Chapter Summaries

After seeing firefighter Chen Liang die rescuing a child, Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that his High-Simulation Humanoid Robot could perform firefighting and rescue work. They decided to create the Dream Protection Fund to support families of people who died in the line of duty, including those from the past; Xu Mengyao wondered whether Lin Chen was creating the foundations to protect them.

• A firefighter named Chen Liang rescued a nine-year-old girl from a burning building but fell to his death when flames burst from her apartment.
• Xu Mengyao asked Lin Chen whether Housework Robots could assist firefighters, and Lin Chen explained that a nearly finished High-Simulation Humanoid Robot could handle dangerous rescue work.
• Lin Chen learned from Little Bei that China had 9,657 Fire Rescue Stations and considered the cost of supplying them with firefighting robots.
• Lin Chen asked Xu Mengyao to prepare the Dream Protection Fund, which would provide monthly support to families of people who died in the line of duty.
• Lin Chen decided the fund would cover eligible families from the founding of China onward, and Xu Mengyao asked whether his foundations were meant to give her and the others protective talismans.

Lin Chen offered the country thirty thousand firefighting robots and proposed a foundation to support families of people who died in the line of duty. The Dream Protection Foundation was established and approved, and a village family learned they could apply for its monthly assistance.

• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao about his growing arsenal and said he would report his plans to the authorities.
• Lin Chen offered Old Man Li thirty thousand firefighting robots, which the country agreed to accept with minor modifications.
• Lin Chen proposed that Xu Mengyao establish a foundation giving three thousand yuan monthly to eligible relatives of people who died in the line of duty.
• The Dream Protection Foundation was established the next day and quickly received state approval.
• Li Bin told Uncle Zhao that he, his wife, and their granddaughter could apply for monthly assistance, but Uncle Zhao doubted the offer because of a previous donation scam.

Li Bin helped Uncle Zhao apply for Lin Chen’s aid, and Lin Chen’s AI secretly increased the payment to support the whole family. After testing Yanhuang Robotics’ realistic humanoid robots, Lin Chen ordered production to expand and assigned thirty thousand male-model robots to firefighting.

• Uncle Zhao applied for aid for Lan Lan alone, but Lin Chen had Little Bei provide support for all three family members, depositing nine thousand yuan.
• Uncle Zhao learned that Lin Chen’s foundation supported families of people who died in service, and Li Bin helped him send Lin Chen a message of thanks.
• Online recipients praised Lin Chen’s aid as Xu Mengyao watched Lin Chen play with Lin Xiaoqian and Lin Dongyao.
• Lin Chen tested two humanoid robots at Yanhuang Robotics Company and approved their performance.
• Lin Chen ordered daily production increased to five hundred units and directed the company to manufacture thirty thousand male-model robots for firefighting.

Lin Chen delivered Firefighting Robots and Fireproof Cabinets to the Magic City Fire Department, where they proved their worth rescuing people from a serious residential fire. After the robots helped evacuate residents and fight the flames, Lin Chen left, and online commenters praised his invention while making odd requests about the robots’ appearance.

• Lin Chen demonstrated that the Firefighting Robots could carry Fireproof Cabinets holding people, and Zhao Chong tested one himself.
• When a gas-cylinder explosion started a fire in an old residential building, Lin Chen sent two Firefighting Robots to the scene with Fireproof Cabinets.
• The robots entered the burning building and rescued Xiujuan and her child from the fourth floor, then safely brought a bedridden elderly woman down from the fifth floor.
• After confirming no one else was trapped, the robots helped extinguish the fire, and Zhao Chong praised them to Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen left the fire department, and online commenters praised the robots while some made strange remarks about wanting them to look more handsome.

Lin Dongyao learned to walk, and Lin Chen celebrated by gathering family and friends. Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao arranged a joint annual meeting for Zhang Yang and Shen Qing to help them get acquainted, while a paid operative at Yanhuang Robotics Company planned to use the event to approach Zhang Yang.

• Lin Dongyao let go of his support and walked to Lin Chen, then walked to Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian.
• Lin Chen invited Xu Mengyao's parents and Shen Qing to celebrate; Shen Qing said Lin Chen's growing presence made her feel awkward about visiting.
• Xu Mengyao suggested Zhang Yang and Shen Qing might be a suitable match, and Lin Chen arranged for them to organize a joint annual meeting for Yanhuang Robotics Company and the Qian Qian Charity Foundation.
• Lin Chen told Zhang Yang about the annual meeting and sent him Shen Qing's contact information; Xu Mengyao informed Shen Qing.
• A beautiful clerk who had secretly been paid to get close to Zhang Yang planned to practice dancing to attract him at the annual meeting.

