Chapter Summaries

Cheng Tian and Eileen exchanged a secret signal during the battle, making Cheng Tian the central target for both armies. As players converged on his position, they unleashed Mecha Arts based on skills and weapons from other worlds.

• Cheng Tian blocked Eileen's Storm Power Strike and realized she had recognized him and signaled that she knew about him.
• Glenn ordered the Red Shield Squad to kill Cheng Tian, while Azrael ordered the Revolutionary Army's Attack Squad to protect him.
• The Female Predator used Optical Camouflage to hide her Gates D, while Cyborg Zero transformed his weapon into a Z-Saber.
• Wolfman's Charged Spiral Cannon clashed with Fierce Tiger's Haoh Shokoken and exploded between their mechs.
• Xiao Lan used Morph Ball and Sticky Bomb to break into the ruined building where Cheng Tian was located.
• General Pan Feng used Eight Gates Formation to pin the Revolutionary Army Grunt Unit Gates mechs in place.

Cheng Tian’s allies overwhelmed the battlefield with thirty-six Silver Gates, forcing the opposing squads to retreat, while Xiao Lan used a Sticky Bomb to bring Orange Unit down. Orange Unit countered her attack with a barrier that trapped Mitrold, leaving Xiao Lan surrounded as a strange book appeared in its hand.

• Pan Feng summoned twenty Earth Federation assault troops and used Eight Gates Formation to immobilize the Grunt Units.
• Orange Unit summoned thirty-six Silver Gates Enhanced Types, prompting Pan Feng and the opposing squads to retreat.
• Cheng Tian’s Silver Gates proved extremely fragile, but their sudden charge disrupted the battlefield and drew suppressive fire.
• Xiao Lan blasted the floor beneath Cheng Tian with a Sticky Bomb, sending Orange Unit crashing into a ruined building.
• Xiao Lan attacked Orange Unit with her Energy Cannon, but it trapped Mitrold inside a purple-black Binding Trap Barrier and began flipping through a book.

Cheng Tian used his enhanced Ten Commandments to seize control of Xiao Lan’s Energy Armor and Mitrold, then claimed the mecha for his Tank Matrix. The chapter ended with the Mitrold’s Mechanical Soul rejoicing after its exclusive bond with Xiao Lan was removed.

• Xiao Lan tried to escape Cheng Tian’s barrier with a Sticky Bomb, but the barrier covered the ground and trapped her inside.
• Cheng Tian’s enhanced Ten Commandments overwhelmed Xiao Lan, and her Energy Armor and Mitrold turned cyan under its control.
• The controlled Mitrold opened its cockpit, dragged Xiao Lan out, and left her standing helplessly in her hijacked armor.
• Cheng Tian dismissed the barrier and touched the Mitrold with Orange’s Ironclad Fist, removing its exclusive authentication with Xiao Lan.
• Cheng Tian added the Mitrold to his Tank Matrix, and he sensed its Mechanical Soul rejoicing.

Cheng Tian added Mitrold to his Tank Matrix after awakening its mech soul, while Xiao Lan escaped the battle and Azrael ordered the Revolutionary Army squad to evacuate. Azrael privately told Cheng Tian that their next target was New York.

• Cheng Tian's acquisition of Mitrold raised his tank collection to nine vehicles, leaving six more needed for his next title advancement.
• Xiao Lan blew off her Energy Armor, escaped through a high window with a Sticky Bomb, and landed safely while Mitrold chose not to shoot her.
• Cheng Tian considered letting Xiao Lan escape so the Earth Federation might assign her another mech for him to capture.
• The Blood Armor Squad slaughtered Cheng Tian's Silver Gates after they lost the protection of Heart Barrier.
• Azrael ordered the Revolutionary Army Attack Squad to evacuate, then privately told Cheng Tian their next target was New York.

Cheng Tian’s group escaped Gaul City while the Blood Armor Squad and Chosen Squad completed their own first-phase objectives, leaving both factions unaware that they had each succeeded. As an emergency report revealed that rebels had reached New York, Eileen suspected a connection, and Azrael ordered Cheng Tian to blow up the reconstructed Twin Towers.

• Cheng Tian used repeatedly summoned Silver Gates Guard Units to delay pursuit while his group withdrew through a tunnel and the Blood Armor Squad later destroyed it.
• The Blood Armor Squad and Chosen Squad entered Gaul City and each received credit for completing the first phase of their Main Quest.
• The Rhea Principality government kept the Blood Armor Squad in Gaul, and Xiao Lan received an ordinary Gates to replace her stolen Mitrold.
• Eileen befriended Sarah White to learn more about the world and suspected that the conflict’s apparent good and evil sides concealed something.
• An emergency report said rebels from Laia had reached New York, prompting Eileen to consider how they could have penetrated the Earth Federation’s defenses.
• Aboard a shuttle above New York, Azrael assigned Cheng Tian the second-phase mission of blowing up the reconstructed Twin Towers.

