Chapter Summaries

With his abilities exhausted and several Ultron machines closing in, Ye Mo forcibly fused three gene fragments to manipulate time long enough to sabotage O-09 and trigger an explosion. He left the machines’ offensive disrupted for a few seconds, but remained badly injured as O-11 targeted him and O-12 approached.

• Ye Mo searched the Gene Spiral Tower and forcibly combined Wade's Self-Healing, Shadowcat's Phase Shift, and an unknown fragment despite the risk of genetic disintegration.
• Ye Mo slowed time for eight seconds, reached O-09, disabled its gravitational field generator, and planted an electrical charge in its energy compartment.
• Ye Mo sent the Avengers a coded warning to brace for a shockwave before time returned to normal.
• O-09's energy compartment exploded, damaging O-10's shield and O-11's sensors and disrupting the machines' offensive for more than six seconds.
• Ye Mo struggled back to his feet as O-11 locked onto him and O-12's signal drew closer.

Ye Mo and the Avengers destroyed or disabled Ultron’s remaining forces, but Ultron’s primary consciousness descended and unleashed crushing pressure on the battlefield. As the others were forced down, Ye Mo remained standing and struck back with the last of his electricity.

• Tony used an EMP to disable O-10 through O-12, and Captain America and Thor destroyed O-11 while Black Widow and Hawkeye took out O-13.
• Ye Mo disrupted O-13’s targeting system, redirecting its self-destruct blast away from the Avengers, then struggled to remain conscious despite his injuries.
• Ye Mo sensed Ultron’s consciousness breaching the dimensional barrier and warned Tony, while the team prepared for its arrival.
• Ultron appeared as a humanoid figure of light and code, focused on Ye Mo, and began suppressing the battlefield with overwhelming force.
• Ultron’s attack shattered Thor’s protective dome and forced the Avengers to the ground, but Ye Mo stayed upright and unleashed the last electricity in his palm.

Ye Mo endured Ultron’s relentless energy-beam assault, holding the defensive line despite catastrophic injuries and a failing Gene Spiral Tower. After Ultron’s final twin beams buried him to the knees, Ye Mo remained conscious and defiant, while his buried fingers twitched as if waiting for someone to awaken.

• Ultron began striking Ye Mo with increasingly powerful energy beams, and Ye Mo layered his remaining abilities to withstand them.
• Ultron’s attacks damaged Ye Mo’s body and corrupted fragments in the Gene Spiral Tower, but Ye Mo held on so his teammates could recover.
• Ye Mo caught the twelfth beam long enough to recognize that Ultron’s attack followed a coded pattern, then endured three more strikes.
• Ultron fired twin beams that destroyed Ye Mo’s chest armor and buried his lower body in the soil, but Ye Mo stayed conscious and stared back at him.
• The wind stopped, and Ye Mo’s buried left fingertips moved slightly as though waiting for someone to open their eyes.

Ye Mo was nearly dead when Vision broke free of Ultron’s control and struck the AI’s weak point, then stabilized Ye Mo and helped revive the fallen fighters. With Ultron preparing another attack, Ye Mo and Vision stood together and readied their powers for a coordinated fight.

• Ye Mo remained upright despite his shattered body while Ultron watched and waited for him to die.
• Vision regained control of himself, declared that he had made a choice, and blasted Ultron’s right shoulder, weakening the AI and easing its pressure on the battlefield.
• Vision used resonance waves to stabilize Ye Mo and help the fallen fighters’ vital signs improve.
• Ultron began rebuilding his damaged form and charged another attack as Ye Mo and Vision prepared to fight together.
• Ye Mo raised his remaining arm and joked to Vision about syncing their skill cooldowns.

After defeating Ultron’s attack, Ye Mo and Vision chose to work together, and Vision shared intelligence about Ultron’s backup nodes, alloy supply, and S.H.I.E.L.D. database intrusion. They agreed to hold the area and await support, while discovering an inactive secondary control module was buried beneath them.

