Chapter Summaries

Fatty Boss explained the costs and risks of Gene Serum formulation and offered to train Yang Bo, who remained wary of the unprofitable work. When Yang Bo asked about other skills, Fatty Boss told him the company had an Advanced Forger and quoted a five-million-Credit labor fee for forging an Energy Weapon.

• Fatty Boss showed Yang Bo that low-grade Gene Serum often sold for less than its raw materials and explained how pharmacists made money.
• Fatty Boss offered Yang Bo ten free portions of materials to test his talent, but Yang Bo questioned the costs and usefulness of learning formulation.
• Fatty Boss explained serum grades, quality, mass production, and the risks of companies using people as test subjects.
• Yang Bo declined to commit to learning formulation and asked whether he could learn another skill instead.
• Fatty Boss described the company’s Advanced Forger and said forging an Energy Weapon cost at least five million Credit Points in labor.

Yang Bo learned about the cost and risks of forging, studied Gene Serum preparation, and explored the Black Market as he planned his future as a pharmacist. He continued his missions and trained Invisibility Rats, then searched March Star for a mate for his remaining male rat.

• Fatty Boss told Yang Bo that forging could be profitable but required expensive materials and carried costly risks, and Yang Bo discovered the immense value of Energy Metals and Energy Gems.
• Yang Bo watched a video on preparing three kinds of Gene Serum and planned to try the techniques once Fatty Boss's tools and materials arrived.
• Yang Bo browsed the Black Market, considered learning to purify Gene Serum materials from Mutated Beasts, and resolved to gain skill points by targeting evil pharmacists.
• Yang Bo continued missions and ocean surveys while training summoned Invisibility Rats in his basement, worrying whether their offspring would inherit the ability to turn invisible.
• Yang Bo searched online for a mate for his lone male Invisibility Rat and found a suitable rat-like beast on March Star, avoiding a Black Market purchase.

Yang Bo asked Fatty Boss about Gene Serum ratings and why Energy Armor and weapons still required manual forging. Fatty Boss explained the basics, then showed Yang Bo that the serum-preparation materials and tools had arrived for a demonstration.

• Yang Bo reviewed his questions about Gene Serum, Energy Armor, and the creatures used as ingredients, then accepted a simple government assignment for the next day.
• Yang Bo asked Fatty Boss how Gene Serum was graded, and Fatty Boss explained the five-star effectiveness ratings and the risks of lower-quality serum.
• Fatty Boss said technological forging cost far more than manual work and explained that Energy Armor and weapons had five-star levels and were often custom-made.
• Fatty Boss told Yang Bo that the serum-preparation materials and tools had arrived, then walked outside and found a delivery robot waiting.

Fatty Boss taught Yang Bo how to prepare the E175 Gene Serum, and Yang Bo showed growing skill despite several explosions. Fatty Boss proposed financing Yang Bo’s materials and sharing future profits, and Yang Bo agreed to a formal partnership.

• Fatty Boss offered Yang Bo a basement workspace, but Yang Bo declined and began learning about Gene Serum preparation.
• Fatty Boss explained the equipment and safety rules, then accidentally caused an explosion while demonstrating the process.
• Yang Bo’s first attempts also exploded, but his failures happened later in the process as he used Dynamic Vision to follow energy changes.
• Fatty Boss offered to cover Yang Bo’s materials in exchange for an even split of profits from profitable high-grade serums.
• Yang Bo accepted and asked to sign an agreement, and Fatty Boss agreed.

Yang Bo successfully prepared Gene Serum, quickly improving from Three-Star to Four-Star quality and proving himself a gifted pharmacist. Fatty Boss planned to help him practice discreetly and obtain better materials while keeping his talent hidden from competitors.

• Yang Bo completed his sixth experiment and produced a transparent Gene Serum, which Fatty Boss tested as Three-Star quality.
• Yang Bo prepared a second successful potion, and Fatty Boss discovered it was Four-Star quality.
• Yang Bo made two more potions within twenty minutes, both of Four-Star quality.
• Fatty Boss warned Yang Bo that premium materials and public attention could put him at risk, and proposed helping him practice and eventually purify materials.
• Yang Bo agreed to follow Fatty Boss’s arrangements, and Fatty Boss invited him to a feast while telling him to keep the results secret.

