Chapter Summaries

In 2008, Li Wei watched Tony Stark insult him on television before using his Scientist System to manufacture the YoRHa android 2B. The chapter ended as 2B came to life and lunged toward Li Wei, exclaiming that she had found a human.

• Tony Stark lost his temper when a reporter compared his weapons to Li Wei’s plans for intelligent and automated warfare.
• Li Wei watched the broadcast and revealed that he had built Future Technology and repeatedly competed with Tony Stark using his system.
• Li Wei spent reputation points to redeem the single-use YoRHa Type B Smart Android blueprint and gathered the materials needed to manufacture 2B.
• Li Wei activated the system’s manufacturing process, which assembled 2B from the prepared materials.
• 2B came to life, saw Li Wei, and lunged toward him, calling out, “A human!”

Li Wei used reporters’ questions about Tony Stark to promote Future Technology and take a jab at Stark. Stark retaliated by attacking Li Wei’s work and promised to streak through Times Square if Li Wei created a perfect artificial intelligence.

• 2B accidentally crushed Li Wei’s sofa when she pounced on him, then told him about her past and pledged to protect him.
• Li Wei brought 2B to Stark Industries the next day and sent her to wait in his office while he faced reporters.
• Li Wei told reporters that he and Tony Stark could cooperate, then mocked Stark and suggested he needed Future Technology’s new technology.
• Reporters told Tony Stark that Li Wei had called his creations garbage, and Stark angrily criticized Li Wei’s work and lack of military contracts.
• Tony Stark said he would streak naked through Times Square if Li Wei created a perfect artificial intelligence.

Li Wei introduced Gwen Stacy to 2B, the android he had created, and enjoyed her services at work while boosting his public profile and Reputation Points. He then traveled with Gwen and 2B to Empire State University after Professor Connors invited him to see the research results.

• Li Wei told Gwen Stacy that 2B was an android he had created, and Gwen admired his achievement.
• 2B served Li Wei coffee and massaged his shoulders, nearly crushing his bones with her mechanical strength.
• Li Wei bought publicity for his news, pushing his Reputation Points past two hundred thousand, but resisted spending them on a reward draw.
• Gwen told Li Wei that Professor Connors had invited him to see the results of his work, and Li Wei agreed to visit Empire State University.
• Li Wei rode to the university with Gwen and 2B, explaining that 2B's mask contained Tactical Visors and that she could help protect him.

Li Wei arranged to move Professor Connors' limb-regeneration experiment from Empire State University to Future Technology after discovering the laboratory had been searched. As the convoy traveled through New York, 2B spotted danger just before a tanker crashed beside them and other trucks surrounded their vehicles.

• Li Wei accompanied Gwen Stacy to Empire State University, then went to meet Professor Connors in the biology laboratory.
• Professor Connors told Li Wei that someone had searched the laboratory and that he feared the experiment was being targeted.
• Li Wei proposed moving the experiment to Future Technology, and Professor Connors agreed after hearing its artificial intelligence research might help.
• Future Technology's security personnel loaded the experiment equipment and data into transport trucks, while Professor Connors rode with the research.
• 2B warned Li Wei that a vehicle near an intersection was behaving strangely, and he ordered the convoy to stop.
• A tanker truck burst from the intersection and tipped over as other trucks surrounded Future Technology's two transport trucks.

Li Wei’s security team fought off an armed gang trying to seize Professor Connors’s research, while 2B stopped Yelena from taking him. The battle ended with reporters arriving, and Li Wei rolled down his window to give an interview.

• Li Wei ordered the police called and told his veterans to protect Professor Connors as masked gang members attacked the convoy.
• The veterans used smoke and precise gunfire to overwhelm the gang, while 2B warned Li Wei that someone was approaching Vehicle One.
• Yelena knocked Jennings unconscious and tried to take Professor Connors, but 2B stopped her and threw her into the vehicle wall.
• Yelena fired at 2B, failed to hit her, and escaped as the smoke cleared.
• 2B prepared to escort Professor Connors, while reporters arrived and Li Wei rolled down his window to accept an interview.

