Recaps

Zhang Yang flew a MiG-29 to destroy armed forces threatening the Gangge Republic, earning a major general’s rank and growing his mining and security businesses. He continued expanding his power and ended the chapter by violently punishing two security personnel who mocked him.

• Zhang Yang flew a MiG-29, broke the sound barrier, and performed aerial maneuvers over Jinsa Air Force Base.
• After Zabol publicized border harassment, Zhang Yang destroyed an armed faction’s stronghold and camp with air-to-ground missiles.
• Zabol awarded Zhang Yang the rank of major general, boosting his prestige in the Gangge Republic.
• Zhang Yang used Kaiwei Mining to acquire more mines and expanded his security company across the Gangge Republic.
• Zhang Yang invited Chris to spend the evening with him, then kicked a heavy tire into two security personnel who had been whispering about him.

Zhang Yang chose the system’s world-changing path and received artificial intelligence technology far ahead of its time. He returned to China with Zabol as a presidential adviser and helped the Gangge Republic sign broad cooperation agreements with China.

• Zhang Yang established his authority over Honey Badger Security Company’s mercenaries and told them they could still quit, but none accepted the offer.
• Zhang Yang chose the system’s Change the World option over a carefree life, and the system awarded him Artificial Intelligence Technology 2.0, estimated to be twenty years ahead of current technology.
• A week later, Zhang Yang accompanied Zabol on the Gangge Republic’s state visit to China and received a warm welcome in Beijing.
• Zhang Yang joined Zabol in meetings with Chinese officials and represented the Gangge Republic in signing comprehensive cooperation plans across the economy, energy, and public welfare.

After the Gangge Republic visit, Zhang Yang used his influence to offer Li Xingyu investment opportunities and promised Tian Chuxi and Ouyang Feifei support for their entertainment careers. He then founded Cloud Sea Technology, chose AI video generation as its first product, and began recruiting top talent.

• Zhang Yang told Li Xingyu that he could invest in the Gangge Republic and guaranteed his ventures there.
• Tian Chuxi and Ouyang Feifei visited Zhang Yang, and he promised to help Ouyang Feifei pursue film and television and to arrange an album and concert tour for Tian Chuxi.
• Zhang Yang spent the following half month mastering Artificial Intelligence 2.0, bought a Wangjing office building, and organized Cloud Sea Technology as his AI company.
• After seeing the flaws in existing AI-generated videos, Zhang Yang decided that Cloud Sea Technology’s first product would be an improved video-generation tool.
• Within a month, Cloud Sea Technology drew attention in the industry by offering exceptionally high fees and compensation to recruit AI experts.

Zhang Yang prepared to launch Cloud Sea Technology’s first AI product, Cloud Motion, and arranged an aurora trip to Iceland with Bai Xiaomi and Luo Zhiqing, with Chris organizing security and a London stopover. The group departed on Zhang Yang’s private jet, where the two assistants shared photos of the trip and Bai Xiaomi objected to Luo Zhiqing’s post suggesting she was traveling alone with their boss.

• Zhang Yang named Cloud Sea Technology’s first product Cloud Motion and set its launch for New Year’s Day.
• Bai Xiaomi asked Zhang Yang to take her and Luo Zhiqing to see the aurora, and he agreed to arrange the trip.
• Zhang Yang planned a London stopover, and Chris volunteered to travel with him and organize security.
• Bai Xiaomi and Luo Zhiqing eagerly fawned over Zhang Yang before the trip, and he left with them for London aboard his Gulfstream G650ER.
• Bai Xiaomi and Luo Zhiqing photographed the jet and posted about the flight on Moments, prompting Bai Xiaomi to protest Luo Zhiqing’s post about traveling with her male-god boss.

Zhang Yang arrived in London with Bai Jingyi and Luo Zhiqing, where Chris and a Honey Badger Security team welcomed them. After checking into the Four Seasons and exploring Borough Market, Zhang Yang spent the night with his assistants, then posted a photo of London's moon and received an unexpected message.

