Chapter Summaries

Liu Di bought the land around Luxor Village and promised to demonstrate a miracle after Master Debu challenged him. At the fields, Misha identified the red soil’s acidity as another reason the soybean seeds were not sprouting.

• Master Debu urged the villagers to drive Liu Di out, but Misha stood between them and defended her guest.
• Old Luxor received a call confirming that Liu Di had bought forty hectares from Defu Company, then announced that Liu Di was now the village’s biggest landowner.
• Liu Di told Master Debu he would show everyone a miracle the next day, then left with Old Luxor and Misha to inspect the fields.
• Misha explained that drought and acidic red soil, likely containing aluminum oxide or iron oxide, were preventing the soybeans from growing, and Liu Di praised her answer.

Liu Di prepared a soil treatment for Luxor Village after identifying the land’s acidity, while Misha helped him mix fertilizer through the night. As they waited for equipment at dawn, stolen agricultural drones and survey machines flew toward Fei Nation.

• Liu Di identified the red soil’s acidity and asked the Village Chief for a warehouse, iron barrels, and water.
• A young driver delivered lime and fertilizers, and Liu Di taught Misha how to mix a solution to treat the soil.
• Muda watched Liu Di and Misha working together from the cowshed wall throughout the night.
• Liu Di made ten barrels of solution and told Misha to wait for the tools he expected to arrive.
• A hacker took control of Saudi Arabia’s drone system, sending four spraying drones toward Fei Nation and causing a transport aircraft carrying survey machines to take off without orders.

Liu Di used drones and underground drilling machines to irrigate and treat his farmland, proving his scientific plan could defeat Master Debu’s superstition. The villagers saw soybean sprouts emerge, though their reaction left the contest’s consequences unresolved.

• A commander recognized DISI’s message and ordered his staff to let Emperor Four take the geological survey machines without resistance.
• Liu Di prepared four agricultural drones with medicine while Misha was called home to assist at Master Debu’s ceremony.
• Master Debu distributed iron Spell Nails and told the villagers to avoid Liu Di’s land, while challenging Liu Di to show his promised miracle.
• Liu Di’s drones sprayed his forty hectares of farmland, but Master Debu and the villagers dismissed the display as ordinary pesticide spraying.
• After four hours, five tracked drilling vehicles emerged around Liu Di’s fields and water burst from underground to irrigate them.
• Green soybean sprouts appeared across the soil, and the villagers fell to their knees, calling it a miracle.

Liu Di and Misha showed the villagers that the soybean sprouts came from treating the acidic soil and irrigating the fields, not divine power. Misha rejected superstition and declared that scientific knowledge could end hunger in Luxor, while her father bowed to her in tears.

• The villagers prostrated themselves before Liu Di and begged him to help them after seeing sprouts emerge in the fields.
• Liu Di asked Misha to explain the sprouts, and she told the villagers that science, not magic, had made them possible.
• Misha explained that Liu Di had treated the acidic, iron-rich soil with lime fertilizer and used machinery to clear underground water channels.
• Liu Di explained that the seeds had sprouted hours earlier and the rain had exposed them; Misha urged the villagers to trust knowledge instead of gods.
• Misha's father knelt and bowed toward her as she declared that no one in Luxor would go hungry again.

Liu Di exposed Master Debu’s fraud and helped Misha prove that the strange black snakes were a scientific reaction, winning the villagers’ trust. When Fei Nation officials arrived to investigate the aircraft, a terrified Saudi commander warned them not to harm Liu Di and revealed the aircraft were gifts to him.

• Liu Di kicked Debu into the ritual table, scattering jewelry that the villagers recognized as their stolen donations.
• Misha heated powder from Debu’s sealed packet and showed the villagers that mercury thiocyanate produced the black snake-like reaction.
• The villagers realized Debu was a fraud, seized him, and carried him off to throw him into a cattle pen.
• Officials from the Luanda War Department arrived and questioned the village chief about supersonic aircraft and Liu Di.
• The Fei Nation commander called Saudi Commander Rhode, who recognized Liu Di as Emperor Four and urgently told him not to touch Liu Di, declaring the aircraft were gifts.

Liu Di won permission to explore the mine shaft after helping the villagers with an agricultural formula and locating underground water. Deep inside, he found a sheet of Fluid Metal that reflected him, but its image moved independently.

