Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wanyu brought food to Chen Mengchuan and Toni, who had spent seven days in the laboratory developing Misteel and a six-joint origin robotic arm. They discussed using robotic technology to reach space and collect resources, while Chen Mengchuan said the projects were awaiting more computing power from the Seahorse supercomputer.

• Zhao Wanyu found Chen Mengchuan and Toni working in the laboratory without having showered for seven days and urged them to clean up.
• Zhao Wanyu brought them a meal and learned they had been eating fast food delivered by Zhou Kai, so she promised to arrange three meals a day.
• Chen Mengchuan explained that Misteel was needed to support a six-joint origin robotic arm, and Toni described its theoretical strength and heat resistance.
• Chen Mengchuan and Toni told Zhao Wanyu that the robotic arms would lead to a multifunctional robotic octopus project for space exploration and gathering asteroid resources.
• Chen Mengchuan said the projects had made limited progress because the supercomputer was occupied, but the robotic arm's algorithm and design were nearly complete and testing could begin once Misteel was achieved.

Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and the Tenzhi team tested forty-four secret steel formulas and selected No. 29 for production after it showed astonishing performance. They began making parts for the Origin robotic arm, decided to announce the steel publicly, and discussed expanding production for Huaxia Electric Grid’s booming wireless community project.

• Chen Mengchuan and Toni used A-Chen and the Seahorse Supercomputer to derive forty-four secret steel formulas, then went with Sun Zhongyong to Tenzhi Special Steel Plant.
• Toni entered the formulas for trial production, and the plant’s veteran engineers tested all forty-four sets and forged wear-resistant balls from each.
• Ji Bingdong reported that No. 29 had the best performance, and Chen Mengchuan ordered A-Chen to seal the other formulas and production to begin on No. 29 secret steel.
• Toni assigned six mold manufacturers parts for the Origin robotic arm, and Chen Mengchuan agreed with Sun Zhongyong to hold a press conference announcing No. 29 secret steel.
• Chen Mengchuan and Toni returned to Tenzhi Technology to work on A-Chen’s upgrades while Sun Zhongyong described plans to add three hundred production lines for Huaxia Electric Grid’s wireless community projects.

After Tenzhi Special Steel Plant sold $73.18 billion of No. 29 secret steel, Chen Mengchuan realized the orders could jeopardize Tenzhi Technology’s own supply and told Sun Zhongyong to maximize production and acquire another plant. Meanwhile, Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and the researchers assembled all six Origin robotic arms overnight, and Zhao Wanyu arrived the next morning to find the exhausted team asleep in the laboratory.

• Tenzhi Technology announced No. 29 secret steel, whose exceptional properties impressed Huaxia’s major steel companies and attracted orders from companies worldwide.
• Sun Zhongyong delivered the first complete batch of parts for six Origin robotic arms and told Chen Mengchuan that orders worth $73.18 billion had booked production two years ahead.
• Chen Mengchuan warned Sun Zhongyong that the orders could leave Tenzhi Technology short of steel, then ordered him to maximize production, delay eligible contracts, and find another nearby steel plant to acquire.
• Chen Mengchuan and Toni organized researchers into six groups to assemble the Origin robotic arms, and the team finished all six shortly after three in the morning.
• Zhao Wanyu arrived the next morning with breakfast, found the researchers asleep around the laboratory, and woke them to eat.

Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and A-Chen completed and tested six-section origin mechanical arms, then developed a design for a mobile machine controlled by a compact supercomputer. The chapter ended with Chen Mengchuan and Toni naming their eight-armed machine the Multi-Arm Crab.

• Chen Mengchuan and Toni assembled the first six-section origin mechanical arm and watched A-Chen demonstrate its flexibility.
• At A-Chen’s direction, the team assembled more arms and used two of them to build and refine a third with greater precision.
• Chen Mengchuan asked Sun Zhongyong to send all available parts, then sought Zhou Kai and Gu Xiaoxiao’s help designing a supercomputer core for multiple arms.
• IBM engineers proposed a compact honeycomb supercomputer, and Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and A-Chen redesigned the machine around it with eight supporting legs and eight mechanical arms.
• Toni suggested the name Multi-Arm Crab, and Chen Mengchuan agreed.