• Zhang Yang landed at Heathrow with Bai Jingyi and Luo Zhiqing, and Chris greeted him with a kiss and an embrace.
• Chris introduced the assistants to fifteen British members of Honey Badger Security, and the group drove to the Four Seasons Hotel.
• Zhang Yang, the assistants, and Chris visited Borough Market, sampled food, and returned to their presidential suite.
• Zhang Yang spent the night with Bai Jingyi and Luo Zhiqing, then got up after midnight to photograph London's moon.
• Zhang Yang posted the photo to his Moments and noticed that someone unexpected had contacted him.

Zhang Yang reunited with Luo Xinyu in London and learned that her family had fallen on hard times, though she still longed to return home. After he offered to help her family and his security team drove off racist hecklers, Zhang Yang went with Luo Xinyu to her apartment and they became lovers.

• Luo Xinyu contacted Zhang Yang in London, and he agreed to meet her at a jazz bar.
• Zhang Yang met Luo Xinyu at the bar, where she was astonished by how much he had changed and admitted that her family’s company had fallen.
• Zhang Yang offered to help Luo Xinyu return home and restore her family’s fortunes, but she said she could not go back yet.
• Zhang Yang and Luo Xinyu walked along the Thames and kissed before drunken young men harassed them with racist taunts.
• Zhang Yang’s security guards intervened, and he again offered to help Luo Xinyu and her family.
• Zhang Yang accompanied Luo Xinyu to her apartment, where they spent the night together.

Zhang Yang traveled with his assistants and Chris from London to Iceland, where they toured the island and shared an unexpected view of the aurora. On the flight back, Bai Jingyi asked about having his child, and Zhang Yang decided he would have children after obtaining the advanced genetic serum and making one of his companies the world’s most valuable.

• Zhang Yang left London with his two assistants after Luo Xinyu agreed to return to Magic City and follow his arrangements.
• Zhang Yang, the assistants, and Chris flew to Reykjavik, where he told Chris he hoped she would make Honey Badger Security Africa’s leading security company.
• The group toured Iceland by motorhome, taking in glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes, and an unexpected aurora after missing Skogafoss’s double rainbow.
• On the flight back, Bai Jingyi asked whether she might be pregnant and said she wanted Zhang Yang’s child.
• Zhang Yang decided to have children once he obtained the advanced genetic serum and one of his companies reached the world’s highest market value, and he planned to guide his descendants and keep the family at peace.

Cloud Motion launched successfully after a viral marketing campaign, and Zhang Yang received advanced humanoid-robot technology from the system. He recruited Zhou Zhaodong to begin preparations for research, then welcomed Luo Xinyu back to the country and took her to the Cloud Sea Club.

• Cloud Sea Technology launched Cloud Motion on New Year's Day, and realistic AI-generated photos and videos drove its downloads to the top of the weekly rankings.
• Zhang Yang learned that Cloud Motion 2.0 was scheduled for release around the eve of the Spring Festival and planned to introduce text-to-image and text-to-video features gradually.
• The system granted Zhang Yang humanoid-robot technology fifty years ahead of current technology and five hundred scientist templates, so he summoned Zhou Zhaodong to recruit talent and organize research.
• Zhang Yang learned that Luo Xinyu had returned from overseas and drove to Pudong International Airport to welcome her.
• Luo Xinyu embraced Zhang Yang, and he took her to the Cloud Sea Club.

Zhang Yang welcomed Luo Xinyu back to Magic City by showing her the power and influence he had gained, then helped her reconnect with her former circle. After noticing Pei Xiaoru’s unanswered invitation and learning she had returned to real estate work, he set out to visit her, while Pei Xiaoru faced a skeptical new branch manager.

• Zhang Yang brought Luo Xinyu to a banquet where the Tang siblings poured wine for them, and he asked the guests to support Luo’s family business.
• Zhang Yang and Luo Xinyu revisited their old apartment, while Zhang Yang later read Pei Xiaoru’s unanswered messages and decided to visit her.
• Zhang Yang drove Luo Xinyu home, then checked Pei Xiaoru’s location and headed to her store.
• Pei Xiaoru returned to her former real-estate branch, where the new manager told her to start over as a newcomer and asked whether she still kept in touch with her major client.

