Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen learned that the Super Alloy had been leaked and declassified, allowing civilian use, while he prepared to increase Mechanical Leopard production. He promised Luo Xuanrui one thousand jungle-camouflaged Mechanical Leopards for the Border Police and sent him away with the first hundred available.

• The President ordered Robert to obtain a New Model Mechanical Leopard and a Mechanical Tiger after they discussed their difficulty reverse-engineering the drones and concerns about Lin Chen's Control System.
• Little Bei informed Lin Chen that the Super Alloy had been leaked, and Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang that the United States already knew about it.
• Xu Xiangyang reported that the Super Alloy had been declassified, and Lin Chen said he would raise Mechanical Leopard output to around three hundred units per day.
• Yang Jianghong introduced Lin Chen to Border Police officer Luo Xuanrui, who asked to obtain Mechanical Leopards for operations against drug traffickers.
• Lin Chen offered Luo one thousand jungle-camouflaged Mechanical Leopards and arranged for him to take the hundred units currently in stock first.
• After Luo left, Yang Jianghong stayed behind to mooch a meal and offered to help Lin Chen look after the child.

Luo Xuanrui deployed Jungle Mechanical Leopards to ambush drug dealers crossing the border, hoping to avenge his fallen comrade. The four Leopards began wiping out a group of forty-seven attackers, while the battle continued.

• Luo Xuanrui visited his fallen comrade Zhang's grave and said the Mechanical Leopards from Master Lin would help avenge him and reduce casualties.
• Luo Xuanrui learned that one hundred Jungle Mechanical Leopards had been deployed at drug-dealer routes, with weapons mounted on half of them.
• A group of forty-seven armed drug dealers crossed the border and approached a chokepoint, where a Mechanical Leopard detected them and alerted the command center.
• Luo Xuanrui ordered the four Mechanical Leopards at the chokepoint to attack once the drug dealers entered the ambush zone.
• The Mechanical Leopards killed the drug lord and many of his men, survived gunfire and a rocket attack, and left the remaining drug dealers terrified.

Luo Xuanrui’s four Mechanical Leopards defeated a group of drug traffickers, and he confirmed Scorpion’s death before reporting the operation’s success to Lin Chen. The captured traffickers remained under interrogation as the investigation continued.

• The four Mechanical Leopards killed forty-one drug traffickers and captured six, then ordered the survivors to bind one another.
• Luo Xuanrui learned that the Mechanical Leopards had fired forty-nine bullets and sustained damage to one eye, while the captured men, bodies, and weapons were transported to a nearby base.
• Luo Xuanrui identified Scorpion’s body and vowed to investigate the remaining criminals and question the captured traffickers.
• Luo Xuanrui told Lin Chen that four Mechanical Leopards had killed or captured forty-seven traffickers, then asked why the two carrying Drum Magazines had not used them.
• Lin Chen explained that the Mechanical Leopards prioritized their more accurate internal firearms and had not exhausted their bullets.

Lin Chen’s submarine technology advanced to Grandmaster level, making the Dragon Tooth Type B more capable and cheaper to build. After returning the children to the Imperial Capital, he told Old Man Li and Old Jiang about the upgrade, and they reacted with excitement.

• Lin Chen explained that Mechanical Leopards did not all need mounted guns, and Luo Xuanrui planned to deploy a thousand units across more than two hundred key locations.
• The system upgraded Lin Chen’s Small Stealth Unmanned Attack Submarine Technology to Grandmaster level, improving its performance and lowering its construction cost.
• Lin Chen packed up and took the children, including Lin Xiaoqian, back to the Imperial Capital, where the System Space expanded by one thousand cubic meters.
• Lin Chen asked Old Man Li and Old Jiang about the navy’s weaknesses, then revealed that the Dragon Tooth Type B had improved performance and cost around five hundred million to build.

Lin Chen offered to fund thirty Dragon Tooth Type B Submarines, and officials approved the plan after reviewing it. After returning home, Lin Chen and his family prepared for Lin Xiaoqian to start kindergarten, with extensive security arranged.

• Lin Chen told Old Jiang and Old Man Li that he could fund thirty Dragon Tooth Type B Submarines and take three of them.
• Old Man Li and Old Jiang submitted the proposal, and the officials approved building the submarines.
• Lin Chen gave Old Man Li the submarine technical documents, and Old Man Li later confirmed the plan had been approved.
• Two days later, Lin Chen and his family returned home, where Lin Xiaoqian gave Lin Dongyao a toy.
• Xu Mengyao asked about Lin Xiaoqian's kindergarten arrangements, and Lin Chen explained that National Security agents, Mechanical Leopards, and drones would protect the area.

