Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo refused John Keller’s offer to join the Department of Defense, declared himself an Earthling, and left Sector 7 after confirming that the AllSpark had been destroyed. John Keller and the technicians handled the invasion’s aftermath, restored global communications, and blamed the outage on a new computer virus.

• John Keller offered Chen Mo command of an independent combat division, but Chen Mo refused and identified himself as an Earthling when Keller asked who he really was.
• Chen Mo told everyone that the Decepticons and Megatron had been defeated and that the AllSpark was destroyed, then left Sector 7.
• Sam and Michaela stayed behind as Chen Mo departed with Bumblebee, and John Keller later found no trace of him at his residence.
• John Keller and his team began recovering Decepticon wreckage, repairing damage, and concealing the alien war from the public.
• Glenn Whitman, Maggie Madsen, and other experts helped eradicate the network viruses and restore global communications, while officials blamed the outage on a new computer virus.

After the Decepticons were defeated, the government sank their remains and dissolved Sector 7, leaving Simmons without a job or pension. As he hitchhiked away, an empty black GMC pickup stopped for him, and he climbed aboard, only to fear it might be a Decepticon rather than an Autobot.

• The President ordered the Decepticons' bodies sunk in a deep-sea trench and disbanded Sector 7.
• Simmons left Hoover Dam with his belongings, having lost his job, savings, and pension.
• While considering returning home to help his mother, Simmons remembered Chen Mo and wished he could become a hero.
• An empty black GMC pickup stopped in front of Simmons, and he recognized it might be a self-driving Transformer.
• Simmons tossed his box into the pickup and climbed in before it sped away unnoticed by the FBI agents.
• As the pickup drove itself, Simmons feared it might be a Decepticon that had captured him for revenge.

Ironhide brought Simmons to meet Chen Mo, the Autobots’ Commander, and took him to a concealed underground facility beneath the abandoned factory where Barricade’s remains had been found. Simmons was left staring at the vast, clean underground space as its doors opened.

• Ironhide cooled the pickup’s interior and told Simmons that the Commander wished to see him.
• Simmons realized Ironhide was an Autobot and speculated about Chen Mo, but Ironhide refused to reveal confidential information.
• Ironhide drove Simmons to the abandoned factory where Simmons had found Barricade’s remains.
• Ironhide drove through the factory into a dark space, and Simmons felt the vehicle descend like an elevator.
• The lights came on and doors opened, revealing a large underground facility.

Chen Mo welcomed Simmons to his new underground S.H.I.E.L.D. base and asked him to join his work after Sector 7’s disbandment. Simmons met the Autobots and began discussing the offer over coffee, while Chen Mo planned to keep the base ready for future events in the Transformers world.

• Simmons arrived at the underground base and was shocked by Optimus Prime and the other Autobots.
• Ironhide transformed from a pickup truck into a towering robot in front of Simmons.
• Chen Mo welcomed Simmons to S.H.I.E.L.D. and offered him a job.
• Simmons accepted Chen Mo’s coffee invitation, and they sat down to talk.
• Chen Mo reflected on why he had chosen Simmons to help the Autobots and prepare for future threats.

Chen Mo recruited Simmons to help establish S.H.I.E.L.D. and lead the effort to find and eliminate the Decepticons still hiding on Earth. Simmons accepted Chen Mo’s account of S.H.I.E.L.D. and was told he had been chosen as its deputy director.

• Chen Mo reviewed J.A.R.V.I.S.’s assessment of Simmons and concluded that his intelligence and command skills suited the role.
• Chen Mo explained his identity and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s history, and Simmons eagerly accepted that the organization protected Earth.
• Chen Mo warned Simmons that many Decepticons remained hidden across the planet, and Simmons considered how S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Autobots could defeat them.
• Chen Mo said S.H.I.E.L.D. needed someone to direct the Decepticon cleanup and told Simmons he had chosen him.
• Chen Mo offered Simmons the position of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s deputy director, and Simmons reacted with excitement.

Chen Mo put Simmons in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. while leaving the Autobots behind, and Simmons began rebuilding the organization after Sector 7’s dissolution. Within days, he recruited former Sector 7 staff and several familiar allies to the secret base.

