Chapter Summaries

Zhao Dongfeng faced pressure from the He Family and several military and government factions after earning unexpected merit. Yang Bo, disguised as Third Master, met him in public and promised to help him earn more merit, leaving Zhao Dongfeng waiting for his next move.

• Zhao Dongfeng told his wife that powerful people were pressuring him and trying to take his position, while he considered turning to the Alliance Council.
• Yang Bo secretly investigated Zhao Dongfeng and discovered that the He Family, the Ministry of Homeland Security, rival fleets, and pirates were watching him.
• Yang Bo, disguised as Third Master, approached Zhao Dongfeng at a supermarket and identified the various people monitoring him.
• Yang Bo revealed that he was the Silver Moon Pirate Gang Regiment Commander and agreed to invest in Zhao Dongfeng's advancement.
• Zhao Dongfeng said he planned to join the Third Fleet's Sixth Detachment, and Yang Bo told him to prepare for battle while he searched Trier Star for a chance to help him earn merit.

Yang Bo exposed and attacked two Pirate Alliance agents who followed him, then used the chaos to escape the shopping mall. He headed to the agents’ teahouse hideout to continue using Pirate Alliance intelligence to help Zhao Dongfeng earn merit.

• Yang Bo identified five groups tailing Zhao Dongfeng, then confronted the two Pirate Alliance agents when they followed him.
• The agents attacked Yang Bo, and he blasted them with fire energy, leaving them badly injured and shouting that they were Pirate Alliance agents.
• Yang Bo escaped the damaged shopping mall under Stealth while Zhao Dongfeng and his family were evacuated by police.
• Yang Bo went to the Pirate Alliance’s teahouse hideout and grabbed a waitress who tried to stop him.
• Yang Bo kicked down the kitchen door and confronted the other three agents, daring them to call the police.

Yang Bo subdued a Pirate Alliance intelligence commissioner, read his memories, and set up the next stage of his plan against those targeting Zhao Dongfeng. As Zhao Dongfeng left the Police Station, an attack with Energy Interference Missiles and Energy Grenades gave him a chance to pursue the attacker and earn military merit.

• Yang Bo defeated three Pirate Alliance operatives, disguised himself as their leader, and used a Mental Seed to read the Advanced Commissioner's memories.
• Yang Bo learned that the commissioner was an A-rank Mental System Superpower User overseeing surveillance of the Alliance's Third Fleet, then searched the teahouse and found weapons, interference missiles, and modified Flying Cars.
• Yang Bo restrained the commissioner, left him in the teahouse, and drove the other three operatives to the Police Station while Zhao Dongfeng gave his statement there.
• As Zhao Dongfeng left the Police Station, 9527 sent him a game invitation, and two Energy Interference Missiles launched from a nearby vehicle.
• Zhao Dongfeng reversed into the Police Station's gate to evade the missiles, then ducked inside his Flying Car as the attacker threw Energy Grenades and fled.
• Zhao Dongfeng pursued the attacker, while the police chief switched to an unaffected police car and requested support from the Planetary Alarm System.

Yang Bo staged a terrorist attack, framed an escaped Pirate Alliance Intelligence Department commissioner, and used Zhao Dongfeng to secure the capture of three accomplices. After Zhao Dongfeng earned merit, Trier’s officials discussed portraying him as a hero and blaming pirates to limit the attack’s impact on the planet.

• Yang Bo arranged for the Advanced Commissioner to escape so he could frame him and plant an informant in the Pirate Alliance Intelligence Department.
• Zhao Dongfeng chased Yang Bo into the teahouse garage, rammed the terrorists’ vehicle, and pulled three unconscious accomplices from it before police arrived.
• Police searched the teahouse and uncovered the hidden Safe House, but Yang Bo escaped and the Wanted Order identified the Advanced Commissioner as the terrorist.
• Zhao Dongfeng received credit for helping capture the three accomplices, while the escaped commissioner saw that he had been framed and hurried to leave Trier Star.
• The Planet Governor convened an emergency meeting, where officials discussed blaming pirates and presenting Zhao Dongfeng as a hero to protect Trier’s economy and shift responsibility for the attack.

After the authorities blamed a terrorist attack on the Pirate Alliance, Yang Bo searched for a criminal identity that would let him settle in Trier. He killed an Alliance spy with few social ties, took over his identity and villa, then returned from the Second World and began investigating the organization behind a human-trafficking operation.

