Chapter Summaries

Russell guarded Robert and his vaccine research when he sensed nearby Reincarnators and prepared for an attack. After detonating explosives against the intruders, he recognized that one of them knew him as Jason, though he did not recognize the woman.

• Robert showed Russell his laboratory and reported that his vaccine had reduced Mouse No. 6’s aggression and begun restoring its pigmentation.
• Russell left to capture a Darkseeker, but detected Magic Power nearby and returned to warn Robert that strangers had arrived.
• Russell told Robert to hide with Sam, claimed he had descended by God’s command to protect him, and concealed his face beneath a black hood.
• Two Reincarnators approached Robert’s house, and Russell triggered explosives that engulfed the street in flames.
• Russell fired at the intruders, but a telekinetic barrier blocked his Mana Bullets.
• The woman revealed herself and called Russell Jason, but he asked who she was.

Russell reunited with Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin, recruited them to help Robert develop a vaccine, and fled New York as rival Reincarnators searched for him. He planned to take the completed serum to a survivor settlement in Vermont if the Main God did not end the mission.

• Ying Yingying recognized Russell, chose the human faction with her teammates, and warned him that the other Reincarnators had joined the Darkseekers.
• Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin evacuated Robert and Sam from the laboratory with its equipment and generator as Reincarnators arrived to search the site.
• The Reincarnators clashed with Darkseekers across New York, while nearly seven hundred thousand Darkseekers roamed the city.
• At an air-raid shelter, Robert began working on the vaccine, Mu Xinxin went to capture Darkseekers, and Russell and Ying Yingying guarded him.
• Ying Yingying explained that the human faction needed to distribute Robert's serum to survivors or reverse the virus on a large scale, and identified a settlement in Vermont as their fallback destination.
• Ying Yingying questioned Russell about pretending to be an angel, and he said the persona helped him gain Robert's trust.

Robert’s vaccine showed a breakthrough, so Russell and Ying Yingying left the bunker to protect the Survivor Settlement from Darkseeker-aligned Reincarnators. At the Brooklyn Bridge, Russell joined the smaller human faction and faced Zheng Shi, a Level 5 water-element superpowered user.

• Mu Xinxin brought two male Darkseekers to Robert, whose vaccine trial improved after Ying Yingying suggested lowering their body temperatures.
• Ying Yingying put the exhausted Robert to sleep, and Russell decided they should leave the bunker and protect the Survivor Settlement.
• Russell warned Ying Yingying that a Darkseeker-aligned Reincarnator might slaughter the settlement’s survivors to prevent the vaccine from being mass-produced.
• Two groups of Reincarnators faced off on the Brooklyn Bridge after choosing opposing factions and suspecting one another of manipulating the mission.
• Russell descended onto the East River, joined the smaller human faction, and challenged the Darkseeker faction before Zheng Shi confronted him.

Russell used Zheng Shi’s water powers to turn the factions against each other, then killed Zheng Shi underwater. He continued secretly disrupting the battle, escalating it into a desperate fight as Reincarnators sought to survive the long mission.

• Zheng Shi unleashed a tsunami from the East River, New York and swallowed Russell’s skiff, but the Main God gave no kill notification.
• Russell redirected a massive wave across both factions, making the Night Devil faction believe Zheng Shi had betrayed them and triggering a battle.
• Russell dragged Zheng Shi underwater, overpowered his water control, and killed him with gunfire after Zheng Shi tried to strike back with blood blades.
• Russell hid beneath the frozen river and used streams of water to immobilize Reincarnators, causing three deaths and severe injuries.
• Russell continued tugging and shoving combatants with water tentacles, provoking the injured Reincarnators into revealing their trump cards and fighting for their lives.

Russell watched the Reincarnators’ battle on the East River before killing the survivors and leaving the river behind. He departed with the Wings of Light after both camps had been wiped out.

• The human and Night Demon camps revealed hidden abilities and resumed their fight as the giant python attacked the humans.
• Russell dragged the python underwater and killed it, prompting Zheng Shi to emerge and join the human camp.
• Lu Tongzhi’s teammates killed Zheng Shi’s apparent body, but Zheng Shi returned with a water illusion and helped the humans attack Lu Tongzhi.
• Lu Tongzhi and the last human Reincarnator died in the fighting, leaving Russell to kill the final survivor.
• Russell climbed out of the water and flew away with the Wings of Light.