Cheng Tian and the Revolutionary Army reached Earth, where the Federation let their invasion proceed before sending troops to defend New York. Assigned to destroy the rebuilt Twin Towers using an aquatic mech, Cheng Tian warned Azrael that the invasion could give the Federation a pretext to colonize Laia Star, leaving Azrael visibly shaken.

• Cheng Tian, Husky, Zero, and the Female Predator Hyena traveled from Laia Star to Earth aboard Revolutionary Army shuttles.
• The Earth Federation waited until the Revolutionary Army began unloading Gates before the Third Joint Army Unit attacked near New York.
• Azrael assigned Cheng Tian a mission to destroy the Twin Towers and possibly the nearby Goddess Statue, and selected an aquatic Argomis mech for him to pilot.
• Cheng Tian told Azrael that the Federation had deliberately allowed the invasion to create a pretext for renewed war and eventual occupation of Laia Star.
• Azrael sweated and stared in shock as Cheng Tian's explanation trailed off.

Cheng Tian realized Azrael’s rebellion and the Earth Federation’s planned occupation of Laia Star were part of a hidden scheme, and his words triggered a conflict between Azrael’s will and a controlling program called Brain. Cheng Tian entered Azrael’s cerebral program space, where he had to defeat Brain to free Azrael.

• Cheng Tian concluded that the Earth Federation had exploited Azrael’s rebellion to justify stationing troops in Laia Star and turning it into a colony.
• Cheng Tian suspected that hidden backers had supplied Azrael with weapons and that the Federation had deliberately allowed the rebellion to proceed.
• Cheng Tian’s warning about Laia Star becoming a colony awakened Azrael’s resistance to the superior program controlling his thoughts.
• As Brain began taking control of Azrael, Cheng Tian entered his mind with Ten Commandments and summoned the Gates LB Orange.
• Cheng Tian arrived in Azrael’s cerebral program space and learned that he had to defeat Brain to free Azrael’s independent consciousness.

Cheng Tian used Soul's PRODIG to destroy Azrael's Warlock Unit inside the computational space and inflict irreversible damage on Brain's main body. Azrael returned to normal, but Brain's surviving forces made Cheng Tian their enemy.

• Cheng Tian activated Soul's PRODIG, combining Soul, Spirit, Direct Attack, and Crushing Blow.
• Cheng Tian trapped Azrael's Warlock Unit inside a Heart Barrier and summoned five Demonic Spear Thors.
• The five attacks dealt 12,870 damage, destroying the Warlock Unit and Azrael inside it.
• Brain's humanoid brain exploded in a laboratory on Laia Star, and Azrael's eyes returned to normal.
• Cheng Tian permanently reduced Brain's maximum HP and computational power by 20%, and Brain's faction placed him under a blood-feud vendetta and a full wanted order.

Cheng Tian freed Azrael from the Brain’s control, but Azrael chose to continue the Revolutionary Army’s invasion under a revised strategy. Cheng Tian agreed to help in exchange for mecha, and the two formed a new alliance as his quests shifted to Azrael’s command.

• Azrael thanked Cheng Tian for severing the Brain’s control and explained how it had magnified his hatred and revolutionary fervor.
• Azrael said the army would continue its invasion, destroying the Twin Towers, the Goddess Statue, and military-industrial facilities while minimizing civilian casualties.
• Azrael warned Cheng Tian that he could leave the conflict, but Cheng Tian chose to stay in exchange for mecha through a Military Merit system.
• Azrael and Cheng Tian agreed to cooperate, and Cheng Tian joined the hidden Azrael Resistance Army within the Rhea Reformist Army.
• Cheng Tian’s main quests shifted to Azrael’s command, with the next objective to destroy the rebuilding Twin Towers and Goddess Statue.

The Blood Armor Squad and Chosen Squad were ordered to defend the Statue of Liberty after the Twin Towers collapsed, while an orange octopus-shaped mech emerged to attack it. As the squads rushed to Liberty Island, Burns announced that their combined armament had arrived.

• Fierce Tiger complained that the Blood Armor Squad had taken six hours to reach New York, and Glenn explained that the elite squads had been sent to support dangerous war zones.
• The Twin Towers fell, leaving Jeff devastated while Eileen suspected Cheng Tian might also target the Statue of Liberty.
• Earth Federation officials assigned the Blood Armor Squad and Chosen Squad the second-stage main quest to defend the Statue of Liberty.
• The Blood Armor Squad and Chosen Squad raced toward Liberty Island as Lei's laser cannon was blocked by a familiar hexagonal barrier around an orange octopus-shaped mech.
• Burns told both squads that their combined armament had arrived and asked them to sign for it.

