Chapter Summaries

The Wei Brothers returned to the Hong Kong Shatterdome after Scunner fell to its death, while Zhang Tianyuan met with Pentecost and spoke to Ning Jihua about the Parallel Spacetime Mutual Aid Society. The chapter ended with Zhang clarifying that he had not come to move their world, but to explain the organization and its work.

• The Wei Brothers learned that Scunner had fallen at Point Nemo and returned to the Shatterdome, where they worried about the future of the Jaeger program.
• Pentecost introduced Zhang Tianyuan and his group to the Wei Brothers, then took them to meet scientists Hermann and Newton.
• Pentecost told Ning Jihua that strange visitors might have caused Scunner's disappearance and arranged a conversation with Zhang.
• Zhang told Ning that he came from a parallel Earth and represented the Parallel Spacetime Mutual Aid Society, which was helping another world evacuate seven billion people.
• Ning feared Zhang intended to relocate their world, but Zhang clarified that their situation did not require migration and that he had offered the example only to explain the organization.

Zhang Tianyuan and Ning Jihua discussed the Pacific Rim spacetime’s strained economy and the other spacetimes’ greater shortages. Zhang proposed a cross-spacetime economic and trade organization, and Ning agreed to its requirements, setting up a formal meeting at the Shatterdome the next day.

• Ning Jihua described how the kaiju attacks and the Jaeger Program had disrupted shipping, production, and supplies in his spacetime.
• Zhang Tianyuan concluded that developed nations had abandoned the PPDC after the program drained their resources, leaving people reliant on ration coupons.
• Zhang Tianyuan urged Ning Jihua to continue the Plan to Nuke the Wormhole and offered the Mutual Aid Society’s intelligence support.
• Zhang Tianyuan proposed a Parallel Spacetime Economic and Trade Organization to connect Pacific Rim production with other spacetimes’ needs.
• Ning Jihua accepted the Mutual Aid Society membership obligations and agreed to meet Zhang Tianyuan at the Shatterdome the next day.

Zhang Tianyuan joined the Pacific Rim team as they prepared to destroy the wormhole, and he suggested new Jaeger research while visiting Gipsy Danger. The next day, Ning Jihua brought Zhang Tianyuan before the Shatterdome’s key personnel to improve the plan to nuke the wormhole, leaving Hermann confused about why Zhang was being treated as an expert.

• Zhang Tianyuan gave General Pentecost an AI translation earpiece, then ate with him and the others, where Pentecost learned that local staff had been calling him “Old Pan.”
• Zhang Tianyuan toured Gipsy Danger’s maintenance bay with Mie Juan and watched Old Pan and Mako Mori disagree over choosing Raleigh as a pilot.
• Zhang Tianyuan asked Mako Mori about unmanned and smaller Jaegers and advised her to change the direction of her research.
• Zhang Tianyuan and his group returned to their own spacetime, while Old Pan told Ning Jihua that he had witnessed them pass through a wormhole and described its unusual properties.
• The next day, Ning Jihua gathered the Shatterdome’s key personnel and introduced Zhang Tianyuan as someone who could improve their plan to nuke the wormhole, surprising Hermann.

Zhang Tianyuan explained how the Precursors' wormhole might require a living or recently dead monster to pass through, then proposed using a successful Jaeger crossing to open a route to the monster planet. Old Pan's team learned about the Mutual Aid Society's wormhole technology and nuclear stockpile, leaving them newly confident in their plan to attack the Precursors.

• Zhang Tianyuan warned that Jaegers and nuclear bombs might be blocked by the Precursors' wormhole unless they brought a living monster or one that had just died.
• Zhang Tianyuan offered to reverse-locate the monster planet if a Jaeger crossed the wormhole, and proposed using the route to dispose of nearly ten thousand nuclear bombs there.
• Ning Jihua pledged more support for the plan and added another billion in funding to repair Gipsy Danger, while Zhang Tianyuan warned that radiation on the monster planet could be lethal.
• Old Pan's subordinates questioned him about Zhang Tianyuan's claims, so he showed them surveillance footage of the Mutual Aid Society's miniature wormhole and explained its technology.
• Old Pan told the group to keep the news secret and said he would bring Raleigh back for preliminary Jaeger training.