Lin Chen and Old Jiang arranged to load Mechanical Leopards onto submarines and send robots to the plateau to deter Indian border provocations. After five hundred robots arrived, Wang Peng tested their stone-throwing and fighting abilities, and the chapter ended with him anticipating their first deployment.

• Lin Chen agreed to withdraw the submarines for now and proposed carrying Mechanical Leopards aboard them as a deterrent.
• Old Jiang asked Lin Chen to send robots to the plateau to prevent casualties in border clashes with India, and Lin Chen arranged to send five hundred.
• Wang Peng had the robots practice throwing stones, and they quickly demonstrated long range and pinpoint accuracy.
• Wang Peng sparred with a robot and was knocked down despite wearing a Bulletproof Vest; the robot explained that its defenses could withstand Heavy Machine Gun fire.
• Wang Peng looked forward to the robots’ performance and hoped the opposing side would come that night.

India’s over a thousand soldiers attacked China’s outpost in a hand-to-hand fight, but Wang Peng’s sixty powerful robots devastated their ranks. After India’s commander threatened to use guns, Wang Peng welcomed the escalation and said the Mechanical Leopard was on its way.

• Santabu led over a thousand Indian soldiers toward China’s outpost, and Wang Peng ordered them to withdraw.
• When the Indians charged, the robots pelted them with stones while Chinese soldiers attacked from behind the machines.
• Wang Peng sent the sixty robots into close combat, where they overwhelmed the Indian soldiers and turned the numbers against them.
• Santabu called for a retreat, and Wang Peng eventually ordered his side to stop after only about thirty Indians remained standing.
• Santabu accused Wang Peng of using robots and threatened to use guns, but Wang Peng challenged him and mentioned the approaching Mechanical Leopard.

Wang Peng’s forces repelled a large Indian attack with the help of robots, while Lin Chen advanced his Ancient Medical Skill to the Mythical level and treated Lin Dongyao’s cough. The chapter ended with Xu Xiangyang warning Lin Chen that India might bring the incident before the United Nations and target him.

• Wang Peng’s men forced Santabu and the Indian soldiers to retreat after the robots inflicted heavy casualties, and Wang Peng ordered the robots to patrol.
• Lin Chen stayed up caring for Lin Dongyao, and his Ancient Medical Skill advanced to the Mythical level.
• Lin Chen used his improved medical skill to treat Lin Dongyao and told Xu Mengyao that the boy’s coughing problem was solved.
• Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen that India might take the robot battle to the United Nations, and Lin Chen said he was not concerned about being targeted.

Lin Chen responded to Indian media criticism by pledging Mechanical Leopards to the border, then agreed to visit the Imperial Capital for talks with Egypt over canal management rights. As he prepared to leave with Xu Mengyao and the children, the system began an enhancement, leaving Lin Chen waiting to see what would change.

• Lin Chen told Little Bei to announce that he would give the Highland Border Defense Force one hundred thousand Mechanical Leopards, rising to three hundred thousand if tensions worsened.
• Old Jiang questioned whether the donation would heighten the risk of war, and Lin Chen argued that the machines would deter India.
• Old Jiang invited Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao to the Imperial Capital to meet with Egyptian representatives, and Lin Chen agreed to bring Qian Qian and Dong Dong.
• Lin Chen learned that his System Space had expanded to nine thousand cubic meters while packing for the trip.
• After Lin Dongyao drank milk, Lin Chen learned the system had enough Enhancement Value and ordered it to begin upgrading; the System Space remained usable, but the system stopped responding.

Lin Chen met with Old Jiang and influential officials in the Imperial Capital as India worried about the threat of Mechanical Leopards near its border. He agreed to meet the officials and left the gathering ready to demonstrate that he could fly.

• Indian officials discussed the danger posed by one hundred thousand Mechanical Leopards and decided to send an envoy to negotiate with China.
• Lin Chen arrived in the Imperial Capital with his family, and Lin Xiaoqian reunited with children she had taught.
• Old Jiang told Lin Chen that an Indian Envoy was coming and that officials wanted to meet him; Lin Chen agreed to see them elsewhere.
• At dinner, Lin Chen told the officials that the Dream Protection Fund would cost more than expected but that he could afford it.
• When the officials asked Lin Chen to demonstrate his ability to fly, he agreed to do so after everyone arrived.

Lin Chen demonstrated his flight and extraordinary durability to a group of senior officials, then asked them to keep his strength secret to protect his family. After the gathering, the officials recognized why the country supported him, and Lin Chen left to go home to Qian Qian and Dong Dong.

