Recaps

Mark fought off five gangsters with his modified Electric Shock Gun, but a Mutant ambushed Rosalie and abducted him. Bound in the Mutant’s van, Mark prepared to use a more powerful shock gun hidden in his satchel.

• Mark used his modified Electric Shock Gun to kill five gangsters, shocking Rosalie and the bodyguards.
• A Mutant appeared behind Rosalie and knocked her unconscious before Mark could warn her.
• Mark entered Bullet Time and shot the Mutant repeatedly, but the Mutant resisted the shocks, disarmed him, and grabbed him by the throat.
• The Mutant carried Mark away inside a bubble, then bound and gagged him in a van outside the amusement park.
• Alice sent the drone’s recording of Mark’s kidnapping and the van’s information to nearby police stations.
• Mark reached for a more powerful Electric Shock Gun in his satchel, hoping it could kill the Mutant.

After Mark was kidnapped by an invisible mutant, Tony Stark used JARVIS to locate the van and coordinate a citywide police response. The mutant was trapped by roadblocks, while Mark prepared to strike him with a modified stun gun.

• Chief Thompson received Alice's video of Mark's kidnapping and sent police to rescue him, but the mutant hid the van from their sight.
• Tony Stark learned Mark had been kidnapped, convinced Mayor Raymond to activate the Amber Alert Emergency Plan, and offered the city $100 million to cover the costs.
• JARVIS traced the video to Alice, took control of her connected devices, and used the drone's tracking signal to locate the invisible van.
• JARVIS directed police to block the roads around the van, trapping the mutant as he tried to evade the roadblocks.
• The mutant prepared to ram through the police cars, while Mark gripped his modified stun gun and readied an attack from behind.

Mark killed the Mutant who had kidnapped him and was rescued by police, then reunited with Rosalie and returned to the film crew. After learning Tony Stark may have helped arrange the rescue, Mark resolved to build a more powerful weapon to protect himself.

• Mark used an Electric Shock Gun to kill the Mutant after the van crashed into a police car, and officers rescued him from the vehicle.
• Tony Stark ordered JARVIS to erase traces of his intrusion into the police dispatch system, while the mayor ended the Amber Alert Emergency Plan.
• Rosalie reunited with Mark at the hospital, where Mayor Raymond and reporter Nisilei Winters asked them to appear on CBS for an interview, and Mark agreed.
• Mark returned to the Hilton Hotel and assured Caleb that he would continue filming.
• Mark watched Alice's drone footage and realized JARVIS had helped the police locate him, then suspected Tony Stark had prompted the citywide search.
• Mark checked his rising game earnings and ordered Electric Shock Guns, batteries, and components so he could build a stronger weapon.

Mark and Rosalie appeared on a live interview about his kidnapping and rescue, but host Nisilei abruptly accused him of killing the kidnapper and illegally modifying the weapon. Mark realized Nisilei might be targeting him and Rosalie on behalf of the same organization as the Mutant, and the chapter ended as Nisilei revealed a newspaper photograph of Rosalie with infant Mark.

• Mark and Rosalie reviewed Nisilei's interview questions before joining her on a live broadcast about his kidnapping and rescue.
• Rosalie described her acting career and film, and she and Mark thanked Mayor Raymond, the police, and the citizens who helped find him.
• Nisilei announced that police had found an illegally modified Electric Shock Gun in the kidnapper's vehicle and asked Mark whether he had killed the kidnapper and modified the weapon.
• Mark admitted that he had killed the kidnapper and modified the Electric Shock Gun himself, then explained how he had done it.
• Mark suspected Nisilei was trying to frame Rosalie and control him, while Nisilei praised his intelligence and revealed a newspaper photograph of Rosalie with infant Mark.

Mark uncovered the person behind Nisilei’s scheme and learned that Eric Epstein had ordered her to target him, while Tony Stark arranged the Blackfire Gang’s destruction by having mercenaries find its criminal records. After Rachel was arrested for selling Rosalie’s information and the film crew returned to Los Angeles, Mark gained enough Sunlight Value to bring his total to 16,839.