Pei Xiaoru reunited with Zhang Yang, accepted his terms for their relationship, and agreed to stay by his side. Zhang Yang acquired Anjia Real Estate intending to give her a chance to lead it, while Pei Xiaoru faced pressure from her manager as her probation neared its end.

• Pei Xiaoru struggled to find clients at her old real estate job until Zhang Yang arrived and embraced her.
• Zhang Yang took Pei Xiaoru out, apologized for neglecting her messages, and kissed her.
• Zhang Yang explained that he could provide material support and help but not constant companionship or relationship status, and Pei Xiaoru agreed to stay with him.
• Zhang Yang received a Real Estate Elite Buff for Pei Xiaoru and decided to acquire her company so she could take on a leadership role.
• Zhang Yang acquired all of Anjia Real Estate's shares, while Pei Xiaoru's manager warned her that she might have to leave if she failed to close a deal.

Zhang Yang revealed himself as Anjia Real Estate’s new chairman, promoted Pei Xiaoru to regional director, and returned to Yinghai for the New Year. The chapter ended with him catching up with his cousin Li Kaiguang, who was managing one of his parents’ restaurants.

• Zhang Yang appeared at Anjia Real Estate’s kickoff meeting as its new chairman, leaving Pei Xiaoru’s store manager alarmed.
• Zhang Yang told Pei Xiaoru he had bought the company and appointed her regional director after she asked to become a store manager.
• Pei Xiaoru visited her former store for an inspection, where the store manager greeted her deferentially.
• Cloud Motion gained industry attention as Cloud Sea Technology prepared version 2.0 and recruited experts for a secret project.
• Zhang Yang returned to Yinghai before New Year’s Eve and visited Haiqin Restaurant, where he met his cousin Li Kaiguang managing a branch.

Zhang Yang reunited with his family for New Year’s Eve, then joined them in visiting relatives on the first day of the Lunar New Year. At Grandma’s house, his Little Aunt panicked when he revealed his family planned to open a restaurant near hers, while Song Yumeng urged her to accept fair competition.

• Zhang Yang brought his grandparents from the countryside to Purple Garden No. 1 and learned that Lin Jingmin had thoughtfully supervised their house renovation and brought them gifts.
• Zhang Yang sent Lin Jingmin a New Year red envelope and offered to help fund her plans to start a studio.
• Zhang Yang celebrated the reunion dinner with his parents and grandparents, then welcomed the new year with his family the next morning.
• Zhang Yang and his parents drove to Grandma’s house, where Second Aunt introduced her prospective son-in-law, Pengfei, to the family.
• Little Uncle awkwardly asked Zhang Yang for more time to repay his debt, and Little Aunt complained that the family’s restaurants were too successful.
• Zhang Yang mentioned plans to open a restaurant near Little Aunt’s, leaving her alarmed as Song Yumeng defended fair competition.

Zhang Yang expanded his influence through Cloud Sea Technology, a new school project, humanoid robot research, and the centralization of the Gangge Republic. After returning to Beijing, he offered Han Lu and Liu Chang jobs as flight attendants on his private jet.

• Zhang Yang signed on as the second-largest shareholder in Yinghai's planned international private school, then told Teacher Meng she could join the school when it opened.
• Cloud Sea Technology launched Cloud Motion 2.0, whose text-to-image and video generation feature won widespread praise and sent downloads soaring.
• Zhang Yang assembled a loyal humanoid robot research team and began development, initially based in China.
• Zabol's government forces took control of every province in the Gangge Republic, centralizing authority and attracting rising foreign investment.
• Zhang Yang's growing influence made him a prominent figure in Beijing, where he offered Han Lu and Liu Chang permanent flight-attendant jobs on his private jet.

Zhang Yang showed a group of Chinese elite heirs the power he wielded in the Gangge Republic, taking them on a helicopter hunt and an escorted tour of a nearby city. The group visited Honey Badger Security’s headquarters, where they were stunned by the force Zhang Yang had assembled.

