Arc 3Hydra and the Vanko Workshop

Yang Bo exposed Hydra’s infiltration to Fury while turning captured agents into vampires and recruiting the Vankos to build weapons and armor. He expanded his operation through a factory and the Twilight Forest, then followed Obadiah to Tony Stark’s villa and offered to save Tony for payment.

  • Yang Bo killed the Hydra operatives who attacked him, showed their bodies to Coulson, and convinced Fury that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Yang Bo used the Tesseract, then lured Hydra agents into an ambush and turned captured agents into vampires, including Jerry and Allen.
  • Yang Bo recruited Natasha Romanoff to help locate Ivan and Anton Vanko, then cured Anton and brought both Vankos to New York to work for him.
  • Yang Bo bought an industrial complex for his workshop, assigned the Vankos to build equipment and combat armor, and constructed a Nether transit route beneath the factory.
  • Yang Bo raided the Twilight Forest for materials, defeated a Naga, and returned with resources that Ivan agreed to test for armor.
  • Yang Bo showed Ivan and Anton the Stark Expo blueprint, leading Anton to realize Howard Stark had developed the New Element Reactor rather than stolen his research.
  • Yang Bo hunted vampires in Los Angeles, then followed Obadiah to Tony Stark’s villa with Ivan and watched Obadiah remove Tony’s reactor.
  • Yang Bo sent Ivan to retrieve the reactor and offered to save the paralyzed Tony in exchange for payment, which Tony weakly accepted.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Hydra's Attack

Yang Bo survived an attack by Hydra operatives by using his shield, weapons, and ability to respawn, then identified the group from their uniforms. He left to gather materials in the Nether and planned to raid Hydra.

  • Yang Bo called Blade to ask whether he was also under attack, then lied about his location and headed through the tunnel alone.
  • The operatives spotted Yang Bo as he emerged from the lake, tracked him to a tree, and attacked him with a grenade and gunfire.
  • Yang Bo shot two operatives, killed them, and stored their corpses in his inventory before a sniper killed him.
  • Yang Bo respawned in his underground base, photographed the corpses, and recognized the metal eagle insignia as Hydra's.
  • Yang Bo called Blade to say the danger had passed, then entered the Nether Portal to gather mushrooms and prepare for a raid on Hydra.

Ch. 52Spider Eyes and Invisibility Potions

After Hydra agents attacked Yang Bo, he contacted Coulson and arranged to meet, while gathering Spider Eyes in the sewers to make an Invisibility Potion. The chapter ended with Yang Bo heading to Coulson’s safe house, carrying the attackers’ bodies and planning to find Skye to help track Hydra.

  • Yang Bo called Coulson and revealed that a trained S.H.I.E.L.D. squad, including a sniper and spotter, had attacked him in Central Park.
  • Coulson drove Laura to Times Square, while Yang Bo searched the sewers for spiders and converted them into Spider Eyes.
  • Yang Bo climbed out of a manhole near a mall and told Coulson where to find him.
  • Coulson picked Yang Bo up and drove him to a safe house after confirming he had no visible injuries.
  • Yang Bo told Coulson he had brought the attackers’ bodies and put his phone into his inventory to prevent Hydra from tracking him.
  • Yang Bo considered finding Skye to help him track Hydra.

Ch. 53You've Got to Be Kidding Me

Yang Bo brought Coulson to a hidden underground room, where he showed him the bodies of two S.H.I.E.L.D. Special Forces members and said he wanted revenge. He then claimed that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. on a massive scale, leaving Coulson stunned by the names he revealed.

  • Coulson took Yang Bo to his house and led him through a hidden passage to an underground room.
  • Yang Bo showed Coulson the bodies of two attackers, whom Coulson recognized as S.H.I.E.L.D. Special Forces members.
  • Yang Bo asked for S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters' address so he could get payback, while Coulson urged him to wait for an investigation.
  • Yang Bo jokingly whispered “Hail Hydra” to Coulson, who drew his gun, then explained that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. after World War II.
  • Yang Bo named Natasha Romanoff, Maria Hill, Melinda May, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, John Garrett, Grant Ward, Brock Rumlow, Jasper Sitwell, and Alexander Pierce among Hydra's members, and claimed over eighty percent of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were involved.

