Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen explained his cultivation, flight, and growing spatial storage to Old Man Li and Old Jiang, who reassured him that they trusted his patriotism and would calm others’ concerns. After officials learned he might live for a thousand years, eight thousand Mechanical Leopards marched toward the docks, alarming the Sun Never Sets Empire and other foreign powers.

• Lin Chen told Old Man Li and Old Jiang that his martial cultivation let him fly and that his spatial storage grew with his strength, while keeping its size secret.
• Lin Chen assured Old Man Li and Old Jiang that he remained loyal to Yanhuang, and they promised to address other officials’ suspicions.
• Old Man Li and Old Jiang told officials about Lin Chen’s abilities and warned them to keep the information confidential and avoid offending him.
• Eight thousand Mechanical Leopards left Yanhuang Robotics Company’s warehouses and marched in formation toward the docks as citizens recorded them.
• Elder Herman and other Sun Never Sets Empire officials feared the eight thousand Mechanical Leopards were headed for their forces.

Eight thousand Mechanical Leopards sailed toward the Sun Never Sets Empire, triggering fear and market turmoil as other nations tracked their course. Herman sent Lambert and Virgil to negotiate with Lin Chen, while their stock market began to plunge before they arrived.

• The United States searched for the Chinese submarines it had discovered and worried that more were still hidden nearby.
• The cargo ship passed Australia and headed toward the Strait of Malacca, leaving Australians relieved and convincing the Sun Never Sets Empire that it was the target.
• Herman warned that the approaching Mechanical Leopards could spark capital flight and a stock market collapse, so he ordered Lambert and Virgil to meet Lin Chen in China.
• Lambert and Virgil departed, and Lambert saw his stock holdings fall five percent as the Sun Never Sets Empire's market plunged.
• Virgil urged Lambert to control his hostility toward China and yield when necessary during their meeting with Lin Chen.

Lambert and Virgil met Lin Chen to discuss the Mechanical Leopards threatening the Sun Never Sets, but Lin Chen insisted they were malfunctioning and suggested sending even more. He urged the envoys to return looted Chinese cultural relics, leaving them to consider his demand while the supposed crisis remained unresolved.

• After arriving in China, Lambert and Virgil were told they would have to wait until the next day to meet Lin Chen, and Virgil warned Lambert to control his temper.
• At Lin Chen’s villa, Lambert asked when Lin Chen would remove the four thousand Mechanical Leopards already in the Sun Never Sets.
• Lin Chen claimed the four thousand had malfunctioned and said he had sent another eight thousand to deal with them, warning that attacks could make the machines scatter and that their batteries would last a long time.
• Lin Chen said he might send twenty-four thousand more if the eight thousand could not fix the problem, alarming the envoys with the prospect of thirty-six thousand Mechanical Leopards in their country.
• When Virgil asked how their countries could improve relations, Lin Chen suggested the Sun Never Sets return cultural relics it had looted from China; Lambert rejected the idea, and Lin Chen ended the meeting.

Virgil and Lambert reported that Lin Chen intended to pressure the Sun Never Sets Empire into returning China's cultural relics, while its leaders failed to find a way to deal with the Mechanical Leopards. The Mechanical Leopards scattered throughout Foggy City Port, and the empire's stock market plunged as Virgil suggested returning the relics.

• Virgil and Lambert told Herman that Lin Chen had described the four thousand Mechanical Leopards as out of control and planned to send eight thousand more, while seeking the return of China's cultural relics.
• Lambert proposed surrounding the Mechanical Leopards with barbed wire and bombing them, but Herman and the cabinet members worried that the robots would detect the plan and scatter.
• The four thousand Mechanical Leopards scattered throughout Foggy City Port, and Lin Chen warned Virgil not to provoke or attack them.
• Herman and the others abandoned plans to blockade or bomb the scattered Mechanical Leopards and watched the Sun Never Sets Empire's stock market fall sharply.
• Virgil told Lambert that returning China's cultural relics might be the right choice.