• Mark planted a listening device on Nisilei, recorded her affair with Jonas, and uploaded the recording to CBS’s website.
• Mark heard Nisilei apologize to Epstein for failing to frame Rosalie, and Epstein ordered her to suspend plans to capture Mark because Tony Stark had military connections.
• Police raided Blackfire Gang businesses and arrested Derek after mercenaries hired by Tony Stark found the gang’s ledgers and other criminal evidence.
• News reports revealed the Blackfire Gang’s crimes, and Rachel was arrested at the crew’s celebration party for selling the gang Rosalie’s information.
• The film crew finished filming and flew back to Los Angeles, where Mark gained 4,984 Sunlight Value and reached a total of 16,839.

Mark and Rosalie bought their rented house in Clem District, while Mark strengthened his weapons and endured a visit from a child psychology specialist. As Rosalie prepared a neighborhood party, Mark continued studying and gathering Sunlight Value.

• Faith warned Rosalie that the house was vulnerable, so Mark suggested buying it; Rosalie negotiated with the landlord and completed the purchase for $950,000.
• Rosalie celebrated becoming a homeowner by welcoming the neighbors and inviting them, Daphne, and her friends to a party.
• Mark modified five Electric Shock Guns, boosting their power and range, and tested one on a white mouse.
• Natalie Russell visited Mark at the New York Police Department’s request, and Mark pretended to be an ordinary child during their conversation.
• Over the next three days, Rosalie prepared for the party while Mark continued collecting Sunlight Value and studying online.

Rosalie hosted a party at her new home, where guests learned that Mark was Tony Stark’s son. The gathering ended with news that Mrs. Weston had been injured in a gang shootout, while Mark asked Faith to begin renovating the house.

• Rosalie welcomed her neighbors and friends to her new home, and Daphne admired the house she had bought with money from Mark’s games.
• Rosalie’s former coworkers expressed surprise at the expensive home, and Mark greeted them politely.
• Beatrice asked whether Mark was Tony Stark’s son, and Rosalie confirmed that he was.
• Mrs. Evans told the guests that Mrs. Weston had been caught in crossfire during a gang shootout and taken to the hospital.
• Mark noted the recent gang clashes near Clem District, then gave Faith a bank card with one million dollars to buy renovation materials and renovate the house.

After strengthening his home security and upgrading Alice with a powerful supercomputer, Mark accompanied Rosalie to her film premiere. There, he spotted a Chinese girl whose apparent magic revealed her ability to create plasma, and he ordered Alice to track her.

• After Mrs. Weston survived a shooting, Rosalie had Mark's family home rebuilt with reinforced walls, surveillance, and armed security.
• Mark bought a million-core supercomputer for Alice and upgraded its security systems and software.
• Rosalie invited Mark to attend the premiere of Dreamland Children's Park, where she starred as the female lead.
• At the premiere, Mark recognized that a Chinese girl performing magic was creating plasma and suspected she was a Mutant.
• Mark ordered Alice to follow the girl with a drone, then watched her leave after her performance.

Mark ordered Michael and the bodyguards to stop the Iron Blood Gang from attacking the Westons, and they killed or captured the gang members in a nighttime firefight. The police arrived as Michael withdrew his team, leaving Ross and one captured attacker at the scene.

• Mark recognized the armed men approaching the Westons as members of the Iron Blood Gang and ordered Michael to intervene if they entered the house’s yard.
• Michael positioned snipers around the Weston house and directed the bodyguards as the gang climbed over the fence.
• The snipers shot two attackers, while Sean and Hans attacked from behind, killing four and seriously wounding two.
• Two more gang members were shot while trying to escape, and Ross captured the last one outside the fence.
• Mark told Rosalie that the Westons were safe, while Michael withdrew the bodyguards as police arrived and surrounded Ross and the captured attacker.

After the police arrested the gang that attacked the Westons, Mark spotted a homeless young mutant stealing food and recognized her as the girl who had destroyed his drone in Hollywood. He offered her a job, and she accepted after he raised concerns about her living in the sewers.

• Ross explained to the police that he and his colleagues had come to protect the Westons, and Rosalie gave them drone footage of the armed gang.
• After the police left, Mark sent drones to check the area and spotted a girl climbing out of a supermarket with stolen food.
• Mark recognized the girl as the Chinese magician who had destroyed his drone and went to meet her in person with two bodyguards following discreetly.
• The girl warned Mark to go home, then became wary when he revealed that he knew she was a mutant and reminded her about the drone.
• Mark offered the girl ten thousand dollars a month, with food and lodging, but she initially refused and started to leave.
• Mark warned that living in the sewers could make her sick, and the girl asked what work he wanted her to do and when she could move in.