Ning Jihua met the leaders of the other Mutual Aid Society branches as they began negotiating a parallel-spacetime trade organization. Meanwhile, Old Pan found Raleigh Becket and recruited him to pilot Gipsy Danger for a renewed plan to destroy the monster wormhole.

• Zhang Tianyuan brought Ning Jihua to 2012 Spacetime, where Elder Zhou, Tong Wenshi, and Sun Deyi warmly welcomed him.
• Ning Jihua began a six-day visit to the other spacetimes to help negotiate the first terms of a trade organization that would charge for use of the Spacetime Tunnel.
• Old Pan flew to a construction site in Sitka, Alaska, and found Raleigh Becket working as a welder.
• Old Pan told Raleigh that the monster crisis had worsened and invited him to pilot the refitted Gipsy Danger in a plan to nuke the wormhole.
• Raleigh questioned why they were repeating a plan that had failed before, and Old Pan replied, “Times have changed.”

Old Pan brought Raleigh back to the Hong Kong Shatterdome as the PPDC prepared to attack the wormhole with support and funding from Ning. Meanwhile, representatives from several spacetimes began shaping a trade organization, and Ning Jihua learned how the Wandering Spacetime planned to move Earth.

• Old Pan told Raleigh that the PPDC had advanced wormhole technology and asked him to return to the organization, and Raleigh agreed.
• Taylor learned that Old Pan had recruited Raleigh and was preparing a nuclear strike on the wormhole, but he dismissed the intelligence as unimportant.
• Ning Jihua visited the Wandering Spacetime and saw its planetary engines, which were slowing Earth's rotation in preparation for sending the planet out of the solar system.
• Sun Deyi and Elder Zhou explained that the extreme planetary-engine plan had been necessary for survival, while Tong Wenshi listened.
• The Parallel Spacetime Economic and Trade Organization drafted plans for trade, assigning consumer goods and childbirth services to Pacific Rim Spacetime, energy to Wandering Spacetime, and mineral supplies to Legend and 2012 Spacetimes.

Zhang Tianyuan explained that Jaegers could hunt monsters in No. 0 Spacetime and agreed to Ning Jihua’s proposal to transfer the PPDC to the Mutual Aid Society after the Plan to Nuke the Wormhole. The four-spacetime meeting ended, and Pentecost received the news that the PPDC would be reorganized as he prepared to retire.

• Zhang Tianyuan showed Ning Jihua a building in No. 0 Spacetime that boosted the user’s thinking and explained that monsters could randomly drop such blueprints.
• Zhang Tianyuan proposed using Jaegers to hunt monsters in No. 0 Spacetime, with the Mutual Aid Society compensating Ning Jihua’s spacetime for the effort.
• Ning Jihua asked to transfer the PPDC and its bases and three Jaegers to the Mutual Aid Society after the Plan to Nuke the Wormhole, and Zhang Tianyuan agreed.
• The four spacetimes concluded their meeting and began arranging personnel and technical exchanges.
• Pentecost learned that the PPDC would likely be renamed under the Mutual Aid Society, and he accepted the change as he prepared to retire because of radiation damage.

Mako Mori learned she would lead the PPDC’s technical exchange delegation to No. 3 Spacetime, where access to compact nuclear fusion technology could shape the next generation of mechs. She crossed through the Spacetime Tunnel with the delegation and arrived in an underground city.

• Old Pan told Mako that she would represent the PPDC on a technical exchange mission to No. 3 Spacetime, and that the PPDC’s mech design team would accompany her.
• Old Pan explained that No. 3 Spacetime had compact nuclear fusion technology that could power future mechs, and Mako agreed to set aside her wish to become a pilot.
• The next day, Zhang Tianyuan opened the Spacetime Tunnel after the delegation assembled, and the group passed through to No. 3 Spacetime.
• Mako followed the others through the tunnel and found herself in a crowded underground facility guarded by armed soldiers.
• A receptionist welcomed the delegation to No. 3 Spacetime and warned them not to leave the group because the underground city was complicated to navigate.

