Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo agreed to learn swordsmanship from Liu Jingxiang and completed his Swordplay Association registration and equipment setup. Their first spar ended with Yang Bo disarming Liu Jingxiang almost immediately, leaving her stunned.

• Liu Zhijie explained that Aquamarine nobles held sword duels and tournaments under strict rules, and asked Liu Jingxiang to teach Yang Bo for protection.
• Liu Jingxiang agreed to train Yang Bo for 3,000 Credit Points per hour and told him to prepare 200,000 Credit Points for certified equipment, which Liu Zhijie covered as a company benefit.
• Yang Bo registered with the Swordplay Association, underwent a physical scan, and received beginner swords and metal training armor.
• Liu Jingxiang told Yang Bo to spar with her after he watched the instructional video, and the match began in the training arena.
• Yang Bo struck Liu Jingxiang's hand, countered her attacks, and disarmed her, prompting the Intelligent Referee to declare him the winner.

Yang Bo defeated Liu Jingxiang repeatedly in sword training, leaving her determined to get revenge while Liu Zhijie praised Yang Bo’s talent. Back at his villa, Yang Bo learned that the Alliance had renewed scrutiny of the Silver Moon Pirate Gang and agreed to inspect materials for Zhou Rui in exchange for an Energy Weapon.

• Yang Bo beat Liu Jingxiang in repeated sword matches without breaking the rules, and Liu Jingxiang grew furious after losing sixteen times.
• Liu Zhijie watched the recordings, recognized Yang Bo’s fast and precise fighting style, and encouraged him to keep training.
• Yang Bo returned to his villa, thanked Liu Zhijie for his advice, and learned that the Alliance was reopening investigations into the Silver Moon Pirate Gang and its commander’s woman.
• Zhou Rui asked Yang Bo to inspect some materials at her new villa the next day and offered him an Energy Weapon as payment.
• Yang Bo saw that the Villain List had gone underground and noticed a project contract whose Energy Metal budget suggested Young Master Zhang planned to settle debts with it.

Yang Bo prepared five Stealth Potions for Zhou Rui, producing one Two-Star potion and four Four-Star potions. After leaving her villa, he sensed someone was watching him.

• Yang Bo met Zhou Rui at her villa and agreed to prepare a Stealth Potion from her formula and five sets of raw materials.
• Yang Bo purified the materials and made one Two-Star potion and four Four-Star potions.
• Zhou Rui tested the potions, thanked Yang Bo, and told him she would find an Energy Weapon suited to him before asking for his help again.
• Yang Bo declined Zhou Rui’s dinner invitation and drove away from her home.
• Yang Bo sensed that someone was watching him shortly after he left.

Zhou Rui and Zhou Sen tested Yang Bo’s Stealth Potion and decided to keep his potion-making talent close, while Yang Bo discovered that a Mental Seed let him monitor a human pursuer. He learned the group was hunting the Life Energy Stone and planned to test how removing the seed affected its host.

• Zhou Rui told Zhou Sen that Yang Bo had made five Stealth Potions, with the lowest at Two-Star quality and the rest at Four-Star.
• Zhou Sen drank the Two-Star potion as Zhou Rui tested it; it hid him from multiple sensors for about two and a half hours but consumed stamina, and they destroyed all the test records.
• Zhou Sen and Zhou Rui discussed recruiting Yang Bo, and Zhou Rui considered using a romantic approach while keeping the special potions secret.
• Yang Bo noticed a rotating group following him, planted a Mental Seed in one pursuer at a Shopping Mall, and discovered he could observe the man’s actions and thoughts.
• Yang Bo learned through the seeded pursuer that the group sought the Life Energy Stone for a three-hundred-million-Credit-Point reward, then planned to erase the seed the next day and observe the result.

Yang Bo studied Wang Muxue’s Natural Energy Replenishment Potion and tested his Mental Seed on one of the people following him. The target ended up at a Mental Rehabilitation Center, and Yang Bo discovered that the same group had found his small villa, prompting him to put it up for sale while he considered how to track them down.

