Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen’s improved jammer prompted Xu Xiangyang to arrange a prototype, while Lin Chen’s cultivation advanced to Grandmaster level and greatly increased his strength and defenses. He planned to return to Magic City with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian the next day, concealing how quickly his injury had healed.

• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang that he could improve vehicle-mounted, aircraft, and warship jammers, though upgrades would take time, and Xu Xiangyang arranged for a prototype of the improved jammer to be made by the next day.
• While teaching Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to practice, Lin Chen reached Grandmaster level in Ancient Martial Arts Tai Chi, increasing his internal energy to about a hundred years’ worth.
• Lin Chen learned from the system that he could block ordinary rifle bullets and withstand fragments from an explosion at sufficient distance, though close-range fragments could still threaten his life.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that his wound had nearly scabbed over and credited their practice; Xu Mengyao advised him to keep the gauze on until they returned to Magic City.
• Lin Chen decided that he, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian would return to Magic City the next day on the safer new plane, with Liu Feng and the others accompanying them.

Lin Chen and his family flew safely to Magic City aboard the customized A380, which had extensive emergency protections and fighter-jet escorts. After landing, Lin Chen arranged generous pay and compensation for the crew, then went to visit the Xu Family, where Yang Qingyue checked on his injured arm.

• Lin Chen boarded the A380 and learned from Liang Hongwei about its flares, Escape Pod, and Safe Room.
• Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian stayed in the Safe Room as Liang Hongwei flew them to Magic City under fighter-jet escort.
• Lin Chen promised to cover the crew's expenses, double their salaries, and double their compensation for injuries or deaths on duty.
• Lin Chen drove Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to the Xu Family, where Yang Qingyue worried about his arm and Lin Xiaoqian promised to take care of him.

After the drone attack, Lin Chen reassured Xu Guofeng that his injury had healed and explained his plans to protect his family and retaliate through research. He took Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to a scenic island for a month-long honeymoon, with security and supplies arranged.

• At dinner, Lin Chen told Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue that he and Xu Mengyao might soon have good news about a second child.
• In the study, Lin Chen revealed that his arm had healed and said the drone attack was likely tied to a Camel Country organization, possibly with United States involvement.
• Lin Chen told Xu Guofeng that he planned to take Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to a domestic island while he researched useful technology and practiced shooting.
• Lin Chen asked Sirius to arrange a scenic island, firearms, ammunition, computers, and security, and the higher-ups approved the plan.
• The next day, Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian arrived at the island, where Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao hoped to conceive another child during their stay.

China retaliated against the Red Moon Organization after its failed attempt to assassinate Lin Chen, while Lin Chen spent his island honeymoon teaching Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to shoot and developing military technology. After half a month of practice, he reached Legendary-level Shooting Skill.

• China and Camel Country signed a military procurement agreement and planned a joint anti-terrorism exercise, putting the Red Moon Organization under pressure.
• The Red Moon Organization's senior members argued over their attack on Lin Chen and feared China's response, though US backing kept them together.
• Lin Chen taught Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to shoot, then spent time with them at the beach while two warships guarded the island.
• Lin Chen told Sirius that the aircraft jammer's range had doubled and its jamming strength had increased three to four times, and promised to develop a shipborne version.
• After accumulating forty hours of shooting experience on the island, Lin Chen reached Legendary-level Shooting Skill and became better at hitting fast-moving targets.

Lin Chen mastered the Gun Shaking Technique, using his Legendary-level marksmanship and inner force to curve bullets, while Robert considered ways to capture or kill him. Two days later, Lin Chen received an invitation to a Technology Summit in Europe, and Xu Mengyao warned him that going could put his safety at risk.

• Lin Chen practiced the Gun Shaking Technique and learned to curve bullets with inner force, though he could not make them violate the laws of physics.
• Lin Chen joined Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian by the sea and helped Lin Xiaoqian with her painting.
• Robert learned that China had made a breakthrough in vehicle-mounted Drone Jammers and suspected Lin Chen was responsible.
• Robert rejected a submarine attack near the island and considered luring Lin Chen to an event abroad to kidnap or kill him.
• Two days later, Lin Chen learned that Europe had invited him to speak at a Technology Summit, and Xu Mengyao advised him not to go.

Lin Chen told his fans that he was pausing Fairy Tale updates to research Anti-Drone Technology, then reached Legendary level in hacking and upgraded his family's computer defenses. After Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao tried for another child, he discovered the next day that Xu Mengyao was already pregnant.

