Chapter Summaries

Su Zhou woke aboard a Skrull warship after killing Iron Monger and used his Justice Points to draw five character trial cards. After recovering, he challenged Nick Fury’s claim that Skrulls could not leave the ship without permission by pointing out a craft heading toward Earth.

• Su Zhou woke in a Skrull medical pod, and Nick Fury explained that Skrull technology had saved him and healed his injuries.
• Su Zhou checked the system and learned that killing Iron Monger had earned him 500 Justice Points, bringing his total to 588.
• Su Zhou spent the points on five draws and received temporary character trial cards for Bolt, Third Brother, Chan Ka-Kui, Ding Xiu, and Alfred.
• Su Zhou left the medical pod, covered himself with a scarf, and asked Nick Fury about the Skrull warship hidden in Earth's orbit.
• Su Zhou pointed out a craft heading toward Earth and asked whether Nick Fury had approved its departure, leaving Fury surprised.

Su Zhou and Nick Fury investigated a Skrull warship after spotting a craft entering the atmosphere, then learned that an unknown Earthling had seized control of the ship. They opened the control room and found the intruder, whom Su Zhou confronted at gunpoint.

• Su Zhou and Nick Fury spotted a craft passing through the atmosphere, and Nick armed himself while Su Zhou put on a Skrull uniform.
• Su Zhou led Nick through the empty corridors and found Skrull women and children hiding near the weapons room.
• A female Skrull recognized Nick and told him an Earthling had taken control of the warship and was stealing research from the control room.
• Su Zhou stopped Nick from contacting Captain Marvel and continued toward the control room with him.
• Nick opened the control room using his other eye for authentication, and Su Zhou entered with his gun aimed at the intruder.

Su Zhou found Tony Stark stealing data from a cloaked Skrull spaceship, and Tony accused Nick Fury of colluding with the aliens before Su Zhou explained Fury’s role. Tony asked about the Tesseract, while Su Zhou planned how to secure Infinity Stones; the chapter ended with Su Zhou asking whether Tony had found anyone else aboard the ship.

• Su Zhou discovered Tony Stark hacking the Skrull spaceship and stealing its technology.
• Tony told Su Zhou he had tracked him to low Earth orbit, then accused Nick Fury of helping aliens invade Earth.
• Su Zhou explained Captain Marvel’s connection to the Skrulls and argued that Fury had not deliberately brought them to Earth.
• Tony asked about the Tesseract and its potential as an energy source, while Su Zhou planned to claim several Infinity Stones.
• Tony explained that he had flown to the spaceship, breached its hull, and hacked its systems, and Su Zhou asked whether he had found anyone else.

Su Zhou, Nick Fury, and Tony returned to Earth after discovering an unknown infiltrator had sabotaged the Skrull warship, likely a Kree spy. They split up to prepare for the threat, while Nick claimed the small craft for S.H.I.E.L.D. and irritated Su Zhou.

• Su Zhou explained that an unknown infiltrator had sabotaged the Skrull warship and escaped toward Earth, leading him, Nick Fury, and Tony to agree they needed to find the spy and prepare for a possible alien conflict.
• Su Zhou and Nick landed near New York after Nick struggled to pilot the small craft, while Tony flew alongside them in his armor.
• Su Zhou discovered that using Ding Xiu's character card had taught him Basic Blade Technique, then worried about the lingering damage to his heart.
• JARVIS scanned Su Zhou and reported that he was in good health, and Tony left to study the alien technology after Su Zhou suggested adding nanotechnology to his armor.
• Nick Fury claimed the small craft for S.H.I.E.L.D., prompting Su Zhou to privately complain about Fury's nerve.

After leaving Nick Fury, Su Zhou contacted Hydra and was brought to Alexander Pierce for questioning. He convinced Pierce that he remained loyal to Hydra and learned that he would receive a close-quarters combat instructor, whose silver-white arm left him alarmed.

• Su Zhou left Nick Fury, then called Brock Rumlow, who brought him to a Hydra base and knocked him unconscious.
• Alexander Pierce questioned Su Zhou under a polygraph about his history, his departure from S.H.I.E.L.D., and his work in Hell's Kitchen.
• Su Zhou told Pierce about the Avengers, the coming alien invasion, and the conflict between the Kree and Skrulls, while concealing Tony's presence.
• Su Zhou claimed the Avengers needed a Hydra member and declared his loyalty, convincing Pierce that he was telling the truth.
• Pierce praised Su Zhou and revealed that he had arranged the strongest combat instructor for him, whose silver-white left arm appeared through the door.

