Recaps

Li Si sold battle suits and gloves to players in the underground parking garage, then gave Ye Xi a custom outfit commissioned by Li Ritian. The other players complained about the difference, but Li Ritian’s group stopped them from starting a fight.

• Two players recognized Li Si as the hidden merchant from Osir Tower and drew a crowd by asking for the Thunder King Battle Suit.
• Li Si announced the prices and sold several suits and gloves to players who could pay.
• Li Ritian arrived with Ye Xi, and Li Si handed her the custom battle suit she had ordered.
• Players who received scraps complained that Ye Xi had been given a better outfit, but Li Ritian said she had paid two thousand game coins to customize it.
• After a player recognized Li Ritian as Hao Bruce and threatened to attack, Li Ritian warned that anyone who started a fight would be barred from the area, and his black-suited allies formed up behind him.

Li Si tricked Li Ritian into accepting a green battle suit by claiming it was a matching set with Ye Xi’s, then continued trying to sell suits to the players. When sales stalled, Li Si apologized and began talking about the dream that had first led him to become a scientist.

• Li Si gave Li Ritian a green battle suit and matching weapons, then persuaded him to accept the outfit by saying it matched Ye Xi’s suit.
• Li Si revealed that the suits contained linked tactile simulation systems and recalled that Li Ritian had pursued Ye Xi before his rebirth.
• Li Si resumed selling Thunder King Battle Suits, but only eight or nine of the nearly forty suits sold.
• Li Si apologized to the players, said he had remembered his dream, and declared that he had a dream.

Li Si returned to the players with a plan to fulfill his promise of affordable armor, only to reveal that he would sell chances to win it through a raffle. The players realized his heartfelt speech had been a sales pitch, and the chapter ended with Li Si asking a bespectacled young man whether he was related to Prime Minister Zhuge.

• Li Si gave an impassioned speech, apologized for his greed, and promised to find a way for everyone to get armor affordably.
• After two hours, Li Si returned with two Osir Tower security guards and led the waiting players to a rented office floor.
• The players found the floor packed with cardboard boxes, which Li Si revealed contained armor for a box-opening raffle.
• Li Si announced that each draw cost five thousand U.S. dollars and could win a two-piece suit of armor worth twenty-six thousand.
• The players regretted believing Li Si had changed, and Li Si asked a bespectacled young man what relation he had to Prime Minister Zhuge.

Li Si ran a paid lucky draw for battle armor, encouraging players to keep buying boxes as he celebrated each winner. After the players fought over the last box, he put it away and sold it at a discount to an unlucky player.

• Li Si invited players to pay five thousand for a chance to choose a box from behind the red line.
• A middle-aged player followed what he thought was Li Si’s hint, but his first box was empty, so he kept paying for more draws.
• The middle-aged player eventually won a set of battle armor and celebrated, while Li Si pretended the prize had cost him dearly.
• Li Si hyped the winners and urged the crowd to keep drawing as he collected their money.
• When only one box and one armor set remained, Li Si removed the box to stop the players from fighting over it.
• Li Si sold the final box at a twenty-percent discount to an unlucky player.

Li Si deposited the more than five million dollars he had earned by selling goods to players and began preparing to finish Bumblebee before the Lizard appeared. The next morning, he and Max started assembling the robot in the garage, aiming to complete it within three days.

• Li Si left Osir Tower with the players’ money, deposited it at a bank, and paid the two guards who had protected him.
• Li Si returned home and reflected that his five-million-dollar profit would make his plans easier to carry out.
• Li Si woke early on Monday and went to the garage, where Max arrived with breakfast after taking time off work.
• Li Si told Max they had three days to build Bumblebee, and Max said he had prepared new circuit diagrams.
• Li Si assembled and calibrated the mechanical parts while Max handled the wiring, and Bumblebee’s frame gradually took shape.

Li Si and Max completed Bumblebee’s power-on, voiceprint, transformation, and performance tests, then finished coating the robot and celebrated their success. Bumblebee was ready for action, and Li Si took Max for a drive in its vehicle form.

• Li Si reviewed news about the Justice Kid and began another round of Bumblebee tests with Max recording.
• Max failed to use special commands because Bumblebee rejected his voiceprint, while Li Si successfully ordered Bumblebee to transform into vehicle mode.
• Li Si and Max confirmed Bumblebee’s transformation and performance tests had succeeded.
• Li Si and Max applied Bumblebee’s shock-absorbing yellow coating and reviewed its strength, armor, weapons, and limited-use electric discharge system.
• Li Si invited Max into Bumblebee’s cockpit, and they drove away at high speed.

Li Si drove Bumblebee at extreme speed through New York, leaving two street racers and a traffic cop stunned, then brought Max to the underground market in Osir Tower. The players recognized Li Si as Merchant and protested his loot boxes while Max wondered what he had sold them.

