Arc 36From Detective to Prison Warden

Ling Yi solved cases, protected his family, dismantled criminal schemes, and built alliances before leaving the detective world for the Marvel Universe. There he established M0 Prison, recruited guards, and offered Nick Fury a superpowered team in exchange for a supply of criminals.

  • Ling Yi exposed Guan Qiang’s crimes, survived a billion-dollar bounty, and used RS2 units to protect his family and capture attackers.
  • Ling Yi investigated Song Lili’s murder, solved Guo Ming’s killing, recovered Hundred Blessings Jewelry’s diamond, and exposed Xuansheng’s fraud.
  • Ling Yi saved Mu Disheng with a Healing Pill, funded Song Wanzhu’s chip venture, and survived an RPG attack before striking back at the Dark Web.
  • Ling Yi remembered his past, left a human clone behind, and transmigrated to the Marvel Universe, where he met Tony Stark and opened the Shop of Serendipity.
  • Ling Yi captured Daredevil, Punisher, and hundreds of criminals for M0 Prison, making Daredevil and Frank unwilling jailers and empowering them with Life Essence Qi.
  • Natasha joined Ling Yi’s shop, while Kingpin’s retaliation led to Vanessa’s accidental death and drew Nick Fury’s attention to M0 Prison.
  • Ling Yi told Nick Fury that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and offered him a superpowered team in exchange for sending criminals to M0 Prison, as Natasha agreed to become a prison guard.
Chapters 876–900 Vol. 9 Read

Ch. 876A Tremendous Haul, Redeeming a Healing Pill

Ling Yi exposed Guan Qiang’s role in the bank robbery and used his system reward to buy a Healing Pill that cured his illness and restored his body. With the inspectors still absent, Ling Yi left the bank and spotted three people marked by his Eye of Intelligence.

  • The robber leader revealed that he was Guan Qiang and admitted Guan Qiang had supplied the robbers with weapons, vehicles, and inspectors’ communications codes.
  • The robber leader explained that the gang had stolen a thousand kilograms of heroin and intended to free their accountant, who knew too much.
  • Ling Yi collected the bank’s surveillance hard drives and received 6 attribute points and 90 points from the system for solving the case.
  • Ling Yi spent 4 attribute points on strength and 2 on constitution, then bought and took a Healing Pill that cured his illness and restored his youthful appearance.
  • After nearly forty minutes without inspectors arriving, Ling Yi told a security guard to open the roller shutter and saw three exclamation marks as his Eye of Intelligence gave him information prompts.

Ch. 877Pitiful pawns, an enraged robber chief

Ling Yi forced Zhang Yi and his five men to take Berserk Pills and attack Guan Qiang’s underworld network, then reunited with Old Liu at the detective agency and warned Ling Feng to stay protected. He began planning how to expose Guan Qiang through the internet, leaving the next move in motion.

  • Ling Yi learned that Guan Qiang had sent three armed thugs to silence Zhang Yi’s gang and persuaded Zhang Yi to reveal Guan Qiang’s power and his scheme against Ling Feng.
  • Ling Yi gave Zhang Yi and his five men Berserk Pills and ordered them to destroy Guan Qiang’s forces within four days.
  • After their strength increased, Zhang Yi and his men killed the three thugs waiting outside the bank and drove away.
  • Ling Yi met Old Liu, confirmed that his illness was cured, and took over the Old Ling Detective Agency.
  • Ling Yi called Ling Feng and warned him to keep people around him, while advising him to pay attention to the internet.
  • Ling Yi logged into his Hao Liao account and found Madman of Zaun among his friends.

Ch. 878Redeeming a weak AI, the ugly fat man Song San

Ling Yi used a weak AI named JARVIS to erase Madman of Zaun’s records of him and warn the paid troll, Song San. Believing Ling Yi would come after him, Song San retaliated by preparing a fabricated exposé about Ling Yi, leaving their conflict poised to escalate.

