Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo chose gardening, Sculpting, and scribe at Green Academy, avoiding combat professions because he considered them dangerous and selected skills he could learn without sensory feedback. He found paid work carving catapult Stone Balls, while the Swordplay Association chairman and his colleague watched his choices and placed a bet on how soon he would earn a Gold Coin.

• Yang Bo concluded from the game forums that combat professions had poor survival rates, and he chatted with Liu Jingxiang about her earnings and a delayed Silver Coin delivery.
• Yang Bo investigated Soul Killer under Stealth but found no organization willing to accept the job and no useful information from Zhang Bozhen.
• Yang Bo told Eddie he had chosen gardening, Sculpting, and scribe, explaining that his abilities were limited and that he wanted to avoid being conscripted as a combat professional.
• The Swordplay Association chairman won a Gold Coin from his colleague after Yang Bo chose support professions, and they then bet on whether Yang Bo could earn a Gold Coin within three months.
• Yang Bo discovered that the academy quarry paid fifty Copper Coins per Stone Ball, accepted the work, and began carving them with help from his Dynamic Vision.
• The chairman and his colleague watched Yang Bo work at the quarry, and the colleague laughed at his plan to earn a Gold Coin.

Yang Bo trained his game character to carve catapult stone balls and entered the March Star Swordplay Competition. He defeated contestant 1017 in a sudden exchange and left the competition with his skill immediately apparent to the spectators.

• Yang Bo realized that the academy’s quarry work offered steady pay and food, and he began training his game character to carve stone balls.
• Yang Bo’s character learned stone-ball carving after five days, and Yang Bo set it to work AFK while the Swordplay Competition approached.
• Yang Bo rode to the Swordplay Association with Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin, who told him they had become junior tailors.
• Yang Bo attended the opening ceremony and entered his first match against contestant 1017.
• Yang Bo outmaneuvered contestant 1017 in a brief exchange, and the broadcast declared Yang Bo the winner.

Yang Bo reviewed his record-setting knockout, then faced agility-focused Bai Na and defeated her with a direct thrust. The chapter left him advancing in the qualifiers while spectators debated his risky approach.

• The Swordplay Association chairman and a young man bet on whether Yang Bo would develop new Stone Ball carving technology within a month.
• Yang Bo watched his match footage, spoke with Zhang Bozhen, and learned that his next opponent was Bai Na.
• Yang Bo studied Bai Na’s agile fighting style and decided to keep using his aggressive approach.
• Yang Bo defeated Bai Na with a charge and straight thrust before her sword could reach him.
• Yang Bo left quickly to look after his game character, while Liu Jingxiang and her friends went to watch Mike’s first match.

Yang Bo watched Mike lose to Nader in a suspicious swordplay match and assessed both fighters’ strengths. He then returned to Second World and prepared to enter the Doomsday Dungeon game to see whether he had been assigned a new Bionic Human.

• Mike bowed to the arena crowd and prepared for his match against Nader as the betting pool surged toward Nader.
• Yang Bo suspected the match was fixed after noticing heavy bets on Nader and watching him defeat Mike with a precisely controlled strike.
• Yang Bo analyzed Mike’s elegant style as a weakness and judged Nader’s strength control and willingness to win as dangerous.
• Yang Bo resumed carving Stone Balls in Second World and wondered when the Sheriff would return and where Liu Jingxiang’s mailed money had gone.
• Yang Bo reset the idle program, moved the Second World Game Helmet, and logged into the Doomsday Dungeon game to check for a new Bionic Human.

Yang Bo revived his game character but lost his equipment, then won his third Swordplay Competition match against the experienced Martin with a series of feints. He left the arena while Liu Jingxiang’s friends teased her about wanting to keep him to herself.

• Yang Bo spent 500,000 Game Coins to revive his character, saw that his equipment and Super Backpack were gone, and logged out.
• The Doomsday Instance game staff discussed Yang Bo’s end-of-month login as the colonel worried that failing to find him could ruin his chance to become a general.
• Yang Bo learned that his next opponent, Martin, had ranked 495th in the previous Alliance competition and studied Martin’s flexible fighting style.
• Martin charged at Yang Bo as soon as their match began, but Yang Bo’s feints made Martin misjudge the distance, and Yang Bo struck him to win immediately.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin replayed Yang Bo’s victory, while their girlfriends praised him and joked that Liu Jingxiang wanted to keep him all to herself.

Yang Bo accepted an exploration mission to clear a ruined underground survival base, drawn by a special patrol vehicle that could help him kill monsters. The game’s backend had added the mission item to restore his interest after his character’s equipment and attributes were reset.

