Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo and his allies built the first level of the underground secret base in a single night using telekinesis and Old Albert’s Rock manipulation. Crossbones Brock Rumlow and Hill moved into the completed level, while Chen Mo and Old Albert returned to Castle.

• Chen Mo constructed the rebar framework and installed the utility lines throughout the underground level.
• Chen Mo assigned Old Albert to fill the framework with earth and rock and solidify it into stone.
• Old Albert turned the temporary support pillars into sturdy stone columns, then helped finish the floor, walls, and ceiling.
• Chen Mo, Old Albert, Crossbones Brock Rumlow, and Hill completed the lighting, ventilation, power, and living quarters.
• Crossbones Brock Rumlow and Hill stayed in the new base while Chen Mo and Old Albert returned to Castle.

Chen Mo oversaw the start of construction on the underground base’s second level, where Crossbones Brock Rumlow used his Shockwave ability to break through bedrock. While Hill, Old Albert, and Brock Rumlow kept excavating, Chen Mo visited his company and reviewed its growth, deciding to accelerate his real-world expansion.

• Chen Mo relaxed with coffee while Hill, Old Albert, and Crossbones Brock Rumlow began digging the base’s second level.
• When they reached bedrock, Brock Rumlow blasted it apart with his Shockwave ability and became covered in stone dust.
• Chen Mo cleared the dust from Brock Rumlow and told him to protect himself with telekinesis; the three then continued excavating behind protective shields.
• After less than half the larger level was dug out, Chen Mo periodically collected the rubble and spent time riding horses with Wade and Agent Zero and visiting his company.
• Chen Mo heard reports from Su Wan, Anna, and the other company heads, then decided to accelerate HYDRA’s development and expand S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries Group.
• Chen Mo noted that S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto’s Thunder and Lord models had generated heavy orders, but he chose not to add production lines because demand growth was beginning to slow.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology, led by Bradley, completed its first product: a holographic smartphone powered by advanced projection technology and an early version of J.A.R.V.I.S. With prototypes tested and production lines under construction, Chen Mo expected the phone to disrupt the electronics market.

• Chen Mo remained confident that S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto's three premier cars had secured the world's top-tier automotive market.
• Bradley used Chen Mo's technological support and his own market analysis to choose a holographic smartphone as S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology's first product.
• Bradley and S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology developed a phone that projected a virtual screen, keyboard, and mouse for computer-like use.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology equipped the phone with an early J.A.R.V.I.S. artificial intelligence and hardware that surpassed contemporary phones and computers.
• The holographic smartphone's prototypes passed testing, and production lines were being built as Chen Mo prepared to target the wider electronics market.

Chen Mo learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology’s smartphone production line and S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace’s jet were nearing completion, while he considered expanding S.H.I.E.L.D. Machinery. Su Wan reported that the FDA had revoked the anticancer drug’s fast-track review, and the chapter ended with Merck offering help in exchange for buying 90 percent of the company.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology’s holographic smartphone production line was more than half complete, and S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace’s first supersonic private jet was nearing completion.
• Chen Mo considered expanding S.H.I.E.L.D. Machinery after its production demands slowed the aircraft project.
• Su Wan told Chen Mo that the FDA had revoked the anticancer drug’s fast-track review and required at least two years of trials.
• Chen Mo suspected that a powerful pharmaceutical company was pressuring them and predicted that someone would offer cooperation.
• Su Wan answered a call from Merck’s president, who offered to use the company’s FDA connections to speed up review in exchange for 90 percent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio.

After the Food and Drug Administration blocked S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s anti-cancer drug, Chen Mo refused Merck Pharmaceutical Group’s pressure to surrender most of the profits and chose to seek approval abroad. The chapter left S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio facing enthusiastic offers from countries eager to host its branches and factories.

