Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen used the state’s loan to fund purchases of ports and mines, then took Xu Mengyao shopping as her pregnancy became harder to conceal. He learned that prenatal education could improve certain skills and planned to discuss the baby’s name with Qian Qian.

• Lin Chen transferred 200 billion yuan to Xu Xiangyang to purchase ports and mines, and Xu Xiangyang promised to manage the investment.
• Lin Chen took pregnant Xu Mengyao shopping while Lin Xiaoqian stayed home with Lin Chen’s parents.
• Mall shoppers and sales assistants recognized Lin Chen and inferred that Xu Mengyao was pregnant.
• Xu Mengyao asked whether they should begin prenatal education, and Lin Chen learned from the system that suitable subjects such as language and music could improve skills.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao they should choose the baby’s name and suggested discussing it with Qian Qian.

Lin Chen revealed that Xu Mengyao was carrying a boy, and the family named him Dong Dong. After visiting the Xu Family for New Year calls, Lin Chen offered to help Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue improve their strength.

• Lin Chen told Lin Xiaoqian and Xu Mengyao that the baby was a boy, and Lin Xiaoqian chose the nickname Dong Dong.
• Lin Chen promised Lin Xiaoqian that she would remain their little princess, and she talked about teaching her little brother and playing with him.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that he could help her parents improve their strength, though their gains would be smaller because of their age.
• Lin Chen and his family visited the Xu Family, where Lin Xiaoqian told Yang Qingyue that her baby brother would be called Dong Dong.
• Lin Chen offered to improve Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue's strength, and estimated that Xu Guofeng could take on about ten ordinary adult men.

Lin Chen began improving Xu Guofeng and Lin Hai’s meridians while revealing how powerful he had become. After his family settled into a routine, Ye Hong called to arrange another acupuncture treatment for his wife.

• Lin Chen told Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue that expanding their meridians would take a month, and said he could withstand sniper rifle fire and glide several hundred meters.
• Lin Chen took Lin Xiaoqian outside, where Yiyi’s mother thanked him for the medicine that had helped Yiyi recover from the flu.
• Xu Guofeng and his family moved temporarily to Ziyuan Community, where Lin Chen completed the first two-hour meridian expansion for Xu Guofeng and Lin Hai.
• Lin Chen agreed to continue their treatments at night, then told Ye Hong he could treat Ye Hong’s wife at his shop that day.

Lin Chen decided to reopen his private kitchen and set the price at five million US dollars per meal, with guests going through strict inspections. News of the reopening spread quickly, and Lin Chen explained to Xu Mengyao that it would help him build connections and keep his enemies from rushing to target him.

• Lin Chen finished treating Ye Hong's Wife, and Ye Hong asked whether Lin Chen planned to reopen his private kitchen.
• Ye Hong and his wife advised Lin Chen to raise the price, and Lin Chen agreed to charge five million US dollars per meal.
• Ye Hong spread the news to Yu Henian and others, while Hayel called Lin Chen and suggested raising the price to thirty million US dollars.
• Lin Chen told Hayel that five million was enough and agreed to arrange a monthly lottery for him.
• The reopening news spread, attracting dozens of interested diners before Lin Chen returned home.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that reopening the kitchen would help him make influential friends, and Lin Xiaoqian eagerly said she wanted to eat his food.

Lin Chen delegated inquiries from wealthy people seeking meals at his private kitchen to Ye Hong, who became his assistant and compiled a list of potential clients. After selecting influential people to contact, Lin Chen booked Australian mining tycoon McQuill for a meal after learning McQuill hoped Lin Chen could treat his incurable illness.

• Lin Chen asked Ye Hong to screen calls from people seeking reservations, and Ye Hong accepted the assistant role.
• Ye Hong began receiving calls from wealthy people and recorded their information for Lin Chen.
• A week later, Ye Hong sent Lin Chen a list of 235 people from the 473 callers, and Lin Chen added around thirty influential prospects to his Contacts.
• Lin Chen called McQuill, learned he wanted help with an illness hospitals could not treat, and confirmed his reservation for noon the day after tomorrow.

Lin Chen reopened his private kitchen and prepared an extravagant meal for McQuill and his son, Declan. After diagnosing McQuill with serious complications from liver cancer, Lin Chen said he could treat him, leaving McQuill eager to visit again.

