Recaps

Li Qinwu and his companions attacked the Mutant Tribe’s camp, slaughtering the Mutants with an AA-12 and other weapons. After the battle, Little Joel asked to learn to use the shotgun, but Li Qinwu said he needed his wheelchair artifact back first.

• The Mutant priests threatened Li Qinwu as his Little Train arrived, and he blinded them with a flashlight before throwing detonators that killed or wounded several.
• Li Qinwu led his companions into the Mutant Tribe’s camp and began shooting the attacking Mutants, repeatedly aiming for their legs.
• As the group advanced through the tunnels, Li Qinwu jokingly claimed the AA-12 had taken control of his brain, while the Silent One used his psychic iron pipe to help fight.
• The group spent more than ten minutes clearing the camp, and Li Qinwu killed the last Mutant by blowing apart its head.
• Little Joel asked to learn to use the AA-12, but Li Qinwu told him he needed to recover his wheelchair artifact first.

After defeating the Mutants, Li Qinwu recovered two Stillwater Guild maintenance carts and detoured to the Strategic Storage Warehouse to use his Black Card on an unopened container. The container held Guga meat cans rather than ammunition, leaving him furious that the stinking penguin was still pursuing him.

• Li Qinwu found the remains of eight Clean Water Guild workers, recovered the maintenance cart keys, and burned the Mutant tribe's corpses.
• Li Qinwu led the convoy toward the Strategic Storage Warehouse after spotting its sign along the route back.
• Li Qinwu teleported to the Hideout to retrieve the Black Card, then returned to the warehouse while his companions searched for intact containers.
• The Silent One could not see inside the containers or open their electronic locks, so Li Qinwu chose container number 39999 and swiped the card.
• Li Qinwu opened the container and discovered it was packed with Guga meat cans, not ammunition, and angrily blamed the stinking penguin.

Li Qinwu and his group discovered that the Grox meat they had found was valuable canned food and hauled all of it back to the Hideout. He shared some with Reno’s lackeys, who accepted after Li Qinwu insisted they were brothers.

• Li Qinwu’s group opened a can of Grox meat, heated it, and took turns eating it.
• Big Joel explained that a can could be worth six hundred to nine hundred credits, and Li Qinwu realized the meat could serve as valuable trade goods.
• Little Knife brought the Little Train back with every carriage, and the group transported all 1,200 boxes of cans to the Hideout.
• Li Qinwu gave Reno’s lackeys two boxes each, and they accepted after he pressured them not to be polite.

Li Qinwu got Reno to agree to secretly run a water pipe to his Brewery by reminding him of a drunken promise. After earning money from liquor sales, Li Qinwu bought the machines needed to upgrade his Workbench to Lv. 3, unlocking gun, ammunition, and armor manufacturing.

• Li Qinwu showed Reno the Mutant head and got Reno’s lackeys to confirm that Reno had promised to run a water pipe in exchange for dealing with the Mutants.
• Reno agreed to secretly run a pipe for Li Qinwu, who sent him off with provisions and praised his own bargaining tactic to his lackeys.
• A few days later, Li Qinwu trained his psychic abilities and increased his attributes while brewing and selling liquor.
• Li Qinwu spent his savings and sold luxury goods to buy three machines, upgrading his Workbench to Lv. 3.
• Li Qinwu examined the new manufacturing modules and learned the materials and processes for making guns, ammunition, and ceramite armor.

Li Qinwu gave Little Knife weapons and permission to bring his mother to live with him, while Little Knife formally parted ways with the Fertilizer Gang. Nipall accepted the break, knowing Little Knife’s loyalty now belonged to Li Qinwu.

• Li Qinwu kept producing Level 4 armor and stockpiling ammunition as Little Knife delivered metal scraps, brass scraps, and detonators.
• Little Knife asked to bring his mother to live with him, and Li Qinwu agreed and gave him a Green Needle to treat her ailments.
• Little Knife asked for guns and ammunition to repay Nipall’s past kindness, and Li Qinwu gave him two Autoguns and five hundred rounds.
• Little Knife brought the weapons to Nipall and made clear that he wanted to leave the Fertilizer Gang on good terms.
• Nipall accepted Little Knife’s departure and told him the Fertilizer Gang would remain his home, though he knew Little Knife would not betray Li Qinwu.

Li Qinwu went to the Middle Hive to retrieve Kate and his family, using heated canned meat to persuade the Arbites to let them pass without being shocked. He reunited them with Little Joel and the others and brought everyone safely back to the brewing workshop, while the Arbites captain kept the cans and agreed to make future pickups easier in exchange for goods.

