Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue continued his simulated business game while granting Charley Watson her birthday wish by helping her buy a used car. He then pursued the purchase of Hoover Dam, leaving Area 7 unsure how to handle his bid for the secret-filled site.

• Xu Yue told his subordinates to follow his investment plan as he profited from the Great Bear’s looming collapse and dealt with threats from American capital.
• On her eighteenth birthday, Charley Watson met Xu Yue outside an auto repair shop and asked him for a car after receiving only a helmet from her family.
• Xu Yue led Charley to a wrecked yellow Beetle, which she bought with replacement parts for fifteen hundred dollars.
• Xu Yue left after reminding Charley to cherish the people around her, then continued his business plans.
• Xu Yue began lobbying to buy Hoover Dam, and Area 7 struggled to decide whether to sell the costly project despite its secrets.

Xu Yue secured the sale of Hoover Dam to Zion Energy Group despite Area 7’s objections, while Chali Watson named the amnesiac B-127 Bumblebee. Two Decepticons arrived on Earth seeking Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, prompting a military response and a carefully concealed first contact.

• Area 7 appealed to President Regan to stop the Hoover Dam sale, but he allowed the acquisition to proceed with restrictions that preserved the dam’s power supply and protected military secrets.
• Xu Yue completed the purchase, making Hoover Dam the flagship asset of Zion Energy Group and forcing his rivals to accept his growing influence.
• Chali Watson met the damaged and disoriented B-127 and named him Bumblebee.
• Two Decepticons tracked Bumblebee’s signal to Earth and set out to capture him to learn Optimus Prime’s location.
• The United States surrounded the Decepticons with military forces and began contact through personnel kept unaware of Area 7 and the Seed of Fire.

Xu Yue used the Seed of Fire to animate a Hoover Dam radar, triggering chaos that gave him an excuse to intervene in Area 7. The two Decepticons detected the Seed’s energy and began planning to seize it while hiding their discovery from the humans.

• Decepticon B told Decepticon A not to harm the humans, then offered Dr. Powell and Captain Burns help finding Bumblebee while the US military secretly shared its technology with them.
• Xu Yue listened to Area 7 argue over the Decepticons and its dispute with Zion Energy, then used the Seed of Fire to turn a nearby radar into Radar Monster.
• Xu Yue blamed the explosions on a political assassination attempt, filmed the chaos, and prepared to use it to intervene in Area 7.
• The two Decepticons detected traces of the Seed of Fire in the radar data and decided to call reinforcements while concealing what they had found.
• Xu Yue threatened a sweating special agent with releasing a recording unless he received a reasonable explanation.

Xu Yue learned about the Ice Man Project and secured permission for his people to assist with research at Hoover Dam. Meanwhile, Bumblebee discovered the Decepticons were summoning their forces to Earth, and Xu Yue arrived at Charley Watson’s garage claiming to be Zion’s strongest hacker.

• Area 7 revealed that Hoover Dam concealed the Seed of Fire and explained that an energy leak had caused the recent destruction.
• Xu Yue negotiated access for his people to assist with the Ice Man Project in exchange for waiving rent and providing research funding.
• Bumblebee recovered his memories, infiltrated the telephone network, and detected the Decepticons calling their forces to Earth.
• Charley Watson warned Bumblebee that confronting the Decepticons could bring the military down on him.
• Xu Yue arrived at Charley Watson’s garage, asked about the signal, and introduced himself as Zion Software’s head and strongest hacker.

Xu Yue joined Chali Watson and Bumblebee to stop two Decepticons from transmitting a signal that would summon reinforcements to destroy Earth. The Decepticons’ attack failed, but Captain Burns ordered an assault on the three Transformers, whose force fields withstood the barrage and let them destroy the human forces’ tanks and helicopters.

• Xu Yue warned Chali Watson that a powerful signal had exposed her location, and she told him about the Autobots’ fight to protect Earth from the Decepticons.
• Xu Yue, Chali Watson, and Bumblebee headed to the base where two Decepticons were using satellites to transmit a signal.
• Xu Yue’s attack destroyed the base’s power supplies and stopped the Decepticons’ transmission just before it was complete.
• After learning that Bumblebee had destroyed the power station, Captain Burns ordered an attack on the three Transformers with armor-piercing bullets, tanks, and armed helicopters.
• The Transformers survived the bombardment behind their force fields and destroyed the tanks and helicopters with powerful blasts.