The Earth Federation’s Blood Armor Squad used Dr. Stan’s combination system to merge three transformable mecha into a powerful combined unit. Cheng Tian chose not to stop them, and the chapter ended with the mecha taking the combat-focused Gamma Form.

• Dr. Stan developed three combination cores: the Fortress Alpha Form, the Cannon Beta Form, and the Battle Gamma Form.
• Jeff piloted the Brodia toward the airdropped combination parts, and the Repatos and Guldin followed while Sarah White’s Fodi kept suppressing the Octopus Mecha.
• Cheng Tian struggled between stopping the Blood Armor Squad and wanting to see their mecha combine.
• Cheng Tian let the Blood Armor Squad reach the parts, and the Brodia, Repatos, and Guldin combined into the Gamma Form.

Cheng Tian fought the Blood Armor Squad’s combined Gamma mech underwater and tried to defeat all three pilots at once to claim their armor components. He destroyed the Repatos Assault Claw with a purple attack, leaving the squad shocked and Gamma damaged.

• Cheng Tian recognized that Gamma Form could only remain combined for three minutes and decided to evade its strongest attacks.
• Jeff piloted Gamma into the water to pursue Cheng Tian, while Sarah increased the detector’s output to guard against other rebels.
• Cheng Tian deployed twelve Laser Guidance Devices as Gamma charged through the underwater wreckage toward him.
• Cheng Tian’s phantom mask appeared, and three purple beams struck Gamma as its Assault Claw and Iron Fist hit two of his tentacles.
• Cheng Tian’s violet attack destroyed the Repatos Assault Claw, which burst into gold coins.

Cheng Tian used Purifying Light to destroy Repatos while Gamma was combined, then captured Lei and forced the Blood Armor Squad to separate and pursue him. After rising toward the surface with Lei as a hostage, Cheng Tian began exposing the Earth Federation’s war against Laia Star.

• Cheng Tian’s Purifying Light destroyed Repatos, costing Gamma one arm and advancing his Side Quest progress to 1/4.
• Cheng Tian’s Octopus Mecha seized Lei and dragged him away, leaving the Blood Armor Squad unable to attack without risking their comrade’s life.
• Glenn took control of Gamma, but stopped when Cheng Tian threatened Lei and demanded that the squad separate.
• Glenn detached Guldin, causing Brodia to eject from the combined form, and the Blood Armor Squad followed Cheng Tian toward the surface.
• Sarah refrained from attacking Cheng Tian, while Eileen suspected he was about to make a major move.
• Cheng Tian announced that the Earth Federation had sacrificed New York civilians to justify colonizing Laia Star.

Cheng Tian destroyed the Statue of Liberty and escaped after sowing doubts among the Blood Armor Squad about the Earth Federation’s role in the invasion. As the squad regrouped, Sarah uncovered footage linking Cheng Tian to earlier attacks and revealed a familiar-looking accomplice: Eileen.

• Cheng Tian told Glenn and the Blood Armor Squad that the Federation may have allowed New York to fall, then revealed the hidden Mitrold and Drill Tank beneath the Statue of Liberty.
• Cheng Tian’s machines drilled through the statue, causing the squad’s protection mission to fail, and he escaped after throwing Lei back to the Blood Armor Squad.
• The communications department suppressed Cheng Tian’s claims, but Glenn, Jeff, and Lei continued questioning the invasion and Cheng Tian’s decision to spare Lei.
• Sarah found footage identifying Cheng Tian from the destruction of the Twin Towers and Statue of Liberty in the Dino Crisis world, then showed an image of Eileen as his apparent accomplice.

Eileen gave the Blood Armor Squad information about Cheng Tian while concealing his newer abilities, leading the players to assume she had turned against him over loot. Meanwhile, Cheng Tian boarded Azrael’s extraction shuttle and learned about additional units he could seek to complete his Tank Collector evaluation.

• Sarah White’s investigation led the Blood Armor Squad to Eileen, who confirmed she had been present during the Twin Towers incident and described Cheng Tian’s earlier abilities while hiding what he had gained later.
• The players noticed Eileen’s battle records showed her attacking Cheng Tian’s Gates LB and concluded that she had fallen out with him over uneven loot distribution.
• Cheng Tian boarded Azrael’s extraction shuttle and reviewed the Military Merit and Revolutionary Army units available to exchange.
• Azrael told Cheng Tian that no existing exchange units remained and sent him files about three units he could obtain himself near Los Angeles.
• Azrael showed Cheng Tian the TEX-66SH Radar, a Guntank-sized heavy-firepower unit that was likely already under direct brain control.

