Chapter Summaries

Li Wei offered Bruce Banner access to the Dome Base in another world, and Banner agreed to go after preparing to say goodbye to his girlfriend. In Washington, Li Wei secured General Ross’s support by offering to fund his political ambitions and promote Future Technology Company’s weapons.

• Li Wei showed Bruce Banner the Dome Base and its Kaiju data, and Banner chose to visit the other world after saying goodbye to his girlfriend.
• Li Wei met the dejected General Ross in an underground Washington bar and proposed that Ross use Future Technology Company’s weapons instead of continuing his failed super-soldier research.
• Li Wei offered to invest in Ross’s potential political career, and Ross accepted after learning Li Wei also represented Stark Industries.
• Li Wei and General Ross shook hands and began discussing a partnership that could help Li Wei win more military weapons contracts.

Li Wei brought Jill and Bruce Banner to the Pacific Rim Universe, where a newly discovered Category III Kaiju, Knifehead, attacked Hong Kong. Banner agreed to stay and conduct research, while Crimson Typhoon deployed to face the monster.

• Li Wei and Jill went to Future Technology Company, where Hope reported that OASIS had attracted over a billion players.
• Li Wei used the Teleportation Gun to take Jill and Bruce Banner to the Pacific Rim Universe, after Banner said goodbye to Betty Ross.
• An alarm at Hong Kong's Dome Base announced that the 96-meter Category III Kaiju Knifehead was attacking.
• General Wang welcomed Li Wei's group and agreed to give Banner the best possible treatment as he joined the base's research efforts.
• Crimson Typhoon deployed to confront Knifehead.

Bruce Banner watched Crimson Typhoon defeat Knifehead and learned that the alien monsters were part of an effort to colonize Earth. He agreed to help research gamma rays and support the development of a new Jaeger, while Jill abandoned her hope of piloting one after learning how competitive the training was.

• Bruce Banner watched Crimson Typhoon power up and marveled at the Jaeger and its neural link system.
• Dr. Banner asked why humanity did not use nuclear weapons, and Li Wei explained that monster corpses caused contamination and the aliens intended to colonize Earth.
• Crimson Typhoon fought Knifehead, defeated it with its blades and Zap Cannon, and dragged its corpse ashore for dissection.
• General Wang told Dr. Banner that China had begun building a Jaeger from Tony Stark's blueprints, and Banner offered to help with research.
• Li Wei told Jill that she could not pilot a Jaeger alone, then claimed he could do so; Jill punched him and later gave up on piloting after learning about the years of training and long waiting list.

Li Wei persuaded Maria Hill to help him gain control of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarriers so they could turn Project Insight against Hydra. Nick Fury agreed to let Li Wei control one of the three Sky Carriers in exchange for information about the still-living Steve Rogers.

• Li Wei and Maria Hill pretended to be a couple on a date while she explained Hydra's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. and its Project Insight plan.
• Li Wei proposed using Red Queen to seize control of the Helicarriers and destroy Hydra, and Maria Hill agreed to ask Nick Fury for support.
• Maria Hill told Nick Fury that Li Wei would help in exchange for control of the Helicarriers and information about Captain America.
• Maria Hill revealed that Li Wei believed Steve Rogers was alive and could help locate him, prompting Nick Fury to offer control of one of the three Sky Carriers under construction.

Li Wei let the Red Queen infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D., helping Nick Fury locate Steve Rogers frozen in the Arctic, while his research and recruitment efforts advanced across several worlds. He traveled to the Resident Evil world with Jill to recruit Rebecca Chambers, a medic and expert in medicines.

• Li Wei gave the Red Queen permission to hack S.H.I.E.L.D., and she took control of the systems on its three Helicarriers under construction.
• Li Wei had the Red Queen send Steve Rogers's location to Maria Hill, who passed it to Nick Fury.
• Nick Fury concluded Steve Rogers was frozen in the Arctic and launched a search, despite Hydra's displeasure.
• Li Wei's team developed a long-lasting serum that could regrow limbs, while Dr. Banner researched gamma energy and helped China build mechs.
• Li Wei obtained hovercar technology and the Chimera Chariot blueprint and sent it to the Pacific Rim Universe for production.
• Li Wei traveled to the Resident Evil world with Jill to recruit Rebecca Chambers, an expert in refining and compounding medicines.