• Lin Chen flew through the Banquet Hall and told the assembled officials that he could fly for dozens of kilometers and live around three hundred years.
• Lin Chen said he could withstand ordinary missiles, then let Xiao Zhenhua strike his finger three times with a bone-chopping knife without injuring him.
• Lin Chen bent the cleaver with his hand and asked the officials to keep his strength confidential so enemies would not target Xu Mengyao and his other family members.
• Lin Chen diagnosed Old Man Wei with High Blood Pressure and Cerebral Arteriosclerosis, promised to prescribe medicine, and drank with the officials.
• Lin Chen left to tell stories to Qian Qian and Dong Dong, while Old Man Li warned everyone not to reveal what they had learned.
• Old Jiang and Old Man Li explained that Lin Chen's longevity and abilities made him a great fortune for China and a reason for the country to support him.

Lin Chen negotiated a fifty-year Suez Canal operating-rights deal with Egypt, along with a large purchase of Mechanical Leopards. The United States feared losing its leverage over Egypt and the canal, while Mandel suggested Lin Chen might eventually die.

• Lin Chen offered Ahmed ten billion US dollars annually for the canal's operating rights, with a ten-percent increase every ten years over a fifty-year term.
• Ahmed agreed to buy fifty thousand export-version Mechanical Leopards for one hundred fifty thousand US dollars each, with the cost deducted from canal revenue over five years.
• Ahmed accepted Lin Chen's plan to station up to ten thousand Mechanical Leopards and robots near the canal, and the two sides signed the contract.
• The United States President learned that Lin Chen had secured the canal's management rights and asked his staff whether the deal could be stopped.
• Mandel warned that the United States would struggle to block Lin Chen and said Egypt's purchase of Mechanical Leopards could weaken American influence there.
• The United States President lamented his country's declining dominance and said he hoped Lin Chen would die soon.

After the System Upgrade, Lin Chen began earning Enhancement Points through teaching and used them to raise his Grass-Skimming Lightness Skill to the Mythical level. The story left off with Xu Mengyao telling him that Zhang Yang had disappeared and could not be found by Little Bei.

• Lin Chen taught Lin Dongyao to play with model aircraft while waiting for the System Upgrade to finish.
• The system announced that teaching the children now earned Enhancement Points, which Lin Chen could spend to improve any of his own skills without a limit.
• Lin Chen accumulated 150 Enhancement Points and spent them all to raise his Grass-Skimming Lightness Skill to the Mythical level.
• Lin Chen tested his enhanced flight speed and found he could fly at over ninety meters per second.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that Shen Qing could not reach Zhang Yang and Little Bei could not find him, prompting Lin Chen to prepare to return.

After Zhang Yang disappeared, Lin Chen learned that one of his fingers had been found and suspected the kidnapping was a threat connected to his Mechanical Leopard sales. When Lin Chen returned to Magic City to investigate, his danger sense warned him that the building was a trap, so he ordered everyone to evacuate.

• Lin Chen asked Little Bei to locate Zhang Yang, then asked Xu Xiangyang to investigate the building where Zhang Yang had vanished.
• Xu Xiangyang reported that investigators had found a box containing Zhang Yang's finger, and Lin Chen ordered them to search the building and preserve it.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao considered which countries or forces might be responsible and suspected India or Squid Country, possibly because Lin Chen was selling Mechanical Leopards to Egypt.
• After returning to Magic City, Lin Chen learned that Zhang Yang had likely been taken away in a garbage truck after the cleaner was hypnotized.
• Lin Chen sensed danger near the building and ordered Sirius to evacuate everyone, then confirmed the danger was present even when he approached from the rear.

Lin Chen hypnotized the janitor He Zhongwei and learned that a masked foreigner with a scalpel had taken Zhang Yang to the underground parking. Lin Chen suspected a lethal toxin or a miniature Tactical Mushroom Bomb inside the building and left the response to Sirius while Minister Xu Xiangyang rushed over.

• Lin Chen ordered Sirius to seal off the building and had a Simulation Robot search it while he questioned He Zhongwei.
• Lin Chen hypnotized He Zhongwei, learned the kidnapper was a foreigner who carried a scalpel, and told him to forget what had happened.
• Lin Chen had He Zhongwei released and inspected the police officers who had exited the building, finding no signs of poisoning.
• Lin Chen told Sirius that the building might contain a deadly toxin or a miniature Tactical Mushroom Bomb, prompting Sirius to report the danger to Xu Xiangyang.
• Xu Xiangyang ordered Sirius to follow Lin Chen's instructions, and Lin Chen moved farther from the building while refusing to evacuate nearby people.

