Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo, disguised as Li John, ambushed four pirate gangs with overwhelming firepower and threatened them on a livestream, aiming to seize their C-Class Battleships. The Iron Head Pirate Gang began negotiating a retreat, while the Federation President recognized that Li John's plan was succeeding.

• The Fierce Dragon, Warrior, Iron Head, and Invincible Pirate Gang leaders learned the Federation Fifth Fleet had been destroyed and agreed to stop trusting one another.
• Yang Bo positioned four C-Class Battleships along the gangs' escape route while the pirates rested during Silent Navigation.
• Yang Bo attacked the twenty-eight pirate warships, then livestreamed as Li John and threatened the gangs with further fire unless they abandoned their ships.
• The pirate gangs suffered repeated hits, including damage to engines and other ships, while Li John used solid Energy Stones to sustain intense fire.
• Iron Head asked General Li for mercy and promised that his gang would withdraw within five minutes.
• The Federation President realized Li John's plan had succeeded, while the Federation Vice President resented his growing strength.

Yang Bo, posing as Li John, destroyed the Invincible Pirate Gang’s flagship, seized three C-Class Battleships, and expanded his plans to exploit the pirate gangs and the Federation’s weakness. After arranging new raids and preparing to hack the drifting Boulder, he returned to Devon Star as Bart and planned to deal with Red Earl’s people when Ning Xue’s family arrived.

• Yang Bo destroyed the Invincible Pirate Gang’s flagship after its commander defied him, forcing the Warrior and Fierce Dragon Pirate Gangs to retreat and surrender their C-Class Battleships.
• Yang Bo took control of the three captured battleships, then spoke with Lisa and Vivian and ordered four allied Pirate Groups to disguise themselves and raid the Federal Central State.
• Yang Bo asked Zhang Bozhen for a battleship-grade optical computer so he could study hacking, while the Federation Military announced that the Boulder had gone out of control.
• Yang Bo directed the Boulder toward a dangerous star region, then traveled to Devon Star disguised as Bart and discussed the Federation’s weakness with Ning Xue, Bai Lu, and Hong Xiu.
• Yang Bo agreed to host a banquet for Ning Xue’s arriving family in half a month and planned to attack Red Earl’s stewards when they reached Devon Star.

Yang Bo attended the Empire’s Space Technology conference as Grand Duke Bart, then investigated suspicious arrivals on Devon Star and identified Marquis Mingde as a likely threat. He planned to capture Mingde that night and use him to uncover the Red Earl’s secrets.

• Yang Bo listened as Ning Xue and Bai Lu discussed Li John’s pirate victories, then warned them that the mysterious warlord might be someone’s White Glove.
• Yang Bo attended the First Imperial Space Technology Exchange Conference with White and the other researchers, who presented their work to imperial officials and scholars.
• Disguised as Wood, Yang Bo examined Devon Star’s passenger records and found that Marquis Mingde had arrived with five suspicious companions.
• Yang Bo had Allen investigate Mingde and learned that he had rented a seaside guesthouse and yacht whose route approached Bart’s territory.
• Yang Bo decided to capture Marquis Mingde that night and plant a Mental Seed in him, hoping to expose the Red Earl’s remaining base or secret.

Yang Bo traced Marquis Mingde’s visit to Devon Star to a Red Earl operation linked to the Golden Oak Grand Duke, then intercepted two operatives installing a bionic fish near Bart Territory. He captured the operatives and their equipment and returned to Bart Territory, intending to use the evidence against the Grand Duke.

• Yang Bo infiltrated Marquis Mingde’s yacht and learned from Zhang Feng’s memories that one woman with the group was a bodyguard and a Red Earl suspect, while the Golden Oak Grand Duke owned Shield Security Company.
• Yang Bo learned Marquis Mingde planned to visit Paradise Island to meet someone interested in his family heirlooms, and suspected the meeting was a lure connected to Red Earl.
• Yang Bo watched two Shield Security Company employees take the yacht out, then followed them underwater to a site near Bart Territory’s border.
• The two operatives assembled a bionic fish containing two round devices, but Yang Bo attacked in octopus camouflage, killed the man, and disabled the woman.
• Bart Territory’s security system detected the bodies, and Yang Bo arrived in his Space Mecha, collected the operatives and bionic fish in Space Boxes, and flew back to Bart Territory.

