Recaps

At Thunder Industries’ press conference, Lee Si unveiled Self-Healing Serum Type I and began demonstrating its ability to heal serious wounds. Colonel Jonathan cut his wrist for the demonstration, and the chapter ended with him urging Lee Si to inject the serum before he lost too much blood.

• Lee Si teased Tony Stark about his health but decided against having Baymax examine him.
• Lee Si announced Thunder Industries’ final product and said it could reattach severed limbs and save people with grave injuries.
• Lee Si invited Colonel Jonathan to demonstrate the serum under General Ross’s watch.
• Lee Si presented Self-Healing Serum Type I and explained its effects on common injuries.
• Jonathan cut a deep gash into his wrist, showed the bleeding wound to the audience, and urged Lee Si to inject the serum.

Li Si demonstrated the rapid healing power of Self-Healing Serum Type I before announcing a more potent Type II and preparing to use it to regenerate Barose’s missing arm. The demonstration was about to begin as Jonathan left the stage and reunited with his old comrade.

• Li Si injected Jonathan with Self-Healing Serum Type I, and his deep arm wound healed completely in just over twenty seconds.
• Li Si explained that Type I was not yet widely available because it had to be tailored to each user, then announced Self-Healing Serum Type II.
• Li Si said he would demonstrate limb regeneration with Type II, and the audience eagerly watched as another metal cylinder appeared.
• Jonathan feared Li Si would ask him to lose an arm, but Li Si pointed out that Barose, whose arm was missing below the elbow, was the test subject.
• Jonathan greeted Barose and urged Li Si to heal him, then left the stage after promising to treat Li Si to dinner.

Lee Stein injected Barose Max with Self-Healing Serum Type 2, then unveiled Thunder Industries’ Thunder King Battle Suit as a government-authorized alternative to superheroes. The suit promised to make soldiers far stronger and keep them alive in harsh conditions, especially when paired with the serum.

• Lee Stein injected Barose Max’s missing-arm stump with Self-Healing Serum Type 2 and told him regeneration would take time.
• Barose Max left the stage to rest while Lee introduced his final product.
• Lee argued that governments could equip ordinary soldiers with technology to match superheroes and protect the public.
• Lee unveiled the Thunder King Battle Suit, a fourth-generation suit that boosted strength and provided life support, pain suppression, and drug injection.
• Lee said the suit could keep a wearer alive after massive blood loss or heart damage and could turn soldiers into super soldiers when combined with Self-Healing Serum.

Li Si unveiled the Thunder King Battle Suit and demonstrated the Self-Healing Serum Type II by regrowing Barose’s missing arm at the launch. The crowd headed to the reception, while Justin Hammer considered approaching Thunder Industries despite his doubts.

• Li Si finished presenting the mass-producible Thunder King Battle Suit, drawing a stunned silence before the audience applauded.
• The Self-Healing Serum Type II began regrowing Barose’s severed right arm as the crowd and reporters watched.
• After about ten minutes, Barose moved his new arm, removed its protective mesh, and tearfully thanked Li Si.
• Jonathan and the officers thanked Li Si and joked about celebrating with a meal before he invited the guests to the reception.
• Li Si sent most of the crowd to the banquet hall, while Justin Hammer wondered whether to work with Thunder Industries.

Lee Si completed his Genius Scientist Template and gained Intensive Reading, then teased Tony Stark about using Self-Healing Serum during surgery. Pepper Potts confirmed that Lee Si’s funding preparations were on track, leaving Tony annoyed at Lee Si and uneasy about his operation.

• Lee Si advanced his Scientist Template to Genius Scientist, raising his Intelligence and granting him Intensive Reading.
• Tony Stark challenged Lee Si over the serum deal and threatened to withdraw the people he had lent him.
• Lee Si offered Tony Self-Healing Serum Type I for free, then explained that it might heal Tony’s wounds before the surgeons could remove the shrapnel.
• Tony gave up on taking the serum after realizing the surgery could require repeated cutting, while Lee Si smugly called Pepper Potts over.
• Pepper told Lee Si that she had arranged the bond issuance and loans, and reassured Tony that a surgeon would remove his shrapnel in a few days.