• Lin Chen recorded a video explaining that his injury had mostly healed but he was putting Fairy Tale updates on hold while researching Anti-Drone Technology, and his fans supported him.
• Robert learned that Lin Chen had developed the technology and ordered an investigation into whether he had made versions for aircraft or warships.
• Lin Chen's Hacking Skill reached Legendary level, and he strengthened the Defense System installed on his family's phones and computers.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao discussed trying for another child and agreed to leave the baby's sex to fate.
• Lin Chen examined Xu Mengyao the next day and discovered that she was pregnant.

Lin Chen discovered that Xu Mengyao was pregnant, and the couple agreed to keep the news private until the pregnancy stabilized. After telling both sets of parents, Lin Chen played soccer with Lin Xiaoqian until Sirius called with news about the force backing Xu Ke.

• Lin Chen confirmed Xu Mengyao's pregnancy and promised to care for her, while they decided to wait before telling Lin Xiaoqian.
• Lin Chen prepared breakfast, then practiced Tai Chi with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian before taking Lin Xiaoqian to play soccer.
• Xu Mengyao told Chen Mei and Yang Qingyue that she was pregnant and asked them to keep the news private.
• Lin Chen's Ball Skills reached Legendary level while he played soccer with Lin Xiaoqian at the beach.
• Sirius called Lin Chen and said his team had identified the East Sakura Country force backing Xu Ke.

After learning that the Ishihara Family had ordered the attempt to frame him, Lin Chen launched a virus attack that crippled its computers and disrupted its business partners. The Ishihara Family scrambled to contain the damage, while Sirius suspected Lin Chen was responsible.

• Sirius told Lin Chen that the Ishihara Family of East Sakura Country had arranged for Xu Ke to kill Wu Haoyu and frame him.
• Lin Chen spent time playing with Lin Xiaoqian, then hacked the Ishihara Family and copied its important data.
• Lin Chen planted a virus that spread through the Ishihara Family and connected companies, burning out their computers’ CPUs and GPUs.
• Ishihara Taro and Ishihara Tano discussed the damage, feared a stock plunge and leaked information, and planned to procure chips, condemn the attack, and hire Master Hackers.
• Sirius heard about the losses in East Sakura Country and suspected Lin Chen had carried out the attack.

Ishihara Tano restored the Ishihara Family’s computers and tried to prop up its crashing stock prices, but Lin Chen’s renewed attack overheated the hardware and triggered a financial collapse. The brokerages ultimately forced liquidation after Ishihara Taro’s billion-dollar loan failed to stop the shares from falling.

• Ishihara Tano tested replacement CPUs and GPUs, then ordered the Ishihara Family’s computers restored and its companies’ stock prices pushed back up.
• Lin Chen watched the recovery and repeated his attack, causing CPU temperatures to rise even after Ishihara Tano ordered the computers shut down.
• Ishihara Tano ordered the power cut, but roughly half of the family’s CPUs and GPUs had already burned out, and its hackers could not find the attacker.
• Ishihara Tano added funds to prevent forced liquidation, but the family’s stock prices kept plunging, so he called Ishihara Taro for help.
• Ishihara Taro borrowed one billion dollars and put it toward stabilizing the shares, but the prices still hit the Forced Liquidation Line, and the brokerages sold the shares.

Ishihara Tano killed himself in an attempt to appease the force behind the attacks that devastated the Ishihara Family. Lin Chen and his allies paused their plans to target the family, while Robert considered recruiting or eliminating Lin Chen and sought evidence tying him to the attack.

• After speaking with Ishihara Taro, Ishihara Tano recorded a confession and stabbed himself, hoping his death would spare his family.
• Ishihara Taro ordered Ishihara Tano's suicide video posted online, where it quickly went viral.
• Sirius told Lin Chen about Ishihara Tano's death, and Lin Chen agreed to pause action against the Ishihara Family; Sirius then reported the decision to Xu Xiangyang.
• Robert learned that the attack had evaded both Japanese and American network defenders and assessed the hacker as one of the world's top three.
• Robert recommended recruiting Lin Chen or eliminating him, but his superior demanded evidence linking Lin Chen to the attack.

Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that her physique had reached 130% of an ordinary man's and warned her how to stay safe while pregnant. Meanwhile, Ishihara Taro admitted the Ishihara Family had provoked Lin Chen, and Robert concluded Lin Chen was likely behind the cyberattack.