Russell joined Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin at the Survivor Settlement in Bethel City after eliminating the Reincarnators in New York. As the world of I Am Legend ended, the group arrived on the Main God Space game board, where Ying Yingying rolled a six.

• Russell wiped out the Reincarnators in New York and found the Survivor Settlement in Bethel City intact.
• Russell helped Ying Yingying set up a defensive barrier and magic traps around the settlement while Mu Xinxin protected Robert.
• Russell refused Ying Yingying's invitation to bathe with the girls, then helped Robert observe the experimental subjects and record data.
• Robert told Russell he knew Russell was a man pretending to be a woman, but the world abruptly changed before he could ask why.
• Russell appeared on the Main God Space game board with Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin, who were naked after their bath, and Ying Yingying rolled a six.

Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin arrived in the sixteenth War World, which they identified as the setting of Starship Troopers. They chose the human faction and planned to enlist, with Ying Yingying preparing to create identities for them.

• The Main God carried Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin to the sixteenth square, where they watched news about the Bugs destroying Buenos Aires City.
• Russell recognized the Bugs as creatures from Starship Troopers, and Ying Yingying explained the film and its sequels to Mu Xinxin.
• Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin chose the human faction, and Russell followed their choice because the Bugs would not accept them.
• The three discussed the victory condition of capturing or killing the Bug commander, and Ying Yingying proposed enlisting before deciding what to do next.
• Russell pointed out that they lacked identities, so Ying Yingying took Mu Xinxin's photo and asked Russell to remove his clothes for an identity file.

Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin obtained false Federal military identities and reached the Ticonderoga warship base ahead of their mission on Klandathu. While they waited in cramped quarters, they studied the Zerg and endured Ying Yingying’s teasing.

• Russell used a disguise skill to change his face, and Ying Yingying arranged photos and forged identities for the three of them.
• Ying Yingying gave herself the rank of Federal Captain and Russell and Mu Xinxin the rank of Third Class Warrant Officers, claiming they belonged to a nonexistent Special Department.
• Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin reached Ticonderoga with a transfer order and were assigned one room while they awaited deployment to Klandathu.
• Ying Yingying teased Russell by showing off her figure, and Mu Xinxin objected to her vice captain’s behavior.
• Ying Yingying brought out information on the Zerg, and Russell read about their social system, reproduction, and conflict with humanity.

After the Federation’s invasion of Klandathu ended in a devastating defeat, Ying Yingying used her knowledge of the plot to identify Planet P as the location of a bug commander. Russell, Mu Xinxin, and Ying Yingying secured permission to land there on a secret mission, and their pod reached the planet’s outpost.

• The Federation fleet attacked Klandathu, where plasma cannons destroyed warships and the bug swarm overwhelmed the landing force, killing three hundred thousand soldiers before the survivors evacuated.
• The Federal Marshal resigned, and the new marshal changed strategy to clear the surrounding planets and satellites before returning to Klandathu.
• Ying Yingying found Planet P on the starfield map and identified it as the bug commander’s location.
• Russell, Mu Xinxin, and Ying Yingying gained permission to enter Planet P with a twenty-person cover unit.
• The group’s landing pod descended successfully at Planet P’s outpost.

Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin abandoned their plan to lure out the Brain Worm and charged through Planet P’s Bug nest, using Miniature Nuclear Bombs to provoke the Bugs. After Russell’s explosions triggered a contact with the plot character Fan Shilin, he fled the blast zone without investigating.

• Ying Yingying led Russell and Mu Xinxin away from Planet P’s outpost with crates of Miniature Nuclear Bombs and the communications equipment.
• The trio’s attempt to bait Bugs failed, so Russell proposed following the tunnels and killing enough Bugs to force the Brain Worm to appear.
• Russell took the Flying Carpet at high speed through the Bug nest while Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin screamed and Mu Xinxin directed them toward Bug activity.
• The trio encountered a dense swarm of Bug infantry, and Russell dropped a Miniature Nuclear Bomb that roasted tens of thousands of Bugs and collapsed nearby tunnels.
• Russell tossed another activated Miniature Nuclear Bomb and received a Lottery Draw notification after coming into contact with the plot character Fan Shilin, then sped away without stopping to investigate.

Russell escaped the underground bug nest and called headquarters for air support while fighting off the swarming bugs with Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin. A distress call from P-12 Outpost revealed that Brother Rui’s unit was nearby, and Mu Xinxin asked whether they should go there.

