Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo investigated why reshaping Composite Energy Metal damaged it and found he lacked the knowledge to modify his stolen Quantum Communication Module, so he set the haul aside and visited Annie and Siya. After the robbery made headlines and March Star grew in value, Zhou Rui told him her father had returned and offered to have a suit of armor custom-made for him.

• Yang Bo realized that changing Composite Energy Metal disrupted its internal energy balance, and he could not find the technical information needed to repair or reshape it.
• Yang Bo examined the Space Quantum Communication Module and learned its rough internal structure, but he could not identify how to alter its frequency or disable its tracking.
• Yang Bo visited Annie and Siya, noticed Annie's unusual connection with plants, and watched Siya practice her Fire Energy Ray.
• Yang Bo watched news reports detail Zhang Letian's losses, the public backlash against Peace Technology Company, and March Star's new resources and rising property values.
• Yang Bo found Zhou Rui's message saying her father had returned and offering to custom-make him a suit of armor, so he decided to go claim it and legitimize his equipment.

Yang Bo met Zhou Sen, who offered to forge him custom armor and tested his Light Superpower. Yang Bo’s energy proved fully compatible with Light Energy Metal, and Zhou Sen began checking whether the rare result held across other ores.

• Yang Bo visited Zhou Sen with Zhou Rui and learned Zhou Sen planned to forge him armor without requiring a service contract.
• Yang Bo demonstrated a laser that made the test crystal glow red, revealing his Light Superpower was highly dangerous.
• Yang Bo infused a silver-white Energy Metal sphere with Light energy, producing a glow Zhou Sen and Zhou Rui recognized as an extraordinary compatibility result.
• Zhou Sen explained that Yang Bo could use armor and weapons made from any Light Energy Metal without frequency mismatch, then brought out more raw ore to test.
• Yang Bo asked about Composite Energy Metal, and Zhou Sen called it garbage among insiders.

Zhou Sen explained Energy Metal, mecha technology, and how Yang Bo’s all-attribute Light talent let him use any Light Attribute equipment and Energy Stones. After Zhou Sen gave Yang Bo armor designs, the group returned upstairs and found three armored people with Laser Guns waiting there.

• Zhou Sen explained how Composite Energy Metal was made and why mecha companies used it to protect their technology.
• Zhou Sen identified the robber’s armor mark as Golden Shield Company’s logo and suspected the armor had been forged by a master or Grandmaster.
• Zhou Sen told Yang Bo his all-attribute Light talent let him use any Light Attribute armor, weapons, and Energy Stones, and warned him to keep it secret.
• Zhou Sen gave Yang Bo armor designs and advised him to pursue an offensive style because of his powerful lasers.
• Yang Bo, Zhou Sen, and Zhou Rui went upstairs and found three armored people holding Laser Guns in the room.

Three armored men broke into Zhou Sen’s home and demanded the Life Energy Stone, forcing Zhou Sen, Zhou Rui, and Yang Bo to retreat into the basement. With communications cut off and the intruders waiting outside, Zhou Sen planned to make something that would attract the Alliance police and drive them away.

• Three armored men entered Zhou Sen’s home and threatened Zhou Sen, Zhou Rui, and Yang Bo with Laser Guns.
• The Blue Flame Battle Armor man revealed that Zhou Sen’s old friend had betrayed him to obtain the Life Energy Stone.
• Zhou Sen retreated into the basement, where Yang Bo fired two bluff shots that made the intruders hesitate.
• Zhou Rui said the basement had no communication equipment, and Zhou Sen explained why he had no weapons stored there.
• The Blue Flame Battle Armor man and Zhou Sen argued over the item and the losses from their old expedition.
• Yang Bo asked about shields and bombs, and Zhou Sen said he could make something that would attract the Alliance police.

Zhou Sen prepared an explosive device in the basement while Zhou Rui and Yang Bo faced three armored attackers from the George Family. As the attackers began cutting through the door, Yang Bo waited for a chance to strike and Zhou Rui told him to use his laser to delay them.