• Lin Chen realized Xu Mengyao could no longer absorb internal energy and explained that her physique had reached 130% of an ordinary man's.
• Lin Chen warned Xu Mengyao to flee if she encountered armed enemies and to fight or escape if danger threatened her pregnancy.
• Xu Mengyao asked about reports linking Lin Chen to the virus attack on the Ishihara Family's companies, and Lin Chen admitted he had carried it out.
• A United States investigator questioned Ishihara Taro, who revealed that the Ishihara Family had sent spies to kill Wu Haoyu and frame Lin Chen.
• Robert received the intelligence and judged there was an eighty percent chance Lin Chen had conducted the hacker attack.

Lin Chen learned the Master-level Stealth Unmanned Small Attack Submarine Technology and spent his remaining vacation with his family. When Liu Feng revealed that Xu Guofeng was trapped in a country embroiled in civil war, Lin Chen suspected the crisis might be a plot to force him abroad and decided to end the vacation early.

• The system informed Lin Chen that his Stealth Unmanned Small Attack Submarine Technology had reached the Master level, including costly solid-state battery and deep-sea power generation technologies.
• Lin Chen played with Lin Xiaoqian at the seaside and planned to catch fish to improve his Tracking Skill.
• Liu Feng told Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao that Xu Guofeng was in rebel-held territory after a civil war broke out, though satellite images showed he was safe for the moment.
• Lin Chen suspected the civil war might have been arranged to target him and force him to leave the country, while Xu Mengyao blamed herself for not persuading Xu Guofeng to stay home.
• Lin Chen reassured Xu Mengyao, warned that anyone behind the crisis would be in trouble, and said they would end their vacation early.

Lin Chen arranged for the military to transport ten thousand New Model Drones to Africa to support a possible rescue of Xu Guofeng. After returning to Magic City, he learned Xu Guofeng and the other agents had been discovered by the rebels.

• Lin Chen learned from Xu Xiangyang that Xu Guofeng and four National Security agents were hiding in Africa, and asked to be updated about their situation.
• Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian left the island and returned to the mainland aboard a luxury cruise ship escorted by warships.
• Lin Chen decided to prepare ten thousand New Model Drones for a possible rescue and offered them to Yang Jianghong to equip with high explosives.
• Yang Jianghong obtained approval from higher-ups, and military trucks transported the drones from Star Dream Technology to a Military Factory in Magic City.
• After Lin Chen's plane landed at Magic City Airport, Xu Xiangyang told him that Xu Guofeng and the others had been discovered.

Lin Chen learned that Xu Guofeng had been captured by rebels, while Xu Mengyao returned home to comfort her mother. China began a major military deployment to the region, and Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen that the exercise and evacuation would be announced that night.

• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao arrived at Yang Qingyue’s home, where Yang Qingyue mistook Xu Mengyao’s worried expression for a sign that the couple had fought.
• Xu Guofeng called Yang Qingyue and Xu Mengyao to say rebels had captured him and demanded two billion US dollars within forty-eight hours.
• Xu Mengyao stayed with Yang Qingyue, while Lin Chen tried to investigate the area and found that a signal jammer blocked the network.
• Yang Jianghong told Lin Chen that ten Yun-20s would deliver drones and that a heavy brigade and several warships would support a military exercise.
• About five hundred Chinese soldiers arrived with the equipment, assembled one thousand drones, and launched them for a test flight.
• Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen that the military exercise would be reported on the evening news and that China would organize an evacuation of its citizens.

Chief Delos threatened to kill Xu Guofeng and other Chinese captives unless China withdrew its personnel and drones. Lin Chen reassured Yang Qingyue and Xu Mengyao, then relied on news of a Chinese heavy brigade’s upcoming military exercise near the rebel-held area to deter the rebels, and the chapter ended with him inviting Xu Mengyao on a date.

• An informant told Chief Delos that China had sent five hundred soldiers and thousands of large drones, and Delos ordered further investigation.
• Chief Delos ordered the signal jammer suspended so Xu Guofeng could call, then threatened to kill him and other Chinese people unless China withdrew.
• Yang Qingyue called Lin Chen, who reassured her that the rebels would not dare kill anyone.
• Xu Mengyao returned home worried about her father and other Chinese people trapped in the civil war, and Lin Chen comforted her.
• Lin Chen explained that China’s announced heavy-brigade exercise near the rebel-held area served as a warning and could allow China to intervene if the rebels killed anyone.
• Lin Chen checked Xu Mengyao’s pulse, found no problem, and invited her to go on a date.