• Zhang Yang’s Cloud Motion surpassed one hundred million downloads as Cloud Sea Technology expanded, while researchers advanced humanoid robots and Honey Badger Security grew into a private army.
• Zhang Yang took visiting Chinese heirs over the grasslands in an armed helicopter and let them fire a Vulcan Gatling at wildlife below.
• Zhang Yang ordered Gangge Republic soldiers and armored vehicles to escort the heirs through a nearby city as they considered investment opportunities.
• The heirs discussed plans for a supermarket chain and an agricultural food-processing plant, and Zhang Yang agreed to show them Honey Badger Security.
• At Honey Badger Security’s headquarters, the heirs stared in shock at the personnel gathered there and asked whether they were all Zhang Yang’s men.

Zhang Yang’s businesses expanded rapidly at home and abroad as Cloud Sea Technology unveiled a lifelike AI-powered robotic dog that became a hit. The chapter ended with the company preparing factories, stores, and more smart devices after the dog’s strong sales.

• Zhang Yang showed his visitors Honey Badger Security’s headquarters and revealed that the company had over five thousand personnel before they returned home from the Gangge Republic.
• Honey Badger Security expanded across Africa, while Zhang Yang’s existing businesses grew and Cloud Sea Technology’s Cloud Motion surpassed one hundred million downloads.
• Cloud Sea Technology launched its Cloud Intelligence 1.0 robotic dog for 9,999, and tech blogger Aze tested it and praised its lifelike movement and capabilities.
• Aze released a widely viewed review calling the robotic dog a standout domestic product, prompting a surge in orders.
• Cloud Sea Technology’s robotic dog sold 300,000 units in its first month and became popular as a companion and guide dog.
• Cloud Sea Technology finalized a location for its factory, accelerated its offline sales network, and began developing more smart-home products.

Cloud Sea Technology expanded into smart home products, launched a lifelike second-generation simulated dog, and grew into a global company while Honey Badger Security tested armed mechanical dogs in combat. At Haiqin Restaurant’s thirtieth-branch opening, Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin welcomed guests, including Li Xiaoxuan and Meng Baihan, as word spread that Zhang Yang had sent his father a gift.

• Cloud Sea Technology opened a funding round, began building a super factory and experience stores, and released a second-generation simulated dog with lifelike fur, body temperature, bones, and a heartbeat.
• The simulated dog sold more than one million units in its first month, and Cloud Sea Technology opened overseas branches in Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.
• Honey Badger Security deployed armed mechanical dogs in North Africa, where they killed hostage-takers and helped secure the hostages; Zhang Yang also established SC Industrial in the Gangge Republic.
• Cloud Sea Technology expanded its stores and product lines, then raised two billion US dollars at a fifty-billion-dollar valuation.
• At the opening of Haiqin Restaurant’s thirtieth branch, Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin welcomed Li Xiaoxuan, Meng Baihan, and local business owners, who discussed Zhang Yang’s wealth and absence.
• Li Xiaoxuan and Meng Baihan spoke privately about their limited opportunities to see Zhang Yang, and guests then heard that he had arranged a gift for his father.

Zhang Zhaohai received an entire office building from Zhang Yang to celebrate opening his thirtieth restaurant, and he and Song Wenqin inspected the property and its lucrative rental income. The couple decided to step back from managing their restaurant business, while they wondered how to encourage Zhang Yang to have children.

• At the opening of Zhang Zhaohai's thirtieth restaurant, Zhang Yang's staff member presented him with the ownership documents for the entire No. 1 building in Wealth Harbor.
• Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin agreed to hire a general manager for Haiqin Catering and let the couple enjoy life instead of closely overseeing their thirty restaurants.
• Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin drove to Wealth Harbor, where Little Lu and the property management staff welcomed them as the building's new owners.
• The couple reviewed the building's rental income, which amounted to tens of millions, then explored the property together.
• On the rooftop, Zhang Zhaohai said Zhang Yang had promised to consider having children after his parents opened thirty restaurants, and he and Song Wenqin wondered how to urge him.