• Zhou Sen explained the attackers’ Camouflage armor and began forging an energy-conflict explosive device that could alert the police.
• Zhou Rui told Yang Bo how her father’s team had been betrayed by the George Family after an expedition on an ancient Mineral Star.
• Zhou Rui used Energy Interference to reveal the attackers on the basement cameras, but they soon faded from view again.
• Zhou Rui explained that her father’s old friend had betrayed him, and she apologized to Yang Bo for bringing him into danger.
• The attackers brought cutting equipment to the basement door, and Zhou Rui told Yang Bo to fire his laser if they cut through or shifted the door.

Yang Bo and Zhou Rui were trapped in a basement while armed intruders cut through its armored door. Yang Bo positioned an unused Nuclear Battery by the breach, hoping it would explode and blast the door outward as the attackers broke in.

• Yang Bo and Zhou Rui discussed the powerful George Family, the Potion Grandmaster’s notes, and Zhou Rui’s family as the intruders continued their assault.
• Zhou Rui proposed splitting up into separate rooms if the attackers broke through, while Yang Bo searched rooms with independent Survival Systems for useful supplies.
• Yang Bo found an unused Nuclear Battery, carried it to the main door, and placed it beside the section the intruders were cutting.
• Zhou Rui questioned whether a Nuclear Battery could explode, but Yang Bo argued that the intruders would be responsible for any damage and that the resulting radiation could alert the police.
• Outside, the leader in Blue Flame Battle Armor ordered the team to cut through the door and prepare to search the basement’s independent Survival System rooms.
• Yang Bo explained that he had positioned the Nuclear Battery to blast the door outward if it exploded as the attackers finished cutting through it.

As attackers cut through the basement door, Yang Bo and Zhou Rui prepared to flee, but the cutting beam triggered an energy collision with the Nuclear Battery and an Antimatter Battery. A massive explosion rocked Oma City, and the March Star Public Security Department declared the blast a terrorist attack and raised the highest alert.

• Yang Bo and Zhou Rui discussed their wishes as the attackers nearly finished cutting through the basement door.
• Yang Bo aligned the Nuclear Battery’s weak point with the cutting beam, then he and Zhou Rui ran into separate rooms when blue energy arcs appeared.
• The energy collision burst through the basement and struck the Antimatter Battery, causing a huge explosion and mushroom cloud that shook Oma City.
• Yang Bo survived inside a room protected by a Battleship Armor door and gained Hacker, Mecha Piloting, and Forging abilities.
• The head of the March Star Public Security Department saw the satellite images, called the blast a terrorist attack, and activated the Highest Alert.

A nuclear explosion devastated the area where Yang Bo, Zhou Rui, and Zhou Sen had been hiding, and rescuers carried them to safety. Investigators attributed the blast to three Scarlet Federation attackers whose antimatter-powered cutting equipment had triggered a chain reaction with Yang Bo’s Nuclear Battery, while officials publicly labeled it a terrorist attack and the survivors were designated victims.

• March Star’s Public Security Department declared the nuclear blast a terrorist attack and launched a planet-wide emergency response as rescue robots evacuated survivors.
• Yang Bo reunited with Fatty Boss and explained that he had placed a Nuclear Battery behind the basement door to draw the police, but he had not expected it to explode.
• Yang Bo, Zhou Rui, and Zhou Sen watched the authorities identify three dead Scarlet Federation suspects as the perpetrators of the attack.
• Fatty Boss relayed investigators’ theory that the attackers’ antimatter-powered cutting equipment had triggered a chain reaction with Yang Bo’s Nuclear Battery.
• Fatty Boss said the survivors would be treated as victims, while Zhou Rui doubted the Scarlet Federation would accept the official explanation.

After the nuclear attack, Fatty Boss and Zhou Rui discussed how to use the incident in their election campaigns, while Yang Bo considered the threat from the George Family and offered Zhou Rui help through his Third Master identity. The chapter ended with Young Master Zhang learning that Ninth Master would protect March Star, provided he received more money and could act discreetly.