Thunder Industries drew nationwide attention after its press conference, while Gwen took over as president and the company began selling its new products. Lee Si left day-to-day management behind as sales grew and George Stacy secured a trial order for transforming police cars.

• Media outlets and online commentators widely covered Thunder Industries and sparked debates about its technology, the Super Soldier Unit, and Lee Stein’s similarities to Tony Stark.
• Gwen officially became president of Thunder Industries, with Pepper Potts and Stark Group managers helping her run the company.
• Thunder Industries began manufacturing its products, and Vertical Maneuvering Equipment and Hoverboards became popular with thrill-seeking customers.
• Lee Si opened preorders for transforming cars and Baymax robots as demand outpaced their limited production.
• George Stacy persuaded the police to test Thunder Industries transforming cars, earning a major order, a special discount, and a boost to his political career.

Lee Si reassured Gwen about the protective devices he had given her and George Stacy, then left with Pepper Potts to meet Tony Stark. On the way, players learned that Lee Stein could permanently reduce their luck, and one newcomer decided to quit the game.

• Gwen asked Lee Si whether George Stacy’s watch contained Regeneration Serum, and Lee Si vaguely assured her it was for protection.
• Pepper Potts arrived to take Lee Si to Tony Stark, and he left Osir Tower with her.
• Happy argued with players who had crowded around Tony Stark’s car, but Pepper Potts stopped the confrontation before it became a fight.
• After Lee Si and Pepper Potts drove away, a player explained Lee Stein’s reputation and his permanent luck-reducing debuff to a newcomer.
• The newcomer complained about the game’s restrictions and said he was returning to Star Wars Era.

Li Si silenced Happy’s nonstop boasting by challenging him with physics questions, then checked the player forum and found players still arguing over whether he was one of them. He remained unconcerned about their suspicions as he expected to soon obtain the Entrepreneur Template.

• Happy talked about his bodyguard skills and his wish to buy one of Li Si’s transforming cars while driving Li Si and Pepper Potts.
• Li Si asked Happy to explain how he could defeat five people with two punches and calculate the force and speed of his fist, leaving Happy speechless.
• Li Si browsed the player forum and found heated debates about whether he was a player and how he had built his fortune.
• Li Si concluded that most players would not believe he was a player without seeing it themselves, and noted that his coming Entrepreneur Template would soon make hiding his identity unnecessary.

Li Si learned that players were joining the Hulk faction quest and anticipated the dangers awaiting them. He then went to Tony Stark’s mansion, where surgeons began removing the shrapnel from Tony’s chest with the help of Regeneration Serum.

• Li Si read about the Hulk faction quest and recognized that the United States Tracking Force faction could put players in danger.
• Li Si noted that many players had left New York to join the mission and thought their current strength would not be enough against General Ross’s forces.
• Pepper Potts brought Li Si to Tony Stark’s seaside mansion for the surgery.
• Li Si gave Pepper Potts a weakened Regeneration Serum for Tony’s operation.
• The surgeons removed Tony’s chest reactor and began operating, but the serum’s rapid healing made removing the shrapnel difficult.

After removing the shrapnel around Tony Stark’s heart, Li Si returned to Osir Tower and finalized a deal with Harry Osborn for thirty percent of Osborn shares in exchange for Regeneration Serum. He sent Harry to take revenge on Mendel Stromm, then received a group of suited men whose purpose was not yet revealed.

• Li Si received the hidden achievement [Heart Thief] after the operation and left Pepper Potts to look after the unconscious Tony Stark.
• Harry Osborn gave Li Si thirty percent of Osborn shares, and Li Si handed him five vials of Regeneration Serum and explained that the serum would not cure his hereditary disease.
• Li Si had Pepper Potts’s legal adviser check the stock-transfer contracts, then signed them.
• Li Si reminded Harry Osborn that he could begin taking revenge on Mendel Stromm, and Harry left angrily.
• A group of middle-aged men in suits entered the reception room and addressed Li Si.