  • Ling Yi paid Madman of Zaun to handle a job, then used JARVIS to delete the information Song San had saved about him and send a warning.
  • Song San discovered the Ling Group folder was missing from his encrypted files and realized Ling Yi had accessed his computer.
  • Afraid that Ling Yi would target him, Song San decided not to wait helplessly and opened his verified Scoop Death account.
  • Song San drafted a lengthy fabricated exposé accusing Ling Yi of being a blackhearted businessman and prepared to publish it to his millions of followers.

Ch. 879Song San's Despair, an Unexpected Windfall Sparks a New Idea

Ling Yi exposed Song San’s evidence of online smear campaigns after Song San tried to publish an attack against him, triggering a scandal that reached national leaders. As the victims’ cases were uncovered, Ling Yi received a stream of system rewards.

  • JARVIS intercepted Song San’s planned smear post, and Ling Yi turned the evidence from Song San’s computer into a series of exposés while ordering JARVIS to keep the account online.
  • Song San discovered that Ling Yi had published the rewritten article under his account, and he fainted after seeing its evidence and the flood of angry comments.
  • Song San’s associates and Moubo chief Zhao Dashi confronted him, while Zhao learned that the platform could not remove the article or ban the account.
  • Song San tried to apologize to Ling Yi and offer him his money, but his message failed because Ling Yi had not added him as a friend.
  • The scandal spread beyond the internet, drew attention from the top leader, and prompted promises to improve online oversight laws.
  • Ling Yi received repeated system notifications awarding points and attribute points for uncovering the truth behind cyberbullying cases.

Ch. 880Not because he liked it, only because of the system

Ling Yi used his new System Shop points to equip JARVIS with a T-800 body and assigned it the identity Ling Weiwei. He decided to keep a low profile while pursuing Guan Qiang, then spent 500 points on a shapeshifting gene.

  • Ling Yi saw that the Song San incident had earned him 175 free Attribute Points and 820 points, and he used the System Shop to compare servers and robots.
  • After JARVIS recommended the T-800 for its reverse-engineerable technology, Ling Yi bought one and customized its appearance as a woman.
  • Ling Yi renamed JARVIS Ling Weiwei, ordered it to create a complete online identity, and told it to investigate Guan Qiang and expose evidence of his crimes.
  • Ling Yi rejected Ling Weiwei's proposal to open a detective agency website, explaining that publicity would attract trouble and that he wanted to stay low-profile.
  • Ling Yi purchased the X-Shapeshifting Gene for 500 points.

Ch. 881The inspectors came knocking, and Ling Yi's explanation

Inspectors Zhou Cheng and Su Xiaotian questioned Ling Yi about the bank robbery, but he gave them a carefully altered account and directed suspicion toward Guan Qiang. After Ling Yi’s evidence helped force Guan Qiang’s arrest, Ling Feng warned his father that danger remained, and Ling Qiqi arrived at Ling Yi’s door.

  • Zhou Cheng and Su Xiaotian questioned Ling Yi about the robbers, the missing bullets, and reports that he had given witnesses pills.
  • Ling Yi denied the extraordinary claims and told the inspectors his edited version of how he had recognized and stopped the suspected robbers.
  • Ling Yi used incomplete evidence from Ling Weiwei to pressure powerful people into acting against Guan Qiang without exposing the full investigation.
  • A week later, Guan Qiang was arrested at the airport along with numerous associates, while official reports focused mainly on him.
  • Ling Feng called Ling Yi to warn him that people unaffected by Guan Qiang’s arrest might still target him, and Ling Yi dismissed his concern.
  • Ling Qiqi called Ling Yi and then appeared at his door, bundled up against the cold.

Ch. 882A Level 7 Coerced Accomplice, Foul-Smelling Bait

Ling Yi warned Little Qi away from exploitative entertainment work, then learned that his fishing friend Wu Zhichen had become a level 7 coerced accomplice with evidence of a crime. At Sihai Fishery, Ling Yi noticed Wu Zhichen acting nervously while using foul-smelling bait that quickly attracted fish.

