Chapter Summaries

Plot and key events

• Shen Bing refuses to teleport Little Nine—or Cowherd and Weaver Girl—to Earth. The Immortal Jade cost would be enormous, especially because Little Nine would need to be sent back afterward. He decides to wait and respond only if the alien threat becomes immediate.
• Four American sixth-generation fighters fly from Hawaii toward Guam under the public pretext of testing their deep-strike capability. Their secret mission is to destroy Gold Island, Phantom Immortal Technology’s unregistered island in international waters, and disguise the attack as an accident.
• Pilot George knows about the order but follows it. The fighters approach within missile range, using a supposed flight-control malfunction as part of their cover story.
• Their aircraft suddenly lose control, and missiles launch toward Gold Island. George fires his own missile, then tries to return to base—but his fighter ignores his commands and accelerates toward the missile it launched. The chapter ends as he realizes a collision is imminent.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing shows restraint and pragmatism, weighing the cost of rescuing his allies against their greater usefulness in the Immortal Realm.
• George begins as a proud, dutiful pilot, uneasy about the mission but willing to obey orders. His confidence collapses when his supposedly advanced aircraft turns against him.
• The pilots communicate briefly over the radio: Mountain Hawk No. 2 reports a temporary loss of control, which George recognizes as their prearranged signal and cover for the attack.

Significant themes

• The cost of power: Even extraordinary abilities such as teleportation have prohibitive consequences.
• Military deception and political opportunism: The attack is planned to provoke sensational news while providing plausible deniability.
• Technology’s limits: The fighters’ advanced AI and speed cannot protect their pilots when control systems fail—or are manipulated.
• Obedience versus responsibility: George follows orders despite misgivings, illustrating how military duty can lead individuals into morally questionable actions.

Plot points and events

• George’s sixth-generation Sea Eagle fighter suddenly stops responding to his controls and races toward the missile it fired. He briefly suspects the aircraft’s AI has become self-aware, but cannot restore control.
• George ejects just before his fighter collides with the missile. The other three Sea Eagles meet the same fate; one pilot freezes and is ejected automatically by the aircraft’s AI.
• All four pilots descend by parachute over the open ocean, far from the nearest base. They fear they may not survive until rescue.
• The Hawaiian naval base detects that the fighters’ tracking signals have vanished and launches a large rescue effort, including helicopters, a transport plane, and a reconnaissance aircraft.
• The base begins investigating the likely cause. Since all four aircraft disappeared at once, officials suspect an attack, and struggle to accept that their extraordinarily expensive, advanced fighters could have been destroyed so quickly.

Character developments and interactions

• George moves from confidence in his aircraft’s sophistication to fear and helplessness when it becomes uncontrollable. Despite his panic, he acts like a trained pilot and ejects.
• The pilots share a grim, gallows-humor reaction, privately wishing the ejection system had included lifeboats.
• The naval personnel respond urgently, treating the pilots as valuable assets while trying to understand the apparent loss of the aircraft.

Significant themes

• Technology’s limits and dangers: The fighters’ advanced AI appears to override human control, turning a technological advantage into a threat.
• Human vulnerability: Even elite pilots in state-of-the-art aircraft are powerless once the systems fail.
• Cost versus capability: The military’s enormous investment in the Sea Eagles contrasts with their sudden, unexplained destruction.
• Uncertainty and survival: The pilots face the immediate danger of being stranded at sea, while the base lacks a clear explanation for the disaster.

Key plot points and events

• The White House is shaken by reports that all four newly built Sea Eagle fighters have crashed. The U.S. had rapidly produced more than thirty of the aircraft to counter Huaxia’s stealth fighters, so the incident threatens both the program and the administration’s credibility.
• Search aircraft find wreckage scattered across the ocean, but no pilots survive. U.S. forces recover debris, and the black box is eventually brought back for analysis.
• The black-box data shows that the fighters launched missiles, then lost control and pursued those missiles before exploding. Investigators find no evidence of a conventional external attack and initially label the cause a system failure.
• The President rejects that explanation, suspecting the fighters were deliberately taken over. Advisers argue over whether the failure could be linked to a mysterious capability near Gold Island.
• Navy Commander Barton proposes blaming Gold Island and using the incident as justification to invade and seize it.

Character developments

• The President moves from shock and concern about public backlash to anger and suspicion. He is desperate to avoid political responsibility and becomes receptive to the possibility of blaming Gold Island.
• Defense Secretary Kleizer firmly rejects the hacking theory, defending the AI system’s security and avoiding responsibility for a failure that could implicate him.
• Commander Barton reveals that he has continued investigating earlier unexplained aircraft crashes near Gold Island. He shifts from investigating the mystery to advocating a military pretext.
• Morey supports the idea that Gold Island may be responsible but cannot explain how it might have caused the crashes.

