Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo trained his Optoelectric Superpower, experimented with purifying Gene Serum materials, and realized he needed another identity and more money to pursue his research. While working as a cleaner, he discovered that the Bounty Hunter Guild president owned a villa with an attic room his Sonic Detection could not penetrate.

• Yang Bo piloted a mecha at four mach in the Underground Fortress and studied material purification after training.
• Yang Bo used repeated experiments to identify green energy particles as the useful energy in a blood sample, but ran short of materials.
• Yang Bo decided he needed another identity to buy materials and contact the Bounty Hunter Guild, then accepted cleaning work from Fatty Boss.
• Yang Bo recognized the Bounty Hunter Guild president's voice when he arrived to clean her villa.
• Yang Bo detected that one attic room in the villa resisted his Sonic Detection and returned to work, determined to earn money for materials.

After Pado Star’s rebellion ended, Yang Bo watched the Alliance Council’s disputes over military responsibility, corruption, and warship repairs before returning to the Mecha Game to hunt Mutated Lizards. He discovered he could trade Shockwave Bombs for captured Mutated Animals through the Mutants and headed back to prepare for more trades.

• The military representative reported the suppression of the Pado Star rebellion, while council members questioned the warship’s systems and the military’s vetting; the Ministry of Education took the blame for Red Earl’s infiltration.
• Yang Bo watched news of the education minister’s resignation and arrests, and learned the council had deadlocked over funding repairs to the damaged warship.
• Yang Bo entered the Mecha Game, considered developing March Star’s Mutated Animal resources, and went underground to hunt D-Class Mutated Lizards.
• Several Mutants led Yang Bo to their captured Mutated Animals and showed interest in his Shockwave Bombs.
• Yang Bo exchanged two Shockwave Bombs for selected Mutated Animals, knocked them unconscious, and stored them in his mecha.
• Yang Bo hurried back to prepare more supplies and considered arranging larger private trades through Tie Niu and Huang Lao San.

Yang Bo exploited the Mecha Game’s trading system to buy and secretly stockpile Shockwave Bombs in his territory, while selling live Mutated Animals for Game Coins. After other players witnessed him trading bombs with the Mutants, they began preparing to copy his method, leaving Yang Bo’s stockpile secure but his profitable exploit at risk of spreading.

• Yang Bo sold several live Mutated Animals, used the earnings to buy Shockwave Bombs, and moved them from the base to his territory with Tie Niu and his brother.
• Over more than half a month, Yang Bo transported nearly sixty thousand Shockwave Bombs, becoming highly skilled at controlling his mecha and drawing attention on the game forum.
• Green Devil Star’s fleet noticed Base 16’s unusually high Shockwave Bomb consumption, but the military found the purchases valid and allowed the base to be resupplied.
• Yang Bo delivered two enormous live crocodile-like Mutated Animals to Base 16, then revealed more small lizards from his mecha’s storage.
• Yang Bo traded a load of Shockwave Bombs to the Mutants for four giant crocodiles while two players watched, prompting them to arrange their own purchases for a similar trade.

Yang Bo searched the storm-strewn coastline, gained a skill from a Mutated Animal, and collected a strange living object for observation. Meanwhile, the military shut down players’ Shockwave Bomb trades with the Mutants, and Yang Bo later returned to work with the results of his purification experiment.

• Yang Bo sold his captured Mutated Animals, then searched his coastline for survivors and gained Swimming +2 by killing a Mutated Animal.
• Yang Bo found a faintly glowing, kelp-like object with signs of life and stored it separately in seawater for observation.
• Players traded Shockwave Bombs for Mutated Animals, prompting military staff to trace the purchases and discover Yang Bo’s large-scale buying.
• The military virtualized Shockwave Bombs and hid the Mutants from players carrying them, ending the trades; Yang Bo tested the change and gained Dynamic Vision +1 from rats.
• Yang Bo went to work, noticed two new employees, and gave Fatty Boss the results of his material purification experiment.

