Recaps

Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu discussed plans to cure Alzheimer's disease, the progress of Plan: Gate of Another Dimension, and the new Matrix computing center. The six traversal sites were built and their shuttle parameters were being fixed, while Matrix began serving Tenzhi Technology and a pilot program for Jiangsu Province.

• Chen Mengchuan said Tenzhi Technology could pursue an Alzheimer's treatment using its AI, quantum computers, and precision equipment, and Zhao Wanyu agreed to start assembling a research team.
• Chen Mengchuan said Xu Mingsheng and the other researchers would be needed for DNA sequencing and studies of brain proteins and acetylcholine.
• Zhao Wanyu reported that construction was complete at the six traversal sites and that the Space-time Traversal Department and Communications Department had calculated their parameters.
• Zhao Wanyu said China had asked Tenzhi Technology to fix the shuttle settings because its researchers were not yet ready to adjust them safely.
• Zhao Wanyu explained that the seventy-two-unit Matrix had begun operating and was supporting a pilot program for government services in Jiangsu Province.
• Chen Mengchuan praised Zhao Wanyu's leadership, and the two kissed.

Chen Mengchuan learned that the team had theoretically completed DNA editing and authorized them to begin testing with Achen’s cooperation. He assigned their first editing task to a new project aimed at curing Alzheimer’s disease, then went with Zhao Wanyu to meet Li Zhongxia.

• Chen Mengchuan woke to his daughter Zhihui slapping his face, made her cry with a kiss, and was scolded by Mother Chen and Father Chen.
• Xu Mingsheng showed Chen Mengchuan the team’s graphene-based DNA sequencing progress and explained that DNA editing was theoretically possible, though Achen kept the data sealed.
• Chen Mengchuan authorized the team to begin DNA sequencing tests with Achen’s cooperation.
• Chen Mengchuan assigned Xu Mingsheng and the researchers their first DNA editing task: cooperating on a new project to cure Alzheimer’s disease.
• Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan that Li Zhongxia had arrived to discuss further cooperation, and they flew to the Super Tenzhi Building to meet him.

Li Zhongxia asked Chen Mengchuan to help Huaxia expand wireless power transmission nationwide and proposed a new robotics collaboration. The chapter ended with Li revealing that Huaxia wanted Tenzhi Technology to help develop battle robots.

• Li Zhongxia met Chen Mengchuan and asked Tenzhi Technology to support a nationwide wireless power network.
• Chen Mengchuan agreed to have Wanyu, Ah Chen, and Tenzhi Technology's Gravity and Space-time Traversal departments work with Huaxia Electric Grid.
• Li Zhongxia explained that Huaxia and other countries had struggled to reproduce Tenzhi Technology's Multi-Arm Crab.
• Li Zhongxia asked Tenzhi Technology to help design industrial, research, and battle robots.
• Chen Mengchuan reacted with surprise when Li Zhongxia mentioned battle robots.

Chen Mengchuan and Li Zhongxia discussed Huaxia’s proposed collaboration with Tenzhi Technology on combat robots and gravity mecha. Chen agreed to cooperate, and Li planned to report Chen’s recommendations to the military.

• Li Zhongxia asked Chen Mengchuan to help Huaxia develop combat robots, and Chen agreed to cooperate while asking the military to lead most of the work.
• Chen Mengchuan distinguished gravity mecha from other war machines and recommended developing combat gravity mecha in light, medium, and heavy specifications.
• Chen Mengchuan proposed pairing flexible, AI-assisted gravity mecha with spindle-shaped multidirectional gravity aircraft as a future warfare combination.
• Li Zhongxia said he would report the proposal to the military and pursue cooperation with Tenzhi Technology, then shook hands with Chen Mengchuan.

Chen Mengchuan discussed the Mars Science Summit and plans for Tenzhi Technology to develop combat gravity mechs with China. He revealed that the mechs were intended to prepare for possible extraterrestrial civilizations and asked Xu Shuwei to prioritize Lingkong 5.0, leaving its target transmission range undecided.

• Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan that more than twenty thousand people had arrived in China for the Mars Science Summit and that boarding the Tiansuo would close in three days.
• Chen Mengchuan outlined a plan for Tenzhi Technology and China to develop combat gravity mechs, with China leading core development and Tenzhi supplying materials and artificial intelligence support.
• Chen Mengchuan told Puslin and the others that the mechs were meant to protect against extraterrestrial civilizations, and Toni and Puslin agreed to find suitable personnel for the joint project.
• Chen Mengchuan asked Xu Shuwei to resume leading wireless power transmission work and prioritize completing Lingkong 5.0 for the Mars base and future Earth projects.
• Xu Shuwei asked what transmission range Lingkong 5.0 should achieve, and Toni replied that technological advancement had no end.

Thomson, Langmuir, and Crux discussed plasma research at Tenzhi Technology and learned the company was planning super-giant plasma cannon emplacements. Thomson suspected the weapons were intended to defend against extraterrestrial civilizations, leaving Crux and Langmuir shocked by the possibility of aliens.

• Thomson recognized William Crux outside a research building and introduced him to Owen Langmuir.
• Crux and Thomson discussed plasma research, and Crux explained that his calculations exceeded his institute’s capabilities.
• Crux said he had come to Huaxia because Tenzhi Technology offered high-intensity computing and access to super-giant plasma experimental equipment.
• Thomson suspected Tenzhi Technology planned to build super-giant plasma cannon emplacements on Mars or in space.
• Thomson told Crux and Langmuir that the weapons were likely intended to target possible extraterrestrial civilizations.

Chen Mengchuan showed Xu Shuwei, Toni, and the others a range of plasma weapons and discussed plans to develop them for interstellar defense. The chapter ended with Xu Shuwei reacting uneasily to their extensive weapons list as Chen Mengchuan and Toni argued that humanity would need strong defenses beyond the Solar System.

• Chen Mengchuan explained how high-voltage plasma discharge could power weapons, including a planet-scale cannon that could blast a huge hole through Earth.
• Toni proposed placing thousands of planet-scale cannons around Earth, the Moon, and Mars, and Chen Mengchuan said he would recruit candidates after the Mars Science Summit.
• Chen Mengchuan outlined plasma cannons for the Tiansuo and gravity mechs, along with a handheld plasma gun, as four weapon specifications for interstellar defense.
• Chen Mengchuan explained that spatial-transit weapons remained limited because the Asymmetric Source Point Ring Technology could not yet redirect the exit point.
• Xu Shuwei examined Chen Mengchuan and Toni's extensive weapons list, while Toni argued that humanity would need abundant weapons when it encountered other civilizations beyond the Solar System.

Chen Mengchuan took the Tiansuo back to Mars with nearly thirty thousand science summit attendees, 3,200 metal-smelting plant workers, and enormous quantities of supplies. The ship arrived at the Six Flames Palace Martian base, where its passengers saw Mars and learned that construction and planetary exploration had made strong progress.

• Chen Mengchuan refused Xu Shuwei's proposal to hold a speech on Earth, and the Tiansuo departed from Tenzhi Technology Industrial Park under Zhao Wanyu's arrangements.
• The Tiansuo carried the science summit attendees, 3,200 selected preparatory workers, and extensive supplies for the Martian base.
• During the journey, the crowded passengers filled the ship's activity areas with lively discussions and debates.
• After more than sixty hours, the Tiansuo reached Mars, and the passengers were stunned by the planet's appearance.
• Chen Mengchuan and the others reviewed the progress on Mars and learned that Yue'er had produced a 3D map of the planet from exploration data.

Chen Mengchuan welcomed NASA head James Fletcher to Tenzhi Technology’s Martian base, where they discussed NASA’s struggles and analyzed strange temperature readings on Mars. As their shuttle approached the base, James said the visit would be the most memorable day of his life.