The President of the United States learned that four Mechanical Leopards had defeated a heavily armed group and ordered his officials to pursue a Mechanical Legion and investigate Solomon’s Biological Fusion Technology. Meanwhile, Lin Xiaoqian began her first day of kindergarten, leaving Lin Chen worried she might hit the other children.

• Robert reported that four Mechanical Leopards had killed or captured all forty-seven armed drug traffickers without suffering damage.
• The President of the United States ordered his officials to find a way to acquire Mechanical Leopards, and they discussed targeting Lin Chen or developing their own technology.
• Solomon told the President of the United States that his family was researching Biological Fusion Technology that could also create Biological Weapons, and the President requested a detailed report.
• Xu Mengyao gave Lin Xiaoqian her backpack, and Lin Chen drove her to kindergarten in a Hongqi L5 made with Super Alloy.
• Chen Jing reassured Lin Chen that the children would not bully Lin Xiaoqian, but Lin Chen explained that he was worried she might hit them.

Lin Xiaoqian began kindergarten and found the lessons easy while enjoying time with her classmates. After Shasha repeatedly pushed her, Lin Xiaoqian pushed back, and the chapter ended with Shasha’s mother blaming Lin Xiaoqian and Lin Chen demanding that she learn what happened and apologize.

• Chen Jing told Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao that Lin Xiaoqian was the youngest and smallest child in the class, and Lin Chen said her martial arts made her strong.
• At school, Shasha tried to exclude Lin Xiaoqian from playing with Liu Zixin, then pushed her; Lin Xiaoqian warned her, and several children defended Lin Xiaoqian.
• Lin Xiaoqian found math and literacy class easy, enjoyed English and baking, and joined the other children for PE.
• When Shasha pushed Lin Xiaoqian again during PE, Lin Xiaoqian dodged and pushed her with her momentum, making her fall onto the grass.
• At pickup, Shasha’s mother accused Lin Xiaoqian and demanded that her parents discipline her, so Lin Chen told the woman to ask the teacher what happened and apologize.

After Shasha's mother refused to apologize for Shasha pushing Lin Xiaoqian, Lin Chen decided to handle the matter himself. At home, he cared for his children and called Song Qingquan to arrange a warning for Shasha's family.

• Lin Chen asked Shasha's mother to apologize, but she refused and drove away with Shasha.
• Lin Chen carried Lin Xiaoqian home with Xu Mengyao, then talked with her about kindergarten and practiced Tai Chi with her.
• Lin Chen learned he had practiced Ancient Martial Arts Tai Chi for 394 hours and was six hours from reaching Mythical Level.
• Lin Chen fed Lin Dongyao while Lin Xiaoqian read a book on higher algebra and asked him for help.
• When Xu Mengyao noted that Shasha's parents still had not come to apologize, Lin Chen called Song Qingquan and asked him to give them a warning.

Song Shize and Song Qingquan organized a coalition to seize the He Family’s assets after Lin Chen’s daughter was mistreated, while the He Family’s CEO urged He Shikun’s wife to apologize to Lin Chen. The assault on the He Family was underway, and He Shikun’s wife still refused to take the threat seriously.

• Song Qingquan told Song Shize that Lin Chen had asked him to deal with the He Family, and the brothers decided to act in the Song Family’s name.
• Song Shize invited Family Head Chen and other powerful allies to join the move against the He Family, and they divided up the work.
• The allies launched their operation against the He Family, and other wealthy people joined after learning that He Shikun’s daughter had bullied Lin Xiaoqian.
• The He Group CEO went to the He residence and told He Shikun’s wife that she needed to bring gifts and apologize to Lin Chen.
• He Shikun’s wife refused, and the CEO warned that the He Group’s debts could leave it insolvent if the crisis continued.

He Shikun’s wife tried to reach Lin Chen to beg for help, but Lin Chen refused to see her as He Group came under investigation and collapsed. He Shikun was taken away to cooperate with the authorities, leaving his wife to face the loss of the family’s assets and the need to apologize.

• Mr. Wu warned Madam He that shareholders in some He family companies faced unlimited liability and urged her to apologize to Lin Chen after officials began surprise inspections of He Group.
• Madam He drove to Lin Chen’s villa, but National Security officers refused her entry and warned her to leave; Lin Chen declined to meet her.
• The next morning, He Shikun learned that He Group had collapsed, its accounts were frozen, and its assets were being sold to repay debts.
• He Shikun slapped Madam He and blamed her for offending Lin Chen, then told her the family’s assets would be seized and it was too late to ask Lin Chen for help.
• Officials arrived to take He Shikun for questioning, and he told Madam He to apologize while leaving their daughter’s complaint about Lin Xiaoqian unanswered.