  • Little Qi visited Ling Yi’s detective agency, and he told her to withdraw from Go Run Run Run and fire her manager, Liu Yue.
  • Ling Yi learned Liu Yue had embezzled more than forty million and ordered Ling Weiwei to send the evidence anonymously to investigators.
  • Wu Zhichen invited Ling Yi to fish at Sihai Fishery, where Ling Yi saw a warning identifying him as a level 7 coerced accomplice with important crime evidence.
  • Ling Yi suspected Wu Zhichen’s tackle bag might hide evidence and watched him open a bait box that smelled foul.
  • Wu Zhichen’s hands trembled as he used the bait, which quickly drew large numbers of fish, and he stopped Ling Yi from examining the box.

Ch. 883The Wu father and son's "fish bait" case, a corpse falling from the sky

Ling Yi investigated Old Wu and his son Wu Miao after suspecting their fishing bait was connected to a crime, and reported Song Lili’s murder to the inspectors. After buying several new skills, he encountered a corpse that seemed to have fallen from the sky.

  • Ling Yi secretly investigated Old Wu’s suspicious bait, preserved two fish as possible evidence, and asked Ling Weiwei to research Wu Zhichen and Wu Miao.
  • Ling Weiwei’s records showed that Song Lili had vanished after returning to her home, and that Wu Zhichen and Wu Miao later carried large bags from the house; Ling Yi concluded they had killed and dismembered her.
  • Ling Yi reported the case to Zhou Cheng and handed over the fish, while noticing Su Xiaotian closely studying his face.
  • Ling Yi bought several skills from the System Shop, including expertise in microexpressions and psychology.
  • As Ling Yi arrived at Yunyun Pig Trotter Rice, a corpse crashed to the ground nearby, and he looked toward a commercial building more than two hundred meters away.

Ch. 884Suspects identified, a baffling method

Ling Yi investigated Guo Ming’s death at the Five-Seven Commercial Building, identified Lin Yanfei and Cheng Zhihai as suspects, and suspected the chairman’s office was the crime scene. After Zhou Cheng arrived, Ling Yi agreed to meet Cheng Zhihai, then learned something about a disrespectful young inspector that made his face turn pale.

  • Ling Yi identified the dead man as Guo Ming and noticed fishing line on his shoes, while Ling Weiwei revealed that Guo Ming’s video software could remove mosaics and expose private information.
  • Ling Weiwei identified Lin Yanfei, Guo Ming’s ex-girlfriend, and Cheng Zhihai, the company chairman, as suspects; Ling Yi suspected Guo Ming had been attacked in room 1904.
  • Ling Yi spotted a rooftop camera across the street and asked Ling Weiwei to check its footage, then received a system reward for assisting with the Wu Zhichen case.
  • Zhou Cheng arrived with Su Xiaotian and other inspectors, and Ling Yi shared his findings before agreeing to meet Cheng Zhihai with him.
  • A young inspector objected to involving Ling Yi, but after Ling Weiwei disclosed the inspector’s other identity, Ling Yi approached him and made his face turn pale.

Ch. 885Marks on the Window, Method of the Crime: Swinging

Ling Yi helped Zhou Cheng expose Cheng Zhihai as Guo Ming’s murderer and learned the method he used to dispose of the body. After discovering that a dark-web kill order threatened his family, Ling Yi bought concealed camera drones to improve their security.

  • Li Rui attacked Ling Yi, and Zhou Cheng kicked him down and ordered his arrest.
  • Ling Yi raised the dark-web bounty on himself to one billion US dollars while hiding information about Ling Zhan and the others.
  • Ling Yi and Su Xiaotian provoked Cheng Zhihai into revealing his guilt, while Zhou Cheng found fishing line, gloves, and a mask in the wastebasket.
  • Ling Yi identified scrape marks on the window, and Zhou Cheng deduced that Cheng Zhihai had drugged Guo Ming and swung him out with fishing line.
  • Cheng Zhihai confessed that he killed Guo Ming to stop him from disabling Ten Thousand Solutions’ feature permissions.
  • Ling Yi discovered that supernatural products were locked in the Points Store and spent his points on twenty-two RS2 Concealment Unmanned Camera Balls for family security.