Li Wei traveled to Chicago with Jill and Eve to recruit Rebecca for Future Technology Company’s research into bioweapon viruses. After seeing the company in another world and learning it held Umbrella viruses, Rebecca decided to stay and help prevent another Raccoon City.

• Li Wei, Jill, and Eve went to the University of Chicago to find Rebecca, who was studying ways to counteract bioweapon viruses.
• Rebecca recognized Jill, thanked Li Wei for exposing Umbrella, and listened as he invited her to join Future Technology Company.
• After coffee, Li Wei took Rebecca to a secluded place and opened a portal to the company’s world.
• Rebecca crossed through the portal and toured the advanced company facilities with Li Wei.
• At Professor Connors’s biology lab, Rebecca learned the company was studying Umbrella viruses and decided to stay.

Li Wei tested the nanotechnology Nano Suit and gave Gwen a Spider Suit equipped with advanced defenses and flight wings. After trying it out over New York, Gwen eagerly flew through the city and did not want to go home.

• General Wang showed Li Wei the completed Nano Suit, which covered his body with nanofactors and could form weapons but required charging.
• Li Wei collected the Nano Suit and Spider Suit, then checked on Dr. Banner, who had settled comfortably into the Dome Base.
• Li Wei took Gwen to dinner, kissed her, and gave her the Spider Suit he had prepared.
• Gwen activated the suit and learned from the Red Queen about its defenses, temperature control, flight wings, spider drones, and webbing.
• Gwen tested the suit in downtown New York, deploying its flight wings to glide above the buildings and enjoying the experience so much that she did not want to go home.

S.H.I.E.L.D. discovered and thawed Captain America, Steve Rogers, and Maria Hill arranged for him to enter OASIS to help him adjust to the modern world. Steve woke inside the virtual world, where a player took him into a dungeon to fight bugs for gold.

• A S.H.I.E.L.D. survey team found Steve Rogers frozen in a World War II plane wreck in the Arctic.
• Maria Hill told Li Wei about Steve, and Li Wei suggested using OASIS to introduce him to modern life.
• After Steve was thawed, Maria Hill placed him in an OASIS Nutrient Pod, and the Red Queen gave his avatar Captain America's appearance.
• Steve met the player Fighting Depends on the Dragon Punch, who led him through OASIS and explained that it was a new world.
• Fighting Depends on the Dragon Punch brought Steve into a dungeon on another planet, where bugs surrounded them and he urged Steve to fight for gold.

Steve Rogers explored OASIS with Shoryuken, learned that it was a game where players earned and spent gold coins, and discovered he could not log off yet. S.H.I.E.L.D. began preparing him for the modern world, while Li Wei and Jill continued using OASIS for racing and combat practice.

• Shoryuken and Steve Rogers defeated waves of Terminids, and Shoryuken explained OASIS and its gold coin rewards.
• Shoryuken introduced Steve to OASIS activities and invited him to race; after Shoryuken logged off, Steve tried the same and learned he had to wait 48 hours.
• Nick Fury learned that Steve had adapted well so far, and S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel began teaching Steve about the modern world through city maps.
• Li Wei logged off after trying a rally race, while Jill practiced her real-world combat skills in OASIS and was beaten by other players.

Li Wei and his companions arrived on Skull Island, fought off its oversized creatures, and met Kong. After communicating through Telepathy, Li Wei learned that Kong was lonely and had encountered a group of people decades earlier; Li Wei promised to visit again but left the question of escaping the island unresolved.

• Li Wei charged his Iron Man Suit, gave Jill a protective shield, and led her and the others through a portal into a remote mountain forest.
• Li Wei flew above the island, recognized Kong as Skull Island’s giant inhabitant, and realized the island’s unusual magnetic field blocked outside signals.
• Jill, Eve, Quicksilver, and 2B fought a giant centipede, and Quicksilver quickly dismembered it before Li Wei blasted its head with Zap Cannon.
• Li Wei led the group through Skull Island’s gigantic mutated wildlife toward Kong, and they reached a cliff where he appeared.
• Li Wei used Telepathy to talk with Kong, learned that Kong was alone and had met people decades earlier, and promised to visit again rather than stay.

