Chapter Summaries

Wang Zhifan inspected his miners in the southern section of the mine, punishing slackers and uncovering a plot to overthrow the base. He left the conspirators under secret surveillance and continued sorting miners by how closely they needed to be supervised.

• Wang Zhifan sent his team into the southern mining area, then walked into the mine without using his combat mecha.
• Wang Zhifan inspected Garka and other miners, ordering two young miners who were slacking off to be separated and monitored more closely.
• Wang Zhifan caught two other miners idling and discussing a plan to overthrow the base, dragged them from their mechas, and whipped them.
• David warned his companion not to attack Wang Zhifan, whom he suspected was a Legendary Tier superpowered person, while Wang Zhifan's Dream Self clone secretly monitored their conversation.
• Wang Zhifan added the two conspirators to a provisional death list and continued classifying his miners by supervision needs.

Wang Zhifan investigated an ore-theft dispute in his mining team, suspected another player was stealing from them, and secretly raided Mining Team No. 2. He caught a Xia Kingdom player removing ore from a mining mech and decided to retaliate using the same method rather than kill him.

• Wang Zhifan estimated that his team would barely meet the 80% mining quota and personally delivered meals to the miners.
• Wang Zhifan broke up a dispute in which Jerry and another miner accused Thompson of stealing ore, then suspected that a player had taken it through an unusual method.
• Wang Zhifan observed the two players in his team and concluded that the ore thief probably belonged to another mining team.
• Wang Zhifan used a Dream Self clone to cover for him, then went invisible to steal ore from miners in Mining Team No. 2.
• Wang Zhifan found a player using a humanoid puppet to operate a mining mech and saw him remove ore from its cargo bed.
• Wang Zhifan recognized the player as a likely thief from his own team and chose to retaliate without killing him.

Wang Zhifan subdued an ore thief, then rushed to aid Mining Team No. 2 when monsters attacked the northern mine. After destroying the creatures with his powerful Sirius mech, he returned to protect his own team and prepared for further dangers.

• Wang Zhifan knocked an ore thief unconscious with Ice Source Power, recovered the stolen ore, and left without taking the man's equipment.
• Wang Zhifan returned to supervising his miners and used the recovered minerals to settle a dispute among three miners.
• William Glenn called Wang Zhifan to request support after monsters emerged underground in the northern mining area.
• Wang Zhifan used Ice Source Power to save a Mining Team No. 2 security member, then drove Sirius into a cavern and destroyed the monsters attacking William Glenn and his team.
• Wang Zhifan returned to his mining area to search for monsters and considered how to protect his team from further attacks and other players.

Wang Zhifan let his exhausted team rest, investigated strange disappearing monster holes, and learned he might inherit Team 2’s survivors. At the base store, he uncovered a possible way to buy help with his quota, while a hidden SVIP player took an interest in his powerful equipment.

• Wang Zhifan ordered Team 10’s miners and guards to rest after completing their basic quota, leaving a Dream Self clone to watch over them while he investigated the northern mine.
• Wang Zhifan and William Glenn examined monster holes that were slowly disappearing, and William said he expected to be fired and that his surviving miners might be transferred to Wang Zhifan.
• Wang Zhifan returned to the base with Team 10 and visited the store, where the green-skinned clerk offered to arrange quota-free miners through a bribe to the base commander.
• Wang Zhifan considered the offer but refused to use his Azure Emperor Saber as collateral, then left to look for something else to trade.
• A hidden SVIP player behind the clerk used an appraisal skill to detect Wang Zhifan’s high-quality equipment and decided to watch him closely.

Wang Zhifan put down a miners’ rebellion and discovered that the Interstellar Freedom Organization had seized control of K54 Prison Planet. He concluded that the instance required players to restore Kaibo Group’s control and set out to reclaim the base and planet.

• Wang Zhifan noticed a rebellion in the mine, where miners had disabled the security guards’ mechs and weapons.
• Wang Zhifan shielded Lawrence from gunfire, then killed the rebel leader with Ice Source Power and ordered everyone back to work.
• Wang Zhifan detained two invisible figures and learned they belonged to the Interstellar Freedom Organization, which claimed control of the mining base and K54 Prison Planet.
• Wang Zhifan rejected the organization’s offer to cooperate and killed the two figures with Ice Source Power.
• Wang Zhifan reasoned that the instance required restoring Kaibo Group’s control and resolved to help it reclaim the base and planet.

Wang Zhifan returned to the occupied base and tried to force the new leadership to change the mining requirements so he could complete his dungeon objective. His announcements did not trigger settlement, and as armed forces surrounded him, he launched a wide-area Ice Source Power attack.

