Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo learned that Buler had put a billion-credit bounty on him to recover the little creature, whose blood had been used to make a rare stealth serum. After arranging to meet Buler at his home, Yang Bo prepared to negotiate while Buler planned to reclaim any valuables he gave him and have him killed.

• Zhou Rui learned that a middle-aged swindler was exploiting women and arranged for him to be arrested through a staged harassment accusation.
• Yang Bo discovered that Buler was a fallen Aquamarine Empire baron, the little creature’s former owner, and the creator of a low-success-rate Gene Serum made from its blood.
• Yang Bo told Zhou Rui he knew Buler was Chameleon, collected the pet, and instructed her to arrange matters involving Annie and Siya before his identity was discarded.
• Yang Bo met Annie and Siya at a supermarket, bought premium fruit for the creature, and invited Buler to visit his home.
• Buler told the Butler to prepare valuable items for Yang Bo, intending to take them back and kill him afterward, while Yang Bo researched Aquamarine Empire specialties for their meeting.

Yang Bo collected major game rewards, tested his improved Blade Skill, and refused Buler’s increasingly valuable offers to reclaim the little creature. The Butler left behind a suitcase of gifts and promised to bring something Yang Bo would like, while the Brotherhood began investigating Buler.

• Yang Bo received 25.6 million Game Coins from his individual and team leaderboard rankings, then logged off with his teammates to celebrate.
• Yang Bo practiced his Blade Skill by slicing a piece of fruit into more than a hundred pieces and later visited John’s home to check on the sleeping little creature.
• Buler arrived with his Butler and two maids to offer Yang Bo money and a Gene Serum for the little creature, but Yang Bo refused and hinted that he was not an ordinary resident.
• The Brotherhood recognized Buler as an Aquamarine Empire noble and decided to investigate his identity before considering an attack.
• Buler sent his Butler back to Yang Bo with a suitcase of jewelry and another offer, but Yang Bo rejected the gifts and warned that the creature could go missing.
• The Butler left the suitcase with Yang Bo and promised to bring something he would like, leaving Yang Bo bewildered by the Butler’s confidence.

Yang Bo negotiated with Siya over gifts and money while Buler and his Butler plotted to separate him from the pet and exploit him. The neighboring group planned to rob Buler after seeing news that he had abused the pet, leaving several schemes poised to collide.

• Yang Bo hid the antique jewelry box from Annie and Siya, and Siya privately proposed that he pay for clothes and a bag in exchange for his attention; Yang Bo transferred the money.
• Buler learned that someone had followed his Butler and wanted to buy the pet, then agreed to frame Yang Bo with a valuable gift and lure him into buying a winery that could ruin him.
• Yang Bo suggested that Annie and Siya earn money doing support work in the Doomsday Instance of the Mecha Game, and Annie asked for his game name.
• Annie objected to Siya's arrangement with Yang Bo, but Siya defended it and urged her to try the game for income.
• The five neighbors identified Buler as a wealthy noble and decided to rob him, while laughing at news showing Buler abusing the pet.

Yang Bo joined Heroes Squad in the Doomsday Instance and prepared to demonstrate his shooting while planning how to use squads to farm monsters. Meanwhile, Wang Muxue learned that a stealth-capable spy had escaped from a 3S laboratory and was headed toward March Star, leaving her to tighten security and investigate.

• Yang Bo created the character Goat Without Beard, joined Heroes Squad, and changed his nickname to John Old Nine.
• After Heroes Squad retreated from a zombie attack, Yang Bo criticized the team's tactics and planned to join stronger squads to farm bosses.
• Wang Muxue learned that an infiltrator had gained Stealth from the laboratory's Gene Serum, destroyed its remaining samples, and escaped toward March Star.
• Wang Muxue rejected her adjutant's suggestion that she leave and ordered the house cleared of unnecessary furniture.
• Wang Muxue asked to meet the planet's Public Security Department head and see the actual scene from the previous incident.