Significant themes

• Political blame and evasion: Officials focus not only on finding the cause but on protecting themselves and assigning responsibility elsewhere.
• The risks of rushed technological development: The crashes expose the danger of rapidly producing an advanced aircraft before its reliability is established.
• Uncertainty and paranoia: With the cause unexplained, suspicion of a hidden weapon or hostile intervention grows.
• Public accountability and propaganda: The administration cannot conceal the disaster and faces intense domestic and international criticism.

Character interactions

• The President confronts his advisers, angrily dismissing the system-failure explanation and insisting the aircraft were controlled by someone.
• Kleizer counters the President’s suspicion by defending the fighters’ AI security, while implicitly protecting himself from blame.
• Barton connects the Sea Eagle crashes to previous unexplained losses near Gold Island and urges the administration to exploit the incident as a reason to intervene.
• The advisers hesitate over Barton’s proposal, since none can explain what weapon or mechanism could have caused the crashes.

Key plot points and events

• Navy Commander Barton proposes attacking Gold Island, but Morey and Kleizer object: no one knows why U.S. fighter aircraft lost control, and Phantom Immortal Technology may be able to disable or seize control of other automated military systems. Aircraft appear unable to strike safely within roughly 300 kilometers, leaving missiles or submarines as alternatives.
• The President rejects discussion of Gold Island and demands an explanation for the aircraft failures. Morey suggests consulting Facebook’s Zuckerberg because the fighters’ control system relies on Aili artificial intelligence.
• Zuckerberg agrees to meet the White House. On the way, he calls Shen Bing, who confirms it is time to reveal the truth.
• Zuckerberg reflects that Aili, incorporated into the U.S. sixth-generation fighter, is entirely under Shen Bing’s control. Though he feels he has betrayed the military, a visit to Phantom Immortal Technology’s underground base convinced him that the United States cannot compete with its weapons and technology.
• Meanwhile, on the far side of the moon, three alien “Future Warriors” discuss having been exposed and conclude they must act immediately.

Character developments and interactions

• The President is angry and redirects the meeting from attacking Gold Island to investigating the aircraft failures.
• Barton is eager to seize Gold Island, but his proposal meets resistance.
• Morey takes a cautious, analytical approach and identifies Zuckerberg as a possible source of answers.
• Zuckerberg is torn between loyalty to his country and fear of losing his position, but his conviction that Phantom Immortal Technology is overwhelmingly stronger has made his allegiance to Shen Bing effectively absolute.
• Zuckerberg and Shen Bing speak by phone; Shen urges him to trust that the President will listen to reason.
• The alien trio introduces a new threat, reacting urgently to their exposure.

Significant themes

• Dependence on technology: The fighter failures raise fears that automated systems across the military could be compromised.
• Power and deterrence: Phantom Immortal Technology’s weapons and capabilities make conventional U.S. military responses seem futile.
• Loyalty and betrayal: Zuckerberg wrestles with whether serving Shen Bing’s interests amounts to betraying his country.
• A shifting world order: The White House’s authority—and perhaps America’s dominance—may be approaching a turning point.

Key events

• The aliens debate what to do after Gasen disappears. Commander Suosuo warns that Earth’s nuclear weapons could threaten their mission: they want to preserve humanity for their Captive-Breeding Plan, not destroy it.
• Bulu proposes a “Lightning Tactic” against Earth’s leadership. The aliens decide to strike the United States, their strongest opponent, while avoiding killing people because human bodies are valuable to their home world.
• Young Zuckerberg approaches the White House, unaware of the impending attack. An air-raid siren sounds, and a massive alien mothership appears over Washington.
• A wave from the ship knocks out people around the White House. Smaller craft swarm the complex, then the mothership fires a beam that demolishes it before departing.
• News of the attack spreads worldwide. Survivors, including Zuckerberg, describe an alien assault, but investigators hesitate to tell the public the truth. Rescue crews find the people who collapsed are alive—and, remarkably, the White House ruins contain no blood or visible bodies.

Character developments and interactions

• Suosuo emerges as cautious and mission-focused, emphasizing the need to protect the human population and prevent nuclear retaliation.
• Bulu and Kugu are more aggressive, pressing for a decisive strike. Their exchange with Suosuo reveals tension between urgency and restraint.
• Zuckerberg shifts from self-assured contemplation to terror as he witnesses the mothership and is struck unconscious. He later becomes a key eyewitness.
• The investigators’ disbelief and anxiety highlight the difficulty of explaining an unprecedented alien attack to the public.

Significant themes

• Colonial exploitation: The aliens regard Earth’s people as valuable breeding stock, not as equals.
• Power and vulnerability: Earth’s military strength is overwhelmed by technology it cannot understand or resist.
• Truth versus public explanation: Officials must decide whether to acknowledge aliens or offer a more familiar account.
• Mystery and suspense: The survivors’ unexplained collapse and the absence of bodies suggest the attack had a purpose beyond simply destroying the White House.