• Russell used Ying Yingying to absorb the Reincarnators’ death-energy beams, then escaped the collapsing bug nest with Mu Xinxin and Ying Yingying.
• Russell contacted headquarters to report the bug attack and demanded immediate rescue and aerial fire support.
• Russell flew low over the bug swarm to keep it from retreating, drawing out several Tank Bugs and a swarm of flying bugs.
• Ying Yingying incinerated hundreds of the flying bugs, and Russell led the group away before the bugs overwhelmed them.
• Russell heard a distress call from the Hard Bone Unit at P-12 Outpost, and Mu Xinxin confirmed it was nearby and asked whether they should go help.

Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin watched a battle between the Bugs and human Reincarnators, only to discover that Bug-aligned Reincarnators had been hiding among the swarm. As the ambush overwhelmed the defenders, Ying Yingying rushed to the fortress while Russell dropped Miniature Nuclear Bombs.

• On the Flying Carpet, Ying Yingying recounted the Starship Troopers plot and complained about Brother Rui and Carmen, while she and Mu Xinxin decided to help the second female lead.
• Russell spotted a Bug swarm attacking a metal fortress, where human Reincarnators were fighting alongside federal forces.
• Ying Yingying noticed that numerous Reincarnators were present, and Russell suggested observing the battle before intervening.
• Bug-aligned Reincarnators revealed themselves and ambushed the human side, killing many Reincarnators and opening a breach in the fortress.
• Ying Yingying took control of the Flying Carpet and flew toward the fortress as Russell tossed Miniature Nuclear Bombs down along the way.

Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin rescued Fortress P-12 and fought back the bug swarm, only to discover the battle was a trap involving a massive underground army. Russell attacked the bug faction Reincarnators and killed three assassins who tried to ambush him.

• Mu Xinxin shielded the breach at Fortress P-12 while Ying Yingying unleashed elemental magic and Russell hunted down bug faction Reincarnators.
• A huge army of bugs erupted from underground, and the human Reincarnators realized the fortress had been bait in a trap.
• Russell spotted five bug faction Reincarnators and bombarded their position with copies of his Holy Spear, wiping out thousands of bugs.
• Three bug faction Reincarnators teleported beside Russell and attacked, but he blocked them and crushed the trident wielded by a young woman.
• Russell trapped all three attackers inside his Wings of Light and killed them with Holy Flame and lightning.

Russell destroyed Arachnid forces around a bug nest, discovered that a psychic attack had made him reckless, and reported the Brain Worm to Federation headquarters. As soldiers and Reincarnators gathered at P-12 Fortress, Russell and Ying Yingying waited for the Federation’s response.

• Russell bombed the bug swarm and attacked the nest entrance, then realized a psychic suggestion had made him eager to enter the enemy’s trap.
• Russell took Ying Yingying back to P-12 Fortress and warned her that a powerful psychic Reincarnator was inside the nest.
• Russell called Federation headquarters and reported the Brain Worm as an intelligent Arachnid commander, prompting Ying Yingying to worry that he had made their mission harder.
• Ying Yingying explained that human-faction Reincarnators avoided the Federation because its leaders might exploit or capture them, while she had planned to capture the Brain Worm herself.
• Lieutenant Rasczak and several human-faction Reincarnators joined Russell and Ying Yingying, and the soldiers praised Russell’s combat ability as they awaited the Federation’s next move.

Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin avoided the Federation’s evacuation and tracked the Brain Worm as Federation troops and Reincarnators converged on Planet P. After Ying Yingying chose a coordinate Russell had not rejected, they arrived to find the Brain Worm amid a frenzied bug assault.

• The Federation confirmed the bug nest near Fortress P-12 and sent transports to evacuate the Hard Bone Unit, while Russell and the others slipped away without the human Reincarnators.
• Three days later, a million Mobile Infantry troops landed on Planet P as Reincarnators from both factions infiltrated the operation or fought across the planet.
• Russell intercepted Mobile Infantry communications and identified three possible Brain Worm coordinates, suspecting that two were decoys meant to target Reincarnators.
• Ying Yingying crossed out the coordinates Russell favored and took Mu Xinxin and Russell toward the remaining location on the Flying Carpet.
• They arrived two hours later and learned that the Mobile Infantry had encountered a bug assault and witnessed the Brain Worm appear.

