Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo arranged supplies and a safe house on Sky Cloud Star while planning to target the Zhang Family’s hidden treasure on Tianze Star. After observing the Underground City, he chose a casino broker connected to Tianze Star as his next target for gathering information.

• Yang Bo learned that rumors linked the Devon Star attack to the royal family and Soul Secret Methods, while Jerry Butler said the investigation remained unresolved.
• Lin Yue bought a property on Sky Cloud Star and retrieved the Energy Stones that the Bounty Hunter Guild had delivered to a mall safe.
• Yang Bo produced Ultra-High Temperature Material, and Jerry Butler purchased old Small Hydrogen Bombs whose material data Yang Bo intended to use to recreate bombs.
• Yang Bo arrived at Lin Yue’s property, explored Sky Cloud Star’s Underground City, and rented a room there while seeking a route to Tianze Star.
• After observing the Underground City for two days, Yang Bo selected a casino broker who handled clients from Tianze Star as a target for obtaining information.

Yang Bo used Mirui’s memories to uncover the broker’s ties to the Tianze Star Speaker of the House and began preparing to raid the Zhang Family Secret Vault. He planned a diversion involving a staged terrorist attack and security-system disruptions, but first intended to scout Tianze Star.

• Yang Bo planted a Mental Seed in Mirui and learned that the broker handled illegal dealings for a major corporation connected to the Tianze Star Speaker of the House.
• Yang Bo returned to his Safe House, transformed into Bart, and went to Devon Star to gather materials.
• Yang Bo manufactured six hydrogen bombs to destroy the contents of the Zhang Family Secret Vault and conceal evidence of his Space Teleportation.
• Yang Bo considered staging an attack, kidnapping the Tianze Star Speaker, and disrupting surveillance systems to divert attention from the vault raid.
• Yang Bo decided to scout Tianze Star and gather more information before making a detailed plan.

Yang Bo secretly traveled from Sky Cloud Star to Tianze Star while preparing to use hydrogen bombs to divert attention from his plans. He arrived in Aru City and began navigating toward the Zhang Family's secret cache.

• Yang Bo made eight hydrogen bombs, including one modified to draw fire toward Tianze Star's Mr. Speaker and another as a backup.
• After leaving his villa under surveillance, Yang Bo went invisible and boarded a private spaceship carrying a business manager traveling to Tianze Star.
• Yang Bo slipped off the spaceship through the VIP passage after it landed in Aru City.
• Yang Bo surveyed Aru City's mountain-integrated buildings and learned how its elevators and underground transport system worked.
• Yang Bo struggled to navigate the complex city as he headed toward the Zhang Family's secret cache.

Yang Bo scouted the Zhang Family’s Kasna Bunker and found weaknesses in its defenses, including the Transport Robots and a sealed Lifeboat Passage. After returning to Sky Cloud Star, he planned a fast raid targeting Energy Stones and rare materials while arranging trouble to distract Tianze Star’s armed forces.

• Yang Bo used his detailed map and invisibility to scout the Zhang Family bunker and assess its guards, robots, and security systems.
• Yang Bo discovered that Transport Robots could enter mechanically locked warehouses without triggering alarms and could reveal what kinds of cargo the warehouses stored.
• Yang Bo found the bunker’s Lifeboat Passage and concluded that infiltrating from the surface would be easier than entering through the public transit tunnels.
• Yang Bo memorized most of the bunker’s layout, returned to Sky Cloud Star, and recorded what he had learned about its sections and warehouses.
• Yang Bo chose Energy Stones and rare materials as his main targets, identified sections 421, 422, 651, and 652 as likely stores, and decided to create a distraction for Tianze Star’s armed forces.

Yang Bo planned his next moves against the Zhang Family Bunker and the Tianze Star Speaker of the House, Charlie, while the Alliance and Empire struggled to negotiate over access to captured Modified Humans. He reached Charlie’s castle on Tianze Star to begin investigating him.

• Yang Bo decided to gather more information before acting on the Zhang Family Bunker and planned to investigate the Speaker of the House, Charlie.
• The Alliance delegation arrived on Devon Star to meet the two Modified Humans, while Li Zhenggang found that the investigation had produced few useful leads.
• Jerry Butler told Yang Bo that the Empire and Alliance disagreed over the Empire’s demand to restrain criticism, and Yang Bo ordered him to press the Empire for an investigation result.
• Yang Bo planned to launch hacker attacks against Tianze Star through Scarlet Federation virtual servers and spent another day with Su Wei and the others.
• Yang Bo returned to Tianze Star, investigated Charlie’s family and wealth, and arrived at Charlie’s castle on a mountain.

Yang Bo surveyed the terrain around Chairman Charlie’s Castle and planned to exploit a nature reserve to bypass its defenses. Meanwhile, Li Yong returned home and learned from Li Han that the Pirate Alliance had an important plan, leaving him to investigate on his own.

