Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao rescued Tony Stark and Yinsen from the Ten Rings by transforming into a magical girl and defeating the militants. As they drove away, Lin Xiao learned that his rescue mission had earned an S rating, while Tony quietly reflected on Lin Xiao's claim that he had spent three months searching for him.

• Lin Xiao transformed in the Ten Rings camp, baffling the militants as bullets bounced off him.
• Lin Xiao defeated the Ten Rings militants while Tony and Yinsen watched in disbelief.
• Lin Xiao returned to normal, thanked Tony for enduring captivity, and left with Tony and Yinsen in a Humvee.
• Tony told Lin Xiao never to use that transformation again, and Yinsen laughed at Tony's reaction.
• Lin Xiao heard that the rescue mission was complete with an S rating and told Tony he had spent three months looking for him.

Lin Xiao returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. after rescuing Tony Stark and learned that the woman he had subdued in Afghanistan was Mystique, a Brotherhood of Mutants operative. Nick Fury confronted him about his secret identity, then recruited him as a level-six agent after negotiating terms that included desk work, training, and a reward from Tony.

• Lin Xiao brought White Rabbit candies to Coulson and recounted how he had rescued Tony and stopped a Ten Rings operation in Afghanistan.
• Coulson revealed that the flight attendant Lin Xiao had subdued was Mystique, who had been infiltrating the Ten Rings before escaping from an Afghan prison.
• Nick Fury summoned Lin Xiao, showed him evidence linking him to the masked figure called Super Earthling, and recruited him as a level-six agent.
• Lin Xiao negotiated for a desk job, a salary of $650,000, and a limit on how many assignments he had to take.
• Fury gave Lin Xiao Tony Stark's reward of eight million dollars and a Manhattan apartment, then confirmed the money was after tax.

Lin Xiao returned from Afghanistan and reunited with May, who welcomed him home after three months apart. After she went back to her apartment, Lin Xiao collected his mission rewards and received freely allocatable points and an S-rank necklace.

• Lin Xiao returned to his apartment and found it cleaned and decorated with daisies May had left there.
• May came home carrying a knife, recognized Lin Xiao, and embraced and kissed him after he surprised her.
• Lin Xiao reassured May about his mission in Afghanistan and spent the evening cuddling with her on the sofa.
• Tony Stark invited Lin Xiao to a private party at Stark Tower, and Lin Xiao said he would come later because May was with him.
• May kissed Lin Xiao goodbye and returned to her apartment next door.
• Lin Xiao spoke with Doupao, received ten freely allocatable points and an S-rank Unyielding Heart Necklace, and thanked the system.

At Tony Stark’s banquet, Lin Xiao exposed Obadiah Stane’s likely role in Tony’s kidnapping and helped Tony announce the closure of Stark Industries’ weapons division. On the rooftop, Tony offered Yinsen a leadership role in medical research, and Lin Xiao received the completed hidden quest’s rewards.

• Happy picked Lin Xiao up for Tony’s private banquet and gave him a custom suit, which Lin Xiao asked to have three more copies made.
• Tony announced that Stark Industries would permanently close its weapons manufacturing division, and Obadiah tried to dismiss the announcement as the result of Tony’s trauma.
• Lin Xiao challenged Obadiah about his failure to search for Tony and revealed suspicious details about the ambush, leaving Obadiah discredited before the guests.
• Tony told Lin Xiao he should not have treated Obadiah so harshly, but Lin Xiao argued that Tony’s softness toward enemies could harm him; Yinsen suggested they relax on the rooftop.
• Tony offered Yinsen leadership of Stark Industries’ medical research and development division, five percent of the company’s shares, and resources to pursue meaningful work.
• Tony, Lin Xiao, and Yinsen toasted to being alive, and Lin Xiao received five Life Restoration Potions and the Mark I Blueprint for completing Tony’s Redemption.

Doupao recorded how the host grew from a strength-focused brute into a careful, intelligent schemer who questioned the system and chose missions for himself. By Day 115, Doupao realized the host was pulling the strings, though it felt proud of his growth.

• On Day 1, Doupao gave the host 15 strength points, and the host cursed at it for three minutes.
• By Day 37, Doupao worried that the host's low intelligence and reliance on fists would jeopardize mission performance.
• On Day 91, Doupao granted the host a heuristic reward after he analyzed a flight attendant, and the host began asking questions about her motives, Coulson, and S.H.I.E.L.D.
• On Day 94, the host devised a detailed plan to delay rescuing Tony and use the time to gain growth, leaving Doupao wondering whether it had made a mistake.
• On Day 110, the host rejected Doupao's suggestion to go south for missions and accused it of sending him as cannon fodder.
• On Day 115, the host verbally tore into Obadiah, and Doupao recognized that the host now chose missions and exploited the rules for his own benefit.