Ch. 54There's a traitor in our Serpent S.H.I.E.L.D.

Yang Bo told Coulson that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by Hydra and asked him for the location of the Hub. Coulson contacted Nick Fury, who arranged to meet Yang Bo after ordering Coulson to make contact with the newly found Tony Stark.

  • Yang Bo told Coulson that he had no evidence of Hydra's infiltration and said he wanted to find the Hub.
  • Coulson asked to inform Nick Fury, and Fury called to report that Tony Stark had been found.
  • Fury spoke with Yang Bo and arranged for someone to meet him while Coulson gathered weapons from the Safe House.
  • Coulson gave Yang Bo an AS50 sniper rifle, and Yang Bo packed it and the Brewing Stand before leaving with Coulson.
  • Yang Bo and Coulson arrived at a deserted clearing, where a S.H.I.E.L.D. transport aircraft descended and opened its rear hatch.

Ch. 55Who was the mole?

Yang Bo confronted Nick Fury with proof that he knew about Hydra's infiltration and demanded the Tesseract or help finding Skye. Fury agreed to send Coulson to retrieve the Tesseract, while planning to investigate Yang Bo's warning and Skye's identity.

  • Yang Bo revealed private information about Fury, including Captain Marvel's pager, and convinced Fury that his knowledge of Hydra was genuine.
  • Yang Bo produced an AS50 rifle and warned Fury that most S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were Hydra, saying Fury needed to expose them in a final strike.
  • Fury considered his options and thought about reviving the Avengers Initiative because he lacked enough trustworthy allies.
  • Yang Bo asked for the Tesseract or help finding Skye, whom he identified as Daisy Johnson, a young hacker.
  • Fury authorized Coulson to retrieve the Tesseract, designated 084, from Sandbox Base.

Ch. 56The Tesseract

Yang Bo explained the Tesseract’s danger to Fury, then discovered the Space Stone unlocked a map showing nearby friendlies, neutrals, and enemies. After the Tesseract proved useless to him, Yang Bo urged Fury to launch the Avengers Initiative against Hydra and prepared to go fishing for a target.

  • Sitwell watched Coulson leave Fury’s office and secretly ordered someone to find out what Coulson was planning.
  • Yang Bo explained that the Tesseract could open a portal and attract the attention of alien races, while Fury asked what was inside it.
  • Coulson brought Fury the Tesseract, and Yang Bo picked it up without harm, triggering a map that marked people nearby by their attitude toward him.
  • Yang Bo found no way to use the Tesseract, put it away, and told Fury to form a team of superhumans to fight Hydra.
  • Yang Bo asked Fury to send him home so he could go fishing, smiling at the hostile red markers on his map.

Ch. 57Surprises always caught you off guard

Yang Bo spent the day fishing in Central Park, then used the Enchanted Books he found to upgrade his weapons. When Hydra agents tracked him to his home, he used Bor as a decoy and ambushed one of the agents with his enchanted sniper rifle.

  • Yang Bo caught an Enchanted Book with Flame I and used an Anvil to enchant his sniper rifle.
  • Yang Bo fished until sunset, then combined two Power IV books and added Power V and Infinity to his rifle.
  • Yang Bo enchanted his Diamond Stone Sword with Sharpness V, Unbreaking III, and Looting III, and his Diamond Pickaxe with Fortune III, Efficiency IV, and Mending.
  • Yang Bo found a tracker on his lower back, stuck it on Bor, and sent Bor down the tunnel as Hydra agents followed the signal.
  • Yang Bo drank an Invisibility Potion, set up his rifle, and shot one of the two agents who stayed behind.
  • The second agent pulled an automatic rifle from a bag and took cover behind a tree as Yang Bo reacted to the shot's devastating power.

