Recaps

Xu Fan convinced Elder Wang and the researchers that he had built the mecha himself by explaining its advanced materials and weapons. He then freely handed Elder Wang a detailed notebook containing the carbyne alloy synthesis process and formulas.

• Xu Fan told Elder Wang that he had designed and built the mecha alone, and explained how he had made it for Wang Yixue.
• Elder Wang tested Xu Fan by asking about the mecha’s carbyne alloy, and Xu Fan described its strength and temperature-regulating properties.
• Xu Fan explained the shoulder-mounted electromagnetic railgun and its power source, accelerator, and trigger system to the baffled researchers.
• Elder Wang asked Xu Fan for the carbyne alloy synthesis pathway and chemical equations, and Xu Fan wrote them down in a notebook.
• Xu Fan gave the notebook to Elder Wang for free, and Elder Wang recognized its value and became tearful.

Elder Wang and Elder Hua were impressed by Xu Fan’s physics notes, while Tong Yao questioned his programming skills and discovered his phone had extraordinary capabilities. The elders then pressed Xu Fan about how he built and tested the mech, and he revealed that he had test-flown it himself.

• Elder Wang and Elder Hua studied Xu Fan’s notes and were engrossed by them.
• Tong Yao questioned Xu Fan about the Crimson Sky No. 1 central control system, but his explanation left her baffled.
• Tong Yao examined Xu Fan’s phone and was stunned by its Mystic Heaven 1.0 system, immense computing power, and other capabilities.
• Xu Fan explained how the phone’s system worked, and Tong Yao conceded that he had surpassed her in computing expertise.
• Elder Wang asked where Xu Fan had built the mech and who had test-flown it; Xu Fan said he had built it in a rented warehouse and piloted it himself.
• Elder Hua grabbed Xu Fan’s arm in disbelief when Xu Fan confirmed that he had test-flown the mech.

Xu Fan took Wang Yixue aboard Crimson Sky No. 1 for a test flight and switched the mech into King mode, disabling its safety and performance restrictions. The mech surged into the sky at Mach 10.8, and Elder Wang nearly collapsed when he saw the flight data.

• Elder Wang asked Xu Fan to test-fly Crimson Sky No. 1, and Wang Yixue joined him in the cockpit as copilot.
• Xu Fan started the mech with quick startup and selected King mode, prompting Wang Yixue to beg him to let her out.
• Xu Fan launched Crimson Sky No. 1 at full power, scraping its feet across the floor before sending it skyward through a sonic boom.
• Wang Yixue watched the mech reach Mach 10.8 as the researchers checked the live data feed.
• Elder Wang nearly fainted at the readings, but he urged everyone to look back at the screen after Tong Yao brought him oxygen.

Xu Fan took Crimson Sky No. 1 into geosynchronous orbit, stunning Wang Yixue and the researchers with its speed and control. He then decided to fly to the moon with Wang Yixue and activated afterburner mode despite Elder Wang’s warnings.

• Xu Fan used dynamic visual compensation to navigate the darkness of space and brought Crimson Sky No. 1 into a steady orbit facing Earth.
• Wang Yixue admired the view while Elder Wang learned that the mech had reached geosynchronous orbit only twenty minutes after startup.
• Xu Fan told Elder Wang the mech still needed its laser weapons and Dragoon System, and Elder Wang promised him funding to refine it.
• Xu Fan turned the mech toward the moon and told Wang Yixue to hold on as he accelerated away from orbit.
• Elder Wang warned Xu Fan about the dangers and distance of the moon, but Xu Fan activated afterburner mode and sped toward it.

Xu Fan and Wang Yixue reached the moon in Crimson Sky No. 1, enduring extreme acceleration and deceleration before landing near Lunar Sea Base. The mech touched down safely, and Xu Fan eagerly asked Wang Yixue to help him find the lunar landing monument.

• The mech's speed reached Mach 45, shocking Elder Wang and Elder Hua so badly that researchers gave them pills and oxygen.
• Xu Fan flipped Crimson Sky No. 1 around and used maximum engine output to slow down as it approached the moon, while he and Wang Yixue endured crushing G-forces.
• Xu Fan and Wang Yixue saw the moon and headed toward the remains of Lunar Sea Base as Elder Wang and the research team watched the descent on Wang Yixue's phone.
• Elder Wang told Tong Yao they should wait before reporting the landing because Xu Fan and his mech needed protection.
• Xu Fan used the attitude-control nozzles to slow the mech and land safely on the lunar surface near Lunar Sea Base.
• Xu Fan asked Wang Yixue to help him find the lunar landing monument, unaware that she was looking at him strangely.