• The Governor announced that four Pirate Alliance terrorists had attacked Trier Star and targeted Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Dongfeng.
• Yang Bo hacked the police system and investigated a scammer, but found he was only a fall guy for a larger fraud group.
• Yang Bo investigated a human trafficker and discovered that a larger organization supplied his targets, so he recorded the evidence and planned to expose it later.
• Yang Bo planted a Mental Seed in Liu Fugui and learned that the former Trier Star Health Department official had sold citizens' biological information to the Empire.
• Yang Bo killed Liu Fugui, gained Cooking Skill +16, assumed his identity, and set his villa bills to automatic payment.
• Yang Bo left a Spatial Coordinate in Liu Fugui's Safe House, visited the Second World, returned to Li John's warship, and began investigating the organization behind the trafficking case.

Yang Bo uncovered a human trafficking organization that supplied the Alliance’s powerful figures with test subjects for experiments, then sent part of his findings to the Aquamarine Empire’s Royal Family. The Emperor saw the information as a chance to distract from the controversy over his alleged clone.

• Yang Bo used a warship computer and hacked servers to investigate the trafficking organization, finding that it operated companies in the Federation and served powerful Alliance figures.
• Yang Bo learned the organization trafficked people for Energy Potion trials and forbidden experiments, including soul-transfer research.
• Yang Bo sent some of the evidence to the Imperial Royal Family’s public feedback email without making any demands.
• The email handler reported the evidence to the chief steward, who brought it to the Emperor.
• The Emperor recognized the trafficking information as an opportunity to shift attention away from the clone controversy.

Yang Bo, using the codename 007, extorted the Aquamarine Empire Emperor for intelligence about the Emperor’s real clones, provoking him with threats and insults. The Emperor agreed to Yang Bo’s demand for three A-Class Battleships, while secretly planning to identify and kill the people behind the deal.

• The Emperor contacted 007 to ask what he wanted for information about the clones, and Yang Bo warned that the Alliance could be another buyer.
• Yang Bo demanded two A-Class Battleships and threatened to let images of the Emperor and Queen’s clones continue circulating if the Emperor refused.
• The Emperor rejected the demand, but Yang Bo walked away from the deal and mocked the Royal Family’s credibility, making the Emperor reconsider.
• The Emperor asked how they would trade and sought reassurance that 007 had more intelligence, but Yang Bo refused to provide the information first.
• After the Emperor threatened retaliation, Yang Bo raised his demand to three A-Class Battleships and gave him one day to respond.
• The Emperor agreed to the demand and resolved to kill everyone who had blackmailed him.

Yang Bo negotiated with the Aquamarine Empire Emperor to trade intelligence for three A-Class Battleships, while planning how to use the ships and exploit the Second World. The Emperor began pursuing the deal, and Yang Bo ended the chapter refusing to house company employees in his villa but agreeing to build another place for them.

• Yang Bo proposed disguising the battleship transfer as a pirate attack, and the Aquamarine Empire Emperor agreed to proceed in exchange for intelligence.
• The Emperor considered how the deal could damage the Alliance, punish Imperial rivals, and help him seize Yang Bo's intelligence network, then had the Grand Steward contact the Federal Central State's public relations team.
• Yang Bo redirected his exploration ship toward the Second World and considered how autumn wars and Prince Holden's enemies could help him disrupt the game's players.
• Yang Bo learned that the Federal Central State was negotiating for battleships and decided to let the Emperor gain some benefits while aiming to acquire capital battleships within two years.
• Liu Jingxiang asked Yang Bo to house two company employees in his villa, but he refused and agreed to build or arrange a separate place for them.

Yang Bo prepared for a possible Freedom Front attack by arranging a fortified villa for his company employees and revealing some of his intelligence-gathering methods to Wang Muxue. He planned to respond to the attackers himself, while Li Qiubai reluctantly accepted the new living arrangements and remained unable to get closer to him.