• Yang Bo watched Wang Muxue’s video and learned that the Natural Energy Replenishment Potion required a second energy-purification process.
• Yang Bo used a Mental Seed on a woman following him, and she later wandered into traffic before being taken to a Mental Rehabilitation Center.
• Yang Bo visited the woman under Stealth and heard that the police could not match her identity or biological sample to their records.
• Yang Bo discovered that another member of the same group was monitoring his small villa, then watched the group rotate its watchers.
• Yang Bo put the small villa up for sale and wondered how he could find the cautious group, whose members did not live together.

Yang Bo arranged a visit to Zhang Bozhen, hoping Zhang’s security would detect the people following him and draw them into the open. He met Zhang and Liu Zhijie for tea, while Butler Niu learned about the tail and prepared to investigate.

• Yang Bo decided to use a visit to Zhang Bozhen as bait to expose the people following him, and called Liu Zhijie to arrange it.
• Liu Zhijie contacted Zhang Bozhen, who welcomed Yang Bo and invited him to lunch and tea.
• On the day of the visit, Yang Bo bought specialty fruit, spotted his followers, and switched to Butler Niu’s car.
• Yang Bo and Liu Zhijie joined Zhang Bozhen for tea, where Zhang discussed the risks of rumors and intrigue among powerful families.
• Butler Niu learned that someone had followed Yang Bo and ordered his people to investigate when Yang Bo left.

Yang Bo defeated Liu Jingxiang repeatedly in swordsmanship while Zhang Bozhen investigated the people tailing him. After Yang Bo’s plan to draw out the pursuers failed, Zhou Kexin asked him for a loan because a court had ordered her to repay her family 42 million credit points.

• Yang Bo beat Liu Jingxiang ten times in Level One equipment, while Zhou Kexin said his strength came from prediction and criticized Liu Jingxiang’s extra movements.
• Butler Niu told Zhang Bozhen that people were following Yang Bo in coordinated stages, and Zhang Bozhen authorized monitoring their communications without telling Yang Bo.
• Yang Bo found that his new Bionic Human in the game had been upgraded, but postponed its new mission so he could investigate the pursuers.
• Yang Bo drove out to check for the people following him, but they were still there, so his plan to borrow a knife to kill failed.
• Yang Bo met Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin at a supermarket, then took them to a teahouse, where Zhou Kexin explained that the court had ordered her to repay her family 42 million credit points and asked to borrow money.

Yang Bo agreed to compete in the Aquamarine Empire's Swordplay Competition and lent Zhou Kexin 45 million Credit Points. After receiving Zhang Bozhen's assignment to target nine people, Yang Bo set out to capture the hidden mastermind first, while Zhang Bozhen watched him open a target's door and wondered whether he could breach the Family Secret Treasure.

• Yang Bo lent Zhou Kexin 45 million Credit Points under an eighty-year repayment contract, and she and Liu Jingxiang offered to manage and coach him for the Swordplay Competition.
• Yang Bo agreed to enter the competition after learning about its prizes, prestige, and timing alongside the Noble Assembly.
• Yang Bo noticed he was being followed, then used Stealth to go to Suburban Park and read Zhang Bozhen's instructions to target nine people.
• Yang Bo collected the items Zhang Bozhen had left in a supermarket locker and planned to capture the suspected mastermind before the other targets could be warned.
• Yang Bo opened the first target's apartment door as Zhang Bozhen watched through surveillance, and Zhang Bozhen asked Butler Niu whether Yang Bo could open their Family Secret Treasure.

Yang Bo used Mental Seeds to monitor three suspects while Zhang Bozhen’s black-clad operatives interrogated them. The first suspect revealed he was a Free Mercenary, and the second admitted he was a broker whose commission came from an Alliance military soldier and targeted Life Energy Stones.