• Yang Bo returned home, invited Annie and Siya to play the game, and told Zhou Rui he was preparing for his next swordplay match.
• Zhou Rui spoke with her father, Zhou Sen, about Yang Bo, while the Doomsday Dungeon game staff worried that Yang Bo might quit after losing his equipment.
• The game staff decided to add mission-exclusive items to encourage Yang Bo to complete missions and farm monsters.
• Yang Bo found and accepted an exploration mission offering an armed patrol vehicle to investigate an underground survival base filled with zombies and mutated creatures.

Yang Bo used an Armed Reconnaissance Patrol Vehicle to slaughter zombies in the tunnel leading to Base 09, collecting skill points before its energy ran out. He reached the radiation-filled core junction and began assessing the five tunnels to find the base’s stored information.

• Yang Bo drove the patrol vehicle into the tunnel and used its Machine Cannon and laser to kill tens of thousands of zombies, earning many skill points.
• Annie and Siya watched the team's zombie kill count surge as Yang Bo fought through the tunnel.
• After the vehicle ran out of energy and the tunnel collapsed, Yang Bo continued on foot, shooting Mutated Animals and gaining Excavation points.
• Yang Bo reached the shelter's core area, where the game warned him of dangerous nuclear radiation.
• Yang Bo inspected the five tunnels, guessed the 2nd Tunnel led to the nuclear energy Control System, and chose to investigate the 1st Tunnel first.

Yang Bo completed the final base exploration mission by finding the Underground Base’s cliffside living quarters and information storage devices. After logging off, he learned that his next Swordplay Competition opponent was Zhang Bai, ranked 368th in the Alliance region.

• Yang Bo chose the 5th Tunnel and navigated its collapsed passages, killing Mutated Rats along the way.
• Yang Bo reached the tunnel’s end and found cliffside stone chambers, cracked windows, and signs that Mutated Animals had entered the base there.
• Yang Bo discovered disc-like information storage devices and nests of Mutated Rat pups, then received confirmation that he had completed the final base exploration mission.
• The colonel ordered the military research department to take possession of the storage devices, while staff discussed the base’s privileged living quarters and the choices its occupants might have faced.
• Yang Bo checked his Blade Skill after logging off and wondered whether more missions would follow.
• The Swordplay Association told Yang Bo that Zhang Bai was his next opponent, and Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin warned him about Zhang Bai’s aggressive fighting style.

Yang Bo defeated Zhang Bai by exploiting the flaw in Zhang Bai’s injury-for-injury sword style, earning his fourth consecutive KO. The March Star Swordplay Association president predicted Yang Bo would KO another opponent, while Yang Bo left the venue before Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin could catch him.

• Zhang Bai worried that Yang Bo’s record of three consecutive KOs threatened his chances in the competition, while Yang Bo studied Zhang Bai’s aggressive style and recognized how he calculated exchanges.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin encouraged Yang Bo before his match against Zhang Bai, and Liu Jingxiang suggested waiting to take endorsement deals.
• At the match’s start, Yang Bo aimed for Zhang Bai’s head without defending, prompting Zhang Bai to change his attack; Yang Bo then struck Zhang Bai’s neck, and the program declared Yang Bo the winner.
• Spectators discussed how Yang Bo had exposed the weakness in Zhang Bai’s style, and the online match room was shut down as arguments over Mike’s defeat escalated.
• Yang Bo left before Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin could find him, while the March Star Swordplay Association president told his assistant that Yang Bo would KO another contestant because he followed the rules.

Yang Bo prepared for the approaching storm, studied his next Swordplay Competition opponent, and continued to draw attention after four consecutive KO victories. He entered the arena to face Nikola as storm clouds gathered over March Star.

• The chairman warned a young man not to investigate Emperor's trump card as another storm approached.
• Yang Bo bought supplies, watched Nader's matches, and learned that his four consecutive KOs had raised him to rank 485.
• After calls from Liu Zhijie, Zhou Rui, Zhang Bozhen, Annie, and Siya, Yang Bo visited Annie and Siya before studying his next opponent, Nikola.
• Yang Bo watched Nikola's fast, precise swordsmanship and decided he might trade injuries to secure a KO.
• Yang Bo drove to the competition beneath storm clouds, met Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin, and entered the arena as the host announced him.

Yang Bo defeated Nikola to earn his fifth consecutive KO and became known as the Rookie King, then entered a dangerous Doomsday Instance mission involving a radiation-filled underground base. He realized the mission’s mutated plants might be more threatening than the equipment and ammunition he had been given.