Yang Bo and Fatty Boss reflected on their plans as the Alliance struggled to respond to Red Earl’s rebellion on Pado Star. The chapter ended with the military and council considering a game-based assault while foreign powers sought contact with the planet.

• Fatty Boss celebrated Liu Zhijie's success, examined the Gene Serums, and resolved to hide Yang Bo from his family.
• Yang Bo considered keeping a low profile, traveling inland to hunt for animals, and the lack of news about Red Earl.
• A middle-aged man who had been tracking Yang Bo ordered Anzhi Clean Company to target him and planned further attempts if necessary.
• Alliance military leaders demanded a forceful response after the Extremist Organization caused unrest across several fleets.
• The Speaker warned that an assault on Pado Star could provoke soldiers to rebel and endanger hostages, while military officials proposed activating the game and urged the Captains’ families to help settle the matter quickly.

Alliance officials agreed to pursue remotely controlled mechas and seek the warship Captain’s authorization for action on Pado Star. Meanwhile, Yang Bo investigated a villa for animal intrusions without realizing a B-Class Superhuman was assessing him as a potential target, then returned to work and planned a library visit.

• Military leaders and the Speaker agreed to establish a Special Operations Department and seek the Captain’s support for remote-controlled mecha operations on Pado Star.
• Yang Bo accepted tools from Fatty Boss and went to a seaside villa to investigate a possible animal intrusion.
• A middle-aged man secretly watched Yang Bo and planned how to target him, concluding from his work that Yang Bo showed no superpowers.
• Yang Bo found no signs of animals, completed the investigation, and returned the tools to Fatty Boss.
• Yang Bo told Fatty Boss he would finish the week’s work and then rest for the rest of the month, and he set off to visit the library.

Yang Bo researched Gene Serum and Energy Metal at the library, then received and accepted an invitation to beta-test a new Mecha Game expansion. He began training underwater and stopped at around seven hundred meters, where the pressure became intense.

• Yang Bo read about Gene Serum Energetics and the histories of the Aquamarine Empire and Scarlet Federation at the library.
• Yang Bo learned that Energy Metal was rare and difficult to process, while Fatty Boss considered ways to strengthen and control him.
• Yang Bo fed the Invisibility Rats, checked the news, and accepted an invitation to the Mecha Game expansion’s internal beta, scheduled to begin four days later.
• Yang Bo went invisible and descended to the seabed to train, stopping around seven hundred meters underwater because of the pressure.

Yang Bo followed a camouflaged intruder from the seafloor to his villa and watched him fail to break in. He tracked the man to a yacht, where he recognized him as someone who had followed him in a supermarket and saw him using a Small Energy Detector.

• Yang Bo explored the seafloor, adapted to the pressure at seven hundred meters, and noticed weak Energy Interference.
• Yang Bo spotted a camouflaged man near his dock and followed him as he climbed the stream toward Yang Bo's house.
• The man tried to enter Yang Bo's villa but could not get through its Battleship Armor doors and walls.
• Yang Bo used Stealth and Sonic Detection to locate the intruder, then followed him back to the sea.
• Yang Bo watched the man board a yacht, remove his helmet, and scan the boat with a Small Energy Detector; Yang Bo recognized him from the supermarket.

Yang Bo secretly identified Robert as a likely member of the Ash Organization and planned to wait for him to make a move before searching his home. At the company, Yang Bo produced ten Four-Star Gene Serums using the first formula, then prepared to try a second formula.

• Yang Bo followed Robert from the yacht to his home and decided to wait for Robert to come after him before dealing with him.
• Yang Bo bought fishing gear as cover for moving anything valuable he might take from Robert, but Robert did not visit over the next two days.
• Yang Bo realized Robert would probably take his yacht out to sea before targeting him and watched for it after work, but did not see it.
• Fatty Boss brought Yang Bo twenty sets of serum ingredients and asked him to formulate them at the company.
• Yang Bo made ten Four-Star Gene Serums with the first formula, and Fatty Boss suggested reviewing the video for the second formula.
• Yang Bo said he had already watched the video and offered to try the second formula.

Yang Bo prepared a new low-grade Gene Serum formula, producing Four-Star batches after his first attempt reached Two-Star quality. Fatty Boss agreed to pursue higher-grade formulas and granted Yang Bo leave, while Yang Bo prepared to handle the mysterious middle-aged man and the Invisibility Rats; he spotted the man’s yacht offshore and realized they were preparing to act.