Yang Bo worked for Fatty Boss while the military struggled to contain the fallout from the Shockwave Bomb bug and the rebellion. Fatty Boss discussed Yang Bo’s abilities, the Mecha Game, and the Black Market with him, then warned him to report any email claiming to come from the head office.

• Fatty Boss told Yang Bo that Zhang Xin and Lucy had joined the company as F-Rank citizens, and Yang Bo learned that the planet’s hiring rules required companies to employ citizens.
• Players on the Mecha Game forum blamed one another after Shockwave Bomb trades stopped working, while the military monitored Yang Bo’s account but could not investigate him without judicial involvement.
• Yang Bo completed three jobs, and Fatty Boss praised the superior quality of his purified materials before asking whether his superpower had changed.
• Fatty Boss explained the legal risks of marrying someone who had undergone an unsuccessful sex-change serum treatment and offered to arrange a genetic test through his family’s lab.
• Fatty Boss encouraged Yang Bo to try the Mecha Game and described its pilot ranks, while Yang Bo asked him about Mutated Animals, contaminated specimens, and access to restricted knowledge.
• Fatty Boss advised Yang Bo to explore the Black Market for rare materials and told him to alert him if anyone claiming to represent the head office emailed him.

Fatty Boss explained the Fatty Family’s internal conflicts and warned Yang Bo to accept only his assignments, while Yang Bo continued training his mecha and declined Zhang Xin’s dinner invitation. When gale season began, Yang Bo returned to the game and headed into the Underground World, where he heard frequent Shockwave Bomb explosions on the fourth level.

• Fatty Boss told Yang Bo that Anzhi Clean Company belonged to his family, explained the risks of family infighting, and advised him to accept only assignments sent by Fatty Boss.
• Fatty Boss promised to take Yang Bo to the family library the following year, and Yang Bo moved the materials to his Underground Fortress and trained his mecha using his Optoelectric Superpower.
• Zhang Xin invited Yang Bo to dinner, but Yang Bo declined and hurried away.
• After gale season began, Yang Bo entered the game while Fatty Boss joined a team preparing to hunt a B-Class monster.
• Yang Bo found many players carrying Shockwave Bombs, went from the third to the fourth Underground World level, and heard frequent explosions nearby.

Yang Bo killed a powerful B-rank Mutated Monster in under three seconds, leaving Fatty Boss and his team convinced they had witnessed an Ace Mecha Pilot. After Yang Bo continued searching the Underground World, footage of the fight appeared online and caused trouble for the team.

• Yang Bo ignored warnings from fleeing mecha pilots and encountered Fatty Boss's team preparing to face a shielded Mutated Monster.
• Yang Bo used high-speed maneuvers and a close-range strike to split the Mutated Monster in two, while its fireballs badly damaged his mecha.
• Fatty Boss and the others collected the valuable corpse and discussed Yang Bo's skill, wealth, and status as an Ace Mecha Pilot.
• Yang Bo checked his mecha, decided to keep searching, and wondered how he could ask around about Fatty Boss at Base 16.
• Footage of Yang Bo's battle appeared on the forum, and the Regiment Commander scolded the team for exposing an Ace Mecha Pilot's fighting style.
• A woman admitted she had posted the footage because she hoped to find Yang Bo, and Fatty Boss questioned whether the sighting at Base 16 was really him.

Yang Bo fought a giant slug in the Underground World, escaped its corrosive mucus, and sent his damaged mecha for repairs at Base 18. After studying the forum’s factions, he explored non-humanoid mechas and favored a nine-legged Spider Mecha that suited his Optoelectric Superpower.