• Wang Zhifan learned that the Interstellar Freedom Organization had taken over the base, then used Entering Dreams and Dreambreaking to return there.
• Wang Zhifan questioned the green-skinned clerk, who revealed that the base commander had fled and the Orbital Fleet had colluded with the occupiers; Wang Zhifan exposed the clerk as a player.
• Wang Zhifan found a silver-haired middle-aged woman leading the base and forced her to announce that mining requirements were halved and mining would end early, but the Supernatural Game did not recognize the change.
• Wang Zhifan ordered the woman to publish the announcement on the main hall screens, but the dungeon still did not settle, and she secretly sent a distress message.
• Armed forces surrounded the commander's office and warned Wang Zhifan to surrender, so he unleashed a wide-area Ice Source Power attack that they managed to counter.

Wang Zhifan defeated the Interstellar Freedom Organization’s superpowered forces at the mining base and interrogated their silver-haired leader, learning why they had tried to seize K54 Star. To complete his mining mission, he arranged to travel to the orbital space station, taking the leader and several NPCs and players with him.

• Wang Zhifan froze the armed personnel outside the commander's office, then killed the superpowered fighters who broke in and subdued the silver-haired woman.
• Wang Zhifan questioned the woman and learned that the Interstellar Freedom Organization had conspired with disgruntled Kaibo personnel to take control of K54 Star and research its possible Phantom-Phase properties.
• Wang Zhifan demanded that the woman arrange a trip to the orbital space station so he could secure cooperation and complete the month's mining mission before the organization pursued its plans.
• The woman called down an orbital shuttle while Wang Zhifan kept her restrained and turned away arriving combat teams.
• Qian Yalun and several players joined Wang Zhifan, and they all boarded the shuttle when it arrived and flew toward the orbital space station.

Wang Zhifan led the players through the orbital space station while forcing its silver-haired guide to cooperate, overcoming the station’s defenses and Space Warbeasts. The officers abandoned their plans to fight and began fleeing as Wang Zhifan’s group continued toward the main control section and its interstellar communications station.

• The silver-haired middle-aged woman led Wang Zhifan and the players to the K54 Star orbital space station, where Wang Zhifan discovered she had lured them into a corridor lined with laser weapons and revealed that he had disabled them.
• Wang Zhifan pressured the woman into abandoning her escape attempt, and she agreed to guide the group to the main control section’s interstellar communications station.
• The space station tried to seal the group inside and activate its corridor defenses, but Wang Zhifan disabled the systems while the young female player blasted through the partition doors.
• Space Warbeasts attacked from both ends of the corridor, and Wang Zhifan slowed them with Ice Source Power before killing them all with the Azure Emperor Saber.
• The station’s officers abandoned further attacks and began evacuating, sending ordinary robots and biohuman squads only to delay Wang Zhifan’s group.

Wang Zhifan and the others stopped the space station’s shutdown and used its systems to alter their ground-base performance records. The silver-haired woman’s report triggered their instance settlement, leaving them to choose their rewards.

• Wang Zhifan broke into the control center, where the silver-haired woman discovered that officers had begun shutting down the station.
• The clerk player connected his advanced AI chip to the station’s mainframe and stopped the shutdown process.
• The clerk player altered the group’s performance records, but they did not receive settlement because the changes were not officially approved.
• The silver-haired woman offered to complete their performance requirements in exchange for the station’s highest administrative authority, and Wang Zhifan agreed to grant it.
• The silver-haired woman submitted a performance report under another officer’s name, triggering the instance settlement and presenting the players with reward options.

After finishing the K54 Star dungeon, Wang Zhifan chose two epic rewards and a Superpower Awakening Device, then returned to Earthstar. He reflected that the dungeon had yielded little for him and decided to obtain advanced AI assistance before future technological missions.

• Wang Zhifan selected the Phantom-Phase Planet, Ringworld, and Superpower Awakening Device rewards, then refused the players who asked to exchange contact information.
• Wang Zhifan confirmed Qian Yalun’s suspicions about his identity and learned that Qian had secretly joined the silver-haired woman’s side.
• Wang Zhifan advised the woman and Qian Yalun to consolidate their forces and negotiate or establish an independent organization before he left the dungeon.
• Wang Zhifan returned to East City Villa and found that only a little over half an hour had passed on Earthstar.
• Wang Zhifan judged the rewards and experience disappointing, reviewed his mistakes in the dungeon, and resolved to acquire an advanced AI assistance system.

