Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo learned that his mecha had been destroyed by Base 16’s defenses after he injured a B-Class Infiltrator, earning stealth experience and a large in-game reward. He sought an animal distribution map from customer service and found electric eels in a distant lake, considering how to exploit them.

• Yang Bo realized the shadow he had injured was a B-Class Infiltrator and discovered that he had gained the Stealth skill.
• Base 16’s defenses destroyed Yang Bo’s mecha, and the officials awarded him a replacement and 500,000 Gold Coins for discovering the infiltrator.
• Yang Bo reviewed the battle replay, concluded that injuring a target could earn rewards, and checked his newly gained skills as he noticed changes in his body.
• Yang Bo contacted customer service and obtained a map showing organisms up to D-Class within the base’s radiation range.
• Yang Bo found electric eels in a lake 280 kilometers away and considered using bombs or poison rather than fighting targets directly.

After realizing his electrical power had increased, Yang Bo entered Mecha World to find a cheap way to kill electric eels in a lake. As he explored, a group of Mutants monitored his mecha and waited before attacking.

• Yang Bo measured his stored electrical energy at about 1,750 units and learned that Bird-Slaying Bro had become famous in Mecha World for destroying grass and being killed alongside a B-Class Infiltrator.
• Yang Bo bought three Impact Bombs and traveled in a basic mecha to a remote lake, where his radar detected an electric eel.
• Yang Bo considered ways to kill the scattered eels cheaply, including setting up a fishing system or using poison.
• A small gray bird watched Yang Bo's mecha while the General and his Mutants tracked him from an underground space and decided to wait before making their move.

Yang Bo repeatedly used Shockwave Bombs to blast fish in a lake, rapidly improving his Swimming skill and strengthening his body. After Mutants drove away the gathering fish, he killed a suspicious bird that appeared to be a scout, then found the feeding spot empty.

• Yang Bo detonated a Shockwave Bomb in a lake, killing thousands of fish and gaining Swimming and other skill increases while his body underwent a powerful transformation.
• Yang Bo set off a second Shockwave Bomb, ate and charged to recover, and watched even larger schools of fish gather at the feeding spot.
• The base administrator and a Mutant general watched Yang Bo’s strange behavior, and the general ordered hunting squads to drive the gathering fish away.
• Yang Bo spotted a suspicious bird near the lake, struck it down with his shield, and found its bones and materials abnormal before storing its corpse.
• Yang Bo returned to the lake and discovered that the fish had fled from his feeding spot.

Yang Bo used Shockwave Bombs to kill a group of sonic Mutants in the lake, earning a Grandmaster Swimming skill and provoking Tiger-Face General to issue a Rank A Kill Order. The next day, Liu Zhijie offered Yang Bo a chance to work security at a major exhibition and explained why people, not robots, guarded sensitive equipment.

• Yang Bo traced strange sounds to fish schools in the lake, then dropped a Shockwave Bomb from high altitude and gained Sonic Control, Swimming, and Camouflage notifications.
• Yang Bo bought five more Shockwave Bombs and dropped them on the gathering fish, while Tiger-Face General learned that four of his eight hunting-team members were dead and the others badly injured.
• Yang Bo turned in the bird's corpse for three hundred thousand Gold Coins and discovered that Swimming had reached Grandmaster, its highest skill level.
• Yang Bo decided to download a combat training program but avoided the physical combat gym so he would not reveal his strength.
• Liu Zhijie told Yang Bo that the company had won work for Li Aido's concert and exhibition, explained why people guarded high-end equipment, and gave Yang Bo a software package to study for an assessment.
• Yang Bo asked Liu Zhijie what Mutants were.

Yang Bo completed basic company training, practiced combat skills, and entered Mecha Game to hunt bats near a contaminated creature’s lair. Tiger-Face General ordered Blood Bat to keep destroying Yang Bo’s mecha until he went bankrupt and could be tracked in the real world.

• Liu Zhijie explained the company’s service rules and warned Yang Bo about Mutants before Yang Bo completed the training without taking an assessment.
• Yang Bo bought a combat training program and discovered that his Dynamic Vision let him dodge increasingly fast projectiles before he was hit after eighteen minutes.
• Yang Bo practiced attacks and fights against dummies, then entered Mecha Game and set out toward a cave area with many bats.
• Tiger-Face General ordered Blood Bat and his men to destroy Yang Bo’s mecha whenever he came out, aiming to bankrupt him and track him down in the real world.