• Yang Bo found a giant slug whose mucus corroded his mecha, and he fled after its high-speed attacks coated the machine in slime.
• Yang Bo washed the mecha in an underground river and went to Base 18, where he paid 1.85 million Game Coins for repairs and moved his Mecha Depot there.
• Yang Bo read forum discussions identifying three major mecha factions and concluded that he belonged to none of them.
• Yang Bo considered switching away from humanoid mechas and examined beast-form and crawler mecha designs.
• Yang Bo settled on a nine-legged Spider Mecha with six configurable attack legs, believing his Optoelectric Superpower would let him control it especially well.

Yang Bo studied the weaknesses of Crawler Mechas, continued his training and Gene Serum Material experiments, and discovered that fusing fireballs increased their temperature and explosive power. The chapter ended with him trying to create a fused fireball directly and wondering why it did not work as expected.

• Yang Bo concluded that Crawler Mechas were difficult to defend and control, but decided to try one after his mecha was repaired.
• Yang Bo trained, fed the Invisibility Rats, and successfully purified Gene Serum Material while recording the reactions and colored energy particles he observed.
• Fatty Boss was blamed online after his team shared Yang Bo’s Mutated Beast video, then deleted his account and returned to the game with a new one.
• Yang Bo experimented with his Fire Energy superpower and found that fusing fireballs raised their temperature and produced stronger explosions.
• Yang Bo tried to form a fused fireball directly by sustaining his energy output, but struggled to control it and wondered whether he had to fuse the fireballs one by one.

Yang Bo trained his abilities, considered the risks of joining the Mecha Game, and followed news about Green Devil Star and Dimensional Modification Company. After a day of Anti-Gravity practice, he prepared to try a Crawler Mecha, but Fatty Boss invited him to join a major rescue and cleanup mission.

• Yang Bo practiced Fire Energy, Light Energy, electrical attacks, and Sonic Attack, then fed the small creatures he had raised.
• Fatty Boss invited Yang Bo into the Mecha Game, but Yang Bo refused after hearing about the high repair costs and the risks of damaging a mecha.
• Yang Bo found a Justice Gang post targeting Bird-Slaying Bro, reported its insults, and checked news about Green Devil Star, Pado Star, and Dimensional Modification Company.
• Yang Bo trained his Anti-Gravity ability, increasing his speed and learning to control objects within a hundred meters.
• Yang Bo prepared to enter the game and try a Crawler Mecha, but Fatty Boss contacted him about a resident rescue and cleanup mission that required at least five people and excluded anyone with a Biochip.

Yang Bo agreed to join Fatty Boss's team on an urgent mission to investigate missing engineers at a secret Energy Stone mine on a Mineral Star. As the ship began its five-day journey, Yang Bo studied the vast mine's layout and learned that energy exposure could cause people or animals to mutate.

• Fatty Boss explained that an accident at a secret Energy Stone mine had left two engineers missing, and Yang Bo agreed to join the mission.
• Yang Bo stocked supplies for his small animals before boarding a spaceship with Fatty Boss, Wu Bing, Hank, and Zhou Zheng.
• Fatty Boss outlined possible causes of the disappearances, including sabotage, unknown energy effects, and mutations, and assigned the team protective equipment.
• Fatty Boss privately warned Yang Bo that prolonged exposure to Energy Mines could turn people and pets into monsters, and told him to stay close.
• Yang Bo studied the mine's massive thirty-five-level layout while Wu Bing and Hank questioned Fatty Boss about bringing him along and his plans to cultivate Yang Bo's superpower.

Yang Bo joined Fatty Boss's team to investigate a damaged Energy Mine, where they discovered Mutated Crawlers planted to sabotage the mine. After the team fled and communications failed, Yang Bo stayed behind, disabled surveillance, and found a way to access the mine’s hidden Energy Stones.

• Wu Bing and the others explained that Yang Bo might have naturally awakened a superpower, and the team traveled to a remote Energy Mine to investigate.
• The team found a wrecked ore-sorting level and signs of deliberate sabotage, then discovered Mutated Crawlers inside the mining carts.
• Fatty Boss explained that the crawlers had likely been planted to destroy the mine and make it easier for another force to seize it, then fled with the others when the mine began to collapse.
• Yang Bo spotted a high-quality Energy Stone, stayed behind, fired at the crawlers, and disabled the mine’s control and surveillance systems.
• Yang Bo reached the ore-sorting equipment, took control of it, and released its stored Energy Stones, which the system reported weighed three hundred kilograms.

