Chapter Summaries

Little Liu's Violent Bear won the robot competition, but its brutal victory drove the investors away. As Morr unveiled an armed drone and aimed it at Liu Di and his son, Liu Di decided to use the crisis to show the departing financiers Morr's value.

• Violent Bear tore IL Intelligent Life apart and crushed its taunting finger, while the crowd began to suspect Little Liu had controlled the earlier draws.
• Heidina told the investors that Little Liu was Emperor San's son, but the tycoons left and said they would reconsider their investments.
• Little Liu declined the championship trophy and left the arena with Liu Di.
• Morr confronted them, revealed a huge drone armed with Gatlings, and aimed it at the father and son.
• Morr looked terrified as the drone began preparing to fire without his command, while Liu Di smiled and saw a chance to demonstrate Morr's value to the departing investors.

Liu Di revealed himself as a powerful robot and destroyed Young Master Moore’s attacking drone, stunning the competition venue and drawing investors toward Pioneers. He left with Little Liu while the official champion’s trophy remained unclaimed.

• Liu Di shielded Little Liu from Young Master Moore’s drone and pierced it with the energy cannon in his chest.
• The crowd realized Liu Di was a robot, and the financial bosses rushed to Heidina to offer investments in Pioneers.
• Heidina told the investors she would reconsider their terms, while Liu Di reminded Little Liu that his dad would always be his dad.
• Liu Di forgave Young Master Moore for the drone attack and left the venue holding Little Liu’s hand.
• The competition ended with “Little Bear” listed first, but the crowd regarded Liu Di as the true champion.

Liu Di met Mr. Song at the coast, where Nan Tianhai discovered that Liu Di was Nan Ruoyi’s husband and the man known as Di Wu. The two began fishing beside Ghost Island and agreed to grant the winner of their contest one request.

• Liu Di removed the neural-sensor device he had used to remotely control Steel Di Qi with his own consciousness.
• Nan Ruoyi arrived and told Nan Tianhai that she had come with her husband, then led Liu Di to Mr. Song.
• Liu Di introduced himself as Liu Di, causing Nan Tianhai to connect him with Di Wu and the owner of the shop Nan Ruoyi had mentioned.
• Liu Di gave Mr. Song a box of tea he had grown and roasted himself, and Mr. Song invited him to fish beside Ghost Island.
• Mr. Song proposed that whoever caught a fish first could make one request of the loser, and Liu Di accepted.

Liu Di and Mr. Song used a fishing trip to negotiate over Ghost Island, with Mr. Song urging Liu Di to accept China’s recruitment and Liu Di defending the island’s independence. Their conversation revealed hidden protectors of China, while neither had yet caught a fish.

• Mr. Song chose live shrimp as bait and hinted that Liu Di could name his terms for making Ghost Island subordinate to China, but Liu Di declined.
• Nan Tianhai realized Nan Ruoyi had understood the purpose of the meeting and had urged everyone not to disturb the fish about to bite.
• Mr. Song asked about Liu Di’s hometown and argued that Ghost Island’s freedom posed a danger to China, while Liu Di said its power could also deter outsiders.
• Mr. Song revealed that the Mohist School secretly protected China and that the first-generation Savior lived in seclusion on Xiuxiang Mountain.
• Mr. Song’s rod trembled, but he reeled in seaweed, and Liu Di told him he had misjudged the catch.

Liu Di invoked Mr. Song’s guilt over Yi Tian Luo to secure support for his Lingxi intelligent-store project, framing it as preparation to fight the Apocalypse Association. Mr. Song approved extensive government backing, while news that Pioneers had attracted 5.6 trillion in investment left him impressed by Liu Di’s influence.

• Liu Di reminded Mr. Song that Yi Tian Luo had died on a mission against the Apocalypse Association and said the organization could return.
• Liu Di asked Mr. Song to support Lingxi’s expansion, explaining that its intelligent stores would help him prepare for unknown enemies.
• Mr. Song agreed to back Lingxi financially, promote it as a key economic project, and recommend it to friendly nations.
• Mr. Song told Nan Tianhai to work on the project with Ruoyi and warned him to deliver results or retire.
• Nan Tianhai learned that twelve international banks and two venture capital firms planned to invest 5.6 trillion in Pioneers, and Mr. Song recognized Liu Di as far more than a fighter.

Noah, Ji Gua, and Gao Deng searched Sea City for the person they blamed for killing their village, but their hunger and language barrier left them desperate. Liu Di bought them food, and when they showed him the portrait, he realized how bizarrely it depicted the person they sought.