Wang Muxue investigated the hidden force behind the attack on Silver Butterfly, while Zhou Rui refused to reveal what she knew and met with Yang Bo. Yang Bo speculated that people accompanying Wang Muxue might be the unseen force, then focused on the Evidence Center and asked Zhou Rui to handle the aftermath of Buler’s slaves before Hurricane Night.

• Wang Muxue questioned the Public Security Department about the original crime scene and learned that an undisclosed force had discovered it first.
• Wang Muxue asked Zhou Rui for information about the scene, but Zhou Rui tactfully refused and kept Third Master’s involvement secret.
• Yang Bo joined Heroes Squad in the game, lured in zombie geese, and earned Rend +2 and Mind Control +4 while being assigned as an assistant.
• Yang Bo arranged meetings with Buler and Siya, then met Zhou Rui and praised her for refusing Wang Muxue’s request.
• Yang Bo guessed that people brought by Wang Muxue might be the hidden force, told Zhou Rui to focus on the Evidence Center, and asked her to take care of Buler’s slaves.

Yang Bo rebuffed Buler’s Butler’s offers and provoked Buler, who planned to recover his pet and take revenge. After meeting with Siya about a contract, Yang Bo met Wang Muxue, who confronted him about Green Devil Star and his ability to Unlock mechas, but he denied knowing anything and left.

• Yang Bo rejected Buler’s Butler’s offers of wineries, maids, and Gene Serum, then taunted him until the Butler left and warned Buler that neighbors might be involved.
• Buler vowed to kill Yang Bo and the people around him, but sent the Butler to consult lawyers before acting; Yang Bo waited all night for an attack that never came.
• Yang Bo cleared two Breeding Farms in the game, each of which had a minor boss, and later received Siya’s handwritten contract and gave her a bottle of wine.
• Yang Bo read messages from Zhou Rui, Fatty Boss, and Wang Muxue, then agreed to meet Wang Muxue after she threatened to visit him.
• Wang Muxue questioned Yang Bo about Green Devil Star and how he had Unlocked someone else’s mecha, but Yang Bo denied her accusations and left after she said she liked how handsome he looked operating a mecha.

Yang Bo discovered that Giant Transformation enhanced his strength and could be combined with Stealth, while Wang Muxue’s message left him wary of her. As Buler pursued his mission and a killer team planned an attack near Yang Bo’s home, Yang Bo secretly listened in and prepared to use White Head’s identity against him.

• Yang Bo dismissed Wang Muxue’s accusation, then tested Giant Transformation with Stealth and smashed his training equipment with an invisible punch.
• Buler refused the Butler’s advice to focus on the mission, blamed Yang Bo for his pet trouble, and studied a map of Yang Bo’s disguised home.
• Yang Bo entered the neighboring apartment invisibly and overheard White Head and his team discussing their mission and plans to lure women into the apartment.
• The captain revealed that the Red Earl planned to attack the March Star Government and target a future Alliance general, while the killers discussed Chameleon and the exploitation of rare Superpower Users.
• White Head prepared to shower before carrying out his plan, and Yang Bo decided to make him suffer and use his identity.

Yang Bo followed Buler as the Red Earl's Faction attacked Wang Muxue's residence, then hurried to the Evidence Center as White Head and four accomplices launched their own raid. He arrived just as they blasted open the center's outer gate.

• Yang Bo avoided White Head's room after learning the captain had warned another assassin to conceal his ability, then met Siya and Annie at the bar and left them with Zhou Rui.
• Yang Bo used Stealth to follow Buler, who collected a Gene Serum and traveled with his Butler toward Wang Muxue's residence.
• A government alert announced attacks on March Star, and an explosion at Wang Muxue's residence sent flames and a green streak into the sky as police and soldiers arrived.
• Buler abandoned his mission after the attack disrupted his target's location, while Yang Bo decided to return the pet before dealing with Buler.
• Yang Bo reached the Evidence Center as White Head and four other assassins, disguised in police combat armor, fired smoke grenades and blasted open the outer gate.

