Recaps

Chen Changsheng left The Matrix World and returned to reality, then entered the Prototype World to establish a pocket world for intelligent programs and future human inhabitants. He began recruiting terminally ill patients for a second life while preparing new homes for his allies.

• Chen Changsheng departed The Matrix World, leaving Willow Tree and the hive behind to protect his interests and taking copies of Red Queen and Skynet with him.
• Back in reality, Chen Changsheng prepared for an Earth Summit and ordered customized computer servers before entering the Prototype World, where he found no surprises.
• Chen Changsheng arranged for the Brain Bug to build a supercomputer matrix and synchronized memories with Willow Tree.
• Chen Changsheng gathered biomass to form a Biological Computer hive and used backed-up data from The Matrix to start a pocket world.
• Chen Changsheng planned to recruit terminally ill patients from Prototype World hospitals, offering them a second life in exchange for their estates.

Chen Changsheng traveled through the Resident Evil World and entered the I Am Legend World, where he found Tokyo eerily deserted. In the city center, he encountered a crowd of pale, hairless monsters gathered around a tall figure, and they turned toward him as he approached.

• Chen Changsheng loosened his control over Blacklight Virus-infected individuals, took half of Elizabeth's virus, and found Mercer bored on Manhattan Island.
• Chen Changsheng decided to send Mercer into a combat-oriented virtual world, then collected biomass and a Willow Tree branch before crossing the portal.
• Chen Changsheng visited the Resident Evil World, where he saw Willow Tree had spread into a vast forest, and found that Donna and the Countess had grown old.
• Chen Changsheng entered the I Am Legend World, established an insect hive and charging matrix, then flew toward Japan.
• Chen Changsheng explored a deserted Tokyo and found pale, hairless monsters gathered around a tall figure; the crowd noticed him and turned to face him.

Chen Changsheng slaughtered a group of hairless monsters, established a Blacklight hive, and began building production sites across densely populated regions. He left for America to spread the virus further, with New York City as his first stop.

• Chen Changsheng donned Blacklight armor and cut down the hairless monsters before absorbing their leader and analyzing its body.
• Chen Changsheng used the scattered remains to create a hive and hatch Hunters to pursue the fleeing monsters.
• Chen Changsheng flew to India, where he spread the Blacklight Virus and built enormous insect nests powered by a towering Willow Tree.
• Chen Changsheng traveled around Eurasia, planting Willow Trees and virus-producing insect nests in major cities.
• Chen Changsheng set off for America and headed first to New York City.

Chen Changsheng met Robert and his dog Sam in the zombie-ravaged New York City, then learned how the virus had transformed most of humanity. After discovering Robert was researching a cure, Chen Changsheng suggested testing it on humans.

• Chen Changsheng spotted Robert and Sam while gliding over New York City and approached them.
• Robert tried to raise his rifle, but Chen Changsheng stopped him, and they introduced themselves as Robert and Jack.
• Robert welcomed Chen Changsheng into his fortified home, where they ate, drank, and spent the night.
• Chen Changsheng cooked breakfast, then asked Robert about the outbreak that began three years earlier when a disease-curing virus turned its recipients into zombies.
• Robert showed Chen Changsheng his research and caged zombie mice, and Chen Changsheng suggested conducting human trials.

Chen Changsheng and Robert captured a zombie and successfully stabilized it with Robert’s experimental treatment. When a horde surrounded Robert’s home, the zombies collected the treated female zombie, and Chen Changsheng was swallowed by the crowd while Robert escaped with Sam.

• Robert showed Chen Changsheng data from his human experiments, and they decided to capture a zombie for testing.
• Chen Changsheng and Robert lured a zombie into a trap, subdued it, and brought it back to Robert’s laboratory.
• Robert injected the zombie with his blood and another solution, successfully halting its decline.
• Hundreds of zombies attacked Robert’s home, and Robert drew blood from the stabilized zombie while Chen Changsheng watched the laboratory’s glass crack.
• The zombie leader marked the glass with a butterfly symbol, and Robert and Chen Changsheng recognized a connection to the treated zombie.
• Chen Changsheng pushed the treated zombie outside and shouted for Robert to run before the horde swallowed him; Robert escaped with Sam toward his backup residence.

Chen Changsheng left the Blacklight Virus world after setting brain bugs to monitor its development, then traveled to the Starship Troopers universe. After arriving in Japan, he learned that the world was ruled by a global Federation that divided people into citizens and civilians.