• Noah, Ji Gua, and Gao Deng asked passersby in Sea City to identify the person in a portrait, but no one understood them.
• The three recalled returning to their village to find its people dead, with only Gai Jia alive to draw the suspected killer; they vowed to avenge the villagers.
• Hungry and unable to exchange their Ulan Country currency, they considered taking food before deciding to reach for a discarded hamburger.
• Liu Di stopped Noah and paid for the three men to eat steamed buns and drink water.
• Noah and the others showed Liu Di their portrait, and Liu Di and Magic Child remarked on its strange depiction.

Liu Di visited Grandpa Tuo with food and liquor, where he unexpectedly found Mr. Song and learned the two elders shared a complicated past involving a woman named Xiao Fang. As the elders sat down to eat together, Kun Sang noisily dragged a large air-conditioning unit into the hospital.

• Liu Di declined to identify Noah and his two companions, then bought fish, chicken, and sorghum liquor before going to Grandpa Tuo's free hospital.
• Liu Di found Mr. Song waiting at the hospital with fish and Moutai, and Duan Hua arrived to help him enter.
• Liu Di reunited with Grandpa Tuo, poured him liquor, and told him he had adopted a son.
• Mr. Song entered, and Grandpa Tuo angrily objected to his visit before agreeing to let him stay for the twelve-year-old Moutai.
• Duan Hua told Liu Di that Mr. Song and Grandpa Tuo had been educated youths together and that both had known a village girl named Xiao Fang.
• As Liu Di, Grandpa Tuo, Mr. Song, and Duan Hua sat over the meal without eating, Kun Sang dragged an air-conditioning unit noisily into the hospital, and Liu Di yelled at him to lift it.

Kun Sang reunited with Liu Di and Grandpa Tuo, while Noah and his companions discovered that Gai Jia’s drawing pointed to the purple-eyed man who had helped them. As armed attackers closed in on Mr. Song, mysterious Mohist figures emerged through blue gates, leaving Liu Di stunned by their arrival.

• Kun Sang leaped onto the roof, hugged Liu Di and Grandpa Tuo, and eagerly ate the food on the table.
• Noah, Gao Deng, and Ji Gua recognized the purple-eyed man who had given them buns as the person shown in Gai Jia’s drawing.
• Noah returned the bar owner’s payment and endured a bottle strike, then he and his companions leaped through the roof as thugs rushed them.
• Mr. Song urged Liu Di to put his fingerprint on a document concerning an island, while Grandpa Tuo pressed him to explain what had happened to Xiao Fang.
• Three powerful attackers charged toward the rooftop, followed by Mr. Song’s guards, and Liu Di identified the guards as D-Class modified humans.
• Blue, crackling gates opened in nearby alleys, and young men in ancient robes marked with the character “Mohist” emerged.

Liu Di learned about the Mohist School’s advanced mechanical technology as black-robed youths used energy shields to trap three powerful attackers. After the attackers unleashed a radiation-powered burst and broke free, they charged toward the small building.

• Magic Child explained that the Mohist Mechanical Path used advanced technology and that the Mohist Nine Calculations were a big-data deduction algorithm.
• Black-robed youths surrounded the three dark-skinned attackers with energy shields and lowered them inside a barrier onto a rooftop.
• Mr. Song praised China’s enduring civilization and asked Liu Di whether the Mohists or Ghost Island had superior technology.
• The three attackers’ radiation levels rose, and one called on Ji Gua and Gao Deng to unleash Body Burst.
• The attackers shattered the energy barrier, forced the Mohist disciples back, and charged toward the small building.

Liu Di intervened when Noah and his brothers attacked, breaking through the Mohist disciples’ defenses and struggling to subdue the enraged men without killing them. Grandpa Tuo knocked them unconscious with acupuncture, and Liu Di treated their blocked blood flow, leaving them alive and stable.

• A short-haired Mohist disciple called for senior scholars while the other disciples tried to stop three charging men with energy barriers.
• Liu Di recognized Noah and his companions as villagers from Yulia Village and rushed to confront them before they could reach the hospital.
• Noah and his brothers attacked Liu Di repeatedly, refusing to listen to his explanation that someone else had harmed their village.
• Grandpa Tuo used silver needles to knock the three men unconscious after Liu Di withdrew to avoid using enough force to kill them.
• Liu Di used acupuncture to clear the men’s blocked blood and vital energy, and Grandpa Tuo realized he had learned the technique on the spot.

