Chapter Summaries

Umbrella destroyed Kangaroo Country’s missile attack, sank two frigates with hypersonic missiles, and sent a modified cargo ship toward Kangaroo Country. As the ship neared the coast, Kangaroo Country scrambled F/A-18 fighters to attack it.

• Aboard the Kangaroo helicopter, a reporter and adjutant watched Umbrella intercept all sixteen incoming missiles and announce it would return two.
• Umbrella’s stealthy hypersonic missiles evaded detection and defenses, destroying two Kangaroo frigates while the attack was livestreamed.
• Mike urged the surviving helicopter crew to surrender, while Kangaroo Country and Beautiful Country condemned Umbrella and blamed Bear Country for supplying its weapons.
• Hai Zai livestreamed from Umbrella’s modified cargo ship, revealing seven Ka-28 helicopters armed with hypersonic missiles as it sailed toward Kangaroo Country.
• Viewers recognized the ship as a likely retaliatory force, and Kangaroo Country learned it was three hundred nautical miles from the East Coast.
• Kangaroo Country’s defense chief ordered an attack, and its F/A-18 fighters took off.

Hai Zai filmed Umbrella destroy Kangaroo Country’s fleet after its fighters failed to stop a missile strike, leaving the country dependent on Umbrella and its products. Umbrella then released footage connected to a child trafficking case in Europe, broadcast on its official website and Kangaroo Country’s TT.

• Hai Zai filmed Kangaroo Country’s fighters launch a missile barrage at the cargo ship, and its laser defenses destroyed every incoming missile.
• The seven helicopters fired missiles at Kangaroo Country’s fleet, sinking both Canberra-class ships and destroying its other main warships.
• Hai Zai suggested Kangaroo Country owed Umbrella more missiles, and footage from the port confirmed that its navy had been devastated.
• Beautiful Country distanced itself from Kangaroo Country, while Umbrella warned it would still collect the debt of 126 missiles from any lone Kangaroo warship.
• Kangaroo Country opened trade channels and granted tax exemptions for Umbrella products, while restoring access to TT’s overseas version.
• Umbrella announced it would publish findings from a child trafficking case in Europe and showed footage of an old castle.

Umbrella exposed a secret castle where powerful men abused children, then broadcast the men’s confessions and the castle’s destruction by fighter jets. The scandal spread worldwide but was gradually diluted by disinformation and unrest, leaving Umbrella and its opponents in a tense balance while Wang Yi focused on Penglai and his business.

• Umbrella raided a guarded castle in Gaul and rescued the missing child, uncovering a gathering of powerful men.
• Junichiro questioned the men, who confessed to the castle’s purpose, their organization’s influence, and other scandals before the castle was destroyed by fighter jets.
• Epstein was reported dead by suicide, while protests and violence spread as the scandal triggered public outrage.
• Authorities and media figures challenged Umbrella’s evidence, and the organization’s successors used disinformation and unrest to blunt the scandal’s impact.
• Wang Yi declined Lin Shiqin’s offer to continue the public-opinion fight, judging that Umbrella had already secured a temporary balance.
• Wang Yi returned to business discussions with Qian Yayan and considered using a Magic-Eating Beast crystal as a beacon.

Wang Yi and his companions planned to attend Hengwan’s awards ceremony, reunited with Ma Dong, and discussed World Company’s troubles with Boeing. Meanwhile, Cheng Xue led an Umbrella team aboard the stealth Ghost aircraft to raid Little Carl’s Chicago estate and seize him and two other targets before escaping.

• Qin Xiang invited Wang Yi to Hengwan’s awards ceremony, and Wang Yi agreed to attend with Liu Xiaoke and Qian Yayan.
• Wang Yi told Qian Yayan that the odds of him having a child were extremely low, then reunited with Ma Dong and discussed the awards ceremony and resentment over World Company’s overseas film restrictions.
• Wang Yi explained that Boeing had withheld five of Umbrella’s ordered 747-8 aircraft, and he refused to let the company reclaim the five already delivered.
• Cheng Xue led twenty-four Umbrella operatives aboard the stealth Ghost aircraft from Mexico toward Chicago to recover company property.
• At Little Carl’s estate, the Ghost attacked the party, disabled communications, and incapacitated the guests with nonlethal munitions.
• Cheng Xue’s team seized Little Carl and two other targets, then escaped aboard the Ghost.