The Sun Never Sets Empire accepted that it could not rely on the United States and began preparing to negotiate with Lin Chen over returning China’s cultural relics. Lin Chen rejected its offer to return only 2,000 relics over fifty years, leaving negotiations on hold until his cargo ship arrived and the Mechanical Leopards were dealt with.

• Lambert and Virgil debated the risks of returning the cultural relics and recognized that China and Lin Chen had the upper hand.
• Herman asked the President of the United States for support, but the President refused to intervene.
• Herman gathered officials, who agreed to negotiate with Lin Chen and proposed returning the relics in batches.
• The system told Lin Chen that teaching Lin Dongyao to play with robots could improve his Robotics Manufacturing Technology and double the siblings’ talent when it reached Legendary level.
• Virgil presented Lin Chen with a proposal to return 2,000 displayed relics over fifty years, but Lin Chen rejected it and postponed talks until his cargo ship arrived and the Mechanical Leopards were dealt with.

Lin Chen pressured the Sun Never Sets Empire to return China’s cultural relics by threatening to send ever more Mechanical Leopards and drones. After its leaders agreed to return the relics, Lin Chen insisted they be returned unconditionally within three years, leaving Virgil to come sign an agreement.

• Lin Chen told Virgil and Lambert he would send increasing numbers of Mechanical Leopards and drones until the Sun Never Sets Empire’s problem was solved.
• Herman learned that two more Mechanical Leopard factories were being built and worried that the empire could face over a hundred thousand machines.
• As the stock market continued to fall and financial losses mounted, Herman’s group voted to return all the cultural relics to China.
• Virgil told Lin Chen that the empire had passed a motion to return the relics, and Lin Chen required their unconditional return within three years.
• Virgil agreed to Lin Chen’s terms and asked to meet to sign the agreement, and Lin Chen told him to come over.

Lin Chen secured an agreement for the Sun Never Sets Empire to return Chinese artifacts and ended the threat of sending more Mechanical Leopards. He then considered investing in ports, canals, and ocean shipping, and told Old Man Li to organize a team to coordinate the artifacts’ return.

• Lin Chen reviewed and signed an agreement requiring the Sun Never Sets Empire to return all Chinese artifacts within three years, warning Virgil not to damage or substitute them.
• Lin Chen assured Virgil and Lambert that the eight thousand Mechanical Leopards would not be sent and that the four thousand already involved would leave once he resolved the matter.
• Lin Chen ordered Little Bei to reverse his investment position and learned that his overseas accounts had made $32.7 billion and his domestic account 73.6 billion yuan.
• Little Bei advised Lin Chen to invest in canals, ports, and ocean shipping, but explained that the Egyptian and Panamanian governments controlled the Suez and Panama Canals.
• Lin Chen told Old Man Li that the Sun Never Sets Empire had signed the agreement and asked him to organize a team to coordinate the return of the artifacts.

The French Empire agreed to return China’s cultural relics and negotiated to buy New Model Mechanical Leopards from Lin Chen. France ordered fifty thousand, while Lin Chen planned to deliver them over a year and redirected a cargo ship carrying eight thousand Mechanical Leopards toward Australia to strengthen his Security Force.

• Elder and the French cabinet voted to return the cultural relics to China in batches, hoping to avoid the losses suffered by the Sun Never Sets Empire.
• Old Jiang asked Lin Chen whether France could buy New Model Mechanical Leopards, and Lin Chen agreed to sell them for one hundred thousand US dollars each, with advance payment and no resale.
• The French Empire decided to buy fifty thousand Mechanical Leopards, and Lin Chen arranged delivery in five batches over one year.
• Lin Chen told Old Jiang that the cargo ship carrying eight thousand Mechanical Leopards was heading to Australia to reinforce his Security Force.
• Old Jiang warned Lin Chen that Australia might object, and Lin Chen said the ship could remain in the High Seas if Australia did.