• Yang Bo ordered a high-security villa built on his territory to house company employees, and Wang Muxue suspected he was hiding something.
• Yang Bo told Wang Muxue that the Freedom Front planned to attack him and described how he had tracked its agents by hacking Alliance systems.
• Yang Bo explained that Li Qiubai was a double agent for the Swordplay Association and the Kolun Research Institute, but he planned to keep her at the company and feed her false information later.
• Wang Muxue warned Yang Bo against investigating military merit schemes and pirate connections, while he pretended to heed her warning and considered her as a future fleet commander.
• Yang Bo said he would personally face the Freedom Front as a way to gain combat experience and fame.
• Li Qiubai accepted Liu Jingxiang's arrangement to move into the new villa, though she was disappointed that it would leave her with fewer chances to gather information from Yang Bo.

Yang Bo negotiated with Zhang Han, who sought more intelligence to earn promotion and command a Main Fleet. Yang Bo asked for Standard Energy Stones and planned to use the meeting to target Zhang Han’s main battleship.

• The villa was completed, and Li Qiubai and Yulia received limited access to it and its surrounding territory.
• The Empire agreed to deliver several A-Class Battleships to the Federal Central State within two months, while warship-material prices rose amid supply shortages.
• Zhang Han sought more merit and repeatedly contacted Wild Speed 9527 for additional intelligence.
• Yang Bo finally replied and asked Zhang Han what he could offer, then requested Standard Energy Stones.
• Zhang Han agreed to provide as many Energy Stones as possible and asked where they would trade; Yang Bo told him to wait for further notice.
• After ending the contact, Yang Bo hoped Zhang Han would not disappoint him and set his sights on Zhang Han’s main battleship.

Zhang Han kept his cooperation with 9527 secret while Yang Bo met with Xu Xiangdong and Qian Wuji to discuss Tai Chi, mechas, and the upcoming arena match. Yang Bo confirmed he was Little Bull Runs Fast, declined public attention, and prepared to spar with Xu Xiangdong.

• Zhang Han wondered whether 9527 belonged to the Morning Star Pirate Group or another pirate group and decided not to tell his family about their connection.
• Yang Bo met Xu Xiangdong and Qian Wuji, who shared cultivation insights and discussed limiting access to Tai Chi based on talent and contributions.
• Yang Bo told Xu Xiangdong and Qian Wuji that he was designing a Training Mecha, and Xu Xiangdong guessed he had piloted Little Bull Runs Fast.
• Yang Bo agreed that mecha combat and ancient martial arts relied on different instincts and privately considered selling Training Mechas for protection.
• Yang Bo refused to speak or demonstrate Meteor Fist at the arena match, mentioned that he had five girlfriends, and invited Xu Xiangdong to his villa.
• Xu Xiangdong proposed a Tai Chi spar, and Yang Bo agreed.

Yang Bo secured a Smart Factory for producing Training Mecha after helping Xu Xiangdong and Qian Wuji release Tai Chi, then watched the new martial art draw attention from rival groups. As the factory arrived on March Star and the Freedom Front operatives gathered, Yang Bo prepared to infiltrate them and investigate the pirates and assassins nearby.

• Yang Bo sparred with Xu Xiangdong, and Xu offered him an idle Smart Factory as a reward for his contribution to Tai Chi.
• The Alliance Ancient Martial Arts Association listed Tai Chi as a restricted 3S-Class martial art founded by Yang Bo, Xu Xiangdong, Qian Wuji, and Meng Bufan, prompting the Empire Swordplay Association to question Li Qiubai about Yang Bo.
• Xu Xiangdong told Yang Bo that the Smart Factory would arrive in fifteen days and urged him to keep exploring the Second World game for ancient martial arts.
• Yang Bo spent the following weeks monitoring pirates and the Freedom Front while the Smart Factory reached March Star, Zhao Dongfeng became a Brigadier General, and Zhang Han prepared to trade Energy Stones with Yang Bo.
• Yang Bo planned to plant Mental Seeds in the Freedom Front members before inspecting the factory, and he watched three operatives meet in a park outside the city.

Yang Bo traced the Freedom Front’s planned attack on March Star to the Luo Family’s energy interests, while uncovering the group’s international connections and a Baron who served both the Emperor and another Grand Duke. He met Sophie in Sky Cloud Star’s Underground City and asked about her relations with the Luo Family as he prepared to act against them.