Xu Fan accidentally destroyed the lunar landing monument during his mecha’s lunar visit, then left a new footprint and message before returning to Earth. Back at the Zhonghai Military Research Base, he overwhelmed Wang Yixue with advanced piloting lessons and accepted a commission from Elder Wang to build another mecha with laser weapons and a Dragoon System.

• Xu Fan realized his mecha had buried the lunar landing monument and erased Arms's footprint, so Elder Hua persuaded the researchers to pretend they had seen nothing.
• Xu Fan stomped a deep footprint into the lunar soil, wrote a message beside it, and hurriedly departed with Wang Yixue.
• Xu Fan taught Wang Yixue the Falling Leaf Drift and Paperclip Maneuver during their return, leaving her bewildered by his piloting skill.
• Xu Fan and Wang Yixue arrived at the Zhonghai Military Research Base, where Elder Wang praised Xu Fan and asked him to teach Yixue again.
• Elder Wang commissioned Xu Fan to build another mecha equipped with laser weapons and a Dragoon System for ten million.

After securing free access to military procurement, Xu Fan began building Crimson Sky No. 2 while the Southern Military Region prepared for an urban military exercise against an enemy equipped with exoskeleton armor. The chapter ended with Crimson Sky No. 2 completed before dawn.

• Elder Wang gave Xu Fan access to Xia Nation's research-base procurement channels, and Xu Fan sent Tong Yao a list of materials for his weapons and Dragoon System.
• Li Guozhong rallied the 8th Marine Armored Combined Arms Division to win the upcoming exercise after three consecutive defeats.
• Staff Officer Yang warned that the Eastern Military Region's Third Mechanized Infantry Division had over a hundred exoskeleton suits, and Li Guozhong hinted that his division had a secret weapon.
• Li Guozhong ordered the troops to move into Southeast Military Exercise City the next morning and said he would issue battle assignments just before the exercise.
• Xu Fan worked through the night in his abandoned factory, and the workbench completed Crimson Sky No. 2 at five in the morning.

Xu Fan completed Crimson Sky No. 1 and Crimson Sky No. 2 by installing their aurora weapons and Dragoon Systems, while Tong Yao test-drove No. 2. He delivered both mechas to the military exercise base, where Li Guozhong and his guards greeted them with excitement.

• Tong Yao arrived with scarce materials, saw Crimson Sky No. 2, and asked Xu Fan to show her the cockpit.
• Xu Fan let Tong Yao test-drive Crimson Sky No. 2, and she quickly learned its controls and practiced driving simulations.
• Xu Fan installed the aurora weapons and Dragoon Systems on both mechas, then woke Tong Yao and delivered them to Zhonghai Military Research Base.
• Li Guozhong led the 8th Marine Armored Combined Arms Division into the exercise city and waited at a secret location for the mechas.
• Crimson Sky No. 1 and Crimson Sky No. 2 descended before Li Guozhong and his guard squad, who were amazed by their new weapons and steel wings.

Li Guozhong prepared a hidden mech counterattack while Kong’s red forces launched a powerful assault on the blue positions. As the blue front faltered and paratroopers infiltrated near headquarters, Kong ordered his exoskeleton regiment to seize Li’s command post within an hour.

• Li Guozhong concealed Wang Yixue and Tong Yao’s mechs near the rear, intending to use them as a surprise attack.
• Kong ordered his exoskeleton regiment to stay silent and await orders as his forces prepared to attack the city.
• Zhu Guodong and Luo Bing predicted that Kong’s red side would overwhelm Li’s blue side in urban combat.
• The exercise began at dawn, and red artillery devastated blue forward positions before red armor advanced toward the city.
• Li refused to pull troops from the rear, reinforced headquarters against infiltrators, and waited for his reconnaissance team to find the red command post.
• Kong ordered the exoskeleton regiment to capture the blue division command post within one hour.

Li Guozhong’s Blue Force was close to defeat until scouts located Red Force’s headquarters and he ordered Wang Yixue and Tong Yao to attack with two secret mechas. Their dramatic launch stunned troops across the battlefield as they flew toward Kong’s command post.

• Red Force’s exoskeleton regiment broke through Blue Force’s tank positions and advanced toward Li Guozhong’s headquarters, while Li waited for news from his reconnaissance team.
• At the observation area, Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong judged Blue Force was nearing defeat and prepared to leave.
• Blue Force’s scouts reported Red Force’s headquarters coordinates, and Li ordered Wang Yixue and Tong Yao to capture everyone there.
• Li connected the pilots’ feeds to headquarters’ display, revealing two mechas that launched into the sky and astonished the staff.
• Wang Yixue and Tong Yao flew at supersonic speed toward Red Force’s headquarters while soldiers on both sides stopped to watch; Kong hummed at his command post, unaware of their approach.