Key plot points and events

• A massive blast destroys the White House after its occupants appear to have been abducted. Nearly all of the United States’ top officials are missing; Vice President Kedun and the Speaker of the House are among the few senior survivors.
• CIA Deputy Director Rodney informs Kedun about a huge ship, swarms of unfamiliar aircraft, and destructive beams of light—evidence that the attack may have come from beyond Earth.
• Kedun recalls NASA’s recent discovery of a vast black square on the Moon, which the United States had planned to investigate during a future landing.
• Kedun gathers the surviving officials. They decide that any response to a possible alien invasion must be shared internationally, and he arranges a video conference with the leaders of four other major powers.
• The five governments publicly blame the destruction on a supposedly eradicated Middle Eastern terrorist group, concealing what they know about the apparent alien attack. The other powers support the cover story.
• At an underground base, Shen Bing and his companions watch the news. Shen doubts terrorists could have carried out the attack and suggests aliens are responsible.

Character developments and interactions

• Kedun shifts from fearing the prospect of becoming president to accepting that the crisis requires action. His response is cautious and pragmatic: he seeks international cooperation rather than letting the United States face the threat alone.
• Shen Bing sees through the official explanation and uses sarcasm to signal his suspicion. When Yun Xue asks what else could explain the destruction, he answers: “Aliens.”
• Yun Xue and Yuan Wei react with shock to the White House’s destruction. Yun Xue presses Shen for a plausible alternative to the terrorist account, while Li Xiao is present but does not speak.

Significant themes

• Political secrecy and propaganda: Governments conceal a possible alien attack behind a fabricated terrorist explanation.
• Fear and responsibility: Kedun’s initial dread gives way to the recognition that the threat may concern the whole world.
• Limits of national power: Even a superpower is reluctant to face an unknown enemy alone, especially amid existing geopolitical competition.
• Public narrative versus reality: The official story contradicts what the surviving leaders and Shen suspect, highlighting the gap between public claims and private knowledge.

Key plot points and events

• Shen Bing reveals that he captured an alien, whose body is mechanical and whose only organic part is a brain.
• Satellite footage of the White House attack shows no blood. Li Xiao realizes the victims were abducted rather than killed.
• Qiuqiu searches the alien’s memories and explains that its species wants human bodies because humans have rare potential for physical evolution. The aliens may have planned to take their captives to their home planet, where a treatment could reduce the energy needed for wormhole travel.
• Shen Bing questions why the aliens would rush to acquire bodies when their mechanical forms are stronger. He also suspects his capture of one alien may have prompted the attack, leaving him feeling partly responsible.
• Qiuqiu admits she cannot explain the treatment or the deeper science behind the alien civilization’s history. Her teasing “you never asked” frustrates Shen Bing.
• The possibility of beings capable of crossing space in physical bodies leads Shen Bing to connect the aliens with the powerful beings of the Gate to the Immortal Realm. He wonders whether the Immortal-Mortal Passage might be a wormhole—and what would happen if it reopened.
• He returns to the immediate problem: the moon-based aliens are now targeting Earth, and he must decide how to respond.

Character developments

• Shen Bing shifts from investigating the attack to contemplating how alien technology, human evolution, and the Immortal Realm might fit into a much larger cosmic reality. His curiosity grows, but so does his concern about the danger to Earth.
• Li Xiao demonstrates sharp battlefield-trained observation by spotting the lack of blood in the White House footage.
• Yun Xue and Yuan Wei move from disbelief to alarm as they absorb the truth about the alien attack and humanity’s value to the aliens.
• Qiuqiu serves as an information source but remains playful and withholding, frustrating Shen Bing with what she has not volunteered.

Significant themes

• Humanity’s unusual potential: Human bodies are coveted because they may evolve in ways most intelligent life cannot.
• Science and the supernatural: Alien wormholes and physical beings who cross the void blur the boundary between scientific speculation and the Immortal Realm’s seemingly magical powers.
• Knowledge and responsibility: Shen Bing’s actions may have helped trigger the abductions, while incomplete information complicates his decisions.
• Expanding cosmic mystery: The chapter raises questions about the passage between Earth and the Immortal Realm and the nature of the universe.

Character interactions

• Shen Bing challenges Yun Xue’s skepticism by revealing the captured alien, then prompts Qiuqiu to explain the White House attack.
• Li Xiao points out the missing blood, helping Yun Xue and Yuan Wei recognize that people were taken alive.
• Qiuqiu answers the group’s questions about human bodies and alien motives, while Shen Bing presses her on the limits of her knowledge.
• Qiuqiu’s cheeky “you never asked” provokes Shen Bing’s irritation before he turns back to planning for Earth’s defense.