• James Fletcher praised Tenzhi Technology for surpassing NASA by landing on Mars and building a base there.
• James explained that Congress had redirected funding toward projects inspired by Tenzhi’s technology, leaving NASA underfunded.
• Chen Mengchuan assured James that Tenzhi would treat the more than 300 aerospace researchers recruited from NASA well.
• Chen showed James Mars thermal imaging data, and James identified isolated temperature anomalies that might warrant excavation.
• Chen said the exploratory Multi-Arm Crab was already on its way to investigate the anomalies, and James expressed envy of its capabilities.
• A broadcast announced that they would reach the Martian base in three minutes, and James called the day the most memorable of his life.

Chen Mengchuan welcomed the Mars Science Summit guests to Tenzhi Technology’s Martian base and discussed future exploration with Elon Musk. The summit began with plans for Solar System expansion and defenses against possible alien threats.

• Chen Mengchuan led the guests from the Tiansuo into the Martian base, where they viewed Mars through transparent graphene panels.
• Chen Mengchuan greeted Elon Musk, who admitted that Chen had reached Mars before him and realized a long-held dream.
• Chen Mengchuan described plans to develop Mars, explore the Solar System, and eventually send a mission to Proxima Centauri b.
• Chen Mengchuan explained that Tenzhi Technology aimed to improve Tiansuo’s speed and build spacecraft using resources from the asteroid belt.
• Chen Mengchuan and other Tenzhi representatives prepared to host thirty-two scientific exchange sessions and recruit people for future projects, including the armed division.
• Chen Mengchuan envisioned turning the Solar System into a defensive fortress and insisted humanity should resist any future alien invasion.

Chen Mengchuan and the others watched as Li Shuo’s crew began capturing asteroid LKUJ-782719, an enormous asteroid identified as metallic. The gravity bees completed their attachment and set the asteroid on a return course to Mars, with arrival scheduled in nine days.

• Chen Mengchuan told Xu Shuwei and the others that the crew was beginning the first asteroid capture, and they went to the main control room.
• Li Shuo’s asteroid capture ship used a Spatial Source Point Circle to reach LKUJ-782719, which Chen Mengchuan said was highly likely to be an M-type metallic asteroid.
• Li Shuo ordered the ship to survey the asteroid and confirm a core capture point after the crew measured its volume at 50.965 cubic kilometers.
• The capture ship drilled dozens of boreholes into the asteroid, then deployed gravity bees that attached across its surface and extended their gravity nodes.
• Li Shuo confirmed the asteroid’s return route to Mars and announced that the ship was scheduled to reach the Martian base in nine days.

Xu Shuwei's team confirmed a vast pitchblende deposit on Mars, while mining, uranium processing, and the nuclear power plant advanced. Chen Mengchuan learned that dozens of specialized metal smelting plants were being built and tested, and Jiang Xiaomin projected enormous production once asteroid metals became available.

• Xu Shuwei's exploration team confirmed an exceptionally large uranium deposit on Mars and estimated its reserves at more than 1.4 million tons.
• Xu Shuwei arranged mining operations at the deposit, while the nearly completed Mars nuclear power plant began generating limited electricity with uranium brought from Earth.
• Chen Mengchuan learned that dozens of metal smelting plants had been built, with sixteen already operational for trial runs under chief engineer Jiang Xiaomin.
• Jiang Xiaomin explained why Mars needed multiple electrothermal smelting methods to process its varied minerals and produce materials for spacecraft.
• Jiang Xiaomin said that after the captured asteroid's metal composition was confirmed, he expected the plants to reach ten times Earth's combined steel and metallurgical output within a year.

After the Mars Science Exchange Summit, Chen Mengchuan learned that the Exploration Multi-Arm Crabs had discovered a huge deposit of impact diamonds on Mars. The find had little value as a source of jewelry, but its abundant carbon could support Tenzhi Technology’s graphene research.

• After resting, Chen Mengchuan received a message from the main control room and went to lunch with Toni and Chen Xiaoyun.
• Xu Shuwei arrived and announced that the Exploration Multi-Arm Crabs had found enormous diamonds, including deposits of Lonsdaleite, in a crater in northern Mars.
• Chen Mengchuan and Toni explained that natural diamonds had little industrial value and could not realistically be sold in large quantities.
• Chen Mengchuan noted that the deposit’s carbon could supply graphene production as Tenzhi Technology expanded its graphene nanotechnology research on Mars.

