Chapter Summaries

Liu Di learned that He Chu’s family were descendants of the Mayan royal line and speculated that their ancestors might have gone into space. He set off to find El Dorado, astonishing the Maya descendants by crossing the sea atop a huge creature.

• Liu Di connected the Maya Civilization’s mysteries and the Mayan script on the Silver Shuttle to the possibility that their ancestors had flown into space.
• He Chu confirmed that her family were descendants of the Mayan royal line, and Elder Fanxi said their people still had relics left by their ancestors.
• Liu Di returned the Parchment Scroll to He Chu, promised to handle El Dorado, and said he believed her ancestors would return.
• An archaeologist asked He Chu how Liu Di had identified the scroll’s biochemical technology so quickly, while He Chu called after Liu Di as he headed for the sea.
• Liu Di walked across the water and sped away on a huge black creature, leaving the Maya descendants stunned.

Liu Di left for El Dorado’s main city while Elder Fanxi believed he might be the Mayan god K'an-chi-k'an-a and ordered his fighters to protect him. Meanwhile, two Golden Twelve Palaces agents reported their defeat to the elders, and the Golden Kingdom’s queen appeared after hearing that A Jia was dead.

• Elder Fanxi recognized Liu Di’s violet eyes, shield, and sea monster as signs from Mayan parables and suspected he was K'an-chi-k'an-a.
• He Chu warned that Liu Di would face danger in El Dorado’s main city, so Fanxi ordered the family’s fighters to advance and protect him.
• Luye and Zhen Lin told four white-robed elders that Liu Di had taken the ancient fragments and could control gold and wield powerful metal.
• The agents said Liu Di had sent the message that A Jia was dead, leaving the elders unsure who A Jia was.
• The Golden Kingdom’s queen entered the hall and told the elders there was no need to investigate.

Queen Oya prepared to kill Liu Di when he arrived at Golden Island, then offered to spare him as her male consort. Liu Di refused and declared he would level the Golden Ancient Kingdom, as He Chu and the Mayans arrived with a military force to support him.

• Queen Oya ordered her warriors to prepare for battle and bury the man who came to Golden Island.
• Liu Di reached the crescent-shaped island and saw Queen Oya's palace and golden throne.
• Queen Oya offered to make Liu Di her male consort, but Liu Di rejected her and vowed to level the Golden Ancient Kingdom.
• Queen Oya summoned her Twelve Palaces warriors and challenged Liu Di to surrender.
• He Chu and the Mayan descendants arrived in fighter jets as submarines surfaced around Golden Island.
• Liu Di told Queen Oya that he alone was enough to settle the matter.

Liu Di faced the Golden Ancient Kingdom’s Twelve Palaces warriors while He Chu watched from a Harrier fighter jet. Aries Palace Luye’s increasingly powerful golden projectiles failed to move Liu Di, who left the confrontation poised for the next attack.

• Liu Di communicated with He Chu through the Harrier’s system, and Magic Child reported that the Maya had connections to the Green House Valkyries and that their technology might help uncover the Silver Shuttle’s secrets.
• Queen Oya ordered Aries Palace Luye to attack as sunlight passed through the first hole in the moon sculpture.
• Luye fired a golden projectile from his slingshot, and Liu Di caught it with one hand and tossed it aside.
• Luye drew gold from the palace beneath him and transformed his slingshot into a huge weapon, then launched a much larger projectile at Liu Di.
• Liu Di kicked the projectile away and returned to his stance, asking Luye, “That's it?”

Liu Di effortlessly repelled attacks from the first six golden-armored guardians of the Twelve Palaces as Queen Oya escalated her assault. He ended the chapter unhurt, standing amid the weapons and refusing to fight Gemini Palace because it felt like fighting himself.

• Luye launched three golden projectiles at Liu Di, who kicked them away with ease.
• Zhen Lin restrained Liu Di with a golden whip, but Liu Di shattered it and kicked away Luye’s returning projectiles.
• Liao Sha shot a golden arrow at Liu Di, who caught it and hurled it back, collapsing part of the palace and revealing its golden construction.
• He Chu explained that the Golden Ancient Kingdom’s descendants had amassed the gold over four hundred years, while Elder Fanxi ordered high-powered weapons prepared.
• Queen Oya summoned Cancer Palace, Leo Palace, and Maid Palace, whose attacks Liu Di dodged without injury.
• Gemini Palace threw a golden spear at Liu Di, who caught it and tossed it into the ground, saying he would not fight Gemini because it felt like fighting himself.