• Chen Changsheng left the shelter, continued across America, and watched the Blacklight Virus spread and accelerate evolution.
• Chen Changsheng created brain bugs to monitor the Charging Bug Nest and Willow Tree, then returned to reality through the gate.
• Chen Changsheng waited as world leaders prepared to attend the Blue Planet Future Development Summit, then chose Starship Troopers as his next destination.
• Chen Changsheng harvested Biomass from his other worlds, passed through an undersea gate, and arrived near Japan.
• Chen Changsheng absorbed a Japanese man and learned that the Federation governed the globe and divided its people into privileged citizens and disadvantaged civilians.

After taking over a Japanese civilian’s body, Chen Changsheng explored the Federation Net and tried to implant the Mechanical Emperor’s program into a communication station. The system detected him, and he fled from the Mobile Infantry while the Federation pursued him.

• Chen Changsheng bought a personal terminal using the civilian’s credit card and learned how the Federation Net and communication stations operated.
• At a communication station, Chen Changsheng examined the Federation’s military technology and envied its faster-than-light engines and spatial-jump technology.
• Chen Changsheng connected a data plug to the station to implant the Mechanical Emperor’s program, triggering an alarm and red warning lights.
• Chen Changsheng surrendered as Mobile Infantrymen approached, then knocked them down and escaped without revealing superhuman abilities.
• Cameras captured Chen Changsheng as he fled, and the Federation sent Mobile Infantry to pursue him.

Chen Changsheng traveled from Japan to Europe, where he took over a wealthy heir’s identity and decided to make money by developing video games. He was attending a European elite school as he prepared to introduce the Federation to virtual entertainment.

• Chen Changsheng evaded the Mobile Infantry, cooperated with their investigation, and was released after proving he had not been at the crime scene.
• Chen Changsheng drained a Japanese man’s credit card and flew to Europe while studying the Federation’s technology and political system.
• Chen Changsheng learned about the Federation’s power structure and considered that its Grand Marshal might be a figurehead.
• After changing identities and living in Europe for several months, Chen Changsheng chose a commoner tycoon’s son and took over his identity.
• Chen Changsheng decided to enter the video-game industry and use virtual reality to provide entertainment for the Federation’s citizens.
• Chen Changsheng began attending a European elite school filled with students from wealthy or powerful families.

Chen Changsheng introduced a disguised Biological Computer and his virtual world to his wealthy-heir friends, letting them try it with specially designed helmets. They entered a luxurious virtual villa, but the surrounding city was only scenery and had not yet been built.

• Chen Changsheng planned to use the virtual world as entertainment while keeping its other capabilities hidden.
• Chen Changsheng gathered his old drinking buddies and showed them the disguised Biological Computer.
• Chen Changsheng explained the computer's entertainment functions and gave his friends full-coverage helmets to wear.
• The helmets used weak electrical signals to connect with their brains, and the friends lost consciousness safely after lying down on sofas.
• The friends explored the virtual world, marveling at its retro cityscape and luxurious villa.
• Chen Changsheng told them the distant city was only a texture and had not yet been built.

Chen Changsheng turned his virtual world into a growing business after wealthy students enjoyed its realistic setting and time-dilated study sessions. He recruited university students to expand the entertainment side of the operation and left the virtual world poised to develop into a refuge beyond reality.

• Chen Changsheng introduced realistic homework exercises in the virtual world, where his guests studied for hours while only an hour passed in reality.
• Chen Changsheng set prices for virtual-world services, registered the Umbrella Corporation trademark, and offered discounts and priority access for referrals.
• Chen Changsheng's virtual world spread by word of mouth as students improved their grades and wealthy users paid for game time.
• Chen Changsheng used his earnings to buy equipment, separate the Biological Computer, and let the Mechanical Emperor focus on operating the virtual world.
• Chen Changsheng recruited university students with high hourly wages, while the Mechanical Emperor turned their ideas into new virtual entertainment.

Chen Changsheng expanded his virtual-world business from a small operation into a profitable enterprise by hiring college students, opening a factory, and selling link helmets. His success made him wealthy and famous before university, and many universities invited him to enroll.