Yang Bo stole Energy Stones from a mine before Mutated Crawlers swarmed the tunnels, forcing him to flee through a rock fissure to the surface. There he found a hidden fighter jet and realized someone had prepared to seize the mine, but he could not figure out how to get inside.

• Yang Bo moved the Energy Stones into his mecha, destroyed the mine cart and Ore Separator systems, and headed away from the sorting center.
• Mutated Crawlers appeared in the elevator shaft, chewed through mine equipment, and left Yang Bo to escape deeper into the mine.
• Yang Bo passed through abandoned levels, discovered a radiation alarm and a large fissure, then examined Energy Stones and mining machinery at the mine face.
• Yang Bo changed into battle armor and used his Anti-Gravity superpower to fly through the fissure to the surface.
• Yang Bo found a fighter jet hidden beneath a cliff and suspected its crew planned to take the mine after the Mutated Crawlers disabled the equipment.
• Yang Bo searched the fighter jet for a way inside and considered bringing out the pirate if he had to force his way in.

Yang Bo watched rival groups converge on the unclaimed mine, then joined Fatty Boss after a fighter crashed. He learned Fatty Boss’s spaceship had been destroyed and realized they planned to take a fighter or ship from their enemies.

• Yang Bo overheard the fighter crew discuss taking over the mine and identified the Bounty Hunter Guild representative as an acquaintance.
• The Bounty Hunter Guild demanded mine information, but the yellow-haired man refused and called for reinforcements as the rival group headed toward the mine entrance.
• A fighter carrying Yang Bo crashed after losing power, and its armored crew regrouped and moved toward the mine.
• Yang Bo searched the wreck, took weapons and batteries, then met Fatty Boss, who said they had shot down the fighter.
• Yang Bo asked about Fatty Boss’s spaceship and deduced that the group planned to capture hostages to obtain another fighter or spaceship.

Yang Bo overwhelmed the Bounty Hunter Guild’s fighters’ attackers and brought them aboard, while Fatty Boss and his companions joined him. As Yang Bo considered joining the Guild, three unidentified fighters surrounded their ship and threatened to fire.

• Fatty Boss recognized Yang Bo’s armor and voice as matching the Pirate Boss, then left with his companions to seek a way off the planet.
• Yang Bo flew to the Bounty Hunter Guild’s fighter, cut its hull with his Energy Weapon, and attacked eight armed people with stones propelled by his superpower.
• Yang Bo brought the unconscious attackers aboard, where the captain’s crew restrained them and treated Yang Bo with respect.
• Fatty Boss and his companions boarded the fighter, and Yang Bo learned that they had no hostages because the people from their destroyed fighter had entered the mine.
• Yang Bo considered joining the Bounty Hunter Guild to gain access to information about the Alliance.
• Three unidentified fighters surrounded Yang Bo’s fighter and threatened to fire if anyone inside made a sudden move.

Yang Bo took control of the Bounty Hunter Guild fighter and defeated the enemy force in a canyon dogfight, earning recognition as an ace pilot. After Fatty Boss’s group captured the surviving attackers, the enemy mothership’s Captain requested a conversation with Yang Bo.

• The enemy threatened the Bounty Hunter Guild group with three fighters and four Fourth Generation Mechas, while the Guild’s Captain explained that their mothership could not arrive for ten days.
• Yang Bo took over the fighter, shut down its recording systems, and read the controls while the enemy mechas began dismantling the hull.
• Yang Bo launched the fighter, threw two mechas into the enemy fighters’ laser fire, and destroyed or disabled two fighters with precise attacks and evasive maneuvers.
• Yang Bo used dust in the canyon to disrupt the pursuing fighters’ targeting, then cut open another fighter with his wing and sent it crashing.
• Fatty Boss and his group captured nine surviving enemies and learned their organization had five fighters.
• The fighter’s Captain told Yang Bo that the enemy mothership’s Captain wanted to speak with them.