Lin Xiao arrived late for his first training session with Natasha, then effortlessly passed her physical and firearms drills. Natasha made concealment training the decisive test and wagered a month of hand-washing her clothes against Lin Xiao’s demand for her other armband.

• Lin Xiao arrived forty minutes late at the Triskelion, and Natasha fined him two hundred dollars after noticing black lace showing beneath his cuff.
• Natasha put Lin Xiao through prolonged running, weighted sit-ups, and pull-ups, but he completed every exercise without difficulty.
• Lin Xiao fired ten rounds through the same bull’s-eye hole with a Glock 17, despite claiming it was his first time using a real gun.
• Natasha made concealment worth eighty points and challenged Lin Xiao to hide in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Building while she searched for him.
• Lin Xiao wagered that if he won, he would get Natasha’s other armband; Natasha countered that if he lost, he would explain how he stole it and wash her clothes by hand for a month.
• Lin Xiao asked whether washing her close-fitting clothes was a reward, and Natasha’s face darkened.

Natasha searched the Triskelion for Lin Xiao during a concealment exercise, but he hid on an exterior gargoyle and won the bet. After surviving a twenty-seven-floor jump, Lin Xiao invited Natasha to dinner as she walked away.

• Natasha searched surveillance footage and the Triskelion’s rooms for Lin Xiao, but could not find him.
• Natasha checked the eighth-floor men’s restroom, startling Coulson, then searched the building and briefly barged into Nick Fury’s office.
• When the timer ran out, Lin Xiao called Natasha and told her to look outside the building.
• Natasha spotted Lin Xiao on a gargoyle on the twenty-seventh floor, and he jumped into the plaza, landing in a crater without injury.
• Lin Xiao explained that the roof and exterior wall counted as part of the building and teased Natasha about searching the restroom.
• Natasha walked away, and Lin Xiao caught up to her, teased her, and invited her to dinner.

After a night out with Natasha, Lin Xiao responded to a mission involving Heartfire, a frightened Mutant whose powers were out of control. Just as Lin Xiao approached him, Doupao warned that the high-threat Tao Yuhan was nearby and urged Lin Xiao to retreat.

• Lin Xiao finished a huge barbecue meal with Natasha and entertained her with stories about Dragon Country food as they walked through New York.
• Doupao assigned Lin Xiao a four-star mission to find Heartfire, a Mutant on the verge of losing control, and Lin Xiao sent Natasha home by taxi.
• Lin Xiao found the soot-covered teenager Heartfire in an alley and offered to help him learn to control his powers.
• Heartfire fired a fireball at Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao blocked it and quickly recovered from the burn.
• Doupao detected Tao Yuhan approaching with a high threat level, activated its combat assessment system, and warned Lin Xiao that his B- rating was vastly inferior.

Lin Xiao fought Tao Yuhan, a S.P.E.A.R. agent sent to capture Heartfire, then let him take the mutant back for rehabilitation after learning Dragon Country offered him a chance to control his powers. After Tao Yuhan warned Lin Xiao about his low spirit, Lin Xiao checked their combat data and spent all 10 of his free attribute points on spirit.

• Tao Yuhan arrived in the alley and identified himself as a S.P.E.A.R. agent pursuing Heartfire, while Lin Xiao stood between them.
• Lin Xiao and Tao Yuhan exchanged attacks, and Tao Yuhan found Lin Xiao unusually strong and durable but could not freeze him with ice.
• Lin Xiao challenged Tao Yuhan's plan to take Heartfire, then agreed after Tao Yuhan explained that Dragon Country would provide supervision and rehabilitation training.
• Tao Yuhan handcuffed Heartfire and led him away, warning Lin Xiao that his low spirit left him vulnerable to mind-control abilities.
• Lin Xiao reviewed Tao Yuhan's combat data and the system's assessment, then invested all 10 free attribute points in spirit.

Lin Xiao forced Doupao to renegotiate their terms, gaining expanded mission detection, guaranteed rewards for harder missions, a compensatory gift pack, and limits on the system’s interference. He returned home in high spirits and shared a passionate kiss with May, but she stopped him because she was menstruating and reacted angrily to his suggestion.

• Lin Xiao threatened to quit taking missions until Doupao agreed to renegotiate their relationship and system rules.
• Doupao expanded mission detection, guaranteed item rewards for missions above two stars, and issued Lin Xiao a compensatory gift pack containing twenty freely allocable points and a Candy Clown Mask.
• Lin Xiao negotiated for freely allocable points on three-star missions and the right to make his own decisions when they did not conflict with the system’s underlying rules.
• Lin Xiao returned to his apartment and found May cleaning and bringing him groceries.
• Lin Xiao kissed May, but she stopped him because she was on her period and threw a cleaning cloth at him after he made an embarrassing suggestion.

