Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo sensed James’s capture through the Mental Seed and followed the struggle between Anbang Bank and Tate over James’s secret share mortgage. After Anbang Bank brought James in for questioning, Yang Bo guided his suspicions toward Tate, and James accused Tate of setting up the deal and possibly providing false information about Li John.

• Yang Bo felt James lose consciousness as Anbang Bank operatives captured him and two of Tate’s men, while the Alliance blamed the Zhang Family for the Tianze Star atomic bomb incident and announced political resignations and new elections.
• Anbang Bank reviewed footage of James’s share pledge and sent fighter jets to support its Special Operations Team as Tate ordered his followers to stop them.
• Anbang Bank’s modified Flying Car escaped Vicki City jurisdiction, and fighter jets locked onto the two pursuing Flying Cars, cutting off Tate’s communications.
• Anbang Bank interrogated James with a drug that heightened pain while Yang Bo used the Mental Seed to steer James toward suspecting Tate.
• James told Anbang Bank that Tate had been involved in the share mortgage and might also have provided false information for the mission against Li John.

Anbang Bank interrogated James over his failed attempt to mortgage shares and suspected Tate had orchestrated it, while Yang Bo’s Mental Seed pushed James to blame Tate. Anbang Bank moved to pressure Tate and the Bobby Family, but James suddenly became a vegetable, and Li John received an anonymous email about the share mortgage.

• Anbang Bank's Supervisory Minister interrogated James, who blamed Tate for manipulating him into mortgaging his shares.
• Anbang Bank's shareholders debated how to punish Tate and the Bobby Family despite lacking concrete evidence.
• Tate denied involvement when Anbang Bank's Supervisory Minister confronted him and threatened to contact his company and family.
• Yang Bo dispelled the Mental Seed in James's mind, causing James to faint at Anbang Bank's base.
• Yang Bo returned to Xiaoyao Manor and gained Fighting +16, then learned that Li John had received an anonymous email about James's share mortgage.

Yang Bo helped remove Tate as chairman of Black Star Company after Anbang Bank exposed James, then declined the interim position in favor of Nelson. Tate and James were soon killed in explosions, while Yang Bo gained influence over the company through Nelson.

• Pete told Yang Bo that Anbang Bank had exposed James and wanted Tate removed from the board.
• Yang Bo joined the shareholders in condemning Tate, who was removed as chairman after abstaining from the vote.
• Yang Bo declined the interim chairmanship, and the shareholders appointed general manager Nelson instead.
• Explosions struck near Tate and James's homes, and the shareholders learned that Tate's family and James's family had been killed.
• Yang Bo discreetly planted a Mental Seed in Nelson and promised to support him as interim chairman.

Yang Bo agreed to support Nelson’s operation against Golden Lion City in exchange for promised rewards, while preparing to acquire warships and handling business with Butler Niu. The chapter ended with Yang Bo revealing that he had helped arrange the affair involving Charlie to divert public attention, shocking Butler Niu.

• Yang Bo brushed off Nelson’s request for support, met with Pete and other shareholders, and refused to promise them backing without tangible benefits.
• Nelson described the heavily armed mines in Golden Lion City and offered Yang Bo double credit, priority in choosing spoils, mine shares, and compensation for losses.
• Yang Bo accepted Nelson’s request to join the operation and told him to send the plan, leaving Nelson surprised and relieved.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star, spent the day shopping with Su Wei, Xi Ya, and Annie, then met Butler Niu at the coast to review a list of purchasable warships, satellites, Bionic Humans, and mechas.
• Yang Bo told Butler Niu that he had helped arrange Charlie’s affair to divert public attention, leaving Butler Niu shocked.

Yang Bo selected a modified Grade 3 battleship, and Butler Niu agreed to help arrange the purchase. After hearing the report, Zhang Bozhen ordered March Star to pursue loans and insurance for the ship and urgently obtain more pharmaceuticals from Ninth Mister.