Ch. 58Evil Strikes

Yang Bo ambushed and killed most of a Hydra squad, then captured the lone white-dot agent and began interrogating him. The agent identified himself as Jerry, but Yang Bo had only just started asking questions.

  • Yang Bo knocked out a Hydra soldier with a baseball bat, then pursued the squad as they fled the forest.
  • Yang Bo shot down the fleeing Hydra soldiers with an enchanted anti-materiel rifle, leaving one man alive.
  • Yang Bo disarmed and captured the surviving white-dot agent, then took him underground.
  • The agent woke to find Yang Bo aiming an AS50 at him and, under interrogation, gave his name as Jerry and confirmed he was male.

Ch. 59Recruiting a New Subordinate

Yang Bo recruited Jerry after explaining Hydra’s infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. and injected him with garlic-tainted serum to turn him into a vampire. The chapter ended with Jerry joining the Hunter Association.

  • Bor returned, and Yang Bo ordered him to turn the unconscious Hydra agent into a vampire after saving him from poison with milk.
  • Bor fed on the agent, and Yang Bo gave him a Healing Potion before Bor flew away.
  • Yang Bo questioned Jerry, learned that Jerry did not know about Hydra, and offered him a place as a subordinate.
  • Jerry agreed to join Yang Bo after hearing that Hydra had taken over S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Yang Bo injected Jerry with garlic-tainted serum, and Jerry endured the painful transformation into a vampire.

Ch. 60The Iron Man storyline begins

Yang Bo interrogated the captured Hydra agent and called Coulson to report the attack, then learned that Natasha Romanoff would take over Coulson’s contact with him. He refused to interfere with Tony Stark’s disappearance and decided to seek out Anton and Ivan Vanko instead.

  • Yang Bo whipped Allen, a captured Hydra agent turned vampire, and told Jerry to take a turn while Allen remained silent.
  • Yang Bo called Coulson and reported that Hydra had sent agents to watch him, that he had killed most of them, and that he had kept one Hydra agent and one S.H.I.E.L.D. agent alive.
  • Coulson told Yang Bo he was in Los Angeles investigating Tony Stark’s disappearance and that Natasha Romanoff would take over his work staying in contact with Yang Bo.
  • Yang Bo joked about Natasha, dismissed Coulson’s investigation into Tony’s disappearance, and refused to interfere with Iron Man’s storyline.
  • Yang Bo decided to find Anton and Ivan Vanko before Anton’s health worsened, then asked Coulson for Natasha’s number.

Ch. 61A big haul

Yang Bo and Jerry finished a night of fighting in Hell’s Kitchen, then met Natasha Romanoff, who was assigned as his S.H.I.E.L.D. liaison. Yang Bo asked her to locate Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko while continuing to evade Fury’s attempts to reclaim the Tesseract.

  • Yang Bo and Bor subdued two armed robbers in Hell’s Kitchen, while Jerry searched them for weapons and valuables.
  • Yang Bo received Natasha Romanoff’s call, finished dealing with the robbers, and left for home with Jerry and Bor.
  • Yang Bo met Natasha near Central Park and asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to locate Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko without contacting Anton.
  • Natasha relayed Fury’s call to Yang Bo, who pretended the communicator was not working and handed it back.
  • Fury ordered Natasha to build a good relationship with Yang Bo and report anything that happened.

Ch. 62A leisurely daily life

Yang Bo brought Black Widow to his home and gave her information to help find Ivan Vanko and his father. He left her to interrogate the captured Agent Allen while he went to plant wheat with Jerry.

  • Yang Bo told Black Widow that Ivan Vanko’s father was seriously ill and suggested ways S.H.I.E.L.D. could trace them, though he had no exact address.
  • Black Widow offered to help interrogate Agent Allen, whom Yang Bo had imprisoned in a reinforced obsidian room.
  • Yang Bo checked that Allen was conscious, fed him a bottle of blood that healed his wounds, and handed Black Widow another bottle.
  • Yang Bo left Black Widow with Allen and Bor, then went with Jerry to the farmland and declared that he was putting it in Jerry’s care.