Delos released Xu Guofeng and the other Chinese captives after learning China was sending a Heavy Combined Arms Brigade to exercise near his territory. With the captives safe, Lin Chen arranged to meet Xu Xiangyang in Magic City, and Xu Mengyao heard from her father that he would return the next day.

• Drogba told Delos that China had announced a joint Military Exercise with a neighboring country, including a Heavy Combined Arms Brigade and ten thousand drones nearby.
• Debal warned Delos that China could easily attack them, so Delos ordered Xu Guofeng and the other Chinese captives escorted safely to the border.
• A Silver Masked man demanded Xu Guofeng, but Delos refused and said he would hand him over to the Chinese instead.
• Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen that Xu Guofeng and the others were safe, and agreed to visit Lin Chen in Magic City the next morning.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao her father had been rescued, and Xu Guofeng called to say he was safe and would fly back the next day.

Lin Chen pushed Xu Guofeng to continue doing business abroad despite the danger and arranged for drones to be sold to a country that had captured his father-in-law. He then revealed to Xu Xiangyang that he had designed an advanced unmanned submarine and developed solid-state battery technology.

• Lin Chen reassured Xu Mengyao that Xu Guofeng should continue traveling abroad and said their companies had to grow stronger rather than retreat.
• Xu Xiangyang visited Lin Chen, who proposed selling four thousand drones to the country that had captured Xu Guofeng, with more available later.
• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang that he had designed a small unmanned attack submarine costing one hundred million US dollars per vessel.
• Lin Chen described the submarine's deep-diving capability, long endurance, and communication system, and Xu Xiangyang asked about its safety and stealth.
• Lin Chen said its stealth performance was average but revealed that he had also developed usable solid-state battery technology.

Lin Chen offered Xu Xiangyang solid-state battery technology in exchange for overseas patent protection while advising the country to prepare for market changes. In Africa, Government Forces used Lin Chen’s drones to devastate Rebel Army positions, leaving Delos to realize his faction had provoked the wrong people.

• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang that solid-state batteries could offer roughly twice the energy density of current batteries, fast charging, long service life, and no environmental pollution, and he sought patent fees and overseas patent protection.
• Xu Xiangyang agreed to protect Lin Chen’s interests, and Lin Chen advised him that mass production could cause major fluctuations in the global energy market.
• After Xu Xiangyang reported the matter, the higher-ups approved Lin Chen’s terms and condemned the kidnapping of Xu Guofeng.
• In Africa, Andrei’s Government Forces secretly received four thousand low-cost drones and launched hundreds against Rebel Army camps and other targets.
• The drone attack destroyed Delos’s military camp and struck other locations, causing more than three thousand casualties and trapping Delos in a bunker.
• Delos’s men suspected the attacking drones were Chinese, and one confidant said they had picked the wrong people to mess with.

Andrei used drones to destroy repeated rescue forces sent for Delos, while the Government Forces captured Delos and most of his core followers. Lin Chen learned of the victory as Sirius asked to buy the New Model Drone at a discount.

• Delos ordered his men to seek rescue, but Andrei's drones destroyed the first relief force and a second wave that arrived at night.
• Andrei sent fifty drones against a daytime rescue force, nearly wiping it out despite its anti-aircraft machine gun.
• United States intelligence agents watched the attack, and the United States accused Huaguo at the UN General Assembly of destabilizing the region with drones.
• Government Forces dug open the bunker entrance, captured Delos, and took him and his surviving followers away.
• Sirius told Lin Chen that Delos had been captured and asked for a discounted price on the New Model Drone.

Lin Chen arranged a major drone sale to Prince Hayel while discussing a smaller potential order with Sirius. He welcomed Xu Guofeng home safely, and the chapter ended with the family reunited at the Xu Family home.

• Lin Chen told Sirius the new drones cost twenty thousand each and said the military should not buy too many because the large model was less suited to street fighting.
• Prince Hayel ordered two thousand Hive Systems and ten thousand drones from Lin Chen for a total of 1.55 billion US dollars.
• Lin Chen told Xu Guofeng that the rebels had suffered thousands of casualties and their leader had been captured after Government Forces used his drones.
• Xu Guofeng reunited with Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and the others after returning safely from abroad.
• Lin Xiaoqian told Xu Guofeng that he smelled bad, and Lin Chen explained that some truths could embarrass people.