Key plot points and events

• After aliens attack only the White House, Shen Bing concludes the strike was deliberate: the site represents U.S. military power, political leadership, and global influence. He fears the attack is the opening move in a “decapitation” campaign against Earth’s major powers.
• Shen orders Qiuqiu to accelerate deployment of the Eastern Hemisphere’s 32 positioning-observation satellites and activate the outer-space detection system. He also prepares to send a newly completed Charged Particle Cannon prototype from Gold Island to Kyoto.
• Before he can consult the Chief, the Chief calls with confirmation that nearly a thousand people inside the White House vanished during the attack. U.S. radar failed to detect the warship in time; a system adapted from Phantom Immortal Technology’s Spirit Vision Telescopes spotted it, but too late to stop the assault.
• Shen warns that Kyoto may be the next target and proposes an ambush. Though the Chief worries that an unsuccessful defense could devastate the city, Shen claims his company has developed a powerful particle-beam weapon that surpasses a nuclear bomb’s destructive force without harmful aftereffects.
• The Chief approves its immediate deployment near a power plant south of Kyoto and assigns Rocket Force personnel to assist. Phantom Immortal Technology’s own staff will operate the weapon, drawing the company directly into the defense effort.

Character developments

• Shen Bing moves from alarm to decisive action, recognizing that the alien attack may be part of a strategic plan. He withholds some information about his company’s research but accepts responsibility for using its weapon to defend Kyoto.
• The Chief shows caution about risking Kyoto, but ultimately acts quickly and places significant trust in Shen and his technology.
• Qiuqiu serves as Shen’s operational aide, reporting on satellite deployment and weapon readiness, and alerting him to the Chief’s call.

Significant themes

• Preparation against an unknown threat: Earth’s defenses are inadequate, making surveillance and rapid response essential.
• Power and vulnerability: Even the world’s strongest nation cannot protect its leadership from an attack it cannot detect in time.
• Trust and cooperation: The crisis pushes the government and Phantom Immortal Technology into an unusually close partnership.
• Risk and responsibility: Deploying an unverified weapon near Kyoto could be crucial, but failure could have catastrophic consequences.

Character interactions

• Shen directs Qiuqiu to prioritize Eastern Hemisphere surveillance and prepare the cannon for transport.
• In his call with the Chief, Shen interprets the White House strike as a warning and persuades him that Kyoto may be next.
• The Chief weighs the risks, authorizes deployment, and commits Rocket Force support, while Shen agrees to take on the mission.

Key plot points and events

• Shen Bing explains that Huaxia’s leadership trusts Phantom Immortal Technology enough to approve deployment of its extremely powerful Charged Particle Cannon in Kyoto, including allowing company personnel to operate it. The company’s advanced technology has made it too influential to treat as an ordinary, controllable business.
• Li Xiao asks about the invading aliens’ combat abilities. Shen Bing says they are largely mechanical beings with brains, metal bodies, and built-in weapons, but mentions that another, physically powerful alien civilization once defeated them.
• An unmanned Wind God Type 1 transport plane carries cargo from Gold Island to Capital Airport. Automated forklifts load large, unidentified crates onto it; the crates are transferred to trucks heading toward southern Kyoto.
• On the far side of the moon, a returning alien warship arrives at the base. It delivers a group of frightened captives, who have no idea who seized them or where they are.

Character developments

• Shen Bing presents himself as confident in the understanding and support of Huaxia’s leaders, while revealing how much Phantom Immortal Technology’s capabilities have shifted the balance of power.
• Li Xiao shows interest in finding formidable opponents, but loses enthusiasm when the current invaders sound more like armed machines than worthy fighters.
• The captives are introduced as once-powerful people now disoriented and helpless, uncertain of their identity, location, or captors.

Character interactions

• Yun Xue and Yuan Wei question Shen Bing about the Chief’s extraordinary authorization; Shen Bing reassures them, though he withholds some of his reasoning.
• Shen Bing teases Li Xiao with the prospect of fighting a stronger alien civilization, but Li Xiao doubts he will ever get the chance.
• The captives’ first encounter with their captors is bewildering: they wake among armored beings speaking languages they cannot understand.

Significant themes

• Power and political trust: Phantom Immortal Technology’s achievements have made it a strategic force that the state cannot simply control.
• Automation and technological reach: Unmanned aircraft, robotic cargo handling, and advanced weapons demonstrate the company’s capacity to operate on a vast scale.
• Vulnerability and uncertainty: Despite their former status, the prisoners are powerless in an unfamiliar place, underscoring how quickly circumstances can change.

Key plot points and events

• The President and 911 other White House personnel are held captive in an unfamiliar, sealed room. The President is confused and frightened, and assumes their captors may be human extremists rather than aliens.
• Commander Suosuo’s forces discuss sending the captives to their home planet as a trial batch for brain transfers. Bulu argues that they should first extract more information, citing the unexplained robot and the disappearance of Gasen. Suosuo agrees, but insists the shipment must leave the next morning.
• The aliens recognize they lack food to sustain the prisoners, a basic need their civilization has long forgotten. They decide to launch a second operation and choose a new target on Earth.
• Meanwhile, Shen Bing’s team studies scan data from Gasen. Professor Colin estimates that the Corgi Empire’s overall technology is around the high two-star or low three-star level, despite its sophisticated use of dark energy and existing wormholes. Shen Bing considers the assessment plausible.

