Chapter Summaries

After the empire’s founding celebrations, An Yang ordered a rapid, nationwide clearance of zombies and called for reinforcements to ease the strain on security forces. He then used a cube to transform gathered military vehicles and weapons into robots, which bowed to him and pledged their respect.

• Citizens and officials celebrated the empire’s founding through the night, and Chen Yafei grieved for the family he had lost in the apocalypse.
• An Yang told officials that zombie clearance had to proceed as quickly as possible, even in regions the empire would not yet control.
• Chen Yafei asked whether mutated creatures should also be cleared, and An Yang ordered troops to focus on zombie lords while leaving other creatures in place.
• Chang Hui urged An Yang to recruit reinforcements for the Defense Department and Public Security Department, and An Yang approved the plan and suggested transferring eligible veterans.
• An Yang ordered military units nationwide to gather vehicles and weapons for his inspection, then transformed the equipment assembled at Base Number One into robots.
• The newly transformed robots bowed to An Yang and called him General, and he told the crowd they would remain their combat partners.

An Yang created an army of Transformers and sent one to test its strength against evolved zombies in a city beyond the empire’s territory. After collecting combat data, a joint force prepared to attack the city, while An Yang returned to the real world.

• Zhai Liying’s transformed motorcycle recognized her, and An Yang ordered the newly awakened Transformers to serve alongside human soldiers.
• An Yang handed the Transformers over to the military and established a department to train and deploy them.
• One month later, a helicopter Transformer entered a Western Hemisphere city and fought hordes of evolved zombies, including giant and armor-piercing variants.
• An Yang recalled the damaged Transformer after it gathered combat data, and it escaped by transforming back into a helicopter.
• A week later, human troops, Transformers, and the Overlord’s troops began clearing the city as An Yang returned to the real world.

An Yang and An You brought Xiao Xueer back to Jinguo and helped her return to university after her family recovered from the crisis. When An You encountered a boy who had been waiting for her, An Yang stepped in and introduced himself as her brother.

• An Yang and An You drove to Yan City, where Xiao Xueer's parents thanked An Yang and saw Xiao Xueer off.
• An Yang drove Xiao Xueer to her university, where Wang Yu and her other roommates welcomed her back.
• An You rode with An Yang to her dorm and encountered a boy who confessed that he liked her and claimed his family had better cars.
• An Yang got out of the car and introduced himself to the boy as Xiao You's brother.

An Yang teased An You by questioning Wang Luyang about marrying her, then learned that Tang Xinduo belonged to a powerful gray-business family that could threaten Wang's company. The chapter left An Yang unfamiliar with the group that controlled Yizhou Province's gray forces.

• An Yang ignored An You's protests and enthusiastically discussed marriage with Wang Luyang outside the dormitory.
• Tang Xinduo arrived in a Ferrari, threatened Wang Luyang, and questioned An Yang's relationship with An You.
• After learning An Yang was An You's brother, Tang Xinduo apologized politely and drove away while privately vowing to pursue An You.
• An You demanded to know why An Yang had spoken for her, and Wang Luyang explained that Tang Xinduo belonged to Yang Yu Tang, a group of three families controlling Yizhou Province's gray forces.
• An Yang admitted he had never heard of Yang Yu Tang.

An Yang learned that Tang Xinduo was a dangerous, abusive suitor and warned Wang Luyang to leave An You alone, while arranging only discreet protection for his sister. Three days later, Tang Qiang discovered that a kidnapping attempt against An You had gone wrong and recognized her surname.

• Wang Luyang explained how criminal groups targeted vulnerable companies, and An You described Tang Xinduo's misconduct.
• An Yang told An You to avoid Tang Xinduo and ordered Wang Luyang to give her room to study.
• An Yang instructed his guards not to monitor An You's private life and returned to his villa.
• Tang Qiang questioned Tang Xinduo about Liu Chang'an's disappearance after Liu went to kidnap a female classmate.
• Tang Xinduo admitted that the girl was An You, and Tang Qiang reacted with alarm when he heard her name.