Lin Chen confronted He Shikun's wife after she begged him to stop the pressure on the He Family, then had her investigated and taken away by National Security officers. Days later, the He Family collapsed, and Lin Chen reached Mythical-level Ancient Martial Arts Tai Chi, leaving Lin Xiaoqian to point out that Lin Dongyao seemed eager to practice too.

• He Shikun's wife begged Lin Chen to spare the He Family, but he denied targeting them and called Sirius to investigate her.
• After Lin Chen threatened to investigate her family, He Shikun's wife confessed her wrongdoing and knelt; two National Security officers took her away.
• Lin Chen picked up Lin Xiaoqian after school, and she told him that Shasha had bullied other children and that she had helped classmates in art class.
• Several days later, He Shikun and his wife went to prison, the He Family's assets were seized, and He Shasha transferred schools.
• Lin Chen's Ancient Martial Arts Tai Chi reached Mythical level, greatly increasing his strength and allowing him to fly six or seven kilometers; Lin Xiaoqian also felt her understanding deepen, while Lin Dongyao's martial arts talent surpassed two hundred and ten.
• Lin Xiaoqian told Lin Chen that Lin Dongyao wanted to practice martial arts, pointing out that he was moving his hands in the cradle.

Lin Chen trained Lin Xiaoqian and Lin Dongyao, whose meditation talent rose dramatically as he learned to speak. The family celebrated Dong Dong’s first words, until Xu Xiangyang called with news that escaped Genetic Soldiers were attacking people in East Sakura Country and asked whether citizens should be evacuated.

• Lin Chen told Lin Xiaoqian that her improved Tai Chi movements showed her talent was developing, while explaining that Lin Dongyao was still too young to train.
• Over two peaceful months, Lin Chen practiced meditation with Lin Dongyao until his Meditation Skill reached Grandmaster level and Dong Dong’s meditation talent rose to 180.
• Lin Dongyao called Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao “Daddy” and “Mommy,” delighting both parents and prompting Xu Mengyao to hurry home to celebrate.
• Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen that more than a dozen Genetic Soldiers had escaped their secret base in East Sakura Country, killing people and leaving over ten missing.
• Xu Xiangyang asked Lin Chen whether the authorities should consider evacuating citizens.

Lin Chen learned that escaped Genetically Modified Humans had begun causing mutations in East Sakura Country and urged China to prepare an evacuation while he sought to investigate in person. China refused to let him go and announced it would evacuate its citizens, triggering panic and a rush for flights.

• Lin Chen asked Little Bei to investigate the escaped Genetically Modified Humans, then had it send the locations of six of them to East Sakura Country’s authorities.
• Little Bei reported that bitten victims were reviving and mutating, prompting Lin Chen to suspect a spreading Genetic Infection.
• Lin Chen urged Xu Xiangyang to prepare an evacuation and let him travel to East Sakura Country, but Xu Xiangyang referred the decision to higher-ups.
• Old Man Li told Lin Chen that China would evacuate its citizens rather than risk sending him into danger.
• China announced an evacuation of its citizens in East Sakura Country, causing reporters and online commenters to fear a worsening crisis.
• Chinese citizens in East Sakura Country rushed to leave, while one foreigner found that flights for the next several days were sold out.

East Sakura Country struggled to contain a Biohazard as China and other nations evacuated their citizens, while Lin Chen used the resulting panic to profit from the country's stock market. After China finished evacuating its citizens and its market rose, Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang to resume short selling and announce the evacuation's completion.

• East Sakura Country's Elder learned that the United States would not promise military help and ordered officials to find the remaining progenitors and everyone they had infected.
• China sent planes and cargo ships to evacuate its citizens from East Sakura Country, prompting the United States and other countries to announce evacuations as panic and unrest spread.
• Over three days, most Chinese citizens returned home as East Sakura Country's stock market plunged and anti-war demonstrations erupted.
• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang to sell their short positions after another expected five percent drop, then China announced it had no current plans for war and the stock market rose.
• After China profited from two days of long positions, Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang to switch back to short selling and announce that the evacuation was nearly complete.

China publicly revealed a biohazard outbreak in East Sakura Country, triggering panic and a market crash that Lin Chen profited from. Xu Xiangyang delivered four infected-person gene samples to Lin Chen, who began researching them.

• At a press conference, China announced that genetically modified humans had escaped a secret base in East Sakura Country, causing over a thousand deaths and nearly one hundred infections.
• East Sakura Country officials condemned China’s disclosure as its stock market plunged, while citizens fled or stockpiled supplies and the military mobilized.
• Two days later, Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen that they had closed their short-selling positions, reporting returns of 1.3 times for national funds and 2.6 times for Lin Chen’s funds.
• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang to use 150 billion yuan of his profit to repay his bank debt and received four gene samples from infected people.
• Lin Chen went to his underground laboratory and began studying one of the samples.