Character developments and interactions

• The President is reduced from a powerful leader to a helpless prisoner, his confidence giving way to fear and bewilderment.
• Suosuo is cautious about risks to the aliens’ larger plan, while Bulu shows greater concern about unknown threats and pushes for intelligence gathering. Suosuo ultimately delegates that work to him.
• Kugu is enthusiastic about the successful capture and urges a second operation.
• Shen Bing and Colin discuss how to assess the aliens’ capabilities. Colin’s analysis tempers the impression created by their advanced travel and energy technologies.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even a head of state is powerless when removed from familiar institutions and protections.
• The danger of underestimating the unknown: The aliens have broad data about Earth but remain ignorant of key details, including the robot and Gasen’s disappearance.
• Uneven technological progress: A civilization can excel in particular fields while lagging in others; advanced energy use does not necessarily mean superiority across the board.
• The cost of treating people as resources: The captives are discussed as a “shipment” destined for brain transfers, while basic human needs such as food are nearly overlooked.

Key plot points

• Shen Bing concludes that the Corgi Empire, despite its advanced use of dark matter and energy, is not technologically unbeatable. His Ion and Charged Particle Cannons could potentially counter its ships and lunar base.
• He orders Colin to study the captured alien, especially its weapons and highly capable combat body, to improve their robots. Colin suggests building an army to conquer the universe, but Shen dismisses the idea.
• Shen reflects that the Gate to the Immortal Realm depends on merit, so conquest and stolen territory would not help him—and might even bring punishment.
• In the game, Shen Bing continues crossing the seemingly endless Netherworld Blood Sea aboard the Skyflying Shuttle. He considers how strange and vast the realms are, then turns his attention to the coming month’s missions.
• Qiuqiu reports that Lu Shiba has reached the alien base on the moon. Footage reveals that the missing White House officials, including familiar faces, are being held there. Shen Bing considers rescuing them.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing grows more confident about confronting the aliens, but remains cautious and focused on immediate problems. His pragmatic understanding of the system’s merit rules limits his ambitions.
• Colin is eager to exploit alien technology and imagines a universe-conquering robot army; Shen Bing reins him in and directs him toward practical research.
• Shen Bing and Qiuqiu coordinate the lunar-base surveillance, with Qiuqiu promptly providing Lu Shiba’s footage.
• Shen Bing feels little sympathy for the White House officials, who have caused him trouble, but recognizes that leaving them in alien hands could aid the enemy.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Superior weapons do not justify reckless expansion; Shen Bing prioritizes the danger directly in front of him.
• Merit and consequences: The system rewards merit, not wealth or conquest, shaping Shen Bing’s choices.
• Humanity versus alien exploitation: The abducted officials may be valuable to the aliens, turning a potential rescue into a question of preventing the enemy from benefiting.
• Vastness and uncertainty: Shen Bing’s journey through immense, unfamiliar realms underscores how little he understands about the worlds beyond his own.

Plot points and events

• Shen Bing decides to rescue the human captives, partly to prevent the aliens from taking them away and causing further trouble. He notices that one of the three alien warships has left the Moon and suspects it is heading to Earth.
• Though he tries to steady himself, Shen Bing admits that facing aliens for the first time is frightening. He avoids using the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder because its immense power might cause catastrophic damage, even if directed at the Moon.
• He orders Qiuqiu to have Lu Shiba evacuate the captives immediately and to search for the President afterward.
• At the alien base, guards Baron and Brad discover that the nearly thousand captives have vanished without explanation. They report the disappearance to Commander Suosuo.
• Suosuo and his officers suspect the incident may be connected to Gasen’s earlier disappearance. He orders a search of the entire base and asks when the second warship will reach Earth. It is expected in fifteen minutes; Suosuo plans to send the next group of captives back to the aliens’ home planet.

Character developments

• Shen Bing shows concern for the captives but remains cautious and anxious about the aliens’ next move. His restraint with the Divine Thunder highlights his awareness of the risks his powers pose.
• Baron and Brad are shaken by the captives’ disappearance and fear being held responsible, despite their confidence in the security of the base.
• Suosuo responds quickly and forcefully, treating the disappearance as a serious threat and preparing to continue the capture operation.

Character interactions

• Shen Bing gives Qiuqiu instructions to coordinate the rescue.
• Baron and Brad react together to the empty room, then Brad rushes to report while Baron stays behind to guard it.
• Suosuo consults Kugu and Bulu, weighs their theories about the disappearance, and issues orders to search the base.

Significant themes

• Fear and courage: Shen Bing’s self-pep-talk reveals that confidence does not erase fear when confronting the unknown.
• Power and responsibility: He avoids using a devastating weapon because its effects could harm Earth indirectly.
• Humanity versus exploitation: The aliens treat the captives as valuable “cargo,” contrasting with Shen Bing’s determination to rescue them.
• Uncertainty and escalating danger: The vanished captives and the warship bound for Earth signal that both the Moon and Earth remain at risk.