Xu Yue helped Bumblebee defeat the Decepticons after destroying the US military aircraft sent to bomb the battlefield. Bumblebee accepted Xu Yue’s offer to join his company, while Chali Watson stayed behind to focus on her studies.

• The Decepticons set the camp ablaze and killed most of its people, then beat Bumblebee when he charged at them.
• Captain Burns called for air support, but Xu Yue put on his Mark 5 suit and destroyed the incoming aircraft, triggering a mission to assist Bumblebee.
• Xu Yue drove off one Decepticon and helped Bumblebee defeat the other, who Bumblebee then killed.
• Xu Yue offered Bumblebee work helping him evade pursuit and establish a forward base, and Bumblebee accepted after looking to Chali Watson.
• Xu Yue told Chali Watson to study so she could join his company and see Bumblebee again, and she agreed.

Zion Group dominated industries around the world as the Zion 4 prepared to launch, while several groups of Reincarnators arrived in New York to investigate the United States and its recent False God Incident. Their leaders began gathering intelligence and pursuing separate plans, leaving the mission’s objectives and alliances unsettled.

• Zion Group’s products and companies dominated markets worldwide as customers queued for the Zion 4 smartphone.
• A blonde Holy Envoy led the Supreme Divine Court’s Reincarnators in New York and declared that they would crush the Heretics, despite Bishop Caesar’s misgivings about their intervention.
• Albert directed the Morgan Family leaders to contact other families and investigate the Seed of Fire and several major incidents.
• An unnamed carefree figure ordered his subordinate to buy a smartphone and games, then worried about how to probe Albert.
• Nakayama Shion sent six Intruder subordinates to buy books on marketing and human resources management.

Amon and Tok approached the Zion Group to build influence through a private security company, expecting to exploit an assassination threat against its boss. They discovered that two Elite Reincarnators sent ahead had been captured by ordinary anti-theft equipment, leaving them uncertain about what awaited them.

• Amon and Tok discussed their mission to gain United States support and their plan to use their security company to gain influence through the Zion Group.
• They entered Stark Tower and claimed they could protect the Zion Group's boss from a mortal enemy.
• The receptionist directed them to the head of the Security Department instead of the boss.
• Amon and Tok found two captured Elite Reincarnators lying on the floor.
• The bald security chief said the intruders had been knocked out by the building's anti-theft equipment.

Xu Yue learned that Amon and Tok had been captured, then arranged for Aili to prevent the attack on the US base without alarming the Reincarnators. He moved to contact Sam over the glasses while three Reincarnator groups prepared to intervene at a base in Qatar and build influence together.

• Amon told the security chief that he and Tok were vampire hunters, but the chief tested their captured companion with silver and demanded to test Amon as well.
• The bald security chief reported that he had made a cooperation agreement with Amon and the others, and Xu Yue told Aili to stop the coming attack discreetly.
• Xu Yue decided to buy Sam's glasses to draw the Autobots together, while Bumblebee left on Optimus Prime's mission to protect Sam.
• Sam persuaded his teacher to raise his grade to an A- and received a call from someone interested in buying his old glasses.
• At a US military base in Qatar, the commander ordered an escorted helicopter to land while three concealed Reincarnator groups waited outside with their mechs, ready to save the base and gain influence.

Stinger destroyed the military base as the Reincarnators revealed their Celestial Being mechs and prepared to stage a victory over him. Xu Yue’s unexpected Titan creations landed and attacked, leaving the hidden team leaders struggling to stop them.

• Stinger wrecked the base’s defenses, seized the mainframe, and prepared to access the military network.
• The Reincarnators revealed six buffed mechs and claimed they were a neutral organization called Celestial Being.
• Xu Yue gave Aili an order, and three meteors struck the base, leveling it and revealing three liquid-metal Titan creations.
• The Morgan Group’s Archmage recognized the newcomers as magical construct lifeforms, while their power overwhelmed the Reincarnators.
• The two hidden team leaders intercepted two Titans, but the third charged at the mechs with no one left to stop it.

The Reincarnators’ ambush against the three Titan creations failed, forcing their forces to retreat while Stinger realized the machines had helped him. Xu Yue then bought Sam’s family Glasses for four thousand dollars, leaving with the item and Sam with money for his first car.