Australia’s cabinet learned that Lin Chen’s cargo ship, carrying eight thousand Mechanical Leopards, was heading toward them and feared the threat to the country and its markets. Lin Chen confirmed it would come, leaving Australia to consider whether to accept the machines or face the ship circling its waters.

• Thomas told Australia’s cabinet that Lin Chen’s cargo ship was approaching and showed its route, prompting fears that it would bring eight thousand Mechanical Leopards.
• Primo rejected proposals to destroy the ship or pressure China and ordered Thomas to contact Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen told Thomas the Mechanical Leopards would protect his Australian assets and said the ship would either arrive or circle Australia’s waters.
• After Lin Chen ended the call, Primo asked Thomas to investigate France’s purchases of Mechanical Leopards.
• Thomas reported that France had bought fifty thousand New Model Mechanical Leopards for fifty billion US dollars, and the cabinet discussed how the purchase could strengthen France.

After France bought fifty thousand Mechanical Leopards, Lin Chen refused the Sun Never Sets Empire’s request to buy them. He then agreed to sell Housework Robots to wealthy parents and took reservations for the first units.

• Herman asked Virgil to contact Lin Chen about buying Mechanical Leopards, but Lin Chen refused and explained that France could use its robots only within its own territory.
• Lin Xiaoqian went to kindergarten, where Lin Chen spoke with the parents of her classmates.
• President Huang told Lin Chen that a nanny had killed President Zeng’s mother and asked whether Housework Robots could be sold to protect families.
• Lin Chen explained the robots’ online and offline modes and said they could protect owners if they witnessed or heard an emergency.
• Lin Chen set the market price at 2.18 million yuan and offered the parents a price of 1.68 million each; they reserved one or two hundred units.

Cheng Ying livestreamed her family testing six Housework Robots, demonstrating their abilities and the high price Lin Chen set to limit disruption to employment. Lin Chen then agreed to sell Camel Country fifty thousand New Model Mechanical Leopards and discussed a future Housework Robot agency deal with Prince Hayel.

• Cheng Ying activated a Housework Robot on livestream, completed its owner-recognition procedure, and watched it wash dishes with impressive precision.
• Cheng Ying assigned tasks to all six robots and tested their ability to help her up and restrain intruders without attacking them.
• Cheng Ying explained that Lin Chen priced the Housework Robots at 2.18 million to reduce the risk of widespread job losses, prompting extensive online discussion.
• Prince Hayel asked Lin Chen to sell New Model Mechanical Leopards to Camel Country, and Lin Chen agreed to provide fifty thousand for ten billion US dollars over the course of a year.
• Prince Hayel requested three thousand Housework Robots and proposed that Crown Prince Salman become Camel Country's agent; Lin Chen agreed to discuss the sale after the robots officially launched.

Australian officials approved Lin Chen’s Mechanical Leopards docking and agreed to allow up to thirty thousand of them to operate in designated areas. The first cargo ship arrived with eight thousand Mechanical Leopards, leaving Australians worried about who would hold power in the country.

• Primo and the Australian officials reconsidered the risks of refusing Lin Chen’s ship and voted to let it dock.
• Lin Chen agreed to restrict the Mechanical Leopards to ports, mines, and nearby areas, but asked to be allowed to increase their number to thirty thousand.
• The officials approved Lin Chen’s terms and signed an Electronic Agreement after debating the limits of the Mechanical Leopards’ operating range.
• Australian officials announced that the deployment was part of a partnership with Master Lin to crack down on criminal gangs.
• The cargo ship docked, and four thousand Mechanical Leopards came ashore at one port while the other four thousand were bound for another port.
• Australians reacted with alarm at the Mechanical Leopards’ numbers and questioned who would now hold power in their country.

