Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo left Wakanda with Vibranium, cloaking devices, and copied nanotech suit data, then headed to HYDRA’s Norwegian base to prepare for his departure and build an Iron Man suit. The chapter established HYDRA’s broader research, military, and intelligence strength, and revealed that Erik Killmonger remained loyal to HYDRA.

• Chen Mo took a large supply of Vibranium, several cloaking devices, and the copied Vibranium Nanotech Combat Suit data from Wakanda.
• Chen Mo instructed Shuri to make Nanotech Combat Suits for Sharon, Howard, and the others before leaving the laboratory.
• Chen Mo chose HYDRA’s Top-Secret Base in Norway as the place to complete his preparations and manufacture the Iron Man suit.
• Chen Mo compared HYDRA’s broad research departments and military strength with Wakanda’s more specialized technology and limited industrial base.
• Chen Mo noted that HYDRA would share Wakanda’s technology and retain its strength through its Winter Soldiers and intelligence network.
• Chen Mo confirmed that Erik Killmonger, Wakanda’s current king, was a loyal HYDRA agent.

Chen Mo returned to HYDRA’s Top-Secret Base and worked with its scientists to build a heavily upgraded Adamantium Iron Man suit. He tested the suit, then prepared the Batmobile and filled most of his storage space with advanced industrial equipment for his plans in the real world.

• Chen Mo assembled Dr. Zola, Anton Vanko, and other HYDRA scientists to help him improve the Mark III’s deployment system and build a new suit.
• Chen Mo completed a black Adamantium suit with powerful weapons, advanced flight and underwater capabilities, sealed environmental systems, and an optimized J.A.R.V.I.S. assistant.
• Chen Mo flew the suit through the snow-covered mountains and quickly mastered its controls and maneuverability.
• Chen Mo had Dr. Zola and the other scientists build another Batmobile while he organized supplies for his return.
• Chen Mo reserved space for the suit, the Batmobile, weapons, and supplies, then filled nearly all the remaining space with HYDRA’s advanced manufacturing and processing equipment.

Chen Mo completed preparations in HYDRA’s world, storing a heavily armored, stealth-capable Ghost Vehicle and other equipment before returning to the island. The next morning, he began preparing for his next task by bringing a massive silver case out of storage.

• Chen Mo fitted a compact cloaking device to his Iron Man suit and discarded the stealth aircraft.
• HYDRA completed the Ghost Vehicle, which Chen Mo equipped with Adamantium armor, stealth systems, and powerful weapons before storing it away.
• After filling his storage space, Chen Mo gave Old Eddie instructions and returned to the real world.
• Chen Mo appeared at his island camp at dusk, spent the night in his tent, and avoided the survivors.
• The next morning, Chen Mo checked on the survivors, dressed in ordinary black combat clothes over his Nanotech Combat Suit, and summoned a massive silver case.

Chen Mo thawed Lazar from a cryogenic chamber to test whether a person could survive being stored and transported through his frozen-time storage space. After Lazar recovered, he approached Chen Mo pretending to be weak while hiding a stone to attack him.

• Chen Mo opened the cryogenic chamber and watched Lazar awaken, confused and disoriented.
• Lazar recalled being captured after fleeing his pursuers and waking painfully in a laboratory before being placed in the chamber.
• Chen Mo explained to himself that he hoped cryogenic hibernation would let people survive storage-space travel, unlike the animals he had tested before.
• Lazar, still weak and unarmed, concealed his hostility while resting against a tree as Chen Mo monitored his recovery.
• After Lazar regained his strength, he walked toward Chen Mo pretending to be hungry while hiding a sharp stone behind his back.

Chen Mo killed Lazar with an energy pistol and stored the cryogenic pod after his experiment succeeded. At camp, Zhang Xin and Xu Qing heard Lazar's scream but dismissed it and continued gathering firewood.