• Yang Bo began preparing a new low-grade Gene Serum formula while Fatty Boss watched, and his first batch succeeded at Two-Star quality despite nearly failing twice.
• Yang Bo prepared all the remaining materials over the next hour, and every batch reached Four-Star quality, leaving Fatty Boss astonished.
• Yang Bo asked Fatty Boss to invest in higher-grade serum formulas, and Fatty Boss said he was already arranging it.
• Yang Bo requested leave for the rest of the month so he could deal with the mysterious middle-aged man and the Invisibility Rats, and Fatty Boss agreed.
• Yang Bo returned home with supplies, spotted the middle-aged man's yacht offshore, and realized they were preparing to make their move.

Yang Bo lured Robert into his home, overpowered him, and took his infiltration equipment. After discovering how its camouflage worked, Yang Bo prepared to use it to investigate Robert's home.

• Robert watched Yang Bo return home from his yacht and later entered Yang Bo's house at night, expecting to find an easy target.
• Yang Bo sealed the front door, put on armor, and confronted Robert when he appeared behind the bedroom door.
• Yang Bo forced Robert to remove his equipment, then used Charge to knock him unconscious and locked a collar around his neck.
• Yang Bo carried Robert to a basement room and left him there while planning to inspect Robert's home.
• Yang Bo transformed into Robert, gained access to the equipment, and discovered its camouflage weakened when the wearer moved too quickly.
• Yang Bo prepared to test the equipment himself.

Yang Bo investigated Robert’s yacht and home, learning that the Ash Organization had tasked Robert with investigating survivors from the battleships and the group’s lost branch on Green Devil Star. After finding little useful intelligence, Yang Bo accepted Robert’s invitation to the Mecha Game internal beta to discover what the military was planning.

• Yang Bo tested a camouflage suit, found it could not hide him in open view, and searched Robert’s yacht while disguised as him.
• Robert woke in Yang Bo’s Underground Fortress Space, discovered he was imprisoned with a collar around his neck, and wondered why his captors had left his belongings intact.
• Yang Bo searched Robert’s home and found the Ash Organization’s order to investigate battleship survivors and learn what happened to its Green Devil Star branch.
• Yang Bo found Robert had few clues about the Ash Organization’s contacts, but collected some gadgets and considered how to make Robert disappear without drawing suspicion.
• Yang Bo discovered Robert had an eleventh-generation mecha and an invitation to the Mecha Game internal beta, accepted it, and wondered what the military was planning.

Yang Bo used Robert’s identity to secure a month of leave so he could test whether his abilities let him access planetary networks. Meanwhile, the Alliance military prepared a Mecha Game Internal Beta as cover for an operation against the Red Earl’s Faction on Pado Star, but battleship-system access and political fallout remained concerns.

• Yang Bo used Robert’s mailbox to request annual leave, received approval, and declined the company’s offer to reimburse travel expenses.
• Yang Bo decided to return home using Stealth rather than take the things he had planned to bring on another trip.
• A military General reviewed a plan to select five hundred capable, wealthy Mecha Game players for a mission on Pado Star, using a team-battle Internal Beta as cover.
• The Colonel said the Alliance would launch the operation once preparations were complete and wipe out the Red Earl’s Faction on Pado Star.
• The Colonel’s Scythe department discussed how the main battleship’s Captain controlled its unique systems and how remote control could cause political scrutiny and damage the Captain’s reputation.

Yang Bo learned that Mecha Game’s Internal Beta would feature a hostage-rescue team battle, which appeared to confirm the game involved remote-controlled mechs. After reading the event instructions, he left invisibly for Robert’s villa, intending to enter the game through Robert’s identity and cause trouble.

• Yang Bo decided Robert was no longer useful and considered using Robert’s identity to infiltrate Mecha Game or its information network.
• Yang Bo read the Internal Beta announcement and learned that players would have to eliminate marked enemies holding hostages, with Game Coins deducted for hostage casualties.
• Yang Bo browsed the forum, reported users who cursed him, and waited for the event’s evening instructions.
• Robert remained trapped in the basement with a power-suppressing collar and no food, water, or toilet, and he shouted for help without getting a response.
• At seven in the evening, Yang Bo read the detailed Internal Beta instructions, packed his things, and left invisibly for Robert’s villa.

