Ion Conductor Battery in electric vehicles and used Little Moss to score each vehicle before installation. After five automakers joined the pilot, he announced that their vehicles would undergo testing in a cold region, hinting at a market he intended to target.

• Luo Zhu informed Luo Yao that the first batch of Hydrogen Negative Ion Conductor Batteries had rolled off the production line, and Luo Yao arranged for automakers to bring vehicles to Santou Industrial Park.
• Little Moss evaluated the vehicles and assigned scores, placing a white car in Group A with 71 points and Geek Auto’s car in Group B with 45 points.
• Shao Hanzhong and other representatives challenged the scoring system, but Luo Yao defended its standards and said consumers deserved transparent vehicle ratings.
• Yu Dong supported Luo Yao’s evaluation system, and Wan Peng and Peng Gang agreed to launch it as a pilot program with willing automakers.
• Five automakers submitted vehicles that met Luo Yao’s requirements, and Luo Yao told their representatives that the cars would undergo cold-region testing after battery installation.

Fong Tian President Akio rallied Japanese automakers to oppose electric vehicles after Luo Yao’s battery announcement threatened car sales. In response, Luo Yao planned to steer Japan’s hydrogen-focused companies toward investing even more heavily in hydrogen energy, while keeping his battery tests confidential.

• Akio learned Luo Yao’s new automotive battery was discouraging customers in Hua Nation from buying cars, then summoned Japanese automaker presidents to discuss countering electric vehicles.
• At the N7 Summit, Akio argued that electric vehicles harmed the environment and economy, and urged automakers to support hydrogen-powered vehicles.
• Dan Xing, Zheng Yang, Luo Yao, and Wan Peng discussed Japan’s hydrogen strategy and agreed to keep the Hydrogen Negative Ion Conductor Battery tests confidential.
• Luo Yao surprised the group by saying he wanted information to leak so he could encourage Japan’s hydrogen faction to double down on its chosen path.
• Luo Yao explained that he had calculated the risks and intended to give Japan a slight misconception, while Dan Xing supported his plan to distract Japan from electric vehicles.

Miyazaki stole information about Luo Yao’s hydrogen-energy research, prompting Akio to invest heavily and publicly seek cooperation with him. Luo Yao’s team revealed they had planted false information, then set out to test their batteries in Heihe, where Luo Yao planned to break into Big Bear’s market and spotted people approaching across the frozen landscape.

• Akio sent Miyazaki to infiltrate Yu Dong’s office, and she hid a scanner in the shredder to capture discarded documents.
• Miyazaki sent Matsumoto files describing a supposed hydrogen-energy Plan B, and Akio used the information to promote cooperation with Luo Yao and invest in hydrogen-powered vehicles.
• After Hua Nation announced a hydrogen-energy industrial park, Akio persuaded Japan’s authorities and automakers to invest, and they committed 3.5 billion Ugly Nation dollars to hydrogen projects.
• Luo Yao told Wan Peng and Dan Xing that the hydrogen information was false and said the team would keep monitoring the Japanese while beginning cold-region battery tests.
• Luo Yao led the automakers’ representatives to Heihe with five vehicles controlled by Little Moss, and the group spotted several figures moving through the extreme cold.

Luo Yao demonstrated intelligent electric vehicles in extreme cold to Ivanov and Valoja, impressing them with Little Moss’s driving assistance and the battery’s performance. After the automakers learned he had upgraded their vehicles, they agreed to his 40 percent technology partnership share, and a month later their new intelligent electric vehicles went on sale.

• Luo Yao projected Little Moss to interpret for Dan Xing and Ivanov, then explained that he had invited Ivanov’s group to test the new vehicles in extreme cold.
• Little Moss drove an electric SUV while Ivanov tested another, and the car’s battery stayed at 100 percent as its AI guided him through icy conditions.
• Ivanov nearly crashed after braking and steering too sharply, but the car’s emergency system avoided a tree; he praised the vehicle and said he would report the possibility of cooperation.
• Valoja rejected an immediate large-scale introduction of the cars, citing foreign automakers’ local investments and the time Bear Country consumers would need to learn about Hua Nation cars.
• The five automakers asked Luo Yao what he had changed, and he said Little Moss controlled their car systems and he had added projections; he requested a 40 percent share for a technology partnership, which they accepted.
• One month later, five automakers launched Hua Nation’s new generation of intelligent electric vehicles.