Lin Chen ordered Little Bei to send four thousand Mechanical Leopards against the Blood Serpent Gang after its members refused to stop sabotaging his businesses. The attack killed Quentin and his men, and Thomas agreed to publicly describe it as a joint operation.

• Quentin and the Blood Serpent Gang leaders agreed to keep extorting Lin Chen, while Quentin asked Director Parker to warn him of any joint operation.
• Little Bei deployed the Mechanical Leopards around the gang’s manor and other targets, then carried out Lin Chen’s order to attack.
• The Mechanical Leopards overwhelmed the manor’s gunmen and attacked the gang’s casino as Quentin called for help.
• Quentin and more than a dozen gang members tried to escape through an underground passage but were killed by Mechanical Leopards outside the warehouse.
• Thomas confronted Lin Chen about the attack, and Lin Chen asked him to call it a joint operation; Thomas agreed.

Lin Chen gained Legendary-level Robotics Manufacturing Technology and discovered a material that could improve robots, while Australian officials accepted his power after the Mechanical Leopards wiped out the Blood Serpent Gang. After Old Jiang discussed the United States’ submarines and a surge of praise online, Lin Chen suspected someone was deliberately trying to damage his reputation.

• Little Bei reported that the cleanup had killed 435 enemies, and Lin Chen told it to inform the Australian Officials.
• Thomas and Elder Primo concluded that Lin Chen was establishing his authority and that cooperating with him was preferable to challenging him.
• More than ten days later, Lin Chen’s Robotics Manufacturing Technology reached Legendary Level, revealing Flexible Memory Metal that could make robot exteriors soft, durable, and self-restoring.
• Lin Chen took Lin Dongyao outside, then learned from Old Jiang that the United States had found all twenty Dragon Tooth Type B Submarines and wanted China to withdraw them.
• Lin Chen agreed to delay withdrawing the submarines and asked Little Bei to investigate the sudden increase in praise for him.
• Little Bei found that domestic and foreign media praise and online discussions about Lin Chen had more than doubled, leading him to suspect a Praise to Death campaign.

Lin Chen and Lin Hai discussed a media campaign that excessively praised Lin Chen, which they suspected was an American attempt to stir resentment and distrust. After the remaining Mechanical Leopards arrived in Australia, Old Man Li warned Lin Chen that U.S. Bio-Genetic Research results had been stolen, likely by East Sakura Country.

• Lin Hai warned Lin Chen that the barrage of praise was a “Praise to Death” tactic meant to turn the public and officials against him, and Lin Chen said revealing his strength could endanger his family.
• The remaining twenty-two thousand Mechanical Leopards arrived in Australia, bringing the total there to thirty thousand and quieting dissent as reports compared their strength to hundreds of thousands of troops.
• As people began mocking the excessive praise of Lin Chen, Old Man Li visited him, and Lin Chen declined to seek an official clarification.
• Old Man Li told Lin Chen that U.S. Bio-Genetic Research results had been stolen and that officials suspected East Sakura Country.
• Lin Chen asked Little Bei to investigate, and she confirmed the theft had occurred and put the likelihood of East Sakura involvement at 78.3 percent.

Lin Chen warned Old Man Li that East Sakura Country might create an uncontrollable Biological Weapon by combining stolen research with United States research, and urged preparations to contain the threat. The higher-ups approved a Secret Factory for New Type of Explosives and activated two Mechanical Leopard factories, while Old Man Li ended the visit by warning Lin Chen to be cautious about his parents’ trip to a funeral.

• Lin Chen assessed that East Sakura Country might create an uncontrollable Biological Weapon, most likely a creature able to swim and come ashore, and warned it could threaten China.
• Lin Chen asked for a robot-operated Secret Factory to produce New Type of Explosives and for the two backup factories to resume Mechanical Leopard production.
• Old Man Li agreed to both requests after consulting the higher-ups, who transferred a Military Factory in Magic City to Lin Chen and activated the two inland factories.
• Old Man Li praised Lin Chen’s contributions, then stayed for lunch and held Lin Dongyao while Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen joined them.
• Lin Chen explained that his parents had returned to their hometown for a neighbor’s funeral, and Old Man Li cautioned him about the people who might attend.