After Mark tested the magician girl’s character, he learned she and her younger sister were being pursued and sent Sean to rescue them. The sisters arrived at Mark’s home, where Rosalie began arranging a place for them to stay.

• Residents of Clem District praised Rosalie’s family for protecting the Westons, and Mrs Weston thanked Rosalie in person.
• Mrs Kane invited Rosalie to join the community committee as an honorary member, and Rosalie accepted.
• Alice showed Mark footage of the magician girl and her younger sister fleeing two men, so Mark sent Sean to help them.
• Sean confronted the men, forced them to release the girls, and brought the sisters to Mark’s home.
• Mark introduced the magician girl as someone he had hired and asked Rosalie to arrange a place for the sisters to stay and get cleaned up.

Mark welcomed Li Qianhuan and her younger sister Li Qianle into his home, promised to protect them, and arranged their work and schooling. Meanwhile, Wyatt Miller ordered the Iron Blood Gang to attack the Payne Family that night, but Mark learned of their plan through a drone watching the gang's base.

• Mark questioned Li Qianhuan, who revealed that her parents had been murdered and that the Latin Gang had been pursuing her and Li Qianle after she investigated their deaths.
• Mark hired Li Qianhuan, promised to protect both sisters, and assigned her to learn plasma physics from Alice and help cool the household supercomputer.
• Mark arranged for his mother to secure foster care and school enrollment for the sisters, and Alice registered them as Level Two access holders.
• Wyatt Miller learned that the Payne Family's bodyguards had killed Iron Blood Gang members and ordered a retaliatory attack on the family that night.
• Mark's drone detected the Iron Blood Gang mobilizing, alerting him to their planned attack.

Michael and Mark’s defenders ambushed the Iron Blood Gang after Wyatt’s men attacked Mark’s fortified home. As Michael directed the battle, a wounded gang member broke into the room where Mark, Rosalie, Li Qianhuan, and Li Qianle were hiding.

• Michael rejected Mark’s suggestion to call the police and prepared his team to fight the approaching gang.
• Wyatt led more than a hundred Iron Blood Gang members to Mark’s home, but their explosives failed to breach the gate.
• Wyatt ordered his men to climb the wall, and Michael waited until more than thirty gang members entered the yard before opening fire.
• The defenders and snipers killed or wounded many attackers, while Michael used drone surveillance to direct the bodyguards against those trapped inside.
• A bloodied gang member smashed into the room where Mark, Rosalie, Li Qianhuan, and Li Qianle were hiding, and Mark fired his stun gun at him.

After Mark and his allies repelled the Iron Blood Gang’s attack, Hawks Game Publishing Company approached them to publish Stardew Valley overseas. With a deal signed, Mark began planning an online competitive game to replace the fading sales of his first game.

• Mark killed a gang member with his modified Electric Shock Gun, and Michael confirmed that all the attackers inside the yard had been eliminated.
• Wyatt ordered the surviving Iron Blood Gang members to retreat as police sirens approached.
• Rosalie showed police drone footage proving the gang had invaded first, and the officers collected the bodies and evidence.
• The residents of Clem District learned of the gang’s defeat, while the battle damage left Wesley Frank nervous when he arrived to discuss publishing Stardew Valley.
• Mark agreed to a 50-percent revenue share with Hawks Game Publishing Company, and Rosalie and Wesley signed the contract.
• After Wesley left, Mark decided to create an online competitive game and began planning its gameplay and content.

Mark completed Myth of Heroes with Alice’s help while caring for Li Qianle and dealing with JARVIS’s intrusion into his home computer. After learning about Mark’s troubles, Tony Stark decided to fly to Los Angeles, and Mark released the game online.