• Fatty Boss and Zhou Sen argued that the nuclear explosion should be blamed on the Scarlet Federation rather than treated as a safety accident, and Fatty Boss planned to turn the attack into an election slogan.
• Fatty Boss warned Yang Bo to keep his distance from Zhou Rui and her father, then drove him home.
• Yang Bo watched the news and saw that the Alliance had focused its coverage on the Scarlet Federation's nuclear attack while omitting Bomb Bro, Justice Bro, and the Pharmacist Guild's Black Curtain.
• Yang Bo considered selling information about Zhou Rui to the George Family, rejected the idea, and instead contacted Zhou Rui as Third Master, offering to deal with George Family members who came to March Star.
• Zhou Rui agreed to notify Third Master if George Family people arrived, while Zhou Sen advised her to hand the Bounty Hunter Guild to someone else.
• Butler Niu told Young Master Zhang that Ninth Master would help protect March Star from Scarlet Federation attackers in exchange for more money and permission to disguise himself.

Zhang Bozhen struck a preliminary deal with Yang Bo to help secure his influence on March Star in exchange for a future Space Jump-capable mecha, while Zhang Bozhen and Zhang Letian secretly schemed against each other. As the political crisis deepened, Yang Bo prepared for trouble and reassured Annie that they should remain on March Star for now.

• Zhang Bozhen offered Yang Bo access to advanced mechas and identities in exchange for help consolidating his influence, and Yang Bo agreed to support him.
• Zhang Bozhen visited Zhang Letian, taunted him about his losses and denied insurance claim, and tried to sow distrust between him and Zhang Bozhen's father; Zhang Letian secretly planned to seize March Star with outside help.
• Yang Bo watched authorities expose the identities of the George Family soldiers and Zhou Rui's father, and suspected the revelations could bring war and attract forces seeking Zhou Sen's discoveries.
• Yang Bo combined the mutated Stealth Sand Rats to begin breeding them and added feed to their enclosure.
• Yang Bo visited Annie and Siya, reassured Annie that they should not immigrate yet, and offered to pay for their community's new alarm system.

Yang Bo looked for ways to earn money in Doomsday Instance and accepted a mission to investigate mutated animals in a mine. He set out with Siya and Annie toward a neighboring county town, while the Military Department’s Game Department watched and bet on how many monsters he would kill.

• Yang Bo considered the new Mecha Conquest game but chose to play Doomsday Instance with Siya and Annie to earn money and improve his skills.
• After finding no suitable monster-farming location, Yang Bo reviewed five Military Department missions and accepted the mission to investigate mutated animals in a mine.
• Siya and Annie logged on, and Yang Bo led them toward a nearby county town without a Resurrection Point.
• The Military Department’s Game Department monitored Yang Bo’s actions and speculated about his plans and his teammates.
• Yang Bo brought ammunition and weapons for the trip, while Siya apologized for slowing the group down because she could not fly.

Yang Bo and Siya traveled to a remote county town to hunt zombies, while the Bird-Slaying Gang provoked the Justice Gang over a reserved hunting area. Yang Bo began scouting the county town and planned to clear it before the month-end competition ended.

• Yang Bo traveled with Siya and Annie after hearing that the Zheng Yi Iron Fist guild had reserved Little South Mountain North Slope.
• Wild Chicken Bro of the Bird-Slaying Gang challenged the Justice Gang, and Yang Bo read on the forum that the gang had grown to hundreds of members, including people serving prison sentences.
• Annie returned to retrieve ammunition while Siya stayed with Yang Bo in the neighboring county town.
• Yang Bo used his Optoelectric Superpower to map nearby zombies through echoed sound waves.
• Yang Bo decided to clear the county town for its zombies and animals, then warned Siya to keep her distance.

Yang Bo and his teammates spent the final days of the month killing zombies, and Nameless won the monthly monster-kill leaderboard by a wide margin. After the Game Department banned the Justice Gang accounts for accusing the officials of cheating, Yang Bo accepted a mine mission with a mysterious custom-made item as its reward.