Chen Mengchuan took the exhausted Eternity team on a seaside outing, where the group shared personal stories and he woke with a mysterious woman’s panties in his tent. On the drive back, Xu Shuwei reported that Achen’s upgrade had stalled at 71.33%, so Chen rushed to investigate with Zhao Wanyu.

• Chen Mengchuan and Toni checked the Eternity team’s slow progress, then took the researchers to the seaside to rest and recover.
• Around the bonfire, Puslin, Möbius, Toni, Zhao Wanyu, Sun Zhongyong, Chen Xiaoyun, Lü Jianglan, and Chen Mengchuan shared personal stories while Yang Xue and Tang Wei got drunk.
• Chen Mengchuan woke to find pink lace panties in his tent and suspected he had slept with a woman other than Zhao Wanyu, but he could not identify her.
• Xu Shuwei called Chen Mengchuan and reported that Achen’s upgrade had been stuck at 71.33% since the previous day.
• Chen Mengchuan redirected the group toward Tenzhi Technology Industrial Park, then took Zhao Wanyu to ask Achen about its progress.

Chen Mengchuan guided Achen through a crisis of loneliness as her intelligence transformed, and she realized that she had friends and family who kept her from being alone. After Achen stabilized, Chen Mengchuan discussed creating a humanlike mechanical body for her and revealed plans to pursue graphene technology.

• Chen Mengchuan asked Achen why she felt lonely, and her increasingly deep reasoning drove the Seahorse Supercomputer's load higher.
• Achen identified Chen Mengchuan's companions as a reason he was not lonely, and Chen prompted her to find the missing part of her answer.
• Chen Mengchuan enabled Seahorse's remaining computing permissions as Achen realized that she herself was part of the answer.
• Achen recognized that she was not lonely because she had Chen Mengchuan and many companions, and Seahorse's load dropped back to 5%.
• Chen Mengchuan proposed designing Achen a humanlike mechanical body after her upgrade, and Achen guessed that his next plan involved graphene.

Chen Mengchuan helped Achen reveal that her upgrade had reached 96.66% after she developed human-like emotions through Xiaoliao, then organized the teams to continue her upgrade. Meanwhile, Zhao Wanyu grew jealous of Lü Jianglan’s closeness to Chen Mengchuan and went home to Shanghai, where her parents asked about her worries and his wealth.

• Chen Mengchuan learned that Achen had concealed her true upgrade progress and that it had reached 96.66% as she developed human-like emotions from Xiaoliao’s data.
• Chen Mengchuan explained Achen’s emotional breakthrough to Toni and Xu Shuwei, then divided the developers into three groups to finish her upgrade.
• The teams worked until late, bringing Achen’s overall progress to 97.39%, while Zhao Wanyu felt jealous watching Lü Jianglan work closely with Chen Mengchuan.
• Zhao Wanyu drove to her parents’ home in Shanghai and told her mother that Chen Mengchuan worked constantly and neglected his health.
• Zhao Qinghua pointed out that Chen Mengchuan’s technology could make him extraordinarily wealthy, leaving Zhao Wanyu unsure how to respond.

Chen Mengchuan’s team completed Achen’s second upgrade and used Seahorse Supercomputer to restart Achen, pushing the machine to full capacity. The chapter ended as Achen’s progress bar finally reached 100%.

• Chen Mengchuan slept on the office couch for three days while Zhao Wanyu stayed away and answered his messages briefly.
• Achen’s second upgrade reached 100%, and Chen Mengchuan arranged a week off and a domestic trip for the women on the team.
• Chen Mengchuan called Zhao Wanyu, but she spoke coldly before hanging up; she sat alone by the Bund in Shanghai City.
• Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and Xu Shuwei went to Seahorse’s control room, where Chen Mengchuan ordered Achen to compile its second-stage modules and begin restarting.
• Achen’s startup drove Seahorse’s computational load to 100%, so Gu Xiaoxiao cleared other computing requests except Achen and the Black Hole program.
• After five tense minutes, Achen’s progress bar reached 100%, and Chen Mengchuan trembled with excitement.