• Li Qinwu gathered four armed companions and sent Little Joel and the others to guard the Great Elevator while he went up to the Middle Hive to find Kate's family.
• Li Qinwu spotted Kate, called out to him, and used a can of heated meat to draw the Arbites' attention and negotiate for the family.
• The Arbites captain stopped a subordinate from confronting Li Qinwu and quietly arranged for Kate's family to be released without being shocked when the elevator reached the Lower Hive.
• Li Qinwu led Kate's family through the staff passage, reunited with Little Joel and the others, and hurried back to the brewing workshop while the rats swarmed around the elevator.
• The Arbites captain kept one of Li Qinwu's four cans, gave the other three to his subordinates to sell, and told them to make future pickups easier if Li Qinwu brought something to offer.

Li Qinwu sent the resentful Kai family with Little Knife to witness the brutality of life around the Lower Hive’s Garbage Mountain. After a deadly fight over a cream cake and a massive garbage dump, Father Kai realized the outing was a warning and rushed to seek Little Knife, who had disappeared.

• Li Qinwu brought Kate, Kaibo, Kais, and Mrs. Lisi to the Hideout, then ordered Little Knife to give them a Lower Hive welcome ceremony at the Waste Outlet.
• Little Knife led the Kai family to a Maintenance Pipe overlooking Garbage Mountain, where they watched Scavengers dig through foul, wet garbage.
• A Scavenger found a cream cake, killed a man who tried to take it, and triggered a huge brawl as tens of thousands fought over the rumored delicacy.
• Garbage poured from the Waste Outlet, burying the fighters and raising Garbage Mountain nearly to the Maintenance Pipe.
• Father Kai understood that the scene had been a warning from Li Qinwu and hurried after Little Knife with his family, but Little Knife had already vanished.

Li Qinwu organized the Kai family’s work at the Brewery and kept Older Brother Kai away from the brewing area to prevent him from drinking. When Second Lieutenant Rudosen warned that Lieutenant Winchester would deploy the next morning, Li Qinwu loaded his liquor and headed for the PDF camp, planning to intoxicate Winchester’s soldiers.

• Li Qinwu assigned Father Kai and Younger Brother Kai to train under Little Joel, put Mother Kai and Older Brother Kai in logistics, and ordered the family to monitor Older Brother Kai’s drinking.
• Li Qinwu directed Little Knife to expand the Brewery and separate its living, brewing, storage, and aging areas.
• Father Kai and Younger Brother Kai endured Little Joel’s daily discipline drills, and Father Kai kept his son from rebelling against the orders.
• Second Lieutenant Rudosen summoned Li Qinwu and reported that Lieutenant Winchester had applied for deployment and would leave the next morning.
• Li Qinwu loaded the bottled liquor onto the Little Train and told Second Lieutenant Rudosen he planned to deliver Heads-and-Tails Liquor to Winchester’s soldiers so they would be drunk the next day.

Li Qinwu sold liquor to Lieutenant Winchester's undisciplined soldiers, got them all drunk, and sabotaged their Chimera Transport with Ceramite Powder and urine. He returned to Second Lieutenant Rudosen, prepared for Winchester's death, and then headed to the rebel camp with Parson.

• Li Qinwu and his men sold liquor to Lieutenant Winchester's soldiers, who drank until they passed out.
• Li Qinwu learned that Winchester planned to take the soldiers on an operation the next day while relying mainly on noble-raised hunters.
• With the camp unattended, Li Qinwu poured Ceramite Powder-mixed fuel and urine into the Chimera Transport's fuel tank.
• Li Qinwu returned to Second Lieutenant Rudosen and said everything was ready for Lieutenant Winchester's death; they bought remote-controlled bombs.
• Li Qinwu told Little Knife to use their earnings to expand the Brewery, then found Parson and rode with him toward the rebel camp.

Li Qinwu warned Old Man Sen and nearby Rebel Army leaders that Lieutenant Winchester planned to attack their outposts the next morning, and he offered to help if they fought. When one leader accused him of being a PDF spy, Li Qinwu erupted into violence, leaving the rebels’ decision unresolved.

• Li Qinwu reached Old Man Sen’s camp and warned him that Lieutenant Winchester would attack the next morning.
• Li Qinwu explained that Winchester had chosen the nearest Rebel Army outpost to gain military merit and offered to help fight in exchange for the equipment from his own kills.
• Old Man Sen summoned leaders of nearby outposts to decide whether they should flee or fight.
• A rebel leader accused Li Qinwu of being a PDF spy, and Li Qinwu flipped the table in anger.
• Li Qinwu beat two guards and knocked the accusing leader down, then pinned him and repeatedly punched him.