Liu Di took Noah and the other attackers from Mr. Song, then agreed to wager his fortune in a future contest with the Mohist School. Meanwhile, Punisher Tu Yuan and Tie Sanshi San took the captives away, and Little Liu began plotting to transport Steel Di Qi.

• Liu Di uncovered the Mohist School’s concealed container truck and persuaded Mr. Song to let him take Noah and the other two attackers.
• Liu Di promised to put his property under Mr. Song’s management if he lost a future contest with the Mohist School, then took Grandpa Tuo back to the hospital.
• Punisher Tu Yuan and Tie Sanshi San arrived by helicopter, carried off the unconscious attackers, and left after Mr. Song asked Dai Yue to contact the Ninth Generation Giant for help subduing a civilian force.
• Liu Di returned to Ghost Island and waited for the three sleeping youths from Yulia Village to wake so he could explain what had happened.
• Little Liu learned that Cute Pet Love Day had been postponed, checked that Steel Di Qi was not remotely controlled, and asked Pang Bo to get a large container truck.

Liu Di struggled to convince Noah and the others that he had avenged Yulia Village while the boys remained furious and distrustful. Meanwhile, Little Liu prepared to take Little Tree to Yingzhi Elementary School to cause chaos and get himself expelled, with Pang Bo eager to join in.

• Noah demanded proof that Liu Di had killed the Apocalypse Association, but Liu Di had erased the evidence, and Xiao Tang sedated Noah, Ji Gua, and their companion after analyzing their unusual blood.
• Liu Di left the boys in Xiao Tang's care and asked after Little Xia, who was recovering.
• Little Liu fed Little Tree a chicken and planned to take it to school, where it would scare the staff and earn him an expulsion.
• Pang Bo brought his horned alpaca to the Experimental Graveyard, but Little Tree leapt down and swallowed its head before Little Liu ordered it to spit the animal out.
• Little Liu told Pang Bo that Little Tree would rampage at Yingzhi Elementary School, and Pang Bo agreed to join the plan.

Little Liu and Pang Bo brought Little Tree to Yingzhi Elementary School’s pet event, where Little Tree escaped its tarp and caused havoc in the gymnasium. Liu Di saw the chaos through Magic Child’s vision and realized he had to deal with it.

• Little Liu and Pang Bo smuggled Little Tree into the gymnasium and hid it beneath a tarp before joining the opening ceremony.
• Darcy bragged about his Blood-Sweating Horse and mocked Little Liu’s covered pet, while the children laughed at a growling sound from beneath the tarp.
• After the children left, Little Tree crept toward the Blood-Sweating Horse while trying to resist its hunger.
• A green snake sprang from a pet box, and Little Tree chased it, breaking a pillar and sending the gymnasium’s animals into chaos.
• Little Liu heard the commotion and slipped out of the auditorium to investigate.
• Magic Child showed Liu Di the gymnasium scene, and Liu Di reacted in alarm.

Little Tree rampaged through Yingjie Primary School’s gymnasium while chasing a snake, and Liu Di tried to cover up the destruction during Cute Pet Day. After Little Tree reappeared before the children, Liu Di used a “magic trick” to whisk it away, leaving the school and police to deal with the aftermath.

• Little Tree tore apart the gymnasium while pursuing a green snake, then pretended to sleep when Liu Di arrived and scolded Little Liu.
• The gymnasium wall collapsed, exposing the principal, teachers, and students; Liu Di claimed he had caused the destruction, and Ji Anyi recognized him as Liu the Demolisher.
• Little Tree burst out of the rubble, frightening the children and causing the principal to faint again.
• Liu Di obscured the scene with dust and secretly sent Little Tree away in a streak of silver light, then faced Ji Anyi’s threats to sue him.
• Scene Clearer Duan arrived with the special police, recognized Liu Di, and accepted that a five-meter-tall sloth had been at the school.

Liu Di tested his uncontrollable strength while Magic Child introduced a new electronic-skin suit, then received a puzzle-box invitation from the Mohist School. He solved the Giant Son’s fifty-two-piece Huarong Dao in seconds, clearing the way to meet him.

• Liu Di tried several objects as punishment tools, but his strength broke each one, while Little Liu pleaded with him to stop.
• Magic Child showed Liu Di the upgraded Hell's Little Leather Armor 2.0, an electronic skin that could regulate muscle strength and monitor health data.
• Mo Lan, a disciple of the Mohist School, delivered the Giant Son’s invitation inside a fifty-two-piece Huarong Dao puzzle.
• Liu Di rapidly solved the puzzle and removed the Cao Cao piece, surprising Mo Lan.