Lin Chen explained how the infected spread and warned that East Sakura Country could suffer up to two million deaths if it failed to stop the outbreak. As the crisis worsened, East Sakura Country asked China to persuade Lin Chen to help, while Lin Chen prepared to reassure the public in a livestream with Lin Dongyao.

• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang that infection required a bite and the release of Genetic Factors, that infected people could spread it up to the seventh generation, and that East Sakura Country might lose one to two million people.
• The infected population in East Sakura Country multiplied, killing thousands and triggering panic, supply shortages, and mass stockpiling.
• East Sakura Country's Elder ordered Strategic Reserves released, supplies rationed, and China contacted to ask Lin Chen for help.
• Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen of East Sakura Country's request, and Lin Chen warned China to guard against infected people being brought across the border.
• Xu Xiangyang asked Lin Chen to livestream an explanation for worried citizens, and Lin Chen agreed before preparing to show Lin Dongyao to his fans.

Lin Chen livestreamed to explain how the Biohazard outbreak spread and reassure viewers in China. As the outbreak overwhelmed East Sakura Country, its leaders sought foreign aid and debated asking the United States.

• Xu Mengyao started Lin Chen's livestream, which drew tens of millions of viewers as Lin Chen introduced his son, Lin Dongyao.
• Lin Chen explained that infection required a bite and that only the original strain, First Generation, and Second Generation were especially dangerous.
• Lin Chen estimated that one to two million people could die in East Sakura Country, prompting its Elder to order a faster cleanup.
• Over the following week, infections in East Sakura Country approached three thousand, deaths reached seventy to eighty thousand, and shortages and unrest spread.
• East Sakura Country's Elder said other countries had not offered aid, and a big shot recommended requesting help from the United States.

East Sakura Country accepted the United States’ costly offer of military assistance, while Lin Chen refused to help directly and predicted the US forces would suffer. After infected infiltrated an understaffed US base and killed 103 people, Lin Chen saw the intervention turning into a quagmire.

• East Sakura Country chose to negotiate with the United States for help rather than ask China, and accepted the steep price demanded.
• Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen that the United States had deployed 20,000 soldiers, and they discussed how the outbreak could worsen as troops left bases understaffed.
• Xu Xiangyang raised the possibility of renting Mechanical Leopards to East Sakura Country, but Lin Chen refused and said he hoped more people there would die.
• Several infected entered an understaffed US base through the sewers, bit five soldiers, and waited for them to mutate.
• The newly mutated soldiers and other infected attacked the base, killing more than a hundred people before the officer ordered units to kill more infected.
• Little Bei reported that 103 people had died at the base, and Lin Chen smiled at the trouble facing the US forces.

Old Man Li visited Lin Chen to persuade him that sending Mechanical Leopards to aid East Sakura Country would serve national interests. Lin Chen agreed with the strategic reasoning but disliked helping East Sakura Country, and asked to join any negotiations over its request for aid.

• Lin Xiaoqian asked Lin Chen about winter break, inviting friends over, and setting off fireworks, and he agreed while setting limits on who could visit together.
• Lin Chen sent Lin Xiaoqian to school with Lin Hai before Old Man Li arrived for breakfast.
• Old Man Li told Lin Chen that aiding East Sakura Country could help China counter the United States and improve its standing, despite their past Blood Feud.
• Lin Chen said the aid would take three to five months to put into operation, and Old Man Li challenged his estimate.
• Lin Chen asked to participate in negotiations if East Sakura Country requested aid.

As infected overwhelmed East Sakura Country, Takashima-gawa led a delegation to China to seek aid, where Lin Chen joined the negotiations. Lin Chen demanded a twenty-year lease of thirty thousand Mechanical Leopards and ended the first meeting after Takashima-gawa rejected the terms.

• Old Man Li told Lin Chen he could attend the negotiations and instructed him to prepare more armed Mechanical Leopards.
• As the infected reached over fifteen thousand and casualties mounted, Takashima-gawa agreed to negotiate with China for help.
• Lin Chen arrived in the Imperial Capital and joined lead negotiator Chen Guoxiang as deputy team leader.
• Takashima-gawa offered concessions over disputed islands, but Lin Chen rejected the offer and said the islands already belonged to China.
• Lin Chen proposed leasing East Sakura Country thirty thousand Mechanical Leopards for twenty years, with Chinese personnel and bases to maintain them.
• Takashima-gawa rejected the lease terms, and Lin Chen and Chen Guoxiang ended the meeting so the delegation could reconsider.