Chapter Summaries

Lu Wen transmigrated into the Battle of New York and met Deadpool, who helped him escape the fighting. After claiming his system’s beginner gift and injecting Compound V, Lu Wen headed out to face the chaos with Deadpool.

• Lu Wen found himself in a ruined office restroom during the Battle of New York, where Deadpool was using his toilet paper as a scarf.
• Deadpool explained that he had sensed a spacetime fluctuation and came to investigate Lu Wen’s arrival.
• Lu Wen opened the system’s beginner gift pack and received a Universal Language Pack, Infinite System Space, an Attribute Conversion Shop, and First-Generation Compound V.
• When a blast of lightning struck nearby, Lu Wen read Compound V’s description and injected it, gaining enhanced physical abilities.
• Deadpool told Lu Wen to lead the way out, and Lu Wen picked up two steel pipes before heading right, away from Stark Tower.

Lu Wen used his new Soldier Boy strength to fight Chitauri during the invasion of New York, destroying a Leviathan with an energy blast. Deadpool vanished as Tony Stark approached, and the system unlocked a dimensional mission list with a bounty to slap Loki twice.

• Lu Wen escaped the damaged office building, killed three Chitauri soldiers, and unlocked the system’s bounty section.
• Lu Wen survived two Chitauri energy shots with only minor marks, then killed two more soldiers by hurling a concrete slab at them.
• Lu Wen charged and fired an orange-red blast that destroyed an approaching Chitauri Leviathan, drawing the Avengers’ attention.
• Deadpool told Lu Wen he was leaving because Tony Stark was approaching, then vanished through a ripple in space.
• The system unlocked its dimensional mission list and displayed a 10,000-point bounty to slap Loki twice, posted at Deadpool’s insistence.

Lu Wen accepted Deadpool’s bounty, then teamed up with Tony Stark to fight the Chitauri during the Battle of New York. After the portal closed and the invaders collapsed, Lu Wen spotted Tony falling and headed to help.

• Lu Wen accepted the bounty and told Tony Stark he had been shopping before the invasion, then agreed to fight for a million dollars up front.
• Tony and Lu Wen fought together, destroying Chitauri aircraft, soldiers, and Leviathans as Lu Wen used debris and shock waves as weapons.
• When a Leviathan attacked during Lu Wen’s cooldown, he leapt onto its head, tore off its armor, and drove it into the creature’s brain.
• Lu Wen fought alongside Captain Steve and Thor, answering their remarks while killing Chitauri soldiers and drawing the aliens’ attention.
• The portal closed, the Chitauri soldiers collapsed, and Lu Wen saw Tony falling after delivering the nuclear missile.

After helping the Avengers defeat Loki and catching Tony during the Battle of New York, Lu Wen collected his payment and stayed at Stark Tower. He checked his system rewards and discovered how the Trait Shop let him exchange points for abilities from the Marvel Universe.

• Lu Wen caught Tony before he hit the ground, and Tony thanked him and agreed to pay extra.
• At Stark Tower, Lu Wen slapped Loki, claimed his mission reward, and drank an expensive bottle of Tony's liquor.
• Lu Wen joined the Avengers for shawarma, then asked Tony to pay him so he could buy clothes.
• Lu Wen stayed at Stark Tower to avoid questions from officials, while Tony arranged a suit and a place for him.
• Lu Wen checked his system panel, saw he had 104670 points, and learned that the Trait Shop offered temporary or permanent character abilities for exchange.

Lu Wen explored the system’s trait shop and discovered that permanent abilities cost enormous amounts of points, so he bought Black Panther’s super speed to improve his movement. He then read the Dimensional Market’s rules and learned he had to complete five orders each year, leaving him wary of the risks and costs of traveling to other worlds.

• Lu Wen checked the trait shop’s prices, complained about the high costs, and closed Phoenix’s portrait after seeing its price of eight hundred million points.
• Lu Wen searched for Black Panther, spent ten thousand points on permanent super speed, and felt the heaviness in his legs disappear after installing it.
• Lu Wen found that system bounties were optional and examined the Dimensional Market’s host obligations.
• Lu Wen learned he had to complete five dimensional orders a year, could accept only one at a time, and would be replaced if he failed to meet the quota.
• Lu Wen learned that orders came from people with subsystems across many worlds, while he alone could travel to issuers’ worlds to complete them in person.
• Lu Wen realized that dangerous orders, expensive traits, limited order refreshes, and slower time in other worlds could put him at risk.