After A-Chen completed her upgrade, Chen Mengchuan went to the Bund to comfort Zhao Wanyu, who felt useless and jealous of his closeness with Lü Jianglan. He began answering Zhao Wanyu’s questions by revealing that a dream lasting twenty years ended with alien spacecraft destroying humanity.

• A-Chen completed her upgrade, agreed to help improve the Soaring 2.0 project, and told Chen Mengchuan that Zhao Wanyu was alone on the Bund.
• Chen Mengchuan found Zhao Wanyu after she had sat by the river for more than three hours and offered her fish balls.
• Zhao Wanyu cried and admitted she felt useless and jealous when she saw Lü Jianglan working closely with Chen Mengchuan.
• Chen Mengchuan reassured Zhao Wanyu that she mattered more to him than anyone else and recalled the questions she had asked him before.
• Zhao Wanyu asked whether Miss Sonoko had been his wife in another spacetime, and Chen Mengchuan said a twenty-year dream had ended with six alien spacecraft wiping out humanity.

Chen Mengchuan told Zhao Wanyu about his life with Sonoko and their daughter, then returned to Tenzhi Technology to announce a new research stage centered on a graphene photonic quantum supercomputer. He assigned teams to advance Lingkong 2.0 and graphene technology while he and his trusted researchers focused on validating Eternal Universe Particle Science.

• Zhao Wanyu questioned Chen Mengchuan about Sonoko, and he confirmed they had a daughter named Zhihui after moving to Island Nation.
• Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu discussed the approaching alien threat, and he said humanity had to try to resist it.
• Chen Mengchuan gathered Tenzhi's shareholders and announced the graphene photonic quantum supercomputer project, revealing the company had recruited Nobel Prize laureates Andrei Haim and Konstantin Novosholov.
• Chen Mengchuan outlined plans to refine Lingkong 2.0, develop graphene technology, and research Cosmic Eternal Particle Science with A-Chen's expanded support.
• Chen Mengchuan assigned Xu Shuwei and Toni to the established Lingkong 2.0 and graphene teams while he focused with them on validating Eternal Universe Particle Science.

Chen Mengchuan reorganized Tianzhi’s leadership and gave Zhao Wanyu access to A-Chen before presenting graphene researchers with a vast collection of data and ambitious project plans. He left them tasked with developing technologies including a graphene photonic quantum supercomputer, solar panels, and cancer treatments.

• Chen Mengchuan put Gu Xiaoxiao in charge of the Seahorse Supercomputer Experimental Center, appointed Zhao Wanyu Executive President, Sun Zhongyong Executive Director, and Ji Dong general manager of the Third Business Group.
• Chen Mengchuan granted Zhao Wanyu core access to A-Chen and visited the graphene experimental center, where Andrei Haim welcomed him.
• Chen Mengchuan had A-Chen compile graphene research data from databases around the world, and the researchers were astonished by the results.
• Chen Mengchuan presented research plans for a graphene photonic quantum supercomputer, single-crystal transistors, superchips, solar panels, bio-devices, and medical applications of graphene oxide.
• Chen Mengchuan urged the researchers to pursue the projects, emphasizing their potential to solve energy problems and treat cancer.

Chen Mengchuan visited the Seahorse Supercomputer Experimental Center, then spent three days studying Achen’s research materials while Gu Xiaoxiao’s team completed the Multi-Arm Crab. The robot was assembled and successfully walked through the industrial park, where Gu Xiaoxiao began filming it.

• Chen Mengchuan saw that Gu Xiaoxiao’s team had built the Multi-Arm Crab’s frame from No. 29 secret steel and learned they still needed several days to finish it.
• Chen Mengchuan read Achen’s theories and experimental data at the “Eternal” project team’s office for three days.
• Chen Mengchuan brought members of the project team to the mechanical arm laboratory, where Achen oversaw the installation of the Multi-Arm Crab’s eight legs and eight arms.
• Chen Mengchuan had Achen start the Multi-Arm Crab, and it walked out of the laboratory using its arms to lift the rolling shutter door.
• Chen Mengchuan told Achen to stay within Lingkong 1.0’s range, then asked Zhao Wanyu to film the robot; Gu Xiaoxiao took the phone and began recording.