• McQuill arrived in Magic City with Declan and arranged for ingredients to be delivered to Lin Chen’s private kitchen.
• Lin Chen gave Wu Yongjun a New Year’s red envelope, checked the ingredients, and cooked for McQuill and Declan.
• McQuill and Declan admired Lin Chen’s painting and photographed the dishes he served them.
• Lin Chen took McQuill’s pulse, said he could treat him, and advised him to avoid three dishes.
• McQuill and Declan were amazed by the meal, and McQuill decided to prepare gifts and visit Lin Chen again the next day.

After McQuill praised Lin Chen’s cooking and hinted at the benefits he had received, other wealthy figures sought meals from Lin Chen, including Angus William, who feared he had only a year to live. The next day, McQuill brought Lin Chen valuable antiques and offered help with Lin Chen’s mining interests in Australia, while Lin Chen made clear that a cure would require more than a gift.

• McQuill and Declan told reporters that Lin Chen’s five-million-dollar meal was worth even more and said they hoped to be selected again.
• Lin Xiaoqian ate with Lin Chen, who promised to invite both sides of their family to dinner that night.
• Angus William called Lin Chen and pleaded for a chance to eat with him, revealing that doctors expected him to live about a year; Lin Chen avoided confirming he could treat him.
• Lin Chen received more than a dozen calls from wealthy figures seeking the opportunity McQuill had received.
• McQuill and Declan visited Lin Chen with dozens of valuable Chinese antiques, and McQuill offered to help resolve trouble Lin Chen faced buying mines in Australia.

Lin Chen arranged a large iron ore mining-rights deal in Australia by offering to cure McQuill, then donated McQuill’s antiques to a museum. Back home, Lin Chen spent time with his family and learned that only three hours remained before Aircraft Manufacturing Technology upgraded.

• Lin Chen promised to cure McQuill within about a year and proposed leasing as many Australian iron ore mines as possible for thirty years, with an initial investment of one hundred billion yuan.
• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang to send a negotiation team to Australia, use McQuill’s illness as leverage, and arrange to donate the antiques to a museum.
• Professor Yu estimated the dozens of antiques at around 1.2 billion yuan, and museum experts took them away.
• Lin Chen returned home, folded Paper Airplanes with Lin Xiaoqian, and encouraged Lin Hai to take up fishing.
• Lin Chen asked the system about Aircraft Manufacturing Technology and learned that its upgrade needed only three more hours.

Lin Chen reached Legendary-level Aircraft Manufacturing and gained advanced aircraft technologies, including new shields and a lightweight, durable alloy. He decided to bring Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to the Imperial Capital to present the alloy technology to officials and experts.

• Lin Chen absorbed the Legendary-level Aircraft Manufacturing knowledge and learned about Stealth Ion Shield Technology, Force Field Shield Technology, and improved aircraft materials.
• Lin Chen decided to give China the new materials technology first, expecting it to strengthen existing fighter jets and support future aircraft development.
• Lin Chen played computer games with Lin Xiaoqian and learned that his Hacking Skills were three hours of experience away from a breakthrough.
• Lin Chen wrote down the manufacturing method for a low-density alloy with strength comparable to Titanium Alloy.
• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang that the alloy could make fighter jets one-third lighter and double their airframe strength at a cost close to Aluminum Alloy.
• Lin Chen agreed to bring Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to the Imperial Capital and share the material information with Elder Yang and the others.

Lin Chen arrived in the Imperial Capital with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian, where the higher-ups provided him with a villa so he would have a place to stay on future visits. After Lin Xiaoqian impressed a group of senior officials with her advanced mathematics, Lin Chen told Old Man Li that he had developed an important new material.

• Li Yansheng welcomed Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian to the Imperial Capital and brought them to a villa prepared for Lin Chen by the higher-ups.
• Lin Chen said he had no intention of entering politics and planned to focus on scientific research, while Lin Xiaoqian befriended a neighbor named Nuannuan.
• The next day, Old Man Li and other senior officials visited Lin Chen, and Lin Xiaoqian told them she had studied mathematics up to the second year of high school.
• Lin Chen sent Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to visit Nuannuan, then told Old Man Li that he had developed an important new material.

Lin Chen gave Old Man Li and the other officials details of a powerful new alloy and told them he was researching Stealth Ion Shield Technology. After writing each visitor a piece of calligraphy, he learned that several of them lived in his residential complex and planned to move closer.