Liu Di solved the Mohist Giant Son’s invitation puzzles and uncovered Yunfeng Express’s possible connection to the Mohist School’s data gathering. He sent the school a coded challenge of his own, and Magic Child discovered that Yunfeng’s computing power far exceeded the world’s best.

• Liu Di solved the 52-piece Huarong Dao puzzle in moments and used its chess piece to retrieve a USB invitation from Mo Lan.
• Liu Di and Magic Child cracked the invitation’s password by briefly shutting down network traffic at seven corporate locations, and the Mohist Giant Son praised Liu Di’s tactic from the Mohist Academy.
• Liu Di found that the invitation contained only the words “Inviting you to come” and learned that 120 identical trucks belonged to Yunfeng Express Group.
• Liu Di and Magic Child suspected the Mohist School might be using courier data to develop Artificial Intelligence, so Liu Di placed three unusual deliveries whose coordinates encoded “KEYI.”
• Magic Child reported that Yunfeng processed 23 million orders in about twenty seconds, with server computing speed fourteen times higher than the world’s leading level.

Liu Di discussed Magic Child’s upgrade plans and considered how to accelerate the expansion of TO Lingxi. At a Ministry of Commerce meeting, Nan Tianhai presented TO Lingxi’s plan to acquire major domestic chains, and the business owners rejected it as unrealistic.

• Magic Child said the Mohist School’s computing speed was close to ten percent of his own and planned to upgrade using data collected by the Attendants.
• Liu Di reflected on Magic Child’s potential and told him he had an idea for speeding up the acquisition of more TO Lingxi stores.
• Nan Tianhai brought Nan Ruoyi to a Ministry of Commerce meeting and introduced TO Lingxi’s operating model to officials and business owners.
• Nan Tianhai announced that TO Lingxi planned to open stores nationwide within three months and would invite major chains to be acquired.
• The business owners protested that a company with just over a hundred stores could not afford to acquire chains such as Fuyuan Catering, while Nan Tianhai recalled the 5.6-trillion capital transfer he had authorized.

Nan Ruoyi presented TO Lingxi’s acquisition terms to Chinese business representatives, while Heidina mobilized Witnesses Investment Company for an ambitious domestic and international rollout. The chapter left the company’s managers stunned by the scale of the plan to bring TO Lingxi to stores worldwide.

• Nan Ruoyi told business representatives that Chinese companies would retain 30% equity and that the first hundred partners would receive additional dividend rights.
• The representatives dismissed TO Lingxi’s offer, while Nan Tianhai worried that Liu Di had made his daughter too arrogant.
• Heidina summoned more than a hundred investment managers to Witnesses Office Building and revealed a plan to acquire physical businesses across China within three months.
• Heidina announced that Witnesses would then expand internationally, aiming to deploy TO Lingxi worldwide and create a new intelligent era.
• The investment managers questioned the plan’s cost, the willingness of successful businesses to sell, and their lack of experience negotiating with physical businesses.

Heidina struggled to convince the investment managers to acquire shops across China, then waited for Liu Di to explain how they should proceed. Liu Di arrived wearing a strength-restricting suit and demonstrated a watch that projected Gemini’s Virtual Screen, leaving the managers impressed.

• Heidina told the investment managers that Liu Di’s acquisition plan had to be carried out and promised he would explain how to do it.
• Heidina called Liu Di, who delayed his arrival while he finished dressing in Hell's Little Leather Armor 2.0.
• Liu Di arrived at the Witnesses conference room moving stiffly under the suit’s 80% strength restriction, and Heidina helped him onto the stage.
• Liu Di set his watch on the floor and used it to project Gemini’s Virtual Screen, astonishing the investment managers.
• The investment managers recognized the watch’s technology as a groundbreaking invention and became convinced of Liu Di’s capabilities.

Liu Di demonstrated a tool that mapped Fuyuan Eatery’s history, stores, and operating data to reveal the chain’s decline. He then used it to project future events, showing that the group would face turmoil eight months later.

• Liu Di asked the investment managers why business owners would sell, then introduced a tool he had developed to help them acquire stores.
• Liu Di used a virtual map to show Fuyuan Eatery’s growth from a small snack shop into a nationwide chain with four thousand stores.
• Liu Di displayed data showing Fuyuan’s expansion and profits declining, and compared customer activity across its stores.
• Liu Di’s tool projected that Fuyuan Catering Group would collapse in seven years if its current trend continued.
• Liu Di extended the projection eight months into the future, where Fuyuan employees went on strike and Sun Fuyuan faced a costly divorce settlement.