Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo watched a magic show, worked through his usual week, and then hunted rabbits in the Second World, discovering he could earn money from the city’s rabbit bounty. The chapter left him inviting Adam to help carry more rabbits.

• Yang Bo watched a magician perform and bought wound medicine and painkillers from circus sellers.
• Yang Bo worked at the quarry, joked with the workers, and continued his regular carving, gardening, and fitness routines through the week.
• Yang Bo prepared supplies and set out to hunt with permission from the Dean, killing two rabbits with stones on his way toward the mountains.
• Yang Bo returned to the academy with twelve rabbits and learned that the Dean paid six Copper Coins for each, including a Copper Coin subsidy from the City Lord.
• Yang Bo told Adam that he had earned 72 Copper Coins and invited him to help carry rabbits.

Yang Bo and Adam earned money hunting rabbits and wild chickens, while Yang Bo also carved stone ammunition at a quarry. After the Dean sent Yang Bo to Viscount Will’s orchard to deal with its rabbit infestation, Yang Bo brought Adam along and arrived at the vineyard to assess the job.

• Yang Bo hired Adam to carry prey, and the two caught rabbits and wild chickens that they exchanged for Copper Coins.
• Yang Bo carved stone balls at the quarry while Adam learned that the work paid well, then they continued hunting on weekend mornings and evenings.
• Yang Bo told Adam they would hunt only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and Adam returned to carving lessons during the week.
• After the spaceship completed its final Space Jump, the Dean summoned Yang Bo and offered him work clearing rabbits from Viscount Will’s orchard.
• Yang Bo asked to bring Adam, and Paul drove them by carriage to the vineyard, where they found rabbit holes and rabbits among the vines.

Yang Bo and Adam cleared hundreds of rabbits from a noble’s orchard using Yang Bo’s stone-throwing tactic, earning payment and an offer of regular work. Back at the academy, Dean Eddie arranged for Yang Bo to begin strength training, while Paul judged him well suited to becoming a master archer.

• Paul presented Dean Eddie’s letter to Butler Ruina, who hired Yang Bo and Adam to clear rabbits from the orchard without damaging its plants.
• Yang Bo directed Adam to startle rabbits into the open and killed them with stones, taking breaks for tea and refreshments as they cleared more than four hundred rabbits.
• Butler Ruina paid Yang Bo fifty Silver Coins, gave him arrows and boots, and offered him future work; Yang Bo tipped Paul and shared twenty coins with Adam.
• Dean Eddie praised Yang Bo and scheduled his first lesson in the academy’s strength-training techniques for the following evening.
• Paul told Eddie that Yang Bo had fast reactions and accurate predictions, making him well suited to master archer training.

Yang Bo traveled through the Alliance’s heavily defended Capital Circle while considering whether the game’s Secret Arts could help him in reality. At the academy, Paul taught him the first Secret Art, and Yang Bo quickly understood how it channeled the body’s strength through the limbs.

• Eddie and Paul discussed the outsiders’ mysterious origins and dismissed the immediate threat posed by Handy.
• Yang Bo watched the armed planets around the Capital Circle and wondered about the game, his acquaintances, and the Secret Arts.
• The Swordplay Association president advised a young man to adopt a noble-serving mindset in the game before they returned to March Star.
• Yang Bo resumed carving class, and Adam struggled with the instructor while reflecting on the money Yang Bo had earned.
• Paul revealed that he was a Grand Knight and demonstrated a Secret Art for sensing and channeling the body’s power.
• Yang Bo understood the Secret Art’s principles but decided to wait before teaching it to his game character until he learned the other three.

Yang Bo failed to learn two advanced techniques from Paul, then arrived on Sky Cloud Star and learned about its vast Underground Cities. He considered the millions of residents and their access to unpaid services a possible opportunity, while planning to approach Little Sun carefully.

• Paul ended Yang Bo's lesson in breathing after he failed to master the secret technique, then showed him a technique for borrowing an opponent's force that Yang Bo also struggled to learn.
• Yang Bo worked alongside Adam and discussed hunting, then arrived at Sky Cloud Star with Zhou Kexin and Liu Jingxiang.
• Yang Bo passed through the spaceport and learned that visitors were warned not to descend below the sixteenth underground level.
• Yang Bo discovered that Sky Cloud Star had seventeen major Underground City settlements housing about thirty million people, who used services without paying fees.
• Yang Bo decided he would not move out of the Underground Cities either and wondered whether their residents could present an opportunity.