• Lazar pretended to be weak, then attacked Chen Mo with a stone while Chen Mo reached into his combat suit.
• Chen Mo drew an NS-7 energy pistol and turned Lazar to ashes with a shot.
• Chen Mo kicked away the stone, closed the cryogenic pod, and stored it in his storage space.
• Zhang Lan, Xu Shan, and Captain Zhao Jianmin went fishing while Zhang Xin, Xu Qing, and Su Wan gathered firewood near camp.
• Xu Qing told Zhang Xin she had heard a man's scream, but Zhang Xin brushed it off and ordered her to keep working.

Chen Mo explained why he helped the island’s survivors and considered them potential recruits for a future organization. After two months of hardship, only six survivors remained, and Chen Mo valued their character over combat ability.

• Zhang Xin and Xu Qing found a large pile of firewood and credited the unseen helper with being the Snail Brother or Conch Brother.
• Chen Mo reflected that helping the survivors was easy for him and gave him something to do, while also fitting his sense of responsibility.
• Chen Mo considered the survivors’ courage and kindness proof of their potential, while noting that the three foreigners had succumbed to evil and been killed.
• Chen Mo listed the six remaining survivors: Zhao Jianmin, Zhang Lan, Xu Shan, Zhang Xin, Xu Qing, and Su Wan.
• Chen Mo decided that character mattered more than fighting skill when choosing members for his future organization, as it had when he rebuilt HYDRA.

Chen Mo used J.A.R.V.I.S. to connect to the outside world and check on his family after two months without news. Seeing his parents’ grief, he cried, while Chen Weiguo reflected on his son’s hidden talents as he and Zhang Huilan visited Chen Jingde in the hospital.

• Chen Mo considered leaving the island now that his Iron Man suit could carry him away, but decided to first check the outside world and his family.
• Chen Mo called J.A.R.V.I.S., which hacked a satellite and connected to the network.
• Chen Mo learned that Chen Jingde remained stable but unconscious and saw his haggard parents on the hospital’s surveillance footage.
• Chen Mo watched his parents’ lonely figures on the holographic display and wept.
• Chen Weiguo and Zhang Huilan went to visit Chen Jingde, and Chen Weiguo recalled Chen Mo’s exceptional intelligence, physical ability, and skill with Throwing Knives.

Chen Mo secretly called his parents from the island where his plane had made an emergency landing, confirming that he was alive and explaining that he would fake his death and assume a new identity abroad. His parents agreed to keep his survival secret and held on to hope that he would reunite with them and cure Chen Jingde.

• Chen Weiguo saw Chen Mo's name on his phone and answered the call after making sure the hospital corridor was empty.
• Chen Mo told Chen Weiguo that he and six others had survived the plane's emergency landing, but that he would fake his death and contact his parents under other identities.
• Chen Mo promised to find a way to cure Chen Jingde and told his parents to take care of themselves until they could meet again.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. erased the call records and traces from the satellite and internet networks.
• Chen Weiguo and Zhang Huilan returned to Chen Jingde's room with sorrowful expressions, concealing their relief that Chen Mo was alive.

Chen Mo learned that a rescue helicopter would reach the island soon and prepared to let the survivors leave without exposing his identity. He told them he would stay behind until his companions came for him, and they promised to keep his secret and offered to return for him.

• Chen Mo checked the search-and-rescue operation with J.A.R.V.I.S. and learned that a helicopter would find the island in three days.
• Three days later, Chen Mo packed his belongings, erased traces of himself and his companions, and went to the survivors’ camp in armor.
• Chen Mo told Su Wan, Captain Zhao Jianmin, and the other survivors that a rescue helicopter would arrive in an hour.
• Chen Mo asked the survivors to keep his existence secret and explained that he would not leave with them because his identity was special.
• Su Wan and Zhao Jianmin offered to return secretly and bring Chen Mo home if he needed help.

Chen Mo left the survivors after asking them to keep his existence secret, and Su Wan asked to go with him but was told they might meet again. The survivors then prepared a shared account of their time on the island before the rescue plane arrived.

