Recaps

Galen Trollbane rallied Stromgarde against the Scourge, then secured supplies and drew refugees, craftsmen, and mages to rebuild the kingdom. As Stromgarde’s people moved out of the city for reconstruction, the Syndicate and Stonesplinter Ogres launched an attack.

• Galen Trollbane took over his poisoned body, revealed his heroic strength, and rallied Stromgarde to defend itself against the Scourge.
• Galen secured loans, weapons, and ships, restored Thoradin’s Wall, and defeated the orcs and Witherbark Trolls before facing the Scourge.
• Galen and his allies defeated Akira’s Scourge force with help from Falstad Wildhammer and the Witherbark Trolls, spreading news of his victory across the Eastern Kingdoms.
• Galen used Revilgaz’s stolen treasure and Booty Bay supplies to equip Stromgarde, then offered refugees food, shelter, land, and work.
• More than one hundred thousand refugees arrived from Southshore, while VanCleef secretly sent masons and their families and Baroness Alexston and other builders headed for Stromgarde.
• Ansirem Runeweaver brought fewer than a thousand mages to Stromgarde, where Galen appointed him chief archmage and backed restrictions on arcane magic.
• Galen selected Baroness Alexston’s reconstruction plan and moved Stromgarde’s residents to Refuge Pointe as the city was prepared for rebuilding.
• The Syndicate and SI:7 clashed inside Stromgarde, and Duke Falconcrest raised a riot signal as Lord Aiden Perenolde joined the Stonesplinter Ogres in an attack, and the ambush forced Commander Amaren to organize a counterattack.

Yan Xiao and Lin Fangxin built and tested a blacklight insect-trapping device, submitted their research to a competition, and pursued patent protection as the judges investigated their results. Yan Xiao secured early admission to Yuanpei College and continued preparing for new experiments while awaiting mock exam results.

• Rex Doom saved Commander Amaren and took command of Stromgarde’s militia, then Galen Trollbane led reinforcements and Archmage Ansirem Runeweaver’s wizards to defeat the besiegers.
• Galyn Trollbane accepted Rex Doom’s allegiance and made Duke Falconcrest’s Syndicate Stromgarde’s intelligence service, while Galen Trollbane negotiated with Drek'Thar over Hammerfall.
• Yan Xiao and Lin Fangxin agreed to write a paper on insect phototaxis, and Yan Xiao began translating an oracle bone inscription for Wu Xiaohong.
• Yan Xiao joined Lin Fangxin’s research, and their blacklight trap caught 11.62 kilograms of insects overnight, prompting them to pursue a patent and submit their paper.
• Yan Xiao arranged patent help through Guan Houyi, taught Guan Zhiyuan with the aid of Primary Knowledge Sharing Pills, and received early admission to Yuanpei College.
• Competition judges praised Yan Xiao and Lin Fangxin’s paper and requested a demonstration, while Zhao Xiaolei recognized the potential significance of their results.
• Yan Xiao received rewards for his oracle bone translation, began planning a redesigned device, and sought laboratory and manufacturing help with Lin Fangxin.
• Yan Xiao completed his enrollment paperwork at Jida University, checked Guan Zhiyuan’s exam progress, and agreed with Lin Fangxin to extend their mock-exam bet to a month of meals.

Yan Xiao published a story, completed the Black Light insect-killing project, and teamed with Lin Fangxin for a modeling competition after the Gaokao. The team traveled to New York for summer camp, where Yan Xiao was pulled into a game challenge against Jiang Xiaoming.

• Yan Xiao arranged for Zhong Wenrui’s team to build competition equipment and negotiated with Xingxing Mould Factory for molds.
• Yan Xiao earned full marks on the Second Mock Exam, and his essay “The Last Leaf” gained online attention before The Speaker published his expanded story.
• Yan Xiao’s Black Light traps collected 13.75 kilograms of insects, and he chose a state-owned enterprise partnership while proposing a team to help farmers use the system.
• Yan Xiao and Lin Fangxin solved a graduate-level modeling problem, impressing Wang Xin, and Yan Xiao later placed first in Ji City in the Gaokao.
• Yan Xiao and Lin Fangxin presented the insect-killing system at an agricultural science forum, where Yan Xiao said any patent partnership had to benefit farmers.
• Yan Xiao accepted Zhao Xin’s offer for Zhao Zimo to join their team, while Guan Zhiyuan decided to apply to Jida University for business.
• Yan Xiao, Lin Fangxin, and Zhao Zimo traveled to New York for summer camp, where Yan Xiao met Lu Dehua and agreed to compete against Jiang Xiaoming.

Yan Xiao and Lin Fangxin won the international programming competition, but Yan Xiao refused offers to study abroad and returned to China. He settled near Jida University and began studying music production as he started university life.

• Yan Xiao defeated Lu Dehua in repeated hero duels, then declined a professional team's offer while agreeing to explain his techniques later.
• Yan Xiao and Lin Fangxin completed all five problems in a modeling contest, and their team won by a wide margin.
• Yan Xiao, Lin Fangxin, and Zhao Zimo solved all five problems in the international competition and received full marks.
• Yan Xiao refused James's offer to study at Peppercorn Institute of Technology and told the Chinese team leader he wanted to stay in China and attend Jida University.
• Yan Xiao enrolled at Jida University, chose not to live in the dorms, and bought an apartment near campus after negotiating the price down.
• Yan Xiao attended the Yuanpei College class meeting with Lin Fangxin, then began studying music production through the system to explore a new source of income.