Lin Chen discovered that the building contained components for a deadly compound neurotoxin and concluded Zhang Yang had likely been kidnapped. He threatened to triple Mechanical Leopard production unless Zhang Yang was returned within twenty-four hours, prompting the United States to call for a press conference.

• Little Bei's robots searched the building and found substances that could combine into a deadly compound neurotoxin.
• Xu Xiangyang arrived in Magic City and told Lin Chen that Zhang Yang remained missing while the city was under lockdown.
• Lin Chen told Old Jiang that he suspected the United States, India, or Israel, and proposed increasing Mechanical Leopard production from one million to three million a year unless Zhang Yang was released.
• Old Jiang agreed that the country would support Lin Chen's plan, and Lin Chen posted a video demanding Zhang Yang's safe return within twenty-four hours.
• The President of the United States learned of Lin Chen's threat and ordered a press conference urging Zhang Yang's captors to release him.

As countries pressured the kidnappers to release Zhang Yang, Lin Chen reassured Zhang Yang’s Parents that he would try to rescue him. With the deadline nearly up, Zhang Yang called Lin Chen and revealed that his kidnappers had taken him to East Sakura Country.

• The United States, India, Australia, East Sakura Country, Phi Country, and other nations denied involvement and called for Zhang Yang’s release, while the secret group responsible decided to free him near the deadline.
• Zhang Yang’s Parents visited Lin Chen, told him not to blame himself if the rescue failed, and shared Zhang Yang’s grandfather’s wish to see East Sakura Country wiped out if war broke out.
• Lin Chen said East Sakura Country people should first be sent back to their country, and Zhang Yang’s father agreed.
• As the deadline neared and the world watched anxiously, Zhang Yang called Lin Chen from an unknown number and said his kidnappers had taken him to East Sakura Country.

Lin Chen arranged Zhang Yang’s rescue from East Sakura Country and repaired his severed finger. Afterward, Zhang Yang told Lin Chen that company clerk Wang Jiaxue seemed suspicious.

• Lin Chen located Zhang Yang in East Sakura Country and sent Mechanical Leopards to protect him while authorities arranged his return.
• East Sakura Country’s Elder ordered officials to protect Zhang Yang and investigate who had brought him there, while Zhang Yang accused the country of trying to lure Lin Chen into a trap.
• East Sakura Country officials escorted Zhang Yang to the airport, and he later arrived at Lin Chen’s villa.
• Lin Chen used the preserved severed finger to operate on Zhang Yang, promising he would recover within days.
• Lin Chen teased Zhang Yang about his chemistry with Shen Qing, and Zhang Yang said Wang Jiaxue might be suspicious.

After Zhang Yang returned from being kidnapped to East Sakura Country, Lin Chen operated on his severed finger and urged him to rest. Unable to identify the kidnappers, Lin Chen used Zhang Yang’s appearance in East Sakura Country to demand an explanation and threaten to add another hundred thousand Mechanical Leopards and Simulation Robots, leaving East Sakura Country scrambling to investigate and prepare for negotiations.

• Zhang Yang told Lin Chen that a masked white man had drugged him and taken him to East Sakura Country, but he could not identify his captor or explain how he got there.
• Lin Chen operated on Zhang Yang, who later walked out and reunited with his parents and Shen Qing; Lin Chen arranged a robot to help him recover and asked Shen Qing to coordinate with him on the Annual Meeting.
• After Zhang Yang and the others left, Lin Chen agreed with Xu Mengyao that the kidnapping remained unresolved and called Old Jiang to demand an explanation from East Sakura Country.
• Lin Chen threatened to add a hundred thousand Mechanical Leopards and Simulation Robots if East Sakura Country failed to explain Zhang Yang’s presence there.
• East Sakura Country’s officials rejected the proposed increase, set a negotiation goal of no more than twenty thousand additional machines, and decided to investigate the kidnapping while preparing to negotiate with China.

Lin Chen forced East Sakura Country to accept one hundred thousand additional Mechanical Leopards and Simulation Robots, and China announced the deal at a joint press conference. He returned to Magic City and showed Koizumi Shiro the first batch of enhanced New Model Mechanical Leopards.

• Lin Chen gave Koizumi Shiro ten minutes to choose between one hundred thousand combined units or one hundred thousand each of Mechanical Leopards and Simulation Robots, and Koizumi accepted the combined total.
• Wei Hongru and Koizumi Shiro announced the agreement at a press conference, where Wei said the new units would be deployed in East Sakura Country within two months.
• The President of the United States asked Mandel whether American troops should withdraw from East Sakura Country, and Mandel warned that withdrawal would cost them influence in East Asia.
• Lin Chen returned to Magic City and showed Koizumi Shiro a first batch of ten thousand New Model Mechanical Leopards with improved firepower and defense.