Chapter Summaries

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.

Chen Mengchuan had Toni, Xu Shuwei, and Chen Xiaoyun work with Ah Chen to improve Tianzhi Electronics Factory’s production lines, settling on a more practical plan expected to produce about 31,000 to 32,000 sets per line each day. He then discussed the progress of Tianzhi’s six-joint origin robotic arm with Toni, whose research continued as Ah Chen analyzed the Fenlan arms.

• Chen Mengchuan asked Toni, Xu Shuwei, and Chen Xiaoyun to develop a plan to raise production-line efficiency at Tianzhi Electronics Factory.
• Chen Xiaoyun showed the theoretical output of production line 319, and Xu Shuwei and Toni proposed schedules that balanced machine downtime, staffing, and daily output.
• Toni’s twenty-hour production plan estimated a daily limit of about 33,800 sets per line, with actual output expected to reach 31,000 to 32,000 sets.
• Chen Mengchuan asked Xu Shuwei to assess and implement the changes across the factory, and Xu Shuwei expected to finish in two days while arranging additional workers.
• Toni told Chen Mengchuan that Ah Chen was still analyzing the Fenlan robotic arms and that Tianzhi’s six-joint origin design was structurally superior to Ke University’s and Fenlan’s arms.

Chen Mengchuan prepared for a confidential meeting in America with IBM, Intel, and Nvidia, while promising to fund efforts to secure support from American officials. Before leaving, he asked Xu Shuwei to oversee production and Tenzhi Technology’s cooperation with Huaxia Electric Grid.

• Gu Xiaoxiao told Chen Mengchuan that IBM, Intel, and Nvidia were interested in the project and that her teacher would lobby American officials; Chen offered one hundred million US Dollars to pursue complete success.
• Zhao Wanyu tended to Chen Mengchuan’s tired eyes and reminded him to stay safe during his upcoming trip to America.
• Xu Shuwei reported that Tianzhi Electronics Factory’s refitted production lines had raised daily output to over twenty-nine thousand per line, with further gains expected as workers adapted.
• Chen Mengchuan asked Xu Shuwei to monitor Huaxia Electric Grid’s Wireless Community Plan and prepare component reserves for Skyborne’s products.
• Chen Mengchuan told Xu Shuwei to prioritize supporting Huaxia Electric Grid during the pilot project, including negotiating on pricing if needed.

Chen Mengchuan and his group flew from Shanghai to New York after confirming plans for Tianzhi’s growing internet products. They checked into a hotel near Kennedy Airport, where Gu Xiaoxiao outlined their upcoming visits and set off with Chen Mengchuan and Toni for Cloud Top World.

• Chen Mengchuan rejected Tianzhi Search’s rough keyword advertising proposal and told its team to keep improving the search engine before revisiting the plan.
• Toni’s gossip system surpassed fifty million PC installations and one hundred million mobile installations as Ji Dong took charge of its growth and development.
• Chen Mengchuan, Toni, Gu Xiaoxiao, and their six assistants flew to New York, where Chen mused about humanity’s future encounter with enormous alien spacecraft.
• The group cleared immigration and checked into the Howard Johnson Hotel near Kennedy Airport.
• Gu Xiaoxiao outlined plans to visit Toni’s parents, Stanford, and IBM headquarters, then invited Chen Mengchuan and Toni to Cloud Top World.

Chen Mengchuan went to Cloud Top World Casino with Gu Xiaoxiao and Toni, where he won more than $2.3 million by studying a BREAK machine’s algorithm. The casino banned him from returning, and Chen Mengchuan asked to meet its boss.

• Gu Xiaoxiao took Chen Mengchuan and Toni to Cloud Top World Casino, where she and Toni lost money playing baccarat and blackjack.
• Chen Mengchuan exchanged $100,000 for game points and sat down at a BREAK machine despite a nearby woman warning him that the machine was unlucky.
• Chen Mengchuan studied the machine’s scoring patterns and won a balance of more than 2.3 million points.
• Chen Mengchuan cashed out for more than $2.3 million, then learned from manager David that the casino had barred him from returning.
• Chen Mengchuan asked to see the casino’s boss.

Chen Mengchuan bought the casino’s unwelcome lists and used them to identify potential recruits for his plan. He then visited Toni’s parents in Yonkers, where Toni’s father recognized Chen Mengchuan’s family connection to Chen Bingzhou.

• Chen Mengchuan offered up to 10 million US Dollars for the casino’s current and expired unwelcome lists, then sent them to Achen for classification.
• Chen Mengchuan narrowed the list to 722 young, highly educated gamblers in mathematics, computer science, and physics, and arranged for headhunting companies to test and interview them.
• Toni told Chen Mengchuan and Gu Xiaoxiao about his Chinese parents as he drove them to their home beside the Hudson River.
• Toni introduced Chen Mengchuan and Gu Xiaoxiao to his parents, and Chen gave them a gift of fine tea.
• Toni’s father asked Chen Mengchuan how he was related to Chen Bingzhou, and Chen said Chen Bingzhou was his father.