Division Commander Kong’s red-side headquarters was attacked by two giant mechs, forcing his division to surrender to the blue side. When he reported the invasion to the military exercise observation office, Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong saw the mech on a video call and realized Kong had been telling the truth.

• Division Commander Kong’s headquarters was torn apart by a powerful wind, and a red mech crashed down before him.
• A second mech pointed its cannon at Kong and ordered his division to surrender to the blue side.
• Kong ordered his division to surrender and called the military exercise observation office to report the attack.
• Luo Bing accused Kong of inventing an Autobot invasion, then demanded a video call to verify it.
• Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong saw the mech aiming its twin cannons at Kong and were left stunned.

Wang Yixue and Tong Yao revealed themselves as the pilots of the two mecha after winning the military exercise, leaving Division Commander Kong and the chiefs stunned. Li Guozhong discussed the mecha’s power and secrecy with Chief Luo, then Wang Yixue drove Tong Yao, Elder Wang, and Elder Hua to Xu Fan’s workshop.

• Wang Yixue and Tong Yao identified themselves to Division Commander Kong and said the exercise had ended in their victory.
• The two mecha took off and vanished, leaving Division Commander Kong and his staff staring at the wreckage and craters.
• Chief Luo sarcastically praised Li Guozhong for keeping the mecha secret, then asked how powerful they were.
• Li Guozhong described the mecha’s destructive tests, and Chief Luo agreed to maintain secrecy and attend the commendation ceremony in three days.
• Wang Yixue and Tong Yao returned to Zhonghai Military Research Base, and Wang Yixue drove Elder Wang and Elder Hua to Xu Fan’s workshop.

Wang Yixue brought Elder Wang and Elder Hua to Xu Fan’s warehouse, where they discovered the advanced workbench he used to build the mecha. After Xu Fan revealed piles of leftover carbyne alloy and other metal scraps, Elder Wang and Elder Hua gaped at the materials while Xu Fan offered to sell them.

• Wang Yixue drove Tong Yao, Elder Wang, and Elder Hua to Xu Fan’s abandoned industrial warehouse, where Xu Fan was waiting inside.
• Xu Fan switched on the lights, and Elder Wang and Elder Hua marveled at the enormous multifunctional workbench and its advanced components.
• Xu Fan confirmed that he had built the workbench himself and casually revealed that a pile of unused carbyne alloy remained from the mecha’s construction.
• Elder Wang and Elder Hua reacted with shock and resentment at Xu Fan’s apparent disregard for the valuable alloy.
• Xu Fan lifted a tarp with a mechanical arm, revealed more carbyne alloy and other metal scraps, and offered to sell them as Elder Wang exclaimed, “So shiny!”

Xu Fan offered Elder Wang and Elder Hua his Carbyne Alloy for 498 yuan per jin, a price so low that they struggled to believe him. Tong Yao suggested that Xu Fan might be using the bargain price to give the alloy to their research base almost for free.

• Elder Hua and Elder Wang eagerly examined Xu Fan's Carbyne Alloy and agreed to buy as much as he had.
• Xu Fan explained his expenses and offered the alloy for 499 yuan per jin, then lowered the price to 498 yuan per jin.
• Elder Wang, Elder Hua, and Tong Yao were stunned by the price, while Xu Fan assumed they still found it too expensive.
• Elder Wang and Elder Hua left with Tong Yao to get some air and discuss the offer.
• Tong Yao suggested that Xu Fan might be selling the Carbyne Alloy so cheaply to give it to their research base almost for free.

Elder Wang and Elder Hua agreed to buy Xu Fan’s carbyne alloy scrap for 498 yuan per jin, then learned that he also had room-temperature superconducting alloy scrap. Xu Fan offered to sell it at the same price and provide its synthesis method, leaving the elders awed while Tong Yao resolved to follow his example of serving the country.

• Elder Wang and Elder Hua concluded that Xu Fan had asked for only a token price out of concern for the country and agreed to buy his carbyne alloy at 498 yuan per jin.
• Elder Hua found a silvery wire in the scrap pile, and Xu Fan identified it as room-temperature superconducting alloy with nearly a tonne available.
• Xu Fan explained that the alloy could transmit energy without loss in mecha circuits and offered to sell it for 498 yuan per jin.
• Elder Wang agreed to the purchase, and Xu Fan offered to provide the alloy’s synthesis method and chemical formulas.
• Elder Wang hugged Xu Fan and praised him, while Elder Hua was moved by his generosity and Tong Yao resolved to serve the country like him.
• Xu Fan privately decided to sell the elders more scrap materials.