• Yang Bo drew hordes of zombies to his position and killed thousands while Siya and Annie supported him with ammunition.
• Yang Bo, Siya, and Annie farmed more than 27,000 zombies on the first day, then adjusted their tactics and exceeded 31,000 kills on the second.
• Nameless appeared on the team and individual leaderboards, prompting the Justice Gang to offer a bounty for his identity and players to argue over the rankings.
• Yang Bo finished the month with 168,050 kills, more than 19,000 ahead of second place, while the Justice Gang accused the officials of rigging the results.
• The Lieutenant Colonel ordered the Justice Gang accounts banned, and Yang Bo later found no leads from Young Master Zhang or Zhou Rui before accepting a mine mission with a mysterious custom-made item as its reward.

Yang Bo began an S-rank mission to explore a mine infested with giant mutated rats, while the military secretly transported his Bionic Human and supplied his gear. At the mine, he prepared a defensive position by felling trees along the mountainside before entering.

• Yang Bo read the vague mission briefing, learned that the mine stretched for forty-eight kilometers and contained fast, heavily defended rats, and started the mission despite the risks.
• The military flew Yang Bo's Bionic Human to the mission site with his selected supplies, then handed control back to him after the preparation period.
• Liu Zhijie gave a speech calling for a larger public safety budget and retaliation against the Scarlet Federation, while Zhou Rui worried about finding a campaign slogan.
• Zhou Sen remained baffled by how a Nuclear Battery had become a Nuclear Bomb, as the authorities publicly blamed the Scarlet Federation for the explosion.
• Yang Bo brought bombs, firearms, and blades, surveyed the abandoned mine entrance, and climbed the adjacent mountain to begin cutting trees downhill.
• Yang Bo used the tangled felled trees to clear a defensive area and planned to use it as a refuge and possibly as part of a fire-based strategy.

Yang Bo explored the abandoned mine to find the Mutated Animals, discovered an unusual sound near a ventilation passage, and drew out a giant Black Rat. He killed it with a sniper shot to its eye, but its sudden stillness left him unsure whether it was truly dead.

• Yang Bo set warning traps and carefully surveyed the mine, finding small-animal tracks but no large creatures.
• Yang Bo discovered a side tunnel leading to another mine and sensed something unusual in the wind from an upward passage.
• Yang Bo threw a Shockwave Bomb into the passage, heard a piercing Subsonic Wave, fired his sniper rifle, and fled the mine.
• A giant Black Rat charged after Yang Bo, but he lured it toward the woodpile barriers and stunned it with another Shockwave Bomb.
• Yang Bo shot the Black Rat in its left eye, and it stopped moving after thrashing for a few seconds.

Yang Bo drove the Big Black Rat into a mine tunnel by setting its fur and the surrounding grass on fire, then followed the smoke and airflow into the mine to investigate. Inside, he found burned Mutated Rats and ore in one rat’s stomach, as well as a parasite in its brain, leaving him to suspect the parasites might control the Mutated Animals.

• Yang Bo tested the motionless Big Black Rat with rifle shots and a Shockwave Bomb, then piled firewood around it and set the pile alight.
• The Big Black Rat sprang up with its fur burning and fled into the mine tunnel, while Yang Bo received repeated Feign Death skill notifications as a wildfire spread through the valley.
• Yang Bo followed smoke to the mine’s ventilation shafts and returned to the entrance, where he entered the tunnel to search for the cause of the Mutated Animals gathering there.
• After walking eighteen kilometers, Yang Bo followed a side tunnel’s airflow to a chamber containing a fire and several charred Big Black Rat corpses.
• Yang Bo dissected a Big Black Rat and found stone chunks in its stomach and a parasitic insect in its brain, prompting him to wonder whether the parasites controlled the Mutated Animals.

