Chapter Summaries

As Tang Nashiu prepared to use the Mecha Martial Arts Competition to restore his family's standing, Mu Fan vanished from the medical center and sent Wang Nuonuo to meet him at the competition registration site. The chapter ended with Luo Saihu discovering that Mu Fan had completely disappeared.

• Tang Nashiu told Gao Lingze he planned to enter the competition with a powerful mech and claim a place in the top thirty-two.
• Wang Nuonuo woke from a frightening dream, found Mu Fan gone, and read the reassuring message he had left for her.
• Mu Fan called Wang Nuonuo and instructed her to drive to Southern Suburb Plain, the competition's final registration site.
• Wang Nuonuo left the clinic in a Hover Car while Luo Saihu and his men watched her depart.
• Luo Saihu found the medical center empty of Mu Fan and reported that the male target had vanished.

Tang Nashiu learned that the female target had withdrawn from the Medical Center and the male target had vanished, so he ordered a citywide search while maintaining his public appearance at the competition registration. Mu Fan identified Li Shen as the military mole, pinned on his Centurion Medal, and prepared to leave with Black’s help evading surveillance.

• Tang Nashiu arrived at the Southern Suburb Plain for the Mecha Martial Arts Competition registration and basked in the crowd’s cheers.
• Luo Saihu told Tang Nashiu that the female target had withdrawn and the male target had disappeared.
• Tang Nashiu ordered Luo Saihu to track the girl, contact Li Shen, and tighten surveillance across Zhongjing City.
• Mu Fan listened in on the call and identified Li Shen as the Landu Military District mole behind the investigation he had faced after returning from Planet 131.
• Mu Fan pinned on his Centurion Medal and told Black to disrupt surveillance and avoid key areas before they set off.

Mu Fan used Black and a disguised Jinjing Logistics truck to evade surveillance while Wang Nuonuo drew Tang Nashiu’s men toward Southern Suburb Plain. The truck reached the guarded approach, where Mu Fan prepared to drive past the watchers unnoticed.

• Black erased the truck from the surveillance feeds as Mu Fan drove it toward Southern Suburb Plain.
• Wang Nuonuo followed Mu Fan’s instructions and drove to the entrance, with two Hover Cars tailing her.
• Luo Saihu realized Nuonuo had stopped near Southern Suburb Plain and ordered his men to guard the final intersections.
• Tang Nashiu ordered Luo Saihu to secure the approaches while Li Shen reported no unusual activity.
• Black restored the surveillance feeds as Mu Fan’s truck neared the watchers, and Mu Fan told the driver to continue normally.

Mu Fan drove a disguised heavy truck carrying a black mech through Luo Saihu’s pursuit and into the military-controlled Southern Suburb Plain. The truck stopped before the gathered crowd and media, leaving everyone wondering which company had arrived as the driver’s door opened.

• Luo Saihu recognized the truck as suspicious and ordered his six Off-Road Hover Cars to chase it.
• Mu Fan ordered Black to accelerate, and Luo Saihu’s men fired fish guns that caught the green tarp but failed to pierce the mech beneath it.
• Luo Saihu discovered the truck was carrying a black mech and watched it speed toward the Southern Suburb Plain.
• Li Shen and his adjutant saw the truck appear on surveillance and learned it had seemingly come from nowhere.
• Mu Fan steered through the opened cordon and stopped the truck before the assembled soldiers, reporters, and Wang Nuonuo.
• The truck shut down, revealing the unmarked mech, and the driver’s door opened as the crowd tried to identify the arriving company.

Mu Fan arrived at the Southern Suburb Plain to register for the competition, despite being injured and facing a military cordon. As soldiers prepared to detain him, the captain adjutant recognized Mu Fan’s medal and ordered all personnel to lower their weapons and salute.

• Mu Fan emerged from the dust after breaking through the military cordon, drawing the attention of soldiers, competitors, and media.
• Tang Nashiu recognized Mu Fan and angrily wondered how he had gotten past the people assigned to stop him.
• Mu Fan declared that he had come to register as a competitor, and Wang Nuonuo pushed through the crowd toward him.
• A major ordered Mu Fan detained, while soldiers and police mechs aimed their weapons at him.
• Mu Fan lowered his hand to reveal a worn medal, and the captain adjutant recognized it and ordered everyone to lower their weapons and salute.

Mu Fan arrived at the Mecha Martial Arts Competition registration site with Extreme Soldier and declared that he would compete for Luoqi Heavy Industries. His Centurion Medal cleared the military misunderstanding, and the chapter left reporters and onlookers stunned by the company name he gave.