After uncovering that the Earth Alliance had deliberately sacrificed New York’s Third Unit, the Blood Armor Squad struggled to decide where their loyalties belonged. Meanwhile, Cheng Tian took a side quest to seize a mech at the Los Angeles Abandoned Factory, drawing a bounty that sent players from both factions after him.

• Glenn and Sarah’s connections revealed that the Earth Alliance had replaced the Third Unit’s personnel and intended to sacrifice them to help establish a colony on Laia Star.
• The Blood Armor Squad learned the truth but remained divided and confused about whether to obey their superiors or help the rebels.
• Eileen’s players received a mission to destroy the Abandoned Factory in Los Angeles, while Cheng Tian infiltrated it to seize the TEX-66SH Radar for the Azrael Resistance Army.
• Cheng Tian’s attacks on the main brain and landmarks made him wanted by both factions, with a bounty offering Chosen Coins and a rare mech.
• The seven Chosen Squad members from both factions set out together for Los Angeles to hunt Cheng Tian.

Cheng Tian infiltrated the Abandoned Factory amid a raid by wild mech scavengers and spotted his target, the boss mech Radar. He prepared two Combat Vehicles from a high vantage point, leaving his plan poised to begin.

• Cheng Tian approached the Abandoned Factory but paused when wild mech scavengers destroyed its Scout Balls and began looting the scrap.
• The scavengers split between searching the scrap heaps and attacking the rebels inside the factory, while Cheng Tian used the chaos to move closer unseen.
• An explosion tore open the factory gate, and Radar emerged with a group of enhanced mechs to confront the scavengers.
• Cheng Tian surveyed Radar and his guards, adjusted his panel, and set up the Mitrold and Jero at a high vantage point.

Cheng Tian used the Ten Commandments to take control of Radar, then exploited the Tank Matrix to jump into its cockpit and attack its pilots. With Radar's control system compromised, he turned the mecha's weapons on the surrounding guard units.

• Before setting out, Cheng Tian exchanged his Military Merit for several mecha, leaving him with only two empty vehicle slots.
• Cheng Tian used the Ten Commandments to control Radar and added it to the Tank Matrix.
• Cheng Tian used Matrix Jump to appear inside Radar's cockpit, where he knocked out one pilot and attacked the other two.
• When the Ten Commandments' effect expired, Cheng Tian threw the injured pilots' bodies out of the cockpit and took control of Radar.
• Cheng Tian used Azrael's floppy disk to seize Radar's control system and fired on the guard units.

Cheng Tian seized the Rhea Principality Revolutionary Army’s Radar, advancing his Tank Collector title and expanding the Void Garage. He used Radar to attack the surrounding enemy forces, while the battle continued with the arrival of silver-painted Valimes units.

• Cheng Tian’s collection reached 15 vehicles, advancing Tank Collector to Purple Rare and expanding Void Garage to eight slots with automatic repairs and space for four vehicle categories.
• Mammoth explored the newly filled garage, then returned to its own parking space and faced the larger Octopus Mecha Agomis.
• Cheng Tian used Radar’s tread launch to leap above the enemy attack, then fired its built-in missiles at the ground.
• Brother Jie’s Unit lifted Mitrold toward Radar’s landing point while Mitrold fired its Shoulder Cannon.
• Cheng Tian stomped a Gates into a ZIP shape, then turned Radar around and unleashed a blade attack that blew apart the nearby garbage mountain.
• A group of silver-painted Valimes units charged through the flying debris toward the enemy forces.

Cheng Tian and his allies defeated the Revolutionary Army at the Mecha Destruction Factory and claimed the facility, which let them dismantle mechs for components and blueprints. As they hauled in the wreckage and gathered souls, Cheng Tian learned that advancing Tank Collector further would require collecting more than 50 types of Combat Vehicles.

• Cheng Tian regrouped with Brother Jie's Unit and Mitrold, then coordinated their attacks with Radar Unit and the Three Drops of Blood Guard.
• Cheng Tian's forces wiped out the Revolutionary Army and temporarily occupied the Mecha Destruction Factory.
• Cheng Tian ordered his Silver Guard and Bazett to haul mech wreckage into the factory to dismantle for components and blueprints.
• Cheng Tian collected Soul of Steel from destroyed mechs and used it as a resource for mech ammunition.
• Cheng Tian learned that Tank Collector required more than 50 different types of Combat Vehicles to advance again.