Zhang Yang reunited with Le Man, who managed his entertainment company, and learned that Su Xiaoran’s popular novel was based partly on their past. After reading it, he ordered Le Man to acquire its adaptation rights for twice the market rate, while Xie Shuting recognized Zhang Yang on a television broadcast at her book signing.

• Zhang Yang visited Sky Tour Pan-Entertainment and reunited with Le Man, whom he had appointed CEO using a talent BUFF.
• Le Man discussed the company’s projects and proposed acquiring the film and television rights to Su Xiaoran’s latest novel, which Zhang Yang realized was written about his past with Xie Shuting.
• Zhang Yang read the novel and discovered that its male lead was modeled on him but portrayed as a womanizing, cold-hearted man.
• Zhang Yang told Le Man to offer twice the market rate for the adaptation rights, partly because he did not want anyone else playing a character based on him.
• At a book-signing event, Xie Shuting saw Zhang Yang appear on a television bulletin and recognized him.

Xie Shuting met Zhang Yang after discovering he owned Sky Tour Pan-Entertainment and had offered double the market price for her novel’s adaptation rights; they reconciled and grew close, leaving the adaptation plan shelved. The chapter then followed Zhang Yang’s expanding business and influence as Cloud Sea Technology’s products surged and Honey Badger Security Group grew across Africa.

• Xie Shuting agreed to meet Sky Tour Pan-Entertainment after her manager told her the company wanted to buy her novel’s screen adaptation rights.
• Le Man offered Xie Shuting double the usual price, but Xie Shuting left without accepting the deal.
• Xie Shuting discovered Zhang Yang owned Sky Tour Pan-Entertainment and invited him to meet her.
• Zhang Yang explained that he bought the rights to keep others from adapting a story based on him, and he and Xie Shuting reconciled.
• Xie Shuting offered Zhang Yang the adaptation rights for free, and they embraced on The Bund as the project was set aside.
• Cloud Sea Simulated Dog Gen 2 became a global hit, while Honey Badger Security Group expanded to eight thousand members and continued growing across Africa.

Zhang Yang prepared Cloud Sea Technology for its next major move while Huaying Film and Television Base opened as the Oriental Hollywood. He then tested a humanoid robot prototype and celebrated his thirtieth birthday on his private island, leaving plans for combat androids underway.

• Zhang Yang chose to develop a lightweight VR headset first while Cloud Sea Technology expanded its talent, supply chains, factories, acquisitions, and overseas stores, then raised tens of billions of dollars in financing.
• Huaying Film and Television Base opened after years of construction, and Zhang Yang attended with Guangrui Media stars including Tian Chuxi and Ouyang Feifei.
• Tian Chuxi joined Zhang Yang for a group photo, and he told her he still sought something more unattainable before returning with her to the crowd.
• At a secret experimental base in the Gangge Republic, Zhang Yang watched a humanoid robot prototype perform complex movements after researchers installed its biological chip, then ordered development to focus on combat.
• Zhang Yang held his thirtieth birthday celebration on his private South Pacific island, where his guests admired its lavish facilities and attended an all-night party.

At the New Year, Zhang Yang received anti-aging biotechnology and secretly began using it on his family and partners. His grandparents and Li Xiaoxuan grew younger, while Bei Wei worried that she could not conceive his child.

• At midnight on New Year's Eve, Zhang Yang received anti-aging biotechnology that could make a person's bodily functions ten years younger, and he decided to keep it for private use.
• Zhang Yang assigned system-provided researcher templates to one of his biotech startups and oversaw the development of the anti-aging medicine.
• Zhang Yang gave the medicine to his grandparents, who woke the next morning feeling more energetic and physically nimble.
• Zhang Yang visited Li Xiaoxuan and Tongtong, gave Tongtong an extravagant Barbie, and secretly put the medicine in Li Xiaoxuan's water.
• The next morning, Li Xiaoxuan saw that she looked like her younger self, and Tongtong confirmed that she appeared much younger.
• Bei Wei told Bei Jiajia that she wanted Zhang Yang's child but was anxious because she had not become pregnant.