Obadiah Stane stole Tony Stark’s Mark I and began turning it into the Iron Monger, while Lin Xiao discovered the threat but decided to let Tony handle the coming fight. Lin Xiao accepted the upgraded mission and left S.H.I.E.L.D. training with Natasha for dinner.

• Obadiah Stane had workers bring the Mark I to his villa and planned to use Stark Industries’ resources to build a stronger armor after Tony announced he would shut down the weapons division.
• Tony told Lin Xiao that the Mark I had been stolen, and Lin Xiao used Doupao’s reconnaissance to locate it in Obadiah’s basement.
• Doupao reported that Stane was preparing the Iron Monger Armor, and Lin Xiao initially decided to let Tony gain experience by facing the threat himself.
• After Stane completed weapon modifications that raised the threat assessment and mission rewards, Lin Xiao reconsidered and accepted the mission.
• Lin Xiao invited Natasha to dinner, and she left the training room with him for a Chinese restaurant.

Lin Xiao went to the science expo to record Peter Parker’s spider bite, but his camera flash startled the spider into biting Gwen Stacy instead. Peter remained unbitten, and Lin Xiao left determined to train his newfound nephew into a superhero.

• Lin Xiao remembered that Natasha Romanoff had taken him home after he passed out drunk, and found her note demanding three hundred dollars.
• Lin Xiao teased Peter and May before realizing Peter was headed to the science expo, then took leave from Natasha and rushed there with a rented camera.
• Lin Xiao filmed Peter as the spider descended, but the flash startled it into biting Gwen Stacy instead.
• Doupao told Lin Xiao that Gwen had been bitten and Peter would not become Spider-Man in this universe; Peter watched Gwen receive help while Lin Xiao worried about his interference.
• Lin Xiao imagined turning Peter into a magical superhero, ordered ten tubs of mass gainer for him, and left the expo after Doupao warned him not to create more tragedies.

After a genetically modified spider bit Gwen Stacy, she discovered she had gained spider-like powers and received an apology from the mysterious Lin Xiao. She climbed out of her window to test her abilities, while Lin Xiao pursued her and ignored a mission warning that George Stacy was in danger.

• Gwen Stacy was bitten by a spider at a science expo after a loud photographer startled it, then collapsed and was taken home.
• Gwen Stacy woke that night and discovered she could stick to surfaces and move with extraordinary speed.
• Gwen Stacy received a text from an unknown number whose sender admitted causing the spider bite but refused to identify himself.
• Lin Xiao watched Gwen Stacy's window and vowed to protect her after learning about her fate in another world.
• Gwen Stacy climbed down the wall in a dark disguise, and Lin Xiao followed while dismissing a mission to save George Stacy.

Lin Xiao followed Gwen Stacy and discovered her Spider-Sense as she tried to protect her father, George Stacy, from Scar-Eye’s gang. Lin Xiao intervened after Scar-Eye cornered Gwen, then casually asked him for a favor.

• Lin Xiao watched Gwen Stacy leap across rooftops and suspected she had Spider-Sense when she repeatedly sensed him following her.
• Lin Xiao spotted George Stacy chasing Scar-Eye’s Hummers and saw Gwen Stacy descend from a fire escape toward the ensuing confrontation.
• Scar-Eye’s men abducted Dr. Connors and lured George and the police into an unfinished building, where an RPG attack knocked officers down.
• Gwen Stacy shoved George out of the RPG’s path, then fought Scar-Eye but was overpowered while trying to hold him off.
• Lin Xiao appeared behind Scar-Eye, caught his gun barrel, and asked him, “Could you do me a solid?”

Lin Xiao defeated Bullseye and his armed men, rescued Dr. Curtis Connors, and left after asking the police to pay the bounty. Bullseye escaped and reported his failure to Kingpin, who ordered him to return.

• Bullseye's attacks failed to hurt Lin Xiao, who punched him into the scaffolding and withstood gunfire from his men.
• Lin Xiao incapacitated Bullseye's remaining men, while Bullseye escaped under cover of a flashbang.
• George recognized Gwen Stacy as the masked girl who had protected him, while Lin Xiao scolded Gwen and spanked her for recklessly confronting the kidnappers.
• George thanked Lin Xiao for rescuing Dr. Curtis Connors, and Lin Xiao gave him a S.H.I.E.L.D. business card while demanding the bounty for himself and Gwen.
• Bullseye called Kingpin to report the failed mission, and Kingpin told him to come back.

Lin Xiao discovered he had missed a timed quest to save George Stacy, then argued Doupao into restoring its rewards and changing the system’s alerts. After telling Tony Stark that Obadiah had stolen the Mark I, Lin Xiao learned Gwen Stacy was plotting to investigate him through Peter Parker.