• Liu Di gave Misha's notebook of fertilizer instructions to the mayor and promised to share coordinates for underground water sources.
• Muda offered Liu Di the mine shaft, and Liu Di asked the mayor to seal its entrance and keep villagers away.
• The commander agreed to let Liu Di enter the mine shaft, and Liu Di crawled inside with Misha following to the entrance.
• Liu Di used Null to widen the narrow underground fissure as he descended roughly sixty meters.
• Liu Di discovered a mirror-like sheet of Fluid Metal, and its reflection clasped its hands behind its back and smiled when Liu Di did not.

Liu Di encountered a mirror image of himself in the mine, then watched it vanish as Fluid Metal gathered into a pendant bearing a countdown. The cave collapsed with Liu Di trapped underground, while Misha and her father faced the disaster at the entrance.

• A mirror figure nearly identical to Liu Di appeared, then vanished after summoning Fluid Metal from throughout the mine.
• Magic Child detected strange gravitational and dimensional effects and estimated that the figure had crossed time and the fifth dimension; Liu Di felt the figure had been himself.
• The Fluid Metal formed a heavy water-drop pendant in Liu Di's hand, displaying a countdown of 864 hours, or thirty-six days.
• The mine collapsed around Liu Di as Magic Child sang about being buried underground.
• Aboveground, Misha tried to enter the collapsing mine, but her father stopped her and went forward himself.

After a mine collapse, Liu Di burst out of the earth unharmed and saved Misha from believing he was dead. Commander Malo confronted Liu Di about his identity, and Liu Di presented an FIC badge, claiming to be a Hero Group agent.

• Misha's father joined Commander Malo's men in entering the mine, but a collapse forced him back and buried Liu Di.
• Misha clawed at the dirt in grief as Commander Malo ordered an excavation to recover Liu Di's body.
• The ground shook again, and Liu Di blasted out of the pit unharmed, prompting Misha to embrace him and the villagers to worship him.
• Commander Malo suspected Liu Di was a powerful cyborg and asked to speak with him privately.
• Liu Di showed Commander Malo an FIC badge, and the commander welcomed him as a Hero Group agent sent to help Fei Nation.

Liu Di recovered the mysterious pendant and left Fei Nation, entrusting his land and planting techniques to Misha. While driving across the wasteland, he encountered a swarm of insects carrying an enhanced woman who crashed onto his car, and Motto identified her as Saint Zu Bair.

• Liu Di told Commander Malo he had found what he came for, returned the borrowed equipment, and gave Misha a map of underground water veins and responsibility for his land.
• Misha received a necklace cord for Liu Di's pendant and promised to test his techniques before seeking an education in the city and traveling to China to find him.
• Motto arrived in a new Mercedes-Benz SUV that Liu Di had gifted him, and he drove Liu Di away from the village.
• Liu Di examined the pendant, which contained vast quantities of liquid metal, but could not yet access its Null or uncover its secrets.
• A huge swarm of insects descended on the Mercedes-Benz, and an unconscious, veiled woman crashed onto its hood.
• Motto recognized the woman as Saint Zu Bair.

Liu Di rescued the injured Fei Nation Saint Zu Bair after she fell onto his car and killed the enhanced human hunting her. He brought her to Motto’s secluded home to treat her wounds, fearing the pursuit might continue and endanger others.

• Liu Di recognized Zu Bair, learned her scent let her control insects, and caught her when she fainted after warning him and Motto that someone was hunting her.
• Liu Di sensed a hostile enhanced human approaching and killed him with Null after distracting Motto with a claim about a flying saucer.
• Liu Di and Motto left for a secluded courtyard instead of taking Zu Bair to a hospital, and Motto revealed the place was his own home.
• Liu Di tied Zu Bair’s wounds to slow the bleeding and hesitated before treating her further.

Liu Di tried to treat the unconscious Zu Bair but was mistaken for a pervert and attacked by Hanni. Meanwhile, the Perseus leader Shepherd prepared to face FIC agents Revolver and Priest, who confronted him at an abandoned theater.