• Mark designed Myth of Heroes, balanced its characters, and began developing it with Alice.
• Rosalie arranged foster care for Li Qianhuan and Li Qianle, and Li Qianle became Mark’s classmate; Mark protected her from bullies at school.
• Tony Stark asked JARVIS to investigate Mark, and JARVIS overcame Alice’s defenses to access the home Supercomputer and report on Mark’s life.
• After hearing about Mark’s troubles, Tony Stark told JARVIS to prepare a plane for Los Angeles, though he had not decided what he would do there.
• Mark finished Myth of Heroes after a week of work, had Rosalie, Li Qianhuan, and the bodyguards test it, then uploaded it and promoted it on gaming forums.

Mark expanded his game business with Panda Chat and Payne Games, then bought a private jet to collect Sunlight Value more quickly. He began flying toward the sun and called Rosalie from the plane.

• Mark bundled Panda Chat with Stardew Valley and Myth of Heroes, helping the new game pass one million downloads in three days.
• Mark bought a small game company for $1.2 million, renamed it Payne Games, and handed it the operation of both games.
• Mark spent $8 million on a private jet and crew, then told Rosalie he would be away for over half a month to handle company matters.
• Mark instructed pilot Dalton Lawrence to fly toward the sun while avoiding thunderstorms.
• Mark boarded his plane and gained Sunlight Value rapidly as it cruised above the clouds.
• Mark used Panda Chat to video call Rosalie, while the app continued gaining praise from users.

Mark monitored his companies during a flight to Polynesia, then learned that a suspicious man had been surveilling his home and likely had ties to the Latin Gang. His attempt to use evidence of the gang’s crimes to prompt police action failed when nearby police stations ignored it.

• Mark told Rosalie he was handling company matters, then learned from Silas Knight that Myth of Heroes had 1.5 million users and Panda Chat had 3.16 million registered users.
• Mark’s plane landed in Polynesia to refuel, and he checked that his Sunlight Value had risen to 2127 during the flight.
• Alice showed Mark drone footage of a young man repeatedly watching his house, and Mark suspected the Latin Gang was investigating the Li Qianhuan sisters.
• Mark hacked into businesses and surveillance systems in Latin Gang territory, gathered evidence of the gang’s crimes, and sent it to nearby police stations.
• Nearby police stations ignored Mark’s evidence, leading him to conclude that many local officers had been bribed by the Latin Gang.

Mark used S.H.I.E.L.D.’s pursuit to expose the Latin Gang’s crimes, then escaped their hackers with Alice’s help. He flew to Tokyo, while Nick Fury ordered Coulson to investigate the gang and Mark’s connection to it.

• S.H.I.E.L.D.’s three hackers traced Mark, but he redirected them into the Latin Gang’s territory and gave them evidence of the gang’s crimes.
• Mark ordered Alice to overwhelm the hackers with disguised data packets, and they lost his trail.
• Nick Fury sent the Latin Gang evidence to the Los Angeles police and told Phil Coulson to investigate the gang and its recent conflicts.
• Mark arrived in Tokyo and checked that he had accumulated 4,267 Sunlight Value toward upgrading Super Brain.
• Tony Stark asked JARVIS about Mark and learned that he had left Los Angeles for Japan.

Mark’s plan forced the Latin Gang to suspend its attack on his family after Tony Stark warned Joe Morgan and police raids hit the gang’s businesses. After the plane’s world tour continued, Mark gathered enough Sunlight Value to upgrade Super Brain, unlocking greatly accelerated thinking.

• Tony Stark ordered JARVIS to warn the Latin Gang to stop targeting Mark’s family.
• Joe Morgan learned police had raided several Latin Gang businesses, then received JARVIS’s warning and suspended the planned raid on Mark’s house.
• Mark learned that police had arrested dozens of Latin Gang members and that the gang’s watchers had withdrawn.
• After more than ten days of travel, Mark gathered 51,200 Sunlight Value and upgraded Super Brain aboard the plane.
• Mark discovered his thoughts had accelerated so much that the world appeared to move in slow motion, and his status showed Super Brain at LV10.

Mark unlocked and upgraded Super Physique, gaining strength, speed, and endurance comparable to an ordinary adult. After a long vacation flight, he returned to Los Angeles and caught a flight attendant who fell from the boarding stairs.