Alexander assigned the Winter Soldier to train Su Zhou and offered him a lesser Super-Soldier Serum if he passed an assessment. Su Zhou skipped the training and began a five-minute fight against the Winter Soldier while possessed by Alfred, leaving the battle underway.

• Alexander introduced the Winter Soldier and offered Su Zhou a lesser serum for passing an assessment.
• Su Zhou scanned the Hydra agents, then asked to take the assessment immediately instead of training for three days.
• Alexander agreed and ordered Crossbones to take Su Zhou and the Winter Soldier to the training room.
• Crossbones shut the door to start the five-minute test, and the Winter Soldier charged at Su Zhou.
• Su Zhou used his Alfred trial card, threw the Winter Soldier across the room, and attacked with Black Tiger techniques.

Su Zhou defeated the Winter Soldier in a brutal close-combat match, impressing the HYDRA observers. His trial ended with his physical fitness enhanced and 100 Justice Points awarded, leaving his improved abilities and new reward to carry forward.

• Su Zhou targeted the Winter Soldier’s mechanical arm with a coin, making it malfunction before countering the dagger attack.
• Su Zhou swept the Winter Soldier off his feet and launched him into a wall with a series of powerful kicks.
• Crossbones and Alexander watched in astonishment as Su Zhou revealed his kung fu skills, and Alexander ordered Crossbones to end the match and protect the Winter Soldier.
• Su Zhou’s character trial card expired, and the system granted him an all-around physical fitness enhancement that healed the cracks in his heart.
• The system awarded Su Zhou 100 Justice Points for defeating HYDRA’s Winter Soldier.

Su Zhou drew a nerfed telepathy skill and secretly tested it on Crossbones, learning his thoughts and influencing what he said. Hydra brought Su Zhou to a laboratory and strapped him into an electric chair, where six syringes injected him with secondary serum.

• Su Zhou drew [Telepathy], a weakened skill with no offensive capabilities, and suspected it let him read minds and memories.
• Su Zhou used [Telepathy] on Crossbones, read his memories and thoughts, and discovered Crossbones was excited about Su Zhou joining the Avengers.
• Crossbones asked why Su Zhou had stopped, and Su Zhou covered his distraction by asking about the secondary serum and its energy requirements.
• Su Zhou used telepathy to influence Crossbones, who advised him to stay conscious during the serum injection for better results.
• Crossbones took Su Zhou to a laboratory, where Su Zhou declared "Hail Hydra!" for the cameras and sat in an electric chair.
• Six mechanical arms injected Su Zhou with six syringes of secondary serum at once.

Su Zhou endured a brutal secondary-serum transformation powered by an electric chair and gained a new stunt skill. After recovering, he was sent to confront a rampaging yellow Hulk in hopes of earning reinstatement and joining the Avengers Initiative.

• The secondary serum and electric chair painfully remodeled Su Zhou’s body, and he used Chan Ka-Kui’s character experience card to endure the strain.
• Su Zhou used Telepathy to take refuge in Crossbones’s mind, acquired the Stunt Master skill, and reviewed a month of Crossbones’s memories.
• After thirty minutes, Su Zhou’s transformation ended, and he discovered his strength had greatly increased.
• Crossbones praised Su Zhou’s endurance, gave him his clothes, and heard a report that a yellow Hulk was rampaging on Broadway.
• Crossbones ordered Su Zhou to join the response, promising reinstatement if he performed well, and Su Zhou agreed after saying he needed to get his equipment.

Abomination rampaged through Broadway, and Su Zhou arrived as Batman to confront him. After Abomination sent him crashing into a restaurant, Su Zhou provoked the monster again, and as Abomination charged in to strike him, Su Zhou called on the system to use the Third Brother character trial card.

• Abomination rampaged through Broadway, prompting Nick Fury to try to contact Tony, who had blacklisted Coulson.
• Su Zhou appeared as Batman, gliding from a rooftop and landing before Abomination while the crowd cheered.
• Abomination spat out Su Zhou's bullets and punched him through a restaurant, sending the crowd fleeing in panic.
• Su Zhou threw a frying pan at Abomination, then kicked him in the face and flew back into the restaurant.
• Abomination charged into the restaurant and swung at Su Zhou, who called on the system to use the Third Brother character trial card.