• Chen Mo made Simmons S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Deputy Director and left the Autobots to assist him while he was away.
• Simmons realized S.H.I.E.L.D. had no organized human forces and decided to recruit former Sector 7 colleagues.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. vetted Simmons’s recruits, and the former Sector 7 personnel joined S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Simmons and his allies gathered dozens of agents and logistical staff at the secret base, including Lennox, Maggie Madsen, Glenn Whitman, Sam, and Michaela.

Chen Mo left the newly formed S.H.I.E.L.D. to clean up the remaining Decepticons while he returned to the real world with the AllSpark. After learning its limits, he decided to use it to create miniature Transformers rather than large ones.

• Simmons recruited Sam, Michaela, and former Sector 7 personnel to help form S.H.I.E.L.D., which quickly organized an operation against the remaining Decepticons.
• Glenn Whitman, Maggie Madsen, Captain William Lennox, the Autobots, and Simmons’s team took charge of intelligence, analysis, combat, and coordination while Chen Mo returned to the real world.
• Chen Mo brought the AllSpark back to the Castle and learned from Optimus Prime how to remove its protective energy shield and control it through J.A.R.V.I.S.
• Optimus Prime told Chen Mo that the AllSpark’s energy was limited and that transforming larger, more complex machines consumed more of it.
• Chen Mo decided against making large Transformers in the real world and planned to create miniature ones instead.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s new anti-cancer drug launched in China, where patients received affordable treatment and people from abroad rushed to hospitals. In the United States, leaked information blaming Merck Pharmaceutical Group and several officials for blocking approval sparked public outrage.

• Su Wan and Chen Mo's family switched to the new Premium Edition Holographic Smartphones, which could transform into miniature combat robots under J.A.R.V.I.S.'s control.
• He Han told Chen Mo that the new anti-cancer drug had passed review and launched in China, where hospitals began treating patients.
• Hospitals distributed limited supplies of the medicine at affordable prices, with reductions or waivers for struggling patients and government subsidies for impoverished households.
• Cancer patients from other countries traveled to China for treatment, while S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio increased production to meet rising demand.
• People in the United States learned from an online leak that Merck Pharmaceutical Group and several congressmen and government officials had allegedly blocked FDA approval to claim the drug's profits, and they erupted in anger.

Public outrage over Merck Pharmaceutical Group's efforts to control S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio's affordable anti-cancer drug led to an FBI investigation and arrests. As agents moved against Merck's executives, CEO Justin called a minister for help.

• Angry cancer patients, families, and citizens staged mass demonstrations across the United States, demanding punishment for Merck and the officials involved.
• The FBI formed an investigation task force, and David split his team to arrest the people on its list.
• Justin watched the protests and recalled how Merck had tried to force S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio to hand over its drug, only to see its schemes fail and become public.
• Justin called his last political contact, and when the minister answered, he addressed him respectfully.

After the anti-cancer drug scandal, Justin and other officials were arrested, and the drug passed U.S. review and launched. The incident drew widespread attention to S.H.I.E.L.D. Group and its supersonic jet, prompting investigations that failed to penetrate the company’s defenses.

• Justin learned that even his powerful backer could not protect him, then found FBI agents waiting to arrest him.
• The FBI arrested Justin and other corporate executives and officials, and the United States restarted its review of the anti-cancer drug.
• The drug passed review within a week, and S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio prepared supplies as the Ministry of Health and hospitals readied for its launch.
• The anti-cancer drug’s U.S. launch brought S.H.I.E.L.D. Group and its subsidiaries increased public and official attention, especially toward S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace’s supersonic private jet.
• Government agents and corporate spies tried to investigate S.H.I.E.L.D. Group but were caught or thwarted by its security and J.A.R.V.I.S.

Chen Mo kept S.H.I.E.L.D. Group’s advanced technology concealed by revealing only capabilities that appeared comparable to the world’s existing cutting edge. After investigators dismissed the Supersonic Private Jet as an outdated-style bomber with limited military value, its publicity sparked a new wave of orders for S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Company.