• Yang Bo subdued the first three targets with Mental Power, planted Mental Seeds in them, and sent Zhang Bozhen a message before continuing through the remaining locations.
• Zhang Bozhen’s operatives removed the first three targets, fitted them with Inhibition Collars, and began interrogating them while Yang Bo watched through the Mental Seeds.
• Target Number One, Kabi, confessed that he was a Free Mercenary hired to track a wealthy resident, but said he knew nothing about the client.
• Target Number Two resisted boiling water torture until the black-clad man threatened him with a strange worm, then confessed he was a Free Mercenary broker.
• Target Number Two revealed that an Alliance military soldier had commissioned the job through separate brokers and that the objective was the Life Energy Stones.

Yang Bo learned that Zhang Bozhen had eliminated the people targeting him and collected a large reward for the mission. He then took a swordsmanship assessment, reached Rank 5, and left the training room as Liu Jingxiang and Liu Zhijie recognized his unusual talent.

• Zhang Bozhen and Butler Niu debated whether the mercenaries had been sent by the military, then paid Yang Bo extra after learning their leader was a Rank A hacker.
• Yang Bo received skill notifications, earned Energy Metal worth two hundred million, and celebrated that the threat against him was gone.
• Yang Bo visited Annie and Siya, then met Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin at the former Company Dormitory for a swordsmanship assessment.
• Yang Bo defeated virtual opponents quickly and stopped at Rank 5 so he would not draw too much attention.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin praised Yang Bo's talent and cautioned him about his risky style, while Liu Zhijie arrived and invited everyone out to celebrate.

Yang Bo learned about the deadly Free-for-all Competitions in the Aquamarine Empire and decided to focus on grinding game missions and skills before the Pirate Assembly. After he logged into the game, the Game Department debated how to uncover his identity while he bought ammunition and left the Resurrection Point.

• Liu Zhijie treated Yang Bo, Liu Jingxiang, and Zhou Kexin to a meal, where Liu Jingxiang praised Yang Bo’s swordsmanship and explained the brutal Free-for-all Competitions in the Aquamarine Empire.
• Yang Bo looked up the competitions, discovered that registration was limited to the Aquamarine Empire, and checked that his Blade Skill had reached Master level.
• Yang Bo decided to grind game missions and Mental Power before the Pirate Assembly, asked Annie and Siya to log in the next day, and bought maps of Breeding Farms.
• Yang Bo browsed forum discussions about the Justice Gang’s lawsuit, monthly leaderboard prizes, and an upcoming Guild War, then cooked and rested.
• The Game Department discussed ways to get Yang Bo’s personal information and offered a 20-million-Credit-Point reward, while Yang Bo bought ammunition and left the Resurrection Point without accepting missions.

Yang Bo continued grinding monsters in the game while preparing to attend the Pirate Assembly and the Noble Assembly, then learned that the Justice Gang had officially sued the game company. As the Game Department raged over the lawsuit and Yang Bo considered taunting the Justice Gang in the Mecha Game, he planned to log in the next day and see how much his new humanoid robot had improved.

• The Game Department learned that female stars and singers had withdrawn from planned collaborations after the Justice Gang threatened to sue, while Yang Bo spent the week grinding monsters and gained two more top rankings.
• Yang Bo read Third Master's email about the Pirate Assembly on the twenty-sixth of next month, replied that he would attend, and also confirmed his attendance at the Noble Assembly.
• Yang Bo spent several days with Annie and the other women, then returned to sparring with Liu Jingxiang, Zhou Kexin, and Liu Zhijie, defeating all three.
• Yang Bo culled some of his rapidly multiplying Sand Rats and planned to diversify their bloodline by catching more in the Gobi Desert.
• The Game Department received the Justice Gang's lawsuit and became furious after seeing the plaintiffs' identities, while Yang Bo saw the complaint on the game forum and decided to visit the Mecha Game and taunt the gang the next day.

The Justice Gang gathered in Golden Ridge City to celebrate its lawsuit and boast about its plans, while an undercover operation set up a drug raid at the hotel. The next morning, Yang Bo learned that the gang’s leaders and members had been detained and their game accounts erased, and he suspected the military had orchestrated the incident.