• The captain recognized Mu Fan's Centurion Medal, saluted him, and ordered the soldiers to stop aiming their guns at him.
• Mu Fan told Wang Nuonuo that he had brought Extreme Soldier, confirming his decision to fight for Luoqi Heavy Industries.
• The major cleared the way for Naden and the Interstellar Mecha Association to resume contestant registration.
• Tang Nashiu and Gao Lingze followed the crowd to watch Mu Fan register.
• When asked which company they represented, Mu Fan calmly answered, "Luoqi Heavy Industries," surprising Wang Nuonuo and the gathered media.

Mu Fan confirmed that he alone would represent Luoqi Heavy Industries in the Mecha Martial Arts Competition, with no support staff and himself handling transportation. After the crowd and media branded the faction a spectacle, Mu Fan stopped to challenge a reporter who accused him of courting attention.

• Mu Fan registered himself as Luoqi Heavy Industries' sole pilot and listed no support personnel, naming himself as the transportation worker.
• Mu Fan pressed his palm to confirm the registration, naming Wang Nuonuo as the faction representative and the Extreme Soldier (ge-z) as his participating mech.
• The media publicized Luoqi Heavy Industries' lack of logistical support, and reporters crowded around Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo.
• A reporter accused Mu Fan of courting attention and damaging the Fourth Star Region's image, so Mu Fan stopped and asked which media outlet the reporter represented.

Mu Fan publicly declared that he would eliminate Landu Military Group and said only one side would leave alive if they met in battle. He drove Wang Nuonuo toward the competition grounds, resolved to survive and kill Tang Nashiu.

• Mu Fan shielded Wang Nuonuo and questioned Langbu Er after the reporter promoted Landu Military Group and mocked Mu Fan's chances.
• Mu Fan said he would eliminate Landu Military Group and warned that only one would come down if they faced each other in battle.
• Gao Lingze and Tang Nashiu discussed retaliating against Mu Fan and left to prepare a welcome gift for him.
• Mu Fan ignored the reporters, put Wang Nuonuo in his truck, and drove toward the Southern Suburb Plain.
• Mu Fan privately resolved that if he and Tang Nashiu fought, he would live and Tang Nashiu would die.

Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo headed to the Land of Shining Stars for the Mecha Martial Arts Competition, while White Hair and Harry discovered their situation and prepared to join them. The chapter ended with Mu Fan and Black driving toward the unfamiliar continent where the competition would take place.

• Mu Fan gave Wang Nuonuo his Electronic Nameplate and told her to trust him as they set out for the competition.
• White Hair and Harry collected Wang Nuonuo's Sky Communicator from Orseria, who slapped White Hair after he woke the dormitory with a loudspeaker.
• White Hair and Harry saw a news report showing Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo at registration, where Mu Fan was mocked for being Luoqi Heavy Industries' only contestant.
• White Hair decided to fly to the Land of Shining Stars with Harry and the others to support Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo.
• Mu Fan drove past the rest area with Black and his repair equipment, heading through a steel tunnel toward the Land of Shining Stars.

Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo traveled through the Earth-Core Car to the Land of Shining Stars, where the Mecha Martial Arts Competition was being held. After arriving at Number 7 Stronghold, Mu Fan met pilot Maika but left quickly to get his mecha to the competition area.

• Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo passed the military checks and boarded the Earth-Core Car for their journey across Landu Star.
• The Earth-Core Car arrived at the Land of Shining Stars, where the Interstellar Mecha Association welcomed the competitors with its Hundred Martial Comet Unit.
• Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo saw the Association’s mechas and heard other competitors discuss their strength and equipment.
• Maika introduced himself to Mu Fan and learned that Mu Fan represented Luoqi Heavy Industries.
• Mu Fan left to get his mecha to the competition area, while a man beside Maika remarked that Mu Fan smelled of blood.

Mu Fan prepared Extreme Soldier for the Mecha Martial Arts Competition and learned that he would face contestant Gabriel in his first match. He left the matchup announcement with an AAA-class opponent ahead of him.

• Mu Fan had Black confirm that 568 contestants would compete in a single-elimination tournament, and he planned to target Landu Military Group from the first round.
• Mu Fan treated his wound with Bai Guyue's medicine, ate a Magma Fruit, and had Black deploy and calibrate Extreme Soldier and its spare swords.
• Wang Nuonuo returned to the hangar and cried when she saw Mu Fan preparing the mech that had once represented Luoqi Heavy Industries.
• Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo went to the central platform, where the Mecha Association announced their first-round matchup for 10 a.m. the next day in Zone 37.
• Mu Fan discovered that his opponent, contestant Number 446 Gabriel, piloted the provisional AAA-class Gale Gladiator.