Yang Bo used explosives in a bat-filled mountain valley to raise his Sonic Control skill, accidentally disrupting Blood Bat’s ambush. Blood Bat’s team was exposed by the Micro Hydrogen Bomb’s blast and pursued Yang Bo, but a strike from the sky blacked out his screen.

• Yang Bo traveled toward the mountains while improving Dynamic Vision by stepping on small animals.
• Blood Bat and three subordinates set up an ambush, expecting Yang Bo to hunt the Shadow Rat.
• Yang Bo ignored the plain and used Shockwave Bombs in caves, driving out thousands of bats and nearly mastering Sonic Control.
• Yang Bo detonated his Micro Hydrogen Bomb among the bats, and the blast exposed and sent Blood Bat’s team flying.
• Blood Bat and his subordinates recovered and attacked Yang Bo as he tried to escape with his Rocket Pack.
• A huge brilliance descended from the sky, and Yang Bo’s virtual screen went black.

After the base’s orbital defenses destroyed Yang Bo’s mecha while killing three Mutants, he negotiated a large supply of bombs as compensation. He left the game with improved Sonic Control and discovered it could reveal nearby spaces in extraordinary detail.

• Blood Bat escaped into a cave after the orbital laser killed three Mutants and damaged Yang Bo’s mecha.
• Yang Bo received a new mecha and 500,000 Gold Coins, but customer service refused his request to transfer bases.
• Yang Bo negotiated compensation of 500 Shockwave Bombs and 100 Micro Hydrogen Bombs, then logged out of the game.
• Yang Bo checked his skills and found that Sonic Control had reached Master level.
• Yang Bo used Sonic Control to survey the area around his home and split a ceramic cup apart with a snap of his fingers.

Yang Bo trained his Sonic Attack techniques and accepted a night-shift cleaning job at the Dome Entertainment City exhibition hall. He then entered Mecha Game to hunt bats, unaware that other players had recognized him as Bird-Slaying Bro.

• Yang Bo tested Sonic Attack on different materials, finding that metal and glass were vulnerable while wood, soft plastic, and composite materials resisted him.
• Yang Bo practiced until he developed a few new attack tricks, then decided to take the company's Simulated Assessment before trying to upgrade Sonic Wave Control.
• Yang Bo accepted the remaining Cleaner task, which required him to clean an exhibition hall overnight for about forty days.
• Yang Bo considered the costs of buying a home and chose to remain in the company dormitory while focusing on improving his strength.
• Yang Bo entered Mecha Game covered in Shockwave Bombs and carrying two Micro Hydrogen Bombs, then headed toward the underground entrance to the bats' territory.
• Nearby players recognized Yang Bo as Bird-Slaying Bro, whose bird-slaying, grass-mowing, and repeated mecha destructions had made him famous.

Yang Bo explored an underground cave to hunt bats and discovered that killing large animals could grant abilities that increased his physical attributes. He left the chapter planning to raise cattle and investigate what other large creatures could teach him.

• Tiger-Face King ordered his men to hold their positions rather than pursue Yang Bo, fearing another costly attack.
• Yang Bo cautiously crossed the mountains and entered a cave system where radar was unreliable and the developers had marked deeper levels as dangerous.
• Yang Bo threw a Shockwave Bomb into a narrow crack, gaining Sonic Control and Camouflage after killing bats and Cave Lizards.
• Yang Bo killed a horned cow with his Plasma Long Blade and gained Charge, then logged out when the skill's activation drained his energy and battery.
• Yang Bo suspected Charge increased physical attributes and decided to raise cattle by clearing their predators, while wondering what other large animals could grant abilities.

Yang Bo baited and killed underground creatures in the game, then discovered that a timed hydrogen bomb had helped produce an A-rank Silver Mouse worth a huge bounty. He retrieved the creature and raced back to base to claim his reward.

• Yang Bo lured crawling creatures into a narrow passage with cattle carcasses, then killed them with Shockwave Bombs and gained Camouflage and Dynamic Vision.
• Yang Bo planted a timed hydrogen bomb beneath a cattle carcass before returning to base and logging out.
• Yang Bo tested his Camouflage skill, found that he could alter his face, and went to sleep.
• Yang Bo woke to Stealth skill notifications, rushed into the game, and found the corpses of a tiger-sized Silver Mouse and other mutated rats.
• Yang Bo stuffed the Silver Mouse into a sack and flew back to base to claim the A-rank bounty.

Yang Bo sold the recording of his battle with a rare A-Class Mutated Rat and rejected a military rank in favor of Gold Coins. After reviewing the footage and examining the rat, the base and a female officer aboard a warship investigated how he had killed it, ending with the officer shocked by its reported Stealth ability.