Wang Yi and his companions visited Shanghai, where a restaurant streamer tried to provoke him and Luo Rong recognized Wang Yi from their shared past. Wang Yi left the dispute to Luo Rong and continued toward the Hengwan Awards venue, while Ma Dong stayed behind with Fang Qian.

• A Federal Guard captain learned that masked attackers had abducted Little Carl and other guests, and the Beautiful Country failed to find evidence or track their radar-invisible helicopters.
• Boeing delivered the remaining five cargo planes to Umbrella, while Wang Yi, Ma Dong, Liu Xiaoke, and Qian Yayan arrived in Shanghai.
• Fang Qian approached Qian Yayan to recruit her, then recognized Ma Dong, who stayed behind to talk with him as Wang Yi and the others continued on.
• At the Millet Hotel, Wang Yi reviewed the expensive food, stopped filming when asked, and noticed that the restaurant had permitted a hired streamer to record a staged challenge.
• The streamer called Big Glutton filmed Wang Yi's group and tried to provoke a confrontation, but Luo Rong arrived and greeted Wang Yi deferentially.
• Wang Yi spoke with Zhou Wenjing by phone, dismissed the dispute as trivial, and left for the venue while Luo Rong dealt with Big Glutton.

After discovering that a giant water anaconda and the deaths of Fang Qian’s expedition team might be connected to the Abyss and the Sackler family, Wang Yi arranged to travel to the rainforest with Fang Qian as a guide. Meanwhile, Umbrella expanded its mineral purchases and political influence in Kangaroo and Brazil.

• Ma Dong told Wang Yi about Fang Qian, whose rainforest documentary featured an unusually massive water anaconda that Wang Yi suspected had been influenced by Magic Power.
• Lin Shiqin reported that Fang Qian’s expedition team and a Gaul cameraman had died, leading Wang Yi to suspect the Sackler family and decide to go to the rainforest himself.
• Fang Qian agreed to guide Umbrella after its representative showed him reports of the deaths and offered protection.
• Wang Yi declined Qin Xiang’s invitation to another event so he could prepare for the rainforest trip.
• Umbrella used its payments to secure mineral resources in Kangaroo, supported local factions, and continued extending its influence into Brazil.

Umbrella used its growing control over resources and battery supplies to counter pressure from Western chipmakers, whose new 5nm chips were meant to undermine Umbrella’s Holographic Bracelet business. The electrode factory fire sent battery prices soaring, and Umbrella refused to spare capacity for Masra, leaving companies dependent on its supplies exposed.

• An Umbrella representative in Brazil agreed to let a Beautiful Country mineral company contact Umbrella about supplying sanctioned materials through a new Kangaroo company.
• Intel, Qualcomm, Apple, Nvidia, and AMD announced successful 5nm chip tape-outs, while Apple sought a Holographic Bracelet license and Cheng Xue refused, warning that Umbrella could make its bracelets incompatible with new phones.
• Cheng Xue told Apple’s representative that electrode factories in Mexico and Brazil had caught fire, prompting media coverage and panic buying as Lithium Metal Battery prices surged.
• Consumers and manufacturers realized that Umbrella’s battery technology had become essential, while Umbrella’s own products remained the only ones with a stable supply.
• Masra flew to Umbrella headquarters to request battery capacity, but Umbrella refused, saying its own electric vehicles and home appliances would need the supply.

Umbrella used a factory fire and its control of key supplies to withstand sanctions, then unveiled a 2nm chip, a new lithography machine, and an electric vehicle that threatened major industries. The chapter ended with the Beautiful Country facing a choice between letting Umbrella’s products compete or restoring sanctions and suffering further losses.

• Umbrella refused to release its stored batteries, and the Beautiful Country abandoned its antitrust push and lifted most sanctions after another factory fire raised fears of supply disruptions.
• Red Queen announced that Umbrella would not upgrade the Holographic Bracelet yet, then unveiled the White Queen 3.0 chip, whose 2nm process and performance surpassed rival products.
• Red Queen revealed Umbrella’s EUV Lithography Machine, which used lenses that transmitted extreme ultraviolet light, and offered chip fabrication services to other manufacturers.
• Umbrella introduced the Tracker electric vehicle, promoted its performance and intelligent driving features, and sought to build a wholly owned super factory in Dongfang.
• The Beautiful Country’s authorities faced renewed pressure as Umbrella’s announcements threatened domestic companies, while competing capital interests weighed whether to tolerate the products or push for new restrictions.