Yang Bo toured Green Ring Stadium before the swordplay semifinals and joined Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin on a visit to Sky Cloud Star’s Underground City. He explored its unusual society and infrastructure, leaving with a map and a taste for its naturally grown produce.

• Yang Bo learned that two thousand contestants would compete for five hundred places in the Aquamarine Empire semifinals, with rankings decided by points.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin invited Yang Bo out, and he agreed so he could explore the area and familiarize himself with the terrain.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin explained the Underground Cities’ history, their control over critical infrastructure, and the risks and rules of visiting them.
• Yang Bo traveled with the two women to a public Underground City and saw its clean streets, patrolling local police, and lack of surveillance.
• Yang Bo bought a map, explored the Underground City’s interconnected fortresses, and sampled a naturally grown green fruit from a local produce store.

Yang Bo explored Underground City, watched the Swordplay Association’s opening ceremony, and tried to learn a third secret technique in Second World. He learned that his first tournament opponent was Zhang Wei, his nephew, and resolved to prioritize the match over logging in to study the fourth technique.

• Liu Jingxiang explained Underground City’s rules as Yang Bo watched police beat two people who had fought and learned about the city’s population policies.
• Yang Bo watched the Swordplay Association’s opening ceremony and suspected Li Aido’s singing might use a technique or superpower that affected listeners’ minds.
• In Second World, Paul taught Yang Bo a breathing secret technique attributed to War God Li En, but Yang Bo’s character failed to gain anything from practicing it.
• Yang Bo wandered around Sky Cloud Star before receiving the tournament draw and discovering that his opponent was Zhang Wei, a ranked competitor from the Zhang Family and the son of Zhang Bozhen’s older brother.
• Yang Bo noted that his match was scheduled for one in the afternoon, conflicting with his planned Second World session, and returned to the hotel to watch Zhang Wei’s matches.

Yang Bo defeated Zhang Wei by KO, extending his winning streak to ten, after spending much of the day hunting in Second World. The chapter ended with Yang Bo returning to the game while the Swordsmanship Association president and his assistant debated his unusual footwork and calm attitude.

• Yang Bo spoke with Zhang Bozhen about facing his nephew Zhang Wei and promised to return to March Star after the competition.
• Yang Bo hunted Rabbits and Pheasants with Adam in Second World, and he explained that Coyotes near farmland meant wildlife would likely raid farms in winter.
• Yang Bo arrived late at the venue, where the host introduced him as a Cleaner and announced his match against Zhang Wei, the Zhang Family's eldest grandson.
• Yang Bo used irregular footwork to disrupt Zhang Wei's timing, then struck his neck before Zhang Wei could recover from his attack, winning by KO.
• The president of the March Star Swordsmanship Association and his assistant discussed Yang Bo's strange footwork and speculated about the pressure on his opponents.

Yang Bo discovered that Paul’s final secret art was a boxing technique and named it Yang Family Meteor Fist. After learning his next swordplay opponent would be Baru, he returned to the game, where Dean Eddie assigned him another rabbit-hunting task.

• Yang Bo’s defeat of his opponent amused Zhang Bozhen, while Wang Muxue continued wondering what secrets Yang Bo was hiding.
• Paul showed Yang Bo a mysterious pattern of moving light and shadow, but Yang Bo could not understand it at first.
• Yang Bo realized the pattern mapped onto a fighter’s fists and feet when viewed from above, identified it as a boxing technique, and named it Yang Family Meteor Fist.
• Yang Bo received notice that he would face Baru, a cautious fighter and Capital Star Mecha Academy combat instructor, the following afternoon.
• Yang Bo hunted rabbits with Adam and completed the task without damaging the crops, earning the goodwill of patrolling soldiers.
• Dean Eddie gave Yang Bo another rabbit-hunting task in Baron Borson’s Rose Garden.

Yang Bo won his eleventh consecutive swordplay match by defeating Baru, then received a bye and planned a meeting with Little Sun. In the Second World, he arrived with Adam at a heavily fortified castle, where he worried about the dangers of war and suspected the financial officer had embezzled money.

• Yang Bo defeated Baru with a quick strike after reading his feints, earning his eleventh consecutive KO victory.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin praised Yang Bo and discussed his growing endorsement offers, while he decided not to accept them.
• Yang Bo received a bye, planned to meet Little Sun in disguise, and arranged to take a day off from the Second World game.
• Yang Bo and Adam reached a mountain hollow with a castle defended by terraced fields, rose gardens, apple trees, and high walls.
• Adam messaged Yang Bo that the financial officer seemed to have embezzled a large amount.