• Lin Chen handed Old Man Li a USB Drive containing information about a new alloy that was lighter than Aluminum Alloy and nearly as strong as Titanium Alloy.
• Old Man Li and the others discussed the alloy’s military and industrial uses, its security, and what Lin Chen might want in return for his contribution.
• Lin Chen told Old Jiang and the others that he was researching Stealth Ion Shield Technology and estimated it could take one to four months to complete.
• Old Man Li asked Lin Chen to write calligraphy, and Lin Chen produced a piece for each of his visitors.
• Old Man Li, Old Zhang, and Old Jiang said they lived in the residential complex or planned to move there, hoping their families’ younger members could spend time with Lin Xiaoqian and Lin Chen’s future children.

Lin Chen hosted Old Man Li and Old Jiang for dinner and revealed that his Martial Arts cultivation let him withstand bullets and control objects with Qi. The two agreed to tell the Big Boss and a few trusted people while keeping Lin Chen’s abilities secret.

• Old Man Li and Old Jiang visited Lin Chen and praised the New Alloy Military Factory’s mass-produced material, while Lin Chen urged them to keep its applications classified.
• Lin Xiaoqian told Old Man Li and Old Jiang that she knew Martial Arts because Lin Chen had taught her, and Lin Chen said Martial Arts could make someone impervious to blades and bullets.
• In the study, Lin Chen said he could withstand handgun bullets and demonstrated Internal Energy Projection by making objects float above the desk.
• Lin Chen explained that Martial Way Aptitude was extremely rare, and he rejected Old Jiang’s suggestion of arranging a childhood engagement for Lin Xiaoqian.
• Lin Chen said his senses could warn him of distant threats, and Old Man Li decided to inform the Big Boss and fewer than ten trusted people about Lin Chen’s abilities.

After upgrading his Hacking Skill to Mythical, Lin Chen returned home with Lin Xiaoqian and learned that Jared, head of the wealthy Caesar Family, wanted to meet him. Jared arrived in China with Joseph from Milan Biotechnology, while Sirius and Xu Xiangyang prepared for the meeting.

• Lin Chen’s Hacking Skill reached the Mythical level, giving him the ability to hack anything connected to the internet, though he chose not to use it recklessly.
• Lin Chen promised Lin Xiaoqian they would go home the next day, then said goodbye to Old Man Li and the children, who cried when he left.
• After returning home, Lin Chen told Ye Hong to open the private kitchen once every five days and reviewed the reservation list.
• Jared told Lin Chen that Milan Biopharmaceutical Company had lost profits because of Lin Chen’s medicine, then asked to meet and discuss cooperation.
• Lin Chen informed Sirius that Jared was coming, and Sirius reported the matter to Xu Xiangyang, whose superior told him to focus on security.
• Jared arrived the next day with Joseph from Milan Biotechnology.

Jared tried to recruit Lin Chen into Skull and Bones by offering him a kingdom, but Lin Chen rejected the offers and demanded Australia instead. After Jared and Joseph threatened his family, Lin Chen slapped Joseph and warned that Skull and Bones would pay if his family was harmed.

• Jared introduced Skull and Bones and offered Lin Chen influence and a chance to become king in Europe or Africa if he joined.
• Lin Chen rejected Jared's offers, including Ryukyu, and insisted he wanted Australia or even the United States.
• Jared warned that Skull and Bones would become Lin Chen's enemy if he refused, while Lin Chen threatened to unleash a powerful hacker against them.
• Jared invoked Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen's children to pressure him, and Joseph warned that Lin Chen's family could suffer if he used hacking methods.
• Lin Chen slapped Joseph for threatening his family and told Jared that Skull and Bones, especially the Caesar Family, would suffer if anything happened to them.

Lin Chen rejected Skull and Bones' recruitment after Jared and Joseph pressured him, then warned Jared that his hacker fan might target the U.S. banking system. Jared reported the threat to Skull and Bones' president as the group faced pressure over Lin Chen's mineral purchase.

• Jared and Joseph left after Lin Chen refused to be intimidated, and Jared told Joseph to give Lin Chen time to consider joining Skull and Bones.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao about Skull and Bones' offer to help him establish a country and reassured her about their family's future.
• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang that Skull and Bones had offered him Ryukyu, while he had asked for Australia or the United States, and explained that Joseph had threatened his family.
• After Lin Chen learned that his Australian mineral purchase was being blocked, he called Jared and warned that his fan might attack the U.S. banking system the next day.
• Jared informed the president of Skull and Bones about Lin Chen's warning.