• Chen Mo limited what S.H.I.E.L.D. Group revealed so other companies and the U.S. government would not suspect the true extent of his technological advantage.
• Various forces obtained the Supersonic Private Jet’s specifications and concluded that it had little military value.
• Chen Mo had modified the aircraft from an obsolete HYDRA bomber and deliberately reduced its performance to match old supersonic bomber designs.
• Analysts suspected that S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Company had obtained foreign bomber blueprints, with the former Soviet Union as their leading suspect.
• The Supersonic Private Jet’s growing fame triggered a new wave of orders beyond the two that had originally been placed.

Chen Mo set aside the attention surrounding S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries and watched the S.H.I.E.L.D. team prepare for its first Formula One qualifying session in Britain. The team’s distinctive black race car appeared at the track, drawing interest from spectators and rival professionals.

• Orders for S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace’s Supersonic Private Jet filled Chen Mo’s monthly production quota, including purchases from wealthy business figures attracted by its performance and escape capsule.
• Chen Mo left captured agents to the police to avoid giving the United States government grounds to search S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries, and the watching authorities made no further moves after their investigation.
• Chen Mo watched the British Formula One qualifying broadcast at the Castle with Old Albert, Wade, and Agent Zero while Su Wan remained at work and Bradley was at the track with the team.
• The S.H.I.E.L.D. team’s black F1 race car appeared at the circuit, where spectators admired its look and rival professionals noticed differences in its design.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto’s unusual, sponsor-free black F1 car drew curiosity from fans and rival teams as the team prepared to make its championship debut. Qualifying began, with the cars heading onto the track and the crowd growing excited.

• Technicians and drivers from other teams studied the black S.H.I.E.L.D. car and wondered about its unfamiliar designs.
• A red-haired Ferrari fan learned from a blond spectator that S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto and S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio were part of the same company that had made his cancer treatment.
• The red-haired fan cheered for the S.H.I.E.L.D. team despite wearing Ferrari colors.
• A man watching television asked Rossi why the black car had no advertisements, and Rossi explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. did not need sponsors.
• Qualifying began, and the cars drove onto the circuit as the engines roared and the spectators grew excited.

Young Carlos Sainz’s S.H.I.E.L.D. race car surged through qualifying before a red-and-white car deliberately collided with it, sending it into a violent crash. Carlos survived, and Chen Mo identified the attack as a plot by Fukuda Kosuke, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Young Carlos Sainz used his improved driving and the S.H.I.E.L.D. car’s performance to overtake rivals during the qualifying lap.
• Young Carlos Sainz accelerated around a red-and-white car on the outside as they entered a corner.
• The red-and-white car abruptly moved into Young Carlos Sainz’s path, causing the S.H.I.E.L.D. car to collide with it and roll into the safety barrier.
• Rescue workers reached the wreck, and Young Carlos Sainz told Anna that he was safe but dizzy.
• Chen Mo and Wade recognized the collision as deliberate, and Chen Mo connected the Fūtián emblem to Fukuda Kosuke.

After the Futa team’s deliberate crash destroyed the S.H.I.E.L.D. race car, Chen Mo ordered a new vehicle project and preparations to challenge the Fūtián Group in the United States and China. The S.H.I.E.L.D. team faced a race the next day with no replacement car, but Chen Mo told them to continue preparing.

• After watching Young Carlos Sainz survive the crash, Chen Mo told J.A.R.V.I.S. to call Su Wan and ordered a new vehicle model, a China branch, and two production lines.
• Su Wan assigned He Han to establish the S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto China Branch, and He Han immediately began the work.
• Bradley told Chen Mo that the destroyed race car could not be repaired in time for the next day’s race and that the team might have to withdraw.
• Chen Mo confirmed Young Carlos Sainz was unharmed and instructed Bradley to continue preparing for the race.
• After ending the call with Bradley, Chen Mo called Su Wan again.

Chen Mo had an F1 car assembled at Castle using telekinesis so he could deliver it to the stranded S.H.I.E.L.D. racing team. He then arrived with Wade, Agent Zero, and Old Albert at S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Company, where they stood before its supersonic private jet.