• Chen Mo declined to take anyone with him and left the camp, while Zhang Xin and Xu Qing watched him go reluctantly.
• Su Wan asked to follow Chen Mo, but he told her to return home and said they might meet again.
• After Chen Mo left, Su Wan reminded the survivors to agree on what they would tell rescuers, and Captain Zhao Jianmin agreed.
• Su Wan laid out a survival story that omitted Chen Mo, the three foreigners, and Wang Jianqiang, and the others helped refine it.
• The survivors memorized their account, while Chen Mo listened from the woods and trusted Su Wan and Captain Zhao Jianmin to handle the rescue questions.

Chen Mo watched the six survivors get rescued from the deserted island, then ended his old identity and flew toward Los Angeles in his Iron Man suit. He left the island cloaked and headed west, beginning a new life.

• A rescue helicopter found the island and brought the six survivors aboard as Chen Mo watched from the woods.
• The survivors looked back at the island and silently said goodbye to Chen Mo as the helicopter carried them toward the rescue ship.
• Chen Mo watched the helicopter leave and decided his former identity would end with the discovery of the wreckage and survivors.
• Chen Mo put on his Iron Man suit, activated J.A.R.V.I.S.'s navigation, and attached his cloaking device to avoid detection.
• Chen Mo flew toward Los Angeles, choosing to pilot the suit himself and enjoy the flight.

Chen Mo left the deserted island, reached Los Angeles, and arranged to turn valuables from other worlds into real-world funds. As news celebrated the six survivors’ rescue, Chen Mo rushed the auction schedule to obtain money quickly.

• Chen Mo had J.A.R.V.I.S. create a new government identity for him under the name Chen Mo, with the English name Blake Chen.
• A military search team arrived at the deserted island, found no other survivors, and marveled at the camp and the six survivors’ wilderness skills.
• Chen Mo flew to the California coast, rode into Los Angeles, and checked into a presidential suite.
• News outlets reported that six people had survived the plane crash and endured sixty days on the island.
• Chen Mo chose a major auction house and consigned valuable jewelry and antiques from other worlds, then shortened the planned auction schedule from a month to three days.

Chen Mo forced the auction house to hold his auction within three days, then used the proceeds to buy a property and company for his plans in the real world. After collecting nearly $2.3 billion, he rode north from Los Angeles toward his new home.

• Chen Mo rejected the auction house's request for a month of preparation and made it agree to hold the auction in three days.
• Chen Mo used J.A.R.V.I.S. to find a suitable property and company while the auction house promoted his items.
• Wealthy bidders competed for Chen Mo's jewelry and antiques, and a set of medieval royal jewelry sold for $95 million.
• The auction brought Chen Mo nearly $2.3 billion, and he had J.A.R.V.I.S. purchase the property and company he had selected.
• Chen Mo left Los Angeles on his Harley Street 750 and rode north along the Pacific Coast Highway toward his new home.

Chen Mo reached the coastal estate he had chosen in Santa Barbara and entered its vast peninsula grounds. He rode toward the mountains, following the estate road as it climbed along the slope.

• Chen Mo rode along Highway 1 until he spotted a wooded peninsula enclosed by fences and a locked iron gate.
• Chen Mo used a silver key to unlock the gate, then rode through the trees and into the estate.
• Chen Mo surveyed the estate's grasslands, hills, forest, mountains, lake, and coastline as he rode along its asphalt road.
• Chen Mo followed the road toward the mountain range, then turned inland and began climbing along the mountainside.

Chen Mo moved into the mountaintop castle on his newly purchased ranch and surveyed the secluded valley and surrounding land. With his residence secured, he also completed the acquisition of a struggling Los Angeles automobile company to use as the foundation for his plans.

• Chen Mo rode his motorcycle to the castle, entered through the garage, and inspected its lavish interior.
• Chen Mo surveyed the hidden beach and ranch from the castle, chose the eastern master bedroom, and admired the land now under his ownership.
• Chen Mo bought the ranch estate for fifty-two million dollars and moved out of the hotel into the castle.
• Chen Mo completed the acquisition of a failing Los Angeles automobile company, valuing its established departments, workers, and equipment as a shortcut to building a company from scratch.