• Chen Changsheng hired college students to help build the virtual world, using their imagination and brainpower while giving them time to experience it.
• Chen Changsheng moved Umbrella Corporation into a skyscraper with his father's support, then borrowed money to buy equipment and build larger servers.
• Chen Changsheng opened a factory and secretly set up a production line to make virtual-world link helmets.
• Chen Changsheng obtained a business license to connect the virtual world to the Federation Net and took on liability for any losses it caused.
• Chen Changsheng launched affordable helmets and attracted users with quests, customization, AFK tasks, and chances to spend money on mysterious merchants.
• Chen Changsheng became wealthy and famous before university, earned invitations from universities across the Federation, and remained in control of the virtual world's core technology.

Chen Changsheng used free virtual-world treatment for veterans to build public prestige and secure major government and military contracts. He gave the government and military joint ownership of the virtual-world company while keeping control of its operation and most of its profits.

• Chen Changsheng planned to build prestige by donating virtual-world helmets to disabled veterans and provide free psychological treatment.
• Veterans praised the treatment, and videos of Chen Changsheng welcoming them spread across the Federation Net as the government considered buying helmets for service centers.
• Veterans hinted that Chen Changsheng could enlist through their connections, but he decided not to pursue the military path into citizenship.
• Universities invited Chen Changsheng to study with them, while he set his sights on Federation University and prepared for the unified examination.
• Umbrella Corporation secured education-system and military contracts to use the virtual world, and the company was split so the government and military each received 33% while Chen Changsheng retained 34%.

Chen Changsheng expanded the virtual world with the Federation and grew wealthier while studying its knowledge. After the Federation secretly discovered extraterrestrial intelligence, Chen Changsheng saw its powered armor and began devising improvements.

• Chen Changsheng let the Federation and partners worldwide help build the virtual world, which spread globally and generated wealth for him.
• Chen Changsheng used his university status to study the Federation’s non-classified knowledge and considered ways to make dying scientists contribute before their deaths.
• A Federation colonization ship encountered intelligent extraterrestrial life, and the Federation concealed the discovery while studying the civilization.
• Chen Changsheng learned about the Federation’s powered armor through work with the military and identified possible ways to optimize it.

Chen Changsheng’s plans to manufacture spacecraft were overshadowed when humanity encountered the Arachnid Zerg, whose rapid spread threatened colonization across the galaxy. The Federation accelerated its military buildup and sent Chen Changsheng to a Mobile Infantry training camp to develop virtual training systems.

• Chen Changsheng applied for a spacecraft manufacturing license while continuing to gather resources for his company.
• Humanity encountered the intelligent Greenskins and learned from them about the Arachnid Zerg, then fought the Zerg for the first time on the Greenskins’ homeworld.
• The Zerg spread across the galaxy, and their numbers and stronger variants made it difficult for the Federation to secure planets for colonization.
• The Federation expanded its military and ordered Chen Changsheng to undergo Mobile Infantry training so he could develop simulated powered-armor and spacecraft systems.
• Chen Changsheng paused university and relied on implanted students to learn useful fields, while Mechanical Emperor, Red Queen, and Skynet searched the Federation Net for knowledge, including jump engine technology.

Five years into the stalemated war between the Human Federation and the Arachnid Zerg, Chen Changsheng searched for a brain bug on a distant colony planet but failed to capture it alive. After humanity announced that it had captured a brain bug of its own, Chen Changsheng returned to Earth to join the study, aware that the Zerg might already know the location of humanity’s hidden strongholds.

• Chen Changsheng traveled to a fifth Arachnid Zerg colony planet and used the Blacklight Virus to build an army of Blacklight Zerg from the remains of warrior bugs.
• Chen Changsheng led his zerglings through the underground nest, but the brain bug ordered the warrior bugs to kill themselves before he could capture it.
• Chen Changsheng learned that humanity had captured an Arachnid brain bug and returned his consciousness to Earth to study it.
• The Federation sent Chen Changsheng as one of the first scientists to the unknown planet where the brain bug was being held.
• Chen Changsheng realized he knew the coordinates of all four of humanity’s final strongholds and suspected the Arachnid Zerg’s communications network could have revealed the captured brain bug’s location.

Chen Changsheng traveled with Grand Marshal Omar and a group of scientists to study a captured brain bug, where he discovered it could emit a mind-beguiling force. He met Carl, the telepath leading the military project to control the Zerg, and ended by asking what other abilities the Ability Research Department possessed.

