Chapter Summaries

After Monroe and Jiang Hao celebrated their Golden Globe wins, Monroe revealed her fear of losing him, and Jiang Hao reassured her. Half a month later, they attended the Academy Awards together, where Jiang Hao reunited with Jack Lemmon.

• Monroe blew Jiang Hao a kiss at the Golden Globes, and the system announced that her sex appeal value had reached its maximum, leaving only the mission "Monroe's Wish."
• Monroe won Best Actress, Jiang Hao won Best Director, Jack Lemmon won Best Actor, and Raccoon Warfare 2 won Best Comedy Film.
• Jiang Hao met Audrey Hepburn and other Hollywood stars while Monroe stayed close beside him.
• On Sunset Boulevard, Monroe asked Jiang Hao to preserve the evening gown he had designed and confessed she feared he would leave her for other women; he reassured her of his love.
• Half a month later, Monroe and Jiang Hao arrived at the 29th Academy Awards, where Jiang Hao joked with Jack Lemmon before taking his seat.

At the Academy Awards, Jon Hall won Best Director and Best Actor, then took Marilyn Monroe to Las Vegas to escape the press. Marilyn revealed her deepest wish was to have a loving marriage and family, and she and Jon married in a small church, completing all the missions in his world.

• Jon Hall won Best Director for Some Like It Hot and Best Actor for The Courtesan, while Marilyn Monroe lost Best Actress.
• Jon Hall and Marilyn Monroe escaped to Las Vegas, disguised themselves to avoid reporters, and spent the day together.
• Marilyn Monroe proposed marriage, and Jon Hall married her in a small Las Vegas church.
• Marilyn Monroe told Jon Hall she had found the loving home she had always wanted, and his mission system announced that all missions in the world were complete.
• Reporters surrounded the church, and Jon Hall announced that he and Marilyn Monroe had married before carrying her back to their car.

Jiang Hao and Marilyn Monroe celebrated their wedding as the news spread worldwide, and he sang her a song from the film Ghost that he planned to make. After his twelve hours in her world ended, Jiang Hao returned to the present, claimed the Charm Burst skill, and settled back into modern life before his phone rang.

• Jiang Hao and Marilyn Monroe shared breakfast in their hotel room while newspapers and television reported their marriage.
• Jiang Hao told Marilyn Monroe the story of Ghost and sang her a song from the film he planned to make next.
• Jiang Hao returned to the real world when his twelve hours in Marilyn Monroe's world ended.
• Jiang Hao claimed the Charm Burst skill as his reward for completing the mission and fulfilling Marilyn Monroe's wish.
• Jiang Hao played PUBG to readjust to modern life, then answered the ringing phone.

After Jiang Hao’s landlord told him to leave before his lease ended, Zhou Xinyan offered him space for his books, and Jiang Hao proposed buying a house for their future married life. They browsed Binhai listings together and considered a 190-square-meter duplex, leaving their house hunt for the next day.

• Jiang Hao’s landlord, Mr. Liu, told him he planned to sell the apartment and demanded that he move out by the end of the month.
• Zhou Xinyan told Jiang Hao to move his books into her spare bedroom rather than fight with the landlord.
• Jiang Hao told Zhou Xinyan he wanted to buy a house for them to live in after they married, and they planned to look at homes the next morning.
• Zhou Xinyan offered to contribute half the cost and said she had 900,000 in savings.
• Jiang Hao and Zhou Xinyan compared housing listings and considered a 190-square-meter duplex that would cost about five million yuan with expenses.

Jiang Hao and Zhou Xinyan bought a large apartment together and spent time riding their horses before Jiang Hao cleared out his old apartment. He confronted his landlord over the lease, but the landlord and rental agent found excuses to deduct money, leaving Jiang Hao with only 8,000 yuan refunded.

• Jiang Hao and Zhou Xinyan chose a 198-square-meter apartment at Meijing Garden, negotiated a discount, and paid the down payment together.
• Jiang Hao and Zhou Xinyan visited Little Red Date and Mia at the estate and rode the horses before spending another day with them.
• Jiang Hao moved the books and bookshelves from his old apartment into his space, then called Mr. Liu to arrange the handover and rent refund.
• Mr. Liu arrived with a rental agency employee and pointed out alleged damage and dirt in the apartment to justify deductions.
• Jiang Hao agreed to the deductions and received an 8,000-yuan refund, then realized Mr. Liu and the rental agent had set him up.

Jiang Hao used a Misfortune Talisman to wreck the homeowner’s BMW after being cheated, then settled into life with Zhou Xinyan and considered ways to earn money. He rented Little Red Date out for a film premiere and ended the chapter heading to the cinema with Zhou Xinyan to watch the horse’s movie and The Wandering Earth.