• Yang Bo feinted against Nikola’s forward thrust, struck him across the chest, and won his fifth consecutive match by KO.
• The host praised the duel as a battle of minds, while Nikola recognized that his technique depended on believing his opponent would retreat.
• Yang Bo’s victory went viral, raising his ranking to 401st and sparking debate over whether he could break the Swordplay Association’s consecutive-KO record.
• Yang Bo entered the Doomsday Instance and accepted a base-exploration mission equipped with a Jungle Patrol Robot and extensive ammunition.
• At the sinkhole leading to the radioactive base, Yang Bo saw countless vines wrap around a stone he had dropped and suspected the game backend had tricked him again.

Yang Bo explored the sinkhole and discovered that its trees were D-Class Mutant Plants whose roots and vines formed energy cores. After he began harvesting their crystals, the plants unleashed a burst of energy that cut off contact with his robot and Bionic Human.

• Yang Bo descended into the sinkhole, shot through the vines, and observed how rapidly they regrew around the trees and steaming rock crevices.
• Yang Bo fired an Electromagnetic Missile at a tree and gained Energy Absorption +4, identifying it as a D-Class Mutant Plant.
• Yang Bo suspected the plants absorbed energy from a nuclear reactor below and could release it through the crevices to defend their territory.
• Yang Bo fired his weapons and bombs, then secretly harvested twenty-seven Energy Absorption skills by shooting the plants' energy cores and collecting their crystals.
• The colonel recognized that the sinkhole was a trap fueled by the reactor, but the crevices erupted with glowing mist and the robot and Bionic Human lost contact.

Yang Bo accepted Nader's challenge in the Swordplay Association tournament despite warnings that he could lose his winning streak and Rookie King title. As the match approached, Nader grew uneasy about Yang Bo's confidence, while Liu Jingxiang, Zhou Kexin, and their friends worried and cheered Yang Bo on.

• The colonel ordered a Defense Battle mission designed to make Yang Bo grind monsters before his game character died, and Yang Bo killed more than twenty thousand zombies before losing without gaining a skill.
• Yang Bo learned that the Mecha Game's war mode would begin in two months and guessed the Alliance might be targeting the Anti-Government Armed Forces.
• Liu Jingxiang told Yang Bo that Nader had challenged him, and Yang Bo accepted the match on the Swordplay Association's website.
• Nader regretted that Yang Bo had accepted and watched Yang Bo's matches while betting companies opened odds on their fight.
• Yang Bo left for the Swordplay Association amid a storm with Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin, then hurried toward the lounge as their friends urged him to win.

Yang Bo defeated Nader with a sword technique that turned Nader’s strength against him, earning his sixth consecutive knockout and ruining Nader’s reputation. After reviewing the match at home, Yang Bo heard from Young Master Zhang that the association might arrange a powerful opponent or pressure him to lose his next match.

• Yang Bo used Nader’s force against him and knocked him out, winning his sixth match in a row.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin celebrated Yang Bo’s victory while some of their friends mourned their bets on Nader.
• Spectators praised Yang Bo and cursed Nader, whose reputation collapsed after the loss.
• Yang Bo reviewed the match at home and concluded that swordplay depended on overall ability and quick reactions.
• Young Master Zhang congratulated Yang Bo and warned that the association might arrange its strongest competitor or ask Yang Bo to deliberately lose his next match.
• Yang Bo asked Young Master Zhang what he should do.

Yang Bo prepared for his Swordplay Association match against the steady Lin Nan while Zhang Bozhen encouraged him to pursue the consecutive-knockout record and promised the Alliance would protect him. As the bout approached, Yang Bo decided to overwhelm Lin Nan with an all-out attack, and the host introduced their matchup to the crowd.

• Yang Bo told Zhang Bozhen he felt irritated by the tournament crowd and worried the Brave and Resolute General might hire someone to kill him if he broke the record; Zhang Bozhen assured him the Alliance and Swordplay Association would protect him.
• After ending the call, Zhang Bozhen and Butler Niu discussed Yang Bo's swordsmanship, speculated about his abilities, and predicted that Nader's reliance on high-tech assistance could become a weakness.
• Yang Bo played missions in Doomsday Dungeon, managed his Second World Virtual Game character, and then learned that Lin Nan would be his next opponent.
• Yang Bo watched Lin Nan's matches and decided to attack without holding back, while Lin Nan reviewed Yang Bo's videos and prepared to focus on avoiding a knockout.
• Yang Bo arrived at the arena, greeted Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin, and entered the ring as the host introduced Lin Nan's conservative style and high win rate.