Lee Stein sought to take Oscorp private despite its enormous debt, while Harry Osborn’s public accusation against Mendel Stromm reignited the scandal and sent Oscorp’s reputation and stock price into another crisis. Thunder Industries and other buyers kept Oscorp’s market value near a hundred billion as protests gathered at its entrance.

• Lee Stein told investors he wanted to take Oscorp private, and Gwen warned him about the risks of its debt.
• Harry Osborn posted an apology about Dr. Connors and claimed Mendel Stromm was responsible for the Max Dillon incident.
• Harry Osborn attached an audio clip in which Mendel Stromm discussed hiding the accident, and listeners identified Stromm’s voice.
• The renewed accusations provoked public outrage and protests that blockaded Oscorp’s entrance.
• Oscorp’s stock price swung sharply as investors rushed to sell, while Thunder Industries and other buyers purchased shares to keep its market value near a hundred billion.

Li Si arrived at Oscorp Tower with Pepper Potts and his advisers to take Oscorp private, offering shareholders a twenty-percent premium. After Mendel Stromm opposed the deal, the other shareholders approved it, and Li Si left Pepper to handle the remaining business.

• Li Si arrived at Oscorp Tower with Pepper Potts and a team of financial and legal advisers as employees speculated about his takeover.
• Li Si offered to buy back all of Oscorp's shares at a twenty-percent premium and called for a vote.
• Mendel Stromm angrily opposed the acquisition, but Li Si cracked the conference table with a slap and Stromm sat back down.
• Several shareholders supported Li Si's offer, and the rest followed, approving the acquisition.
• Li Si asked Pepper Potts to handle the remaining arrangements and left in a good mood.

After merging Thunder Industries and Oscorp into the Stein Group, Li Si purged spies and players from the company and began choosing leaders for its new research divisions. Otto Gunther accepted Li Si’s offer to head the new energy division, with the chapter ending as Li welcomed him aboard.

• Li Si used Appraisal to identify players and spies among Oscorp employees and removed them from sensitive positions.
• Li Si met with Gwen, Max, and Otto Gunther at Stein Tower for an informal meeting.
• Li Si offered Otto Gunther leadership of the new energy division and five percent of the Stein Group as compensation.
• Otto Gunther accepted the offer, and Li Si welcomed him aboard.

Li Si awarded shares to Otto Gunther, Max, and Gwen while organizing the Stein Group’s research departments. He also arranged for Harry Osborn to receive his father’s prototype Green Goblin Armor, leaving the company’s lab reorganization in Gwen’s hands.

• Li Si gave Otto Gunther five percent of the Stein Group, binding the scientist to the company through shared interests.
• Li Si offered Max five percent of the shares and appointed him to lead the Power Department; Max accepted after Li Si assured him the shares could be reclaimed if he failed in the role.
• Li Si gave Gwen a share-transfer agreement, then asked her to have Felicia retrieve the prototype armor from the CJ-2042 Laboratory and deliver it to Harry Osborn.
• Gwen agreed to arrange the armor’s delivery, and Li Si told her to prioritize reorganizing the company’s laboratory departments before adjourning the meeting.

Li Si punished Hulk for wrecking his living room, while Felicia delivered Norman Osborn’s next-generation military armor to Harry as a keepsake. After replacing the damaged furniture, Li Si checked the generous rewards he had earned by disrupting the events of The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

• Li Si came home to find Hulk had smashed the sofa and coffee table, then sentenced the dog to six hours of simulated combat training.
• Felicia delivered a box from Li Stein to Harry Osborn and said it contained a keepsake from his father.
• Harry opened the box, recognized Norman Osborn’s next-generation military armor, and stored it in the basement.
• Li Si had Bumblebee clean the living room, ordered replacement furniture, and opened his status panel to review his rewards.