• Jiang Hao stuck a Misfortune Talisman on the homeowner’s BMW, which crashed and burned after leaving the residential complex.
• Jiang Hao finished moving into his home with Zhou Xinyan and considered lawful ways to make money, rejecting schemes involving theft and robbery.
• Zhou Hao invited Little Red Date to a Shanghai film premiere and offered an appearance fee of fifty thousand yuan, which Jiang Hao accepted.
• Jiang Hao and Zhou Xinyan watched a video of Little Red Date at the premiere, and Little Red Date returned two days later with Jiang Hao’s fee paid.
• Jiang Hao took Zhou Xinyan to see Little Red Date’s movie, and they agreed to watch The Wandering Earth afterward.

Jiang Hao accepted a mission to experience hope in the world of The Wandering Earth and prepared by studying the film and its setting. After arranging acting work for Little Red Date and Mia, he crossed into the frozen world of the film.

• Jiang Hao watched The Wandering Earth with Zhou Xinyan and received a system mission to experience hope.
• Jiang Hao studied the film and its harsh survival conditions as he prepared for the mission.
• Zhou Hao told Jiang Hao that Little Red Date had been offered a role as Red Hare in a Lu Bu film, and Jiang Hao also secured a role for Mia.
• The Lu Bu production signed contracts and bought insurance for the two horses.
• Jiang Hao accepted the mission and arrived in a snowy landscape among parked transport vehicles.

Jiang Hao realized he had entered the world of The Wandering Earth and that Hangzhou Underground City was about to be destroyed. He warned the City Management Committee after the Planetary Engine shut down, but Deputy Director Ding Lijun questioned how he knew magma might backflow.

• Jiang Hao recovered memories of his life in Hangzhou, including his sister Jiang Yan and niece Cheng Cheng, and recognized the date as the day Hangzhou would be destroyed.
• The Planetary Engine shut down, a powerful earthquake struck, and the elevators to the Underground City stopped working.
• Jiang Hao tried to warn a security guard and then searched the collapsed traffic management command center for a way to contact the City Management Committee.
• Jiang Hao borrowed a trapped survivor's communicator and contacted Deputy Director Ding Lijun, warning him to evacuate the civilians because magma could enter the base.
• Ding Lijun challenged Jiang Hao to explain how he knew the Planetary Engine's shutdown could cause magma to backflow, and Jiang Hao admitted he did not understand the mechanism.

Jiang Hao raced toward Shanghai to meet Wang Lei’s rescue team and bring the Firestone back to Hangzhou before its Planetary Engine melted down. After encountering an uncharted fissure, he detached the truck’s cargo bed and jumped the vehicle across it, continuing toward Shanghai as a global broadcast reported widespread engine failures.

• Jiang Hao learned that Hangzhou’s Underground City could be saved only by restarting its Planetary Engine with the Firestone, so he took a transport truck and set out to find the rescue team.
• Liu Yuan followed Jiang Hao, and Jiang Hao contacted Deputy Director Ding, who explained that Hangzhou had thirty-six hours before its reactor might overheat and confirmed rescue teams were in trouble.
• Jiang Hao contacted Captain Wang Lei, learned that his team was heading through a canyon toward Shanghai, and sped across the ice field with Liu Yuan.
• Jiang Hao stopped at an enormous fissure missing from the map, detached the truck’s cargo bed, and accelerated up a slope to jump across it.
• Jiang Hao landed on the far side and continued toward Shanghai as a global broadcast announced that 4,771 engines had shut down and rescue teams worldwide faced severe difficulties.

CN171-11 Squad became trapped in Shanghai after an earthquake triggered collapsing ice, leaving the Firestone stranded and the road blocked. Jiang Hao learned Hangzhou’s Planetary Engine might fail within two or three hours and raced to provide vehicle support.

• Han Duoduo asked Old Man Han about Shanghai, and he recalled Earth’s past and humanity’s plan to escape the aging sun by moving the planet.
• Two transport planes sent a distress call as falling ice battered CN171-11 Squad’s vehicle and blocked it inside the Ice Fissures.
• Wang Lei insisted the squad deliver Hangzhou’s last Firestone, while Liuzi found a nearby building that might offer a route through the blockage.
• Wang Lei requested vehicle support as Liu Qi doubted the squad could carry the Firestone across the ice without a rescue vehicle.
• Director Ding told Jiang Hao that the earthquake had damaged Hangzhou No. 1 Planetary Engine’s backup power and that the city might have only two or three hours left.
• Jiang Hao accelerated toward Shanghai, and Liu Yuan asked whether they could reach Hangzhou in time.

Jiang Hao rescued Wang Lei’s team and the Firestone from a collapsing ice crevasse, then raced back toward Hangzhou. He learned that Hangzhou No. 1 Engine’s reactor was nearing a core meltdown, leaving less than three hours to save the city.