Li Qinwu stopped the rebel leaders from killing him and convinced them to focus on the impending PDF attack. The rebels chose to fight and assembled their forces, then Old Man Sen asked Li Qinwu for a battle plan.

• Li Qinwu beat Arum unconscious, then traded insults with the rebel leaders until Old Man Sen restored order.
• Old Man Sen warned the leaders that a PDF company would sweep through the area the next day, and they discussed whether to fight or retreat.
• The rebel leaders chose to evacuate vulnerable civilians and fight rather than abandon their strongholds.
• The eight leaders pooled their forces and gathered 120 cavalry, 350 riflemen, and 700 young men armed with melee weapons.
• Old Man Sen asked Li Qinwu how they should fight the battle.

Li Qinwu gave Old Man Sen’s rebels explosives and advice on how to attack the Chimera Transport, then prepared his sniper rifle as their forces gathered for battle. The rebels’ families withdrew to safety, while Li Qinwu stayed behind to calibrate his weapon and make a firing table.

• Li Qinwu showed the rebels a map and explosives, but Old Man Sen explained that the PDF would avoid roads, making a buried roadside bomb ineffective.
• Old Man Sen decided to use the explosives in a cavalry charge, and Li Qinwu explained how to operate the remote and pointed out the Chimera Transport’s weakly armored rear.
• The rebel leaders left to mobilize their forces, and Old Man Sen warned Li Qinwu that Arum held a grudge against him.
• Old Man Sen’s elderly, women, and children moved deeper into rebel territory, while the fighters returned with weapons and gathered for a night of feasting.
• Li Qinwu climbed a tree and fired at a distant target to calibrate his sniper rifle, then continued shooting and recording data for a firing table.

Li Qinwu prepared firing positions and range data before joining Old Man Sen’s rebels for a stand against the PDF. After the enemy arrived at the forest edge, Li Qinwu used several items to boost his combat attributes and readied himself to fight.

• Li Qinwu marked landmarks and firing data, then selected five sniper positions near Old Man Sen’s camp.
• Old Man Sen woke Li Qinwu and declared that the rebels would defend their home; Li Qinwu gave him a Green Needle to treat a serious gunshot wound.
• The rebel leaders rallied their forces, and Li Qinwu took up his Number One sniper position in the mountains overlooking the camp and the road.
• The rebels used falling trees to signal that the PDF had arrived at the forest boundary.
• Li Qinwu used Strength and Endurance Injections, drank liquor, and took a Painkiller as PDF troops appeared ahead.

Li Qinwu watched a drunken, low-morale PDF company approach Old Man Sen's camp, where Lieutenant Winchester ordered a Chimera Transport to charge through the forest and fire on the rebels. The Chimera killed more than a hundred rebels before exhausting its armor-piercing ammunition, while Winchester's demands strained the vehicle's limited power supply.

• Li Qinwu saw more than a hundred hungover PDF soldiers stumble from five military trucks behind a Chimera Transport.
• Lieutenant Winchester kept his family guards inside the Chimera and ordered the PDF soldiers to advance through the woods rather than use the bombed road.
• After the turret operator reported that roughly five hundred rebels were at Old Man Sen's camp, Winchester ordered the Chimera to fire and charge forward.
• The Chimera's Bird Spectrometer detected rebels in the forest, and its autocannon killed more than a hundred as the vehicle crushed trees on its way toward the camp.
• The turret operator stopped firing after using all 150 armor-piercing rounds, and Winchester ordered the exhaust fan to stay on despite the Chimera's limited battery power.

Li Qinwu’s sniper fire crippled the PDF’s heavy-weapon teams as the rebel trenches began to overpower Winchester’s drunken troops. The Chimera Transport’s turret operator located Li Qinwu on a distant hillside and fired its cannon at him.

• Winchester’s PDF troops and Chimera Transport wiped out nearly three hundred rebel melee fighters, then advanced to Old Man Sen’s camp.
• The rebels opened fire from prepared trenches, scattering the PDF infantry and forcing the Chimera Transport to attack the defenders.
• Li Qinwu killed the gunners at both Logging Guns and several light machine gunners, weakening the PDF’s suppressing fire.
• A PDF officer warned the Chimera Transport that a sniper had killed seven soldiers, and the turret operator used the Bird Spectrometer to locate Li Qinwu.
• The turret operator raised the cannon toward Li Qinwu’s hillside position and fired.