Ch. 63The wind and snow of Siberia

Yang Bo found Ivan Vanko in Siberia and offered to hire him, promising to cure his father. After Ivan refused and threatened him, Yang Bo demonstrated his power and forced him to take a Healing Potion to test on Anton Vanko.

  • Yang Bo and Black Widow arrived in Siberia, where she confirmed Ivan Vanko was staying with his sick father.
  • Yang Bo left Black Widow on the aircraft and walked through the snow to the Vanko home, collecting snow along the way.
  • Ivan Vanko answered the door with a Double-Barreled Shotgun and refused Yang Bo's offer of work.
  • Yang Bo promised to cure Anton Vanko, then fired his Sniper Rifle through the house to intimidate Ivan.
  • Yang Bo took Ivan's shotgun, poured a Healing Potion into his mouth, and told him to test it on his father.

Ch. 64There's no one I can't win over

Yang Bo healed Anton Vanko and persuaded him and Ivan to work for him instead of pursuing revenge against Tony Stark. The Vankos agreed to leave for New York with Yang Bo and develop the Arc Reactor.

  • Yang Bo entered the Vankos’ cluttered home and offered Ivan a Healing Potion in exchange for working for him.
  • Ivan agreed to Yang Bo’s terms if he could cure Anton, and Yang Bo used milk and a Healing Potion to restore Anton’s health.
  • Yang Bo urged Anton and Ivan to abandon their revenge against Tony and offered them money and a chance to reclaim the Vanko family’s honor.
  • Anton told Ivan to accept Yang Bo as his boss, and the father and son agreed to go to the United States with him.
  • Yang Bo packed the Vankos’ important books and blueprints into his backpack and led them aboard the Quinjet, where Black Widow asked if everything was finished.

Ch. 65With talent in hand, the world is mine

Yang Bo brought Ivan Vanko and Anton Vanko to his underground home in Central Park, where they were to build a miniature reactor despite lacking a proper workshop or electricity. The Vankos met Yang Bo’s unusual employees, and he promised to explain his plans for Unit-01 after they completed the reactor.

  • Ivan Vanko questioned Yang Bo’s resources, and Yang Bo said S.H.I.E.L.D. was helping him acquire a workshop while instructing Ivan and Anton Vanko to build a miniature reactor.
  • Yang Bo noticed a Hydra member driving past and remembered that Hydra’s Cybertek might have equipment he could take.
  • Yang Bo led Ivan Vanko and Anton Vanko into his underground home beneath Central Park and sealed the entrance behind them.
  • Bor greeted Yang Bo and treated the Vankos as potential prey, while the Vankos showed interest in studying the talking vampire.
  • Yang Bo introduced Bor, Jerry, Anton Vanko, and Ivan Vanko as coworkers, then offered to make space for their equipment and told them they would have to solve the lack of electricity themselves.

Ch. 66A new workshop and familiar surroundings

Yang Bo reached level five, crafted a Metal Double Crossbow, and went with the Vankos and Jerry to inspect the workshop Black Widow had purchased. He discovered Blade lived nearby, decided to buy more of the industrial complex, and left Blade with a security job as his new neighbor.

  • Yang Bo handed the Vampire Hunter vampire blood, reached level five, learned Double Up and Weapon Enhancement, and crafted a Metal Double Crossbow.
  • Black Widow told Yang Bo she had bought a workshop in the industrial district, and Yang Bo brought the Vankos and Jerry to see it.
  • Yang Bo realized the workshop was close to Blade's home and asked Black Widow if Blade's rented workshop could be bought too.
  • Black Widow said the industrial complex's owner was willing to sell, and Yang Bo told her to buy as much of it as she could.
  • Yang Bo assigned Anton and Ivan to plan the new workshop's layout, then Blade arrived and Yang Bo asked him to handle security.