• Bao Bell Adams and the other legion leaders saw the Titan creations overwhelm the Morgan forces and ordered their survivors to retreat.
• The surviving Reincarnators escaped by portals and other means, while a beam from one Titan creation destroyed those left behind.
• Bao Bell Adams and Dangerly covered the retreat before withdrawing, and the Titan creations told Stinger to continue his mission before flying away.
• Xu Yue met Sam at a café and offered four thousand dollars for Sam’s family Glasses.
• Sam accepted Xu Yue’s check, and Xu Yue left with the Glasses while Sam looked forward to buying his first car.

Sam bought Bumblebee and drove Mikaela home, unaware that his great-grandfather’s Glasses were worth far more than the four thousand dollars he had received for them. When a group of suited men tried to buy the Glasses for a hundred thousand dollars, Bumblebee suddenly rammed their SUV aside and sped off with Sam and Mikaela.

• Sam kicked his best friend out of Bumblebee so he could offer Mikaela a ride.
• Sam told Mikaela he had bought Bumblebee with money from selling his great-grandfather’s Glasses.
• A group of suited men stopped Sam and offered him a hundred thousand dollars for the Glasses.
• Sam learned that he had already sold the Glasses for four thousand dollars and panicked over the lost money.
• Bumblebee drove off at full speed after ramming the suited men’s SUV aside, and the men decided not to pursue him.

Xu Yue showed Sam and Mikaela that Bumblebee was an Autobot and revealed that the glasses contained a navigation signal sought by both Autobots and Decepticons. Meanwhile, the United States investigated the alien attack and Celestial Being’s intervention as a hacker secretly copied part of the signal code.

• Mikaela and Sam examined Bumblebee’s unusual engine, and Bumblebee transformed, frightening them.
• Sam recognized Xu Yue and offered to return Bumblebee in exchange for the glasses, but Xu Yue explained their importance and showed footage of the attack on the Qatar military base.
• Sam and Mikaela watched the video of Stinger destroying the base and learned that a greater battle had followed.
• The Minister briefed top hackers on the alien attack, Air Force One’s infiltration, and the appearance of Celestial Being’s mechs and powerful reinforcements.
• A woman claiming to lead Area 7 sought a meeting with the Minister using a document signed by the President.
• A female hacker secretly copied part of the signal code so she could find someone to decrypt it.

Maggie and Fatty Hacker decrypted data about the Ice Man Project before FBI agents arrested them and took them to Minister, who recruited them as temporary assistants for a trip to Hoover Dam. Meanwhile, cooperating Reincarnator guilds realized another powerful group had acquired the Glasses and learned that the Supreme Divine Court was present.

• Fatty Hacker decrypted Maggie's data and uncovered references to the Ice Man Project and Area 7, but said they would need the boss's help to reveal more.
• FBI agents stormed Fatty Hacker's home, arrested him and Maggie, then learned he worked as Zion Software's Chief Network Security Engineer.
• The agents took Maggie and Fatty Hacker to Minister, who appointed them temporary assistants and headed toward Hoover Dam with them.
• Area 7 brought Minister to Zion Group's administrative office to register because Zion Group owned the site.
• The cooperating Reincarnator guilds concluded that another substantial group had bought the Glasses, and one member identified the Supreme Divine Court as present in the Mission Space.

The Minister entered Hoover Dam and discovered the Seed of Fire and frozen Megatron, while the Supreme Divine Court and several Reincarnator groups rushed to respond. Frenzy’s signal brought the Decepticons toward the dam just as its power failed.

• The Supreme Divine Court’s arrival prompted the Federation’s representatives to debate whether to confront them or hand over Glasses.
• A monitor reported that the Minister had entered Hoover Dam, and Albert’s group opened a portal to investigate.
• Kariel learned that the Minister was at the dam and set out, insisting that no evidence was needed to accuse Heretics.
• Nakayama Shion heard about the incident and planned to visit after class.
• The Minister called the Seed of Fire the Federation’s greatest asset, and the Zion Group representative revealed he had identified the Ice Man Project from Maggie’s data.
• Area 7’s director and the Minister suspected the aliens had found them as the dam shook, its electrical equipment failed, and Frenzy sent signals for reinforcements.