• Lin Xiao noticed that the expired quest to save Commissioner George Stacy had offered five free attribute points, and Doupao said he had dismissed its notification while chasing Gwen.
• Lin Xiao berated Doupao until the system compensated him with five free points and $100,000 and enabled automatic acceptance, voice announcements, and more prominent alerts for valuable quests.
• Tony Stark confronted Lin Xiao over his delay in investigating the stolen Mark I, and Lin Xiao revealed that Obadiah Stane had taken it and was building armor from Tony’s designs.
• Tony admitted he had suspected Obadiah’s betrayal and decided to develop the Mark II, while Lin Xiao asked for Obadiah’s address and checked the armor projects’ expected completion times.
• Gwen Stacy brooded over Lin Xiao’s punishment and decided to ask Peter Parker about him at school the next day so she could find a way to get revenge.

Lin Xiao received a S.H.I.E.L.D. assignment to protect Tony Stark, who feared Obadiah would target him or Pepper Potts while Tony finished the Mark II. Lin Xiao agreed to stay, affirmed Tony’s decision to build armor for protection, and then suggested absurdly destructive weapons for it.

• Lin Xiao arrived early at S.H.I.E.L.D. and claimed he had become its most punctual agent.
• At the morning meeting, Nick Fury announced that Tony Stark had requested Lin Xiao’s protection and awarded Lin Xiao bonuses for rescuing a hostage and helping police.
• Lin Xiao distributed White Rabbit milk candies to his colleagues and asked Maria Hill whether she was single.
• At Tony’s villa, Lin Xiao ate Tony’s Iberian ham, drank his prized champagne, and smoked his cigars before listening to Tony describe his conflict with Obadiah.
• Tony told Lin Xiao that Obadiah might threaten him or Pepper Potts while he completed the Mark II, and Lin Xiao agreed to guard them.
• Lin Xiao reminded Tony of his promise to stop making weapons that killed people, then proposed adding increasingly powerful weapons to the Mark II, prompting Tony to tell him to get lost.

Lin Xiao stayed with Tony as Tony completed the Mark II, but the armor’s first flight nearly ended in disaster when its thrusters iced over because JARVIS had substituted cheaper parts. Lin Xiao rescued Tony, and three days later Tony successfully flew the upgraded Mark III, while Lin Xiao celebrated by drinking Tony’s wine.

• Lin Xiao discovered Tony’s Anti-Lin Xiao Armor concept and persuaded Tony to make him a matching suit.
• Tony completed the Mark II and launched it, but the thrusters iced over at high altitude and the armor began falling.
• JARVIS admitted it had selected a cheaper turbine assembly to meet Tony’s budget rules, and Tony gave JARVIS permission to act without hiding information or saving money.
• Lin Xiao used the Blink Dagger to catch Tony as the Mark II fell, and Tony told JARVIS not to cut costs or conceal the truth again.
• Three days later, Tony successfully flew the red-and-gold Mark III, and Lin Xiao drank Tony’s hidden Grand Cru as Tony shouted at him from the sky.

Lin Xiao drove away from Tony Stark with Tony’s Maserati and returned to the apartment building, where he resumed teasing Peter Parker and spending time with May. The chapter ended with Peter heading to school after agreeing to drink the mass gainer and hearing Lin Xiao promise to teach him some moves once he grew stronger.

• Lin Xiao drove off in Tony Stark’s Maserati, and Tony texted that the car was his and offered him more wine when he ran out.
• Tony told JARVIS he would let Lin Xiao take the car and returned to Stark Industries to deal with Pepper and Obadiah.
• May made Peter drink the mass gainer Lin Xiao had left for him, while Peter recalled Gwen Stacy repeatedly asking about Lin Xiao and following him around school.
• Lin Xiao returned with expensive food from Tony’s car and shared dinner with May and Peter.
• Lin Xiao sent Peter to bed so he could be alone with May, leaving Peter unable to sleep through the night.
• The next morning, Lin Xiao asked Peter to keep drinking the mass gainer and promised to teach him moves once he grew stronger; Peter called him Uncle Xiao and left for school.

Tony returned to Stark Industries, exposed Obadiah Stane’s dealings with the Ten Rings, and secured Pepper Potts’s appointment as CEO. After the shareholders’ meeting, Obadiah prepared a powerful suit of armor and vowed to kill Tony.

• Tony arrived at the shareholders’ meeting and announced that he had increased his stake to fifty-two percent, giving him control of Stark Industries.
• Tony presented evidence that Obadiah had sold weapons to the Ten Rings and given them Tony’s Afghanistan itinerary, forcing Obadiah to leave the meeting.
• Tony proposed Pepper as CEO and said Obadiah’s fifteen-percent stake would be distributed according to shareholders’ contributions to the company’s transformation.
• Pepper led the shareholders through restructuring proposals while Tony discovered that Lin Xiao’s business book had cost only 3.88 yuan.
• Obadiah stood beside a large armor suit in his villa’s basement and vowed to kill Tony.