Wang Zhifan joined the Administration’s operation to eliminate six high-level foreign players trapped inside the Magic Mirror. After scouting them with invisible clones, he launched an attack, leaving the clash about to begin.

• Li Zhenguo told Wang Zhifan that the Administration had trapped the foreign player gang inside the Magic Mirror at Prosperity Supermarket.
• A plainclothes agent briefed Wang Zhifan on the six enemies and the twelve elite agents positioned to surround them.
• Wang Zhifan rejected the cautious plan, entered the Mirror World alone, and sent invisible clones to scout the gang.
• The enemy team detected Wang Zhifan’s clones and prepared their combat abilities as the monocled mage gathered lightning.
• Wang Zhifan’s six clones charged the prepared gang, while the agent watching the Magic Mirror saw the attack begin.

Wang Zhifan used his clones to probe the enemy group and killed their Assassin with the Azure Emperor Saber. He then attacked the remaining players alone, breaking their barrier and killing two before three survivors launched a counterattack.

• Wang Zhifan's six clones attacked the protected group, but the players overwhelmed them with coordinated defenses and attacks.
• The Assassin ambushed Wang Zhifan, but he used Entering Dreams and a clone to evade the strike, and the Azure Emperor Saber killed the Assassin.
• Wang Zhifan inspected the Assassin's equipment and refused to retreat when the other five enemies approached.
• Wang Zhifan shattered the group's barrier with one slash, killing the healer and the suited teenager beside her.
• The Black gunman opened fire, the mage launched his gathered sphere and vanished, and the armored white man fled as the enraged Black Dragon attacked.

Wang Zhifan helped the Administration defeat the enemy team in the Mirror World, though the Lv70 mage escaped. While choosing his reward, he found a damaged aura necklace and decided to repair it with a rare scroll.

• Wang Zhifan destroyed the tracking lightning orb with Life Is a Dream after it pursued him into his dream.
• The Administration's twelve elite agents defeated the Black gunman, white brute, and Black Dragon, while the Lv70 mage escaped the Mirror World.
• Wang Zhifan accepted a 1.5-million cash reward and the right to choose two pieces of equipment from the spoils.
• Wang Zhifan chose the Berserker's Ring to replace his Rare Tier accessory.
• Wang Zhifan found the damaged Excellent Tier Aura's Radiance necklace and took it, planning to repair it with his Equipment Repair Scroll.

After repairing and reorganizing his equipment, Wang Zhifan reviewed his improved skills and prepared to visit two reward worlds. Captain Li called to praise the successful encirclement and invite him to meet Xia Kingdom’s top players, leaving Wang Zhifan considering the value of joining their elite circle.

• Wang Zhifan repaired the Aura's Radiance necklace, tested its aura effects and the Berserker's Ring, then removed outdated equipment from his regular loadout.
• Wang Zhifan updated his status panel and discovered that the Berserker's Ring had raised several Blademaster skills to Lv10, giving him new insights into his sword techniques.
• Wang Zhifan planned to visit Phantom-Phase Planet and Ringworld and test an ability activation device, but Captain Li called before he could leave.
• Li Zhenguo told Wang Zhifan that the successful mission had secured the juvenile black dragon for the Dongjiang Second Bureau and invited him to join the Administration again.
• Li Zhenguo invited Wang Zhifan to dinner and offered to introduce him to Xia Kingdom's top players, while Wang Zhifan recognized that the invitation was an attempt to draw him into their elite organization.

Wang Zhifan explored the Phantom-Phase Planet, a strange realm of shifting gravity, drifting debris, and hidden dangers. After witnessing a purple moth destroy an alien spaceship, he saw the ship and its crew restored and realized the collision was repeating.

• Wang Zhifan explored the planet’s layered purple clouds and discovered that each cloud patch had its own direction of gravity.
• Wang Zhifan found a hollow floating island, but an unseen force destroyed his Dream Self clones when they approached, so he marked the location and withdrew.
• Wang Zhifan infiltrated a giant alien spaceship and learned that its crew were searching for a recessed stone slab shown on their map.
• A giant purple moth attacked and destroyed the spaceship, then vanished along with the wreckage.
• Wang Zhifan saw the same spaceship restored with its crew alive and realized the moth’s attack was part of a repeating event.

Wang Zhifan explored Ringworld and met the Hershi Civilization, whose members showed him their immense artificial world and explained their history and plans. He presented himself as an envoy from a powerful civilization in another universe, winning the Hershians’ belief and interest in further exchange.