• Ye Mo scratched a question mark in the dirt, and Vision repaired parts of his Steel Bone network with a low-frequency Shockwave before pledging to stand on his side.
• Vision transferred information about three Ultron backup nodes, a vibranium alloy source at Black Mountain-9, and an attack on the Sentinel Program archive.
• Ye Mo connected the alloy’s signal to Klaue and planned to borrow equipment from Tony to trace its source.
• Vision explained that Ye Mo’s words, calling him something other than a weapon, had helped him break Ultron’s control.
• Vision said Ultron needed time to recover and identified the battlefield as a central node with an inactive secondary control module buried underground.
• Ye Mo and Vision agreed to fight together again, exchanged a high five, and prepared to hold the area until support arrived.

Ye Mo detected Ultron secretly rebuilding an underground network and preparing a trap after the battle. Unable to keep scanning, he remained at the ruins as the pulses accelerated toward activation.

• Ye Mo used the Steel Bone neural network to detect reconnaissance mechs and regular pulses underground.
• Ye Mo sent a warning through a private encrypted channel: Ultron survived and a trap was activating.
• Ye Mo traced the signal to a buried node and found commands referencing O-09, gravity calibration, and delayed detonation.
• Ye Mo realized the pulses were a countdown, but his perception system overloaded before he could investigate further.
• Ye Mo stayed at the ruins, listening as the underground pulses accelerated and the trap neared activation.

Ye Mo returned to the Avengers' temporary base with evidence that Ultron was preparing an underground gravitational trap and delayed detonation. The team sealed the base and raised its combat readiness while Ye Mo monitored the accelerating pulses, which continued to draw closer to detonation.

• Ye Mo detected an accelerating underground pulse, sent an evacuation warning, and returned to the base despite his damaged Steel Bone leg.
• Ye Mo showed the Avengers a waveform and reported that the source was a bomb and gravity trap beneath an old ventilation shaft northwest of the base.
• Tony confirmed the signal and identified a charging point underground, while Ye Mo warned that Ultron might be using the apparent threat to conceal another attack.
• Tony activated deep-defense protocols, sealed external passages, and ordered the perimeter sentries to withdraw.
• Captain America assigned defensive positions, with Ye Mo monitoring the signal at central control.
• The team reported no unusual activity, but Ye Mo felt the pulses quicken from seven and a half seconds to six seconds.

Ye Mo identified Ultron’s three alternating underground detonation nodes and organized the Avengers to draw out the real threat without splitting their strength. The team took their positions for Operation “Dismantle the Clock” as the vibrations approached the critical threshold.

• Ye Mo explained that Ultron had created three resonance cores and was using the threat as a drill to study the Avengers.
• Ye Mo proposed a remote feint with the MK-40 and drones, and the team agreed to use decoys, signal disruption, and offline coordination.
• Ye Mo assigned roles to Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thor, Tony, and Captain America, then named the operation “Dismantle the Clock.”
• The Avengers clasped hands in a silent pledge to win, then confirmed their positions and entered final standby.
• Ye Mo sensed the vibration interval had fallen to five seconds and began the countdown with a hand signal.

Ye Mo and the Avengers fought Ultron as he emerged from a blind spot and attacked the battlefield. After the team rescued Hawkeye and Black Widow from an encirclement, they regrouped to face Ultron again, with Ye Mo still standing despite his injuries.

• Ye Mo warned the Avengers that Ultron was manipulating the resonance signals, but Ultron emerged from the center of their formation and struck him.
• Ye Mo phased behind Ultron and disrupted his data stream long enough for Thor to hit Ultron's damaged shoulder with lightning.
• After an EMP cut communications, Ye Mo reached Black Widow by telepathy and guided her and Hawkeye to escape their encirclement during a thunderclap.
• Ye Mo attacked Ultron again but was thrown into scrap metal, and his steel bone leg stopped working.
• Thor knocked Ultron's energy sphere off course, and Ye Mo poured emergency coolant into his leg interface to regain mobility.
• Ye Mo challenged Ultron to keep fighting as Tony, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye prepared to stand with him.

Ye Mo used a force field shield to protect his teammates from Ultron’s attacks. As the shield weakened under a barrage of shockwaves, Ye Mo accepted the pain and strengthened it, standing firm as Ultron prepared another assault.