• A young traffic cop stopped his pursuit after seeing a streak of yellow light race past.
• Tom Cruise challenged Reed to a street race, but both saw a yellow sports car speed ahead of them and disappear.
• Li Si parked outside Osir Tower, where Max got out of Bumblebee and vomited after the ride.
• Li Si took Max into Osir Tower's underground garage, where Max recognized the players' stalls as a black market.
• The players called Li Si Merchant and complained about his loot boxes, while Li Si denied selling fakes and tried to distract Max with the goods.

Li Si bought a perfect-quality forged architect certificate and used it to obtain the rare New York Architect template. He refused to make it his locked identity, keeping his Student Template instead.

• Li Si searched player stalls for a forged architect's license that could register with the authorities.
• Li Si bought the perfect-quality certificate from a player for five hundred dollars and left with Max.
• Li Si used the certificate in New York and triggered the hidden requirements for the New York Architect template.
• Li Si reviewed the template's Rapid Construction skill, which doubled a team's construction speed for 24 hours.
• Li Si refused to lock in the New York Architect template because its construction-based experience tasks were too slow and unrewarding.

Li Si and Max were followed by six players hoping to rob them and steal the secret of his equipment. Li Si summoned Bumblebee’s battle mode, leaving the attackers staring at its weapons as their confidence crumbled.

• Max warned Li Si that people had been watching them, and Li Si reassured him before driving Bumblebee away.
• Li Si spotted a white minivan following them, pulled over, and waited with Max for its occupants.
• Six players climbed out, including three injured thugs Li Si had beaten before, and the thugs aimed revolvers at him.
• The bespectacled leader recognized Li Si as a player and demanded to know how he made two pieces of equipment.
• Li Si summoned Bumblebee’s battle mode, and the robot transformed into a towering machine.
• The bespectacled man claimed Li Si would not dare attack them in the city, but Bumblebee revealed Gatling guns and micro-missiles.

Li Si and Max subdued a group of players, and Max accidentally injured their bespectacled leader while beating him. After Li Si and Max walked away, Bumblebee killed the survivors, and Li Si admitted what had happened as he tried to prepare Max for the consequences of power.

• Li Si beat the bespectacled man while Bumblebee held the other players at gunpoint, then let Max take a turn.
• Max accidentally kicked the bespectacled man in the groin, and Li Si led Max away on foot while Bumblebee stayed behind.
• The five survivors realized Bumblebee was still there, and an explosion sounded after Li Si and Max had gone some distance.
• Li Si ordered the surrounding surveillance footage replaced and admitted to Max that the survivors were dead.
• Li Si explained that he wanted Max to get used to such actions so he would not become consumed by revenge and destruction.

Li Si encountered Peter Parker harassing a frightened man and warned him that his power came with responsibility. Peter reflected on his uncle Ben’s death and regretted failing to stop the robber who killed him.

• Li Si explained to Max that the people called natives were not exactly aliens and that he did not know what the players truly were.
• Li Si and Max came across Peter Parker pinning a frightened blond man to a wall with webs after disarming him.
• Li Si called Peter a wounded, irritable beast and reminded him that great power came with great responsibility.
• Peter listened to a voicemail from his late uncle Ben and remembered that he had let the robber escape instead of stopping him.
• Peter blamed himself for Ben’s death and wished he had heard Ben’s words sooner.

Li Si received an Achievement Point after helping Peter Parker find purpose as Spider-Man, then returned to school after his leave and drew attention by arriving in Bumblebee. He left the crowd of admirers behind and headed into the school, pleased with the attention.

• Li Si received the hidden Soul Mentor achievement and one Achievement Point after encouraging Peter Parker to fight crime.
• Li Si reflected that he had not regretted letting Ben Parker die and criticized Ben’s sanctimonious behavior.
• After his leave ended, Li Si drove Bumblebee to Midtown School of Science and Technology.
• Students gathered around Li Si, praising his car and speculating about his wealth and martial arts background.
• Li Si encouraged the crowd to keep praising him until they dispersed, then headed into the school.

Li Si returned to class and comforted Peter Parker, then had to explain his absence and the attention from girls to a jealous Gwen. Gwen invited him to a family dinner that evening, and Li Si agreed.

• Reed recognized Bumblebee from dashcam footage and called Tom about stealing the car.
• Li Si overheard Reed and the thief planning to steal Bumblebee through his earpiece and went into class.
• Li Si comforted Peter Parker over his uncle's death, then asked Gwen what was wrong when she turned away from him.
• Gwen accused Li Si of vanishing for three days, flirting with girls, and smelling of alcohol; Li Si explained and promised she was the only one he had been with.
• Gwen told Li Si to take her home that night for a family dinner, and he agreed.