Yang Bo infiltrated the Evidence Center with the assassins, stole the Ship Cannon, and killed several members of the group while framing the Brotherhood for the raid. After learning Wang Muxue had disappeared, he discovered she was waiting in his hovercar and confronted her as she asked to stay at his home.

• Yang Bo disguised himself as an assassin, killed the young man inspecting the evidence, and stole the Ship Cannon components.
• Yang Bo escaped with the assassins, then killed the middle-aged man and the captain, gaining Bomb Mastery and Pharmaceuticals skills.
• Yang Bo helped kill White Head and another man at the rendezvous villa before leaving invisibly as police surrounded the scene.
• Yang Bo searched Wang Muxue's damaged home and learned she was missing, then heard from Zhou Rui that intelligence suggested she had left on her own.
• Yang Bo returned home and found Wang Muxue sitting in his hovercar; she asked to stay with him, and he objected to her using his belongings.

Yang Bo sheltered the injured Wang Muxue, then left his villa after Zhou Rui arrived to take charge of her. While returning under Stealth to check on them, he detected an Energy Fluctuation in the swollen river near his land.

• Wang Muxue arrived at Yang Bo’s villa wounded and asked him for shelter, so he treated her injuries and let her rest there.
• Yang Bo called Fatty Boss, who urged him to keep Wang Muxue in the Underground Fortress and said he would notify Zhou Rui.
• Zhou Rui arrived, and Yang Bo left for the Company Dormitory while Zhou Rui tried to persuade Wang Muxue to leave with her.
• Yang Bo spoke with Fatty Boss from the dormitory, then used Stealth to return toward his villa and check on the women.
• Yang Bo entered the river near his land, activated his Swimming super-sensory ability, and detected an Energy Fluctuation in the water.

Yang Bo destroyed a submersible carrying mechas and attackers who planned to breach his fortress, then escaped as authorities arrived. Zhou Rui and Wang Muxue discussed the attack and the powerful partner behind it, while Wang Muxue’s family ties and political troubles remained unresolved.

• Yang Bo detected a submersible near his villa and tore apart three small mechas approaching his territory.
• Yang Bo infiltrated the submersible, overheard the Ash Organization’s plan to destroy his fortress with mecha batteries, and sabotaged its Energy System with his mecha and Electromagnetic Bombs.
• Yang Bo escaped across the river as the submersible exploded, gaining Mind Control and Mecha Mastery notifications; attackers who reached shore were killed by unseen forces and a fighter jet.
• Authorities salvaged the glowing submersible wreckage, while Zhou Rui showed Wang Muxue pictures of the attack and said their partner had also killed Silver Butterfly and tracked Chameleon.
• Wang Muxue asked Zhou Rui to introduce her to the partner, but Zhou Rui refused and warned her that her political future remained uncertain.

Yang Bo investigated the captured mecha force, tested Visual Sharing, and told Zhou Rui how to obtain Chameleon's power-granting pet. After arranging to return the pet to Buler, Yang Bo left while Buler planned to kill him himself.

• Wang Muxue questioned Zhou Rui about Yang Bo, while March Star officials found the wreckage of the submersible and ordered a planetwide search for the hidden Smart Factory.
• Yang Bo tested Visual Sharing on Siya and Annie, finding that he could maintain the ability on only one person at a time, even through a closed door.
• Yang Bo met Zhou Rui, who explained that Wang Muxue's family had betrayed her and that she intended to establish her own faction.
• Yang Bo told Zhou Rui that Chameleon's ability came from Gene Serum made with a Mutated Creature's blood and urged her to obtain the pet.
• Yang Bo asked Zhou Rui to arrange new lives for Siya and Annie, then messaged Buler that he would return the pet the next day.
• Buler agreed to bring money and a lawyer to Yang Bo's house, but said he wanted to kill Yang Bo himself after reclaiming the pet.

Buler arranged to recover his pet from Yang Bo by offering money, land, jewelry, and two maids, while secretly planning to kill him. Yang Bo observed Buler making a Stealth Potion, killed Buler and his associates, and left the Bounty Hunter Guild to manage the aftermath.