• Chen Changsheng traveled with Grand Marshal Omar and scientists to the planet holding the captured brain bug.
• Chen Changsheng sensed the brain bug’s mind-beguiling force and met Carl, who was studying it for the Ability Research Department.
• Carl explained that the military hoped to control the Zerg through the brain bug after conventional methods had failed.
• The brain bug’s mental attack briefly dazed a scientist, while Carl assured Chen Changsheng that everyone was safe.
• Carl told Chen Changsheng he could sense the brain bug’s feelings through telepathy, and Chen Changsheng asked what other abilities the department had.

Chen Changsheng joined the Special Ability Research Center and accepted a mission to help the Federation use the Grand Marshal as bait to locate the Zerg God. He absorbed the brain bug, obtained the Zerg God's coordinates, and left the Grand Marshal believing he had received a divine command.

• Chen Changsheng joined the Special Ability Research Center after Carl invited him to work with the military.
• Carl explained the plan to use the Grand Marshal of the Federation as bait, with Chen Changsheng monitoring him and guiding him to the Zerg God.
• The Grand Marshal took Chen Changsheng to see the brain bug, which transmitted a prayer that affected them both.
• Chen Changsheng signaled Carl not to intervene, embraced the brain bug, and used the Blacklight Virus to take control of and absorb it.
• Chen Changsheng discovered that the brain bug had read some of the Grand Marshal's memories and received the Zerg God's coordinates.
• The Grand Marshal lost the brain bug's protective influence but felt reassured by the Zerg God's command to find it.

Chen Changsheng uncovered the Zerg God's plot and traveled to Klendaasu, the Arachnid Zerg homeworld, to investigate it. After infiltrating the planet in a disguised Zerg craft, he began tunneling underground to explore.

• The Grand Marshal took the still-intoxicated Chen Changsheng with him to seek out the Zerg God, while Chen Changsheng secretly signaled Carl that things were fine and returned his consciousness to his true body.
• Chen Changsheng learned from the brain bug's memories that the Zerg God had arranged for the humans to capture it, bewitching Carl and the generals to steal their defensive information.
• Chen Changsheng made four jumps to Klendaasu and stopped his spaceship far from the planet to avoid its Plasma Bug defenses.
• Chen Changsheng crossed Klendaasu's meteorite belt in a flesh-and-machinery landing craft, landed, and reshaped the craft into a giant beetle.
• After crawling across the hot surface, Chen Changsheng used the beetle to dig underground, melting a tunnel with superheated liquid.

Chen Changsheng infiltrated the Arachnid Zerg’s underground world and replaced its brain bug, but the insect god detected him and captured his body. After escaping its examination, he tried to flee, and the insect god addressed him as a human.

• Chen Changsheng found a brain bug in the underground realm and absorbed it, taking its place in the Arachnid Zerg’s communications network.
• The insect god detected the replacement, restrained Chen Changsheng, and dragged him to the surface.
• Chen Changsheng cut his connection to the insect network as the insect god’s consciousness shattered his brain bug body.
• The insect god examined Chen Changsheng and broke through his Blacklight Carapace with a light touch.
• Chen Changsheng split from the trapped shell and fled with most of his Biomass, but the insect god called out, “Human...”

Chen Changsheng persuaded the Insect God to let him join the Arachnid Zerg by demonstrating that he could grow plants as well as create Zerg units. The Insect God named him a second Queen Mother, but Chen Changsheng negotiated the title of Overlord and began developing on Klendaasu Planet.

• The Insect God confronted Chen Changsheng about occupying five Zerg planets and explained that it had seen through his attempt to lie.
• The Insect God asked Chen Changsheng to demonstrate his abilities and decide whether he could join the Zerg.
• Chen Changsheng created a Mycelial Mat, zerglings, and other StarCraft Zerg units, but the Insect God criticized his reliance on plundering.
• Chen Changsheng grew a Willow Tree, impressing the Insect God with his ability to produce plants from inorganic matter.
• The Insect God accepted Chen Changsheng as another Queen Mother, then agreed to call him Overlord after he objected.
• Chen Changsheng began developing near the Insect God on Klendaasu Planet, where his Willow Tree adapted to the scorching climate and came to resemble a Dragon Blood Tree.

Chen Changsheng accompanied the Grand Marshal to Mount Roku Outpost as part of a plan involving Carl and the Federation generals to obtain the Insect God's coordinates. After the Grand Marshal's performance stirred up the troops, Chen Changsheng followed the plan by cutting power across the outpost, putting the entire planet at risk.