At Lin Chen’s hometown, Xiong Bin publicly suggested Lin Chen might become emperor, prompting Lin Hai to suspect someone had arranged the remark. National Security questioned Xiong Bin, who admitted a masked man had paid him to say it, while Lin Chen learned the remark had already spread online.

• At the funeral banquet, Xiong Bin said Lin Chen might become emperor and called Lin Hai the Retired Emperor, so Lin Hai asked National Security Captain Yang Kuan to investigate.
• Lin Hai told Lin Chen about the remark, and Lin Chen refused to have Little Bei block the online spread because doing so would make him look guilty.
• National Security questioned Xiong Bin, who first claimed he had been drunk but then admitted someone had instructed him to make the remark.
• Xiong Bin confessed that a masked middle-aged man had paid him one hundred thousand yuan and promised another two hundred thousand, and that he had hidden the money at home.

Lin Chen faced a fierce online backlash over rumors that he wanted to become emperor, but he reassured Xu Mengyao that they could defend themselves anywhere and showed her his hidden forces and new ability to fly. Morning News then aired interviews with scientists and Minister Liang praising Lin Chen’s enormous contributions to the country.

• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that he had lost tens of millions of followers and faced widespread condemnation, and Lin Chen said his enemies were using the controversy to attack him.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that they could leave China if necessary, then revealed two thousand Mechanical Leopards and many drones stored in his Dimensional Space.
• Lin Chen flew while carrying Xu Mengyao, reassuring her that his martial arts and supplies would keep them safe wherever they went.
• Old Man Li called Lin Chen and told him to watch Morning News because the broadcast was airing a special report amid the public outcry.
• Academician Chen and other scientists praised Lin Chen’s guidance and contributions, while Minister Liang estimated that Lin Chen’s contributions were worth at least three trillion yuan.

After the country publicized Lin Chen’s contributions, he gained overwhelming public support and reassured his family that he was safe from the public opinion storm. More than ten days later, Zhang Yang reported that the Latest Model Mechanical Leopard was complete and the High-Simulation Humanoid Robot was nearly finished.

• News reports revealed Lin Chen’s enormous contributions, shifting public opinion in his favor and weakening his critics.
• Xu Mengyao, Xu Guofeng, and Chen Mei discussed the news with Lin Chen, who assured them there would be no problem.
• Lin Chen cleaned and fed Lin Dongyao, then asked the system about its upgrade and his Tai Chi progress.
• More than ten days later, Zhang Yang told Lin Chen that the Latest Model Mechanical Leopard was finished, while the High-Simulation Humanoid Robot would be ready within a week.
• Lin Chen told Zhang Yang to discourage the employees from working overtime and to reward them with double pay.

Lin Chen tested the Latest Model Mechanical Leopards at Yanhuang Robotics Company and explained their new weapons, defenses, and solar-powered recharging. He ordered production to expand and warned that the deaths in East Sakura Country might only be the opening act of a disaster that could also affect them.

• Lin Chen imported the Control System into three Latest Model Mechanical Leopards and tested their speed, claws, eye protection, and Flexible Memory Metal shells.
• Lin Chen told Zhang Yang that the tiny tail-mounted Bead Mines used a New Type of Explosives far more powerful than ordinary explosives, and warned everyone to keep it secret.
• Lin Chen explained that the Mechanical Leopards had improved anti-jamming capabilities and New Skin that could convert sunlight and thermal energy into electricity.
• Lin Chen ordered Zhang Yang to send the new models to his villa warehouse and convert the Magic City Production Lines, while the other factories continued producing the Old Model Mechanical Leopards.
• Lin Chen warned that the deaths in East Sakura Country might be only the opening act and that a disaster killing millions could spill over and affect them.