Yang Bo uncovered Golden Oak Grand Duke’s covert methods and exposed an attempted Energy Virus attack, then used the resulting investigation to put pressure on him. As Red Earl’s Countess ordered the purification operation on Devon Star to continue, Yang Bo went undercover on Paradise Island to monitor three new operatives.

• Yang Bo learned from the two captured butlers that they were impostors posing as Shield Security Company employees and that they had carried an Energy Virus intended to destroy Bart Territory.
• Yang Bo discovered that bionic reconnaissance birds emitted encoded Subsonic Waves that could reveal their locations, and he connected the system to Golden Oak Grand Duke’s intelligence network.
• Yang Bo sent the barely alive suspects and evidence to the authorities, prompting their transfer to the Empire’s Ministry of Homeland Security and forcing Golden Oak Grand Duke to fear an investigation.
• Golden Oak Grand Duke consulted Red Earl’s Countess, who ordered the Devon Star purification operation to continue and said Bart must die.
• Yang Bo tracked three more Red Earl operatives to Paradise Island, where he watched them in Stealth while Marquis Mingde enjoyed himself nearby.

Yang Bo uncovered the Red Earl operatives’ cautious plan to attack Zhang Sen’s villa with an Antimatter Bomb and prepared an overwhelming counterstrike. After moving Catherine to a hidden laboratory, he detonated a Super Hydrogen Bomb near the villa, and the chapter ended with him rushing to the blast site after realizing one attacker might still be alive.

• Yang Bo learned that Li William, Chen Peter, and Julie planned to attack Zhang Sen’s villa with a remotely controlled Space Mecha carrying an Antimatter Bomb.
• After discovering the operatives had concealed their true timing and methods, Yang Bo brought a Super Hydrogen Bomb to Zhang Sen’s Safe House and rescued Catherine through Mecha Recall.
• Yang Bo took Catherine to a private laboratory, gave her a new identity, and told her to live there as his personal secretary.
• Yang Bo went to the Circular Hotel and waited as Red Earl’s operatives carried out their attack.
• A Super Hydrogen Bomb exploded near Zhang Sen’s villa, triggering the highest planetary alert and giving Yang Bo two Mind Control skill points.
• Yang Bo realized the two skill points meant one person had survived and headed toward the blast site in his Space Mecha.

Yang Bo used a Super Hydrogen Bomb to destroy Zhang Sen’s villa and eliminate two Red Earl Butlers, then planted a Mental Seed in the survivor, Julie. The Empire launched an investigation that focused on Red Earl, while Yang Bo returned to Bart’s territory and prepared to strike the Golden Oak Grand Duke’s industrial empire.

• Yang Bo livestreamed the devastation from a Space Mecha disguised as Bart and rescued Julie from the wreckage, planting a Mental Seed in her before continuing toward the blast center.
• The Empire declared a state of emergency, and scans revealed suspicious antimatter-damaged mecha components near the crater where Zhang Sen’s villa had stood.
• Yang Bo attended a tense Council of Elders meeting, rejected a proposal for reconstruction funds, and left as other Grand Dukes demanded an investigation’s results.
• The Senate and House of Representatives erupted in anger, while investigators traced Julie and two missing tour-group companions to the blast area and found evidence linking them to Space Boxes.
• Yang Bo returned to Bart’s territory and anonymously posted Bionic Bird data on a Hacker Forum, offering a reward for anyone who could find its bugs.

Yang Bo used the Hacker Forum to build a cover while waiting for the Empire to respond to the terrorist attack, then pursued influence on Devon Star and expanded Li John's political and military power. The Pirate Alliance offered Li John intelligence and support against rival pirate groups, but Yang Bo rejected the offer to avoid giving them leverage.

• Yang Bo registered on the Hacker Forum, studied its discussions, and waited to see whether other hackers could uncover the vulnerability in the program he had posted as Bart.
• Yang Bo blamed the Empire for the terrorist attack when Su Wei, Wang Muxue, and the others discussed the news, while the Empire publicly accused the Red Earl and the Alliance began cooperating with its investigation.
• Yang Bo delayed meeting the New Nobles seeking Bart's allegiance, planned to replace officials on Devon Star with his own people, and kept the private laboratory's personnel confidential.
• Yang Bo returned to Li John's fleet, accepted Lisa's and Vivian's recommendations for new companions and staff, and convened a meeting to advance a Space Dock project in Kalaya Province.
• The Pirate Alliance secretly offered Li John intelligence and support against disobedient pirate groups, including the Silver Moon Pirate Gang, but Yang Bo refused because cooperation could give them leverage over him.