Ch. 886The first commission: the missing diamond

Ling Yi prepared to defend his family from a dark-web bounty and accepted his detective agency’s first commission: recovering a missing forty-million diamond before Hundred Blessings Jewelry’s auction. He suspected Jinxin Jewelry had arranged the switch and promised Qin Yuyan he would have news by afternoon.

  • Ling Yi assigned the invisible RS2 spheres to protect Ling Zhan, Ling Feng, and Ling Qiqi, then stayed home while Ling Weiwei explained that her reports on online influencers were still being investigated.
  • Ling Yi met Old Wu in the Investigation Bureau holding room, where Old Wu complained about Song Lili and learned he faced a lengthy sentence.
  • Zhou Cheng told Ling Yi that Guan Qiang had placed a billion-dollar bounty on him and asked him to cooperate with a protection order; Ling Yi deployed RS2s to monitor the assassins and mercenaries who accepted the job.
  • Ling Yi reassured Ling Zhan, Ling Feng, and Ling Qiqi, and let Ling Qiqi keep her concert plans while investigators assigned guards to the family.
  • Qin Yuyan commissioned Ling Yi to recover a forty-million diamond that had been replaced with a synthetic imitation before Hundred Blessings Jewelry’s auction, and named Jinxin Jewelry as a suspect.

Ch. 887Hitman Robert went down right out of the gate

Robert Witt, a hitman known as Fruit Knife, was brutally incapacitated by a mysterious attacker after arriving in the Ancient Country to pursue the bounty on Guan Qiang. Meanwhile, Ling Yi identified Yu Jin as a thief and secretly transferred the contents of his wristwatch into his System Space.

  • Robert followed a text message into an alley, where an unseen attacker pierced his limbs with a hovering, droplet-like object.
  • Zhou Cheng and Feng Dajiang investigated Robert’s injuries and questioned him, while Su Xiaotian sketched the strange weapon he described.
  • Su Xiaotian warned Zhou Cheng that Robert’s memories might have been altered, or that the attacker possessed an extraordinary ability.
  • Ling Yi visited Jinxin Jewelry City and found a red exclamation mark above Yu Jin, whom the system identified as a Level 5 thief.
  • Ling Yi shook Yu Jin’s hand and used his System Space to take the contents of Yu Jin’s wristwatch.

Ch. 888Little Qi's concert, Old Liu kidnapped

Ling Yi attended Ling Qiqi’s concert, but learned that Liu Qiang had been kidnapped and Ling Qiqi was at risk of being abducted. He helped the authorities arrest sixteen suspects and learned that a mercenary force had been subdued and hundreds of other hired attackers remained.

  • Qin Yuyan thanked Ling Yi for saving Hundred Blessings Jewelry and warned him that Yu Jin might suspect him.
  • Ling Yi went to Ling Qiqi’s concert while Zhou Cheng and Su Xiaotian followed him, and Su Xiaotian suspected Ling Weiwei was a robot.
  • Ling Weiwei told Ling Yi that Liu Qiang had been kidnapped and that local thugs planned to abduct Ling Qiqi during the concert.
  • Ling Yi shielded Ling Qiqi with RS2 units, identified sixteen suspects with the Eye of Intelligence, and directed Zhou Cheng to have them arrested.
  • Ling Weiwei reported that the RS2 units had rescued Liu Qiang and subdued his kidnappers, then revealed that 237 assassins and a mercenary squad still remained.

Ch. 889A new commission, a shrine with an orange exclamation mark

After Ling Yi ended the dark-web threat and revealed Ling Weiwei’s identity to his family, he received a new commission from Mu Nianyun, who said his grandfather and relatives were being possessed. Ling Yi traveled to White City to investigate and found an orange exclamation mark flashing above a shrine in Mu Disheng’s room.