• Una introduced herself as the Justice Gang’s leader and promised members 10,000 Game Coins after they logged into the game.
• Una introduced Thorne and Yang Shasha, then the wealthy gang leaders and members celebrated and bragged about their lawsuit and rivalry with the Dragon Soar Guild.
• A server reported that the operation was ready, and an hour later the police raided the hotel after receiving a report of prohibited substances.
• Police detected prohibited components in the air, called in the special operations unit, and news of the raid spread online.
• Yang Bo saw that the attendees had been detained, the hotel planned to sue, and the game operators had erased the Justice Gang players’ data.
• Yang Bo wondered whether the military had been behind the operation.

Yang Bo investigated a dangerous mine, uncovered an intact Artificial Sun core that might neutralize the planet’s hazardous energy, and completed his mission with a Warrior Badge boost. Meanwhile, Zhang Bozhen learned that the Free Mercenary Guild was offering a huge reward for a missing Gold Medal Broker he had killed and worried that Ninth Mister might expose him.

• Yang Bo read the announcement that the Justice Gang had to elect new leaders and that players involved in the group orgy would have their accounts erased and face lawsuits.
• Yang Bo entered the mine mission, used rats to scout its tunnels, and blasted a route toward the area affected by strange energy.
• Yang Bo’s excavation broke into a chamber containing a burning Artificial Sun core, and the Game Department realized its intact shell might help neutralize the planet’s dangerous energy.
• Yang Bo escaped the predicted collapse, completed the mission, received a 20% increase to all attributes, and obtained a backpack fragment.
• Butler Niu told Zhang Bozhen that the Free Mercenary Guild had placed a 200 million Credit Points reward on a missing Gold Medal Broker, whom Zhang Bozhen had killed.
• Zhang Bozhen worried that Ninth Mister might reveal what had happened or sell the information.

After learning that the Free Mercenary Guild had placed a 200 million Credit Points bounty for information about its missing Gold Medal Broker, Yang Bo discovered that the guild considered him the main lead. He left the chatroom angry, then realized the incoming mercenaries might help him deal with the pirates he had been expecting.

• Zhang Bozhen and Butler Niu worried about the Free Mercenary Guild's bounty, and Zhang Bozhen raised March Star's alert level when Ninth Mister did not respond.
• Yang Bo logged into the game, tested whether the Game Department was watching him, and received a mission involving Super Mutated Beasts, but logged out after Liu Zhijie and Zhou Rui warned him about incoming mercenaries.
• Liu Zhijie told Yang Bo that the Free Mercenary Guild had offered a bounty for information about its missing Gold Medal Broker and that several Gold Mercenary Groups might come to March Star.
• Yang Bo contacted Zhang Bozhen, then entered the Free Mercenary Guild chatroom as an Ace Mercenary and obtained the bounty details.
• The No. 007 Ace Broker identified Yang Bo as the mission's breakthrough point, and Yang Bo left the chatroom after realizing the guild viewed him as an easy target.
• Yang Bo considered using the arriving Free Mercenaries to help him handle the pirates expected at their meeting.

Yang Bo considered the motives behind the incoming Free Mercenaries, then used bombs to draw zombies together at a Breeding Farm and discovered a new way to gain combat skills. He abandoned the mission without completing it, and the next day accepted it again while the Game Department watched in confusion.

• Yang Bo suspected that the Free Mercenaries might be tied to a plot against Wang Muxue and planned to gather information from several sources.
• Yang Bo read that the Justice Gang leaders had been abandoned by their families and arrested, while the Game Department planned to use the dispute to draw out his identity.
• Yang Bo entered the Breeding Farm mission, spotted a Power Plant, and set off zombies by jumping between rooftops and throwing bombs.
• Yang Bo gained Blade Skill, Stomping Kick, and Boxing points as the zombies stampeded over one another, and he decided to focus on skill grinding instead of setting a fire.
• The Game Department watched Yang Bo run across rooftops and throw bombs for most of the day before he abandoned the mission, then saw him accept it again the next day.

