Chapter Summaries

After the Detective Bureau appointed Su Li Minister of the Armed Forces Department, he recruited materialized Superhumans from the Virtual Universe to serve as loyal subordinates and handle his workload. The new recruits began training at an off-site facility without attracting suspicion.

• Ye Mohan issued new appointments, naming Su Li Minister of the Armed Forces Department, Xia Ke his deputy, Wang Luoyu Minister of the Civil Affairs Department, and Wang Mingming her deputy.
• The bureau began recruiting for both departments, but most applicants chose Civil Affairs because Armed Forces work was dangerous.
• Su Li materialized F-Class Superhumans borrowed from Qias, using his trust bonus to persuade them to join the Armed Forces Department.
• Su Li arranged new identities for the recruits and used Super Memory Technology to teach them Chinese.
• The recruits entered training together at a facility outside the bureau, where their unfamiliar habits went unnoticed.

Over three months, Su Li’s forces captured superhuman criminal groups while his family and Xia Ke made progress, and new technologies transformed the world. In early May, Su Li tested a device that let him evade Void Radar detection even while moving, though it prevented him from using his full strength.

• Xia Ke broke through to E-Class on February 25, and Ye Mohan ordered the Donghai Armed Forces Department to capture a superhuman criminal organization on February 30.
• Su Li’s forces captured another organization on March 12, and he learned on March 24 that his mother had become a superhuman.
• Xia Ke reached E+ on March 25, while Su Li’s father remained slow to learn the Breathing Technique.
• More than a dozen high-tech companies launched advanced consumer products in April, and countries suspected Su Li had access to an ancient alien craft or relic.
• Su Li tested a silver bracelet with Dr. Wu in early May and confirmed it could block Void Radar detection while he moved, as long as he did not unleash his full strength.

Su Li enjoyed the fruits of solving a three-month problem while managing a report about a berserk Superhuman and fending off a request to borrow his fully immersive helmet. That night, he returned to the Infinite Great Star Cluster and waited near Black Forest Base to see if anyone would come after him.

• Su Li celebrated resolving the problem that had troubled him for three months as Xia Ke visited his office.
• Xia Ke told Su Li that people in Huaguo were eagerly discussing and preparing to buy his newly shipped products.
• A Civil Affairs Department worker reported that a Superhuman had gone mad near the central stadium, and Su Li sent Xia Ke to arrange for the Armed Forces Department to handle it.
• The worker asked Su Li to lend her his fully immersive helmet, but he refused and sent her away.
• That night, Su Li returned to the Infinite Great Star Cluster and appeared on what he guessed was a satellite near Black Forest Base.
• Su Li sat down to wait five minutes and see whether anyone came after him.

Su Li confirmed that his Shielding Device worked, then headed toward Black Forest Star to find a private spaceship he could hijack and use to travel through the Infinite Great Star Cluster. After waiting outside the planet, he chose a small, unaffiliated disk-shaped ship and began following it.

• Su Li confirmed that his Shielding Device had kept him undetected and left the satellite.
• Su Li approached Black Forest Star but stayed outside its surveillance range, planning to find energy and knowledge elsewhere.
• Su Li hid on a meteorite and waited for a small, unaffiliated spaceship capable of traversing wormholes.
• Su Li earned 30,000 Resource Points by surviving three hours of the Xilan Civilization's extermination hunt.
• Su Li selected a private disk-shaped spaceship and followed it, waiting for it to travel farther from Black Forest Star before making his move.

Su Li hijacked a disk-shaped spaceship by breaking through its energy shield and forcing its crew to obey him. After the ship entered a wormhole, he learned that its captain was Jessica and the other octopus-like crew member was Simon.

• Su Li turned a piece of carbon into an Extreme Metal weapon and flew toward the disk-shaped spaceship as it began opening a wormhole.
• Su Li repeatedly struck the ship’s energy shield until he pierced it and entered the vessel.
• The captain panicked as the crew confirmed a Superhuman was attacking, and Su Li ordered them to enter the wormhole.
• The spaceship entered the wormhole with Su Li aboard, where he questioned the two octopus-like creatures.
• Simon identified himself and the captain as Simon and Jessica, surprising Su Li.