Lu Wen browsed the dimensional market, rejected a suspiciously lucrative offer to fight in a war-torn world, and wrestled with his sudden transmigration before deciding to carry on. He went to Tony Stark’s private laboratory at JARVIS’s invitation, where Tony began to raise a point with him.

• Lu Wen explored the market listings, spotted a Dragon Ball and several bounties, and dismissed the offer to help in a world he recognized as Warhammer.
• Lu Wen decided he would avoid that dangerous world and considered whether to accept any mission so soon after transmigrating.
• Lu Wen reflected on his isolation and abrupt change of life, then resolved to keep going and felt relieved that his phone had come with him.
• JARVIS told Lu Wen that Tony Stark wanted to see him, and Lu Wen agreed to visit the private laboratory.
• Tony welcomed Lu Wen into the laboratory, offered him a drink, and raised one finger as he began to speak.

Lu Wen accepted Tony's offer to work for him while he settled in New York and considered how to get stronger. As Lu Wen rested, Nick Fury reviewed his battle footage, discovered that no records of him existed, and decided to approach him later.

• Tony offered Lu Wen a million-dollar deposit and asked about his identity and abilities, but Lu Wen told him he had crossed over from another world and Tony did not believe him.
• Tony warned Lu Wen that S.H.I.E.L.D. had seen him fight, and Lu Wen said he would deal with them if they came looking.
• Lu Wen decided to stay in New York and accepted Tony's offer of work, insisting that his price could only go up.
• After leaving Tony's laboratory, Lu Wen worried about S.H.I.E.L.D. and the need to complete five jobs before May 2013, then went to sleep.
• Nick Fury studied footage of Lu Wen's battle performance and learned from Agent Hill that no records of him existed.
• Nick Fury decided to keep Lu Wen under observation and meet him after handling other urgent matters.

Lu Wen settled into a Manhattan apartment paid for by Tony and received a no-strings-attached card from Nick Fury for his help during the Battle of New York. While stocking supplies for future missions, he wandered into gang territory and easily defeated three gang members who tried to rob him.

• Lu Wen used Tony's help to buy a furnished apartment near Central Park and thanked him by phone.
• Lu Wen examined the cost of a permanent Captain America's shield-throwing technique before Nick Fury arrived at his apartment.
• Fury gave Lu Wen a S.H.I.E.L.D. card with a one-million limit as thanks and left after inviting him to consider joining S.H.I.E.L.D. in the future.
• Lu Wen spent two days buying supplies and storing them in his system inventory for upcoming missions.
• Three gang members confronted Lu Wen and demanded his money, but he knocked one into a trash can, crushed another's pistol after its bullet bounced off his head, and threw the gunman into a tree.

Lu Wen killed Purple Man in Hell's Kitchen, then collected weapons and accepted an order that made him disappear before returning home. Nick Fury's agents and General Ross both tried to find him, but Ross waited three days at Lu Wen's house before leaving empty-handed, still determined to capture and study him.

• Lu Wen went to Hell's Kitchen, learned he was on Black Rat Gang territory, and left without confronting its criminal kingpin.
• Lu Wen recognized Purple Man, seized him before he could use his powers, and crushed his head after beating him.
• Two agents scanned Purple Man's corpse and reported to their superior, who ordered them to clean up and keep Lu Wen away from the military.
• The next day, Lu Wen collected the weapons and ammunition he had ordered, accepted an order in an alley, and teleported away.
• Nick Fury's agents could not find Lu Wen, while General Ross's men broke into Lu Wen's home and waited for him to return.
• After waiting three days without finding Lu Wen, General Ross left but remained determined to capture and study him.

Lu Wen answered Peter Parker’s request to save Mary Jane and arrived at the construction site, where Peter and Harry fought Eddie and Sandman. When Mary Jane fell, Lu Wen caught her before Peter could reach her.

• Lu Wen recognized Peter as the Spider-Man from the Bully Maguire timeline and agreed to help rescue Mary Jane.
• Peter swung toward the construction site while Lu Wen took a taxi there.
• Eddie, bonded with Venom, and Sandman trapped and battered Peter until Harry arrived and helped him fight back.
• Jameson bought a camera from a little girl, then photographed Lu Wen as he raced toward the battle.
• When the web holding Mary Jane dissolved, Lu Wen leaped from the building and caught her before Peter could.