• Jiang Hao contacted Wang Lei and told his team to wait in the Shanghai canyon instead of attempting to climb the unstable Shanghai Tower.
• Jiang Hao descended into the crevasse, attached the Firestone to the winch, and had Liu Yuan hoist it to the ice plain.
• Jiang Hao used the winch to lift Wang Lei, Zhou Qian, Han Duoduo, and the rest of the team out together as the ice cliff collapsed over their stranded vehicle.
• Jiang Hao loaded the rescue team into the truck and sped back toward Hangzhou after explaining that Hangzhou No. 1 Engine’s reactor temperature was rising.
• Li Lianke warned that the reactor was undergoing a core meltdown and might not last more than three hours.

Jiang Hao secured the Firestone and diverted to rescue a government team attacked by the Rebel Army, then set off toward Hangzhou with Li Lianke to restart the Hangzhou No. 1 Engine. The chapter ended with 159 kilometers still to go and little time left before the engine’s protections failed.

• Jiang Hao drove the heavy truck through a collapsing ice field after cracks blocked their route.
• The team received a distress call from a crashed rescue aircraft under attack by the Rebel Army, and Wang Lei ordered them to protect the Firestone.
• Jiang Hao rammed the Rebel Army fighters with the truck, then joined Wang Lei’s team in shooting the surviving attackers and collecting equipment.
• Jiang Hao and the rescue team found Li Yiyi, a technician bound for the Sulawesi Steering Engine, and agreed that Wang Lei’s group would escort her while Jiang Hao took Li Lianke toward Hangzhou.
• Jiang Hao drove toward Hangzhou with Li Lianke, Old Man Han, Liu Qi, and Han Duoduo, hoping to reach the Hangzhou No. 1 Engine before its protective systems failed.

Jiang Hao raced a heavy truck toward Hangzhou to deliver the Firestone before the Planetary Engine ruptured. After saving the injured Li Lianke with his hidden abilities, he helped restart the engine, leaving Hangzhou’s residents safe as power returned.

• Jiang Hao drove the truck over a massive ice fissure, narrowly escaping as the cliff collapsed behind it.
• Director Ding warned Jiang Hao that the Planetary Engine was close to rupture, and Jiang Hao sped toward Hangzhou with the Firestone.
• Jiang Hao delivered the Firestone to the engine crew and brought Li Lianke to activate it.
• A falling iron pipe pierced Li Lianke, but Jiang Hao used a talisman to stop the bleeding and revive him.
• Li Lianke gave the passwords, and the crew restarted the Planetary Engine, restoring power and saving Hangzhou.

After the Hangzhou No. 1 Engine restarted, Jiang Hao returned to the Underground City to find his family amid riots and attacks by armed gangs. He rescued his younger sister Jiang Yan and niece Cheng Cheng, then left to deal with the remaining attackers.

• The United Government announced that Hangzhou No. 1 Engine had restarted, and Director Ding told Jiang Hao that earthquakes and riots had killed many people in the Underground City.
• Jiang Hao returned to the Underground City with Liu Yuan, where they encountered looting and a Motorcycle Gang attacking residents; Jiang Hao shot the attackers and urged civilians to go home.
• A resident told Jiang Hao that the Spaceship Faction was attacking people, so Jiang Hao armed himself and Liu Yuan and killed several machete-wielding attackers.
• Jiang Hao and Liu Yuan reached Jiang Hao's sister's apartment and shot two men who were trying to break into the room where Jiang Yan and Cheng Cheng were hiding.
• Jiang Yan and Cheng Cheng reunited with Jiang Hao, who sent them upstairs to safety and said he was going to kill the remaining attackers.

Jiang Hao protected his family as Earth faced destruction, while Wang Lei’s team carried out rescue missions and Liu Pei Qiang sacrificed himself to ignite Jupiter and push Earth out of its orbit. Earth survived and began its more than two-thousand-year Wandering Era, though Jiang Hao knew the struggle was only beginning.

• Jiang Hao tortured the men who had threatened his family, then returned home as Liu Yuan reported that chaos was spreading through the Underground Cities.
• Wang Lei’s team found tracks showing that Jiang Hao’s truck had crossed a massive ice fissure, learned Hangzhou’s engine had restarted, and continued toward Sulawesi after Wang Lei reunited with his family.
• MOSS announced that Earth could not escape Jupiter and revealed the Seeds Project, prompting Jiang Hao to insist that humanity still had hope.
• Wang Lei and Li Yiyi’s team attempted to ignite Jupiter from Sulawesi, but their beam failed to reach the hydrogen-oxygen junction.
• Liu Pei Qiang told Liu Qi he intended to sacrifice himself, then piloted the Navigator Space Station into the passage and ignited Jupiter.
• The resulting Shockwave pushed Earth out of Jupiter’s orbit, and Jiang Hao realized that Earth’s Wandering Era had begun.