Li Si reviewed the achievements he had earned and received the Entrepreneur Template after founding the Stein Group and raising its evaluation to Grade A. The template’s Red-Hat Merchant skill offered a way to earn universal experience by selling goods through the Trading Company System.

• Li Si saw that several hidden achievements had raised his achievement points by eight and wondered how he had earned Hoeing Mastery.
• Li Si identified likely causes for the Dawn of Despair, Discerning Eye, Business Tycoon, Villain Collector, and Stand Still, Let Me Handle This achievements.
• The system awarded Li Si the Epic Entrepreneur Template because he had established the Stein Group and met its Grade A evaluation requirement.
• Li Si examined Red-Hat Merchant, which let him establish a shop using achievement points and universal experience and granted official protection for system transactions.
• Li Si concluded that selling his research and products to players could help him earn more universal experience than he spent.

Li Si considered how the Entrepreneur Template could let him profit from player transactions, then opened a Special Achievement Gift Pack earned by preventing The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He selected five reward categories, choosing experience, achievement points, and knowledge experience, then narrowed the remaining choices to equipment and items and miscellaneous items.

• Li Si recalled how conglomerates had used the Entrepreneur Template to run stores and act as intermediaries for transferring general experience.
• Li Si suspected the template could offer benefits greater than a Legendary Template, but set the idea aside to inspect his reward.
• Li Si opened the Special Achievement Gift Pack he had earned by preventing The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and its related villains from changing the plot.
• The gift pack offered eight reward categories, and Li Si chose general experience, achievement points, and knowledge experience.
• Li Si ruled out talent skills, template clues, and general skills, leaving equipment and items and miscellaneous items as his final two categories.

Li Si opened his Special Achievement Gift Pack and received experience, knowledge, an electromagnetic defense device, and blood from a superhuman. He identified the blood’s owner as Hentai Kamen and was disgusted by the bizarre way the man’s powers worked.

• Li Si chose categories for his gift-pack rewards and confirmed the draw.
• Li Si received 120,000 General Experience, 5 Achievement Points, technical knowledge, an Electromagnetic Deflection Field Generator, and a vial of blood.
• Li Si inspected the generator and found it could deflect ranged projectiles within a two-meter radius, but could not stop melee attacks or beams.
• Li Si appraised the blood and learned it came from a superhuman who wore used panties over his head.
• Li Si recognized the blood’s owner as Hentai Kamen and realized the man’s abilities increased when he became aroused.

Li Si organized the Glory Type III Wireless Power Base technology and considered how it could support Bumblebee and let Max travel through power grids. He spent resources to establish a personal shop and ordered Engineering Robots for its underground projection base.

• Li Si stored the Blood of Hentai Kamen in his underground laboratory and studied the wireless power base technology.
• Li Si considered using the wireless power bases to keep Bumblebee charged and let Max travel quickly while replenishing his energy.
• Li Si activated the Red-Hat Merchant skill and learned that his personal shop needed a real-world property as its projection base.
• Li Si ordered Bumblebee to send the Engineering Robot blueprints to the group's factory and have a hundred robots made.
• Bumblebee relayed the order through its AI copy, which monitored the Stein Group's systems and factories.

Li Si used his Engineering Robots and Rapid Construction to expand his underground workspace, then received a visit from Colonel Jonathan, who asked about the promised Transforming Robots. Jonathan revealed that the military urgently needed heavy weapons to hunt the Hulk, whose strength and ability to hide among people made him difficult to fight.

• Li Si directed a hundred Engineering Robots to dig and expand the underground passage, then used Rapid Construction to increase their work efficiency.
• Bumblebee used an Engineering Robot to tell Li Si that Colonel Jonathan had arrived, and Li Si invited him to wait in the living room.
• Jonathan told Li Si that the general wanted the promised Transforming Robots immediately.
• Li Si asked whether the military was at war, and Jonathan explained that it was hunting a green-skinned monster called the Hulk.
• Jonathan said the Hulk was stronger and tougher than the Green Lizard, could disguise himself as an ordinary human, and could not be stopped with missiles or small-scale combat.