Su Zhou fought Abomination with the enhanced strength and durability of Third Brother’s character trial card, but Abomination grabbed him and slammed him around before Hulk crashed into the fight. The battle between Hulk and Abomination moved away, leaving Su Zhou battered among the wreckage and furious.

• Su Zhou caught Abomination’s punch, threw him into the restaurant’s cookware, and kept fighting despite the cramped space.
• Abomination hurled a stove at Su Zhou, sending him through a car and out onto the road, where Su Zhou protected his damaged Batsuit cape.
• Su Zhou hit Abomination’s knee with a car door, vaulted over the stove, and chopped off the thickest bone spike on Abomination’s back.
• Abomination grabbed Su Zhou by the ankle and slammed him around as Nick Fury watched in confusion.
• Hulk arrived and struck Su Zhou and Abomination with a car, then began fighting Abomination while Su Zhou crashed into another restaurant.

After his trial cards expired, Su Zhou gained the enigmatic Master of Disguise skill and used Telepathy to enter Hulk’s mind, where he spoke with Bruce Banner. He then entered Abomination’s mind, ready to beat up Emil Blonsky.

• Su Zhou discovered that using four character trial cards had given him the vague Master of Disguise skill instead of the defensive ability he expected.
• With no trial cards left and Hulk and Abomination fighting nearby, Su Zhou chose to use Telepathy rather than join their battle physically.
• Su Zhou accidentally entered Hulk’s mind and met Bruce Banner, who explained that he and Hulk took turns controlling the body.
• Su Zhou told Banner he could not restore his control, urged him to fight for the body, and warned him to leave the United States to avoid conflict with General Ross.
• Su Zhou entered Abomination’s mind, identified Emil Blonsky, and announced that he was there to beat him up.

Su Zhou entered Blonsky’s mind and beat him until he regained control, then hurried to the fight between Hulk and Abomination. He joined the battle by hurling a bone spike at Abomination.

• Su Zhou overpowered Blonsky inside his mind and kicked him until Blonsky regained his awareness.
• Su Zhou soothed Blonsky and persuaded him to take control of his transformed body, then withdrew from his mind.
• Su Zhou decided he needed a better weapon and thought about going to Wakanda for vibranium.
• Su Zhou ran toward Hulk and Abomination, noticing that Hulk had nearly subdued Abomination and that the fight had become less destructive.
• Su Zhou shouted for Hulk to move, threw a bone spike into the air, and leapt after it to attack Abomination.

Su Zhou captured Abomination alive by pinning him down and using telepathy to bring Blonsky back to human form. After receiving Justice Points and unlocking selectable reward roulettes, Su Zhou discovered the equipment roulette contained powerful weapons and an Infinity Gauntlet.

• Su Zhou used Bullet Time to dodge Abomination's back spikes and pin him to the road with a bone spike.
• Su Zhou used telepathy to suppress Abomination and work with Blonsky from within, capturing him alive.
• Abomination reverted to Blonsky, who thanked Su Zhou before passing out, and Su Zhou cuffed him.
• The system awarded Su Zhou 1,000 Justice Points for arresting Abomination and converted the basic roulette into selectable reward roulettes.
• Su Zhou inspected the character, skill, and equipment roulettes and spotted Gungnir, Mjolnir, and the Infinity Gauntlet among the equipment rewards.

After defeating Abomination, Su Zhou avoided the arriving authorities and met with Nick Fury, who questioned his hidden strength and warned him about the unidentified Kree. Su Zhou then prepared to spend his 1,000 Justice Points on a ten-pull, only to learn that beginner protection would end after it.

• Su Zhou called Agent Coulson, reported that Blonsky was unconscious and Hulk had fled, and told him to bring the director to Su Zhou’s apartment.
• Su Zhou slipped away from the scene as police sirens approached and returned to his apartment, where Nick Fury was waiting in the dark.
• Su Zhou dismissed Nick Fury’s questions about his strength, explaining that S.H.I.E.L.D.’s forms had never asked him to list superpowers.
• Nick Fury said S.H.I.E.L.D. had not found the Kree infiltrating Earth and suggested Su Zhou visit Tony; Su Zhou objected when Fury told him to steal something, but Fury left before he could respond.
• Su Zhou entered his mind to prepare for a ten-pull and learned that the beginner protection period would end after ten draws, with reward quality no longer guaranteed starting with the eleventh draw.