• Yang Bo reviewed the battleship grades and prices, then chose a 600-meter modified Grade 3 battleship costing 1.2 trillion Credit Points.
• Butler Niu agreed to the order and explained that Alliance approvals and subcontracted manufacturing would make delivery take about two years.
• Yang Bo agreed to deepen cooperation in pharmaceuticals and arranged for someone to collect the medicines the next day.
• Butler Niu reported the meeting to Zhang Bozhen, who reacted to the news that his actions had led to Charlie's affair and approved of the battleship choice.
• Zhang Bozhen ordered the Planetary Council to apply for a battleship purchase using March Star's tax revenue as collateral, seek loans, and buy insurance.
• Zhang Bozhen told Butler Niu to prepare materials and contact Ninth Mister urgently for pharmaceuticals, acknowledging they could no longer easily part ways.

Zhang Bozhen planned to use dealings with Ninth Mister to strengthen March Star, while Yang Bo devised ways to acquire a warship and build influence in the Federation and Ninth Fleet. He began drawing Liu Zhijie into his plans by revealing his potion-making achievements and arranging introductions to potential test subjects.

• Zhang Bozhen decided to accelerate approval for a warship purchase and expected March Star to become secure through future trades with Ninth Mister.
• Yang Bo planned to buy an Alliance warship, disguise it as a pirate vessel, and gain a higher profile by defeating pirates, while considering how to recruit a crew.
• Yang Bo contacted Liu Zhijie and invited him over, hoping to make connections with the Ninth Fleet through Wang Muxue.
• Yang Bo told Liu Zhijie that he could make C-Class Five-Star Potions, had reached roughly D-Class in his superpower, and could customize Gene Evolution Serum.
• Yang Bo suggested Liu Zhijie introduce people for human trials, and Su Wei and the other two returned from training as Beginner Mecha Pilots.

Yang Bo and Liu Zhijie discussed March Star’s concert, political instability, and Liu’s need for income, while Yang Bo agreed to make serums and help contact two people. After Liu left, Yang Bo wondered whether Wang Muxue would agree to his plan, then hurried to Vicki City to discuss an attack on Golden Lion City.

• Liu Zhijie realized Yang Bo’s serums had helped Su Wei, Annie, and Xi Ya become Beginner Mecha Pilots.
• At dinner, Liu Zhijie discussed March Star’s concert crowds, fan conflicts, and the mystery surrounding the abduction of Tianze Star’s Speaker.
• Liu Zhijie asked Yang Bo to notify two people and make him Two-Star serums, offering to provide post-injection data for Yang Bo’s experiments.
• Yang Bo and Liu Zhijie compared their experiences in several games, and Yang Bo revealed that he had earned several million selling Gold Coins in Second World.
• Yang Bo agreed to prepare serums the next day, and Liu Zhijie left to contact Wang Muxue and Zhou Rui.
• Yang Bo wondered whether Wang Muxue would take the bait, then went to Vicki City to discuss a detailed battle plan against Golden Lion City.

Nelson briefed Li John and Black Star Company’s leaders on a plan to seize Luo’s Iron Mine and the Uranium Mine, assigning Li John to confront the Luo Family’s two master-level Mecha Pilots. Wanting to learn more and build his reputation, Yang Bo flew to the iron mine undetected and turned invisible outside its defenses.

• Nelson revealed that the Luo Family’s Skull Mech Squad guarded Luo’s Iron Mine and asked Li John to handle its two master-level Mecha Pilots.
• Nelson outlined a dawn operation in which mercenaries would feint at the Uranium Mine while the main force attacked the iron mine, then join the assault on the Uranium Mine.
• Yang Bo reviewed the plan, accepted responsibility for the two Mecha Pilots, and chose not to suggest changing the attack order.
• Yang Bo decided to scout Luo’s Iron Mine and flew there at night, using his Optoelectric Superpower to evade radar.
• Yang Bo reached the mine’s outer wall unseen and used Stealth before beginning his reconnaissance.