Yang Bo hunted rabbits with stones for the Butler, then arranged a meeting with Little Sun while secretly preparing to counter a honey trap. He returned to learn that the Aquamarine Empire was provoking him ahead of the swordplay competition, and he remained determined to compete there while refusing the free-for-all.

• Yang Bo killed more than two hundred rabbits by dropping stones from above, earned fifty Silver Coins and supplies, and split the money with Adam.
• Yang Bo arranged to meet Little Sun in three days, then used a casino and cash transactions to set up a private room and hotel room without exposing his identities.
• The Colonel ordered her subordinates to investigate the meeting location and plan to seize Yang Bo there.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin told Yang Bo that people in the Aquamarine Empire were insulting and challenging him online, and Yang Bo said he would still compete there but would not enter the free-for-all.

Yang Bo prepared to face mounting provocations from the Aquamarine Empire and defeated the seventh-ranked Li Ping in the Swordplay Competition. Afterward, he told Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin to save videos of his critics so he could challenge them for wagers.

• Yang Bo told Liu Jingxiang he would challenge Aquamarine Empire fighters if he judged them beatable, while the future Brigadier General's team planned a hotel ambush using bait to catch an unknown target.
• Yang Bo watched Mike compete, checked his informants, and learned the Pirate Alliance Council had sent the Pirate Boss two more spacecraft compensation payments.
• Yang Bo faced Li Ping, dodged his attacks with feints, and knocked him out when they crossed paths.
• Spectators praised Yang Bo's composure, but he privately explained that he had been testing footwork from the Yang Family Meteor Fist.
• Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin praised Yang Bo and told him that people online were insulting him; he urged them to save the critics' videos so he could challenge them for money.

Yang Bo used his early advancement in the swordplay competition to spend time in Second World and arranged to meet Little Sun in Underground City 867. He realized the meeting was part of a scheme to identify him, but let Little Sun photograph his altered appearance while the people behind her checked his identity.

• The Swordplay Association told Yang Bo that he had advanced and secured a place in the Aquamarine Empire competition, so he planned to explore the area and play Second World.
• Yang Bo went to casino and bar in disguise before his meeting with Little Sun, hoping to confuse anyone following him.
• Little Sun left a nearby hotel and met Yang Bo in a private room, where she photographed him and sent the picture to the people directing her.
• Their future Brigadier General checked the photo against military records, found no match, and concluded that the situation was manageable.
• Yang Bo recognized that Little Sun was trying to identify him but continued acting like a lecherous older man and drinking with her.

Yang Bo used Little Sun’s honey trap to draw out a gang in the Underground City, then revealed his Pirate Boss disguise and taunted their leader. After his account showed nearly 900 million Credit Points, he claimed the Alliance military had ruined his kidnapping business and hinted that he had robbed an immigrant spaceship.

• Little Sun lured Yang Bo to a hotel, where her allies burst in and tried to extort him.
• Yang Bo let the gang believe they had him under control while the young leader questioned him and had him use a Restoration Serum.
• Yang Bo emerged from the bathroom disguised as the Pirate Boss, and the gang found no military record for his face.
• The gang checked Yang Bo’s Smart Wristwatch and discovered nearly 900 million Credit Points in his account.
• Yang Bo claimed he had run an illegal kidnapping business and said an Alliance fleet warship had caught him after he robbed an immigrant spaceship.

Yang Bo coerced Li Yong and seven other military officers into swearing loyalty, then recruited them to help him gather information and find a place to stay in the Underground City. Li Yong left the hotel room intending to keep the group’s submission secret while placating his subordinates.

• Yang Bo revealed his Sky Rend and forced the eight intruders to accept Restoration Serum, unlock their Smart Wristwatches, and listen to his demands.
• Yang Bo discovered that Li Yong was an Alliance Colonel and heir to the First Fleet Family, photographed the officers, and persuaded them that following him could bring military merit.
• Yang Bo returned the officers’ weapons and claimed they could cooperate legally, then made each one pay respects to him and offer tea.
• Li Yong agreed to let Little Sun handle communications and to find Yang Bo a new identity and a place to stay in the Underground City.
• Li Yong left with his subordinates and told them their arrangement with Yang Bo was a secret, while privately considering how to handle them.