Yang Bo used the captured prisoners to force the enemy commander into negotiations, securing a deal to restore communications and let the groups leave. After the Bounty Hunter Guild president returned, Yang Bo considered joining the guild while warning her that he was a wanted criminal.

• Yang Bo made the enemy commander negotiate by displaying his kneeling prisoners and demanding that communications be restored.
• Yang Bo revealed he was not part of the enemy crew and proposed completing their mission in exchange for half the reward.
• The enemy commander agreed to restore communications and release the groups, while asking them to poison the Mutated Crawlers in the mine.
• Yang Bo consulted Fatty Boss and the Bounty Hunter Guild members about the deal, and they refused to handle the crawlers themselves.
• The Bounty Hunter Guild president returned from the mine and thanked Yang Bo before inviting him to join the guild.
• Yang Bo said he had planned to hijack the guild's fighter and told the president to investigate him because he was a wanted criminal.

The Bounty Hunter Guild recruited Yang Bo and gave him a Mission Terminal, which he used to accept a search job in the mine tunnels. The guild also pressured Fatty Boss and the opposing commander into placing lucrative job orders as Yang Bo prepared to investigate the tunnels under his new identity.

• The Bounty Hunter Guild president recognized Yang Bo as a suspected pirate leader and recruited him, giving him an encrypted Mission Terminal.
• Yang Bo accepted the guild identity and decided to use bounty jobs to hunt criminals whose skills he wanted to acquire.
• The guild president persuaded Fatty Boss to pay for transporting his group and for searches for the missing people in the mines.
• Yang Bo accepted the search jobs, received two Disguise Cloaks, and entered the mine tunnels to carry out the work.
• The guild president demanded that the opposing commander place a ten-million-Credit-Point job order, even though the commander's own captured subordinates would perform it.

Yang Bo entered the mine under a Disguise Cloak and found Bounty Hunter Guild members arguing and fighting with another group over Energy Stones. After he joined the Guild’s side, the opposing group threatened to destroy the stones, and the Guild members asked what they wanted.

• Yang Bo used the Disguise Cloak to approach the mine, then hid his equipment and entered under Stealth.
• Yang Bo reached the thirty-third level and found two groups exchanging fire over a vein of Energy Stones.
• Yang Bo shot an Energy Stone, triggering an explosion that forced both groups to stop fighting in the dust.
• Bounty Hunter Guild members recognized Yang Bo and told him they had rescued Liu Zhijie and three others and had come to find him.
• The rival group threatened to destroy the Energy Stones, and the Bounty Hunter Guild members asked what they wanted.

Yang Bo and the others took shelter in the mine after the Anti-Government Armed Forces' Ghost Fleet attacked the planet, and the rival groups agreed to cooperate against the new threat. Fatty Boss assigned teams to guard the mine entrances, and Yang Bo insisted on going with his group rather than staying behind.

• Yang Bo listened as Fatty Boss and the Bounty Hunter Guild president negotiated with the other group, while he wondered why the valuable mine lacked security.
• The Ghost Fleet appeared in orbit, and the armed transport ship warned the people on the ground before it descended and exploded.
• Fatty Boss and the Bounty Hunter Guild president agreed to abandon their fighters and lead everyone into the mine tunnels to survive.
• Yang Bo reunited with Fatty Boss and learned that Wu Bing's mechs had been destroyed by Mutated Crawlers.
• Fatty Boss said the three groups had agreed to unite and assigned each group to guard one of the mine's entrances.
• Fatty Boss told Yang Bo to stay behind, but Yang Bo insisted on joining the group, so Fatty Boss agreed to take him to the entrance.