• Chen Mo recognized Merck Pharmaceutical Group’s call and the FDA’s blocked approval as an attempt to force him to give up most of the drug’s profits.
• Chen Mo told Su Wan to contact health departments in China, Europe, and other countries about establishing branches, building factories, and launching the drug there first.
• Su Wan contacted foreign health departments, which welcomed S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s plans and offered favorable policies for local factories and drug approval.
• India, Japan, and Australia contacted S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio with invitations and promises to streamline approval.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio learned that approval in one country could make the process in other countries much easier.

Su Wan chose China as the first place to establish S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s branch and review its anti-cancer drug, while Chen Mo completed the second level of the underground base and awakened the remaining Ice Soldiers. After the Ice Soldiers learned about the real world and obtained identities, HYDRA was ready to mobilize as the first team left for China.

• Su Wan chose China for the new anti-cancer drug’s review and began preparing staff, supplies, and equipment for a branch there.
• Crossbones Brock Rumlow, Hill, and Old Albert excavated and completed the base’s second underground level with Chen Mo’s holographic blueprints.
• Chen Mo awakened the remaining two hundred Ice Soldiers in the underground base.
• The Ice Soldiers studied J.A.R.V.I.S.’s materials about the real world and received identities, allowing them to begin integrating into it.
• A team of more than twenty S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio employees departed for China to establish a branch and restart the drug’s clinical trials and review.

HYDRA agent He Han led S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s team to China, carrying a case of the company’s new anti-cancer drug. At the airport, a security supervisor singled out the case for inspection, and He Han challenged his authority.

• He Han arrived at the airport with the S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio team and noticed a middle-aged white man watching them maliciously.
• The team checked in their luggage while the watcher observed them and made a phone call.
• A security officer stopped He Han and demanded to inspect his metal briefcase, which held the anti-cancer drug.
• He Han questioned the request after seeing that the scanner showed nothing suspicious, and the supervisor told him to open the case without explanation.
• He Han asked the supervisor what he was, prompting the man to identify himself as the airport security supervisor.

He Han challenged the airport security supervisor’s authority and was forced to let security inspect his briefcase of new anticancer drugs. When the supervisor opened it, a device had already denatured every dose inside.

• He Han pointed out that the man with glasses was not wearing an ID badge, leaving him unable to prove he was the security supervisor or demand an inspection.
• The man with glasses ordered his subordinate to inspect He Han’s briefcase, claiming it might contain prohibited medication and threatening to call airport police.
• He Han realized the airport staff would seize the medicine regardless and agreed to open the briefcase, giving them the combination 0-0-0.
• The man with glasses opened the briefcase, unaware that a device had released gas and ruined every dose of the new anticancer drug.

He Han allowed airport security to detain S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s anticancer drugs, while the bespectacled man believed he had secured valuable medicine for Merck. He Han left calmly, knowing the case’s hidden self-destruct device had destroyed the drugs and anticipating Merck’s reaction when it discovered the loss.

• Chen Mo had equipped the combination case with a hidden self-destruct device that released gas if anyone entered the wrong password or tried to force it open.
• After the case was opened, the bespectacled man ordered a security inspector to detain the drugs as suspicious medication.
• He Han accepted the detention without protest, asking only that the expensive case be handled carefully.
• The security inspector inspected the case and returned it to the conveyor belt, while He Han led the S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio team away.
• The bespectacled man could not detain He Han because he had given no grounds for it, and He Han left wondering how Merck would react after buying the destroyed drugs.

After customs blocked the shipment of drugs and equipment for S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio China, Chen Mo decided to transport them himself aboard his Wakandan spaceship. He arranged for Su Wan to gather the supplies and prepared to fly to Bincheng, where the company’s China branch would be established.

• He Han led his team to a café and reassured Lafis that the clinical trials and review would proceed despite the drugs being intercepted.
• Chen Mo told He Han that customs had blocked the drugs and most of the equipment, and promised to arrange another way to deliver them.
• He Han and his team boarded a flight to Bincheng, where China had prepared a factory complex for S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio.
• Chen Mo decided to use his Wakandan spaceship to smuggle the supplies to China and visit his family.
• Chen Mo instructed Su Wan to gather the equipment, and she confirmed that everything was ready in a warehouse.