• Buler learned that a Mecha Mothership linked to the Ash Organization had been destroyed and ordered Butler to satisfy Yang Bo's demands for the pet.
• Yang Bo used Visual Sharing to watch Siya and Annie, then met Butler and secured ten million Credit Points, jewelry, land, and two maids in exchange for the pet.
• Yang Bo handed the maids over to Zhou Rui and arranged for the Guild to handle the operation while he returned to his dormitory.
• Buler recovered his pet and prepared a Stealth Potion, while Yang Bo secretly followed Butler into Buler's residence and memorized the potion-making process.
• After Buler failed once and succeeded on his second attempt, Yang Bo killed Buler, Butler, and two male slaves, gaining Potion-Making skills.
• Zhou Rui's team collected evidence and the maids, and Yang Bo later saw news that Chameleon had been reported eliminated before gaining Air Blade skill.

Yang Bo tested the Air Blade and Visual Sharing abilities, refined potions, and followed developments involving Zhou Rui and Wang Muxue. He then joined his teammates in the game and headed to a dangerous Gu Gu Beast Breeding Farm to investigate its potential skill.

• Yang Bo watched the news report that the Public Security Bureau had killed Chameleon’s assassin gang, prompting assassin organizations to blacklist March Star while the Ash Organization continued investigating.
• Yang Bo tested his Air Blade, discovered he could maintain Visual Sharing across bodies and through laboratory shielding, and watched John transfer his apartment to Siya and Annie before leaving.
• Yang Bo successfully made several batches of potions, learned from Zhou Rui that Wang Muxue was staying with her, and reflected on the politics of major families and planetary ownership.
• Yang Bo entered the game and met his teammates, who proposed recruiting more players and chose a nearby Breeding Farm that raised Gu Gu Beasts.
• Yang Bo’s group reached the farm’s concrete buildings, where he spotted a Gu Gu Beast and decided to test what ability it might provide.

Yang Bo cleared a zombie-filled animal-breeding hollow, gained new abilities, and learned that Headbutt and Boxing improved his physical fitness. After logging out, he received Zhou Rui at his dormitory, where she offered to disguise herself as his favorite singer, Li Aido.

• Yang Bo and his team cleared waves of zombies in the hollow, where he gained Headbutt and Boxing abilities and later received Mind Control from two minor Gu Gu Beast bosses.
• Zhou Rui coordinated with the authorities over Chameleon's affairs, then visited Yang Bo with gifts after he finished playing.
• Yang Bo realized that Headbutt and Boxing enhanced his physical fitness and neural reaction speed before he answered Zhou Rui's door.
• Zhou Rui reassured Yang Bo that the sect's conflicts would not involve ordinary people, encouraged him to make useful friends, and invited him to visit the Bounty Hunter Guild.
• After Yang Bo said he liked Li Aido's songs, Zhou Rui offered to use a Disguise Potion to look like the singer.

Yang Bo demonstrated his pharmaceutical talent at Zhou Rui’s villa laboratory, rapidly producing high-quality E-Rank and D-Class Gene Serums. Zhou Rui recognized his immense value to the Bounty Hunter Guild and eagerly invited him to dinner, while Yang Bo avoided staying longer at her villa.

• Zhou Rui took Yang Bo to her private laboratory and offered him pharmaceutical materials and equipment.
• Yang Bo studied the E1044 formula, then produced ten E-Rank Gene Serums, including nine with Four-Star quality.
• Yang Bo studied a D-Class formula and quickly improved from One-Star quality to Four-Star quality across his next attempts.
• Zhou Rui realized Yang Bo’s consistent output could make him extremely valuable to the guild and offered to treat him to dinner.
• Zhou Rui invited Yang Bo to bathe at her villa, but Yang Bo declined and thanked her instead.

Yang Bo rejected Zhou Rui’s advances and focused on strengthening himself, while Wang Muxue learned that the attacker had been tied to the Ash Organization and prepared to leave. News of the dead Planet Guardian exposed the Ma Family’s suspected links to criminal activity, and Yang Bo ended the chapter with a message from Wang Muxue asking if he was there.

