Recaps

Tony and his mentor Abel discovered a Huaxia charger that transmitted power wirelessly across 17.3 meters, while American tech leaders praised it and DARPA gathered scientists to investigate. The chapter ended with DARPA demanding an explanation for the technology and declaring that America needed it.

• Tony watched a video showing a Huaxia charger wirelessly charging a phone from 17 meters away, and Abel called the technology extraordinary if the video was real.
• Tony found that people had bought the Dawn 1.0 charger and that Tim Cook, Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg had praised it.
• DARPA assembled several hundred scientists and screened Jansen's tests of the charger through obstacles, which confirmed a range of 17.3 meters.
• A suited DARPA official challenged the scientists to explain how the two devices transmitted power and declared that America needed the technology.

After Achen stopped the attacks on Tianzhi’s servers, Chen Mengchuan and Toni shifted the company’s focus to the Skybound project. Zhao Wanyu used Achen to recruit female technicians, setting up interviews that left the technical staff howling with excitement.

• Achen reported that Tianzhi’s servers were stable and listed hundreds of hackers she had identified; Chen Mengchuan ordered her to send them warnings.
• Achen estimated that Skybound would take six hundred to nine hundred hours with eighty percent of the supercomputer’s capacity, and Chen Mengchuan assigned the technical staff to accelerate the project.
• The technical staff complained to Chen Mengchuan and Toni that Tianzhi needed to recruit more female technicians.
• Zhao Wanyu asked Achen to screen female technical professionals across China and selected 2,411 candidates for interview invitations, offering each an interview a Dawn 1.0 and travel expenses.
• Zhao Wanyu barred Chen Mengchuan from taking part in the interviews, and the technical department erupted in excited howls.

Lü Jianglan received an interview invitation from Tenzhi Technology and traveled to Su City, where its unusual offer drew hundreds of beautiful female technicians. As the viral recruitment drive disrupted the tech industry, Chen Mengchuan shut himself and Zhao Wanyu in the office.

• Lü Jianglan verified Tenzhi Technology's interview invitation online, booked a high-speed train to Su City, and took two days off work.
• Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu arrived at Tenzhi and found more than a hundred beautiful women lining up for interviews.
• Zhao Wanyu and Achen praised their recruitment idea, while Chen Mengchuan complained and learned Toni was busy arranging interviews.
• Videos of the applicants went viral, and companies on Weibo criticized Tenzhi's recruitment drive.
• Chen Mengchuan called Xu Shuwei about Tianzhi Electronics, but Xu Shuwei postponed their discussion to finish interviewing applicants.
• Chen Mengchuan locked the office door and covered Achen's camera as Zhao Wanyu protested.

Chen Mengchuan discussed Tianzhi’s expansion plans and employee rewards after the team finished interviewing candidates. He approved a search engine division, set aside shares for core employees, and planned a two-billion-yuan dividend, leaving Gu Xiaoxiao stunned by the tax on her payout.

• Chen Mengchuan reflected on the Skybound project and the Wire Removal Plan’s potential to prevent electrical accidents across Huaxia.
• Xu Shuwei, Toni, and the others returned from interviews and discussed hiring candidates and launching new projects.
• Zhao Wanyu and Toni proposed a search engine division, and Chen Mengchuan agreed to establish one and potentially spin it off later.
• Chen Mengchuan announced that Tianzhi would reserve 1.5% of its shares for core employees, including guaranteed dividends for colleagues who came from Ke University.
• Chen Mengchuan proposed a two-billion-yuan first dividend payout, and Gu Xiaoxiao celebrated her expected share before learning that dividends carried a 20% tax.

Tianzhi hired more than 1,600 skilled women, leaving the company struggling to find enough restrooms and housing. Toni proposed buying all twelve unfinished buildings at Junyue Shangjun and turning them into wireless apartments, and Chen Mengchuan agreed.