Su Li learned about Jessica and Simon’s background and chose Grodal Star as a temporary foothold, then forced them to take a toxin that would keep them working for him. After arriving near the planet, he ordered Jessica to land at an abandoned satellite while he left the ship.

• Su Li questioned Simon and learned that he and Jessica came from a high-level civilization and had been headed to Grodal Star, a Spectral Race planet known for slave trading.
• Su Li decided Grodal Star would be a suitable hiding place and traveled there through a wormhole with Simon and Jessica.
• Su Li offered Simon and Jessica the choice of death or swallowing Carbon, and Simon chose the toxin and made Jessica take it too.
• Simon explained that Jessica had to stay alive because her captain’s identity and control of the spaceship were needed to enter planets.
• Su Li told Jessica to call him Su Li and ordered her to land the spaceship on an abandoned satellite.

After returning to Donghai City, Su Li assigned the arrested celebrity-obsessed Superhuman to Secretary Wang, then reentered the Virtual Universe and resumed his journey toward Grodal Star. He planned to disguise himself to get past the planet’s strict inspections, while Jessica and Simon prepared to help.

• Su Li returned from the Virtual Universe to Donghai City after spending the night researching in the Infinite Great Star Cluster and leaving Jessica and Simon unconscious aboard their spaceship.
• Su Li read Huang Ming’s report about the young Superhuman who had gone berserk at a concert and ordered that she be handed over to Secretary Wang.
• Xia Ke compared the girl’s devotion to her idol with her own feelings for Su Li, and Su Li told her the situations were different.
• Su Li entered the Virtual Universe, woke Jessica and Simon aboard the spaceship, and ordered Jessica to take them to Grodal Star.
• Simon warned Su Li that strict inspections and differences between their species would make a slave disguise difficult, but Su Li said he had a plan and told Simon to watch Jessica.
• The spaceship left the unknown satellite and set off again.

Su Li arrived on Grodal Star disguised as a native of Black Forest Star and left the spaceport with Jessica and Simon. He decided to find a place to settle down temporarily, and the three booked two deluxe rooms at the central market.

• Simon greeted the inspectors and presented the spacecraft’s documents while Su Li stayed hidden among the slaves.
• After the inspectors left, Su Li revealed his disguise and told Jessica he would not buy slaves but would find somewhere to stay.
• Su Li, Jessica, and Simon left the spacecraft and traveled to the central market, where slaves and related businesses were plentiful.
• At a lodging establishment, Simon booked two deluxe rooms for a month after Jessica struggled to choose a room for Su Li.

Su Li checked into a luxury hotel on Grodal Star with Simon and Jessica, then used their tourist identities to access the Spectral Race’s Quantum Network. He eagerly searched for advanced knowledge but was stopped by an insufficient account balance.

• Simon spent three thousand Star Coins booking a month at the hotel, and Jessica and Su Li accompanied him to their luxury rooms.
• Simon claimed Su Li should share his room because Jessica liked him, and Su Li later returned to his original appearance.
• Su Li asked Simon how to connect to the Spectral Race’s Quantum Network, and Simon helped him log on using the tourists’ registered identities.
• Su Li searched the network for advanced knowledge, skipped the Spectral Race’s basic material, and received an insufficient-balance notice when he tried to continue.

Su Li finished studying the Spectral Race’s advanced knowledge and used a permanent method to secure Simon and Jessica’s loyalty before leaving the Virtual Universe. Back in the Real Universe, he joined Xia Ke and Secretary Wang to raid secret hideouts belonging to a Superhuman assassin organization.

• Su Li made Simon pay for advanced knowledge while he studied it, then summoned Jessica and told her and Simon they belonged to him.
• Su Li left the Virtual Universe, confident Simon and Jessica would not betray him, and Xia Ke told him a female Superhuman fan was connected to the assassin organization.
• Su Li met Secretary Wang outside the former Detective Bureau, where Wang Mingming delivered the woman who had agreed to guide them to the hideouts.
• Secretary Wang warned Su Li and Xia Ke that they might encounter a Super-class Superhuman, and Su Li remarked that he felt he had set a flag before leading the group toward their vehicles.