After Earth escaped Jupiter’s gravitational crisis, Hangzhou Underground City remained in chaos, and Jiang Hao stayed home to protect his family until Director Ding Lijun summoned him to help the management committee. While Jiang Hao went to meet Ding, Ding reviewed evidence of his extraordinary healing, weapons, marksmanship, and ability to inflict unbearable pain.

• Jiang Hao and Liu Yuan stayed home with Yanzi and Cheng Cheng while disorder and violence continued in Hangzhou Underground City.
• Director Ding Lijun called Jiang Hao and asked him to come help the understaffed management committee after the earthquake and unrest caused over ten thousand casualties.
• Jiang Hao left Liu Yuan to guard the family, gave him a full magazine, and rode a stolen electric motorcycle to the management committee.
• Ding Lijun examined Li Lianke’s report and confirmed that the chest wound Jiang Hao had healed left no trace of damage.
• Ding Lijun watched surveillance footage showing Jiang Hao producing guns, killing attackers with precise shots, and torturing two men with pain so severe that doctors could not treat them.

Jiang Hao became the Security Team captain of District 9 and recruited his friends to help restore order amid the Underground City’s chaos. After arming his new team, he set out to answer the district’s most urgent reports, heading toward a violent incident on 13th Street.

• Director Ding Lijun offered Jiang Hao the District 9 Security Team captaincy, and Ye Huatang explained that he would have to recruit his own officers.
• Jiang Hao contacted Liu Yuan and gathered his friends at the District 9 Sheriff's Office, where they agreed to join the Security Team.
• Jiang Hao registered the men as security officers and equipped them with uniforms, mechanical Exoskeleton Armor, and weapons.
• Jiang Hao assigned Liu Yuan, Lu Tao, Meng Yong, and Yang Jinzhu to find vehicles, then checked in with the city security command system.
• Jiang Hao chose the most recently reported serious case and led his team toward 13th Street, where rioters had wrecked shops and injured residents.

Jiang Hao and his Security Team intervened in a violent riot, rescuing a little girl and fighting armed rioters. After wiping out the attackers, Jiang Hao executed a defiant man and ordered the team to search the area.

• Jiang Hao shot the bearded man who was strangling Nini, allowing her mother to free and comfort her.
• The rioters attacked Jiang Hao and his Security Team, and Jiang Hao ordered his officers to open fire.
• Jiang Hao drove behind the armed attackers and used a Vulcan Cannon while Liu Yuan and the others advanced, eliminating the enemy group.
• Jiang Hao ordered teams to search the shops and detain suspected rioters.
• Jiang Hao wounded a man who attacked him with an iron rod, then shot him dead after claiming he had endangered the Underground City.

Jiang Hao restored order in District 9 by crushing gangs, expanding his security force, and coordinating patrols, while learning that a captured Rebel Army member had died during interrogation. After Hangzhou Underground City declared the unrest over, it imposed a lockdown, and Jiang Hao remained on alert as cleanup and repairs began.

• Jiang Hao captured a suspicious man who identified himself as a Rebel Army member and sent him to the Management Committee for interrogation.
• Jiang Hao recruited temporary security officers, organized his expanded force into four squads, and sent them to suppress trouble across District 9.
• Director Ding and Director Ye praised Jiang Hao’s results and ordered leaders in other districts to restore security, while Director Ding later told Jiang Hao that the captured Rebel Army member had killed himself.
• Jiang Hao organized street clearing and rescue work as the hospitals filled, and the Management Committee announced that the unrest had ended and placed Hangzhou Underground City under lockdown.
• Jiang Hao monitored the empty streets through surveillance and watched workers collect corpses and disinfect the area.

After District 9’s riot ended, Jiang Hao returned home to reunite with Jiang Yan and Cheng Cheng, then rested in his studio and watched an animated farewell drawn from memories of his deceased first love. Before falling asleep, he decided to relearn the animation and game-development skills he had inherited so he could keep them after leaving this world.

• Jiang Hao warned the imprisoned rioters that they could wait for the Management Committee or be suppressed if they rioted again, and the deputies later handed them over to the committee.
• Jiang Hao returned home, reassured Jiang Yan that Hangzhou Underground City was safe, and greeted Cheng Cheng and her virtual pet Mimi.
• Jiang Hao settled into his studio, where he reflected on his Quantum Computers, Xiao Xin, and the animated works he had created.
• Jiang Hao watched an animated farewell based on his real goodbye to his deceased childhood sweetheart and woke to find himself crying.
• Jiang Hao decided to relearn animation production and game development so the system could not take those abilities from him when he left the world.