• Tianzhi interviewed applicants for seven days and hired more than 1,600 beautiful female technicians, with over five hundred starting work immediately.
• Sun Zhongyong asked the others for help finding housing for the new employees, but the group rejected their suggestions.
• Toni proposed buying buildings and identified the unfinished Junyue Shangjun complex as a suitable option for apartments.
• Toni outlined plans to make Junyue Shangjun a wireless community using Leap 1.0 technology, and Chen Mengchuan approved the proposal.
• Zhao Wanyu noted that the Housing Administration Bureau might not sell only four buildings, so Toni suggested buying all twelve, and Chen Mengchuan agreed.

Chen Mengchuan rejected tax avoidance for Tenzhi’s dividends and decided to personally cover the shareholders’ income tax. Tenzhi began distributing its first dividends, and Sun Zhongyong’s explanation of the tax decision soon spread online.

• Zhao Wanyu reported that twelve houses had been secured for 1.68 billion Huaxia Yuan, and Chen Mengchuan told her to proceed with the contracts.
• Toni presented the Wireless Community Plan’s appliance suppliers and proposed redesigning power strips, then asked Chen Mengchuan to reserve a renovated house for him.
• Sun Zhongyong asked Chen Mengchuan whether Tenzhi should use indirect corporate shareholding to avoid dividend taxes, but Chen Mengchuan refused and offered to cover the tax for all shareholders.
• Chen Mengchuan instructed Sun Zhongyong to prepare an explanation of the company’s tax payment, and Tenzhi began distributing dividends that evening.
• Tenzhi’s core technical shareholders received 160,000 Huaxia Yuan each after tax, and Sun Zhongyong emailed them an explanation that someone later uploaded online.

After Tenzhi Technology’s 2-billion-yuan dividend payout and 400-million-yuan tax bill went viral, Chen Mengchuan laid out plans to launch three new services powered by Achen. The chapter ended with Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and Xu Shuwei seriously considering Gu Xiaoxiao’s joking suggestion to establish an aerospace division.

• A viral letter to Tenzhi shareholders explained the dividend payout and tax deductions, drawing widespread attention and praise across China.
• Zhao Wanyu told fans she had paid 400 million in taxes, while the group gathered in Chen Mengchuan’s office to discuss the company’s next projects.
• Chen Mengchuan proposed launching search, system optimization and security, and social networking services using Achen’s capabilities.
• Chen Mengchuan assigned himself, Toni, and Xu Shuwei to lead the three projects, with plans to form teams and later spin the divisions off as independent companies.
• Gu Xiaoxiao joked that Tenzhi should establish an aerospace division, and Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and Xu Shuwei began considering the idea seriously.

Chen Mengchuan reviewed the wireless home equipment, telecom and power-grid partnerships, and renovations for the Skyborne Plan, which was nearing completion. A Chen estimated that the project would be finished in 100 to 150 hours and ranked the most promising newcomers for further training.

• Chen Mengchuan met with Xu Shuwei, Toni, and Zhao Wanyu and learned that tests of the wireless home devices had passed, while cooperation with Huaxia Telecom had been arranged with help from Guo Zhidong and Lin Qiyi.
• Xu Shuwei explained how Huaxia Electric Grid planned to transmit power through distribution stations and household terminals monitored by A Chen.
• Zhao Wanyu reported that renovations in Junyue Shangjun were progressing quickly and should take about twenty days to finish.
• Chen Mengchuan asked A Chen for the Skyborne Plan's progress, and A Chen estimated completion in another 100 to 150 hours.
• Chen Mengchuan told A Chen to rank the strongest contributors for training, and A Chen displayed a list led by Chen Xiaoyun, Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei.

Chen Mengchuan selected four promising new hires for his team and assessed their understanding of the Skyreach project. After being impressed by Chen Xiaoyun, Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei, he assigned all four to join his team the next day.

• Chen Mengchuan chose the four candidates with potential scores above 70 for his team, and Zhao Wanyu agreed to arrange meetings with them.
• Chen Xiaoyun discussed Skyreach in depth, impressing Chen Mengchuan, who assigned her to his team starting the next day.
• Zhao Wanyu brought Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei to meet Chen Mengchuan together.
• Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei explained their understanding of Skyreach, and Chen Mengchuan praised their work and assigned all three to his team with higher project access.