Su Li led the Detective Bureau through a series of hideouts, arresting suspects and gathering information before reaching a larger factory where he detected an ambush. He and Xia Ke decided to enter cautiously and let the attackers believe their plan was working before turning the tables.

• Guided by the fangirl, Su Li’s team arrested the owner of Villa 32, his bodyguard, and the owner’s lover.
• Su Li and his team raided more than ten hideouts and arrested over twenty suspects throughout the night.
• At 11:00 p.m., Su Li’s team arrived at a factory that the fangirl identified as the organization’s main gathering place.
• Su Li detected an ambush at the factory, including an E+ Superhuman, and concluded that another force was involved.
• Su Li and Xia Ke agreed to let the ambushers feel confident before countering them, then Su Li ordered the team to move out.

Su Li’s team captured the people at the factory, but Zhao Sheng and Zhang Ke revealed themselves and attacked from hiding. After learning the pair had lured the Armed Forces Department into an ambush, Su Li let Xia Ke step forward to use her talent.

• Su Li watched as the Armed Forces Department raided the lit rooms and captured the people inside.
• Translucent shields appeared to block iron rods aimed at Huang Ming and the other Armed Forces Department members.
• Su Li sent two swords into the darkness, forcing Zhao Sheng and Zhang Ke to emerge.
• Zhao Sheng revealed that he had used a star-chasing girl to lure Su Li’s team to the factory and planned to kill them with help from hidden allies.
• Xia Ke volunteered to face Zhao Sheng and Zhang Ke and prepared to use her talent.

Xia Ke used her mental talent to make Zhao Sheng and Zhang Ke attack each other, then Su Li faced a Red Giant who revealed himself to be an Advanced Super-class. The chapter ended with the Armed Forces Department members realizing the danger of Su Li confronting an opponent far above his apparent level.

• Xia Ke made Zhao Sheng and Zhang Ke fight each other by using her mental talent, then returned to Su Li's side.
• Su Li and Xia Ke discussed keeping her talent secret and agreed that Su Li would handle the next opponent.
• The captain and two companions hidden in the darkness decided that the short figures would provide long-range support while the captain attacked.
• The captain transformed into a Red Giant and charged out of the factory, but Su Li slowed him with a series of shields.
• Su Li recognized the Red Giant as an Advanced Super-class, leaving the Armed Forces Department members alarmed about the mismatch.

Su Li and Xia Ke faced the Red Giant and his hidden companions outside Donghai City, while Su Li concealed his strength behind an elaborate performance. After surviving the Red Giant’s defense and killing the attackers, Su Li pretended to be injured so Xia Ke would help him leave.

• Su Li and Xia Ke fooled the Red Giant into believing they were frightened, and the Red Giant claimed to serve Miao Yunxi.
• The Red Giant adapted to Su Li’s shields, attacked him, and his two companions struck Su Li from hiding.
• Su Li unleashed a rain of transparent swords that destroyed the factory and killed the Red Giant’s companions and Xia Ke’s two controlled E-Class Superhumans.
• The Red Giant survived by using his Stamina Form, but Su Li revealed he was unharmed and killed him with Carbon Element Manipulation.
• Xia Ke joined Su Li, and he collapsed into her arms, pretending to be injured so he could ask for leave.

After defeating powerful enemies, Su Li returned to the Detective Bureau badly injured and learned that Ye Mohan had been missing for several days. He suspected she was cultivating to break through to D-Class, then returned to the Virtual Universe and agreed to attend upcoming slave auctions.

• Xia Ke brought the apparently gravely injured Su Li back to the Detective Bureau, where Secretary Wang offered to find him a doctor.
• Secretary Wang revealed that Ye Mohan had disappeared after instructing her to maintain order at the Bureau.
• Su Li told Xia Ke that Ye Mohan had been consuming C-Class Superpower Meat and might be cultivating to break through to D-Class.
• Su Li joked that his battle record might qualify him to become the Bureau's director, then said he would rest while Xia Ke waited for Ye Mohan.
• Su Li returned to the Virtual Universe, asked Simon whether anything had happened, and agreed to attend several upcoming slave auctions.