Mu Fan learned that Luoqi Heavy Industries would face Arabela Weapons Company, whose owner Zhang Yuanren ordered ace pilot Shi Wuyi to kill him. Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo risked her remaining funds on his victory as the Mecha Martial Arts Competition began, leaving their match about to start.

• Zhang Yuanren recognized Mu Fan as Luoqi Heavy Industries' pilot and ordered his uncle to hire Shi Wuyi to kill him with the Gale Gladiator.
• Mu Fan asked Wang Nuonuo to bet her available funds on his victory against Arabela Weapons Company.
• Yin Shuai, Harry, Li Xiaoxi, and Ling Chuchu arrived at the Sky Carrier to support Mu Fan.
• The competition host announced the opening matchups, including Luoqi Heavy Industries' Extreme Soldier versus Alabella's Gale Gladiator.
• The competition began as eight mechs stepped into the four basins.

Mu Fan entered the preliminary round in Extreme Soldier, an unarmed-looking A-grade mech, against Shi Wuyi’s powerful 3A-grade Gale Gladiator. As the match began, Mu Fan focused on winning while Shi Wuyi prepared to kill for the promotion opportunity before him.

• A fiery-red Gale Gladiator appeared in Number 37 Arena and drew attention for its striking design and peak Warrior Grade specifications.
• Sandy and Rachael began commentating on the match and explained that preliminary-round rules restricted thermal and beam weapons but allowed cold weapons.
• Mu Fan’s Extreme Soldier entered the arena, and spectators mocked its appearance and lower grade while White Hair loudly cheered it on.
• Mu Fan and Shi Wuyi moved to the center of the arena and took their fighting stances.
• Shi Wuyi synchronized with Gale Gladiator, determined to kill Mu Fan and seize his chance at promotion.

Mu Fan faced Shi Wuyi’s Gale Gladiator in the Number 37 Area match as the crowd and commentators favored the better-equipped red mecha. As the Gale Gladiator charged at supersonic speed, Mu Fan unlocked a hidden second engine, and Black activated the Extreme Soldier’s Undead Second Stage Form.

• Shi Wuyi revealed the Gale Gladiator’s two Michael Particle Light Blades, drawing cheers and overwhelming predictions of victory.
• White Hair and Harry bet heavily on Mu Fan, with Harry staking two months of Fowen Conglomerate operating capital.
• Mu Fan drew the Extreme Soldier’s Akabote Alloy Heavy Sword and stood ready as the Gale Gladiator charged toward him at more than Mach 5.
• Mu Fan ordered Black to unlock the dual engines, revealing a powerful concealed engine in the Extreme Soldier.
• Black announced that the Undead Second Stage Form had been activated.

Mu Fan fought Shi Wuyi at supersonic speeds, using the Extreme Soldier’s Arc Light Dash to evade the Gale Gladiator’s attack. The Gale Gladiator survived the clash and accelerated along the arena’s rock wall as Shi Wuyi prepared his next special move.

• Mu Fan charged Shi Wuyi’s Gale Gladiator in the Extreme Soldier’s Undead Second Stage Form as the two mechs accelerated to supersonic speeds.
• Shi Wuyi activated the Gale Engine’s second-stage acceleration, pushing the Gale Gladiator past Mach 7 and launching its Michael Particle Light Blades at Mu Fan.
• Mu Fan used Arc Light Dash to make the Extreme Soldier change direction and evade the light-wheel attack, leaving a huge arc across the ground.
• The Gale Gladiator cut a massive groove into the cliff wall, then raced along the rock face and accelerated further.
• Shi Wuyi targeted Mu Fan with the Gale Gladiator’s exclusive Hurricane Wind Piercing attack.

Shi Wuyi sent the Gale Gladiator plunging toward Mu Fan with an enormous light sword, while Mu Fan chose to test the attack head-on with the Extreme Soldier. He unleashed a newly named second-stage maneuver, Undead Tsunami, as the black mech surged into motion.