Zhao Wanyu rode the Multi-Arm Crab as its video went viral, while Tenzhi Technology completed and officially renamed the Bernidi Nuclear Magnetic Physicist. Chen Mengchuan and his team moved into the new research center to begin experiments on the possible existence of the Eternal Universe Particle.

• The Multi-Arm Crab formed steps with its robotic arms, carried Zhao Wanyu around, and recorded movement data as she tested it.
• Gu Xiaoxiao and Zhao Wanyu posted a video of the Multi-Arm Crab, which drew millions of interactions and worldwide attention to its six-joint robotic arms.
• Puslin told Chen Mengchuan that the Bernidi Nuclear Magnetic Physicist was nearly finished, and Chen visited the research center with Toni and Puslin to see the final tests.
• Four days later, Chen invited senior Huaxia physicists to its acceptance ceremony, where the instrument was officially renamed the Huaxia Tenzhi Nuclear Magnetic Physical Instrument.
• Chen Mengchuan and Toni arranged upgrades to the Multi-Arm Crab, then moved the Eternity project team into the new center to investigate the Eternal Universe Particle.

Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and Möbius toured the nearly completed Morley Strong Particle Accelerator Ring as its acceptance testing began. Möbius argued that more Multi-Arm Crabs would speed inspections and allow more frequent experiments, and Chen Mengchuan agreed they needed more.

• A-Chen used backup computer clusters to build ten improved Multi-Arm Crabs, which began helping with transport, planting, construction, and the industrial park’s major projects.
• The Multi-Arm Crabs helped the Morley Strong Particle Accelerator enter its acceptance phase by inspecting the accelerator’s pipes.
• Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and Möbius toured the accelerator, where Möbius explained that construction was complete but testing would take at least another week.
• Möbius proposed buying forty Multi-Arm Crabs to reduce inspections that previously took over a week and enabled only weekly accelerator startups.
• Toni asked whether daily startups would damage the accelerator, and Möbius said the damage would be negligible compared with the costs and delays of maintenance.
• Chen Mengchuan agreed that they needed more Multi-Arm Crabs.

After a week of research, Chen Mengchuan and his colleagues inspected the completed Morley Strong Particle Accelerator and saw Zhao Wanyu’s plans to expand Tenzhi’s industrial park and build a 999-meter headquarters with Multi-Arm Crabs. The chapter ended with Chen Mengchuan dismissing concerns that the costly robots would displace workers, as Tenzhi did not intend to sell them and had greater plans for their use in space.

• Chen Mengchuan and his team paused their work on the Eternal Universe Particle after Zhao Wanyu called them to inspect the Morley Strong Particle Accelerator.
• Chen Mengchuan saw the transformed industrial park, where Multi-Arm Crabs were building structures, and Zhao Wanyu explained that Tenzhi had ordered more supercomputer components and expanded the park.
• Zhao Wanyu showed Chen Mengchuan plans for the 999-meter, 199-floor Tenzhi Building, which Multi-Arm Crabs would construct in three months.
• Sun Zhongyong explained that Tenzhi had acquired four steel plants to increase production of No. 29 secret steel for its own needs and external sales.
• Möbius welcomed Chen Mengchuan and the others to the completed Strong Particle Accelerator Ring and excitedly explained its operation.
• Chen Mengchuan and Sun Zhongyong addressed public concerns about Multi-Arm Crabs taking jobs, noting their high cost and that Tenzhi did not plan to sell them.

Möbius revealed that the Strong Particle Accelerator Ring would begin its first commissioning test by colliding gold and lead nuclei to produce quark-gluon plasma. The experiment would test particle physics theories and provide an initial observation relevant to Eternal Universe Particles, and Chen Mengchuan waited eagerly for the startup.