• Yang Bo planted a Mental Seed in Wang Dong and learned that the Freedom Front had ordered him to meet two members before they rented a yacht, though Wang Dong did not know the operation’s details.
• Yang Bo traced the members’ handlers to the Freedom Front’s influence in the Alliance, Federation, and Empire, then discovered that its Devon Star handler was a Baron serving the Emperor and spying for another Grand Duke.
• Yang Bo followed the Freedom Front’s Federation connections to the Luo Family and inferred that the group planned to stage attacks, including a likely strike on March Star’s Energy System, to help the family enter its energy market.
• Yang Bo went to the Underground City on Sky Cloud Star and met Sophie, who confirmed his identity after their encounter.
• Yang Bo asked Sophie about her relations with the Luo Family as he considered how to exploit the situation.

Yang Bo discussed the Luo Family and its suspected ties to the Freedom Front with Sophie, then prepared for threats against March Star and several major deals. The chapter ended as he met Zhang Han aboard a transport ship to trade Standard Energy Stones and plant a Mental Seed.

• Yang Bo told Sophie that the Luo Family might be behind the Freedom Front’s planned terrorist attack on March Star, and Sophie warned him about dealing with Biological Companies.
• Sophie agreed to consider how her family could benefit from the Luo Family’s downfall, while Yang Bo returned to Lin Yue and reassured her about Li Yong.
• Yang Bo visited Prince Holden’s Domain, checked the Space Mecha return base on Devon Star, and returned to March Star as the Freedom Front and Pirate Alliance prepared to cause trouble there.
• The three major Ancient Martial Arts Associations scheduled the Arena Match for three months later as Yang Bo investigated suspicious arrivals and prepared deals with Zhang Han and the Imperial Emperor.
• Yang Bo notified Gray Hound and other Pirate Groups about the three A-Class Battleships being delivered to the Federal Central State, and the groups mobilized for the opportunity.
• Yang Bo controlled a C-Class Battleship, met Zhang Han aboard his transport ship, and opened their communications channel while disguised as the Silver Moon Pirate Gang Regiment Commander.

Yang Bo met Zhang Han as the disguised Third Master, collected Zhang Han’s Standard Energy Stones, and planted Mental Seeds in him and his confidants. After deciding to infiltrate the Federation fleet escorting three Imperial A-Class Battleships, Yang Bo learned the ships had already left the Empire and began preparing an ambush with a gigantic Energy Bomb.

• Yang Bo, disguised as Third Master, boarded Zhang Han’s Transport Ship and presented himself as the Silver Moon Pirate Gang Regiment Commander.
• Zhang Han transferred Standard Energy Stones worth 1.2 trillion Credit Points to Yang Bo, who planted Mental Seeds in Zhang Han and his confidants before they parted.
• Yang Bo moved the Energy Stones to Devon Bart’s Underground Laboratory and considered using Zhang Han’s fleet and the Imperial battleships to build up the Second World’s forces.
• Yang Bo learned that the Federation was escorting the three Imperial A-Class Battleships and decided to infiltrate the fleet.
• After discovering the ships had already left the Empire, Yang Bo ordered the Weiliquan Pirate Group to ambush the escort and prepared a gigantic Energy Bomb using Zhang Han’s Energy Stones.

Yang Bo prepared an ambush against a Federation escort fleet by hacking its warships and arranging to detonate a rigged C-Class Battleship. Back on March Star, he inspected his Smart Factory, found its systems riddled with backdoors, and planned to leave on an interstellar trip before trouble struck.

• Yang Bo used gaming images to assemble a hacking program on the fleet's server, then infiltrated the Fourth Detachment and the three A-Class Battleships it escorted.
• Yang Bo prepared the C-Class Battleship as a suicide attack and waited for the Greyhound Pirate Gang and other Pirate Groups to join the ambush, expecting to seize four A-Class Battleships.
• Yang Bo inspected his Smart Factory, found backdoors throughout its systems, and decided to use it for Training Mecha hardware while handling the software himself.
• Yang Bo applied for permits to reactivate the factory and told Su Wei and the others that they should take an interstellar trip together.
• Su Wei suggested visiting the Empire, while Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin asked why Yang Bo was missing from the Ancient Martial Arts Arena Match opening ceremony roster; Yang Bo said he had heard trouble was coming.

Yang Bo learned that forces were planning to exploit March Star’s growth and target Su Wei and the others, so he had them rest while he investigated. After discovering a 25-person Pirate Alliance team planned to kidnap influential Empire contestants, he planted false intelligence to test whether they would ambush him.