Chen Mo loaded the supplies into his space, then departed the Castle in a cloaked Wakandan spaceship bound for Bincheng. After enjoying the view from the cabin, he asked J.A.R.V.I.S. to catch up with He Han’s passenger plane and looked over at it.

• Chen Mo teleported to the warehouse, stored the equipment and supplies in his space, and returned to the Castle.
• Chen Mo launched the Wakandan spaceship through the concealed flight passage built into the mountainside.
• Chen Mo relaxed aboard the spaceship while J.A.R.V.I.S. displayed the sky and ocean around him.
• Chen Mo asked J.A.R.V.I.S. where He Han’s plane was and ordered it to catch up.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. matched the speed of He Han’s Airbus A380, and Chen Mo looked toward the passenger plane.

Chen Mo secretly brought S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s drug-production equipment to Bincheng, visited his family, and trained with his father and grandfather. He Han and the S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio team arrived in China, where officials welcomed them and invited them to rest before a banquet.

• Chen Mo contacted He Han aboard his flight and told him about his plan.
• Chen Mo teleported into the empty Bincheng factory warehouse and unloaded equipment and supplies for producing anti-cancer drugs.
• Chen Mo secretly returned to the Martial Arts School and spent the night with his family.
• Chen Mo trained with Chen Jingde and Chen Weiguo, helping them improve their martial arts.
• He Han and his team arrived at Bincheng Airport, where Ministry of Health and city officials welcomed them and arranged a hotel and banquet.

He Han arrived in Bincheng and assured the officials that the clinical-trial drugs and production equipment would be available, despite the drugs in his suitcase having been detained at the airport. He led his team to the factory complex, where the trials were set to begin that afternoon and the company’s China branch would be based.

• He Han declined the mayor’s welcome ceremony and asked about preparations for the clinical trials.
• He Han told Director Xu that the trial drugs were in his suitcase, though his team knew the suitcase’s contents had been detained at security.
• He Han asked for patient files and announced that the clinical trials would begin that afternoon.
• Mayor Zhang handed He Han the keys to the factory complex for S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s temporary use pending the drug review.
• He Han led his team into the factory complex that would become the company’s China branch.

He Han explained to his team that powerful forces had obstructed their cancer drug review to seize the drug and profit from it. He revealed that Chen Mo had secretly arranged for the trial drugs and equipment to reach China, leaving the team ready to begin work.

• He Han led his team from the new office building to Warehouse No. 1.
• He Han opened the warehouse and showed the team the machines and a briefcase containing the drugs for clinical trials.
• He Han told the team that powerful forces had interfered with the drug review to force the company to surrender its anti-cancer drug.
• He Han said Chen Mo had decided to keep the drug affordable so cancer patients could pay for long-term treatment.
• He Han explained that Chen Mo had secretly shipped the drugs and equipment to China under other companies' names.

He Han led S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio China through the anti-cancer drug’s clinical trial and established the company’s China branch as preparations for production advanced. Meanwhile, Chen Mo returned to Los Angeles while HYDRA agents spread across the world and built their future headquarters beneath the Castle.

• He Han explained the blocked drug approval process and the origins of the team’s equipment and medicines, strengthening the new team’s confidence in S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio and Chen Mo.
• The anti-cancer drug’s clinical trial began at Bincheng Municipal Hospital, and early results showed strong cancer-cell inhibition with no observed toxic side effects.
• The Bincheng government approved the S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio China Branch, while Su Wan arranged a shipment of conventional equipment that cleared customs and helped conceal the warehouse’s restricted devices.
• Chen Mo returned to Los Angeles aboard the Wakandan spaceship as HYDRA agents left the underground base to establish overseas branches and infiltrate the United States.
• Old Albert, Hill, and Crossbones Brock Rumlow continued construction on the fourth underground level of HYDRA’s future headquarters beneath the Castle.