Umbrella and the Beautiful Country traded tariffs and production cuts as neither side could force a decisive break, while Western firms sought ways to counter Umbrella’s stealth systems. Wang Yi, Mo Bin, and Fang Qian traveled toward the African rainforest to retrace the expedition’s route, but a K-virus-infected man aboard their plane threatened to turn the journey into a trap.

• Umbrella’s press conference and counter-sanctions stirred public debate, while the Beautiful Country replaced lifted sanctions with anti-dumping tariffs and Umbrella cut culture-medium and battery supplies while raising prices.
• Western corporations and military teams coordinated research into Umbrella’s stealth missiles and defenses, suspecting its systems relied on unusual coatings and warning that the Red Queen might have infiltrated their networks.
• Fang Qian said goodbye to his family, then joined Mo Bin and Wang Yi for a trip to the African rainforest to retrace the expedition team’s route.
• Mo Bin drove an unreleased Umbrella Tracker to the airport, where the car drew a crowd before the three men boarded a flight bound for Congo via Dubai.
• Wang Yi noticed a bearded passenger watching Fang Qian and identified him as infected with the K virus, suggesting their pursuers planned to force an emergency landing and isolate the passengers.

Wang Yi stopped a K virus attack aboard a plane, then confronted armed forces in Hargeisa and survived an assassination attempt after being expelled from the city. As the Sackler family’s forces pursued his group into the wilderness, Wang Yi expected Ghost’s limited deployment range to complicate their journey.

• Wang Yi restrained and killed a K virus-infected passenger on the plane, calming the passengers before it made an emergency landing in Hargeisa.
• Local armed forces tried to isolate Wang Yi, Mo Bin, and Fang Qian, but Wang Yi shot their leader in the knees and secured a jeep for their departure.
• A sniper fired at the jeep, but Wang Yi moved Fang Qian out of the bullet’s path and killed the sniper with an AK.
• Antoine led Yellow Sand III in pursuit of Wang Yi’s group and urged his squad to confront the Umbrella instructor.
• Mo Bin drove the battered jeep down a rough dirt road as Wang Yi considered how to improve Ghost’s global deployment capability.

Wang Yi left Mo Bin and Fang Qian behind and raced toward the Sackler family’s rainforest base, surviving a missile strike and killing the anti-air teams with magic. At the base, Antoine gained the family’s trust and learned about its strange research site, while the chapter left him embedded among the people guarding it.

• Wang Yi dropped Mo Bin and Fang Qian in a safe location with supplies and a Grass Head God, then flew toward the Congo Basin rainforest.
• Two teams fired Stinger missiles at Wang Yi’s helicopter, and he escaped the explosion on his Bone Dragon before killing the missile crews with a Dragon Roar and a magical spear.
• The Sackler family’s reinforcements reached their concealed rainforest base, where a blond commander welcomed Antoine and claimed the helicopter’s destruction meant Umbrella could no longer find them.
• Antoine listened as the blond commander described the base’s giant snakes, a suspected natural Magic Power depression, and corpses that revived as mindless creatures.
• Antoine pretended to agree with the commander while touching his necklace, taking in the information about the rainforest site.

Researchers at the scorched fissure used silver runes and electricity to summon an abyssal spider demon, which slaughtered the guards until Wang Yi arrived and knocked it away. Wang Yi recognized that the creature was trying to retreat toward the fissure and began following it, hoping to learn what lay behind its connection.

• Researchers forced a blood-mad captive to record a new rune, then activated eight silver patterns with electricity while Antoine sent the symbols to Wang Yi.
• The experiment transformed the captive and the test animals into a black spider creature bearing three human torsos, which spoke of consuming humanity and attacked the researchers and guards.
• The spider demon resisted gunfire, grenades, and missiles, slaughtered the security team, and destroyed the Phalanx batteries as the professor tried to escape with the research data.
• Wang Yi descended from the sky, struck the spider demon away from the fissure, and identified it as an abyssal presence summoned through the sacrificial patterns.
• The spider demon retreated toward the scorched crack to cast a spell, and Wang Yi followed while considering whether he could draw out whatever was behind it.