Li Qinwu survived the Chimera Transport’s autocannon barrage and hid in a depression while he treated his injuries. The Chimera Transport stalled at a trench as it charged toward him, leaving its crew surrounded by advancing rebels.

• Li Qinwu rolled behind a reverse slope, used a Green Needle to restore his health, and began operating on his ruined limbs.
• The turret operator saw that Li Qinwu was still alive and ordered the driver to charge toward his position.
• Lieutenant Winchester protested the order, but the Chimera Transport’s crew ignored him and drove toward the enemy trenches.
• The Chimera Transport’s engine stalled as it tried to cross a shallow trench, and the crew failed to restart it.
• Rebels advanced through the trenches and surrounded the immobilized vehicle as its crew and noble guards fired wildly.

Rebel infantry and cavalry attacked a stranded Chimera Transport, while Li Qinwu tried to protect Old Man Sen and the charging riders. A rider detonated an explosive against the vehicle, disabling its track and silencing its firing ports, and the rebels surged toward the PDF.

• The Chimera Transport fired Lasguns and grenades at the advancing rebels, while PDF infantry joined in with covering fire.
• Old Man Sen led 120 rebel cavalrymen in a charge toward the Chimera Transport as Li Qinwu shot two PDF light machine gunners.
• The Chimera Transport's Autocannon blasted apart many riders and horses, including Old Man Sen's horse, leaving his fate uncertain.
• A young rebel rider crashed into the Chimera Transport with an explosive pack and detonated it, severely deforming its side armor and destroying one track.
• The rebels cheered and charged the PDF, while Li Qinwu shot another PDF soldier.

Li Qinwu helped defeat the PDF by sniping their soldiers, then drove a truck into the battlefield to collect weapons, ammunition, and supplies. As he scavenged, a rebel soldier reached for the same light machine gun as him.

• Li Qinwu shot PDF soldiers trying to escape in military trucks, while rebel soldiers overwhelmed another truck and pursued the fleeing enemy.
• Li Qinwu chose a truck carrying Logging Gun ammunition, loaded it with spare fuel, and drove it to Old Man Sen's camp.
• Li Qinwu hauled two Logging Guns, spare barrels, and Large Maintenance Kit Backpacks onto the truck.
• Li Qinwu searched the battlefield and collected PDF Light Machine Guns from fallen soldiers.
• A rebel soldier reached for a PDF Light Machine Gun just as Li Qinwu did.

Li Qinwu fought a rebel soldier over a light machine gun he had claimed as battlefield loot, then confronted Arum and his guards when they tried to challenge him. Parson intervened, confirmed Li Qinwu was invited outside help, and reminded the rebels that the leaders had agreed he could keep equipment from the PDF soldiers he killed.

• Li Qinwu kicked and beat a rebel soldier who tried to steal the light machine gun, then took the weapon back.
• Arum surrounded Li Qinwu with his armed guards and demanded an explanation for the beating.
• Li Qinwu pointed both machine guns at Arum and accused him of hiding during the battle while his allies suffered casualties.
• Arum called Li Qinwu a PDF spy, but Li Qinwu countered that he had killed more than twenty PDF soldiers.
• Parson stepped between them, vouched for Li Qinwu, and reminded the rebels that their leaders had agreed he could keep the equipment he took from his kills.

After the battle, Li Qinwu gathered weapons, mourned Old Man Sen, and accepted a mission from Rebel Parson to supply medicine for the wounded. He accidentally sent a grenade into the Warp, where it killed eight Chaos Space Marine recruits, then woke up and tried to stop the rebels from burning the trapped Chimera crew.

• Li Qinwu collected weapons and ammunition from the battlefield, then learned that Old Man Sen had died after sending Li Qinwu's healing injection to a wounded child.
• Rebel Parson resolved to rebuild the settlements and asked Li Qinwu for medical supplies, triggering a mission and becoming Li Qinwu's new contact.
• Li Qinwu heard a grenade thrown from the Chimera Transport, caught it, and used Psychic Power to teleport it into the Warp before collapsing.
• The grenade appeared aboard a Chaos warship and killed the eight candidates about to become Chaos Space Marines, enraging their Chapter Master.
• Li Qinwu woke in a hut and learned that the grenade had vanished without harming the rebels; Parson said they planned to burn the Chimera with its surviving crew inside.
• Li Qinwu told Parson not to burn the Chimera yet and said he would try to get the trapped crew out.

Li Qinwu smoked the defenders out of the Chimera Transport and captured its weapons and supplies. After finding Lieutenant Winchester among the dead, he took his head as proof for Lieutenant Rudosen.