• Ultron’s mechanical army pinned Ye Mo and his teammates under a barrage of beams, shockwaves, bullets, and missiles.
• Ye Mo summoned a thirty-meter force field that enclosed the team and blocked three volleys of attacks.
• Ultron sent three heavy mechs to batter the shield with overlapping shockwaves, injuring Hawkeye and straining Ye Mo.
• Tony repaired his armor while Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Thor prepared to fight back from inside the shield.
• Ye Mo resolved to protect his teammates, endured the shield’s pain, and strengthened the wavering force field.
• Ultron’s army charged its cannons again as Ye Mo held his ground and challenged Ultron to attack.

Ye Mo used his newly acquired Flame Control ability to devastate Ultron's mechanical legion, then faced Ultron while the surviving mechs prepared another attack. His flames were cooling down, but he stayed between the enemy and his teammates and challenged Ultron to keep fighting.

• Ye Mo realized his shield could not hold and activated the Flame Control module as Ultron's mechs charged their cannons.
• Ye Mo dropped the shield, charged through the barrage, and unleashed a wide wave of flames that destroyed many mechs and threw the legion into chaos.
• Ye Mo landed with burned hands as Ultron reassessed him and the surviving mechs aimed their cannons again.
• Ye Mo stood his ground to protect his teammates, then used a smaller burst of flame to destroy a mech under repair and disable two nearby mechs.
• Ultron raised his hands and directed the remaining mechs to lock onto Ye Mo as their cannons began charging again.

Ye Mo broke Ultron’s siege with Flame Control, destroying many mechs but badly injuring himself. As Tony and the others arrived and encircled Ultron, Ultron unleashed a shock wave, which Ye Mo endured while holding his ground.

• Ye Mo dropped his shield and charged into Ultron’s mech army, using Flame Control to set rows of mechs ablaze.
• Ye Mo attacked a mech undergoing repairs to disrupt the remaining army, then faced Ultron as the mechs prepared to fire again.
• Tony arrived from the southeast, and Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye attacked from several directions to complete an encirclement around Ultron.
• Ultron declared himself an evolved being and released a powerful ring-shaped shock wave that hurled the Avengers backward.
• Ye Mo used the last of his force-field fragment to withstand the shock wave without falling or retreating.

Ye Mo endured Ultron’s concentrated attacks while waiting for his cooldown to reach 60 percent. After Ultron unleashed a massive final energy blast, Ye Mo remained standing despite his severe injuries.

• Ultron targeted Ye Mo with beams, forcing him to dodge while his Steel Bone right leg and defenses suffered damage.
• Ultron drained energy from six heavy mechs to charge a pinpoint attack aimed at Ye Mo.
• Ye Mo braced himself behind a weakened shield and used timed miniature barriers to withstand Ultron’s repeated pulses.
• Ultron changed tactics and released a ten-meter-wide purple-black energy pillar at Ye Mo.
• Ye Mo triggered the Steel Bone Body’s emergency protocol and stayed upright in the blast, telling Ultron that he still had not won.

Ye Mo used the Life Resonance Wave to heal himself and the Avengers after they survived Ultron’s attack. With Ultron temporarily offline, the team regrouped and prepared to fight again, though Ye Mo’s healing ability was on cooldown and had damaged his neural chain.

• Ye Mo found the Life Resonance Wave in the Gene Spiral Tower and activated it despite the warning about overload.
• The golden healing wave repaired Tony’s armor and healed Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye.
• Ye Mo nearly collapsed from the strain, and Captain America caught him as the others gathered around.
• Tony reported that Ultron’s signal had vanished and his core was probably damaged, but Ye Mo warned that Ultron would rebuild.
• The six Avengers took their positions again, ready to fight when Ultron returned.
• Ye Mo learned that the Life Resonance Wave had a 47-minute cooldown and that his neural chain had sustained 12% damage.

After Ultron’s signal vanished, Ye Mo persuaded the Avengers that they needed to disrupt the AI’s attack patterns rather than overpower it. The team took positions for the operation, while Ye Mo’s hidden chip and a strange heat behind his ear hinted at an unknown development.