Xu Fan agreed to cooperate with the Zhonghai Military Research Base on mecha development, offering to build an integrated production line and provide technical drawings in exchange for three percent of the profits from each mecha. Elder Wang, Elder Hua, and Tong Yao mistook his business terms and offers of support for selfless devotion to Xia Nation.

• Elder Wang agreed to buy all the alloys, and Xu Fan offered samples, documentation, and after-sales support.
• Elder Wang proposed that Xu Fan work with the Zhonghai Military Research Base on mecha development and receive a national-level research academician title.
• Xu Fan agreed to cooperate, asking the base to cover facilities, labor, and materials while he built a mecha production line and provided technical drawings for three percent of each mecha's profits.
• Elder Wang and Elder Hua realized Xu Fan was offering to help establish large-scale mecha production and provide the technology, and they were deeply moved.
• Xu Fan promised to provide after-sales repairs and upgrades for the production line, further impressing the elders while Wang Yixue remained confused.

After approving the mecha project, Elder Wang used his one-time Nation-Protecting Medal authority to grant Xu Fan sweeping research access and top-secret protection. On the drive back, Elder Wang and Elder Hua discussed assigning Xu Fan female secretaries, prompting objections from Wang Yixue and Tong Yao.

• Elder Wang and Elder Hua learned that Xu Fan had been designing a deep-sea submersible in his spare time.
• Elder Wang invoked his Nation-Protecting Medal authority to raise Xu Fan’s research clearance to level ten, grant him access to Zhonghai’s resources, and place his information under red top-secret protection.
• Elder Wang and Elder Hua prioritized building the mecha production lines and agreed that Xu Fan should receive medals, honors, and recognition for his contributions.
• During the drive, Elder Hua suggested assigning Xu Fan one or two secretaries to help with his daily needs and family.
• Elder Wang said the arrangement could be made if Xu Fan agreed, while Wang Yixue and Tong Yao objected.

Wang Yixue visited Xu Fan at home, where Li Lanhua welcomed her warmly, then drove him to the Zhonghai Third Ordnance Factory to see his new mecha construction base. Xu Fan grew excited when he learned his multifunction workbench would arrive soon.

• Elder Wang persuaded Wang Yixue and Tong Yao to help look after Xu Fan's family and assist with his work when they were free.
• Xu Fan studied his father's deep-sea submersible designs and sketched a preliminary concept for a thirty-meter-tall deep-sea titan.
• Wang Yixue arrived at Xu Fan's home, and Li Lanhua enthusiastically questioned her about marriage before the two became close over breakfast.
• Wang Yixue drove Xu Fan to the Zhonghai Third Ordnance Factory, which had been prepared as his mecha construction base.
• Wang Yixue learned that Xu Fan's multifunction workbench would arrive in twenty minutes, and Xu Fan looked forward to starting work.

Xu Fan and Wang Yixue shared barbecue and drinks, then got stranded when they could not find a taxi. Tong Yao collected them in the Crimson Sky No. 2 mecha, and Xu Fan returned alone to the arms factory to work through the night.

• Xu Fan finished installing the machinery's embedded fixtures before dark, then went out for street food and barbecue with Wang Yixue.
• Xu Fan and Wang Yixue each drank a bottle of Brave the World, then discovered there were no taxis nearby and the barbecue owner misunderstood their questions about lodging.
• Tong Yao practiced piloting Crimson Sky No. 2 at the Zhonghai Research Base in preparation for the military exercise commendation ceremony.
• Wang Yixue called Tong Yao, who flew the mecha to their location and picked up Xu Fan and Wang Yixue.
• Xu Fan returned alone to the arms factory and started working at the multifunction workbench.

Xu Fan completed a batch of mech components, and Li Guozhong’s division assembled them after its exercise victory. Division Commander Kong confronted Li Guozhong at the commendation ceremony and tried to secure mechs for his own division, leaving negotiations over future production unresolved.

• Xu Fan’s workbench finished fabricating mech components, which researchers and operators assembled at Li Guozhong’s division headquarters.
• Division Commander Kong arrived at the commendation ceremony and angrily accused Li Guozhong of bringing mechs to the exercise.
• Kong demanded that Li give him at least two mechs, but Li refused, saying his two mechs were needed for his own division.
• Li accidentally revealed that a mech production line could begin mass production in a week, and Kong immediately asked for fifty mechs.
• Li said the line would produce only twenty mechs a year, so Kong proposed receiving five that year and three each year afterward, threatening that other forces would come asking if Li refused.