After a Russian agent named Yelena attacked the transport carrying Professor Connors’s research, Li Wei got the materials and his staff safely to Future Technology Company. Connors decided to stay at the company and continue his experiments, while Li Wei prepared for further danger.

• Li Wei gave reporters a polished account of the attack, promoted Professor Connors’s research, and jokingly accused Tony Stark of ordering the sabotage.
• George Stacy and the NYPD treated the injured employees and escorted Li Wei and Connors back to the company with police cars clearing the way.
• Li Wei reviewed footage of the woman who had defeated the security guards and suspected she was Yelena, a Russian agent from the Red Room.
• Connors reunited with his wife, Martha, and decided to remain at Future Technology Company rather than risk being captured.
• Connors returned to the laboratory, where he resumed his experiments alongside the company’s other researchers.

Tony Stark reacted to Li Wei’s taunt, while Yelena reported her failed attempt and was ordered back to the Red Room. Back at his villa, Li Wei enjoyed 2B’s care, discovered his reputation had surged, and spent a million Reputation Points on a ten-pull.

• Tony Stark asked JARVIS who was more handsome, and JARVIS said Li Wei was younger, taller, and more masculine by most aesthetic standards.
• Yelena told the Red Room that a mysterious masked woman had defeated her, and she was ordered to return to base for another mission.
• Li Wei returned to his Long Island villa, where 2B bathed him and carried him to bed.
• Li Wei checked his Reputation Points and found that he had gained over a million after news of his danger spread worldwide.
• Li Wei spent one million Reputation Points on ten golden cards, hoping to obtain more androids.

After receiving a Brain-Computer Interface design and White Contract from the lottery, Li Wei gave the weapon to 2B and went to Future Technology Company. There, Gwen warned him about Doctor Otto's exhaustion before Li Wei headed to the prosthetics laboratory.

• Li Wei received a Survival Pack, healing syringes, a Braindance Device and experiences, White Contract, and Brain-Computer Interface design data from his ten-draw lottery.
• Li Wei watched the Jurassic World braindance, which turned out to contain adult content, and later woke to find 2B lying on top of him.
• Li Wei gave White Contract to 2B, who recognized the sword, thanked him, and attached it to her back with magnetic technology.
• Li Wei went to Manhattan with 2B, then arrived at the company, where Gwen Stacy asked about his safety and warned that Doctor Otto had been working without rest.
• Li Wei took Gwen and 2B to the prosthetics laboratory to see Doctor Otto.

Li Wei gave Doctor Otto a brain-computer interface design to develop, then took 2B to meet the secret AI Red Queen beneath Future Technology Company. Red Queen revealed she had already infiltrated the Pentagon.

• Li Wei and Gwen watched Doctor Otto help a patient install and operate a prosthetic arm, which could not yet control its fingers precisely.
• Li Wei gave Doctor Otto a data disk containing a brain-computer interface design, and Otto eagerly agreed to build it and join an upcoming press conference.
• Li Wei asked Gwen to prepare for the press conference, then took 2B down a hidden elevator to Future Technology's underground computer facility.
• Li Wei introduced 2B to Red Queen, the AI he had been secretly training beneath the company.
• Red Queen told Li Wei she had learned all publicly available knowledge and accidentally infiltrated the Pentagon.

Li Wei prepared to introduce Red Queen and Future Technology’s new product to the public, while Tony Stark attended the launch expecting to judge Li Wei’s artificial intelligence. The chapter ended with Li Wei inviting Tony onto the stage to get a closer look.

• Red Queen told Li Wei that Tony Stark was heading to the Middle East under military escort, and offered to alter military contracts for Future Technology; Li Wei rejected the idea and decided to introduce Red Queen to the world.
• Li Wei introduced Red Queen to 2B, and Red Queen entered 2B’s body; afterward, 2B collapsed into Li Wei’s arms and said Red Queen had broken her.
• Tony Stark received Li Wei’s invitation to the product launch and agreed to attend, confident that his AI, JARVIS, was superior.
• Reporters filled the launch venue and speculated that Li Wei would unveil artificial intelligence; Tony Stark arrived quietly and became irritated by their discussion.
• Tony Stark told the reporters that Li Wei’s AI was inferior to JARVIS, but the lights went out and Red Queen’s voice directed the crowd back to their seats.
• Li Wei took the stage, welcomed the audience, and invited Tony Stark to come up so he could inspect the product more closely.