After Tenzhi Technology’s Martian diamond discovery shook Earth’s diamond market, Chen Mengchuan rejected any need to cooperate with diamond groups unless they could offer real benefits. He then gathered his colleagues to discuss exploring and developing the Solar System, leaving them with a plan to send advanced probes to other planets and investigate Jupiter’s resources.

• News of Tenzhi Technology’s Martian diamond mine spread across Earth after Zhao Wanyu arranged media coverage and announced that a 230-kilogram diamond would go to the Palace Museum in Huaxia.
• Representatives from seven diamond groups arrived seeking cooperation, but Chen Mengchuan told Zhao Wanyu to consider their proposals only if they could offer Tenzhi Technology benefits.
• Chen Mengchuan reviewed a plan to explore planets and satellites beyond Mars and asked Yue'er to summon Toni, Xu Shuwei, and others.
• Chen Mengchuan proposed sending powerful probes to explore and land on other planets, explaining that ordinary probes could not withstand their harsh conditions.
• Chen Mengchuan presented a High-pressure Constant Temperature Yuan Magnetic Detector designed to investigate Jupiter, whose hydrogen might one day fuel controlled nuclear fusion.

Chen Mengchuan and the gathered scientists discussed exploring and developing the Solar System as the first captured asteroid approached Mars. The asteroid was stopped and fitted with gravity-support swarms, leaving it ready for landing.

• Chen Mengchuan discussed hydrogen and the prospects of exploring Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto with Möbius, Puslin, and the other scientists.
• Chen Mengchuan reassured the group that capturing the first asteroid was only the beginning of a broader effort.
• Toni announced that the asteroid had arrived in Mars's orbit, and Chen Mengchuan ordered the crew to install gravity nodes and prepare for landing.
• The commander dispatched 329 Multi-Arm Crabs and 127,000 Gravity Bees to support the asteroid's landing.
• The asteroid capture ships stopped and positioned the asteroid, then Multi-Arm Crabs and Gravity Bees attached to their assigned points.
• The Multi-Arm Crabs and Gravity Bee swarms completed attachment, and the crew reported that landing could begin.

Chen Mengchuan and his team completed the difficult transfer and gentle landing of a captured asteroid on Mars, marking a major step toward mining space resources. After the successful landing, they decided to test its composition before cutting it up.

• Chen Mengchuan ordered the team to prepare to land the asteroid in a crater on Mars.
• The control room crew activated the Spatial Source Point Circle and began transferring the asteroid toward Mars.
• After Mars's gravity began affecting the asteroid, the deputy commander ordered the Gravity Bees and Multi-Arm Crabs to support it.
• The team stabilized the asteroid's descent, and it landed safely in the crater as the control room cheered.
• Xu Shuwei asked when they would cut up the asteroid, and Chen Mengchuan said they would first inspect its composition and wait for the metal smelter to be ready.

Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu agreed that Tenzhi Technology should reveal its asteroid captures to reassure scientists that it would not exploit Earth's resources. At the Mars Science Exchange Summit's closing ceremony, Chen announced Tenzhi's achievements and showed footage of the asteroids gathered on Mars, shocking the audience.

• Chen Mengchuan discussed with Zhao Wanyu how publicizing Tenzhi Technology's asteroid captures could help recruit elite researchers for its armed division.
• Zhao Wanyu described Tenzhi Technology's global disaster relief and employment programs, which had earned the organization widespread praise.
• Chen Mengchuan agreed to officially announce Tenzhi Technology's asteroid acquisitions to the public.
• Tenzhi Technology captured and delivered more asteroids to Mars, filling craters across the central equatorial plains.
• At the final Mars Science Exchange Summit session, Chen Mengchuan spoke about humanity's smallness in the universe and introduced Tenzhi Technology's achievements.
• Chen Mengchuan showed footage of asteroids gathered in Martian craters, stunning the summit audience.