Ch. 67Nether transit

Yang Bo dug an underground chamber beneath the factory and built a Nether Portal to test a fast-travel network. He emerged in the Nether near the platform he had built before and wondered whether real-world travel used a one-to-one-hundred ratio instead of the game's one-to-eight ratio.

  • Blade told Yang Bo that New York's vampires had fled and left to scout other cities for the Hunters' Guild.
  • Yang Bo agreed to find Ivan Vanko equipment and rare materials, then decided to test a Nether transit network.
  • Yang Bo dug a large chamber beneath the factory and lined its walls with Nether Bricks while Black Widow, Ivan Vanko, and Anton Vanko watched.
  • Yang Bo asked Black Widow to look up Cybertek and buy equipment for Ivan Vanko, then sealed the chamber and built a Nether Portal in an adjoining room.
  • Yang Bo entered the Portal and arrived in a familiar part of the Nether, where he questioned whether the real-world travel ratio was one to one hundred.

Ch. 68Nether Debris

Yang Bo mined ancient debris in the Nether, built a shortcut transport route, and upgraded his equipment to netherite. Back at the factory, he asked Ivan and Anton Vanko to build reactor-powered combat armor and planned a nighttime supply run with Ivan.

  • Yang Bo killed a Ghast, then dug an underground Nether route toward home while mining ancient debris and repairing his Pickaxe with quartz.
  • Yang Bo returned home with seventeen blocks of ancient debris and upgraded all his diamond equipment to netherite.
  • Yang Bo set up employee quarters and offices at the factory, then told Ivan and Anton Vanko to build him flying, underwater-capable combat armor powered by a reactor.
  • Ivan agreed to build the armor, and Yang Bo told him he would also be responsible for powering Yang Bo's household appliances.
  • Yang Bo studied a file on Cybertek and invited Ivan to shop for equipment and materials that night.

Ch. 69Arriving in High Spirits, Leaving Disappointed

Yang Bo and Ivan infiltrated a Cybertek branch to inspect its equipment, but an alarm forced them to retreat before they could explore the fourth floor. Yang Bo gave Ivan an Invisibility Potion and equipment funds, then set off with Jerry to hunt vampires.

  • Yang Bo and Ivan drank Invisibility Potions and approached Cybertek’s New York branch at night.
  • Yang Bo broke through a wall with his Diamond Pickaxe and entered the building with Ivan, using the Minimap to navigate.
  • Yang Bo dismantled a security door on the fourth floor, triggering an alarm that brought security guards upstairs.
  • Yang Bo and Ivan escaped the building, and Yang Bo regretted bringing Ivan because it had limited his ability to steal equipment.
  • Yang Bo gave Ivan a bottle of Invisibility Potion and promised funds for research equipment.
  • Yang Bo told Jerry to drive them to find vampires hiding in the shadows.

Ch. 70A New Mod: Twilight Forest

Yang Bo built a Twilight Portal and entered the Twilight Forest, where he encountered a Goblin carrying notes about the magic protecting the Lich Tower. The notes revealed that he would need scales from a giant serpent to break the tower’s spell.

  • Yang Bo learned that the Twilight Forest mod had loaded and told Jerry to guard the factory.
  • Yang Bo praised Allen’s farm work, gave him food, and went to build a Twilight Portal.
  • Yang Bo activated the Portal with a diamond and entered the Twilight Forest.
  • Yang Bo spotted the Lich Tower and killed a Goblin that appeared with an Explorer’s Notebook.
  • Yang Bo read that fresh scales from a giant serpent could help break the magic protecting the tower.

Ch. 71Naga Boss Number One

Yang Bo gathered crow feathers, torchberries, and glowstone dust to craft a Magic Map, then used it to locate the Naga Courtyard. He defeated the Naga and ran toward the Loot Chest that appeared in its place.

  • Yang Bo killed two crows and collected their feathers, then mined lapis lazuli from an obsidian pillar.
  • Yang Bo gathered torchberries from a cave and crafted a Magic Map using the materials he had collected.
  • Yang Bo used the Magic Map to find the Naga Courtyard and traveled west to reach it.
  • Yang Bo entered the courtyard, fought the Naga with his shield and enchanted sword, and defeated it.
  • A Loot Chest appeared where the monster spawner had been, and Yang Bo ran toward it.