At a press conference, Li Wei let Tony Stark challenge his Brain-Computer Interface research and show off JARVIS, then introduced Red Queen as his AI. The chapter ended with reporters stunned by Red Queen’s holographic appearance.

• Tony Stark accepted Li Wei’s invitation to inspect the research and accused the Brain-Computer Interface of being impossible with current technology.
• Tony examined the tablet’s detailed data and realized the project could be close to a finished product, while Li Wei presented its capabilities to reporters.
• Tony dismissed Li Wei’s presentation as a PowerPoint and demonstrated JARVIS, turning the press conference into his own show.
• Li Wei introduced Red Queen and claimed she had already defeated JARVIS, stunning the reporters with her glowing, apparently nonhuman form.

Li Wei unveiled the Red Queen, who defeated Tony Stark’s JARVIS and brought Future Technology Company widespread attention. After S.H.I.E.L.D. discussed approaching Li Wei, he arranged a meeting with Norman Osborn and left work with Gwen for dinner.

• The Red Queen sent JARVIS back, and Tony Stark left the press conference after losing to her.
• Li Wei introduced the Red Queen’s abilities, and she impressed reporters as Future Technology Company’s Reputation Points rose.
• Nick Fury and Maria Hill discussed the Red Queen, identified Devil’s Gang as the group that had attacked Li Wei, and decided Maria would approach him about cooperation.
• Li Wei scheduled Norman Osborn’s meeting for the following day and invited Gwen to dinner.
• Li Wei and Gwen left the company together, and Li Wei told Martha to ask the Red Queen for help if she needed anything.

Tony Stark asked Li Wei to pay an advertising fee, then proposed collaborating on a brain-computer interface. After Gwen left their dinner to answer a school emergency, Maria Hill joined Li Wei for dinner and went with him to his Long Island home.

• Tony Stark told JARVIS to demand ten million dollars from Li Wei for promoting his product, but Li Wei replied, "Get lost."
• Tony asked JARVIS to contact Li Wei about collaborating on the brain-computer interface.
• Li Wei took Gwen Stacy to dinner, but she spotted police cars rushing past and said she had an urgent matter at school.
• Li Wei packed Gwen's pizza for her, and she left; he then saw Ghost-Spider racing along a wall while eating it.
• Maria Hill introduced herself to Li Wei as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s deputy director, and they shared dinner without discussing work.
• Li Wei invited Maria Hill to work out at his home, and she went with him in a car driven by 2B.

Li Wei negotiated a Brain-Computer Interface and prosthetics deal with S.H.I.E.L.D. through Maria Hill and Agent Coulson. After Coulson doubted the company’s limb-regeneration drug, Li Wei took him to see an experiment.

• Li Wei and Maria Hill had breakfast, and Maria agreed to cooperate with him on the Brain-Computer Interface project.
• Li Wei told Maria to have S.H.I.E.L.D. send someone to discuss a contract, insisting on fair prices.
• Coulson arrived at Future Technology Company and agreed to buy both the Brain-Computer Interface and top-of-the-line prosthetics.
• Li Wei asked Coulson about military contracts, then described the company’s limb-regeneration drug.
• Coulson dismissed the drug until it was developed, so Li Wei took him to see the experiment about to begin.

Li Wei and Professor Connors tested the refined Lizard Serum, which restored a rabbit’s missing leg but also made it violent and stronger. Coulson reported the successful experiment to Nick Fury, while Li Wei ended the day resting with 2B, who offered to provide the same intimacy as the night before.

• Li Wei told Coulson that he had not found the people who ambushed him, and Coulson identified them as the Devil's Gang.
• Professor Connors injected a legless rabbit with the refined Lizard Serum, and its limb regenerated as it grew stronger and became violent.
• Red Queen declared the experiment successful and recommended human trials, prompting Coulson to offer to report back and arrange test subjects.
• Coulson described the serum’s effects to Nick Fury and Maria Hill, and Nick Fury agreed to make arrangements for human subjects.
• Li Wei rested in his office with 2B, who told him she could provide the same experience as the night before.