Chen Mengchuan and his team completed the Skyward Project after an exhausting week of overtime. He arranged paid time off for the staff while Xu Shuwei went to begin integrating the project into a new production line, and Chen Mengchuan prepared to launch the plan’s next step.

• The Skyward Project reached 100% completion, and Chen Mengchuan praised his team’s work, especially the contributions of Chen Xiaoyun, Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei.
• Chen Mengchuan asked Achen to compile, encrypt, and break down the project’s technical summary so the company could file patents, while Zhao Wanyu reported that renovations at Junyue Shangjun would soon be ready for inspection.
• After Xu Shuwei and the staff called for a break, Chen Mengchuan granted everyone two paid days off and had Achen gather suggestions for a group outing.
• Xu Shuwei headed to Tianzhi Electronics Factory to integrate the Skyward Project into a new production line and make samples, while Toni was told to contact the power grid.
• Chen Mengchuan told Toni that the company had taken the first step toward changing the world and that it was time to begin the second step.

Chen Mengchuan and Toni hurried to Tianzhi Electronics Factory to modify seven production lines for Skyborne 1.0. With Chen Xiaoyun's detailed plans, the team finished the lines overnight, and Achen helped workers produce a complete set of Skyborne 1.0 equipment.

• Xu Shuwei reviewed Achen's blueprints and estimated that modifying seven production lines would take five or six days.
• Chen Mengchuan and Toni gathered teams and went to Tianzhi Electronics Factory to speed up the modifications.
• Chen Xiaoyun divided the production-line blueprints into detailed sections, allowing workers to modify the lines efficiently.
• The first modified line produced a successful sample, and Chen Mengchuan praised Chen Xiaoyun's work.
• The group finished all seven production lines after working until after three in the morning.
• Achen trained the factory operators, and the night shift produced a complete set of Tianzhi Skyborne 1.0 equipment.

Chen Mengchuan and the team installed Lingkong 1.0 across the substation, residential complex, and buildings at Junyue Shangjun. Zhao Wanyu activated the model apartment’s power, lighting its crystal chandelier with Lingkong’s energy.

• Chen Mengchuan joined Zhao Wanyu and the others at the factory, where they checked and packed the Lingkong 1.0 components.
• Chen Mengchuan and the team traveled to Junyue Shangjun and assembled Lingkong 1.0 equipment at the substation and residential complex.
• Toni inspected the installations as the team fitted building-level distribution stations and prepared the model apartment.
• Gu Xiaoxiao arrived upset that she had not been told about the installation, and Chen Mengchuan invited her to connect the chandelier interface.
• Xu Shuwei ordered the Lingkong system activated at each distribution station, and Zhao Wanyu connected the interface, illuminating the chandelier.

Chen Mengchuan and the others demonstrated Lingkong 1.0’s wireless power system to Huaxia Electric Grid executives and Huaxia Official TV, who filmed the milestone and reported it nationwide. The “wireless community” became a global sensation, while media outlets rushed to Su City for follow-up coverage.

• Chen Mengchuan handed out transmission interfaces, and the group connected household appliances to Lingkong 1.0 and watched them run without power cords.
• Li Zhongxia and other Electric Grid executives arrived with Huaxia Official TV, toured the model home, the power equipment, and Tianzhi Electronics Factory, and discussed cooperation and the pilot project.
• Huaxia Official TV broadcast a ten-minute report on Lingkong at 7 p.m., leaving viewers across Huaxia stunned.
• Zhao Wanyu posted the edited demonstration video on Douyin and Weibo, where it triggered a massive wave of views and comments.
• Media and social networks across Huaxia and around the world focused on the wireless community, and reporters rushed to Su City.

Chen Mengchuan and Huaxia Electric Grid agreed on a three-phase rollout for wireless communities and launched the Aerial 2.0 Project. After a massive crowd of reporters and business representatives gathered at Tenzhi Technology, Chen prepared a press conference as the group considered what to do next.

• Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and Xu Shuwei confirmed the three-phase plan for the Aerial Project and launched research into longer-range Aerial 2.0 power transmission.
• Huaxia Electric Grid ordered wireless-community projects in six hundred pilot cities, with a total value of 24 to 48 billion Huaxia Yuan.
• Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu avoided the crowd outside the company and discussed how wireless energy could lead to a new era and eventually allow humanity to leave Earth.
• The next day, Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu struggled through a crowd of reporters to reach Tenzhi Technology, where Sun Zhongyong described reporters, business representatives, and foreigners seeking distribution rights or technology.
• Chen Mengchuan told Sun Zhongyong to arrange a press conference, and Toni asked what the group would do next.

Chen Mengchuan assigned work on Junyue Shangjun, the new factory, robotic-arm research, and overseas agency sales while Zhao Wanyu reported the company’s latest sales and finances. The new factory was still under construction, and Tenzhi had 7.9 billion Huaxia Yuan in gross profit remaining after expenses and payables.

• Chen Mengchuan assigned Zhao Wanyu to secure Junyue Shangjun and prepare apartments for colleagues, and tasked Xu Shuwei with follow-up cooperation and site inspections for Huaxia Electric Grid’s wireless community project.
• Gu Xiaoxiao reported that the new factory was fenced and under construction, its laboratory would take at least three more months, and most of the custom robotic arms had not yet arrived.
• Chen Mengchuan sent Toni, Chen Xiaoyun, and Lü Jianglan to begin work at the new factory, approved recruiting for the precision robotic-arm project, and let Toni borrow Yang Xue and Tang Wei.
• Chen Mengchuan approved Sun Zhongyong’s plan to sell overseas agency rights and told him to seek qualified agents and arrange an auction with Achen’s help.
• Zhao Wanyu reported 27.5 billion Huaxia Yuan in recent sales revenue and 44.2 billion in total product sales, while noting that costs and upcoming payables left Tenzhi with 7.9 billion in gross profit.

More than 1,500 Tianzhi girls moved into the Wireless Community as Tianzhi unveiled plans for a wireless future and launched three successful internet products. Tianzhi Search, Xu Shuwei’s Tianzhi Chat, and Toni’s Bagua gained millions of users, with the chapter ending as netizens dubbed them Tianzhi Internet’s Three-Phase Power.

• More than 1,500 girls from Tianzhi moved into the Wireless Community, attracting visitors, media, and young men pursuing them as security and visitor restrictions increased.
• Tianzhi outlined its Wireless Community plan at a press conference and announced future wireless projects, including schools, hospitals, malls, and offices.
• Chen Mengchuan’s Tianzhi Search launched with integrated Spider Web System search functions and surpassed 100 million unique IP visits in seven days.
• Xu Shuwei launched Tianzhi Chat, whose highly realistic AI companions Xiao Liao and Bu Liao helped the app exceed 200 million downloads in seven days.
• Toni released Bagua, a system optimization and security product that improved Android phone speed and freed storage by compressing apps and system data.
• Netizens called Tianzhi Search, Tianzhi Chat, and Bagua Tianzhi Internet’s Three-Phase Power.

Chen Mengchuan learned how Sun Zhongyong had arranged the international auction and was impressed by its projected revenue. On the drive to Shanghai, Chen revealed plans to buy four enormously expensive physics devices, leaving Sun Zhongyong and Zhao Wanyu stunned by the likely cost.

• Chen Mengchuan agreed to attend the auction with Sun Zhongyong, and he and Zhao Wanyu joined the group traveling to Shanghai.
• Sun Zhongyong explained the anonymous regional bidding system, its pricing and settlement rules, and estimated it would generate at least 25 billion US Dollars.
• Chen Mengchuan admitted he wanted to buy four pieces of laboratory equipment, including the Morley Strong Particle Accelerator and Heisenberg High Energy Gravity Accelerator.
• Sun Zhongyong reacted to the devices’ projected costs, and Zhao Wanyu joked that Chen’s estimates were probably in US Dollars or Euros.

On the drive to Shanghai, Chen Mengchuan and his companions discussed a viral article praising Tianzhi Search, Bagua, and Xiaoliao as threats to established internet companies. Chen Mengchuan agreed the products could displace their rivals and predicted that, with multilingual support, they could expand worldwide.

• Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan that an industry influencer had published a viral article claiming Tianzhi's three new products would challenge Baidu, 360, Weixin, and OQ.
• Chen Mengchuan explained that Tianzhi Search had been built with little promotion, and Zhao Wanyu recalled that former Baidu technician Zeng Yike had joined the team.
• Zhao Wanyu described the influencer's tests, which found Bagua superior to 360 in optimization, security, and user experience.
• Zhao Wanyu said the article praised Xiaoliao's artificial intelligence and claimed it could pass the Turing test, while Chen Mengchuan credited Achen's avatar system.
• Chen Mengchuan predicted Tianzhi Search could compete globally with Google and that Bagua and Xiaoliao could become worldwide products once they gained multilingual support.

As Tianzhi’s auction trip began, Li Yanhong convened Baidu’s executives to warn that Tianzhi Search was rapidly threatening Baidu’s survival. The meeting ended with a colleague asking how a wireless-charger hardware company had developed such mature search technology so quickly.

• Chen Mengchuan asked Sun Zhongyong about the auctions, and Sun explained that six sessions would run over three days.
• Li Yanhong gathered Baidu’s staff and regional teams to discuss an article predicting that Tianzhi’s new products would threaten major internet companies.
• Li Yanhong described Tianzhi Search as cleaner and easier to use than Baidu and warned that Baidu was losing search traffic at an accelerating rate.
• Baidu executives blamed one another for past advertising and public-relations decisions until Li Yanhong stopped their argument and demanded solutions.
• A colleague asked how Tianzhi, a wireless-charger hardware company rather than an internet company, had produced such mature search technology.

Chen Mengchuan arrived in Shanghai with Sun Zhongyong’s group, then learned that a coordinated wave of online posts accused Tianzhi Search of being Google’s Chinese foothold and stealing Baidu’s search technology. He treated the attacks as possible free publicity and told the team to focus on the next day’s auction, while Xie Renyi organized people to carry out a large online assignment.

• Chen Mengchuan woke as the group arrived in Shanghai, and Sun Zhongyong led everyone to dinner.
• Greenhead Qiang offered Xie Renyi a large job, and Xie Renyi recruited thirty-two people through the “Galaxy Falls from Nine Heavens” QQ group.
• Xia Xiaolu showed Sun Zhongyong posts accusing Tianzhi Search of working for Google and stealing Baidu’s technology.
• Chen Mengchuan read the posts, left a comment that was quickly deleted, and learned the accusations had spread across major news apps.
• Chen Mengchuan told the anxious team to treat the posts as publicity and prepare for the auction.

Chen Mengchuan reassured Zeng Yike about negative reports targeting Tianzhi Search before attending the first day of Tianzhi’s agency auction with Zhao Wanyu. The first fifty regions attracted heavy bidding, and Sun Zhongyong told Chen that prices ranged from 128 to 151 US dollars per Dawn 1.0.

• Chen Mengchuan told Zeng Yike to stay calm and help steady the Tianzhi team as negative reports increased.
• Chen Mengchuan explained to Zhao Wanyu that Tianzhi Search could not yet challenge Baidu’s broader range of established products.
• Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu arrived at the auction house, where buyers placed bids through tablets for Tianzhi’s agency regions.
• The auction began with repeated bidding rounds, and the first morning session auctioned fifty regions.
• Sun Zhongyong reported that the regions had received between sixty-three and ninety-two bid increases, putting agency prices at 128 to 151 US dollars per Dawn 1.0.

Zhou Hongwei heard that Tiger 3600 Security Software could not crack Bagua and discussed the company’s falling renewals and possible responses to Tianzhi System. Meanwhile, Chen Mengchuan returned to the Shanghai auction hall for its next five rounds.