The underground base was completed as Old Albert, Crossbones Brock Rumlow, and Hill advanced their X-Gene abilities. S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology launched its Holographic Smartphone with a heavily criticized advertisement, and the chapter left the public divided over whether its science-fiction features were real.

• Old Albert, Crossbones Brock Rumlow, and Hill improved their powers while excavating and building the four-level underground base.
• The underground base was completed, spanning four levels and sixty thousand square meters beneath the mountain.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology finished testing its production lines and officially launched the Holographic Smartphone.
• An Ran's commercial showcased the phone's holographic projection, Artificial Intelligence, and computer-like features, prompting many viewers to call it a fake concept device.
• A Thunder sports car owner defended S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries, saying that owning one of its vehicles proved the company's capabilities.

Bradley unveiled the Holographic Smartphone, demonstrating its clear holographic projection, genuine Artificial Intelligence, and computer-level performance. After the audience anxiously awaited its price, Bradley revealed that the phone came in three versions, leaving the actual prices undisclosed.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto owners trusted S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries and anticipated the Holographic Smartphone after S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology announced its release date.
• Bradley hosted the launch event and demonstrated the phone's holographic projection and voice-controlled Artificial Intelligence.
• Bradley explained that the phone's performance rivaled advanced laptop computers, prompting many viewers to decide they wanted to buy one.
• The audience speculated about the phone's price as Bradley raised three fingers, and many feared it would cost thirty thousand dollars.
• Bradley announced that the Holographic Smartphone came in three versions.

At the launch event, Bradley introduced the Elite and Premium versions of the Holographic Smartphone and demonstrated their increasingly advanced projection capabilities. The Premium Edition’s image manipulation suggested major design applications, but Chen Mo intended the phones for personal users rather than companies.

• Bradley explained that the Standard Edition had controllable 2D projection, basic artificial intelligence, and a durable body and screen.
• Bradley demonstrated the Elite Edition’s playback-only 3D projection and described its improved artificial intelligence, performance, and durability.
• Bradley showed that the Premium Edition could freeze and manipulate 3D projections, transforming a projected stallion into a Pegasus.
• Audience members recognized the potential of the Premium Edition’s projection and image-processing functions for design and movie special effects.
• Chen Mo intended the Holographic Smartphone for individual consumers and restricted the Premium Edition’s image-processing functions, though it could assist with ordinary architectural and model designs.

Bradley presented the Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone’s advanced AI, rugged construction, and other features before revealing its million-dollar price. The price was beyond most buyers, but S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto customers among the audience might still be interested.

• Bradley demonstrated Wade, the Premium Edition’s advanced AI, and compared its abilities with J.A.R.V.I.S.’s far greater capabilities.
• Bradley explained that the Premium Edition had doubled hardware specifications and a reinforced alloy casing and bulletproof glass that could withstand rifle fire.
• Bradley said the phone could survive a twenty-meter drop and remain waterproof at depths of up to one hundred meters.
• Bradley announced that the Premium Edition would cost one million dollars, leaving most people unable to afford it.
• The audience included S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto customers who might consider buying the expensive phone.

Dan Brandon eagerly tried to buy S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries’ million-dollar Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone, while older wealthy customers like Old Halssen showed little interest. He qualified to purchase it as a Thunder Supercar owner, and Bradley explained that the phone was being reserved for S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto owners as a vehicle companion.

• Old Halssen dismissed the Holographic Smartphone because he preferred his simple Nokia and had no interest in its advanced features.
• Dan Brandon, impressed by the Thunder Supercar he had bought from S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries, rushed to purchase the new smartphone when it appeared on the company’s website.
• Dan clicked purchase and received confirmation that his Thunder Supercar ownership made him eligible to buy the phone.
• Bradley explained that limited production meant the Premium Edition was available only to S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto owners.
• Bradley described how the phone could connect to a S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle for remote control, driving assistance, and emergency AI intervention.