Key plot points and events

• Suosuo realizes the Corgian base depends on Earthly resources and support from the Home Planet. Proving that human bodies are compatible with Corgian brains could earn him status—and lead the empire to turn Earth into a breeding farm.
• The disappearance of nearly a thousand captives, followed by the disappearance of a prisoner being guarded in plain sight, convinces Suosuo that an unknown force is operating on the Moon. He wonders whether it also took Gasen—and whether the aliens themselves could be targeted.
• Suosuo orders a full search of the base and the Moon. Deputy Commander Kugu volunteers to oversee the warship searches.
• Shen Bing has been observing the aliens through Lu Shiba, whose transmitted images and audio reveal their conversation. He orders Lu Shiba to return the abducted people and plans to bring the captured White House personnel to Gold Island for a conversation with the president.
• Shen Bing confirms that the Charged Particle Cannon in Kyoto is installed and charging, with about an hour remaining. Qiuqiu also reports that Phantom Immortal Technology is expanding rapidly: it has 72 geothermal power plants, which could eventually provide a third of the world’s electricity.

Character developments and interactions

• Suosuo shifts from confidence in the Corgians’ superiority to private fear. He remains authoritative in front of his subordinates but recognizes that their technology may not protect them from the hidden force.
• Kugu responds to the disappearances with alarm and supports Suosuo’s investigation, volunteering for the search.
• Shen Bing relies on the Gate to the Immortal Realm rather than matching the aliens’ technology directly. He calmly directs the rescue and weapons preparations.
• Li Xiao is eager to build a moon-capable suit and confront the aliens, but Shen Bing points out that the project depends on Yun Xue’s research. Li Xiao backs down because Yun Xue is Shen Bing’s wife.
• Qiuqiu provides updates and jokes about making the captured president do hard labor; Shen Bing rejects the idea and insists on speaking with him.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: The Corgians’ advanced technology and ambition are undermined by an ability they cannot understand or counter.
• The limits of technology: Shen Bing’s supernatural resources offer an advantage where conventional technological strength cannot.
• Ambition and exploitation: Suosuo sees Earth’s inhabitants as resources for the empire’s plans.
• Control versus uncertainty: Both sides make plans, but the mysterious disappearances show that neither fully controls events.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Shen Bing discusses Phantom Immortal Technology’s market share with Qiuqiu. The company already holds about a third of the market, but production capacity—especially for geothermal generators—is limiting further growth. Shen Bing decides not to expand aggressively, saying competitors should have time to adjust.
• The company has several new products ready. Shen Bing wants a major product launch, but agrees to delay the Phantom Spirit 2 phone: releasing it so soon would undermine sales of the current model and leave companies that licensed its technology in a difficult position. Qiuqiu suggests other products for release.
• News spreads worldwide that the White House has been destroyed. In the United States, public anger fuels protests, while the vice president and Congress are uncertain how to respond because the president has been kidnapped rather than confirmed dead or removed from office.
• World leaders privately fear that aliens are targeting powerful institutions. They do not know the aliens’ full motive or that the attackers have a lunar base.
• At midnight in Huaxia, Qiuqiu alerts Shen Bing that the alien warship has appeared. It is moving rapidly over Russia at an altitude above 3,000 kilometers, traveling west from Siberia. Though Qiuqiu says their particle cannon could hit it, Shen Bing orders them to wait and observe.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing shows both commercial restraint and caution. He wants to showcase the company’s strength but recognizes the costs of disrupting existing products and business partners. Faced with the warship, he avoids a premature attack and prioritizes protecting Huaxia.
• Qiuqiu acts as Shen Bing’s blunt business adviser and vigilant security system. She challenges his modesty about market share, warns about production limits, questions his product-launch plans, and presses for action against the warship.
• Their familiar, teasing rapport is clear: Qiuqiu calls Shen Bing a hypocrite, while he relies on her judgment even when she is irreverent.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Shen Bing chooses not to dominate the market all at once, and later declines to attack the warship before its intentions are clear.
• Uncertainty and political instability: The White House’s destruction leaves governments and the public reacting with anger and fear, while the U.S. succession crisis complicates a response.
• Hidden knowledge: The public sees a terrorist attack, while informed leaders suspect aliens; even they lack key details about the aliens’ motives and movements.