Russell, Ying Yingying, and Mu Xinxin watched as Reincarnators and Bugs battled the Mobile Infantry, until the Federation's warships bombarded everyone on the battlefield. In the underground bug holes, Russell split from the women: they went to find the Brain Worm while he headed for the surface to seize a warship and secure their escape.

• Russell rejected Ying Yingying's proposal to create chaos themselves and suggested they let other Reincarnators make the first move while the trio stayed hidden.
• Bug-faction Reincarnators attacked the Mobile Infantry, and Bugs surged from their holes as human-faction Reincarnators joined the fight.
• Russell stopped Ying Yingying from entering the battle, warning that the Federation higher-ups likely had a larger plan.
• The Federation ordered more than a hundred warships to bombard the battlefield, killing Bugs, Reincarnators, and its own Mobile Infantry soldiers.
• Russell escaped underground with Digging Holes, and Mu Xinxin sensed a powerful Bug-faction psychic nearby.
• Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin set off to find and interrogate the Brain Worm, while Russell headed for the surface to seize a warship.

Russell forced his way aboard a Federation warship and demanded a rescue transport. After demonstrating his overwhelming power, he secured the transport and left, reflecting that he lacked the ability to make everyone happy.

• Russell evaded the fleet's fire and cut into a warship to reach its hangar.
• Russell faced fifty mobile infantrymen and claimed he was a religious faith who had helped save humanity.
• The captain ordered the soldiers to fire, but Russell stopped their bullets and threatened to slice the warship apart.
• The captain yielded, ordered the soldiers out, and handed Russell a rescue transport.
• Russell flew away and concluded that he could not take responsibility for making everyone happy because his abilities were insufficient.

Russell rescued Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin from the bug nest, where Ying Yingying had killed the Brain Worm but could not free Mu Xinxin from its psychic control. After learning the Bug God was on Planet Z, Russell detected a Level 12 psionic waveform and told the Federation captain that a promotion and fortune awaited him.

• Russell dug through the bug nest and found Ying Yingying defending herself from human-faction Reincarnators while Mu Xinxin lay unconscious nearby.
• Russell killed the attacking Reincarnators, then helped Ying Yingying carry Mu Xinxin out of the nest and onto the rescue transport.
• Ying Yingying explained that the Brain Worm had controlled the Reincarnators and died from psychic backlash after she defeated it, but its mental control still affected Mu Xinxin.
• Ying Yingying revealed that the Brain Worm’s memories had identified Planet Z as the home of the bugs’ supreme ruler, the Bug God, while her psychic battle had damaged her spiritual world.
• Russell flew beyond the Federation blockade, detected a Level 12 psionic waveform, and told the scar-faced captain that the Brain Worm was dead and that the captain would soon be promoted and make a fortune.

Russell spread the Bug God’s location among the Federation and Reincarnators, forcing the forces around Planet Z into battle. The Bug God repelled the Federation’s first missile strike and revealed itself as a colossal, tentacled creature formed from part of the planet.

• Russell warned a Federation captain about the Bug God’s location and mind control, then shared the intelligence with several other warships.
• Three days later, the Federation fleet surrounded Planet Z, deployed missiles, and prepared to use Q-bombs against the Bug God.
• Bug-faction Reincarnators tried to stop the missiles while human-faction Reincarnators and the Federation attacked them from both sides.
• The Bug God used its mental power to block, redirect, or crush the missiles near Planet Z’s orbit.
• Russell retreated farther away as part of Planet Z broke loose and revealed the Bug God’s enormous body, tentacles, and poisonous maws.

Russell and Ying Yingying fled the Bug God’s psychic assault while the Federation fleet battered it with weapons and self-destructing ships. The Bug God was ultimately killed by Q-bombs, and the Main God declared the human faction victorious, leaving Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin as the only survivors.

• The Bug God unleashed a psychic attack that controlled Reincarnators and drove them to flee or fight each other.
• Russell and Ying Yingying escaped toward the battlefield’s outskirts, while Ying Yingying knocked down the mind-controlled Mu Xinxin.
• The Federation fleet attacked the Bug God with guns and missiles, damaging its body and draining its psychic power.
• Ying Yingying told Russell that the Main God’s War Worlds were training Reincarnators to wage war.
• The Federation fleet sacrificed its ships to exhaust the Bug God before one warship detonated multiple Q-bombs and killed it.
• The Main God transported Russell to the war board and declared the human faction victorious, with only Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin surviving.