The Twelve Palaces and the Mayan descendants fought across Golden Island while Liu Di disappeared beneath a storm of golden weapons. He returned with Type-I Microworms that devoured gold, then declared he would take Golden Island in revenge for A Jia.

• Queen Oya ordered the Twelve Palaces to attack, while Elder Fanxi directed the Mayan descendants to fire their weapons at her.
• Gess of Taurus used gold from Golden Island to form a shield that withstood the Mayans' photon blasts as both sides traded attacks and suffered losses.
• He Chu and Fanxi saw that golden weapons covered Liu Di's island and believed he had been killed.
• Black mist emerged among the weapons, devoured them, and revealed Liu Di standing atop a giant sword as Queen Oya ordered the Twelve Palaces to attack him.
• Liu Di used Type-I Microworms to dissolve the incoming weapons and deployed a tower that expanded their electromagnetic control field across several kilometers.
• Liu Di said he would accept Golden Island because its people had killed A Jia.

Liu Di advanced across Golden Island as his Type-I Microworms consumed the gold buildings, forcing Queen Oya to summon the Sea God. A gigantic mantis shrimp emerged from the sea and attacked Liu Di, who stopped its massive claw with one arm.

• Liu Di crossed to Golden Island while the Type-I Microworms devoured its gold buildings and multiplied rapidly.
• Queen Oya ordered the Sea God summoned, and her men dumped chests of treasure into the sea.
• A superheated bubble burst through the swarm of Type-I Microworms, killing billions of them.
• Liu Di rushed to the shore as a colossal crab claw rose from the water and struck at him.
• Liu Di caught the claw with one arm, then saw a forty-meter mantis shrimp surface and learned what its explosive strike could do.

Liu Di’s Micron Bugs threatened El Dorado’s gold, so its giant Mantis Shrimp attacked them, but Liu Di’s Electric Catfish and Giant Squid quickly subdued the sea god. Liu Di reached Queen Oya’s palace as the Micron Bugs began devouring it, and she asked what he wanted.

• Magic Child explained that El Dorado’s offerings of gold and emeralds had attracted the giant Mantis Shrimp, which the people worshipped as a sea god.
• The Mantis Shrimp attacked Liu Di’s Micron Bugs, and Liu Di knocked its claw aside.
• Liu Di’s Electric Catfish electrocuted the Mantis Shrimp while the Giant Squid wrapped its tentacles around it and restrained it.
• Liu Di continued toward the palace as the Micron Bugs devoured the gold, and the black mist stripped the Twelve Palaces warriors of their golden armor without harming them.
• Liu Di arrived before Queen Oya as the Micron Bugs began devouring her palace, and she asked him what he wanted.

Liu Di defeated Queen Oya’s Golden Ancient Kingdom and demanded an apology from the Rothschild Family and an end to its oppression of the world. He departed with the Microworms, while Queen Oya ordered an investigation into the Rothschilds’ actions and said they should apologize if they had provoked him.

• Liu Di confronted Queen Oya and the El Dorado elders, demanding a Rothschild apology and an end to the kingdom’s oppression.
• Queen Oya tried to attack Liu Di, but Type-I Microworms devoured her dagger, throne, and golden clothing, forcing him to turn away and call off the swarm.
• Liu Di told the kneeling elders to rebuild El Dorado without bullying the weak, then left the mountain with a box packed with Micron Bugs on the Electric Catfish.
• Elder Fanxi and the Mayan descendants bowed to Liu Di, identified him with their prophecy, and invited him to visit their base; he postponed the visit.
• Queen Oya watched Liu Di leave and ordered her elders to investigate the Rothschilds, saying they should apologize if they had truly provoked him.

Ruan Liangji learned that executives from the eight internet companies acquired by the Rothschild Family had arrived at Gemini Tower and confronted them in the reception room. The visitors began questioning Gemini’s reach, while Ruan Liangji insisted that the company could not be defeated.

• Ruan Liangji mourned A Jia and doubted that Emperor San could win justice against the Rothschild Family and the eight internet companies.
• Secretary Sun told Ruan Liangji that more than a dozen executives from those companies had arrived and specifically requested to see him.
• Ruan Liangji told Secretary Sun to keep everyone else out, then went alone to meet the visitors.
• Ruan Liangji entered the reception room and challenged the executives to reveal their tricks.
• Zucker pointed out that Gemini had few overseas users, and Ruan Liangji replied that its users in China outnumbered those of several companies present.