• Yang Bo studied the castle’s defenses and nearby nature reserve, deciding to approach through the wilderness where active detection was restricted.
• Li Yong returned from his patrol ship’s maintenance leave and asked Li Han whether he had uncovered Good Big Brother’s intentions.
• Li Han told Li Yong that the Energy Stone warehouse theft was unlikely to be Good Big Brother’s work, then suggested Li Yong contact him directly.
• Li Han revealed that the Pirate Alliance seemed to have an important plan and told Li Yong to pursue the matter himself as a test of his abilities.

Yang Bo learned that Li Han would not interfere in Li Yong’s dealings with his Good Big Brother, then infiltrated Chairman Charlie’s castle and planted a Mental Seed in his assistant, Jiang Bai. With Jiang Bai as an insider, Yang Bo could track Charlie and choose where to act, though the Roll Family’s regular checks for mental interference put a limit on his plans.

• Li Han kept his distance from Li Yong’s conflict with his Good Big Brother because he could not be sure of the man’s identity or intentions.
• Yang Bo told Lin Yue that Li Yong’s Good Big Brother had come to Sky Cloud Star, but kept Li Yong out of his plans against the Zhang Family Secret Vault and Chairman Charlie.
• Yang Bo infiltrated Chairman Charlie’s heavily secured castle using Stealth and explored its forty-two floors and central Sky Garden.
• Yang Bo planted a Mental Seed in Chairman Charlie’s personal assistant, Jiang Bai, and discovered Jiang was a 190-year-old B-Class Superhuman with a rare precognition-like ability.
• Yang Bo decided Jiang Bai could help him track Charlie and find another place to strike, but recognized that the Roll Family’s mental specialists might uncover the seed during their regular inspections.

Yang Bo returned to Sky Cloud Star, visited Lin Yue, and prepared for several operations while waiting for Li John to come back to the Scarlet Federation. Once Li John returned, Yang Bo used a Mental Seed to control him, leaving him unconscious and earning Dream Domination.

• Yang Bo reflected on the limits of his superpowers and how he had developed Space Movement before returning to Sky Cloud Star after fifty-two interstellar standard hours of Stealth.
• Yang Bo visited Lin Yue at his villa, spent most of the day with her, and returned to March Star through the Safe House.
• Yang Bo prepared to kidnap Chairman Charlie, raid the Zhang Family Secret Vault, and hack the Scarlet Federation after Li John returned, while also hosting a banquet for Handy's new Viscount title in Second World.
• Li John returned to Kalaya Province and ordered his subordinates to investigate the heirs of Aquamarine Empire nobles so he could reclaim his losses.
• Yang Bo used a Mental Seed to control Li John, made him open his vault, then removed the seed and left him unconscious, gaining Dream Domination +32.

Yang Bo analyzed Li John's Dream Domination ability, killed him, and took his identity and possessions. After surveying Li John's enormous vault, Yang Bo weighed his plans against the lawless, company-controlled society of the Scarlet Federation.

• Yang Bo realized Dream Domination was a soul-level attack that required eye contact and could backfire against someone with a stronger soul or Mental Power.
• Yang Bo stripped Li John of his possessions, left Biological Samples behind, and disposed of his body in extradimensional space.
• Yang Bo disguised himself as Li John and discovered the vault held vast stores of Energy Stones, rare materials, weapons, Energy Potions, and Gene Evolution Serums.
• Li John's Butler greeted Yang Bo, who ordered him to return to his duties while maintaining Li John's cold demeanor.
• Yang Bo considered the Scarlet Federation's company-run cities, widespread violence, and powerful corporate Superpower Users, and decided to address important matters before targeting high-level officials.

Yang Bo took control of Li John's estate and tested his Mind Perception on its staff while arranging to remove Li John's women. He discovered that many of the estate's trusted employees were spies, and planned to use them as he developed his new territory after finishing his business on Tianze Star.

• Yang Bo left Li John's heavily fortified estate and considered which faction to frame for the hacker virus he planned to plant in a virtual server.
• Yang Bo used Li John's Smart Wristwatch to transfer money and buy homes for Li John's women, then ordered them to leave the estate.
• Yang Bo questioned Xu Shun about his loyalty, planted a Mental Seed in him, and discovered that Xu Shun was an informant for the Bobby Family.
• Yang Bo questioned the estate's sixteen butlers, planted Mental Seeds in all of them, and found that nine were informants for rival companies, shareholders, the Alliance, or the Aquamarine Empire.
• Yang Bo decided to finish his business on Tianze Star before focusing on developing Li John's territory.

Yang Bai planted self-replicating hacker programs in a Golden Lion City gambling website’s virtual server, preparing to attack Tianze Star’s network and make Golden Lion City take the blame. He returned to Sky Cloud Star and began planning his next moves, settling on attacking Chairman Charlie when he visited one of his lovers.