Yang Bo defeated Lin Nan with a fast direct thrust, tying the Swordplay Association’s record with seven consecutive KOs and sparking a fierce dispute between the Alliance and the Aquamarine Empire. The Emperor ordered Wendy to follow the competition rules and invite Yang Bo to compete in the empire, while Yang Bo’s next opponent was announced as Mina.

• Yang Bo baited Lin Nan into moving, then thrust at his chest and won by KO, earning his seventh consecutive victory.
• The match drew widespread attention and triggered an escalating online feud between Alliance and Aquamarine Empire spectators.
• The Emperor told Wendy that Yang Bo had fought under the established rules and should compete in the Aquamarine Empire, while Wendy recognized that the Emperor intended him to endure criticism.
• Yang Bo returned home and logged into the Doomsday Dungeon Game as Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin tried to reach him.
• Yang Bo’s next opponent was announced as Mina, and Liu Jingxiang told him someone had offered a huge sum to make him lose.

Yang Bo rejected a suspicious offer to throw his upcoming match, and Liu Jingxiang reported it to the Swordplay Association after Liu Zhijie warned her about the political risks. As Aquamarine Empire contestants continued to insult and challenge Yang Bo, he planned to study their records and win their wealth when he later faced them.

• Yang Bo warned Liu Jingxiang that accepting payment to throw the match could violate the rules, expose them to legal trouble, and endanger the next day's contest.
• Liu Zhijie explained that Yang Bo's match had become entangled in Alliance and Aquamarine Empire politics, so Liu Jingxiang reported the offer to the Swordplay Association.
• The March Star Swordsmanship Association's president told his assistant to pass the report upward, while Yang Bo agreed with Liu Zhijie that he would seek advice in the future.
• Yang Bo studied Mina's swordsmanship videos, dismissed her style as full of openings, and decided to remember the Aquamarine Empire contestants insulting him.
• Yang Bo asked Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin to rank his challengers by wealth and save evidence, saying he would accept only matches he thought he could win.

Yang Bo defeated Mina to break the Swordplay Association’s consecutive-KO record, prompting online rivalry between the Alliance and Aquamarine Empire. After celebrating with Annie and Siya, he learned that the Empire’s Soul Killers had been sent on a royal mission connected to his past as a master pharmacist.

• Yang Bo defeated Mina almost instantly, earning a KO victory and setting a new consecutive-KO record.
• Alliance media celebrated Yang Bo’s achievement, while online arguments over the match and the Aquamarine Empire’s silence grew heated.
• Annie and Siya congratulated Yang Bo, who logged into the Doomsday Dungeon game and played its Virtual Game.
• Yang Bo read Zhang Bozhen’s message that the Empire’s Emperor had dispatched the Soul Killers on a special mission related to royal honor.
• Yang Bo suspected Wang Muxue’s sales of high-quality potions had drawn attention and chose not to answer Zhang Bozhen before going to celebrate with Annie and Siya.

Yang Bo investigated the threat of Aquamarine Empire Soul Killers while preparing to face Mike in a swordsmanship match. The chapter ended as Yang Bo stepped onto the field, confident that Mike’s flashy techniques left him openings.

• Annie and Siya admired Yang Bo’s billion-credit endorsement value as they spent the night with him.
• Yang Bo exchanged messages with Zhang Bozhen and learned that the Empire might send more Soul Killers, then reviewed passenger records to search for suspects.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin discussed Yang Bo’s twelve-billion-credit endorsement offer and worried about his silence before he replied that he had been playing games.
• Yang Bo picked up Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin, then prepared for his match against Mike as they arranged his equipment.
• Yang Bo entered the field amid Mike’s fans’ shouts and assessed Mike’s flashy sword techniques as full of openings.

Yang Bo defeated Mike in the Swordplay Competition and lent Liu Jingxiang four hundred million to help her clear her debt. As his fame spread across the Alliance and stirred a dispute with the Aquamarine Empire, Yang Bo began apprenticeship-style gardening and carving lessons in Second World.

• Yang Bo rushed Mike at the start of their match, exploited his opening, and won by KO, extending his streak to nine victories.
• Yang Bo declined to register a studio yet and lent Liu Jingxiang four hundred million so she could repay her family debt.
• Yang Bo returned to the villa, received congratulations, and played the Doomsday Dungeon game while his reputation spread through interstellar society.
• Alliance media highlighted Yang Bo's record and the Aquamarine Empire Swordplay Association's refusal to recognize it, prompting public protests and calls for reciprocal action.
• Yang Bo entered Second World and learned that he would apprentice with a gardener and a carver after first studying etiquette with Eddie.