• Mark collected 1,000 Sunlight Value while flying to the Maldives and spent it to upgrade Super Physique to Level 1.
• Mark tested his enhanced strength by lifting the foot of a double bed in his hotel room.
• Mark ran with a blonde woman and soon outran her and his two bodyguards, confirming his increased speed and endurance.
• After more than ten days of travel, Mark returned to Los Angeles, doubled the flight crew's bonuses, and gave them another week off.
• Mark caught a flight attendant as she fell down the boarding stairs, astonishing the crew before leaving the airport with his bodyguards.

After returning to Hollywood, Mark reunited with Rosalie at the celebration party for Speed Killer and overheard director Louis Gordon say he had injected Lucas Kane with a drug that enhanced his abilities. Tony Stark learned Mark was at the party and decided to go there, while Mark wondered what the drug was.

• Mark tested his Level 5 Super Physique, whose strength and toughness had greatly increased, then traveled with his bodyguards to the Intercontinental Hotel.
• Rosalie welcomed Mark at the hotel and introduced him to her friends and to director Louis Gordon, Lucas Kane, and Adela Evans at the party.
• Mark overheard Louis say he had injected Lucas with an expensive drug that boosted his strength and reaction speed, and wondered whether it had dangerous side effects.
• JARVIS told Tony Stark that Speed Killer was a film Stark Industries had invested in, and Tony decided to visit the party.

At a hotel gathering, Tony Stark encountered Rosalie and Mark while Lucas grew increasingly jealous and lost control after drinking. Mark got Rosalie outside as Lucas rampaged through the lobby and turned toward Tony Stark.

• Tony Stark arrived at the Intercontinental Hotel and spotted Rosalie and Mark, feeling an inexplicable connection to Mark.
• Tony Stark greeted the guests, and Adela embraced him while Lucas watched jealously.
• Lucas drank repeatedly, became feverish and bloodshot, and attacked a nearby actor.
• Lucas went berserk, injuring people in the lobby as Mark led Rosalie outside to safety.
• Lucas noticed Tony Stark fleeing with his bodyguards and Adela close beside him.

Lucas attacked Tony Stark in the hotel lobby, and Mark intervened to save him. After Mark subdued Lucas, Lucas exploded, leaving the lobby covered in blood and fragments.

• Lucas charged after Tony Stark and killed the two bodyguards who tried to stop him.
• Mark ordered Alice to cut the hotel's power so he could act without exposing his abilities.
• Lucas found Tony Stark in the darkness, swept Adela aside, and grabbed Tony by the shoulder.
• Mark crushed Lucas's wrist and struck him repeatedly until Lucas lost consciousness.
• Mark sensed Lucas's body heating up, threw him away, and Lucas exploded before hitting the ground.
• Mark returned to Rosalie as Alice restored the lights, and Rosalie asked whether he had left her side.

After Lucas’s rampage, Mark returned to the hotel lobby with Rosalie and helped the survivors while Tony Stark discovered that Mark had saved him. Mark overheard director Louis confess that Lucas had been injected with an experimental medicine sold by Killian, revealing that Killian had already begun testing Extremis.

• Mark led Rosalie back to the lobby, where Michael and the bodyguards began helping the injured.
• Tony Stark checked on his bodyguards, reviewed JARVIS’s footage, and realized that Mark had saved him.
• Mark decided he would need electromagnetic interference devices to prevent future fights from being recorded.
• Mark overheard Louis tell a caller that Lucas had died after being injected with the caller’s medicine.
• Louis threatened to expose Killian if the police traced the medicine to him, and Mark identified the caller as Aldrich Killian.

After the police investigated the deaths at the Intercontinental Hotel, Mark revealed his mutant strength to Rosalie and disclosed that Li Qianhuan was a mutant too. The chapter ended with Mark testing Li Qianhuan’s improved plasma control and praising its potential to cause serious harm.

• Police questioned Rosalie and the other witnesses, collected Lucas and the six victims’ bodies, and warned everyone to remain in Los Angeles.
• Rosalie returned home with Mark and questioned him about going back into the hotel lobby.
• Mark explained mutants to Rosalie and proved his strength by lifting her bed with one hand.
• Mark told Rosalie that Li Qianhuan was a mutant and invited her to demonstrate her ability.
• Li Qianhuan formed plasma patterns, then raised the plasma’s temperature until it sparked in her hand.
• Mark let the plasma strike his hand and judged that its heat could cause considerable damage if Li Qianhuan sustained it.