• Yang Bai chose Golden Lion City as the scapegoat for his planned hacker attack and decided against provoking chaos in Vicki City before he was ready.
• Yang Bai entered a Golden Lion City virtual gambling website and used his remote Optoelectric Superpower to implant programs that would spread among virtual servers.
• Yang Bai finished preparing the programs after monitoring the website’s Safety System, then told Butler Xu Shun not to disturb him and went to an Underground Laboratory.
• Yang Bai returned to Sky Cloud Star using Space Movement and considered how to play multiple roles while deciding whether to expose the identity infiltrating the Zhang Family Secret Vault.
• Yang Bai searched Jiang Bai’s memories and decided that Chairman Charlie’s visit to one of his lovers would be the best opportunity to strike.

Yang Bo infiltrated a residence in Aru City and kidnapped Chairman Charlie while he met his lover Lilian. After placing a Spatial Coordinate in the Safe House, Yang Bo escaped through the Maintenance Tunnel, leaving Charlie and Lilian captive.

• Yang Bo waited for Charlie to visit a secret lover in a residence whose Safe House could hold a Spatial Coordinate.
• Yang Bo followed Jiang Bai and Charlie’s bodyguards into the residence, then hid in a Maintenance Tunnel until Charlie and Lilian arrived.
• Yang Bo ambushed Charlie, Jiang Bai, and the two private bodyguards as they entered the residence, knocking them unconscious.
• Yang Bo restrained Charlie, Jiang Bai, and the bodyguards with Inhibition Helmets, then captured Lilian and tied her up beside Charlie.
• Yang Bo placed a Spatial Coordinate in the Safe House and left through the Maintenance Tunnel, while Lilian later called out to Charlie in terror.

Yang Bo exploited a cyberattack on Tianze Star to infiltrate the Zhang Family Bunker and steal its stored Energy Stones. He emptied one vault and planted a timed hydrogen bomb before rushing toward another target vault.

• Yang Bo waited in a Maintenance Tunnel until a hacking program flooded Tianze Star's civilian network, disrupting intelligent systems and triggering alarms.
• Yang Bo left the tunnel during the chaos, changed into a Camouflage suit, and traveled to the Zhang Family Bunker's Lifeboat Passage.
• Yang Bo entered the bunker while its security staff and systems were overwhelmed by the cyberattack's effects on public transportation.
• Yang Bo opened a vault and used Space Movement to carry away 651 boxes of Standard Energy Stones in five minutes.
• Yang Bo planted a timed hydrogen bomb in the emptied vault, closed its door, and hurried toward a second target vault.

Yang Bo emptied the Zhang Family’s vaults and planted bombs in the bunker while its security staff were distracted by the hacker attack. The chapter ended with the commander discovering a real Atomic Bomb in the security center and ordering an emergency evacuation.

• Yang Bo moved more than nine hundred boxes of Natural Energy Stones from the second vault, then locked it and planted two hydrogen bombs inside.
• Yang Bo emptied the third vault of rare materials and placed a high-yield Atomic Bomb there with a timer, then sent it toward the security command center on a Transport Robot.
• Yang Bo sent three more Transport Robots along routes inside the bunker, each carrying a hydrogen bomb, and escaped without being detected.
• Two guards spotted the Atomic Bomb on Transport Robot SG1051 and warned the security command center, whose alarms and surveillance had been disrupted by the hacker attack.
• The commander confirmed the Atomic Bomb was real, learned that a patrol had found a hydrogen bomb and that 05 had detected signs of intrusion, then ordered an S-class protocol and raised the alarm.

After discovering bombs in the Zhang Family Bunker, Aru City's police investigated while Yang Bo escaped and abducted Chairman Charlie. Yang Bo tortured Charlie and prepared to use a recording of his crimes to approach Charlie’s political opponents.

• The police chief dispatched the Special Operations Team to verify the bombs and search the bunker while the Zhang Family’s commander and four guards remained for questioning.
• Yang Bo escaped from the bunker through a river using Space Movement and appeared at the Safe House where Charlie was meeting Lilian.
• Yang Bo broke both of Charlie’s legs, planted a Mental Seed in him, and began recording his interrogation.
• Yang Bo recalled that Charlie controlled a Pirate Group involved in plans to attack March Star’s shipping routes and target Wang Muxue.
• Yang Bo planned to sell the recording to Charlie’s political opponents and use the opportunity to approach them.

Yang Bo tortured Charlie for information, then learned from the news that an Atomic Bomb and two hydrogen bombs threatened Tianze Star. As authorities prepared to destroy the Zhang Family Bunker, evidence that someone had escaped into the wilderness prompted the Planet Governor to order the police chief to suppress the information and clear the scene.