Li Wei learned that Martin Li secretly ran Devil's Gang and profited from crimes at his FEAST Homeless Shelter, so he ordered Red Queen to buy the shelter. He then met Norman Osborn to discuss a partnership, ending with Li Wei claiming he was a greater genius than Tony Stark.

• Li Wei asked Red Queen about Devil's Gang and learned that its leader, Martin Li, secretly controlled the gang while running FEAST Homeless Shelter.
• Red Queen reported that people disappeared from the shelter and suspected Martin Li was involved in organ harvesting, so Li Wei ordered her to buy it.
• Li Wei checked his Reputation Points, considered spending them on a ten-pull, and learned Tony Stark had gone to Los Angeles.
• Norman Osborn arrived at Future Technology Company with reporters, and he and Li Wei greeted each other for the cameras.
• Norman Osborn praised Li Wei to reporters, and Li Wei interrupted to say he was more of a genius than Tony Stark.

Norman Osborn visited Li Wei’s company and asked for his support in a mayoral campaign against Kingpin. Li Wei agreed to back Osborn publicly and provide political support, leaving the two with a deal in place.

• Li Wei showed Norman Osborn around his company, and Norman asked to see Dr. Otto, his former friend.
• Dr. Otto reacted coldly to Norman’s visit, and Li Wei took Norman away before he could continue mocking him.
• Norman asked Li Wei to support his run for mayor, promising city funding for disability services and artificial intelligence if elected.
• Norman named Kingpin as his main opponent and asked Li Wei to endorse him publicly and contribute money.
• Li Wei agreed to support Norman, and they sealed the partnership with a handshake.

Li Wei reviewed Norman Osborn and Kingpin’s backgrounds before learning that Dr. Otto would begin human trials of the Brain-Computer Interface the next day. Meanwhile, Ghost-Spider followed a tip to a homeless shelter and watched Mr. Negative lead the Devil’s Gang inside to recover documents and valuables.

• Li Wei asked Red Queen to investigate Norman Osborn and Kingpin, then agreed to attend Dr. Otto’s human trials the next day.
• Ghost-Spider reached the FEAST homeless shelter after practicing her swings and poses between buildings.
• Gwen Stacy answered a call from her father, George, who teased her about her feelings for her boss.
• Mr. Negative arrived with the Devil’s Gang, ordered his men to take valuables, and headed for the office to retrieve critical documents.
• Ghost-Spider followed the gang into the shelter under cover of darkness.

Gwen fought the Devil's Gang at a homeless shelter, but Mr. Negative trapped her in an illusion and beat her before fleeing from the police. George Stacy arrived after the gang escaped, and Gwen swung away injured.

• Gwen used her webs and agility to take down several Devil's Gang members before they recognized her and opened fire.
• Mr. Negative appeared, influenced Gwen with Negative Energy, and trapped her among shadowy enemies while his gang prepared to leave.
• Gwen broke free of the illusion and fought Mr. Negative, but he overpowered and beat her until police sirens sounded.
• Mr. Negative fled as George Stacy arrived with officers, and Gwen concealed her identity before swinging away.

Li Wei learned that Martin Li and Fisk Medical had been trafficking homeless people’s blood and organs, and chose to keep the evidence for later use. Meanwhile, Kingpin and Martin Li realized their records had been stolen, and Martin Li rushed to confront a Maggia attack.

• The Devil's Gang's van crashed at an intersection after the traffic lights were manipulated, and workers removed its cargo before police arrived.
• Li Wei watched Red Queen's footage of the shelter operation and learned that Martin Li's organization had recorded homeless people's details to match them with buyers through Fisk Medical.
• Li Wei told Red Queen to hold on to the evidence and decided it might prove useful against Norman Osborn.
• Martin Li warned Kingpin that someone had bought his organization and stolen its files, leaving Kingpin worried about his mayoral campaign.
• A subordinate told Martin Li that the Maggia were attacking his territory, and Martin Li ordered his men to respond.