  • Ling Yi told Zhou Cheng to track every target without geographical limits, then asked him to withdraw the protection order.
  • Ling Yi reassured Ling Zhan, Ling Feng, and Little Qi, revealed that Ling Weiwei was an intelligent robot, and warned them to keep it secret.
  • The dark web withdrew its billion-dollar commission, the assassins and mercenaries who had accepted it were crippled, and North Leaf Province became a forbidden zone for them.
  • Mu Nianyun told Ling Yi that Mu Disheng and other family members danced and sang uncontrollably after entering Mu Disheng’s room around three in the morning.
  • Ling Yi went with Mu Nianyun to White City and saw an orange exclamation mark flashing above a shrine in Mu Disheng’s room.

Ch. 890Birth, aging, sickness, and death are a mortal's fate-how could vain dreams of immortality defy Heaven?

Ling Yi exposed the Deva Shrine’s hallucinogenic spores and learned how Mu Disheng had been tricked into believing it could cure his terminal illness. He secretly sent Mu Disheng a fragment of a Healing Pill and headed to Golden Summit Temple to confront Xuansheng.

  • Ling Yi questioned Mu Disheng about the shrine, and Mu Disheng explained how Xuansheng had promised it would cure his brain tumor and extend his life.
  • Ling Yi identified the shrine’s contents as temperature-sensitive Deva Spores and used them to show Mu Disheng that its apparent rejuvenation was an illusion.
  • Ling Yi took the shrine and, after reflecting on Mu Disheng’s fate, decided to save him by secretly sending him a fragment of a Healing Pill with an RS2.
  • Ling Yi learned that Mu Disheng had visited Golden Summit Temple two months earlier and drove there to investigate Xuansheng, finding the temple crowded with worshippers and livestreamers.

Ch. 891Ling Yi exposed a fraud, and Old Mu called

Ling Yi exposed Master Xuansheng’s scam at Golden Summit Temple by identifying the Deva Spores behind his tricks and calling the inspectors. After the inspectors arrested Xuansheng, Old Mu called Ling Yi and summoned him to a barbecue in White City.

  • Ling Yi met streamer Meng Erdai at Golden Summit Temple and offered to expose Master Xuansheng’s fraud on her livestream.
  • Ling Yi explained that Xuansheng used Deva Spores to fake supernatural feats, then called the inspectors and waited so Xuansheng could not destroy evidence.
  • The inspectors arrived, confirmed Ling Yi’s explanation, and arrested Xuansheng while Meng Erdai’s livestream drew a large audience.
  • Ling Yi and Meng Erdai discussed misconduct by streamers and the recent investigations spurred by Ling Weiwei’s reports.
  • Old Mu called Ling Yi and ordered him to join him for barbecue in White City; when Ling Yi arrived, he saw that the Healing Pill had worked better than he had expected.

Ch. 892Old Man Mu's Gift, a Conspicuous Red Exclamation Mark

Ling Yi met Song Wanzhu, agreed to fund her independent domestic chip company, and saved her from an attack by her ex-husband, Gao Liang. After leaving White City, Ling Yi drove toward Baihai City, where an RPG struck his car and sent it plunging off a cliff.

  • Old Man Mu told Ling Yi that his brain tumor had disappeared and asked him to help Song Wanzhu, a former technology-company founder who now ran a barbecue restaurant.
  • Ling Yi offered Song Wanzhu one billion in initial funding and promised her autonomy so she could pursue domestic chip development.
  • Gao Liang attacked Song Wanzhu with a knife, but Ling Yi kicked him away, treated his injuries with a Healing Pill, and had the inspectors take him into custody.
  • Ling Yi left White City for Baihai City and learned that Ling Weiwei had arranged arrests after entertainment companies tried to target the Ling Group and Miss Qiqi.
  • An attacker fired an RPG at Ling Yi's car on a mountainside expressway, causing it to explode and tumble off a cliff.

Ch. 893One threat, and the system meekly backed down

After surviving an assassination attempt, Ling Yi used the system’s temporary unsealing of advanced technology to strike back at the Dark Web and ordered Ling Weiwei to hunt its members. Back in Baihai City, he heard that Zhang Cheng might seek revenge for his brother and asked officials to treat him as an ordinary person, then arranged for Song Wanzhu to receive Ling Weiwei’s core data.