• Liu Di reached to remove Zu Bair's clothing so he could treat her chest wound.
• Hanni caught Liu Di touching Zu Bair's chest and struck him with a vase before pelting him with household objects.
• Motto arrived and tried to stop Hanni, explaining that she had misunderstood.
• At an abandoned theater, a Perseus doctor told Shepherd that their campaign in Fei Nation was nearly complete and that Hound 32 was hunting Zu Bair.
• Revolver and Priest led FIC agents into the theater and challenged Shepherd, who said he had no intention of escaping.

Shepherd and his Dog Pack slaughtered the FIC team sent to Fei Nation, including Revolver, Priest, and the hidden Chameleon, then sent the pack after Zu Bair. After learning that FIC had lost more heroes and that Zu Bair had disappeared, Robbins ordered the organization to abandon its aid to Fei Nation.

• Shepherd ordered the Dog Pack to attack Revolver, Priest, and the other FIC members, and the pack killed them.
• Shepherd noticed Chameleon hiding on the ceiling, and the Dog Pack climbed up and tore him apart.
• The professor told Shepherd that Hound 32 had failed to return from pursuing Zu Bair, so Shepherd sent the Dog Pack to track her.
• Robbins saw the Hero Group members’ signals disappear and looked at the badly injured, unconscious Judge in his treatment pod.
• Commander Malo told Robbins that Zu Bair had disappeared and asked when FIC would send support; Robbins promised help despite his fear.
• After ending the call, Robbins ordered FIC to abandon its aid plan and remain silent about Fei Nation’s attack.

Liu Di fought off a pack of more than thirty doglike modified humans who attacked Motto’s home, killing all but one. He spared the survivor and ordered him to bring his master, while Zu Bair and the others watched in shock.

• Hanni accused Liu Di of defiling Zu Bair, and her police officer brother threatened to arrest him.
• More than thirty modified humans surrounded the house and targeted Zu Bair, but one of them sensed Liu Di’s danger and retreated from his attack.
• Liu Di identified the attackers as cruelly modified, early B-rank humans and stepped outside to confront them.
• The Dog Pack swarmed Liu Di, but he broke free and killed more than thirty of them with overwhelming speed and strength.
• Liu Di spared one modified human and ordered him to return with his master, and the survivor fled in terror.

Liu Di defeated the modified humans attacking Zu Bair, then arranged for Commander Malo and the others to leave while he stayed to protect her from any remaining threat. As Zu Bair awoke, she grabbed Liu Di’s wrist and said she wanted to have children with him.

• Motto, his wife, and the Black police officer watched in shock as Liu Di defeated more than thirty modified humans, while Zu Bair fainted from her injuries and shock.
• Liu Di waited at Motto’s home, then told the Black police officer he would cooperate with an investigation; he called Commander Malo, who arrived and thanked him for rescuing Zu Bair.
• Liu Di asked Commander Malo to keep the incident confidential, and Malo ordered his men to clean up the battlefield.
• Liu Di warned that the enemy had not been eliminated and kept Zu Bair at Motto’s home, while Commander Malo, Motto, and the others withdrew.
• Commander Malo set up an observation point three kilometers away, while Liu Di stayed beside Zu Bair and covered her with a blanket.
• Zu Bair suddenly awoke, grabbed Liu Di’s wrist, and said she wanted to have children with him.

Robbins learned that an unknown expert had resolved Fei Nation’s crisis, preserving the FIC’s reputation despite its failure to act. While Liu Di resisted Zu Bair’s attempt to fulfill her people’s mission by bearing his child, Shepherd went after the person who had destroyed his Hounds and brutally killed two Pharaoh members who blocked his limousine.

• Robbins answered Commander Malo’s call and learned that an unknown fighter had saved Fei Nation, though Malo credited the FIC.
• Robbins decided to claim that the FIC team had been on its way so the organization’s reputation would survive the misunderstanding.
• Zu Bair tried to persuade Liu Di to father strong descendants with her, but he resisted her advances.
• Shepherd learned that thirty of his Hounds had been eliminated and vowed to kill the enemy responsible.
• Two members of India’s Pharaoh blocked Shepherd’s limousine and demanded that he surrender.
• Shepherd seized the two Pharaoh members and repeatedly smashed their heads into the ground until they were crushed.

Liu Di lured Shepherd into attacking before killing him with Null, while Commander Malo’s forces arrived too late to intervene. With Shepherd dead, Liu Di was left to deal with Zu Bair’s pursuit and the remaining forces around Motto’s house.