Lu Wen defeated Venom Eddie, captured a weakened piece of the symbiote, and then turned his attention to Sandman. He blasted Sandman apart while Peter and Harry were struggling against him.

• Lu Wen rescued Mary Jane from her fall, and Peter reunited with her before leaving to help Harry against Sandman.
• Lu Wen confronted Venom Eddie and overpowered him with his strength, then tore a piece of the symbiote from Eddie.
• Lu Wen impaled the detached piece of Venom and weakened it with his chest cannon, then sealed it in an iron bucket and stored it in the System Space.
• After Peter was sent flying by Sandman, Lu Wen charged his chest cannon and blasted through Sandman's body, causing the giant to collapse.

Lu Wen helped Peter defeat Venom, then negotiated with Harry for Green Goblin technology and equipment in exchange for repairing his face and explaining his father’s serum. He teleported back to Marvel Universe 628 with his haul, while Harry trusted him to return.

• Venom ambushed Peter, but Lu Wen struck Eddie aside and helped Peter subdue Venom using steel pipes and noise.
• Peter separated Venom from Eddie, but Eddie chose to die with Venom in the flames of a Pumpkin Bomb.
• Sandman told Peter that Eddie had made his own choice, and Peter forgave Sandman before he left to save his daughter.
• Lu Wen spoke with Harry and arranged to help repair his face, while explaining that the Green Goblin Serum caused the personality changes in Harry and his father.
• Harry gave Lu Wen a glider, Green Goblin Suit, serum, and equipment, and Lu Wen teleported away to Marvel Universe 628.

Lu Wen visited Tony at his villa, explained that his unusual travel could evade satellite tracking, and asked Tony to help study and reproduce technology he had brought back. Tony agreed to invest in the project in exchange for future rewards from Lu Wen’s work, and Lu Wen then accepted a new order and vanished.

• Lu Wen went to Tony’s villa after discovering that Nick Fury had asked Tony where he had gone.
• Tony used JARVIS to confirm that Lu Wen did not appear in satellite footage, and Lu Wen described his travel as a special method he could not easily explain.
• Lu Wen brought out advanced equipment and Green Goblin Serum, then asked Tony to study the technology, reproduce the equipment, improve the serum, and help with the Osborn family’s needs.
• Tony agreed to invest, provided that he could stop funding the project if it failed to meet expectations, and the two toasted their partnership.
• Lu Wen accepted a new order and disappeared in front of Tony, who then took the equipment to his underground laboratory.

Lu Wen accepted Hughie Campbell’s mission to protect Annie and proved his strength before Hughie explained the threat to Starlight. After Hughie left to rejoin Butcher, Lu Wen headed to find Starlight but was attacked by a superhuman robber, whom he killed.

• Lu Wen met Hughie Campbell and confirmed he had posted a mission to protect Annie.
• Lu Wen demonstrated his strength by carrying Hughie across rooftops and punching through a block of marble.
• Hughie explained how he had earned over seven thousand points by helping reduce superhuman crime and outlined the danger facing Starlight.
• Lu Wen exchanged contact information with Hughie and returned him to the alley, where Hughie hurried off to meet Butcher and the others.
• Lu Wen set out to find Starlight and encountered a gun-wielding superhuman robber.
• After the robber shot him and discovered Lu Wen was also a superhuman, Lu Wen crushed the man’s head between his hands.

Lu Wen watched over Starlight, discovered he could not afford any traits in The Boys Universe shop, and then joined Hughie after Hughie returned from Russia. Hughie confided in him about his doubts, and Lu Wen urged him to face his feelings and act without hesitation.

• Lu Wen waited on a rooftop until Starlight returned home, then messaged Hughie that she was safe.
• Lu Wen checked the trait shop and found that even the cheapest abilities cost more than his nine thousand-odd points.
• The next morning, Lu Wen followed Starlight to Vought headquarters, then stopped watching her after Hughie said he had returned from Russia.
• Lu Wen met Hughie at his temporary home and asked whether he should keep protecting Starlight in secret.
• Hughie told Lu Wen about his anguish and helplessness, and Lu Wen advised him to face what was in his heart and do what he thought was right.