Yang Bo infiltrated the mine and learned that the Luo Family’s Skull Mech Squad was guarding containers of family wealth while Golden Lion City faced political threats. After surveying the defenses and returning to Xiaoyao Manor, he went back to March Star, where Zhou Rui, Wang Muxue, and Liu Zhijie were waiting.

• Yang Bo entered the mine under Stealth and observed its defenses, workers, and entertainment venue.
• Yang Bo overheard two master-level Mecha Pilots from the Luo Family’s Skull Mech Squad discuss Li John, the Pufferfish Mercenaries, and the Alliance investigation.
• Yang Bo discovered that the squad guarded two bomb-rigged containers holding part of the Luo Family’s wealth, and he considered attacking them for the skills he might gain.
• Yang Bo surveyed the mine’s security and command arrangements, then rode an ore truck out and inspected the Uranium Mine.
• Yang Bo returned to Xiaoyao Manor, noted that its radar needed upgrading, and then traveled back to March Star.
• Yang Bo arrived at a villa in the rain, where Zhou Rui, Wang Muxue, and Liu Zhijie greeted him.

Yang Bo offered customized Gene Evolution Serums to his allies, then prepared to join a mercenary assault on Luo Mining Site in the Federation. As the forces assembled, he launched his mecha toward the battlefield.

• Yang Bo told Wang Muxue, Zhou Rui, and Liu Zhijie that his customized serums had shown no side effects in animal trials and had succeeded in every human trial so far.
• Yang Bo agreed to supply serums for up to thirty people at a time and prepared several Two-Star Gene Evolution Serums for Liu Zhijie.
• Yang Bo collected materials from Butler Niu, produced serums for Zhang Bozhen, and noticed politicians pushing for stronger security forces on March Star.
• Yang Bo traveled to Black Star Company and learned Nelson was ready to begin the operation against Luo Mining Site after mercenary groups settled contract terms.
• Yang Bo joined the mercenary forces at the Vicki City and Golden Lion City border, and launched his mecha when Nelson gave the order to move.

Yang Bo led Black Star Company's surprise assault on Luo's Iron Mine, reaching the Skull Mech Squad's base before its pilots were ready and capturing the squad. He discovered the squad was guarding something inside the base and shared a live feed with Nelson as the mission moved toward its second phase.

• Black Star Company's teams advanced toward Luo's Iron Mine, where a hidden sentry post exposed the attackers and prompted Nelson to order the assault.
• Yang Bo accelerated to extreme speed, destroyed the mine's radar with missiles and lasers, and stormed into its base.
• Yang Bo found the Skull Mech Squad's pilots unprepared, destroyed the base's automatic sentry weapons, and shot down armored guards.
• Yang Bo knocked aside two pilots rushing to their mechas and reported that the Skull Mech Squad had been taken down.
• Nelson praised Yang Bo and asked what to do next, while Yang Bo told him to send people to secure the prisoners and shared a live feed as he asked the squad what it was guarding.

Yang Bo and Black Star Company took control of the Skull Mech Squad's base, and Yang Bo led mercenaries toward Luo's Iron Mine. When Golden Lion City deployed forces to intervene, Yang Bo went to confront them alone.

• Yang Bo defeated the Skull Mech Squad, and Nelson ordered its pilots to surrender their mecha control keys or be treated as resistors.
• Mercenaries secured the base and captured prisoners while Nelson organized the operation's next phase.
• Yang Bo led twenty-five mechas toward Luo's Iron Mine as Nelson mobilized Black Star Company's forces to seize nearby territory.
• Nelson reported that Golden Lion City had sent five fighters, thirty mechas, and other armed vehicles to the area.
• Yang Bo told Nelson to continue along the planned route while he went to face Golden Lion City's forces.

Yang Bo intercepted Golden Lion City's fighters and destroyed them before using their missiles against the ground forces waiting behind them. He then plunged into the damaged unit with his mech melee weapon and began attacking its mechs.