Chen Mengchuan demonstrated Tenzhi Technology’s asteroid-mining and spatial-cutting technology, presenting it as humanity’s first step into the Infinite Resource Era. The demonstration ended with one asteroid divided into hundreds of pieces, establishing Tenzhi Technology as the leader of this transformation.

• Chen Mengchuan explained that Tenzhi Technology had captured asteroids rich in known and unknown minerals.
• Chen Mengchuan announced that Tenzhi Technology would demonstrate its industrial technology for mining and using asteroids.
• Tenzhi Technology used antigravity devices and Spatial Source Point Circles to move an asteroid to the cutting site.
• Chen Mengchuan ordered the asteroid cut, and the Source Point Circles sliced it cleanly in half.
• Gravity bees stabilized the asteroid’s halves as repeated spatial cuts divided it into hundreds of pieces in twenty minutes.

Chen Mengchuan met Marshall, a leading antimatter researcher and grandson of Carl D. Anderson, and invited him to join Tenzhi Technology. The chapter ended with Chen proposing antimatter beams and planetary-scale antimatter weapons.

• Elon Musk praised Chen Mengchuan, and Möbius introduced him to Marshall.
• Möbius explained that Marshall was a leading researcher in annihilation, antimatter, and antiparticles, prompting Chen Mengchuan to take a serious interest in him.
• Chen Mengchuan invited Marshall to discuss his research in the experimental area, where Toni joined them.
• Chen Mengchuan asked Marshall whether he would help develop antimatter beams and planetary-scale antimatter weapons.

Chen Mengchuan told Dr. Marshall that Tenzhi Technology planned to develop planet-scale antimatter weapons to defend against alien civilizations, despite the immense dangers and difficulties. As the Mars Science Summit ended, Tenzhi Technology began recruiting prominent scientists, confident that no nation could stop it.

• Chen Mengchuan told Marshall that Tenzhi Technology wanted to develop antimatter weapons for future encounters with alien civilizations.
• Marshall warned Chen Mengchuan that antimatter annihilation was extremely powerful, difficult to control, and too costly and dangerous to develop with current technology.
• Chen Mengchuan insisted that Tenzhi Technology needed planet-scale antimatter weapons capable of destroying a star with one beam.
• After the Mars Science Summit ended, Tenzhi Technology’s recruiters approached prominent scientists with offers of more funding, staff, and resources.
• Chen Mengchuan and his colleagues planned for Zhao Wanyu to recruit the scientists after their return to Earth, confident that Tenzhi Technology was too influential for nations to shake.

After Tenzhi Technology’s asteroid mining success drew global mining groups and government representatives seeking cooperation, Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan about assassination threats against the company’s executives. Chen ordered Achen and Zhao to monitor and arrest the attackers while Zhao prepared to respond to the mining groups; Chen planned to return to Earth in a couple of days.

• Zhao Wanyu’s assistant reported that BHP Group wanted to negotiate cooperation, as more mining groups approached Tenzhi Technology after its asteroid mining announcement.
• Zhao Wanyu learned that Achen had intercepted dangerous plans targeting Tenzhi Technology, including proposals for nuclear strikes and assassinations.
• Zhao Wanyu called Chen Mengchuan on Mars and explained the threats and the mining groups’ interest in the asteroid resources.
• Chen Mengchuan ordered Achen to monitor hostile terrorists and told Zhao Wanyu to coordinate with Su City’s security agencies to arrest them.
• Chen Mengchuan said Tenzhi Technology would not release asteroid resources on a large scale, and Zhao Wanyu planned to make the mining groups suffer by releasing some news.
• Chen Mengchuan told Zhao Wanyu to stay safe and said he would return to Earth in a couple of days.

Tenzhi Technology revealed the vast mineral resources it had found on Mars, shaking global markets as Zhao Wanyu pursued a plan to acquire mining companies and authorities stopped an assassination plot in Su City. Chen Mengchuan and the other Mars Science Summit participants returned to Earth, where the scientists left with a transformed view of humanity and a role in building a new civilization.