Ruan Liangji learned that the eight major international internet companies wanted to help Gemini expand overseas as franchise partners while retaining its core code. Their shared major shareholder had ordered the cooperation, and Zucker revealed that Hesi Company had changed hands and Emperor San was its new owner.

• Beck and the other executives established that Gemini had no overseas branches, servers, or staff, and Ruan Liangji accused them of trying to seize the company.
• Zucker explained that the companies wanted to provide overseas infrastructure and promotion while Gemini kept control of its core code, with the partners initially asking for 15% of overseas revenue.
• Zucker proposed integrating the companies’ shopping, search, and other services into Gemini if it gained the world’s largest user base.
• Ruan Liangji said he needed Emperor San’s approval, and Zucker presented a contract and revealed that the eight companies had come at the order of their shared major shareholder.
• Zucker told Ruan Liangji that Hesi Company had changed hands 76 hours earlier and that Emperor San was its new owner.

Ruan Liangji and Gemini’s executives negotiated a partnership with the eight major internet companies, launching Gemini onto the international stage. The Rothschild Family then apologized to Emperor San and endorsed Gemini, while Ruan Liangji reflected on A Jia’s death and vowed to protect the company.

• Zucker presented Ruan Liangji with a detailed cooperation contract, and Emperor San urged him to proceed boldly.
• Ruan Liangji found Gemini employees armed with cleaning tools and keyboards outside the reception room, then explained that the visiting executives would become partners.
• After ten hours of talks, Ruan Liangji and Gemini’s management reached a preliminary agreement with the eight companies, which publicly apologized and announced plans to expand Gemini internationally.
• The Rothschild Family apologized to Emperor San and supported Gemini’s international expansion, leaving Ruan Liangji stunned.
• Ruan Liangji looked at A Jia’s empty office and vowed to take good care of Gemini.

Liu Di studied the I-shaped Microworms and monitored Attendant’s growth while considering the expansion of his businesses. Outside Experimental Graveyard, he met Xie Yuanzheng, whose unexpected visit prompted Liu Di to investigate his background before relaxing.

• Liu Di learned that the I-shaped Microworms could lock together into a dense block, stored them aboard the Silver Shuttle, and considered using them to devour metal enemies.
• Liu Di reviewed Magic Child’s progress and watched Lin Yi test Attendant, which was learning to answer questions and tailor TO Lingxi stores to local habits and individual customers.
• Liu Di thought about the need for more management talent at Witnesses and left Experimental Graveyard to stretch his legs and pick up Little Liu.
• Xie Yuanzheng arrived with a vintage sports car and explained that footage of Little Liu crashing the modified SS454 had led him to suspect Liu Di needed a replacement.
• Liu Di warned Xie Yuanzheng that finding his residence could have made him a threat, then investigated his family history and life before easing his clenched fist.

Liu bought the Viper 1986 from Xie Yuanzheng and drove away in high spirits, believing the Witnesses had gained a capable new recruit. In downtown, he found General Black Mountain drunk and grieving the deaths of 283 soldiers, and stayed to support him.

• Liu offered Xie Yuanzheng a sales director position, but Xie refused to leave President Ma, his benefactor.
• Liu took the Viper 1986 after the payment arrived and praised Four Dimensions for its work on the car.
• Liu spotted General Black Mountain drunk outside a barbecue joint and stopped him from attacking a guard.
• Black Mountain told Liu that all 283 of his soldiers had died and blamed himself for failing them.
• Liu supported Black Mountain as he wept and silently mourned the soldiers.

After the deaths of Heavenly Net’s soldiers and the villagers of Yulia Village weighed on Liu Di, he attended a Witnesses company party and heard a singer whose voice reminded him of Dasha. The singer revealed herself as Chou Daisha, leaving Liu overwhelmed and in tears.

• Liu Di took General Black Mountain to Grandpa Tuo’s clinic, where Grandpa Tuo urged him to use technology to help change the world.
• Heidina invited Liu Di to the Witnesses celebration at Queen Bar after the company exceeded its store acquisition target.
• Liu Di told Heidina that memories of brothers who died far from home still pained him, and she promised the singer would lift his spirits.
• A masked singer performed in Russian, and Liu recognized her voice as Dasha’s from Yulia Village.
• The singer turned around, revealed a different appearance, then sang a song about home while walking toward Liu Di.
• The singer introduced herself as Chou Daisha and pulled out a Black Rose, bringing tears to Liu Di’s eyes.