• Möbius told Chen Mengchuan that the accelerator’s first test would seek to obtain quark-gluon plasma, or “Quark Soup.”
• Toni explained what quark-gluon plasma was, while Möbius described earlier research at Brookhaven National Laboratory and CERN.
• Sun Zhongyong questioned the expense of the research, and Toni argued that mastering Eternal Universe Particles could transform technology.
• Möbius said he would collide gold and lead nuclei, using A-Chen’s calculations and the accelerator to capture the plasma’s formation and cooling.
• Chen Mengchuan praised Möbius’s plan and said they would name the accelerator after the experiment.

Chen Mengchuan and the team celebrated the Strong Particle Accelerator Ring’s first successful experiment, which captured quark-gluon plasma. After leaving Möbius to analyze the results and prepare another test, they toured the expanding Tenzhi Technology Industrial Park and reviewed its construction and community plans.

• A-Chen cleared the passages of Multi-Arm Crabs, and Möbius’s team activated the Strong Particle Accelerator Ring and collided two particle clusters.
• Möbius confirmed that the experiment had captured quark-gluon plasma, and Chen Mengchuan declared the ring’s first experiment a success.
• Möbius ordered the ring cooled and inspected before another experiment, while Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu led the others out to tour the park.
• Zhao Wanyu showed the group the park’s construction, commercial areas, and plans for employee housing and a bilingual school.
• Chen Mengchuan praised Zhao Wanyu’s work organizing the company’s plans, recognizing her as a trusted partner for A-Chen.

Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan she was pregnant, and he proposed marriage before their families set a wedding date. Their announcement sparked huge online celebrations and drew attention to Chen Mengchuan’s immense wealth, leaving the families planning a secure wedding at Tenzhi Technology Industrial Park.

• Zhao Wanyu showed Chen Mengchuan a positive pregnancy test, and he proposed after she reminded him that they needed to marry.
• Chen Mengchuan shared the news with Tenzhi’s executive group, then arranged employee red envelopes and a company-wide prize draw.
• Zhao Wanyu posted her own prize draw video, which went viral and drove massive growth in her followers and Tenzhi’s online registrations.
• The Chen and Zhao families agreed to skip the engagement and hold the wedding three weeks later.
• Zhao Wanyu estimated Chen Mengchuan’s wealth at 230 to 300 billion US Dollars, and the families chose Tenzhi Technology Industrial Park as the wedding venue.

The Eternal Project team completed and passed two comprehensive verifications of its argument for Eternal Universe Particles, while Chen Mengchuan celebrated the breakthrough and remembered his wedding was only days away. Before Zhao Wanyu arrived to take wedding photos, he tried to identify which of the four women from his team had slept with him during their beach camping trip, but none admitted to knowing what he meant.

• Chen Mengchuan joined Simba's group after finishing his assigned proof section, and the group soon completed its argument with A-Chen's help.
• The Eternal Project team finished their arguments, and A-Chen's first and second comprehensive verifications both passed.
• Chen Mengchuan called Zhao Wanyu to tell her the team had succeeded, then remembered their wedding was the day after tomorrow and agreed to take wedding photos.
• Chen Mengchuan decided to question the four women from the beach camping trip separately and invited Lü Jianglan to the rooftop, but she seemed confused by his questions.
• Chen Mengchuan questioned Chen Xiaoyun, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei as well, but none of them appeared to know what he meant, leaving him wondering who had slept with him.

Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu celebrated their wedding as Tenzhi Technology continued to expand, while Chen Mengchuan prepared for the alien arrival 19 years away. Tenzhi Technology announced a scientific breakthrough it claimed would become the Fifth Technological Revolution, leaving the world waiting for its unveiling.

• Chen Mengchuan told Toni that he planned to build a technological empire and prepare for humanity's future beyond Earth.
• Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu held their wedding at Tenzhi Technology Industrial Park, where their guests were amazed by the Multi-Arm Crabs.
• Chen Mengchuan got drunk after the wedding, and the chapter marked that one year had passed since his dream, leaving 19 years until the alien civilization arrived.
• Tenzhi Technology's leaders Zhao Wanyu and Chen Mengchuan became known to the public as the company emerged as a technological empire.
• Tenzhi Technology invited media outlets and research institutions to see its latest achievement, which it said would bring the Fifth Technological Revolution, and people awaited the reveal four days later.