Yang Bo returned to Kalaya Province, strengthened his influence there, and then logged into the Second World, where he discovered the Thieves Guild was attacking Green City. After learning the players had concealed the raid to profit from it, he took control of the battle and uncovered signs that the attackers followed an intelligent command system.

• Yang Bo withdrew the Mental Seeds from the two Red Earl butlers after they reached the Ministry of Homeland Security’s Secret Prison, leaving them vegetative and increasing his Mind Control.
• Disguised as Li John, Yang Bo attended a welcome reception in Kalaya Province, agreed to advance the Space Dock project, and promised three captured C-Class Battleships for the provincial fleet.
• Yang Bo used the Pirate Groups’ new warships and intelligence access to plan future strikes against Central State, then returned to March Star and logged into the Second World.
• Su Hai told Yang Bo that players had known Green City would be attacked but kept quiet so they could gain achievements and seize the Thieves Guild’s loot.
• Yang Bo rejected the players’ plan, ordered an attack on the Thieves Guild, and discovered that its fighters seemed to have a system that replaced commanders when one was killed.

Yang Bo used the battle against the Thieves Guilds to weaken his influence in the Second World, winning the City Lord of Green City's trust by requesting forty Knight Territories for his players. After logging out, he discussed his return to the game with Su Wei, while his plans left Su Hai's group competing for villages under the watch of the City Lord and the hidden administrators.

• Yang Bo persuaded Su Hai and the other players to fight the Thieves Guilds, promising to request knighthoods for those who earned merit.
• Yang Bo killed the Thieves Guild commanders, disrupting their orders as his forces and Green City's knights attacked from both sides and drove the survivors away.
• Yang Bo asked the City Lord of Green City to grant Knight Territories to players who would pledge allegiance directly to the City Lord, then secured forty slots.
• Yang Bo let Su Hai's group distribute the slots, intending to divide them and draw scrutiny away from his growing territory.
• After logging out, Yang Bo told Su Wei he had returned to the Second World to test his hacking skills, and she warned that the other players' ambitions might fail.

Yang Bo let forty-four knights leave his territory with their retainers, appointed Li En as Grand Steward, and was then summoned to serve at the Borderlands. Su Wei, Annie, and Xi Ya decided to accompany him, and Yang Bo set out in the game while they remained behind in reality.

• Su Wei showed Yang Bo, Annie, and Xi Ya the players' group chat as the territory's factions fought over forty knight slots, while Yang Bo hoped the departing nobles would weaken their factions.
• Yang Bo accepted the submitted list of forty knights, offered them Gold Coins and equipment, and secured four additional slots for Su Hai, who left with the other knights and about two thousand players.
• Yang Bo appointed Li En as Grand Steward, gave the remaining players Silver Coins, and arranged for NPCs and players to monitor one another.
• The City Lord of Green City told Yang Bo that the Kingdom had summoned him to serve at the Borderlands for six months, and Yang Bo accepted the assignment.
• Su Wei, Annie, and Xi Ya asked to accompany Yang Bo to the Borderlands, and he agreed before setting out in the game.

Yang Bo’s game character traveled from Green City to the Royal Capital of the Red Maple Leaf Kingdom, where the Military Department ordered him to report to Redwood Fortress. After learning that a major battle was expected there, Yang Bo planned to buy equipment and leave for the front.

• Yang Bo’s game character rode alone from Green City toward the Royal Capital, staying alert for attempts by game administrators to kill him.
• Near the Royal Capital, Yang Bo refused a merchant’s request to carry goods past the city’s taxes because he feared breaking the law could be used to frame him.
• After entering the Royal Capital, Yang Bo reported to the Military Department and received orders to reach Redwood Fortress within twenty days.
• Yang Bo learned from a tavern bartender that a major battle might occur at Redwood Fortress within months and that a merchant caravan would leave for it the day after tomorrow.
• The bartender directed Yang Bo to a weapons seller and offered a way to avoid the assignment for two thousand Gold Coins, but Yang Bo chose to prepare for the journey to Redwood Fortress.