Mako Mori toured BJ Dungeon No. 1 and learned how the Mutual Aid Society had reduced danger for surface workers. The receptionist explained that fear had once driven the Wandering Earth Project, while a protest demanding spacetime merger revealed a new conflict over whether to annex other spacetimes.

• The receptionist took Mako Mori and the others aboard a tram and explained that BJ Dungeon No. 1 was a major center of science and technology.
• Mako Mori learned that the Mutual Aid Society's rescue system could evacuate endangered surface workers through a Spacetime Tunnel for treatment.
• The receptionist told Mako Mori that fear of destruction had driven the Wandering Earth Project before the people found new hope.
• Mako Mori hugged the receptionist after hearing about the despair people had faced two months earlier.
• The receptionist explained that protesters calling for spacetime merger included former refugees and Spaceship Faction members who sought to annex other spacetimes.
• The tram arrived at the Engineering Bureau.

Mako Mori and the No. 3 Spacetime experts began collaborating on a new Jaeger’s miniature fusion power source while Zhang Tianyuan coordinated evacuations and suspended exploration after a sea-monster attack. Instructor Yin returned home on leave, but his daughter Xiaoya rejected him when she pulled off his hat and wig and saw his bald head.

• Mako Mori toured the Engineering Bureau’s technical archive and learned about its fusion-powered Navigator Space Station.
• The No. 3 Spacetime experts examined the Jaeger data and agreed to design its miniature fusion core while Mako’s team designed the rest of the Jaeger.
• Zhang Tianyuan reduced his daily world-channel searches and continued coordinating the 2012 Spacetime evacuations through six continuously open sea tunnels.
• Instructor Yin and Ke Jinjun’s exploration fleet encountered a giant octopus-like sea monster that broke a transport ship’s keel, so Zhang Tianyuan halted exploration and sent the injured crew to recover.
• Zhang Tianyuan sent Instructor Yin to Legend Spacetime for a vacation, where Xiaoya pulled off his hat and wig and cried that he was not Daddy because he had no hair.

Zhang Tianyuan learned that a new kaiju, Rampage, had emerged from the Mariana Trench and was heading toward North America, where no Jaegers were stationed. As the West Coast descended into panic, he arrived at the Hong Kong Shatterdome and recalled that Rampage had been killed by Cherno Alpha in Acapulco, Mexico.

• Zhang Tianyuan approved the corrected Asian evacuation schedule after Zheng Xu accidentally placed Takemura's country in Europe's evacuation queue.
• Ning Jihua relayed Old Pan's report that a kaiju had emerged from the Mariana Trench and was headed toward North America.
• Old Pan refused North America's request to pre-position Cherno Alpha, saying the PPDC needed to confirm the kaiju's destination first.
• Taylor became angry when North America could not secure a Jaeger, while West Coast residents fled in fear of another San Francisco-style attack.
• Zhang Tianyuan arrived at the Hong Kong Shatterdome, learned the kaiju was codenamed Rampage, and remembered that Cherno Alpha had killed it in Acapulco, Mexico.

Zhang Tianyuan and Old Pan concluded that the kaiju’s changed attack pattern was a search for the cause of Scunner’s death, and prepared to deploy Jaegers to North America. The chapter ended with Old Pan revealing to the pilots that wormhole technology would let them reach the eastern Pacific in time to stop the kaiju from landing.

• Zhang Tianyuan told Old Pan that kaiju could inherit one another’s memories and might be probing for the person who killed Scunner.
• Old Pan ordered the North American defense zone to prepare for a kaiju attack and asked Zhang Tianyuan to open a Spacetime Tunnel for Jaeger deployment.
• Tendo Choi reported that the kaiju had entered the open ocean, while residents along the eastern Pacific coast rushed to flee.
• Old Pan convened the Jaeger teams from the Pacific bases and announced that their mission was to stop the kaiju from making landfall.
• Old Pan revealed that wormhole technology would let the Jaegers deploy to North America, startling the pilots who had not heard of it.