Yang Bo joined Mecha Game’s Internal Beta and discovered that the team battle was a remote-control operation using real Unmanned Mechas deployed against Pado Star. After spotting armed men with hostages in a building, he attacked them and continued upward, determined to secure more kills.

• Yang Bo logged into Mecha Game from Robert’s place and chose individual mode for the battle.
• The Alliance Military Department launched six thousand Unmanned Mechas toward Pado Star while keeping two thousand in reserve.
• Yang Bo’s mecha landed in a greenbelt, and he gained Mecha Piloting skill after firing at a distant enemy.
• Yang Bo entered an office building and killed two armored men who were holding more than a dozen hostages.
• Yang Bo gained Mecha Piloting and Potion Mastery skill, then rocketed up the stairs to attack the upper floors.

Yang Bo fought his way up a government office building packed with Red Earl's Faction members, killing Superpower Users and Mecha Pilots while earning skill increases. He breached the sixth floor and defeated its defenders, leaving the remaining battle unresolved.

• Yang Bo killed Energy Armor-wearing enemies on the second and fourth floors and discovered that Gene Serum Crafting had changed to Potion Mastery.
• Yang Bo learned that the building housed Red Earl's Faction members, including former pharmaceutical-company employees recruited on Pado Star.
• Yang Bo charged a hostile mecha on the fifth floor, knocked it down, and destroyed it before killing two more Energy Armor-wearing enemies.
• Yang Bo used a Battleship Armor Firewall Door as a shield and leapt from the fifth floor to the sixth, where he killed one Mecha Pilot.
• Yang Bo killed another Mecha Pilot after the enemy stumbled in the cramped stairwell, while two remaining Mecha Pilots called for help.

Yang Bo fought his way up the office building, earning Mecha Piloting and Potion Mastery gains before an Alarm Cannon destroyed his mech on the eighth floor. After accepting a special revival, he reappeared outside the building and decided to attack from the top down.

• Yang Bo smashed through enemy mechs and armed Red Earl personnel on the sixth floor, while military officials identified the player as Robert and offered him a chance to revive if his mech was destroyed.
• Yang Bo attacked the fifth-floor landing from the stairwell, defeating several mechs with help from allied pilots coming up from the fourth floor.
• Yang Bo continued upward, defeating an Energy Armor pair and another mech before chasing two more targets onto the seventh floor.
• An Alarm Cannon destroyed Yang Bo's mech as he reached the eighth floor, and he condemned the enemy for using it.
• Yang Bo accepted the officials' revival offer, received a warning about dangerous weapons in the core area, and decided to return from the top of the building for revenge.

Yang Bo broke through a fortified building by crashing his mecha through its rooftop door, then destroyed its Energy System and killed the defenders. After receiving a new military assignment, he headed to an enemy stronghold six kilometers away and entered a Police Station by flying his mecha through the building.

• Yang Bo accelerated his mecha to more than Mach nine and smashed through the Battleship Armor rooftop door, destroying the equipment below and losing contact with the mecha.
• Yang Bo used his revival chance, returned to the rooftop, destroyed the building's Energy System, and rammed and cut down two enemy mechas.
• Yang Bo fired his Laser Cannon at twenty-seven Superpower Users on the floor below, killing them, then shot the soldiers preparing an Alarm Cannon.
• Yang Bo joined his teammates briefly before heading to an enemy stronghold six kilometers away, where he found players fighting mechas around a Police Station.
• Yang Bo leaped from a rooftop and used his Rocket Pack to curve into the Police Station through an opening near the ground.

Yang Bo led a reckless assault through a Police Station, helping the players destroy the enemy forces there. After receiving a new mission, he traveled to a battle around a fortified cargo station and went to investigate a nearby transport-ship landing area.

• Yang Bo leaped his mecha into the Police Station lobby, crushing the Energy Armor operators and surviving the enemy mechas’ counterattack.
• Yang Bo and the other players fought up through the nine-floor Police Station, where Yang Bo used his Laser Cannons to eliminate armed men while avoiding attacks that could hit hostages.
• Military officials praised Yang Bo’s quick thinking and daring mecha control, but decided not to recruit him into the military.
• After the Police Station battle, Yang Bo received a mission more than two hundred kilometers away and hurried toward its location.
• Yang Bo found a fortified circular building at a Space Elevator cargo station, where opposing mechas were locked in a standoff, and then headed toward a nearby Transport Spaceship landing area.