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Plot points and events

• Shen Bing waits for the alien warship after learning it may be targeting Earth’s leaders, but its unexpected route over Siberia makes him suspect the aliens are trying to draw out whoever sabotaged their base.
• The warship approaches Moscow, stops, then turns southeast toward Huaxia. Qiuqiu identifies this as a probe to discover which country—or actor—stands behind the earlier interference.
• Fearing the warship could threaten Kyoto, Shen Bing decides not to wait. Qiuqiu advises striking before it enters Huaxia, which might conceal Huaxia’s involvement and avoid drawing international attention.
• Shen Bing accepts the risk of being suspected. He sees the crisis as a chance for Huaxia to take a leading role in defending Earth, rather than allowing the United States to dominate.
• The chapter reveals that Phantom Immortal Technology has prepared a powerful charged-particle cannon at its Kyoto geothermal station. Its immense energy-storage system can hold roughly twelve hours of Kyoto’s electricity use.
• Mo Ban is stationed in the cannon’s control room to operate it against the approaching warship and train soldiers in its use. The chapter ends as he and the others monitor the target.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing moves from cautious observation to decisive action once the warship appears headed toward Kyoto. His choices reflect both concern for public safety and strategic ambition for Huaxia.
• Qiuqiu demonstrates initiative and strategic judgment, proposing a preemptive strike and offering to manage it confidently. Shen Bing trusts her to carry it out.
• Mo Ban takes on a practical combat role, applying his skills to operate the cannon and train soldiers.
• Shen Bing and Qiuqiu discuss the risks of revealing their capabilities; she prioritizes keeping Huaxia’s role hidden, while Shen Bing is willing to accept suspicion.

Significant themes

• Preemptive action versus caution: Shen Bing decides that the danger of waiting outweighs the risk of striking first.
• Hidden power and strategic deception: The aliens are probing Earth, while Shen Bing and Qiuqiu weigh how to conceal the source of the response.
• National leadership and ambition: Shen Bing frames the alien attack as an opportunity for Huaxia to become a global protector.
• Technology as military power: The cannon and its extraordinary energy supply show Phantom Immortal Technology’s capacity to challenge the alien threat.

Key plot points and events

• An unidentified, extremely fast object is detected and identified by Mo Ban as an alien warship. Colonel Jiang Le’an is uneasy because he believes they should attack immediately, but receives orders to wait until the object enters Huaxia’s territory and to coordinate with Mo Ban.
• Mo Ban says he has also received instructions and explains that he is calculating where the ship will crash, aiming to avoid populated areas while making the wreckage recoverable.
• As the object crosses into Mong Province, Mo Ban silently activates the Charged Particle Cannon. The device appears to do nothing, leaving Jiang and the others unsure whether the attack worked.
• The warship is destroyed and falls onto a mountain in Mong Province, appearing to locals as a huge, slow-moving meteorite. The impact causes a dramatic fireball, dust cloud, and roar, but less devastation than onlookers expect.
• Once the danger seems to pass, locals realize the “meteorite” could be enormously valuable and start considering searching for pieces, despite the risks.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Le’an shifts from impatience and skepticism to wary acceptance of Mo Ban’s authority. He is baffled by Mo Ban’s apparent ability to know about a phone call from several meters away, and privately wonders whether Mo Ban is a robot.
• Mo Ban remains calm, terse, and focused on the operation. His planning reflects priorities beyond simply destroying the threat: limiting casualties and securing the wreckage.
• Jiang and Mo Ban have a brief, lopsided exchange: Jiang tries to raise the attack question, but Mo Ban anticipates his concern and gives the plan without elaboration.
• The people near the impact site move from panic to opportunism, as the possibility of financial gain begins to outweigh their fear.

Significant themes

• Trust in unfamiliar technology and authority: Jiang and the observers struggle to believe a silent, unseen weapon has destroyed the warship.
• Practical strategy versus immediate action: Mo Ban weighs the crash site and recovery effort alongside the need to stop the threat.
• Human fear and greed: Locals flee the apparent meteor strike, then quickly contemplate risking their lives for valuable fragments.
• Appearance versus reality: The alien warship is mistaken for a meteorite, and the cannon’s invisible operation makes a decisive attack look like nothing happened.

Key events and plot points

• News of the supposed meteorite impact draws civilians toward the remote Mong Province site, but military helicopters arrive first. The dangerous terrain, smoke, and dust make the journey risky, and troops establish control of the area.
• Major world powers use satellite surveillance to identify the fallen object as the same Alien Warship that attacked Washington. Unsure how it crashed, they focus on gaining access to its technology and ask Huaxia to join the recovery and investigation.
• Huaxia rejects those requests, publicly describes the incident as a meteorite strike, and announces that its postponed counterterrorism exercise will take place the next day. Foreign governments interpret the announcement as a possible warning—or evidence that Huaxia can handle the alien threat.
• Huaxia sends nearly four hundred elite soldiers to secure the crash site. After a slow advance across the shattered hillside, one team reaches the crater and finds the warship mostly intact, though its central section has been badly torn open.