Megatron awakened after Area 7’s power system failed and charged toward the Seed of Fire, shrugging off the facility’s defenses. The Reincarnators arrived and accidentally crushed Area 7’s elite mechanical guards, leaving Megatron facing them as he singled out Dangerly.

• Area 7’s power failure crippled Megatron’s freezing system, and Plan Three’s portable liquid nitrogen could not stop him from thawing.
• Megatron broke free, sensed the Seed of Fire, and pushed through attacks from Area 7’s mechanical legion.
• The Reincarnators entered with Albert and other leaders, and Dangerly used his metal-controlling X-Ability to crush the twenty mechanical guards into an iron ball.
• Area 7’s personnel protested that the Reincarnators had destroyed their guards, and the Reincarnators realized they had attacked the wrong targets.
• Megatron focused on Dangerly and offered to keep him as a pet if he submitted.

Dangerly and the Reincarnators attacked Megatron, and the battle caused Hoover Dam to collapse and unleash its stored water. Kariel stopped the flood and secured the Seed of Fire, leaving it sealed in her palm for now.

• Dangerly restrained Megatron, and Albert, Bao Bell, and the other Reincarnators attacked him with their strongest abilities.
• The attacks ruptured Hoover Dam, unleashing the Colorado River and sweeping the Seed of Fire and the Minister's group downstream.
• Optimus Prime arrived with Bumblebee and the Autobots, while Xu Yue, Sam, and Mikaela witnessed the dam's collapse.
• Kariel descended from the sky and stopped the flood, halting the Minister's group and the Seed of Fire.
• Kariel compressed the Seed of Fire into her palm and sealed it with spatial powers after sensing the immense energy inside.

Kariel took the Seed of Fire and faced a coalition of Reincarnators, Decepticons, and Autobots who joined forces to seize it from her. She declared that she intended to defeat them all at once, while Albert's Mind Power proved capable of cracking her Holy Light barrier.

• Starscream attacked Kariel, but she blocked his barrage with a wall of light as Megatron escaped the underwater fight and demanded the Seed of Fire.
• The Reincarnators recognized Kariel, and Bao Bell challenged her, but she dismissed them as impious intruders on her Lord's pasture.
• Megatron and the Reincarnators agreed to target Kariel, and Albert charged her; his Mind Power cracked her barrier before her punitive attacks sent him flying.
• Xu Yue arrived with the Autobots, Sam, and Mikaela, and reminded Optimus Prime that Kariel held the Seed of Fire.
• Optimus Prime, Megatron, the Autobots, Starscream, Stinger, and the Reincarnators gathered against Kariel, who welcomed their unity and revealed her intent to defeat them all at once.

Kariel and the Reincarnators formed a temporary alliance after eight powerful Titan creations appeared, and they attacked Megatron and Optimus Prime together. Xu Yue received the triggered mission prompt as the Cybertronians were quickly suppressed.

• Eight Titan creations descended around Hoover Dam, interrupting Kariel's attack on the Reincarnators.
• Dangerly and Bao Bell proposed a temporary alliance, and Bishop John urged Kariel to accept.
• Kariel tested the Titan creations, then agreed to have agile Intruders restrain them while the group targeted Megatron and Optimus Prime.
• Dangerly issued a cooperation contract, and Bao Bell buffed the agile Reincarnators who held off the eight Titans.
• The Reincarnators and Kariel attacked the Decepticons and Autobots, suppressing them and triggering Xu Yue's mission prompt.
• The author noted that his computer was working again after he bought an SSD and advised keeping documents on the mechanical drive.

Kariel seized the Seed of Fire but was trapped by the Titan creations’ gravity field until Nakayama Shion helped her escape. The two agreed to cooperate, with Nakayama Shion promising to prove Japan’s sincerity.

• A Titan creation caught an agile Intruder, crushed his lower body, and prompted him to warn his teammates that the natives had grown stronger.
• The eight Titan creations overwhelmed the battlefield, forcing Kariel to flee with the Seed of Fire while Megatron, Optimus Prime, and the others pursued her.
• The Titan creations combined their power to pin Kariel down with a gravitational field.
• Nakayama Shion used Lightness Technique to free Kariel and guided her through traps that helped them escape their pursuers.
• Nakayama Shion introduced herself as a Japanese hidden-force member and an ally of the Empress, and Kariel agreed to consider cooperation.