• Commander Malo watched Shepherd crush one of his men’s heads and ordered his troops and snipers to move in and kill him.
• Liu Di tried to escape Zu Bair’s advances when Shepherd crashed into Motto’s courtyard and challenged him.
• Magic Child identified Shepherd as an animal hybrid, and Liu Di pretended to struggle against him while asking about Perseus’s plans to attack China.
• Liu Di bluffed that he was preparing a near-death strike, then ran after smashing a pillar and collapsing an empty house.
• Null pierced Shepherd’s chest and returned to Liu Di with a trace of blood, and Shepherd collapsed and died.

After Liu Di killed Shepherd, Commander Malo credited FIC with saving Fei Nation, while Zu Bair realized Liu Di had hidden how powerful he was and decided to seek him out. Robbins tried to correct the growing misunderstanding about FIC, but international praise and cooperation offers arrived before he could act.

• Commander Malo found Shepherd dead and assumed Liu Di had been gravely injured before disappearing, so he planned to thank FIC publicly without naming him.
• Zu Bair examined Shepherd's body, discovered his heart had been pulverized, and concluded that Liu Di had deliberately concealed his strength.
• Zu Bair agreed to enter the international modified human arena tournament so she could face China and find Liu Di, whom she wanted to have children with.
• Commander Malo told Robbins that an FIC member had killed Perseus's leader, while Robbins insisted FIC's team was still on its way.
• Robbins decided to clarify the mistake, but FIC received congratulatory messages and offers of funding, cooperation, and international recognition.

Robbins exploited the mistaken belief that FIC had destroyed Perseus, secretly coordinating with Assassin to claim credit and boost FIC’s standing. As FIC gained international influence, Robbins left the absent Di Liu on the Hero Group roster to make it look stronger.

• Robbins learned that Fei Nation and other countries credited FIC with defeating Perseus, despite FIC’s disastrous losses.
• Robbins contacted Commander Malo and arranged with Assassin to claim that Assassin had ambushed Perseus’s leader and secretly killed its members.
• Robbins sent a report highlighting Assassin’s actions, and FIC received praise, funding, new agreements, and invitations to an international augmented human tournament.
• Robbins worried that Assassin would fail on the international stage and sighed over the depleted Hero Group roster.
• Robbins decided to keep the long-unreachable Di Liu listed as active so the roster would look less bleak.

Liu Di flew back to China after leaving Fei Nation, where his soil-improving agent was celebrated and he was hailed as Saint Hou Ji. As his plane approached Sea City, Magic Child revealed a lead about two UFOs in European Nation, and an unknown superhuman cleared the burning vehicle blocking the runway.

• Liu Di saw Fei Nation's announcement that his agent, named Eastern Kiss, would help relieve famine and that its creator had been recognized as Saint Hou Ji.
• Liu Di examined the mysterious pendant and wondered what would happen when its countdown reached zero.
• Magic Child showed Liu Di a secret file about two UFOs stored at a War Department base in Folo State, and Liu Di agreed that he might visit the site.
• The plane aborted its landing after a burning luggage vehicle blocked the runway at Sea City International Airport.
• An unknown figure rushed onto the runway and knocked the vehicle away, clearing the path for the plane to land.

Liu Di encountered the celebrated enhanced human Iron Rhino and discovered that Starweave Biological Group was preparing to unveil its human-enhancement technology. At the Experimental Graveyard, Starweave representatives tried to buy Liu Di’s land, and he challenged their assumption that cash would settle the matter.

• Passengers praised Iron Rhino after he appeared to save them, but Liu Di noticed that his background was mysteriously erased and Magic Child’s airport footage showed he had no travel itinerary.
• At the airport, Iron Rhino publicly invited Liu Di to speak, while Liu Di suspected the hero had staged his appearance and left without answering.
• Liu Di learned that Starweave was holding a major press conference in Sea City and connected the company to the enhanced human hacker Left Shoulder.
• At the Experimental Graveyard, Starweave representatives demanded to buy the land for a genetic research center, and Liu Di named a price of one hundred million.
• The Starweave foreigner brought a suitcase full of cash, but Liu Di pointed out that Chinese property was priced by the square meter.