Yang Bo kept Lin Yue as an intermediary and learned that Li Yong’s family had covered up a military transport crash to lure a rival warlord family into a trap. As he continued hiding his control over Li Yong and prepared to travel to the Aquamarine Empire for the swordplay semifinals, Lin Yue became dependent on him.

• Yang Bo left Lin Yue with Li Yong’s intermediary, and a middle-aged woman paid Lin Yue more than fifty million Credit Points to keep quiet and pass messages.
• Lin Yue learned that her ex-boyfriend had gotten into trouble, while Yang Bo discovered that Li Yong and his father had erased witnesses and arranged to transfer the Game Department to a rival family.
• Yang Bo met Lin Yue again, told her to keep the money and serve as his intermediary, and she fell asleep beside him before they spent more time together.
• Yang Bo returned to Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin, who warned him to avoid scandal, and then saw that investigators blamed a military logistics supervisor and contractor for the transport crash.
• The Swordplay Association told Yang Bo he would travel to the Aquamarine Empire in eighteen days, and Adam invited him to meet there while they played Second World.

Yang Bo became a City Guard after Locke arranged his appointment, then returned to the academy and logged out to meet Lin Yue. Meanwhile, a new Game Department Supervisor investigated the department’s records and resolved to get Yang Bo back into the game.

• Yang Bo parted from Adam and met Locke, who offered him a City Guard position without an assessment.
• Yang Bo completed his paperwork, received a badge and equipment, and gave liquor to staff at the Sheriff's Office.
• Yang Bo returned to the academy, reported his appointment to Dean Eddie, and gave him tea before logging out.
• Yang Bo met Lin Yue and promised to bring her a Gene Serum to help awaken her superpower.
• The second Game Department Supervisor suspected Li Yong had covered up the deaths of the department's core staff and began considering how to make Yang Bo log in more often.

Yang Bo continued earning money in the game, helped Lin Yue awaken and practice her water Superpower, and joined Locke’s patrol squad for the first time. After treating his patrol companions to drinks, he logged out and left Lin Yue’s hotel despite her asking him to stay.

• Yang Bo and Adam cleared rabbits from a noble’s vast vineyard and earned more than eighty Silver Coins.
• Yang Bo injected Lin Yue with Gene Serum, discovered her water-type Superpower, and used a Mental Seed to help her form a Water Ball.
• Yang Bo worked for the carving instructor, then joined Locke, Loden, Sandy, Lord, and Miller on a city patrol.
• Yang Bo treated the patrol squad to drinks and biscuits at the Golden Cup Tavern, winning over his colleagues.
• Yang Bo continued teaching Lin Yue to control her Superpower, then left when she asked him to stay the night.

Lin Yue learned to control a small Water Ball that orbited her, while Yang Bo prepared to leave for the Aquamarine Empire and began studying sculpting in the game. As the competition approached, Yang Bo learned more about fleet ties to pirates and refused an invitation to speak at the closing ceremony.

• Lin Yue mastered releasing Water Balls, which began orbiting her and absorbing her energy, and Yang Bo told her he would leave in a few days.
• Andy began teaching Yang Bo Clay Sculpture and praised his diligence, while Adam told Yang Bo that his brother repeatedly asked him for money.
• Yang Bo learned that Li Yong's family and several Alliance fleets had connections to pirate groups and used them to collect money from shipping companies.
• Yang Bo declined to give a speech at the competition's closing ceremony, despite Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin warning that an Alliance senator would attend.

Yang Bo prepared for his upcoming trip to the Aquamarine Empire while his game character, Handy, was targeted by Adam's brother. Handy lured Adam's brother and his followers into a confrontation with the City Guard, and Yang Bo decided to prepare equipment for self-defense.

• Yang Bo asked Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin to research the Aquamarine Empire's duel laws and discussed his worries about the trip.
• At the closing ceremony, Yang Bo recognized He William's speech as politically motivated, then reassured Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin that he was looking forward to the journey.
• Yang Bo logged into the game and, after working in the garden, patrolled the city as Handy.
• Adam's brother and two followers confronted Handy and attacked him, but Handy threw Silver Coins and blew a City Guard whistle to draw them into pursuit.
• A knight and soldiers arrested Adam's brother and his followers, and Yang Bo reported them as robbers and gave the guards Silver Coins.
• After learning that Adam's brother wanted revenge, Yang Bo decided to make self-defense equipment for Handy.