• Yang Bo ate with Zhou Rui, declined her invitation to stay at her villa, and returned to his dormitory to plan how to improve his physical abilities.
• Zhou Rui told Wang Muxue that the attacker’s body had been destroyed, that he was likely from the Ash Organization, and that the authorities were searching for an Intelligent Manufacturing Base.
• Wang Muxue suspected her family had hired outside help, argued with Zhou Rui, and decided to leave the planet amid growing uncertainty about who had defeated the submersible.
• Yang Bo read news identifying the dead Sky Rend wielder as a suspected Planet Guardian from Pegasus Star and learned that the Ma Family controlled the planet.
• Yang Bo wondered when he could forge his own Sky Rend, then received a message from Wang Muxue asking, “Are you there?”

Yang Bo cut off Wang Muxue’s attempt to question him, while Zhou Rui’s father learned of Yang Bo’s rare potion-making talent and ordered Zhou Rui to keep him close. Wang Muxue left March Star as news of the Pegasus Star Guardian’s disappearance fueled conflict within the Wang Family, and Yang Bo returned to the game as his team faced a player shortage.

• Yang Bo refused to meet Wang Muxue, warned her to leave his home, blocked her number, and told Zhou Rui what had happened.
• Zhou Rui showed her father footage of Yang Bo making potions, and her father told her to win Yang Bo over or sell his information if they could not keep him.
• Wang Muxue asked Liu Zhijie to bring Yang Bo on a job, but Liu refused to risk Yang Bo and decided to return to March Star.
• Yang Bo learned that Fatty Boss was returning and that Wang Muxue had left, then entered the game and heard that recruitment had stalled after new player slots were suspended.
• Wang Muxue departed March Star aboard a Military Department spacecraft as officials discussed the missing Pegasus Star Guardian and the Wang Family’s internal dispute.
• Xiao Huang told Yang Bo that the Wang Family and Ma Family were heading toward conflict and that they might profit from the stock market.

Yang Bo and Xiao Huang discussed the feud between the Wang and Ma Families before heading into the game to clear a cattle farm. After finding human zombies who granted Poison Mastery and Mind Control, they reached another farm, waited for a rival team to flee a charging herd, and entered through the rear gate to confront the remaining zombie cows.

• Xiao Huang explained how a Wang Family general’s refusal to obey her relatives led to a deadly clash with the Ma Family and business retaliation.
• Yang Bo refused to invest in stocks and continued clearing wilderness with Xiao Huang and the others in the game.
• The group discovered human zombies in caves at a cattle farm, and Yang Bo gained Poison Mastery and Mind Control from killing them.
• Yang Bo spotted players fighting zombie cows at another cattle farm and declined to lure the herd toward them.
• After the herd overwhelmed the rival players, Yang Bo’s group entered through the rear gate, where he shot the cows’ knees and made them fall into one another.

Yang Bo and his team cleared a Breeding Farm, gathered valuable mission items, and returned safely to the Resurrection Point. After training and reviewing news at home, he found a forum post about a vast zombie-infested city and considered what opportunities the game might offer.

• Yang Bo led his team in killing zombie cows and human zombies, gaining Charge, Mind Control, and Poison Mastery while filling their inventories with mission items.
• Yang Bo’s team avoided the cow boss until the fleeing players had left, used abandoned bullets to finish off the returning cows, and recruited plans for more logistical teammates.
• Yang Bo returned to the Resurrection Point, left Xiao Huang to recruit, and logged off before going home and discovering Wang Muxue’s note asking him to reserve her room.
• Yang Bo tested his Camouflage, Giant Transformation, Skin Metallization, and Anti-Gravity abilities, then planned to develop his powers and seek ways to improve Poison Mastery.
• Yang Bo read news about the Ma and Wang families and the Pado Star investigation, then found a forum post showing a huge zombie horde and footage of his earlier fight with a giant zombie.