• Chen Mo asked Su Wan whether S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto had enough F1 parts and ordered her to send them immediately to Castle.
• Su Wan supervised the parts being loaded and drove back to Castle alongside the truck after learning about the team's accident in Britain.
• Chen Mo used telekinesis to assemble the F1 car in just over ten minutes, then stored it in his space.
• Wade opened the car door for Chen Mo and earned an approving look from Old Albert, who had been strict with Wade and Agent Zero.
• Chen Mo's group arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Company and looked at its black supersonic private jet.

Chen Mo reunited with Captain Zhao Jianmin, Zhang Lan, and Xu Shan, the survivors he had rescued from a deserted island, and boarded his Supersonic Private Jet with his companions. The plane reached British airspace at Mach 3, and Zhao Jianmin requested permission to descend.

• Chen Mo greeted Zhao Jianmin, Zhang Lan, and Xu Shan, who had joined his private jet crew after resigning from their former jobs.
• Chen Mo and his companions boarded the Supersonic Private Jet, and Zhao Jianmin, Zhang Lan, and Xu Shan began their duties.
• Zhao Jianmin took off and set the plane’s heading for Britain after J.A.R.V.I.S. arranged the flight route and procedures.
• The Supersonic Private Jet reached British airspace in just over two hours at Mach 3.
• Zhao Jianmin contacted the London control tower to request use of airspace at sixty thousand feet.

Zhao Jianmin’s Mach 3 private jet startled London’s air traffic controllers before they confirmed its identity and approved its request to fly at 60,000 feet. After the jet landed safely, Chen Mo arrived in London and was greeted by the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s Britain branch, who was one of his HYDRA agents.

• Zhao Jianmin told the London tower that his aircraft would descend to 60,000 feet, prompting the controller to check the radar.
• The controller and supervisor mistook the Mach 3 aircraft heading toward downtown London for an unannounced military jet.
• Jack found the aircraft’s flight filing under S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Company, and the supervisor recognized it as the advertised supersonic private jet.
• Zhao Jianmin repeated his request for airspace at 60,000 feet, and the supervisor approved it after Zhao urged the tower to hurry.
• The Supersonic Private Jet landed safely at London Airport and drew attention on the apron.
• Chen Mo stepped off the jet and greeted the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s Britain branch, then left with him, Wade, and the others.

After S.H.I.E.L.D.’s only race car was destroyed in qualifying, Chen Mo flew a replacement to the British Grand Prix circuit. The team prepared to compete that evening, while reporters and rival teams took notice of the overnight delivery.

• Chen Mo had the black F1 car loaded from his jet onto a truck and drove with his convoy to the circuit.
• Carlos Sainz waited anxiously in the carless S.H.I.E.L.D. garage, unsure whether the team could race.
• Anna arrived with the truck and told Carlos Sainz that Chen Mo had brought a new race car.
• Carlos Sainz rallied the team, and the staff cheered when the replacement car rolled out of the truck.
• Rival teams wondered how S.H.I.E.L.D. had delivered the car overnight, while reporters photographed the convoy and questioned Anna.

After Chen Mo delivered a replacement race car to Silverstone aboard S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries’ Supersonic Private Jet, the S.H.I.E.L.D. team prepared to compete in the British Grand Prix. Chen Mo learned that Futa team members Sato Suzuki and Matsui Hideo had arranged the previous crash, while the teams completed their preparations for the evening race.

• News reports revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries had flown a replacement race car from Los Angeles to London in two and a half hours, allowing the S.H.I.E.L.D. team to continue competing.
• Other teams were impressed by S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries’ jet, while Sato Suzuki and Matsui Hideo decided not to cause another crash and considered other ways to stop the team from winning.
• Chen Mo overheard Sato Suzuki and Matsui Hideo discussing their plans and silently decided they would pay for their actions.
• Chen Mo encouraged the S.H.I.E.L.D. team and checked Young Carlos Sainz, confirming he was essentially uninjured, then left for the hotel with Wade and the others.
• After inspectors approved the replacement car, the team’s engineers adjusted it for the circuit and conditions as the British Grand Prix approached.