At the commendation ceremony, Wang Yixue and Tong Yao received honors for their mech victory in the military exercise. Wang Yixue refused to accept the awards, declaring that Xu Fan deserved them for his inventions and tireless work for the nation.

• Li Guozhong and Division Commander Kong agreed that Kong's division would receive mechs in exchange for funding their materials.
• Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong attended the ceremony as Wang Yixue and Tong Yao were introduced as the mech pilots who destroyed the enemy headquarters and captured Kong.
• Li Guozhong presented Wang Yixue and Tong Yao with five medals each, including the Special-Class Combat Hero Medal.
• Wang Yixue remained onstage and told the audience she felt unworthy of the honors.
• Wang Yixue praised Xu Fan's mech development, donated inventions, and work for the nation, then declared that he deserved the honors instead.

At Xu Fan’s suggestion, Wang Yixue and Tong Yao began a mech simulation drill that stunned Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong with its speed. The chapter ended as a mech turned around and revealed Earth, leaving the chiefs frozen in disbelief.

• At the commendation ceremony, Luo Bing praised Wang Yixue’s speech and promised that Xu Fan would receive generous terms and major honors.
• Li Guozhong told Wang Yixue and Tong Yao that Xu Fan might receive an order of merit, making Wang Yixue uneasy about how exceptional he was becoming.
• Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong joined Li Guozhong in the combat command room to watch Wang Yixue and Tong Yao pilot Crimson Sky No. 1 and No. 2.
• Wang Yixue and Tong Yao launched with a burnout, then climbed at supersonic speed, startling the two chiefs.
• When Li Guozhong told the pilots to go faster, their panels reached Mach 24, and Luo Bing fell silent as the mech turned and showed Earth in the distance.

Wang Yixue and Tong Yao demonstrated their mechas’ extreme speed and maneuverability, leaving Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong stunned. When they doubted the railgun’s reported power, Li Guozhong ordered Wang Yixue to fire at a Starlink satellite, and she lined up the shot.

• Wang Yixue and Tong Yao reached low Earth orbit, then accelerated their mechas into a rapid dive and climbed back up with a vertical reversal.
• Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong struggled to handle the excitement, and Li Guozhong had nasal cannulas brought for them.
• Luo Bing asked whether the mechas’ reported weapons tests were real, so Li Guozhong ordered Wang Yixue and Tong Yao to begin testing their weapons.
• Wang Yixue said her railgun could reach a Starlink satellite less than ten thousand kilometers away, and Li Guozhong told her to fire discreetly.
• Wang Yixue’s Crimson Sky No. 1 hovered among the clouds as its shoulder-mounted railgun charged and its targeting crosshair locked on.

Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong watched Wang Yixue destroy a Starlink satellite with Crimson Sky No. 1, then ordered the pilots back to Xia Nation. The chiefs were introduced to the mechas’ firepower, and Luo Bing asked to see more weapons.

• Li Guozhong fired Crimson Sky No. 1’s railgun, and Wang Yixue reported a perfect hit on a Starlink satellite.
• Luo Bing and Zhu Guodong celebrated the hit, then ordered Wang Yixue and Tong Yao to return within Xia Nation’s borders.
• Migen and Anzhui saw the satellite explode, mistook the railgun shot for an alien attack, and called for an immediate return to Earth.
• Paul heard that another Starlink satellite had crashed and called the Hexagon, fearing an alien insect invasion.
• Li Guozhong welcomed the mechas back safely, and Luo Bing requested a demonstration of their miniature missiles.

Tong Yao’s miniature missile struck a tank target and triggered an apparent nuclear explosion near Li Guozhong’s division headquarters. Elder Wang and Elder Hua rushed to the site, where their radiation scan found no radiation.

• Li Guozhong ordered Tong Yao to demonstrate her satellite missile on tank target 355, and she launched it before heading back with Wang Yixue.
• The missile hit the target and produced a huge fireball and mushroom cloud, engulfing both mechs and shaking the command room.
• Zhu Guodong identified the blast as a possible nuclear detonation, and alarms ordered the division’s personnel to evacuate.
• Elder Wang and Elder Hua saw the mushroom cloud, feared something had happened to Li Guozhong’s division, and rushed there with radiation detectors.
• Tong Yao told Elder Hua that she and Wang Yixue were safe, and Elder Wang and Elder Hua’s scan at the headquarters detected no radiation.