Dr. Connors told Norman Osborn’s representative that the Lizard Modification Serum was far from ready for human trials, but Norman ordered the research rushed ahead. Norman’s representative forcibly injected Connors with the serum and left with the remaining serum and backup data.

• Dr. Connors reported that the serum had regenerated a white mouse’s leg, while Norman Osborn’s representative demanded faster progress.
• Connors refused to begin human trials, explaining that the serum was untested beyond one mouse and would need extensive adjustment.
• Norman Osborn spoke through the lab’s camera and ordered Lada to begin human trials, including using Connors and wounded veterans as test subjects.
• Norman’s representative seized Connors and forced a syringe of Lizard Modification Serum into him.
• Norman’s representative left with the remaining serum and backup data as Connors writhed on the floor and lost consciousness.

Lee Stein joined Gwen Stacy’s family for dinner, where he nervously faced questions from her father, George Stacy, and struggled with the meal. The conversation turned to Spider-Man, and Lee criticized the vigilante’s methods in front of George.

• Lee arrived at Gwen’s apartment and met her mother and two brothers.
• Lee chatted with Gwen’s brothers while they waited for George Stacy to come home.
• George questioned Lee about his studies and work until Gwen’s mother called them to dinner.
• Lee struggled to eat the lemon sea bass, peas, and rice with a knife and fork.
• Gwen’s younger brother asked George whether he had caught Spider-Man, and George called Spider-Man a dangerous thug.
• Lee said Spider-Man’s actions undermined public trust in the police and justice system.

Li Si suggested that George Stacy recruit Spider-Man as a police officer, easing the tension during dinner with Gwen’s family. After George rushed off to an emergency, Li Si realized that Dr. Curt Connors had become the Lizard despite his attempts to alter the events.

• Li Si proposed that George Stacy offer Spider-Man a position on the force, and George decided to raise the idea with his superiors.
• George received an urgent call from the station, hurriedly put on his uniform, and left in a police car.
• Gwen admitted she feared her father might not return from dangerous police work, and Li Si comforted her with a teasing promise to make him a superman.
• Li Si reflected that Curt Connors had become the Lizard despite his warning and efforts to change the events leading to it.

Li Si ignored the faction quest as Spider-Man and Lizard battled, choosing to spend the evening with Gwen instead. After they confessed their feelings, he entrusted her with five million dollars to invest in Stark Group stock and arranged to pick her up the next morning.

• The game system announced a faction quest asking players to support either Spider-Man or Lizard, but Li Si decided to stay out of the battle and join Spider-Man's faction later.
• Li Si and Gwen kissed and made their relationship official.
• Li Si gave Gwen a bank card containing five million dollars and asked her to buy Stark Group stock with all of it.
• Li Si told Gwen not to go to school early and said he would pick her up in the morning, then drove away in Bumblebee.
• Gwen's mother praised Li Si as a catch, and Gwen blushed and hurried inside.

Li Si brought Gwen to school and discovered that Li Ritian and Ye Xi had befriended Peter Parker after meeting him in their Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl outfits. Expecting the Lizard to attack the school, Li Si stayed on alert all day, but the attack never came, and he decided against searching the sewers for the Lizard.

• Li Si brought Gwen to school and saw Li Ritian, Ye Xi, and three other players talking with Peter Parker.
• Gwen worried about Peter, but Li Si reassured her that the newcomers were probably his friends.
• Li Si checked the faction quest and saw that 261 players had joined Spider-Man's side against 153 on the Lizard's side.
• Li Si considered bringing players in Electro-Shock Suits to fight the Lizard, then dismissed the idea because they were too weak and inexperienced.
• Li Si spent the school day waiting for the Lizard to attack, but school ended without incident.
• Li Si considered searching the sewers for the Lizard, then abandoned the plan because Bumblebee would be at a disadvantage there.

Li Si’s long wait ended when the Lizard attacked his school, and he revealed Bumblebee’s robot form to Gwen before heading back to confront the monster. He left Gwen in the parking lot calling her father for help as students began recognizing that Bumblebee followed Li Si’s orders.

• Li Si and Gwen lounged on campus, and Li Si complained that he had spent three days waiting for the Lizard to appear.
• The Lizard smashed through a school corridor wall, and Li Si shielded Gwen before leading her out of the building.
• Li Si took Gwen to the parking lot and ordered Bumblebee to transform into combat mode, shocking her with the reveal.
• Li Si told Gwen to wait and call her father, then returned toward the school with Bumblebee to hold off the Lizard.
• Jeff noticed Bumblebee following Li Si’s orders and told his friend that Li was taking the robot to stop the Lizard.