An Yang and Xiao Qian rebuffed Tang Qiang and Tang Xinduo when they came to probe An Yang’s background and promote Tang Xinduo’s relationship with An You. Afterward, Tang Qiang remained uncertain about their power, while Tang Xinduo proposed testing them again.

• An Yang and Xiao Qian discussed Tang Xinduo and An You as Tang Xinduo arrived at the café with his father, Tang Qiang.
• Xiao Qian mocked Tang Qiang’s claims and dismissed Tang Xinduo as unqualified to be with An You.
• Tang Xinduo insulted An Yang, prompting Xiao Qian to warn him that she would remember his words.
• An Yang told Tang Qiang he had never heard of him, and Tang Qiang left with Tang Xinduo after asking them to consider his proposal.
• In their van, Tang Qiang cautioned Tang Xinduo not to underestimate An Yang and Xiao Qian, but Tang Xinduo suggested probing them again with more people.

An You and Xiao Xueer encountered Tang Xinduo in a deserted alley, where he tried to lure An You into a family dinner and then attempted to grab her. An unseen force immobilized him long enough for the women to escape, after which a silver-armored figure arrived and dragged him into a dark alley.

• An Yang and Xiao Qian discussed how the Tang family’s actions against An You might have exposed their plans, while An Yang said he did not intend to get involved.
• An You and Xiao Xueer walked through Yizhou University Town’s snack street and talked about Xiao Xueer’s family troubles and An Yang’s help.
• Tang Xinduo blocked the women in a dark alley and tried to persuade An You to join him for dinner with his relatives.
• Tang Xinduo tried to grab An You, but an unknown force froze him in place, allowing An You and Xiao Xueer to escape.
• A silver-armored figure appeared after Tang Xinduo regained movement, ignored his gunfire, and dragged him into another alley.

After the Guard killed Tang Xinduo and the men guarding the alley, Tang Qiang gathered his followers and began planning a counterattack. Meanwhile, An You remained unaware of the killings and was lured away from her dormitory, where a black car arrived to abduct her.

• The Guard killed Tang Xinduo with his spear, then killed the men guarding the alley with an ion cannon and warned Tang Qiang over a stolen phone.
• Tang Qiang summoned his followers, explained that the Tang family had provoked a deadly opponent, and let those unwilling to fight leave.
• Hu Weiguo and other radical followers urged Tang Qiang to strike first, while the remaining men departed rather than risk their lives.
• A dormitory girl told An You that the counselor urgently wanted to see her about Tang Xinduo, then led her out of the dormitory.
• Near the Life Sciences Department, the girl tearfully apologized to An You as a black car drove up, and An You realized she had been lured into a trap.

Tang Qiang kidnapped An You to avenge his son, but An Yang rescued her and killed Tang Qiang and his men. An You later woke in a bed, unaware she had been rescued, and feared she had been violated.

• Tang Qiang told An You that his son Tang Xinduo and more than a dozen others had died, then ordered his men to take her out of the city.
• An armored guard soldier appeared on the road, rescued An You, and destroyed the leading van with a missile.
• An Yang arrived and confronted Tang Qiang, admitting that Tang Xinduo's death was related to his order to execute anyone who offended him.
• Tang Qiang's men raised their guns, but the guard soldier killed them, and An Yang left to suppress news of the violence.
• An You woke in bed at evening, found herself wearing only a T-shirt and panties, and feared Tang Qiang's men had assaulted her.

An You woke up in An Yang's room, found her phone, and wrestled with whether to call the police after being abducted. After discovering An Yang had not violated her and Xiao Qian had cared for her, she joined them for dinner and called Xiao Qian “Sister-in-law.”

• An You found her phone and considered calling the police, but noticed a text message on its screen.
• An You inspected the cozy room and became upset when she saw a photo of An Yang and Xiao Qian together.
• An Yang entered and told An You she had not been violated; she learned Xiao Qian had removed her clothes and taken care of her.
• An You dressed in her freshly washed clothes and went downstairs, where Xiao Qian invited her to eat.
• An You thanked Xiao Qian as “Sister-in-law Xiao Qian,” surprising both Xiao Qian and An Yang.