Li Wei met with Hope’s father, Hank Pym, and negotiated for the Pym Particles technology so he could shrink items for transport. After drawing a Poké Ball, he wondered whether it could capture Kong, and he left Hank’s meeting with the technology secured.

• Li Wei returned to New York and asked Hope to arrange a meeting with Hank Pym about Pym Particles.
• Li Wei drew a Poké Ball in a ten-pull and wondered whether he could use it to capture Kong.
• Li Wei met Hank Pym and bonded with him by criticizing Howard Stark and Tony Stark.
• Li Wei offered Future Technology Company’s technology in exchange for Pym Particles, and Hank agreed in return for future help and a promise against military or dangerous uses.
• Hank Pym sent Li Wei the Pym Particles information, and Li Wei asked Red Queen to study it.

Li Wei used Pym particles to shrink Bumblebee, Arcee, and a warship so he could take them and a crew led by Captain Liu Ying through a portal to another world. There, Kong refused to leave his home but agreed to escort the crew to the coast.

• Li Wei shrank Bumblebee and Arcee with Pym particles and brought them along through a portal.
• Li Wei shrank the warship for General Wang, then sent Captain Liu Ying and more than a hundred sailors through a portal with Jill.
• Li Wei used Telepathy to locate Kong, who appeared before the crew without showing aggression.
• Li Wei asked Kong to leave with them, but Kong refused, so Li Wei asked him to escort the crew to the coast instead.
• Kong protected the crew from large creatures along the way, and they witnessed him fighting the monsters without suffering casualties.

Li Wei and his companions crossed the ocean, took control of Monarch, and began cooperating with China in this world. They learned that Mothra remained dormant in a Yunnan base, while Li Wei recognized her influence over Godzilla.

• Li Wei used Kong to ferry Monarch's former Skull Island crew to the warship, then sailed away with Liu Ying and the Red Queen.
• After reaching land and restoring internet access, Li Wei ordered the Red Queen to locate Monarch and announced that Future Technology Company would soon arrive.
• The Red Queen disabled Monarch's systems, and Li Wei's team took control of the organization, keeping Dr. Serizawa to help them.
• Li Wei negotiated directly with China through Monarch, and both sides agreed to trade technology for China's support.
• Li Wei learned that the monster pupa in Monarch's Yunnan base held Mothra, whom he believed could control Godzilla.

Li Wei chose to provoke Godzilla by having Kong challenge it rather than luring it with nuclear radiation. After returning to Skull Island, Li Wei asked Kong to call out a monster from the sea, setting the stage for Kong to face Godzilla.

• Dr. Serizawa told Li Wei that Godzilla was unlikely to appear for at least a year, so Li Wei considered two ways to lure it out.
• Li Wei chose to have another monster provoke Godzilla, warning Dr. Serizawa that he might resort to nuclear radiation in Japan if the plan failed.
• Li Wei left Liu Ying in charge and flew with his group to Skull Island, where they saw Kong fighting a Skullcrawler.
• Li Wei's fighter jet fired missiles to distract the Skullcrawler, giving Kong the chance to tear it apart and defeat the attackers.
• Li Wei played with Kong and then asked it to challenge a monster in the sea; Kong eagerly agreed.

Li Wei lured Godzilla to Skull Island, where Godzilla badly injured Kong in a fight before Li Wei stopped them by invoking Mothra. Godzilla asked why Li Wei had woken him, and Li Wei presented a Poké Ball, intending to take him somewhere.

• Kong taunted the ocean for several days while Li Wei waited for Godzilla to approach Skull Island.
• Liu Ying told Li Wei that Godzilla was heading toward the island, and Li Wei told Kong to prepare for a fight.
• Godzilla arrived, and Kong attacked him, but Godzilla overpowered Kong and badly wounded his arm.
• Kong trapped Godzilla's jaws as he began gathering Atomic Breath, and Li Wei stopped the fight by threatening to keep Mothra from speaking to Godzilla.
• Godzilla asked Li Wei why he had woken him, and Li Wei took out a Pokémon capture ball and said he wanted to take Godzilla somewhere.

Li Wei captured Godzilla in a Poké Ball, secured support from China for Liu Ying’s group, and discovered Mothra’s cocoon in Yunnan. When a Kaiju threatened Sydney, Li Wei released Godzilla to fight it, leaving the humans stunned by Godzilla’s speed.