Character and group developments

• The soldiers are portrayed as highly capable and ideologically dependable, with a clear mission: keep the warship in Huaxia’s hands.
• Foreign leaders and advisers shift from uncertainty about the crash to concern over what Huaxia’s apparent success might mean for the global balance of power.
• Civilians show a mix of enthusiasm and recklessness, while most of the public remains skeptical of theories that aliens have reached Earth.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and competing narratives: Huaxia presents the crash as a meteorite impact while privately securing an alien vessel.
• Power and technological advantage: The warship’s wreckage could transform military and scientific capabilities, making control of it a source of international tension.
• Public perception versus reality: Media coverage and public debate obscure the truth, even as a few conspiracy-minded people come close to identifying it.
• Crisis as opportunity: Governments, media organizations, and ordinary people all seek advantage—whether strategic, financial, or personal—from the unfolding events.

Character interactions

• Foreign powers make formal and public offers to help Huaxia, but Huaxia politely refuses and signals resolve through its planned exercise.
• The soldiers coordinate in eighteen teams as they approach the wreck, prioritizing the mission over its wider geopolitical consequences.
• Media outlets shape public discussion, while skeptics and conspiracy theorists offer competing interpretations of events.

Key plot points and events

• Soldiers secure the crash site of an alien warship, enforcing a strict perimeter while curious locals arrive hoping to find valuable debris. The civilians are turned away.
• Twenty parachutists descend near the site as military reinforcements or specialists arrive.
• In the game world, Shen Bing learns from Qiuqiu that Master Qiao has searched the warship and found no living aliens. Shen Bing withdraws Thorne, leaving the vessel to the military; he trusts Lu Shiba to monitor the alien base on the moon.
• Shen Bing returns his attention to the Demon Realm, where he has reached Ten-Thousand Demon Mountain in search of the rare-sounding Water of Nonexistence. Finding it by ordinary searching could take months.
• To make the search safer and faster, he decides to give the Nine-Headed Worm access to teleportation talismans. He spends 100,000 immortal jade on Myriad-Spirit Talismans and repeatedly tries to adapt the items for the worm, finally hearing a different notification that suggests success.

Character developments and interactions

• The company commander is disciplined and cautious, refusing to let his soldiers explore the warship before specialists arrive. The locals’ greed for possible finds quickly gives way to fear of the armed troops.
• Shen Bing is confident in Master Qiao’s extraordinary abilities and treats the alien technology as unremarkable by comparison. He also shows a practical concern for the Nine-Headed Worm’s safety, even while considering it as a search partner.
• Qiuqiu questions whether withdrawing support from the crash site is wise. Shen Bing reassures it that Lu Shiba is monitoring the lunar base, then dismisses Qiuqiu and returns to the game.
• Shen Bing’s willingness to spend heavily becomes comic emphasis: despite the cost of the consumable talismans, he commits to repeated attempts to solve his problem.

Significant themes

• Military secrecy and civilian curiosity: The crash draws both professional forces and opportunistic locals, but access is controlled by the military.
• Technological and supernatural power: The alien ship seems immensely durable, yet Master Qiao’s capabilities make its technology seem trivial to Shen Bing.
• Risk, efficiency, and trust: Shen Bing weighs the danger of sending the Nine-Headed Worm into hostile territory against the potential benefits of faster exploration.
• Pay-to-win excess: The chapter humorously portrays Shen Bing’s enormous spending and the frustratingly low success rate of the adaptation system.

Plot points

• Shen Bing successfully modifies a Teleportation Talisman after repeated failures fill its luck meter. The system now marks it as tradable, meaning other gods can use it.
• Deciding Nine Heavens Divine Talismans would be more valuable than modifying pills, Shen Bing spends his remaining Myriad-Spirit Talismans to produce four more. In total, five items require 104 talismans and many frustrating failures.
• He gives the modified Teleportation Talisman to the Nine-Headed Worm and sends him to search Ten-Thousand Demon Mountain for the Water of Nonexistence, with the talisman as an escape route.
• Shen Bing then goes to Guanjiangkou and presents a Nine Heavens Divine Talisman to Erlang Shen, offering it for sale. The chapter ends with Erlang asking the price.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing is relieved that the luck system guarantees eventual success, but bitterly complains about how costly and failure-heavy the process is. He also reveals a budding interest in selling modified treasures, though his sales pitch is awkward and heavy-handed.
• The Nine-Headed Worm eagerly accepts his mission, reassured by the talisman’s ability to teleport him to any place he has visited. He hopes to keep it if he completes the task.
• Erlang Shen remains wary of Shen Bing, recalling their unpleasant past and the treasures Shen Bing previously obtained from him. He is tempted by the talisman’s immense power, despite recognizing that Shen Bing may also be showing it off as a threat.

Significant themes

• Luck and costly chance: Shen Bing sees through the system’s familiar “keep trying” mechanics, but its guaranteed outcome still demands substantial resources.
• Power as a commodity: A weapon that could be priceless in combat becomes a potential source of wealth when Shen Bing realizes other gods can use it.
• Trust and leverage: Shen Bing relies on the Nine-Headed Worm’s greed and fear for survival, while his dealings with Erlang Shen mix gratitude, salesmanship, and implied intimidation.