• Zhao Wanyu announced Tenzhi Technology’s Mars discoveries, including enormous reserves of iron and other metals, and mining stocks around the world collapsed.
• Andrew McKenzie and other mining executives watched their companies’ fortunes plunge as Tenzhi Technology’s resources threatened their industry.
• After an anonymous report warned of a plot against Tenzhi Technology’s leaders, Su Province forces arrested more than 2,400 terrorists while thousands more fled Su City.
• Zhao Wanyu launched the resource acquisition plan, and Sun Zhongyong’s financial companies bought more than 60 percent of shares in numerous mining groups worldwide.
• The Tiansuo returned to Su City with Chen Mengchuan and more than ten thousand Mars Science Summit participants, who came back with a transformed understanding of humanity and the universe.

After Tenzhi Technology’s acquisition success, Chen Mengchuan celebrated with his colleagues and discussed the company’s plans with Zhao Wanyu. He aimed to recruit scientists drawn to Tenzhi’s advanced technology, secure Earth’s and the asteroid’s resources, and eventually explore beyond the Solar System.

• Sun Zhongyong welcomed Chen Mengchuan and the others at a celebratory banquet, while the chapter described Tenzhi Technology’s immense power and global reach.
• Chen Mengchuan left the banquet with Zhao Wanyu and took her to the top of the Super Tenzhi Building.
• Zhao Wanyu asked Chen Mengchuan about the talks and his weapons plan, and he said the plans were progressing better than expected.
• Chen Mengchuan explained that scientists who had experienced Tenzhi Technology’s advances aboard the Tiansuo would be drawn to its research and ideals, though Zhao Wanyu warned that recruiting them would be difficult.
• Chen Mengchuan said Tenzhi Technology would keep acquiring mineral resources on Earth and from the asteroid so it could strengthen its position and set the rules.
• Chen Mengchuan told Zhao Wanyu that they needed to develop further, leave the Solar System, explore other star systems, and seek new possibilities for survival.

Chen Mengchuan visited the Lingkong Wireless Current Transmission Division with Zhao Wanyu and learned that Lingkong 5.0 had successfully transmitted wireless current over 3,109 kilometers. He ordered plans for its public launch and deployment, aiming to make infinite energy a reality and advance Earth's political integration.

• Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu visited the Lingkong Wireless Current Transmission Division while their daughter Zhihui slept at home.
• Mao Xingxing reported that Lingkong 5.0 had transmitted wireless current 3,109 kilometers in a recent real-world test and was showing excellent stability.
• Chen Mengchuan told Mao Xingxing to work with Huaxia Electric Grid and energy departments to put Lingkong 5.0 into practical use and launch the previously approved Medium Earth Orbit Graphene Wireless Solar Power Station Project.
• Chen Mengchuan asked Zhao Wanyu to prepare a major press conference and coordinate with Huaxia and its allied nations.
• Zhao Wanyu agreed to speak with Second Uncle as Chen Mengchuan planned to use abundant energy and shared resources to advance Earth's political integration.

Mao Xingxing presented Tenzhi Technology’s plan to build graphene wireless solar power stations in orbit, with Chen Mengchuan offering to supply the materials for twelve stations free of charge. Huaxia planned to begin with a trial network in its eastern region, while the first station was scheduled for completion within three months.

• Mao Xingxing explained how each mid-Earth-orbit station would collect sunlight and transmit power to seven ground receiving stations.
• Mao Xingxing announced that Tenzhi Technology would supply the panels and Chen Mengchuan would provide the materials for twelve stations at no cost.
• Chen Mengchuan considered how resources from captured carbonaceous asteroids could support hundreds of power stations and help address Earth’s energy needs.
• After the presentation, the attendees discussed starting with an orbital power network and ground receiving station in eastern Huaxia while keeping existing nuclear plants running.
• The project schedule set a three-month target for the first station, with all twelve planned for completion within nine months if the trial went well.
• Li Zhongxia recognized that Huaxia’s electricity consumption was rising as more provinces and cities moved toward wireless power supply.