Albert halted Skull and Bones’ operation against Lin Chen, allowing Australia to sell the iron mine rights to China. Lin Chen’s drone business also expanded as Hayel tested the new Hive Systems and sought more units, while Lin raised the possibility of cooperating with Camel Country on ports.

• Albert judged that Lin Chen was likely behind the hacker attacks and ordered the operation against him put on hold.
• The United States withdrew its pressure on Australia, and Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen the mine purchase had gone through.
• Xu Xiangyang reported that China had bought thirty-year mining rights worth 460 billion yuan, with 100 billion yuan paid up front and the rest due over ten years.
• Hayel tested the New Model Drones and their Hive System, praised their performance, and placed another order.
• Lin Chen refused to equip export drones with Solid-state Batteries but suggested he might sell Camel Country ports if they reached a cooperation agreement.

Lin Chen proposed buying a port in Camel Country and forming an overseas security company, and Old Man Li approved recruiting ten thousand retired soldiers. The chapter ended with Hayel welcoming the company to Camel Country and offering to let Lin Chen bring whatever equipment he wanted.

• Hayel agreed with Lin Chen's proposal to sell him a port in Camel Country and said Father King supported the deal.
• Lin Chen asked Old Man Li about buying a port and establishing an overseas security company staffed by retired soldiers.
• Lin Chen proposed starting with ten thousand recruits, and Old Man Li secured approval from the other officials.
• Lin Chen arranged to buy light weapons, armored vehicles, and support helicopters, while the officials ruled out missiles and tanks.
• Hayel welcomed Lin Chen's ten-thousand-person security company to Camel Country and offered to provide fighter jets, tanks, and warships.

Lin Chen’s security company received a large shipment of vehicles and drones at its Camel Country port, while Hayel offered the company business and requested modified drones. Lin Chen then spent time with his pregnant wife Xu Mengyao and their daughter, hoping to find prenatal activities that could improve his skills.

• Luo Zhang led a security team as three hundred armored vehicles, military trucks, radar vehicles, electronic jamming vehicles, and one hundred thousand drones arrived at Lin Chen’s port.
• Lin Chen told Hayel that Yanhuang Security Company could discuss contracts through its management, and agreed to arrange a batch of modified drones for him.
• Lin Chen walked with Xu Mengyao, reassured her about her pregnancy and the baby’s health, and joked with her about their unborn son Dong Dong.
• Lin Chen sang for Dong Dong and wondered what prenatal activities could help improve his skills.

Lin Chen taught Xu Mengyao and Dong Dong meditation, gaining a Meditation Skill that could strengthen Spiritual Power, then taught Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian yoga and gained the Ancient Yoga Technique. Lin Xiaoqian preferred Tai Chi and piano, while Xu Mengyao agreed to avoid yoga movements unsuitable for pregnancy.

• Xu Mengyao worried that her growing belly would prevent her from practicing Tai Chi, so Lin Chen offered to learn yoga and assess whether it suited her.
• Lin Chen taught Xu Mengyao and Dong Dong meditation and gained the Meditation Skill, which could improve abilities such as memory and reaction speed and eventually enable Spiritual Power Item Control.
• Lin Xiaoqian joined the meditation lesson but quickly lost interest and wanted to return to her math book.
• Lin Chen took Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to the Dance Studio, taught them yoga, and gained the Ancient Yoga Technique.
• Lin Xiaoqian said she found Tai Chi more fun and then ran to the music room to play piano, while Xu Mengyao agreed to avoid yoga poses that were unsuitable for pregnancy.

Professor Miyazaki’s experiment briefly enhanced a young man’s strength before killing him, while Lin Chen reached Master-level Robotics Technology and decided to launch a robot company. The chapter left Zhang Yang preparing to establish the company with one billion in registered capital.

• Professor Miyazaki injected a young immigrant with a Genetic Potion, and the man’s physique improved to High-Level Ninja strength before he died.
• Professor Miyazaki ordered the dead man taken to the laboratory and requested more Experiment Subjects for the Super Ninja Project.
• Lin Chen reached Master level in Robotics Technology and learned that his skills matched the world’s advanced standards.
• Lin Chen told Zhang Yang to start the robot company with one billion in registered capital and promised to provide the technology.
• Zhang Yang agreed to begin setting up the company and asked Lin Chen whether he wanted to meet its employees.