Ch. 72Peacock Feather Fan

Yang Bo cleared a monster-filled Hollow Hill and collected its treasures, including a powerful Peacock Feather Fan. Back at his factory, he summoned Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko to discuss his next project.

  • Yang Bo found a medium Hollow Hill and dug inside, where monsters attacked him with arrows and slimeballs.
  • Yang Bo fought through the hill’s monsters, spotted a Zombie Villager, and used a Creeper’s explosion to wipe out many enemies.
  • Yang Bo claimed the Hollow Hill’s treasure and tested the Peacock Feather Fan, discovering its powerful gust could launch enemies away.
  • Yang Bo returned home with materials including Naga scales, steel leaf, and ironwood ingots, then traveled to his suburban factory.
  • Yang Bo called for Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko, telling his assistant that he needed to see them.

Ch. 73The idea of biological armor

Yang Bo gave Ivan special armor materials and tasked him with upgrading his armor to challenge Tony Stark. He also revealed that Howard had left behind a blueprint for a powerful new element, changing Anton Vanko’s understanding of his rivalry with Howard.

  • Yang Bo explained that the dark green steel leaf could give armor level two Fire Protection, and Ivan agreed to test the material.
  • Ivan told Yang Bo that his electric whips and Chainsaw were finished but his armor still could not fly, and Yang Bo ordered him to add ranged attacks and electrical energy conversion.
  • Ivan told Anton that Yang Bo had agreed to let him challenge Tony Stark, and Anton urged his son not to let hatred consume him.
  • Yang Bo showed Ivan and Anton the 1974 Stark Expo blueprint and explained how it encoded Howard’s more powerful New Element Reactor.
  • Anton realized Howard had developed the reactor rather than stolen his research, while Ivan became absorbed in studying the blueprint.

Ch. 74Greed is the original sin

Yang Bo arrived in Los Angeles, hunted vampires through the night, and collected enough blood to raise his Hunter class by two levels. After learning that Coulson was meeting with Potts at Stark Industries, Yang Bo planned to take Obadiah’s armor research and prepare to meet the Stark people.

  • Yang Bo arrived in Los Angeles with Anna and Ivan, then left the hotel alone to hunt vampires.
  • Yang Bo killed vampires in an apartment building, gathered a large supply of vampire blood, and obtained a bottle of Pure Blood 1/6.
  • Coulson told Yang Bo he was at Stark Industries to meet with Potts, and Yang Bo recognized the timing of events from the Iron Man story.
  • Yang Bo decided to take Obadiah’s armor research, researchers, and equipment after Obadiah died.
  • Anna came to Yang Bo’s room, and he told her to notify Ivan that they were leaving.

Ch. 75That's right, I'm taking advantage of your crisis

Yang Bo followed Obadiah to Tony Stark’s villa, where he watched Obadiah steal Tony’s chest reactor and leave him near death. Yang Bo sent Ivan to retrieve Tony’s spare reactor and began bargaining for Tony’s life, leaving Tony barely able to agree.

  • Yang Bo recognized Obadiah leaving Stark Industries and told Ivan that Obadiah had orchestrated Tony’s kidnapping and planned to steal his reactor.
  • Yang Bo ordered Ivan to kill Obadiah after he put on the Iron Monger armor and defeated Tony, then followed Obadiah to Tony’s villa.
  • Yang Bo and Ivan used Invisibility Potions to enter the villa and found Obadiah removing Tony’s reactor while Tony lay paralyzed.
  • After Obadiah left with the reactor, Yang Bo gave Ivan milk to cancel his invisibility and sent him to retrieve the reactor from the basement lab.
  • Yang Bo offered to save Tony in exchange for payment, and Tony weakly agreed before Yang Bo nearly mistook his response for a refusal.
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