  • Ling Yi recovered from the burning car, crippled the two assassins, and used the system to raise his attributes before threatening it into temporarily unsealing advanced products.
  • Ling Yi bought Nano Sophons, used them to kill the assassins, and ordered Ling Weiwei to expose the Dark Web and send RS2 units after its members worldwide.
  • Ling Yi returned to Baihai City and told Ling Weiwei to protect Little Qi and the others while she coordinated the response against the Dark Web.
  • Song Wanzhu arrived to establish her company headquarters in Baihai City, and Ling Yi told her to make her own decisions and seek help from his associates if needed.
  • Zhou Cheng warned Ling Yi that Guan Qiang’s confession linked Zhang Yi to his brother Zhang Cheng, a regional warlord, and asked Ling Yi to wait until Zhang Cheng entered North Leaf Province before acting.
  • After Zhou Cheng left, Ling Yi told Ling Weiwei to send Song Wanzhu her core data so Song Wanzhu could begin working in artificial intelligence.

Ch. 894Yin Wanqing demanded answers, Uncle lost his temper

Yin Wanqing confronted Uncle Reincarnation over the Ling Realm’s declining popularity and argued with him about whether Boundary Breaking could reach the real world. While she secretly prepared a machine that only Ling Yi could activate, Ling Yi restored his memories, left a Clone behind, and transmigrated to another world.

  • Yin Wanqing asked Uncle Reincarnation how to improve the Ling Realm’s popularity, and he angrily blamed Ling Yi and her interference for destroying his planned story.
  • Uncle Reincarnation argued that Boundary Breaking could never take the Ling Realm beyond the novel, but Yin Wanqing insisted they still had to try and told him to write worlds he knew well.
  • Yin Wanqing sent Uncle Reincarnation back and secretly used a vast machine, hoping Ling Yi would soon understand how to activate it.
  • At the Baihai City Inspection Bureau, Zhou Cheng worried that Ling Weiwei’s identity would attract dangerous attention, while Su Xiaotian said the old master would handle it.
  • Ling Yi, now remembering his past, left an ordinary human Clone behind, reset his case-solving cheat, and transmigrated from the detective world.

Ch. 895The Great Prison System, Starting in Marvel

Ling Yi arrived in the Marvel Universe in the desert, where he discovered the great prison system and encountered Tony Stark after his escape from captivity. With Tony free of the armor but both of them weakened by the heat, Ling Yi saw that Tony qualified for capture but hesitated to act.

  • Ling Yi found himself in a scorching desert and realized he had arrived in the Marvel Universe when Tony Stark crashed nearby in his Mark I armor.
  • Ling Yi received the great prison system’s instructions, learning about M0 Prison, its equipment, its ability to capture offenders, and its standards for good and evil.
  • Tony asked Ling Yi for help escaping the armor, and Ling Yi spent over half an hour freeing him while Tony gave directions.
  • Ling Yi and Tony struggled with exhaustion and dehydration after Tony escaped, and Ling Yi saw that Tony’s good-evil value qualified him for capture.
  • Ling Yi considered capturing Tony and taking his vital essence to strengthen himself, but hesitated because he judged Tony by more than the system’s numbers.

Ch. 896Departure and plans, the Shop of Serendipity

After leaving Tony Stark, Ling Yi used the documents and money Tony gave him to start over, then vanished from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s surveillance. Three days later, Coulson found him opening a storefront in Hell's Kitchen called the Shop of Serendipity, though what Ling Yi planned to sell remained unknown.

  • Ling Yi told Tony that he came from a separate parallel world and said he planned to learn about this world and survive on his own.
  • Tony gave Ling Yi identity documents, a bank card containing ten million dollars, and a personal communicator before leaving the hotel.
  • Ling Yi disappeared from his hotel room, and Coulson reported the disappearance to a one-eyed, bald Black man, who ordered him to keep Ling Yi in sight rather than arrest him.
  • Coulson located Ling Yi three days later and found that he had bought a storefront in Hell's Kitchen and named it Shop of Serendipity in Chinese and Nothing Shop in English.