Yang Bo bought a bow and arrows, became general of Mountain Corner Fortress, and settled into the posting while advancing plans in the real world. After tracing a hidden subsonic-wave program in Golden Oak Grand Duke Company’s bionic robots, he learned that two B-Class Battleships would soon arrive and planned to seize them and frame the Pirate Alliance for his next move.

• Yang Bo bought a Bone Bow, armor-piercing arrows, and fire arrows before traveling to Redwood Fortress.
• Earl Liton appointed Yang Bo general of Mountain Corner Fortress, where Yang Bo inspected the weapons and settled in with two hundred soldiers and three hundred serfs.
• After logging out, Yang Bo visited Catherine, removed the level restriction from his hacker bounty, and later analyzed the hidden program that caused certain bionic robots to emit subsonic waves.
• Yang Bo met Wang Muxue, then learned from Zhang Bozhen that two B-Class Battleships would depart for March Star the following month.
• Yang Bo planned to claim the two battleships for the Second World Planetary Fleet, persuade Zhang Bozhen to order A-Class Battleships, and blame the Pirate Alliance for a future operation.

Yang Bo advanced his plan to leave March Star and used his hacker skills to uncover a backdoor in Bionic Reconnaissance Devices. As Bart, he exposed the flaw in a livestream and accused powerful figures, including Red Earl, of aiding terrorists, leaving the Empire's great nobles demanding answers.

• Yang Bo installed his military-grade optical computer, developed hacker tools, and learned that a game player had lost his title and territory after bandits killed him.
• Yang Bo finished Bart's bounty by finding an abnormal program, then traveled to Devon Star and promised Catherine he would consider having a child after the Legitimate Eldest Son was born.
• As Bart, Yang Bo livestreamed evidence that some Bionic Reconnaissance Devices emitted Subsonic Waves that could reveal their locations and routes.
• Yang Bo linked the devices' backdoor to the terrorist attack on Bart Territory and questioned whether other Imperial alarm systems had similar vulnerabilities.
• Yang Bo accused the Imperial Security Department of failing to catch the backdoor and suggested Red Earl might be connected to terrorist attacks, prompting alarm among the Empire's great nobles.

Yang Bo used Bart’s livestream to intensify pressure on Golden Oak Grand Duke while preparing to seize two B-Class Battleships with an Interstellar Creature attack as cover. The chapter ended with Yang Bo learning that Golden Oak Grand Duke had vanished and that the Empire had been watching a clone, leaving him concerned that the fugitive might target Bart.

• The Alliance and Federation condemned the Empire after an Imperial Earl confirmed Bart’s claims about the bionic robots, and the Alliance imposed sweeping trade and security restrictions.
• Yang Bo convened an emergency meeting as Governor of Kalaya Province, while Li John issued strict new regulations for the Kalaya Province Planetary Fleet.
• Yang Bo planned to capture two B-Class Battleships during their journey to March Star by staging an Interstellar Creature attack and disguising his involvement.
• Yang Bo bought an identity in Sky Cloud Star’s Underground City and boarded a passenger-cargo spaceship scheduled to cross paths with the battleships.
• The Empire raised its alert levels and banned Golden Oak Grand Duke’s security products, while Yang Bo learned that Golden Oak Grand Duke had disappeared and that the watched Grand Duke was a clone.

Yang Bo infiltrated a transfer spaceport and used a stolen escort identity to plant energy-disrupting Interstellar Creatures aboard two B-Class Battleships. After the ships departed, he sabotaged their systems and sealed their doors, leaving the Alliance scrambling to respond to the apparent creature intrusion.

• Yang Bo arrived at the transfer spaceport, learned from a Mecha Master that the two B-Class Battleships would remain there for four days, and waited for his chance.
• Yang Bo knocked out an escorting Mecha Pilot, took his identity, and planted spider-shaped Interstellar Creatures aboard both battleships before they left port.
• Once the battleships were underway, Yang Bo directed the creatures to disrupt their energy and communications systems while avoiding surveillance.
• The crews received escalating system warnings and found that the internal doors had been welded shut, while Yang Bo blended into the responding personnel.
• Alliance officials reviewing the footage saw a strange spider with crackling blue arcs weld a door shut, and identified the intruders as Interstellar Creatures.