Chen Mo assessed the small automaker he had acquired and concluded that its capable staff, vehicle-design expertise, and chassis technology gave him a strong foundation for development. The company was struggling financially, but Chen Mo had ample technology and funding to support it.

• Chen Mo decided that the company only needed to design and build complete vehicles, while he focused on protecting technical confidentiality.
• He reviewed the automaker’s business, which relied on suppliers for most components but independently developed and manufactured its chassis and suspension systems.
• Chen Mo recognized that the company’s vehicles performed well but struggled to compete with established brands because of higher costs and gaps in technology.
• He relied on HYDRA’s automotive technology and his available funds to plan the company’s growth, without intending to hold another auction soon.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. had analyzed the employees before the acquisition, and Chen Mo found that the company’s R&D, design, and production teams included capable workers who would become crucial assets.

After acquiring the struggling Taylor Automotive Manufacturing Company, Chen Mo rode to the factory to meet its worried managers. They mistook his approaching motorcycle for an unrelated vehicle until it raced toward them at high speed.

• Chen Mo locked the Castle gates and rode his Harley Street 750 toward the company.
• General manager Michael and the department heads waited anxiously at the factory entrance, doubting the new owner's ability to save the company.
• Michael checked the time and feared the new owner would be late for his first visit.
• The managers saw a motorcycle appear on Highway 1 and assumed it could not belong to their billionaire owner.
• Chen Mo's motorcycle drifted at the company entrance and charged toward the startled executives.

Chen Mo arrived at the struggling company on a motorcycle just before the deadline and introduced himself as its new boss. At the first meeting, he renamed it S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto Company, discontinued its existing models, and announced plans to develop a new vehicle, leaving the staff unsettled.

• Chen Mo sped up on a black motorcycle and stopped in front of the company staff without hitting them.
• Chen Mo confirmed he was the new boss, and Michael noted that he had arrived with one minute to spare.
• Chen Mo declined a factory tour and called a meeting in the conference room.
• Chen Mo announced that the company would be renamed S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto Company and that all existing models would be discontinued.
• Chen Mo said he would fund development of a new vehicle, prompting resistance from most staff and excitement from a thin middle-aged man with glasses.

Chen Mo announced a personnel purge at the auto company and accused engine development chief Eddicott of stalling the new engine project despite receiving the department’s largest budget. The meeting ended with Eddicott’s record under scrutiny as Chen Mo challenged his claims and several executives reconsidered their support.

• Michael prepared to warn Chen Mo that developing a new model was too difficult, but Chen Mo said he knew about the previous failure and had a plan.
• Chen Mo announced that 36 employees should be dismissed for poor ability, attitudes, or character, and projected the names on a screen.
• The executives recognized several names on the list, including R&D Department head Eddicott, who angrily objected to his dismissal.
• Chen Mo retorted that the new model had already failed under Eddicott’s leadership and accused him of nearly halting engine development.
• Chen Mo said Eddicott’s team had received the highest R&D budget but delivered the fewest results, leaving the executives uncertain about Eddicott.

Chen Mo exposed Eddicott’s schemes to manipulate the R&D department and embezzle its funding, then revealed his misconduct outside the company. Eddicott was left panicked as Chen Mo continued uncovering his secrets.

• Chen Mo explained how Eddicott had persuaded Little Taylor to restart vehicle development by claiming the engine team had promising results.
• Chen Mo revealed that Eddicott had staged his outburst to make coworkers defend him and pressure Chen Mo to keep him employed.
• Chen Mo accused Eddicott of hiding the engine team’s research results and embezzling R&D funds to prolong his access to company money.
• Chen Mo said Eddicott had planned to leave for another employer but reconsidered when the new vehicle project offered another chance to profit.
• Chen Mo revealed that Eddicott’s wife had divorced him and that he engaged in drinking, gambling, prostitution, and drug use.
• Chen Mo said Eddicott’s drug use had caused his gaunt appearance, and the gathered employees reacted with shock.