Yang Bo lured a massive zombie horde to a coal yard and set the zombies and fuel ablaze, then headed for the Super Mutated Beast Nest. He left the fire behind and planned to use the horde to overwhelm the beasts as he pursued his mission.

• Yang Bo returned to the Super Breeding Base and found that yesterday’s trampling had stripped the ground bare, alerting the zombies as he descended.
• As buildings collapsed under the weight of the horde, Yang Bo ran toward the Power Plant, killing agile zombie bosses and collecting skill notifications along the way.
• Yang Bo spent several hours gathering dry vegetation at the coal storage yard, then ignited it with chemicals from a flashbang and drew the pursuing zombies into the flames and coal.
• When hundreds of thousands of zombies swarmed the coal yard, Yang Bo fled instead of tending the fire and headed toward the Super Mutated Beast Nest.
• Yang Bo planned to lead the enormous horde into the nest and use it to crush the armored beasts.

Yang Bo tested the Black Ball Beasts’ defenses by drawing them into a zombie horde, then used the Bionic Human’s Laser Swords to fight them. The Game Department recognized his extraordinary swordsmanship and began searching for his identity, but found no matching style.

• Yang Bo lured the charging Black Ball Beasts into more than a hundred thousand zombies, which trampled them and earned him only Excavation skill notifications.
• After his sniper rifle failed against the remaining Black Ball Beasts, Yang Bo charged them with two Laser Swords.
• Yang Bo cut down the fast-moving beasts with rapid strikes, revealing swordsmanship that stunned the Game Department personnel watching him.
• The Colonel ordered his staff to compare Yang Bo’s movements with swordsmanship records and investigate swordsmen above level seven.
• The Game Department found no matching fighter or style, and its staff speculated that Yang Bo might belong to a sect or have concealed his origins.

Yang Bo led a massive animal-zombie horde through the Black Ball Beast nest while dodging its attacks, then confronted the glowing leader of the Super Mutated Beasts. After learning that bullets could not penetrate the leader, he used his Laser Swords to wear down its energy and drew more zombies toward the fight.

• Yang Bo dodged successive waves of Black Ball Beasts, using their attacks to send several into the zombie horde, where they were trampled.
• Yang Bo led more than a hundred thousand zombies into the ruined Water Plant, crossed its pools, and found the entrance to the Black Ball Beast nest.
• A golden-hued Black Ball Beast leader emerged and attacked Yang Bo with high-speed, boomerang-like leaps, while his Laser Sword strikes clashed with its energy glow.
• The Colonel told the Game Department to wait and obtain a Biological Sample from the Super Mutated Beast, and Yang Bo later received a mission to capture one, preferably its head.
• Yang Bo kept dodging and striking the leader with two Laser Swords as it tore through the zombie horde, then lured more zombies from both directions to help wear it down.

Yang Bo entered the Black Ball Beast nest through a sewer, harvested a strange Mutated Plant, and killed the nest’s leader, completing his mission. He gained Natural Catalysis and Mind Control, along with a Super Backpack and a Warrior Badge, and wondered whether the beasts had cultivated the plant.

• Yang Bo crawled through a rear sewer entrance into the Black Ball Beast nest while his monster-kill count surged on the game rankings.
• Yang Bo found an emerald-green Mutated Plant with Energy Fluctuation, dug it up despite its roots trying to escape, and stored it in his backpack.
• The Black Ball Beast leader emerged after Yang Bo collapsed part of the sewer, and Yang Bo shot it through the eye before cutting off its head.
• Yang Bo completed the mission as missiles drove off nearby Black Ball Beasts and zombies, then boarded a fighter jet that returned him to the game world.
• Yang Bo submitted the Mutated Plant mission item and received a Super Backpack Fragment, a Super Backpack, and a Warrior Badge that increased all attributes by twenty percent.
• Yang Bo considered whether Natural Catalysis meant the Black Ball Beasts could cultivate Mutated Plants.