• Yang Bo detected the Luo Family's reinforcements but ignored them, then discovered five Golden Lion City fighters heading toward the Uranium Mine.
• Yang Bo's mech shot down all five fighters after the pilots detected him and the fighters launched more than forty missiles.
• Yang Bo accelerated ahead of the missiles and led them toward Golden Lion City's waiting ground unit, then vanished from radar as the unit prepared to fire.
• Yang Bo reappeared at ground level and flew over the unit, causing the pursuing missiles to explode above it and kill more than twenty people.
• Yang Bo pulled up, circled back with his mech melee weapon drawn, and began attacking the unit's mechs.

Yang Bo, operating as Li John, disabled Golden Lion City’s forces and forced their remaining troops to surrender before Black Star Company secured the Uranium Mine. The battle was livestreamed, and the company began turning the mine into an outpost as Yang Bo considered the fame and rewards he had gained.

• Yang Bo detonated Golden Lion City’s missiles, then used the confusion to disable more than twenty mechas and lock the surviving troops in place with his Laser Cannon.
• Black Star Company’s mercenaries arrived, rounded up prisoners, and inventoried the captured equipment while most of the Uranium Mine’s occupants fled.
• Nelson saw the mine had been abandoned and promised to ensure Yang Bo received proper credit for his contribution.
• Yang Bo detected the Luo Family’s reinforcements retreating but chose not to pursue them, judging their equipment and skills to be poor.
• Nelson arrived with company security personnel, who began fortifying the Uranium Mine as Black Star Company’s outpost.
• Pete told Yang Bo that Golden Lion City had livestreamed the battle, unintentionally publicizing his victory.

Yang Bo watched Golden Lion City's unclear satellite footage of his victory, while Black Star Company consolidated its gains around Vicki City. Golden Lion City panicked and considered its options, but Nelson and the shareholders decided not to advance farther as the chapter ended with Yang Bo backing that cautious stance.

• Yang Bo watched Golden Lion City's livestream and learned that the footage had failed to capture his battle clearly; Nelson asked him what to do with two captured Mecha Grandmasters, and Yang Bo left the decision to the company.
• Golden Lion City sounded the alarm after its force was wiped out, prompting an emergency City Parliament meeting, military mobilization, and a traffic-clogging exodus toward East Port City.
• Nelson directed Black Star Company to secure Luo's Iron Mine, the Uranium Mine, and other assets while coordinating with the other Vicki City companies.
• Mayor Mardon confronted Nelson about the occupation, but Nelson stalled him by pointing to Golden Lion City's unresolved hacking scandal and the Alliance's likely demand for compensation.
• Nelson and the shareholders concluded they should not attack Golden Lion City further, and Yang Bo agreed that the company should wait for the Alliance investigation.

Yang Bo learned that the Brotherhood had placed a 500-million-credit bounty on Li John and considered targeting the assassin network later. He declined an immediate invitation to join the Federation Mecha Pilot Guild, instead asking the company to expand his estate, and discovered how exclusive the guild was.

• Pete told Li John that someone had offered 500 million Credit Points through the Brotherhood for his assassination, and Yang Bo suspected the Luo Family.
• Yang Bo browsed the Brotherhood’s network and planned to gather information and use Mental Seeds to gain control of its core members later.
• Nelson announced that the Federation Mecha Pilot Guild had invited Li John to join, but Yang Bo declined for the time being.
• Yang Bo asked the company to arrange the purchase of neighboring land to expand Xiaoyao Manor, and Nelson agreed.
• Yang Bo read the guild’s strict mecha ownership requirements and learned that the Federation had sixty-two known Mecha Grandmasters.

Yang Bo joined the Federation Mecha Pilot Guild as a senior member, gaining access to restricted mecha purchases and drawing Black Star Company shareholders’ interest. After his battle made Li John famous across the interstellar community, he returned to March Star and watched Su Wei and the others admire the commentators’ exaggerated analysis of his combat.