Old Pan revealed that the PPDC would join the Parallel Spacetime Mutual Aid Society and outlined a wormhole-based plan to fight Rampage. After Rampage was detected heading for Los Angeles, the Jaegers deployed there, surprising Taylor.

• Old Pan told the leaders that Scunner had been banished into outer space by the Mutual Aid Society and that the PPDC would come under its jurisdiction after the wormhole plan was complete.
• Old Pan explained that the Society would provide wormholes so the Jaegers could reach Rampage near its deployment site, and the combat teams signed membership applications.
• Old Pan designated two people as beacons and placed all three Jaegers on combat alert while residents along the eastern Pacific coast continued evacuating.
• Tendo Choi detected Rampage heading toward Los Angeles, and Old Pan ordered an evacuation alert and a joint Jaeger operation.
• Taylor ordered Los Angeles to evacuate and prepared military defenses, then learned from his secretary that the Jaegers had already deployed to the city.

Crimson Typhoon traveled through Zhang Tianyuan’s Spacetime Tunnel and descended into Los Angeles, where a monster was approaching and residents were fleeing. After the Jaeger fully emerged, the Wei Brothers identified it to circling fighter jets and requested clear airspace for the interception mission.

• Zhang Tianyuan and Old Pan sent Crimson Typhoon through the Spacetime Tunnel, while Cherno Alpha prepared to deploy from Vladivostok and another Jaeger prepared in Sydney.
• Los Angeles residents fled as Rampage approached, and a private plane crashed after birds damaged its engines.
• A huge dark curtain appeared over Los Angeles, and Crimson Typhoon began descending through it as people and pilots watched in shock.
• The Wei Brothers confirmed that Crimson Typhoon’s systems remained normal while the Jaeger was split across the Spacetime Tunnel.
• After Crimson Typhoon fully emerged, the Wei Brothers identified the Jaeger to nearby fighter pilots and asked them to clear Los Angeles’s low-altitude airspace.

Taylor learned that wormholes had brought three mecha to Los Angeles, where they defeated the monsters while the public and governments reacted to the technology. The chapter ended with Ning Jihua beginning a live global speech, though the translated text of his address was garbled.

• Taylor watched footage of a red mecha emerging from a wormhole and fighting alongside Crimson Storm, then demanded to speak to Pan Cos.
• Three mecha arrived in Los Angeles, and Old Pan ordered them to intercept the monsters outside the city.
• Old Pan and Zhang Yuan discussed the pollution caused by dropping monsters through wormholes and the mecha’s usual fighting methods.
• Videos of the wormholes spread online, prompting public outrage and a scramble by officials to contact Old Pan.
• Yuri Kartsev, Aleksis, and the pilots of Crimson Storm and Cherno Alpha overwhelmed Berserker and stopped it from escaping.
• Taylor saw Ning Jihua appear on a live global broadcast and sent for a Chinese interpreter as Ning began his speech.

Ning Jihua publicly revealed the Plan to Nuke the Wormhole and announced that the Parallel Spacetime Mutual Aid Society had given humanity spacetime tunnel technology. He ended by declaring confidence that the plan would destroy the kaiju wormhole and bring the kaiju age to an end.

• Ning Jihua revealed that preparations for the Plan to Nuke the Wormhole were still underway, alarming viewers and governments around the world.
• Ning Jihua said an organization from a parallel spacetime had strengthened his confidence in the plan and prompted him to make the announcement.
• Ning Jihua identified the organization as the Parallel Spacetime Mutual Aid Society, and Taylor fainted in shock.
• Ning Jihua explained that the Mutual Aid Society's Spacetime Tunnels had enabled three mechas to reach Los Angeles in less than half an hour, showing footage of their journeys.
• Ning Jihua declared that humanity could use the Society's help to destroy the wormhole and officially end the age of kaiju.