Liu Di reunited with Dasha, who had regained her beauty and appeared at Queen Bar to reassure him she was safe. He offered to examine her on his island, then spotted someone stealing his Viper 1986 and raced after them.

• Duan Hua told Liu Di that the three people who had been autopsied were not A Jia, while A Jia called to announce that she was alive.
• Liu Di recognized the singer as Dasha and told her, “It's good you're back.”
• Dasha said the others were doing well and that she had come to Queen Bar because she was waiting for Liu Di.
• Dasha described dizziness and stiffness, and Liu Di invited her to his island for an examination.
• Heidina bought Queen Bar for 17 million after Dasha declined the owner's request to stay.
• A thief drove off in Liu Di's Viper 1986, and Liu Di told Dasha to wait at the bar as he sped after the car.

Liu Di killed the H-Class cyborg Qiu Beiming, while Pu Bai used the encounter to gather data on Di Wu and reveal Montan Nation’s God Slayer Plan. Pu Bai claimed his thirty-meter mech could overpower Di Wu, setting up a new threat for the story.

• Liu Di chased a car thief to Queen Bar’s back street, confirmed Dasha was safe, and recognized the thief as an H-Class cyborg.
• The thief called himself Qiu Beiming and threatened Liu Di, who punched through his chest and killed him.
• In Montan Nation, Pu Bai showed world leaders surveillance footage of the fight and claimed Di Wu’s meteorite-shattering power had been borrowed and could only be used once.
• Pu Bai revealed that Di Wu’s measured strength and speed classified him as M-Class, then showed the leaders Montan Nation’s thirty-meter mech.
• Pu Bai explained that the mech’s Montan Alloy could withstand at least 125 tons of force and claimed the mech could move faster and exert more strength than Di Wu.

Pu Bai used a two-hundred-person modified-human ambush to gather data on Liu Di, but Liu Di seized control of God Slayer and stopped it from killing Pu Bai. The siege collapsed when Liu Di’s powerful allies emerged from the sea, and he recognized all 283 of them as having returned.

• Pu Bai revealed that his modified humans had surrounded Liu Di to test his abilities, and Liu Di warned the group through a surveillance camera to stand down.
• Liu Di remotely activated God Slayer, which broke free of its restraints and smashed through the office wall before stopping its fist inches from Pu Bai.
• Pu Bai’s technician cut God Slayer’s power, and Pu Bai claimed the mech was back under control while the foreign leaders watched Liu Di’s siege.
• Massive green-eyed figures emerged from the sea and began crushing the modified humans, while Liu Di cut off the surveillance feeds.
• Liu Di received an image from Magic Child, counted 283 returning figures, and said that none were missing.

Liu Di reunited with Chi Mei and the 283 soldiers, who returned from the sea in a strange, weakened state, and tried to take them home without attracting attention. When police confronted them over the massacre on the shore, the Punishers helped Liu Di escape aboard a transport ship, leaving the officers to realize who he was.

• The 283 soldiers massacred the Qiu Beiming figures on Sea City's coastline, then gathered before Liu Di, who recognized Chi Mei among them.
• Chi Mei told Liu Di that he could not remember what had happened and that he had walked back to find him; Magic Child noted the soldiers' abnormal condition.
• Heidina arrived with Dasha, and Liu Di sent Heidina away before police arrived and found severed limbs scattered along the shore.
• Liu Di refused to leave the soldiers behind when police aimed their guns at him, and he deflected a bullet as he boarded a transport ship.
• Tu Yuan pushed the stranded transport ship back into the water, and the officers realized that Liu Di commanded the Punishers and called the Sea City SWAT Team.

Noah and his companions learned that Liu Di had not killed the villagers and apologized after Dasha revealed that the Apocalypse Association was responsible. Liu Di reunited with 283 resurrected men on Ghost Island, but scans showed that mutated Toxoplasma had infected their brains.

• Kun Sang confronted the caged Noah, Ji Gua, and Gao Deng, but the liquid-metal cage dissolved and they rushed out toward Liu Di.
• Dasha stopped Noah from attacking Liu Di and explained that the Apocalypse Association had slaughtered the villagers and Liu Di had changed their fate.
• Noah and his companions apologized to Liu Di and Kun Sang after realizing they had misunderstood them.
• Kun Sang recognized the 283 resurrected men and joyfully rushed among them until Liu Di warned him that something was wrong with their condition.
• Liu Di examined the men at Ghost Island's Modification Center, where Magic Child identified mutated Toxoplasma in their brains.