Zhang Yang reunited with Bei Wei, secretly used an anti-aging serum to restore her body to eighteen, and left her hoping she might conceive. He then returned to Cloud Sea Technology, where its next-generation virtual reality product was ready for mass production.

• Bei Wei and Bei Jiajia discussed Bei Wei's wish to have a child, then Bei Wei left with Zhang Yang when he arrived.
• Zhang Yang brought Bei Wei to his Tan Palace estate and reassured her about starting a family, though he secretly knew he had prevented her from becoming pregnant.
• Zhang Yang added anti-aging serum to Bei Wei's water, restoring her body to the condition it had been in ten years earlier.
• Bei Wei saw her youthful appearance in the mirror and spent several days with Zhang Yang at Tan Palace, while he kept the pregnancy restriction in place.
• Zhang Yang returned to Cloud Sea Technology and inspected the Cloud World Project Center, where mass-production units for its virtual reality product were ready.

Zhang Yang tested Cloud Sea Technology’s mass-production virtual reality headset, haptic gear, and omnidirectional treadmill, then saw the company unveil the equipment and its virtual world at its annual launch event the following year. The chapter ended with the audience doubting whether the promotional video’s astonishing claims were real.

• Zhang Yang tried the headset and experienced its comfortable fit, long battery life, lifelike visuals, virtual controls, and immersive environments.
• Zhang Yang entered Home using the full haptic-feedback set and omnidirectional treadmill, explored its realistic city and NPCs, and saw its many possible activities.
• Zhang Yang approved the equipment’s pricing at twenty thousand for the basic version and forty thousand for the full set.
• By the middle of the following year, Cloud Sea Technology had completed its super factory and expanded its stores as the company prepared its annual product launch.
• Cloud Sea Technology’s CEO presented the company’s achievements before introducing a promotional video for the virtual reality equipment.
• The launch audience and online viewers reacted with excitement and skepticism as the video showed users entering realistic virtual worlds.

Cloud Sea Technology launched its lightweight Cloud World headset and opened sales, while customers and VR entrepreneurs confirmed its startlingly realistic visuals and smooth office functions. Liu Qiang and Zhao Hui received the accompanying treadmill and haptic equipment, and Zhao Hui prepared to test the full setup.

• Cloud Sea Technology announced the Cloud World headset, priced it at 20,000 yuan or 40,000 yuan with a full equipment set, and opened preorders for its virtual world game, Home.
• Liu Qiang and Zhao Hui joined the overnight queue outside Cloud Sea Technology's Beijing flagship store to assess the headset for their VR startup.
• The first buyer tried the headset in public and described its weightless comfort, zero-latency visuals, and lifelike virtual scenes, prompting other customers to praise it as era-defining.
• Liu Qiang and Zhao Hui bought the standard headsets and tested them at their office, where Zhao Hui explored realistic scenes and controlled office functions with hand movements.
• After both entrepreneurs tried the headsets, a staff member delivered the company's omnidirectional treadmill and haptic equipment, and Zhao Hui volunteered to test them.

Zhao Hui tested Cloud Sea Technology’s virtual world Home and was stunned by its realism, while the game’s launch drew huge attention and began generating substantial spending. Zhang Yang watched Home’s player numbers and global influence grow, then discovered his schedule was packed as the company’s latest breakthrough thrust him back into the spotlight.

• Zhao Hui customized his avatar, named it Zhao Gao de Gao, and explored Home’s futuristic city, where realistic NPCs, jobs, shops, and destinations revealed how players could earn and spend money.
• After Zhao Hui left the game, reviewers and players praised Cloud Sea Technology’s new product, and videos of Home’s worlds and activities spread across social platforms.
• Players spent money on luxury homes, vehicles, vacations, and bail, while Home’s realistic rules and social systems made it feel increasingly like a real world.
• At the Home Operations Center, Zhang Yang reviewed rising player counts and projected that Home could eventually draw millions or even hundreds of millions of players and generate enormous revenue.
• Zhang Yang saw the worldwide coverage of Cloud Sea Technology and received a holographic display of his packed schedule as the company’s success put him back in the global spotlight.