Li Si and Bumblebee found Spider-Man Peter Parker fighting the Lizard, Curt Connors, in the school library. Li Si tried to stop Curt, but when Curt attacked him, Bumblebee struck him through several walls.

• Li Si and Bumblebee searched the wrecked school and found the fighting in the library.
• Li Si encountered the music-listening librarian, who fled after realizing the battle was real.
• Li Si entered the library with Bumblebee and ordered Curt Connors to stop.
• Curt attacked Li Si, but his claws only scratched Bumblebee's armor.
• Li Si ordered Bumblebee to activate its close-combat program, and Bumblebee punched Curt through two walls.
• Peter Parker watched the blow land and retreated into a corner.

Bumblebee and the Lizard fought through the library while Li Si stalled for time, and Peter Parker’s chatter led Li Si to expose that he knew Spider-Man’s identity. Peter learned Li Si had built Bumblebee, but Li teased him with a $400,000 offer and left him regretting turning it down.

• The Lizard used his agility to attack Bumblebee and tried to reach Li Si, but Bumblebee and Peter Parker kept blocking him while the fight wrecked the library.
• Li Si let the battle continue and warned Peter Parker to stop providing sound effects or fight the Lizard himself.
• Li Si revealed that he recognized Peter Parker as Spider-Man, and Peter removed his mask after realizing his identity was already known.
• Peter asked about Bumblebee, and Li Si explained that he had built the robot and offered to sell Peter one for $400,000.
• Peter refused the offer, then regretted it when Li Si said he had been planning to give him one before Peter turned it down.

Li Si directed Bumblebee to stop the Lizard from escaping as police and reporters arrived at Midtown School of Science and Technology. The fight continued outside while reporters identified Li Si as the young inventor behind the robot and Spider-Man as a wounded hero.

• George Stacy arrived with police after Gwen called for help, and reporters gathered at the school.
• Li Si ordered Bumblebee to block the Lizard's escape, and Bumblebee smashed him through a second-floor window.
• Police and reporters gathered around the battling monsters, while Li Si asked George Stacy to keep the officers back.
• Gwen explained Li Si's position to George Stacy, who ordered the police to retreat.
• Li Si warned reporters about flying debris and drew attention to himself as television crews reported on Bumblebee, the Lizard, Spider-Man, and Li Si.

Li Si used Shadow Follow Mode to make Bumblebee mirror his movements and overwhelm the Lizard. After pinning the Lizard down and shocking him unconscious, Li Si left the reporters and Peter Parker stunned.

• Li Si told the reporters to step back and had Peter Parker stand in a specific spot while he warmed up.
• Li Si activated Shadow Follow Mode, and Bumblebee began anticipating the Lizard's movements and landing a barrage of punches.
• Li Si mimicked Bumblebee's movements, and Bumblebee slammed the Lizard's head into the ground with a powerful punch.
• The Lizard recovered and lunged at Li Si, but Bumblebee copied Li Si's body slam and pinned him down.
• Li Si ordered Bumblebee to use maximum electricity, and the current burned the Lizard until he passed out.
• Peter Parker watched the fight and worried that he would not survive an attack like the one Bumblebee delivered.

Li Si defeated Lizard, secretly injected him with an antidote, and completed three faction missions for large rewards. As players reacted to the sudden end of the event and Li Ritian set out to find Spider-Man, reporters crowded around Li Si for an interview.

• Li Si used Bumblebee to inject Lizard with an antidote that removed the foreign genes from his body.
• The system announced that Li Si had completed three faction tasks, earned 70,000 faction points, and unlocked the faction shop and a hidden achievement.
• Players across New York protested that the faction mission had ended unexpectedly, while Li Ritian blamed someone else for claiming the rewards first.
• Li Ritian gathered Ye Lin and Wang Ze and led them to find Spider-Man and learn what had happened.
• Reporters surrounded Li Si before he could inspect the faction shop, and he prepared to answer their questions.

After Bumblebee’s fight, Li Si faced reporters who questioned the legality and purpose of his robot. He rejected the superhero label while saying he would help during disasters, then revealed Bumblebee could transform into a yellow sports car.

• Li Si told reporters that he had designed and built Bumblebee, while his friend Max had handled its circuitry and electrical attack.
• A reporter accused Li Si of bringing a dangerous robot to school, but Li Si challenged him to identify any law he had violated.
• George Stacy defended Li Si by explaining that he had been invited by the Queens Police Department as a special consultant.
• Li Si told Mary that he did not want to be called a superhero, but would stand alongside superheroes when people faced unavoidable disasters.
• A tabloid reporter asked whether Bumblebee was intended for military use, and Li Si demonstrated that the robot could transform into a yellow sports car.