Yang Bo escaped with two B-Class Battleships after taking control of them during an Interstellar Creature emergency, while the Alliance’s response sparked political turmoil and widespread defenses. He then obtained an Exploration Permit to search March Star for Interstellar Creatures and prepared to explore with Su Wei and the others.

• Alliance officials debated how to handle Interstellar Creatures aboard two battleships, then ordered their crews to evacuate and sent the ships toward a star for destruction.
• Yang Bo altered an Escape Pod’s program, disabled the battleships’ remote controls and engines, and secretly took both ships into the starry sky with the Interstellar Creatures under his control.
• Search-and-rescue personnel discovered a bound person in a restroom, revealing that someone had impersonated a crew member to infiltrate the battleships.
• Yang Bo told Zhang Bozhen that the incident had alerted the Alliance, while Zhang Bozhen remained unaware that Yang Bo had taken the ships and continued planning their deal.
• News of the creatures’ discovery spread, triggering political resignations, protests over active radar, and defensive mobilization by the Alliance and the other two countries.
• Yang Bo obtained an Exploration Permit from Zhang Bozhen with a thirty-percent share of any discoveries, then set out with Su Wei and the other two to explore March Star.

Yang Bo discovered a colony of stealth-capable Interstellar Creature hatchlings beneath March Star and livestreamed himself holding one, making him famous and drawing researchers’ attention. Zhang Bozhen secured the site and entrusted the discovery to Yang Bo, who left with a specimen to study.

• Yang Bo found an Underground River nest of Interstellar Creature hatchlings and captured one in an energy-shielding sample bag.
• Yang Bo livestreamed the creature’s stealth and energy attacks, and viewers across the interstellar world watched him hold it barehanded.
• Zhang Bozhen sealed off March Star and arrived with officials after the livestream drew attention.
• Yang Bo led Zhang Bozhen and the officials to the dense colony, and they agreed that researchers seeking access would have to share their technology.
• Yang Bo took his specimen home with Su Wei, Xi Ya, and Annie, then discovered that an Energy Stone made it stop struggling.

Yang Bo studied a living Interstellar Creature and explained the fallout from the Bart bounty before secretly rebuilding his captured warships. After learning the Empire’s Council of Elders was meeting, he transformed into Bart and went to Devon Star to negotiate for control of the planet.

• Yang Bo and Wang Muxue examined a living Interstellar Creature after feeding it Artificial Energy Stone, and Wang Muxue warned that humanity might eventually wage war against the creatures.
• Yang Bo showed Wang Muxue, Su Wei, and the others his Hacker Forum account and explained that he had accepted Bart’s bounty without knowing the program’s implications.
• Wang Muxue speculated that the missing Golden Oak Grand Duke had fled to the Alliance, while Yang Bo decided to stop using his exposed account.
• Yang Bo fed Interstellar Creatures aboard two B-Class warships and replaced the control systems and hardware on his captured ships to remove their backdoors.
• Yang Bo learned through Jerry Butler that the Empire’s Council of Elders was convening, transformed into Bart, and headed to Devon Star to demand control of the planet.

Yang Bo used Bart’s victimization in the Golden Oak Grand Duke security scandal to demand answers, compensation, and control over Devon Star’s recovery. The Council of Elders rejected his demands for the planet’s fleet and subsidies, so Bart logged off and left the Empire to decide whether to accept his terms.

• Yang Bo confronted the Council of Elders over how Golden Oak Grand Duke’s Bionic Robots had passed security review and demanded answers about terrorist attacks on Devon Star.
• When a Grand Duke urged him to prioritize the Empire’s stability, Yang Bo threatened retaliation and refused to accept the Council’s attempt to placate him with appointments.
• The Imperial Emperor offered compensation and land, while Yang Bo demanded a Security Equipment Production License, Devon Star aid, an additional Main Fleet battleship, two A-Class Battleships, and a twenty-percent increase in fiscal subsidies.
• The Council rejected Yang Bo’s demands, so he logged off and warned that anyone taking over Golden Oak Grand Duke’s industries would have to compensate him.
• After other elders complained about Bart, the Imperial Emperor suggested agreeing to his terms.