• Yang Bo explained that rival capitalists wanted a share of March Star’s success, then agreed that Su Wei and the others should take a break from training.
• Yang Bo learned that kidnappers might target Su Wei and her companions to pressure him and damage his reputation.
• Zhang Bozhen and Butler Niu discussed suspicious bounty hunters, threats to March Star, and the possibility of trouble during the Ancient Martial Arts Arena Match.
• Yang Bo traced the Pirate Alliance’s 25-person action team to a hotel where he had previously fought pirates and learned that they planned to kidnap influential Empire contestants.
• Yang Bo intercepted the team’s encrypted intelligence and inserted false information claiming he would visit a luxury store, intending to see whether they would set an ambush.

Yang Bo tracked a Pirate Alliance action team targeting him on March Star and arranged for it to collide with an Ace Mercenary Group, while preparing a pirate ambush against a Federal escort fleet carrying three A-Class Battleships. The chapter left the Greyhound Pirate Gang commanders shocked after Yang Bo revealed the real target of their operation.

• Yang Bo infiltrated a passenger spacecraft carrying the Pirate Alliance action team, planted Mental Seeds in the leaders of Teams A and B, and hid an Energy Stone in a Safe Cabin.
• Yang Bo traced an Ace Mercenary Group targeting him by using a tracking virus hidden in information Li Qiubai supplied, then decided to draw the mercenaries toward the Pirate Alliance team.
• Yang Bo visited a Shopping Mall and placed luxury goods preorders to make the false information about his plans harder for his enemies to time.
• Yang Bo joined the C-Class Battleship and prepared an ambush with the Greyhound Pirate Gang and three other Pirate Groups against the Federal escort fleet.
• Yang Bo told the pirate commanders that the escort fleet was guarding three A-Class Battleships being delivered to the Federation, and they reacted with shock.

Yang Bo persuaded the Pirate Groups to follow his plan to ambush the Federal Escort Fleet, using a self-destructing C-Class Battleship to disable its systems. The attack scattered the three A-Class Battleships being transported and left the escort ships under coordinated fire as their crews were forced to evacuate.

• Yang Bo told the Pirate Group commanders that the three delivered A-Class Battleships had limited combat power and promised them one each if the operation succeeded.
• When the commanders demanded more details, Yang Bo warned them about leaks among Pirate Groups and required temporary control of their battleships before revealing his plan.
• Yang Bo explained that a C-Class Battleship loaded with Energy Stones would self-destruct near the Escort Fleet, disabling its systems so the Pirate Groups could attack using coordinates provided by an insider.
• The self-destructing C-Class Battleship activated its radar and shield, drew the Escort Fleet's attention, then exploded after entering the fleet's two-million-kilometer safety range.
• The Energy Shock disabled the Escort Fleet's external systems, triggered emergency evacuations aboard the three transported A-Class Battleships, and sent them racing away in different directions.
• As the Pirate Groups attacked, Yang Bo's planted virus triggered the flagship's escape system after two reported hits, forcing its crew to evacuate while the Escort Fleet commander recognized the ambush.

Yang Bo’s plan left four A-Class Battleships out of control after a pirate attack, while Gray Hound’s pirate groups captured the Escort Fleet’s remaining ships. The incident shocked the Federation, the Empire, and the Aquamarine Empire Royal Family, and Yang Bo arranged to profit from the captured warships under another identity.

• Gray Hound’s four pirate groups emerged from behind a planet and attacked the Escort Fleet, while the Energy Shock sent its A-Class Battleship and the three Empire-delivered A-Class Battleships fleeing in different directions.
• After their radar systems recovered, the pirates found the Escort Fleet’s six remaining B-Class and C-Class Battleships and pursued them as the fleet struggled to understand what had happened.
• The Federation’s leaders learned that all four A-Class Battleships had gone out of control, and the Federation and Empire began investigating whether the intense Energy Shock had exposed a system flaw.
• Yang Bo told the pirate leaders that the cause was still under investigation, refused their offer of warships, and asked them to gather intelligence on other Pirate Groups.
• The Escort Fleet’s soldiers abandoned their warships, and Gray Hound’s four pirate groups claimed two B-Class Battleships and four C-Class Battleships before Yang Bo secured another payment under a different identity.