Wang Yi captured Enzo, a legendary hellhound from the abyss, and considered sealing the rift and building a Mage Tower. Meanwhile, Blondie led the surviving researchers and armed personnel through the rainforest, where giant snakes began hunting them.

• Wang Yi used a spatial spell to redirect Enzo's Light Orbs, then cursed and dragged the legendary hellhound out of the abyss with help from the Abyss Crystals.
• Wang Yi subdued Enzo with a slavery mark and considered repairing the passage and building a Mage Tower to contain the abyssal influence.
• After Wang Yi left, a professor concluded that Umbrella had made contact with a Magic Civilization and urged the group to expose its secrets.
• Blondie led the survivors through the Congo Basin rainforest after their communication equipment failed, while Antoine helped keep the researchers together.
• A giant snake attacked the fleeing group, and Blondie ordered everyone to stay close and conserve ammunition as they continued searching for a way out.

Wang Yi captured the professor and took control of the Congo Kinshasa rift, ordering Enzo to return his giant snakes to Rift Town and planning to claim the region for Umbrella. The Sackler family learned that its base had fallen and appealed to other powerful families, who prepared to challenge Umbrella’s presence.

• Old Pa's overloaded ferry encountered Blondie, the professor, and their armed survivors fleeing three giant pythons through the rainforest.
• The pythons circled underwater, overturned the ferry by frightening its passengers into crowding one side, and left the people aboard struggling in the river.
• Wang Yi appeared on the survivors' raft, killed the professor after hearing his offer of loyalty, and ordered Enzo to send the pythons back to Rift Town.
• Wang Yi told the remaining survivors to choose whether to serve him, then planned to build a Mage Tower and secure control of Congo Kinshasa for Umbrella.
• The Sackler family learned that its base had lost contact and that its helicopter had been shot down, concluding that the site had changed hands.
• The Sackler family shared its rift research with allied families, who agreed to unite against Umbrella and considered using force to reclaim the region.

Gaul escalated its confrontation with Umbrella over a mineral-rich area in Congo Kinshasa, while both sides prepared for a possible clash. Umbrella moved supplies through Mexico and pursued a commercial route to secure nearby mining rights, as Gaul redeployed forces in Africa.

• Gaul accused Umbrella of illegally occupying and mining in Congo Kinshasa, and Umbrella replied that it was temporarily administering the site after pursuing the mysterious organization.
• Congo Kinshasa hired Umbrella to clear rebels, invited Gaul to provide military support, and said whoever discovered the alleged Magic Power mine could pay to mine it.
• Gaul publicly criticized Congo Kinshasa's leader, who rebuked Gaul for its former-colonizer attitude, while countries around the world took sides or called for calm.
• Umbrella landed a black, missile-equipped Boeing 747-8 at Mocheng Airport in Mexico, revealing stealth capabilities as it moved personnel and supplies toward the conflict.
• Gaul accepted Beautiful Country's help preparing counter-stealth equipment and began building public support and redeploying fighter jets through its African bases.
• Li Yao met First Quantum Minerals Company's CEO, who suggested Umbrella could pressure the company into returning its Congo mining rights to the authorities in exchange for a high price and other business opportunities.

Gaul prepared to attack Umbrella in Congo while Umbrella dropped combat personnel into the rainforest and launched its new products. The chapter ended with Gaul’s Foreign Legion advancing under a livestream, confident that its air power and numbers could overcome Umbrella’s advantages.

• Gaul mobilized forces for an operation in Congo, with Beautiful Country providing radar systems, transport support, and intelligence.
• Umbrella used ten 747-8s to airdrop supplies and combat personnel into the tropical rainforest, alarming Gaul’s Foreign Legion.
• Umbrella announced that its electric cars and phones would begin shipping as Gaul’s soldiers prepared for battle, angering the legion and prompting Silver Fox to plan a simultaneous livestreamed departure.
• A Beautiful Country observer backed Gaul’s operation, which aimed to counter Umbrella’s stealth technology and obtain information about Magic Power.
• Umbrella’s new phones and Tracker vehicles went on sale as AFP livestreamed the Foreign Legion’s advance and Silver Fox defended Gaul’s plan to defeat Umbrella with air power and superior numbers.