Ch. 897Hell's Kitchen, where there were no good people

Ling Yi captured more than a hundred gang members in Hell’s Kitchen and encountered Daredevil, whom he considered recruiting as M0 Prison’s first guard. After discussing Kingpin and the limits of fighting darkness, Ling Yi declared Daredevil guilty and prepared to imprison him.

  • Ling Yi reflected on how capturing twenty-three criminals had strengthened him and planned to use inmates as laborers in M0 Prison.
  • After gunfire broke out at a waterfront dock, Ling Yi found Daredevil surrounded by more than a hundred gunmen and captured them all.
  • Ling Yi noticed Daredevil’s negative good-and-evil value and decided he would make a suitable prison guard.
  • Daredevil warned Ling Yi that destroying Kingpin’s criminal forces would not eliminate darkness, but Ling Yi remained focused on recruiting him.
  • Ling Yi told Daredevil, “You are guilty!” and declared that all sinners had to be imprisoned.

Ch. 898The first jailer, Daredevil

Ling Yi captured Daredevil and Punisher, then turned both into M0 Prison jailers. After absorbing the life essence stripped from more than a hundred prisoners, Ling Yi began undergoing a profound change as a memory awakened within him.

  • Ling Yi defeated Daredevil and sent him to M0 Prison, then caught Punisher's dagger, knocked him out, and captured him as well.
  • Hawkeye and Black Widow watched Ling Yi from a nearby building, and Hawkeye admitted he could not target him before Black Widow sent him to report to Fury.
  • Ling Yi explained M0 Prison to Daredevil, made him a jailer against his will, and gave him equipment before sending him out.
  • Ling Yi turned Punisher, Frank, into a jailer and gathered the life essence stripped from more than a hundred prisoners.
  • Ling Yi absorbed the life essence, strengthening his cells as his DNA began to change and a memory awakened in his mind.

Ch. 899Life advancement, awakening talents

After evolving through Life Essence Qi, Ling Yi hired Natasha and sent Mark and Frank to clear Hell’s Kitchen, while Kingpin’s losses pushed him into a violent rampage. Natasha later told Nick Fury that the missing criminals were imprisoned in Ling Yi’s vast, separate world, M0 Prison.

  • Ling Yi awakened after absorbing Life Essence Qi and discovered that his strength and speed had greatly increased.
  • Natasha visited Ling Yi’s empty shop, accepted a job with room and board, and began working there.
  • Matt Murdock and Frank arrived at the shop, then went out with Mark and Ling Yi to arrest Hell’s Kitchen criminals; Mark and Frank captured hundreds and filled M0 Prison.
  • Ling Yi gave Mark and Frank Life Essence Qi to unlock their first Gene Lock and awaken abilities.
  • Kingpin mobilized his forces after Frank imprisoned his son Richard, and Vanessa was accidentally killed amid the escalating violence.
  • Natasha briefed Nick Fury, Barton, and Coulson on M0 Prison and revealed that it was a separate world holding roughly twenty thousand people.

Ch. 900Twenty thousand prisoners, clearing out Hell's Kitchen

Ling Yi’s prison guards cleared out Hell’s Kitchen and discussed waiting for major events while they trained. When Nick Fury asked to buy Ling Yi’s life essence, Ling Yi revealed Hydra’s deep infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. and offered to help build a superpowered team under his prison system, leaving Natasha ready to accept an awakening enhancement.

  • Nick Fury learned that Ling Yi had empowered Mark and Frank and asked whether the process had side effects or could strengthen S.H.I.E.L.D.’s agents.
  • Ling Yi’s guards discussed Hell’s Kitchen, and Ling Yi said their goal was to capture evildoers rather than take territory while they waited for major events.
  • Natasha asked whether Ling Yi would sell his life essence, and Ling Yi told her to bring Nick Fury to speak with him.
  • Ling Yi claimed that Hydra controlled most of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s personnel and had infiltrated the Council of Elders and the legislature.
  • Ling Yi offered Nick a superpowered team managed by S.H.I.E.L.D. in exchange for sending captured criminals to M0 Prison, and Natasha agreed to become a prison guard and receive an awakening enhancement.
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Arc 36 of 208