Li Si considered General Ross’s request for forty Transforming Robots to help capture Hulk and weighed the risks of joining the hunt. He planned to deliver the robots the next day, but decided the best chance to capture Hulk would come when Bruce Banner purged the gamma energy from his body.

• Jonathan told Li Si that General Ross wanted the Transforming Robots delivered by the next day to help hunt Hulk.
• Li Si agreed to have the factory finish the robots by tomorrow evening and accompany Jonathan.
• After Jonathan left, Li Si checked the Hulk side quest and decided that neither helping Hulk escape nor capturing him through direct force offered an easy path to faction rewards.
• Li Si reasoned that Hulk’s transformations depended on stored gamma energy and that Bruce Banner would be weakest after purging it.
• Li Si concluded that the forty Transforming Robots could overwhelm Hulk if they attacked while Banner was depleted.

Li Si finished an underground supermarket and set it as the location for his personal shop, stocking it with equipment and card-opening machines. Meanwhile, Li Ritian and Ye Xi launched Haotian Daily by reporting on a coming clash between Kratos and Luo Han.

• Li Si inspected the newly excavated supermarket and kept the Engineering Robots to serve as its staff.
• Li Si configured the supermarket as his personal shop, stocked it with goods, and confirmed its opening.
• Li Ritian and Ye Xi introduced the first episode of Haotian Daily at an unfinished building complex.
• Li Ritian identified Kratos and Luo Han as former rivals who had met again on opposing sides of a Hulk faction quest.
• Li Ritian boasted about his connection to the Merchant and recommended couple's Thunder King Battle Suits, prompting Ye Xi to glare at him.

Li Ritian and other players received a notice that the System Shop had opened, and he entered its virtual supermarket to investigate for his livestream. He found players crowding around rare equipment and suits that had previously been difficult or impossible for many of them to obtain.

• Li Ritian, Ye Xi, Kratos, and Luo Han received a notice announcing the new Lee Stein Industries System Shop.
• Li Ritian read his livestream chat and agreed to visit the shop while broadcasting.
• Li Ritian selected Virtual Mode and found himself in a crowded, empty-shelved supermarket alongside other players.
• Ye Xi joined Li Ritian, and they explored the virtual space while he filmed the crowd.
• Players discussed the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, hoverboards, and newer suits available for purchase with general experience.

Luo Han searched for a way to buy a customizable Transformer to improve his chances against Kratos, but discovered that the listed price covered only a bare unit and its attachments cost extra. Li Ritian claimed he could show Luo Han how to buy Universal Experience, and led him off to explain.

• Luo Han studied a customizable Transformer and decided its weapon restriction lift and Shadow Follow Mode could help him defeat Kratos, but he lacked the required Universal Experience.
• Li Ritian approached Luo Han and pointed out a second whiteboard listing the costly prices of the Transformer's optional attachments.
• Luo Han realized that 50,000 Universal Experience bought only the bare Transformer and that he could not afford it anyway.
• Li Ritian told Luo Han that Universal Experience could be bought through an in-game transaction, then led him away to show him how.

Li Ritian and Luo Han discovered Merchant’s special services at the card-pack machines, including a costly way to transfer general experience. Luo Han bought nearly ninety thousand general experience from players and spent it all upgrading his equipment, while the muscular Kratos disappeared in a beam of white light.

• Li Ritian and Luo Han found robots offering special services among the card-pack machines.
• Luo Han objected to the 25% transfer fees but paid a robot to announce that he was buying general experience with real-world currency.
• Players and professional gamers gathered to sell experience, and Luo Han bought nearly ninety thousand general experience after bargaining over the price.
• Luo Han spent all his experience upgrading his weapons and system components, delighting in the purchases.
• Li Ritian lamented Luo Han’s spending habit as Kratos quietly vanished in a beam of white light.