• The base administrator confirmed that Yang Bo had turned in a rare Special A-Class Mutated Creature and offered him a military rank, but Yang Bo refused and demanded Gold Coins.
• The base awarded Yang Bo fifty million Gold Coins for the rat and paid him five million more for his battle recording.
• Yang Bo logged out while base personnel collected the rat family’s remains, including five relatively intact Rank C Mutant Rats.
• The female officer watched Yang Bo’s recording and forwarded her findings to a higher-level department.
• The base concluded that Yang Bo had trapped the cautious rat with a Hydrogen Bomb beneath a cow’s corpse, and the female officer stared in disbelief when its special ability was identified as Stealth.

Yang Bo avoided the game, investigated the concert exhibition, and trained his abilities while keeping his identity hidden. At work, he discovered that the mecha on display was the same Third Generation Blade Mecha he had piloted in the game.

• The Captain learned that intact rats possessed stealth abilities and ordered the warship to isolate its Grade A Invisibility Material until an Alliance Grade SS Supervisor arrived.
• Yang Bo cleaned the exhibition hall, went home, and chose to train his abilities instead of entering the game.
• Yang Bo read the game forum, saw players condemning Bird-Slaying Bro, and resolved to keep his identity secret.
• Yang Bo checked the concert details and learned that the exhibition hall belonged to the Dimensional Mecha Modification Company, one of the Alliance's top three.
• Yang Bo practiced breaking toy ornaments with his abilities, then trained his muscle Camouflage and restored the energy he had used.
• Yang Bo found an eight-meter Third Generation Blade Mecha in the exhibition hall and recognized it as the mecha he had used in the game.

Yang Bo trained his abilities and inspected the mechas ahead of the Dome exhibition while considering buying a house with a large basement. Dimensional Modification Company then revealed that its Blade Mecha could vanish into and reappear from a Spatial Storage Button, stunning Yang Bo and driving a rush of public attention.

• Yang Bo tested his face-changing, Sonic Wave Control, and Stealth abilities, and concluded that Gene Evolver abilities came from energy within the body.
• Yang Bo examined the mechas at the exhibition hall and later searched for houses, though concert-related price increases frustrated him.
• Yang Bo noticed that descriptions appeared on the other mechas’ display boards over three nights, while the Blade Mecha’s board remained blank.
• Yang Bo left work through an employee passage as crowds and police gathered outside Dome Entertainment City ahead of the exhibition.
• Dimensional Modification Company announced Spatial Storage Equipment and showed a Blade Mecha disappearing and reappearing with a Spatial Storage Button, leaving Yang Bo stunned.

Yang Bo discovered that a group of suspicious men might be targeting him while he visited Dome Entertainment City. After returning home and debating whether to flee or call the police, he received a call from Liu Zhijie asking him to come to the company.

• Yang Bo learned that the Space Button could only store specific items and watched the controversy around Dimensional Modification Company's mecha technology grow.
• Yang Bo kept a low profile while cleaning the Blade Mecha and continued training his Sonic Attack.
• Yang Bo visited a technology exhibition and Dome Entertainment City, where he noticed two blond men whose appearances and mannerisms felt fake and dangerous.
• Yang Bo recognized Red Hair as connected to the suspicious men and sensed that Red Hair had noticed him too.
• Yang Bo returned home, considered whether to flee or call the police, and received Liu Zhijie's call telling him to come to the company.

Yang Bo discovered that Red Hair and his associates were planning a major operation and had marked him for capture, so he used Stealth and a detector to investigate them. He tracked the group to Dome Entertainment City and decided to strike first by sneaking into the Control Center after they left.

• Liu Zhijie gave out concert tickets and praised Yang Bo’s work, while Yang Bo reflected on his abilities and chose to remain at An Zhi Jie.
• Yang Bo realized Red Hair must live in his community and spotted him with a blond man in a distant rooftop garden, where they discussed taking Yang Bo for thirty million Credit Points and carrying out a larger plan.
• Yang Bo bought a detector and tested it against his Stealth ability, confirming that the device detected him only after he canceled the effect.
• Yang Bo watched Red Hair and two associates at Dome Entertainment City without being noticed, using glasses that prevented Energy Interference.
• Yang Bo noticed the group repeatedly visiting the restricted Control Center and decided to return to his community, then sneak into the Control Center after the group left.

Yang Bo investigated the group staying in his community and suspected they were planning an attack at Dome Entertainment City during a concert attended by an Alliance Senate figure. After discovering a Space Button in their room, he secretly replaced it with a convincing replica and repaired the damaged lock before leaving.