• Yang Bo shocked Charlie with the Inhibition Helmet and left him to think about whom he had angered.
• Yang Bo watched reports that an Atomic Bomb and two hydrogen bombs had been found in the Zhang Family Bunker, with the Atomic Bomb set to detonate soon.
• The police chief learned that lifting the Atomic Bomb triggered a ten-second countdown, and that a person had escaped through the bunker’s Lifeboat Passage into the wilderness.
• Detection drones traced the escapee’s energy trail to a river, raising fears that the person might have brought in more prohibited weapons.
• The Planet Governor berated the police chief, ordered him to silence the Zhang Family Bunker personnel, withdraw his officers, and prepare for the bunker’s destruction by warship Main Cannons.

Tianze Star's Governor ordered the police chief to announce the discovery of bombs in the Zhang Family Bunker and prepare to destroy the area, while investigators questioned the bunker’s person in charge. The public was told the situation was under control, but the investigation left the bunker staff and officials wary of the unknown instigator.

• Tianze Star's Governor ordered the police chief to follow procedure, keep the Zhang Family away from the bunker, and issue a public announcement to prevent panic and assign responsibility.
• The Aru City Police Station announced that two GD1000 hydrogen bombs and a DGR400 Atomic Bomb had been found, that the Atomic Bomb had fifteen minutes left, and that the area would undergo energy destruction at 21:00 Interstellar Standard Time.
• The Police Station released footage of the bombs and expanded the blockade around the Zhang Family Bunker as fighter jets stood by for the operation.
• An interrogator questioned the person in charge of the Zhang Family Bunker about thousands of abnormal data alerts and Team Member No. 05's last communication.
• The bunker’s person in charge blamed the anomalies on the hacker attack and denied having evidence of other problems, while the interrogator privately decided to leave Tianze Star as soon as possible.

Yang Bo watched Tianze Star’s authorities destroy the Zhang Family Bunker with a battleship’s Main Cannon, then followed the officials’ investigation as they struggled to explain the bombs and find someone to blame. The authorities resolved to provide the public with an answer, though they had no evidence to support one.

• The interrogator told the person in charge of the Zhang Family Bunker that the Atomic Bombs would be destroyed by a battleship’s Main Cannon at nine o’clock.
• Yang Bo watched the official announcement and reasoned that the authorities were avoiding mention of the bunker’s emergency exit to protect Tianze Star’s property values.
• At 21:00, the battleship’s Main Cannon struck the Zhang Family Bunker, and experts detected energy fluctuations indicating six hydrogen bombs and two other devices.
• The Alliance President and senior officials debated the killer’s motive, the missing bunker data, and whether the Zhang Family had stockpiled the bombs.
• After learning that the bunker was the Zhang Family’s hidden treasury, the President demanded a public explanation, while the head of the Judicial Department insisted it had to be supported by evidence.

The Alliance leadership decided that the Zhang Family would take responsibility for the bombs found in its bunker, while the Zhang Family Clan Leader learned that the destroyed vault may have held more than twenty trillion in valuables. On March Star, Zhang Bozhen and Butler Niu suspected Ninth Mister’s operation was part of a larger plan, as Yang Bo once again faced Chairman Charlie.

• The President and Vice President concluded that the Zhang Family should take responsibility for the bunker incident because investigators had no evidence of outside involvement, and the officials voted to make that decision.
• The Zhang Family Clan Leader told six core members that the vault’s contents could have been worth more than twenty trillion, then received a secret summons to meet the President.
• Zhang Bozhen and Butler Niu reacted with shock to the scale of Ninth Mister’s operation and worried that it might be connected to the earlier hacker attack or further incidents.
• Butler Niu reasoned that the Alliance departments’ silence showed they had made no progress, and Zhang Bozhen feared they could be dragged into whatever Ninth Mister did next.
• The chapter ended with Yang Bo facing Chairman Charlie again, who remarked that an hour had passed.

Yang Bo tortured Chairman Charlie into confessing to family and political crimes, then forced him to transfer his money and take out loans. Charlie began to recognize the situation as resembling Zhang Letian’s robbery, while Yang Bo prepared to leave him disgraced and indebted.

• Yang Bo shocked Charlie and demanded that he confess, then moved Lilian into another room.
• After further shocks and mutilating Charlie’s toenails, Yang Bo made him describe how he had attacked his brother’s family and framed relatives and political opponents.
• Charlie withheld information about his Pirate Group and lied about some schemes, while Yang Bo let him continue talking for more than five hours.
• Yang Bo threatened to auction off Charlie’s leg unless he paid, and demanded that he transfer his funds and borrow as much as possible.
• Charlie transferred more than 3.5 billion Credit Points and began taking out loans, then remembered that Zhang Letian’s robbery had involved a similar scene.