Su Li sought Niji Tribesmen at Grodal Star’s slave auctions, hoping to find someone who knew the extinct race’s carbon-related technology or inherited knowledge. As the auction began, the first slave offered was a Spectral Race criminal, leaving Su Li appalled that the Spectral Race was selling one of its own.

• Su Li told Simon he wanted to find Niji Tribesmen, whose unusual ability to consume carbon compounds had led them to develop advanced carbon technology.
• Su Li reasoned that escaped Niji Tribesmen might still possess valuable knowledge or technical data, and decided to try his luck at the auctions.
• Jessica offered to cover Su Li’s expenses if he would let her attend illicit auctions later, and Su Li accepted without promising to let her go.
• While waiting for the auction, Su Li studied advanced Spectral Race knowledge as Simon waited and Jessica grew impatient.
• At the online auction, Su Li saw that the first slave was Juli Lan, a heavily modified Spectral Race criminal with an estimated combat power of E+, and cursed at the Spectral Race for selling one of its own.

Su Li attended a slave auction hoping to find a Niji Tribe member with information about the tribe’s core technology, but the Niji people offered were ordinary citizens. After the auction, he asked Jessica to give him one of her newly purchased slaves, leaving her torn between obeying him and refusing.

• Jessica won a beautiful human slave for two thousand Star Coins, intending to give her to her father, and Su Li resolved to keep the woman away from him.
• Su Li waited through three hours of bidding before five Niji Tribe members appeared, but their introductions showed they were ordinary citizens with no likely knowledge of the tribe’s core technology.
• A second wave of Niji people appeared, but Su Li found no useful informants and left the auction without buying a slave.
• Jessica’s seven purchased slaves were delivered, and she introduced herself to them as Captain Jessica.
• Su Li entered Jessica’s room with Simon and asked for one of her slaves, prompting Jessica to burst into tears as she struggled to decide whether to give one up.

Su Li obtained Jemodis from Jessica and freed her by destroying her slave controller. Jemodis chose to stay with him, while Su Li promised to send her back to her homeland when he could.

• Su Li chose Jemodis from Jessica's seven slaves, and Jessica gave him her controller after he called her Captain.
• Su Li bought Jemodis, destroyed her controller, and raised her favorability toward him.
• Su Li told Jemodis she could leave, but she asked to stay and repay his generosity.
• Su Li agreed to let Jemodis stay and promised to send her home when he had the chance.

Su Li and Jessica attended the secret Dark Star Auction House, where wealthy bidders competed for rare slaves. Jessica bought a human from the Xilan Civilization for Su Li, and the Niji Tribe’s chief scientist finally appeared at the auction.

• Jessica took Su Li, disguised as a Black Forest Star slave, to the secret auction while Simon stayed behind.
• After passing inspections, Su Li and Jessica reached the auction site aboard a concealed flying vessel.
• The auction opened with a Mechanical Lifeform, which sold for four hundred and twenty thousand Star Coins.
• Jessica bought an ugly slave for one hundred and fifty thousand Star Coins, then bought a human from the Xilan Civilization for two hundred thousand and gave him to Su Li.
• Jessica spotted the Niji Tribe’s chief scientist on the auction platform and asked Su Li if that was the person he wanted.

Su Li and Jessica bought the damaged Niji chief scientist Utriel at the auction, then watched several expensive final lots sell. The auction’s ultimate lot was Diyuesi Qina, a C+ Class Superhuman recognized by the Xilan Civilization, leaving Su Li stunned and questioning her rank.

• Su Li stopped Jessica from bidding on Utriel until the auctioneer revealed that the scientist had suffered mental damage, lost memories, and refused to cooperate.
• Su Li asked Captain Jessica to bid for Utriel, and she bought him for two hundred thousand Star Coins.
• Jessica bid on a Tianyue princess but lost her to another buyer for 5.61 million Star Coins.
• A former Radiant Civilization frontier official sold for 6.12 million Star Coins.
• The auction presented Diyuesi Qina as its ultimate lot, a C+ Class Superhuman with Xilan recognition, and Su Li questioned whether she was truly C+.