An Yang tried to convince An You that she had survived a car accident and that the kidnapping had been handled, while Xiao Qian helped distract her from his evasions. After dinner, Xiao Qian took An You shopping with An Yang, and he returned her to school at nine that evening.

• An Yang told An You that a car accident had knocked her unconscious, the police had found her, and Tang Qiang’s group had been arrested.
• An You questioned why she had not gone to the hospital and whether she needed to give a statement, but Xiao Qian diverted her with food.
• An Yang assured An You that the Tang family was gone and that no one would seek revenge, then dismissed her suspicions about Tang Xinduo’s death.
• An You admired An Yang’s villa and agreed to go for a stroll with him and Xiao Qian after messaging her roommates.
• Xiao Qian took An You shopping on a famous street in Jinguang, and An Yang drove An You back to school at nine o’clock.

An Yang and Xiao Qian discussed the pressure facing An Shi Group as its global expansion drew suspicion and provoked attacks. After visiting the Apocalypse World and sending the cube for further study, An Yang learned he would enter a new mission world in 24 hours and strengthened his abilities before departure.

• An Yang failed his third attempt to combine three power systems and comforted Xiao Qian as she struggled with An Shi Group’s global strategy work.
• Xiao Qian told An Yang that a branch in France had been raided and that spies and agents were targeting An Shi Group’s technology.
• Xiao Qian reported that a fleet carrying new projection technology had been attacked by pirates, forcing An Shi to sink it and drawing the attention of major powers.
• An Yang visited the Apocalypse World, watched zombies and mutated creatures battle, and handed the cube to the Heavenly Soldier engineering branch for research.
• The system announced that An Yang would enter a new mission world in 24 hours, so he assigned his remaining skill points to Kunlun Art and improved his strength and speed.

An Yang entered the X-Men: Apocalypse world and found Scott Summers on the verge of awakening his powers. He subdued a bully and eased Scott’s pain, then prepared to help him control the coming eruption.

• An Yang arrived at a school in the 1980s and identified the world as X-Men: Apocalypse.
• An Yang recognized Scott Summers in class and learned Scott’s powers were about to awaken.
• An Yang followed Scott to the restroom, where Scott’s eyes began to ache and glow crimson.
• An Yang warned Scott that his uncontrolled power could cause destruction and reveal him as a mutant.
• An Yang knocked Scott’s pursuing bully unconscious with a glance and relieved Scott’s pain by patting his head.

An Yang examined Scott Summers’s mutant optic blasts and temporarily sealed them, but he could not yet cure Scott. He kept Scott at his Ohio house to study his abilities and began testing a blood sample.

• An Yang investigated the energy in Scott’s eyes, and Scott accidentally fired an optic blast that An Yang blocked with an energy absorption field.
• An Yang sealed Scott’s eyes, then tested the seal by having Scott try to fire again; he recorded the blast’s properties and healed injuries caused by touching it.
• An Yang put Scott to sleep and used a spell to examine his eyes, then told him he had only managed a temporary seal.
• Scott tried to leave after finding An Yang’s experimental equipment, but he hit a transparent wall and agreed to stay.
• An Yang began analyzing Scott with a device called the Helix of Life and drew blood for examination.

An Yang studied Scott’s mutant ability with help from the Greed Worm, while weighing whether to intervene in the coming crisis. After creating a longer-lasting sealing rune for Scott, he headed to Berlin to seek Blue Demon and Mystique as new research subjects.

• Scott agreed to return the next day, and An Yang analyzed Scott’s blood with the Greed Worm, learning that the mutant’s body had evolved to withstand his own blast waves.
• An Yang discussed the world’s origin with the Greed Worm and wrestled with whether to save a world where he had little to gain.
• Scott returned for more testing, and An Yang studied his blast-wave energy while refusing the Greed Worm’s suggestion to eat Scott’s eyes.
• An Yang asked Scott whether he would help strangers facing a crisis, and Scott’s response suggested he would choose to act like a hero.
• An Yang developed a targeted sealing rune for Scott, then traveled to Berlin to find Blue Demon and Mystique for further research.