• Li Wei captured Godzilla in a Poké Ball and brought Kong, Jill, and Liu Ying’s group back to Monarch’s base.
• Li Wei told Liu Ying that her people might need to stay at Monarch’s base, then accompanied her to negotiate support from China.
• Li Wei and the China Monarch branch found Mothra’s cocoon in a hidden Yunnan base, and Li Wei used Telepathy to introduce himself to the sleeping Mothra.
• Liu Ying reported the events to General Wang at the Dome Base, where an alert announced that a Kaiju was approaching Sydney.
• Li Wei released Godzilla and sent him to fight the Kaiju, prompting General Wang to warn other bases not to send Jaegers against him.
• Godzilla raced across the ocean floor toward Sydney, and the humans watching him were astonished by his speed.

Godzilla defeated Acid Mane near Sydney and returned to Li Wei, while China proclaimed Godzilla humanity’s guardian deity and Li Wei’s fame spread across two worlds. Back in New York, Li Wei learned that Congress had tried to seize Tony Stark’s Iron Man Suit technology.

• Godzilla rushed toward Acid Mane off Sydney and overwhelmed the Kaiju before tearing it apart.
• Godzilla absorbed the radiation-contaminated seawater, then returned to Hong Kong and let Li Wei recall him into the Poké Ball.
• General Wang wished Godzilla could remain to protect humanity, but Li Wei argued that defeating the Precursors was the lasting solution.
• China publicized Godzilla as humanity’s guardian deity and awarded Li Wei a medal, while his Reputation Points across two worlds surpassed six billion.
• Li Wei returned to New York, where Future Technology Company was building a Manhattan skyscraper taller than the Empire State Building.
• Hope told Li Wei that Congress had summoned Tony Stark to a hearing to try to take control of his Iron Man Suit technology.

Li Wei visited his company’s laboratories, where Dr. Otto pursued controlled nuclear fusion and Professor Connors reported a successful limb-regeneration drug. Li Wei agreed not to release the dangerous drug, and Rebecca left hoping to visit her former home with him.

• Hope invited Li Wei to dinner with her father, but he politely declined.
• Li Wei accepted Tony Stark’s invitation for the company to showcase its technology at Stark Industries’ industrial expo.
• Li Wei warned Dr. Otto to take precautions while researching controlled nuclear fusion with Red Queen’s oversight.
• Professor Connors told Li Wei that their drug had regrown the limbs of more than ten test subjects and granted them strength and regeneration.
• Li Wei agreed with Professor Connors that they should not release the drug because it could cause chaos in the wrong hands.
• Rebecca asked to visit her former home, and Li Wei promised to take her the next time he went.

Li Wei enjoyed OASIS and helped keep the U.S. government from taking control of its servers while time passed and S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to strike Hydra. When Black Cat Felicia complained about her dull job, Li Wei agreed to take her out for fun.

• Li Wei logged into OASIS, where more than two billion people used the virtual world for entertainment and business.
• Li Wei and Tony Stark used a lobbying team to delay the U.S. government's attempt to take control of OASIS servers.
• Li Wei continued visiting Maria Hill and May, watched Peter Parker grow up, and saw New York's crime rate fall under Mayor Norman Osborn.
• Black Cat Felicia visited Li Wei and complained that her ordinary job kept her trapped and bored.
• Li Wei told Felicia to put on her costume and come with him, and she eagerly joined him and the other women.

Li Wei brought Black Cat Felicia to an abandoned Antarctic base on another Earth to meet Alexia Ashford, a genius researcher still merging with the veronica virus. He altered Alexia’s subconscious so that her devotion shifted from the Ashford family to him and the Future Technology Company, then left her fusion undisturbed.

• Black Cat Felicia followed Li Wei and the others through a portal to an Antarctic base on another Earth, where Li Wei told her he had a mission for her.
• Li Wei explained that the abandoned base had belonged to Alexia Ashford, who had been merging with the veronica virus for over a decade.
• The group found Alexia inside a culture chamber, and Li Wei said she needed at least six more months to complete her fusion safely.
• Li Wei used Telepathy to enter Alexia’s mind and redirected her obsessive devotion from the Ashford family to him and the Future Technology Company.