• Yang Bo attended Li Aido’s concert, felt disoriented by her voice, and suspected she was a Sonic Gene Evolver.
• Yang Bo watched the Control Center and concluded the group might strike during the next day’s concert, when an important Alliance Senate figure would attend and Li Aido would announce major news.
• At work, Yang Bo noticed the mechas had been powered on and suspected the group might use one to cause trouble.
• Yang Bo used Sonic Detection to find the group had left, turned invisible, broke into their room, and found a Space Button in a box.
• Yang Bo bought a realistic Space Button replica and a lock component, then returned to the room, replaced the original, repaired the lock, and left.

After stealing the Space Button, Yang Bo discovered he could absorb the Energy Stone attached to it and suspected the incident might be connected to his past. At the exhibition hall, the Blade Mecha stirred and the Red Earl appeared, leaving Yang Bo and Liu Zhijie facing a sudden attack.

• Yang Bo examined the ancient item he had taken and wondered whether the Gene Serum Company was behind the danger surrounding him.
• The Dimensional Modification Company discovered its Space Button was missing and argued with the hotel over who was responsible for the loss.
• Yang Bo absorbed energy from the Space Button's Energy Stone and learned his company needed him to sign a contract after a client breached their agreement.
• Yang Bo went with Liu Zhijie to the closed exhibition hall, where he sensed a strange connection to the Blade Mecha.
• The Blue Mecha burst through the exhibition hall's glass, and golden-haired figures in ancient clothing emerged from the crowd as Liu Zhijie identified them as the Red Earl.

Yang Bo was caught in an armed takeover at Dome Entertainment City, where the Red Earl’s forces seized hostages and threatened the city. After discovering he could make the Blade Mecha disappear, Yang Bo turned invisible and entered the Control Center, where he overheard the attackers preparing a High-Radiation Bomb.

• Liu Zhijie fled as mechas fired on people outside, and Yang Bo was swept into Dome Entertainment City.
• The Red Earl appeared on a billboard, revealed that he held the Alliance Upper House Speaker and other prominent hostages, and beheaded an Anthai Bank shareholder.
• While crowds were forced toward the concert venue, Yang Bo sensed a connection to the Blade Mecha and made it vanish.
• Explosions tore through the underground pipeline network as the Red Earl’s forces threatened to poison the city, and military mechas and robots arrived outside.
• Yang Bo turned invisible, entered the Control Center, and found its staff dead and an armored intruder nearby.
• Yang Bo hid in a break room and overheard two attackers order a High-Radiation Bomb installed before the military could seize control.

Yang Bo infiltrated the extremists who had planted radiation bombs and discovered they planned to kill the concert’s residents. When an Ancient Martial Artist confronted the group, one of Yang Bo’s supposed allies shot the Red Earl, and a Blade Mecha appeared under fire.

• Yang Bo killed a bomb installer, learned the extremists had disguised themselves as maintenance workers, and stole the man’s appearance and armor.
• Yang Bo followed the extremists to the Dome Concert, where Red Hair publicly executed captives and controlled twenty exhibition mechas.
• The Red Earl revealed that the group had planted over six hundred High-Radiation Bombs and threatened to kill the residents he called “Lowly People.”
• An A-rank Ancient Martial Artist attacked from beneath the stage, injuring the Red Earl and killing one of his mechas.
• The Red Earl threatened the concert crowd to force the Ancient Martial Artist out, but a black-armored extremist shot him at close range.
• A Blade Mecha appeared as the other extremists opened fire on it.

Yang Bo impulsively shot Red Hair, then escaped into a Blade Mecha and tore through Red Earl’s forces and the mechas guarding the stage entrance. As the fight was broadcast across the Alliance, officials and mecha companies watched Yang Bo reveal weaknesses in several mecha designs.

• Yang Bo remembered his anger at the authorities and Red Hair’s contempt for residents, then shot Red Hair in the neck with a Laser Gun.
• Yang Bo entered the Blade Mecha and charged into the Black Armor Knights, killing them and knocking aside the twenty mechas blocking the basement entrance.
• Yang Bo pierced the cockpit of the Blue Mecha and disabled a Silver Mecha by striking its left thigh.
• Parliamentary officials watching the live broadcast identified Yang Bo as an Ace Mecha Pilot, while Anbang Company officials recognized that he had exposed a weakness in their Silver series mechas.
• Yang Bo struck a Gold and Silver Interspersed Mecha in the right shoulder, causing it to collapse and convulse, as mecha companies recorded the exposed weaknesses.