An Yang found Angel fighting in a Berlin mutant arena and decided to recruit him before Apocalypse could. When Nightcrawler arrived for Angel’s tenth match and Mystique entered the arena, An Yang prepared to act.

• An Yang entered the underground arena and watched Angel kill the fighting champion in his sixth match.
• An Yang decided to recruit Angel and waited rather than intervening, hoping the arena would bring in Nightcrawler.
• An Yang returned to his hotel and continued researching Scott’s genetics.
• Three days later, Angel won his tenth match and the arena staff brought in Nightcrawler from the Munich Circus.
• An Yang spotted Mystique entering the arena and began forming a spell.

An Yang rescued Mystique, Angel, and Blue Demon from an underground arena and warned Mystique that Apocalypse was about to awaken. After an earthquake confirmed his warning, An Yang urged her to go to Poland to find Magneto and decided to travel with her and Blue Demon.

• Mystique cut the arena’s power, and An Yang killed the guards with controlled projectiles before forcing Angel and Blue Demon to follow him.
• An Yang told Mystique that Moira MacTaggert was searching in Egypt for the sleeping Apocalypse and warned that Magneto might become one of Apocalypse’s Four Horsemen.
• Mystique left to investigate, but a powerful energy wave shook the earth, and An Yang concluded that Apocalypse had awakened.
• Mystique returned and prepared to contact Charles, but An Yang told her to go to Poland to find Magneto and said he would accompany her and Blue Demon.

An Yang brought Mystique and Blue Demon to Pruszków to approach Magneto, then secretly studied the three mutants while they were unconscious. After waking them, he prepared to help Mystique persuade Magneto to join the fight against Apocalypse.

• An Yang told Mystique that Magneto's identity had been exposed and that his daughter would soon be in danger, but he persuaded her to wait before approaching him.
• At the hotel, An Yang knocked out Blue Demon and Angel, restrained Mystique with a force field, and examined their bodies and abilities without their consent.
• An Yang later knocked out Mystique and analyzed her as well, finding her mutant potential especially complex and powerful.
• An Yang woke the three mutants, and Mystique confronted him about the forced research before agreeing to go find Magneto.
• An Yang warned the group to remove their metal items before they went to meet Magneto.

Mystique recruited Magneto to help confront the possible threat of Apocalypse, and An Yang accompanied her to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. There, An Yang met Jean Grey and learned that Professor X had returned with Moira.

• Magneto surrendered to the police to protect Nina, but Nina’s uncontrolled power summoned falcons until Mystique and An Yang intervened.
• Mystique persuaded Magneto to help deal with the potentially existing Destroyer, though he refused to leave with them or promise anything beyond that mission.
• Mystique, An Yang, Warren Kenneth Worthington, and Kurt Wagner arrived at Xavier’s School, where Hank explained that an abnormal shockwave had originated in Egypt and that Professor X had gone to Langley to find Moira.
• An Yang met Jean Grey, recognized her immense but untrained power, and suggested she might help defeat Apocalypse.
• Mystique warned Hank that An Yang was dangerous, and Professor X returned with Moira.

An Yang warned Mystique and Jean that Jean’s vision of Apocalypse’s coming destruction was real, then offered to help Jean control her overwhelming powers. Jean responded to his meditation method, and Charles arrived as An Yang considered continuing his experiments with her.

• Mystique came to find Charles, and An Yang warned her not to contact Apocalypse through Cerebro because he could invade it.
• Jean realized An Yang knew about her frightening vision and admitted she struggled to control her mind-reading and other powers.
• An Yang offered to teach Jean a method for controlling her abilities, and Jean agreed after he demonstrated a floating symbol.
• Jean meditated on the symbol, saw a winged monster in a vision, and felt that her abilities had briefly improved.
• Jean left happily, and An Yang reflected on her immense mental strength and the potential of his meditation method.
• Charles came looking for An Yang as he prepared to seek Jean out again.