• Li Qinwu tried to persuade the people inside the Chimera Transport to surrender, then devised a plan to smoke them out instead of burning the vehicle.
• Parson arranged a log-and-clay shelter around the Chimera Transport and lit damp wood and rubber to trap thick smoke around it.
• After more than forty minutes of coughing and firing through the shelter, three occupants fled through the rear door and were shot down by the rebels.
• The rebels put out the fires and recovered weapons, armour, and ammunition from the Chimera Transport, but its Lasguns could not be used because they had genetic locks.
• Li Qinwu found Lieutenant Winchester among the dead, cut off his head, and wrapped it as proof for Lieutenant Rudosen.

After helping the rebels defeat the PDF, Li Qinwu collected their Lasguns and returned with medical supplies to treat their wounded. He began caring for the injured, but a rebel leader stopped him from treating the most severely wounded soldier, saying the man was beyond saving.

• The rebels dug pits for their dead while more than thirty wounded fighters cried out in the cabins.
• Parson gave Li Qinwu all twenty-two Lasguns and their batteries, and Li Qinwu promised to help the rebels in the future.
• Li Qinwu returned to the Hideout, packed medical supplies and ten Green Needles, and ordered Little Knife to add firing ports and a searchlight opening to the Brewery’s new wall.
• Li Qinwu and Parson transferred weapons and ammunition from the military truck to the Little Train, and Li Qinwu sent Little Knife and the others back with the supplies.
• Li Qinwu returned to the rebel camp, distributed Painkillers, and began treating the wounded with hemostatic powder and bandages.
• A rebel leader stopped Li Qinwu from treating the most severely wounded soldier, saying the soldier could not be saved.

Li Qinwu saved nine severely wounded rebel soldiers with brutal surgery and Void Blood Pumps, then learned that Parson’s favorability could let him recruit people for the Brewery. He met Second Lieutenant Rudosen outside the PDF camp and showed him Lieutenant Winchester’s head, confirming Rudosen’s path to battalion commander.

• Li Qinwu treated the gravely wounded rebels, removing shrapnel and using Void Blood Pumps to save nine men.
• Li Qinwu learned that the eight rebel groups would unite and that Parson could provide him with people in exchange for favorability points.
• Li Qinwu concealed his military truck in the woods and ran to meet Second Lieutenant Rudosen outside the PDF camp.
• Li Qinwu showed Rudosen Lieutenant Winchester’s head and imitated Winchester’s voice, declaring Rudosen the new battalion commander.

After helping Lieutenant Rudosen eliminate Lieutenant Winchester, Li Qinwu proposed using Rudosen’s future military position to protect a legitimate brewery. He also asked how to unlock captured Lasguns, but learned that the dangerous Adeptus Mechanicus controlled the process, leaving him to rely on a future Intelligence Station upgrade.

• Lieutenant Rudosen examined Lieutenant Winchester’s severed head and thanked Li Qinwu for helping him defeat his rival.
• Li Qinwu proposed putting his brewery under Lieutenant Rudosen’s protection in exchange for thirty percent of its net profits.
• Lieutenant Rudosen said they should wait until his promotion was confirmed and consider involving their regiment commander, a Spire baron and his relative.
• Li Qinwu asked Lieutenant Rudosen how to crack the Gene Locks on the Lasguns he had seized from Winchester.
• Lieutenant Rudosen warned that only Tech-Priests at the Forge Temple could crack the locks and that bringing them unknown Lasguns would likely get Li Qinwu arrested.
• Li Qinwu considered using an Intelligence Station upgrade to unlock the Lasguns, but he still lacked the strange components it required, including a Cogitator Engine containing a human brain.

Li Qinwu sought a stable power supply for his expanding Brewery, first negotiating with the Fertilizer Gang and then asking Reno for help reaching the Adeptus Mechanicus. He offered Father Anthony a bottle of cooking oil as proof of its unusual effects, and the Tech-Priest agreed that it warranted testing.

• Li Qinwu’s Brewery finished upgrading, but its batteries ran dry, leaving the Little Train’s engine as a temporary power source.
• Li Qinwu visited the Fertilizer Gang to ask for a power line, but Nipall demanded half of the Brewery’s profits.
• Li Qinwu asked Reno for help, and Reno gave him a note to take to Father Anthony at the Sewage Plant.
• Li Qinwu met Father Anthony and offered cooking oil in exchange for a power line, claiming it helped the Little Train travel farther.
• Father Anthony initially dismissed the oil, then reconsidered and approved practical testing after Li Qinwu described the train’s unusual range.