• Tiger 3600’s programmers told Zhou Hongwei that Bagua’s encryption resisted every cracking attempt and could rearrange its data when attacked.
• Ji Dong reported declining C-end renewals, weaker B-end performance, and widespread Bagua installations among business users.
• Ji Dong proposed cooperation with Tianzhi System, a joint company to promote Bagua, or an attempt to destroy Bagua, while warning of the risks of confrontation.
• Xue Dongyi urged Zhou Hongwei to exploit negative news about Tianzhi’s search engine and raise accusations about Bagua’s security and privacy.
• After the meeting ended without a decision, Chen Mengchuan accepted orange juice from Zhao Wanyu and went to watch the auction’s next five rounds.

After the Shanghai auction, Chen Mengchuan, Sun Zhongyong, and Zhao Wanyu learned that they had signed contracts worth 50.04 billion US dollars. Chen Mengchuan planned to spend nearly all of it on major research equipment and the Super Tenzhi Supercomputer Plan, preparing for the alien spacecraft he knew would threaten humanity.

• After the auction ended, Sun Zhongyong told Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu that contracts across 327 regions totaled 50.04 billion US dollars.
• Chen Mengchuan called Toni and said the auction proceeds could fund several accelerators and detectors as well as the Super Tenzhi Supercomputer Plan.
• When Sun Zhongyong asked about the costs, Chen Mengchuan estimated that the equipment and computer project would consume nearly all the money.
• Chen Mengchuan reflected that Tenzhi needed stronger research facilities to develop advanced technologies and bring Achen closer to her future state.
• Chen Mengchuan resolved to advance the Super Tenzhi Supercomputer Plan because six enormous alien spacecraft would threaten humanity in the future.

Chen Mengchuan announced a $10 billion Super Tenzhi Supercomputer Plan and said he, Toni, and Gu Xiaoxiao would travel abroad while Sun Zhongyong, Xu Shuwei, and Zhao Wanyu managed Tenzhi. As Gossip faced a wave of online slander, Tenzhi gathered evidence and launched a nationwide legal campaign, while Penguin’s Weixin Division considered partnering with Xia Science Academy on its AI companion.

• Chen Mengchuan announced the Super Tenzhi Supercomputer Plan, four research institutes, and four physics facilities, and planned a two-month trip abroad with Toni and Gu Xiaoxiao.
• Chen Mengchuan entrusted Tenzhi’s operations to Sun Zhongyong, Xu Shuwei, and Zhao Wanyu while the trio prepared to leave within six days.
• Toni said Tenzhi’s legal team was collecting evidence against accounts spreading false claims about Gossip, whose downloads had stalled and whose users were uninstalling it.
• Zhang Xiaolong assigned Xiao Guo to explore using Xia Science Academy’s Xuan Yuan 2.0 in Penguin’s Xiaowei AI companion, and rejected a proposal to exploit Tenzhi’s bad publicity.
• Tenzhi’s lawyers and staff collected evidence at Su City’s notary department regarding more than 900 million views and eight million defamatory comments linked to over 2,300 verified accounts.
• Tenzhi announced the Respect Huaxia Law Network Plan, hiring nineteen law firms and 320 lawyers to sue the accounts and platforms involved for 20 billion Huaxia Yuan in damages.

Police arrested Xie Renyi for running an online paid-poster operation, while Baidu and 3600 Security faced exposure and legal scrutiny over executives accused of hiring the group. At Tenzhi Technology, Chen Mengchuan learned that Dawn 1.0 production capacity and inventory were insufficient for the enormous agency orders, and he called for faster, more efficient manufacturing.

• Xie Renyi was arrested after police searched his home and seized computers, phones, and stolen identity and phone records.
• Official reports and viral Weibo posts linked Baidu and 3600 Security executives to paid-poster attacks on Tianzhi Search, and both companies announced they had fired the executives and would cooperate with investigations.
• Chinese self-media platforms began deleting posts and banning accounts while offering to cooperate with investigations and evidence collection.
• Sun Zhongyong told Chen Mengchuan that all 800 production lines were operating below planned efficiency, while Dawn 1.0 demand remained strong and inventory stood at about 37.2 million sets.
• Chen Mengchuan calculated that current output would not meet the 360 million sets required for agency contracts and ordered production processes and capacity to be optimized.