Yang Bo investigated the Big Black Rats, discovering brain parasites and evidence that the creatures’ strength might be linked to them. After escaping a large pack, he found hundreds of uniformly sized pups without parasites, prompting the game backend to assign him a new mission to uncover the parasites’ role.

• Yang Bo dissected three Big Black Rats, found parasites in their brains and stones in their stomachs, then burned their corpses and observed them ignite rapidly.
• Yang Bo fled a pack led by an elephant-sized Big Black Rat, using a Shockwave Bomb and Absolute Defense to escape through a burning tunnel.
• Yang Bo reached a Liaison Tunnel and continued deeper into the mines, finding more burned rats with parasites and following their tracks into a damp area.
• Yang Bo discovered more than five hundred uniformly sized Big Black Rat pups, killed and dissected one, and found no parasite inside it.
• The lieutenant colonel ordered the game backend to give Yang Bo a mission to uncover the truth about the parasites, while his team discussed rewards to encourage him to take more missions.
• Yang Bo set fire to the remaining pups as the game backend watched.

Yang Bo explored deeper into the mine, found a pool filled with parasites and parasitized Big Black Rat pups, and triggered a dangerous reaction by throwing his Laser Sword into it. The military pulled him out after the mine was declared unstable, leaving Yang Bo confused about the abilities he had gained and the mission reward he had not received.

• Yang Bo burned the Big Black Rat pups and gained more Metal Control, while the Game Department debated whether to collect samples from the newly discovered parasites.
• Yang Bo explored the damp mine, dissected more Big Black Rats, and followed a stream of warm water into a cavern containing parasite-filled pools.
• A fleshy, tentacled organism attacked Yang Bo with an unknown energy, so he threw his Laser Sword into the pool and gained Energy Absorption as the parasites were boiled.
• The game announced that Yang Bo had completed the mine exploration mission and ordered him to leave as the mine began to collapse under unknown energy.
• The Game Department cut Yang Bo's connection to the Bionic Human and sent a fighter to retrieve him, but the game session ended before he could see his reward.
• At the Resurrection Point, Yang Bo wondered how the Big Black Rats and parasites had granted him Metal Control, Energy Absorption, and Feign Death.

Yang Bo figured out how the parasite and Big Black Rat's energy combined to produce new abilities, then worried that the Justice Gang's protests could ruin Mecha Game. He planned to test Feign Death and Energy Absorption and log in to see Tie Niu.

• Yang Bo cooked a meal while wondering what the military would find at the mine and why it had ordered him to leave.
• Yang Bo realized the parasite had absorbed the Big Black Rat's energy and transformed, explaining how their combined energy produced a new ability.
• Yang Bo planned to test Feign Death and Energy Absorption after eating.
• Yang Bo found that Justice Gang players had been banned and their accounts wiped, while some members continued protesting on the forum.
• Yang Bo worried the Justice Gang could destroy Mecha Game and considered logging in to give Tie Niu a gift and replenish his mechs.

Yang Bo entered Mecha Game, met Tie Niu, and planned to use him and his group to trap the Justice Gang. After waking late, Yang Bo saw the Doomsday mission rewards but logged out without choosing one, leaving the Game Department worried and scrambling to learn why.

• Yang Bo logged into Mecha Game in a Ninth Generation Mecha, met Tie Niu near his territory, and explained that he would bring mechas for Tie Niu and his brothers to attack.
• Yang Bo searched the Underground World for a suitable ambush site but found none, then agreed to meet Tie Niu again the next day.
• The Game Department's Lieutenant Colonel told staff that research suggested a Mutant Parasite and a Mutated Rat could fuse and change energy properties, potentially undermining interstellar blood-test evidence.
• Yang Bo logged into the Doomsday Instance, inspected five mission rewards, and considered a flight device, a high-capacity rifle, an energy protective vest, a Hero's Badge, and a Super Backpack Fragment.
• Yang Bo logged out without claiming a reward, stunning the Game Department staff and prompting the Lieutenant Colonel to offer a hefty reward for anyone who could discover what was wrong.