• Yang Bo joined the Federation Mecha Pilot Guild as a senior member and learned the limits and benefits of purchasing mechas through it.
• Nelson and Black Star Company’s shareholders asked Yang Bo to help acquire equipment and discussed making the company an affiliated member unit, but Yang Bo deferred the decision.
• Two hours later, the Uranium Mine’s defenses were complete, while Golden Lion City struggled with the Alliance investigation and the threat of bankruptcy.
• Li John’s battle footage and combat data spread widely, and the guild announced his membership and scheduled a rank assessment for three days later.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star to attend concerts with Su Wei and the other two, who watched commentators praise Li John’s battle and asked whether they should hire a Mecha Pilot to train them.

Yang Bo sought a skilled sparring partner for Su Wei, Annie, and Siya, who had recently become Beginner Mecha Pilots. Wang Muxue arranged for two Mecha Grandmasters in the Ninth Fleet to consider helping, and Aida agreed while Matt remained undecided.

• Su Wei asked Yang Bo to find an experienced Mecha Pilot to train her and the others, and Annie and Siya recommended looking through the Mecha Pilot Guild.
• Yang Bo contacted Wang Muxue and explained that he wanted a Grandmaster-level sparring partner for Su Wei and her friends.
• Wang Muxue told Yang Bo she would approach two Mecha Grandmasters in the Ninth Fleet, then assured the three women that a high-level pilot was likely available.
• Wang Muxue asked Matt to spar with the three Beginner Mecha Pilots, and he hesitated when he learned what the request involved.
• Wang Muxue asked Aida to help, and Aida agreed; Wang Muxue then offered her a rare customized Gene Evolution Serum slot.

Yang Bo arranged for Su Wei and the other two to train aboard the Ninth Fleet under Aida, while keeping their identities secret. He also traveled between March Star, Devon Star, and the Federation to handle production, investigate the God Hall’s presence, and reschedule the Mecha Pilot Guild’s assessment of Li John.

• Yang Bo told Su Wei and the other two they would train with the Ninth Fleet under a Grandmaster-level Mecha Pilot, and Wang Muxue arranged their transport, access, and training preparations.
• Su Wei and the other two eagerly discussed Wang Muxue, the Alliance’s female general, and asked Yang Bo whether they could meet her.
• Yang Bo went to Devon Star, reviewed White’s production plan, and ordered Jerry Butler to monitor the independent investigation team and the reported God Hall members.
• Yang Bo produced Ultra-High Temperature Material and components on Devon Star, then returned to March Star and accompanied Su Wei and the other two to the concert.
• In the Federation, Yang Bo reviewed Black Star Company’s operation report and changed the Mecha Pilot Guild’s appointment to assess Li John’s skills.

Yang Bo attended a gathering with Su Wei and the others before traveling to Vicki City to take the Federation Mecha Pilot Guild’s certification test. After an astonishing Mach 15 turn, he earned Grandmaster rank and became a Super Member of the Guild.

• Yang Bo agreed to help Liu Zhijie arrange Gene Evolution Serum commissions and promised Su Wei, Annie, and Siya gifts if they became Advanced Mecha Pilots.
• Yang Bo discussed studying the Secondary Mutation bees in Wan Hua Valley and promised to play the Second Game World with Su Wei, Annie, and Siya when spring arrived.
• Yang Bo went to Black Star Company’s headquarters, where Maria introduced Jenny, Monica, and Luna as Guild-paid assistants assigned to serve him.
• Yang Bo chose the Guild’s specialized mecha and discovered flaws in its standalone operating system while familiarizing himself with its controls.
• Yang Bo accelerated the mecha to Mach 15, executed a controlled midair turn, and returned safely to the starting point.
• Maria certified Yang Bo as a Super Member of the Federation Mecha Pilot Guild at Grandmaster level, the fastest such certification in its history.