Su Zhou used the system’s equipment wheel, gaining an Adamantium Blade, a spatial ring, and several pairs of stockings, then visited Tony’s villa to discuss something with him. After Tony woke up and noticed a feminine scent, he mistook Su Zhou for a woman.

• Su Zhou used the system’s equipment wheel and received eight pairs of stockings, a spatial ring, and an Adamantium Blade.
• Su Zhou tested the Adamantium Blade by slicing a chair into pieces and stored the stockings in his spatial ring.
• Su Zhou went to Tony’s villa, ate breakfast prepared by Pepper Potts, and asked her to wake Tony.
• Su Zhou waited for Tony while playing Snake and placed a small plastic bag on the table.
• Tony came downstairs, smelled a woman’s fragrance, and asked whether Su Zhou was a woman.

Su Zhou gave Tony a piece of an alien combat suit to study, while Tony offered him Stark Industries shares and asked him to vote on Pepper Potts becoming CEO. The conversation ended with Su Zhou suspecting Tony was hiding something from him.

• Su Zhou explained that the black stockings in the bag were made from a female alien's combat suit and could withstand bullets, blades, and extreme temperatures.
• Tony invited Su Zhou to attend the Stark Expo opening ceremony with him, but Su Zhou declined and said Batman probably would not attend either.
• Tony revealed that he planned to step down as CEO and asked whether Pepper Potts could take over, prompting Su Zhou to realize Tony had palladium poisoning.
• Tony told Su Zhou he had given him three percent of Stark Industries, making him the largest shareholder after Tony and giving him a vote on the CEO appointment.
• Tony outlined plans to trade Stark Industries shares around the Expo and the launch of a new phone, and Su Zhou asked whether Tony was hiding something from him.

Tony concealed his worsening palladium poisoning from Su Zhou and began preparing for his death. The Ancient One abducted Su Zhou and questioned him about his origins, then discovered the stockings in his spatial ring.

• Su Zhou noticed Tony’s condition but left after offering help, while Tony decided to prepare a suit for Rhodey and arrange things for his friends.
• Su Zhou headed toward S.H.I.E.L.D. to warn Nick Fury about Black Widow’s assignment to Tony’s company.
• The Ancient One appeared through a portal, dropped Su Zhou through the floor, and asked which universe he came from.
• Su Zhou told the Ancient One he did not consider himself a threat to her universe, and she explained that his other-dimensional aura had drawn her attention.
• The Ancient One took Su Zhou’s spatial ring and teased him for filling it with only a few pairs of stockings.

The Ancient One recognized Su Zhou’s ability to navigate the multiverse and tried to recruit him as her successor. After trapping him in the Mirror Dimension to make him learn portal magic, she let him know she would wait at Kamar-Taj until he agreed to become Sorcerer Supreme.

• Su Zhou suggested Stephen Strange as the Ancient One’s successor, but she said Su Zhou had surpassed him and knocked his soul from his body to test his abilities.
• Su Zhou used Telepathy to return to his body, and the Ancient One explained that his ability to locate himself across the multiverse made him an ideal Sorcerer Supreme.
• The Ancient One left Su Zhou in the Mirror Dimension with a Sling Ring and told him to draw a portal if he wanted to escape.
• Su Zhou quickly learned the portal spell, opened a portal, and joined the Ancient One in her chamber.
• Su Zhou declined the offer to become Sorcerer Supreme, but the Ancient One insisted his brawling nature and aptitude for magic suited him and promised to wait at Kamar-Taj.

Su Zhou returned from learning portal magic and learned that Tony Stark was suffering from palladium poisoning, then confronted Nick Fury over withholding Howard Stark’s inheritance. The chapter ended with Su Zhou discovering that Fury’s supposed honey trap had been a 57-year-old woman.

• Su Zhou returned to his apartment through a portal and explained his new magic to Coulson.
• Coulson told Su Zhou that Tony had been attacked by Whiplash and was suffering from palladium poisoning.
• Su Zhou used a portal to find Nick Fury in a safe house and dragged him out of bed.
• Su Zhou slapped Nick Fury and demanded to know what else Howard had left Tony.
• Nick Fury said he had planned to give Tony Howard’s notes and videotapes, then claimed he had arranged a honey trap for Su Zhou.
• Su Zhou asked whether a 57-year-old single black woman counted as a honey trap.