Lu Wen coaxed a weakened fragment of Venom into bonding with him after warning it not to take control. Venom discovered it could not read Lu Wen’s thoughts, and the system revealed that it protected him with a mental barrier.

• Lu Wen refused Hughie’s offer to introduce him to Starlight and went to a rooftop with the metal bucket containing Venom.
• Lu Wen threatened the weakened Venom fragment and promised to save it if it behaved; Venom managed to say that it was weak and dying.
• Venom agreed to Lu Wen’s terms and burrowed into his body, where it began drawing on his life energy to recover.
• Venom called Lu Wen boss and agreed to stay away from his hot chest, while Lu Wen told it not to snoop through his thoughts.
• Venom said it could not read Lu Wen’s thoughts or memories, and the system displayed protocols explaining its mental barrier and other rules.

Lu Wen stopped Soldier Boy from firing his chest cannon into a Manhattan street, then fought him until police sirens approached. Lu Wen escaped on a shared bicycle, leaving Benjamin behind and promising to meet again.

• Benjamin’s PTSD flared when he heard a Russian song, and Lu Wen yanked his hair back to redirect the blast into a building’s facade.
• Lu Wen punched Benjamin and challenged him over nearly harming the pedestrians, and the two began fighting in the emptied street.
• Benjamin used his fighting skills to gain an advantage, but Lu Wen kept trading blows and tackled him to the ground.
• As police sirens approached, Lu Wen grabbed a shared bicycle and rode away, taunting Benjamin.
• Benjamin chased Lu Wen but failed to catch him and stopped, swearing in frustration.

After fighting Soldier Boy, Lu Wen recovered and arranged to meet Hughie, who wanted his help with the Boys’ plan. Lu Wen agreed to meet Butcher, but only after Hughie settled the mission that had brought him there.

• Homelander watched news footage of the destruction in Manhattan and identified the two unfamiliar fighters as potential threats, while Butcher, Hughie, and Marvin headed to the scene.
• Hughie recognized Lu Wen in the footage and later told Butcher and Marvin that he knew the man who had fought Soldier Boy, suggesting they might hire him to help against Homelander.
• Lu Wen escaped notice, checked his injuries, and messaged Hughie that he had encountered Soldier Boy by chance; Hughie asked to meet him the next morning.
• Homelander brooded over Maeve’s defiance and the appearance of two Supes unknown to Vought.
• Hughie met Lu Wen near the Brooklyn Bridge and explained that Butcher planned to move against Soldier Boy that afternoon.
• Lu Wen reminded Hughie to settle the completed mission, then offered further help if Hughie took him to see Butcher.

Lu Wen agreed to help Butcher’s group in exchange for help finding Vought’s Compound V, offering to keep Homelander occupied rather than defeat him. The group captured Crimson Countess, and Starlight arrived with information that might help Lu Wen.

• Lu Wen told Butcher and Marvin that he could keep Homelander occupied, and asked them to find where Vought stored Compound V.
• Butcher accepted Lu Wen’s terms, and Marvin left to ask his contacts for information.
• Butcher took Lu Wen and the others to capture Crimson Countess, whom Lu Wen knocked unconscious as she livestreamed.
• Butcher reassured Lu Wen that Crimson Countess was alive, and Lu Wen left the room while the group waited.
• Starlight arrived with Marvin and offered to help provide information Lu Wen wanted, then Lu Wen went with Hughie and Starlight to talk nearby.

Lu Wen learned where Vought stored Compound V, then went to scout the tower and was confronted by Homelander. Their fight carried them to the woods outside the city, where Lu Wen activated a temporary combat trait as Homelander’s Heat Vision burned his face.

• Starlight told Lu Wen that Compound V was stored in a guarded warehouse on the third basement level of Vought Tower.
• Hughie accidentally teleported naked in front of Lu Wen, and a tranquilizer dart later knocked Marvin unconscious during the camp’s confrontation with Soldier Boy.
• At Marvin’s house, Starlight received a call from Vought and left; Lu Wen went to scout Vought Tower on his own.
• Homelander recognized Lu Wen from footage of his fight with Soldier Boy and attacked him, carrying him to the woods outside New York.
• Lu Wen fought Homelander at close range, blocked his Heat Vision, and activated Winter Soldier/Military Combat for sixty seconds.