Wang Yi prepared the Abyssal rift as a base while Gaul sent fighter jets and the Foreign Legion to force Umbrella out of the rainforest. Umbrella used holographic camouflage and electromagnetic guns to ambush the legion, leaving Silver Fox’s forces devastated.

• Wang Yi oversaw construction around the Abyssal rift, punished Enzo for suggesting that they enlarge it, and considered using undead summons and technology to establish links between Blue Star and the Abyss.
• Wang Yi decided to let conventional forces suppress Gaul before releasing Enzo’s vassal races, then ordered Lin Shiqin to begin the operation.
• An AFP reporter broadcast Gaul’s show of air superiority and watched two Umbrella soldiers emerge, announce that they would fight, and mock Gaul’s offer to accept surrender.
• Silver Fox ordered drones to track Umbrella’s forces and artillery to bombard them, but the apparent soldiers proved to be holographic projections and mechanical dogs.
• Umbrella revealed through its delayed livestream that its real troops had taken positions behind the Foreign Legion and opened fire with electromagnetic guns, tearing through vehicles and soldiers as Silver Fox recognized the weapon.

Modu and the Gallic forces were overwhelmed by Umbrella’s stealth weapons and long-range missile strikes, while Umbrella’s livestream exposed the destruction. Gaul’s commanders were left facing Umbrella’s ten modified 747s and an uncertain main battlefield.

• Modu’s Foreign Legion unit was ambushed by Umbrella’s camouflaged snipers, leaving most of the soldiers dead or surrendering.
• Umbrella’s livestream showed its electromagnetic weapons cutting through armored vehicles as the surviving Foreign Legion soldiers were captured.
• Umbrella revealed a modified stealth 747 with long-range detection, then launched ten missiles that destroyed all twelve Rafales in Gaul’s first echelon.
• Maupassant ordered his pilots to evade and eject, but the missiles pursued the pilots and wiped out the squadron.
• Umbrella’s ten 747s formed up and headed toward the main battlefield as Gaul’s commanders struggled to decide how to respond.

Umbrella forced Gaul to withdraw from Africa and accept humiliating terms after destroying its forces, while Beautiful Country offered public condemnations and private overtures. The chapter ended with Wang Yi choosing to buy time and the conflict turning into a viral advertisement for Umbrella’s Tracker cars.

• After Gaul pleaded for its soldiers’ safety, Umbrella demanded control of Gaul’s African bases and bombed one when Gaul hesitated to respond.
• Gaul accepted Umbrella’s conditions through mediation in Shanghai, agreeing to withdraw from Africa, hand its bases to local countries, and ease restrictions on Umbrella products.
• Umbrella allowed Gaul’s soldiers to leave, while Wang Yi reflected on his reputation and discussed Enzo’s Abyss Magic Crystals and territory.
• Beautiful Country condemned Umbrella’s weapons and announced sanctions, then privately sought to ease tensions; Wang Yi agreed to go along with its overtures while he pursued his own plans.
• News of Gaul’s surrender spread as Jiang Bo and other customers watched the conflict unfold while lining up to buy Umbrella’s Tracker cars, sparking excitement and a buying frenzy.

Wang Yi sealed the Abyssal rift and prepared to expand Umbrella’s influence as the Tracker became a global sensation. Japan, battered by economic pressure and unable to compete with Umbrella, opened its market and sought cooperation to survive.

• Wang Yi used an Abyss-connected magic array to seal the Abyssal rift, then organized undead creatures and Umbrella forces to guard the construction site.
• Wang Yi celebrated the New Year with Qian Yayan and Liu Xiaoke, who discussed Umbrella’s success and the possibility of releasing beauty products.
• A Tracker owner demonstrated the car’s features in a livestream, praised Umbrella’s sales policies, and joked that its surface would not hold a driver sticker.
• Japanese officials concluded that their automakers could not withstand competition from Umbrella and decided to open the market and seek cooperation.
• Japan announced that it would not impose additional tariffs on Umbrella and would welcome its acquisitions and factories.