• Shi Wuyi merged the Gale Gladiator’s light blades into a giant sword, mounted its cross-shaped rotor, and dove at the Extreme Soldier.
• The Gale Gladiator’s beam-sword output climbed to 90,000 as it accelerated toward Mu Fan.
• Nuonuo prayed for Mu Fan’s safety while Black advised him to make contact with the strike and test its energy.
• Mu Fan used the Wave Disordered Step command sequence and told Black to record it as Undead Assault, Second Stage—Undead Tsunami.
• The Extreme Soldier unleashed its engines and streaked across the ground at four times the speed of sound, scattering into a black wave before the stunned audience.

Mu Fan piloted the Extremely Special Soldier Mecha through Shi Wuyi’s devastating attack, surviving its impact and drawing the battle into its next phase. As Mu Fan spotted an opening for close combat, the red Gale Gladiator continued its assault from above.

• Li Xiaoxi, White Hair, and Chu Chu reacted in disbelief as they recognized Mu Fan piloting the black mecha.
• Rachael suspected the black mecha’s movements resembled a scene from a club recruitment event, while Sandy struggled to manage the viewers’ comments.
• Shi Wuyi ordered the Gale Gladiator to separate from its rotors and dive at the black afterimages with a powerful light-blade attack.
• The Gale Gladiator’s strike carved a crater more than three hundred meters wide, but Mu Fan and the Extremely Special Soldier Mecha survived inside it.
• Black determined that Mu Fan could withstand large-scale energy attacks and needed to create an opportunity for close combat.
• Mu Fan dodged two more light blades and said the opportunity had arrived as Shi Wuyi launched another flurry of attacks.

Shi Wuyi’s Gale Gladiator relentlessly battered Mu Fan’s Extreme Soldier while Wang Nuonuo rejected Zhang Zeyi’s demand to merge Luoqi Heavy Industries into Arabela Weapons Company. After hearing Nuonuo’s warning and learning the attack was meant to kill him and threaten her, Mu Fan unleashed his killing intent and prepared to strike back.

• Shi Wuyi’s Gale Gladiator repeatedly plunged at the Extreme Soldier, forcing it out of supersonic mode and reducing its armor to 60%.
• A staff member delivered a video call request from Zhang Zeyi to Wang Nuonuo, and she accepted it.
• Zhang Zeyi proposed that Luoqi Heavy Industries merge into Arabela Weapons Company and threatened that the Extreme Soldier’s pilot could die if she refused.
• Wang Nuonuo rejected Zhang Zeyi, ended the call, and sent Mu Fan a tearful warning to escape if the fight turned dangerous.
• Mu Fan heard Nuonuo’s message, realized the Gale Gladiator was targeting his cockpit, and vowed to kill his opponent as his APM surged past 500.
• Zhang Zeyi told Shi Wuyi to finish Mu Fan, and Shi Wuyi agreed as the Gale Gladiator poised for another attack.

Shi Wuyi unleashed the Gale Gladiator’s Gale Dragon Twister against Mu Fan’s Extreme Soldier, and Mu Fan charged straight into the devastating tornado. The black mech vanished inside the storm after a sudden upward dash, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Shi Wuyi stopped the Gale Gladiator and began its falling attack, then transformed it into a massive red tornado with the prototype skill Gale Dragon Twister.
• Tang Nashiu showed Young Lord Jun the battle and said his plan was proceeding perfectly, while Jun watched for the value of his investment.
• Mu Fan shouted “Die!” and activated the Extreme Soldier’s twin-engine overload, charging directly toward the tornado instead of retreating.
• As the mechs neared collision, the Extreme Soldier swept its sword upward and changed course in a streak of black lightning, soaring into the red tornado.
• The storm swallowed Mu Fan and the Extreme Soldier as spectators watched, with the battle’s outcome left unknown.

Mu Fan’s Extreme Soldier destroyed Shi Wuyi’s Gale Gladiator with the forbidden Death Lotus technique, winning the Region 37 match for Luoqi Heavy Industries. The battered Mu Fan walked away as the crowd celebrated, while Nuonuo wept at his return.

• The Extreme Soldier restrained the Gale Gladiator and revealed that its engines had been sliced apart during the black lightning’s passage through the tornado.
• Mu Fan used Death Lotus, Wraithfall Execution to spin both mechs into a supersonic dive and smash the Gale Gladiator into the ground.
• The impact reduced the Gale Gladiator to red fragments, and the Extreme Soldier rose and walked toward Luoqi Heavy Industries’ drop point.
• Black told Mu Fan that the intrusion into the matchmaking system was complete and that opponents could be arranged after the first round.
• The host declared Luoqi Heavy Industries and the Extreme Soldier the winners, and Nuonuo cried as Mu Fan emerged from the cockpit and smiled at her.