• The Grand Marshal planned to visit Klendasu Planet, and Chen Changsheng was drawn into the scheme while remaining under the Insect God's control.
• Carl arranged for the Grand Marshal to visit Mount Roku Outpost and travel aboard a ship captained by Carmen, but she did not tell anyone about her arrangements.
• Chen Changsheng met Colonel Rui Ge at Mount Roku Outpost, where the people connected to the brain bug had gathered.
• The Grand Marshal sang for the troops, and Rui Ge struggled to contain the soldiers' excitement.
• The Grand Marshal signaled Chen Changsheng to proceed, and Chen Changsheng launched an electronic intrusion that knocked out power across Mount Roku Outpost.

After Mount Roku Outpost fell, the Grand Marshal and his companions escaped aboard Carmen’s warship, which crashed on Klendasu Planet after a Plasma Bug attack. The Insect God recognized the Grand Marshal and ordered Chen Changsheng to bring him in, giving Chen Changsheng an unexpected opportunity as he rode toward the humans without using special abilities.

• The Arachnid Zerg attacked Mount Roku Outpost during a power failure, and Rui Ge’s counterattack came too late to prevent its fall.
• Carmen evacuated the Grand Marshal and others aboard a warship, which jumped near Klendasu Planet before a Plasma Bug split it in two.
• Carmen led Chen Changsheng and the others away in an escape pod, and they crash-landed far from the Insect God.
• The Insect God recognized the Grand Marshal, ordered warrior bugs to gather the scattered humans, and struggled to control them without a brain bug.
• The Insect God ordered Chen Changsheng to retrieve the Grand Marshal, and Chen Changsheng rode a transformed insect toward the humans while avoiding his special abilities.

Chen Changsheng reached the stranded Federation soldiers and claimed he had come as the Insect God's envoy to take them to meet it. The Grand Marshal welcomed him as a believer, but some soldiers responded by shooting at him.

• The Grand Marshal appointed Chen Changsheng as the group's liaison so he could contact the Federation, while Chen Changsheng hoped the Federation and the Insect God would weaken each other.
• Chen Changsheng hunted attacking Arachnid Zerg along the way and absorbed them to replenish and increase his biomass.
• Chen Changsheng arrived near the Grand Marshal and the soldiers riding an infected giant beetle, and their panic led them to fire on him.
• Chen Changsheng revealed his human-looking face and told the group he was a Dominator sent by the Insect God to take them to meet it.
• The Grand Marshal shouted her devotion to the Insect God and treated Chen Changsheng as its envoy, while several soldiers raised their guns and fired at him.

Chen Changsheng brought the humans to the Insect God while covertly trying to guide Carl’s fleet to arrive in time. The Insect God absorbed the Grand Marshal and learned the confidential information in his mind, leaving Chen Changsheng uncertain whether his scheme had been exposed.

• Chen Changsheng answered the Grand Marshal’s questions while his clone secretly contacted Carl to hasten the fleet’s arrival.
• The Insect God’s appendages dragged the humans across the planet to its side before the fleet arrived.
• The Insect God drained the brains of several humans and used their bodies to speak to the group.
• The Grand Marshal worshiped the Insect God and offered to join its kingdom.
• The Insect God pierced the Grand Marshal’s skull, absorbed him, and gained access to his confidential memories.

The Bug God offered captured humans a place as vassals, and Chen Changsheng’s clone accepted, bringing Carmen and other warship commanders into his faction. As Rui Ge and six other mecha warriors descended on Klendaasu under heavy bombardment, the Bug God struck back by piercing their warship and dragging it toward the planet.

• The Bug God offered the remaining humans star sectors in exchange for serving him, and Chen Changsheng’s clone declared that he would join the Zerg.
• The Bug God killed several infantrymen who cursed Chen Changsheng’s clone, prompting Carmen and other warship commanders to submit.
• The Bug God granted the human defectors a vast star domain and appointed Chen Changsheng’s clone as their administrator.
• Carl sent a rescue fleet to Klendaasu, carrying Rui Ge and six other mecha warriors in drop pods.
• The warship bombarded Klendaasu as the mecha warriors descended, and the Bug God pierced the ship with two arthropod limbs and dragged it toward the planet.