• Wang Zhifan left Phantom-Phase Planet without interfering with the spacecraft and purple moth that repeatedly collided, deciding to return after learning more about the world.
• Wang Zhifan arrived on Ringworld, where a Hershian representative welcomed him and invited him aboard a saucer-shaped craft.
• The Hershian representative showed Wang Zhifan the Ringworld and explained how the Hershi Civilization had been uplifted, built the artificial habitat, and planned to repay its benefactor civilization by confronting its enemies.
• Wang Zhifan learned about the Hershians’ long lifespans, psychic network, advanced technology, and collective interest in his visit.
• Wang Zhifan answered the Hershians’ questions by claiming to represent a powerful civilization from another universe and demonstrated supernatural abilities that they could not explain.

After touring the Ringworld, Wang Zhifan visited Gaia Star, where he collected rare samples and gained attributes from its natural delicacies. Back on the Urban Planet, he rejected a request for replacement samples after some were lost and chose Little Red as his AI assistant.

• Wang Zhifan finished his Ringworld tour, weighed its usefulness against the Urban Planet, and left gifts before departing.
• On Gaia Star, Wang Zhifan gave Yilin and Yali two days off, collected biological samples, and ate rare foods that raised all four of his attributes above 200.
• Wang Zhifan returned to his villa with the maids, then went to the Urban Planet to consider acquiring AI systems and exploration vessels.
• Catherine reported that the research center had lost or had samples stolen; Wang Zhifan refused to provide replacements and handed over his latest batch with a warning to handle it carefully.
• Little Red offered to serve as Wang Zhifan's offline AI assistant, and Catherine confirmed its broad capabilities before Wang Zhifan agreed to let it try.

Wang Zhifan transferred Little Red into a smartwatch and tested the Superpower Awakening Device on Catherine, who successfully gained a Force-type superpower. He began considering a cautious plan for developing superpowered people on Urban Planet before leaving the world with Little Red on his wrist.

• Wang Zhifan put on a custom smartwatch so Little Red could migrate its database and operate offline.
• Wang Zhifan offered Catherine the chance to gain superpowers, and she agreed to volunteer for the test.
• Wang Zhifan demonstrated the awakening device, then Catherine used it and awakened a Force-type superpower that let her float and move objects.
• Wang Zhifan reassured Catherine that she would not be subjected to laboratory study and suggested planning a superpowered unit and a broader volunteer program.
• Little Red completed its migration and alerted Wang Zhifan and Catherine that research institute personnel would soon arrive for the biological samples.
• Wang Zhifan put away the awakening device and left Urban Planet wearing the smartwatch containing Little Red.

Wang Zhifan arranged for the Holy Tower to descend again in Tigerhead Town to strengthen its reputation as the Hometown of the Heavenly Venerable. As crowds gathered and he joined Wind-Snow Tower’s leaders to oversee them, the town’s sudden popularity left him considering how to expand it.

• Wang Zhifan saw that the new Hometown of the Heavenly Venerable plaque had drawn travelers’ attention, then used Faith Power to tell Liu Erya that the Holy Tower would descend again within half an hour.
• Liu Erya announced the coming descent to her believers, while a visiting young nobleman and a masked Lady Demoness learned of the news from their subordinates.
• Wang Zhifan returned to Wind-Snow Tower and acted surprised when Wu Xun and Yang Qingqing told him about the announced descent; he said he would join them to investigate it.
• News of the Holy Tower drew believers, townsfolk, visitors, and martial world figures to Tigerhead Town, whose growing crowd created public security concerns.
• Wang Zhifan, Wu Xun, Yang Qingqing, and Old He watched over the packed streets from a rooftop as Wang Zhifan considered raising funds to expand the town.

Wang Zhifan responded to an attempted assassination of Liu Erya by deploying the Black Towers over Tigerhead Town and sending townspeople inside for trials. As he secretly sorted believers, visitors, and suspected Demon Gate agents into different trials, a Demon Gate force prepared to attack from beyond town.

• A thin Demon Gate assassin hurled poison darts at Liu Erya, but the Demon Shadow Darts she had received from Wang Zhifan blocked them.
• Wang Zhifan flew to the courtyard, spotted suspicious people in the crowd, and decided to deploy the Pitch-Black Tower ahead of schedule.
• Wang Zhifan lowered the Black Towers from the clouds, and crowds rushed to enter as Wu Xun and Yang Qingqing joined them.
• Wang Zhifan sent Heavenly Venerable Church believers into easy trials, gave others varying challenges, and trapped suspected Demon Gate agents in deadly trials.
• A Demon Gate woman watched the descending tower from a forest as a huge Demon Gate ark appeared behind her, carrying a force of experts.