Ji Huaning’s speech exposed the monster crisis and his cooperation with the Mutual Rescue Society, prompting Taylor to suppress its broadcast while viewers spread it worldwide. Zhang Tianyuan and Ji Huaning then arranged a spacetime visiting delegation, and the other spacetimes began selecting representatives.

• Taylor ordered his secretary to block Ji Huaning’s speech, but viewers shared livestreams and recordings after the national broadcast was cut.
• Ji Huaning’s speech went viral, giving people hope and strengthening his standing as a leader.
• Zhang Tianyuan congratulated Ji Huaning, who explained that the Los Angeles crisis had helped him secure public support and political influence.
• Ji Huaning told Zhang Tianyuan that foreign countries wanted to meet people from other spacetimes, and Zhang agreed to arrange visiting delegations.
• Zhang Tianyuan notified the other three spacetimes, which began organizing delegations that included Zhou the Elder, Old Zhou, Shi Wen, Robert, and Sun Deyuan.

After the Mutual Aid Society helped defeat a kaiju in Sapporo and publicly revealed its Spacetime Tunnels, Taylor, Cole, and Sato traveled to Hong Kong under pressure to secure cooperation with the Society. At the Shatterdome, Ning Jihua welcomed them as the first visitors from other spacetimes arrived through a tunnel.

• Ning Jihua asked Zhang Tianyuan to open tunnels above three bases, letting three Jaegers fight the kaiju threatening Sapporo while the operation was broadcast live.
• Taylor saw crowds demanding support for the Mutual Aid Society and its plans, then flew to Hong Kong without knowing how to handle the situation.
• Taylor met Cole and Sato, who admitted that public pressure in their countries was pushing them to bring back a good result from their talks with the Mutual Aid Society.
• Two days later, Taylor and the other officials arrived at the Shatterdome, where Ning Jihua stood with Pacific Rim leaders including Pentecost.
• Ning Jihua opened a Spacetime Tunnel, and visitors from another spacetime walked through it before the assembled officials.

Zhang Tianyuan and representatives from three other spacetimes met Pacific Rim leaders, while reporters learned how the Mutual Aid Society had rescued three stranded astronauts. The meeting was interrupted when four monsters emerged from the wormhole and headed for Shatterdome Base.

• Ning Jihua introduced Zhang Tianyuan and the presidents of the Mutual Aid Society’s three branches to the gathered leaders, and Zhang said wormhole travel would be available to society members.
• Old Pan led the visitors to see Crimson Typhoon and Gipsy Danger, where they watched a man-machine test of Gipsy Danger.
• Reporters interviewed Hill, Mike, and Padalka, who recounted being stranded in space during a viral crisis and described how the Mutual Aid Society and another spacetime mobilized to bring them home.
• Taylor and the others studied information about the four spacetimes in a conference room.
• Tendo Choi reported that four monsters had emerged from the wormhole and were heading for Shatterdome Base, so Old Pan and Zhang Tianyuan left to respond.

Four kaiju charged toward the coast, and Zhang Tianyuan assigned himself Onibaba, Mutavore, and Leatherback while the PPDC Jaegers prepared to face Otachi. Zhang set out by warship to intercept Leatherback as the Jaegers received Otachi’s location and prepared for battle.

• Tendo Choi reported that Onibaba, Mutavore, Otachi, and Leatherback were approaching the coast and could arrive within three hours.
• Zhang Tianyuan volunteered to deal with Onibaba, Mutavore, and Leatherback, leaving Otachi to the PPDC Jaegers.
• Emergency crews evacuated the city, and Crimson Typhoon and the other Jaegers prepared to intercept Otachi.
• Zhang Tianyuan boarded a warship with Old Pan and a PPDC team and headed to intercept Leatherback, whose electromagnetic pulse could cripple equipment.
• Tendo Choi told the Jaeger pilots that Zhang Tianyuan would handle the other three kaiju, and Wei Chang described how a kaiju had vanished and later appeared in outer space.
• Tendo Choi warned the Jaeger pilots that Otachi was the first flying kaiju and ordered them to prepare for battle.