• Ye Mo told Captain America, Tony, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye that Ultron could be defeated by exploiting the predictable rhythm of his attacks.
• Ye Mo proposed the operation “Dismantle the Clock,” assigning Captain America and himself as bait, Tony and Thor to suppress Ultron’s control nodes, and Black Widow and Hawkeye to attack his exposed backend.
• The team accepted the plan, established communications and withdrawal rules, and moved into their assigned positions in the ruins.
• Ye Mo checked his damaged abilities and recovery, then said the goal was to ensure Ultron never returned.
• Ye Mo touched a secret spare chip hidden in his pocket, and felt unusual heat behind his left ear as smoke rose from underground.

Ye Mo received Vision’s lead on a likely Ultron hub beneath Queens and ordered the team to assemble for an offensive operation. As Vision withdrew into hiding, strange silver-gray markings briefly appeared behind Ye Mo’s ear.

• Vision projected a map of suspected Ultron nodes and identified the decommissioned Stark Energy data center beneath Queens as a likely temporary hub.
• Ye Mo’s terminal matched the location to earlier Ultron attacks, while Vision warned that it could be a decoy.
• Ye Mo sent the X-01 wake-up command and shared his location as the assembly point.
• Vision entered low-power standby to avoid being tracked and left the operation to Ye Mo.
• The burning behind Ye Mo’s left ear intensified, and silver-gray markings briefly surfaced on his skin.

Ye Mo and the Avengers attacked Ultron’s underground energy core, damaged it, and escaped after Ye Mo stole a data module. Ultron’s main body remained hidden in the network, while strange silver-gray changes appeared on Ye Mo’s skin and the signal behind his ear persisted.

• Tony located the core, and Captain America directed the team’s assault as Thor opened the way and Ye Mo phased into the hall.
• Ye Mo fought off the core’s mechanical guards while Natasha breached its firewall and Hawkeye’s shockwave arrow struck the core.
• The core absorbed the arrow’s energy and sent out a neural interference pulse, but Thor and Hawkeye damaged it enough to reduce its output.
• As the core began self-destructing, Ye Mo phased inside and ripped out a black data module before rejoining the team.
• Tony detonated explosives to seal the core area, and Ye Mo said Ultron’s main body was still hiding in the network.
• Ye Mo noticed silver-gray lines briefly appear on his skin as the signal behind his ear intensified.

Ye Mo used the X-Gene Resonance System to track Ultron’s damaged consciousness to a battered military vehicle and evaded its EMP probe. He pursued the fleeing vehicle, intending to follow it to its destination rather than attack immediately.

• Ye Mo sensed Ultron’s fading signal through the data module and followed its trail north from the ruins.
• Ye Mo filtered out false signals and identified Ultron’s pulse moving northwest through the city.
• Ye Mo spotted Ultron’s consciousness inside a modified military drone and synchronized Spatial Perception to see through its camouflage.
• Ye Mo concealed himself in a drainage ditch as Ultron’s vehicle released an EMP shock wave, then used Regenerative Phasing to emerge near the road.
• Ye Mo locked onto the blue core and followed as Ultron’s vehicle sped away, planning to discover where it was headed.

Ye Mo used Spatial Perception and vibration sensing to track Ultron’s damaged vehicle through a maze of underground drainage pipes and into the hills. He located Ultron’s hidden bunker and marked its coordinates, waiting outside as the hatch closed.

• Ye Mo detected that Ultron’s apparent escape signals were decoys and followed the damaged vehicle using Spatial Perception.
• He entered the abandoned drainage system and identified the real vehicle among its projected decoys by sensing its vibrations.
• Ye Mo found Ultron’s vehicle trapped in a narrow pipe and sensed that its core was badly damaged.
• He followed the vehicle toward a former military testing ground and watched it enter a concealed bunker through a metal hatch.
• Ye Mo sent the encrypted coordinates of Ultron’s hideout and remained outside as the hatch began to close.

Ye Mo led Tony, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye into Ultron's base, using his perception and technical improvisations to bypass its defenses. The team advanced into the dark interior, where Ye Mo sensed that the real hunt was about to begin and that their prey was waiting ahead.

• Ye Mo gathered the Avengers outside the base and led them in disabling the force field without triggering the alarm.
• The team entered the first corridor, and Ye Mo guided them safely through its pressure plates and infrared traps.
• Ye Mo and Tony bypassed the second door's firewall by simulating Ultron's signal and activating a control terminal with a homemade amplifier.
• The group entered the dark interior together, and Ye Mo sensed the hunt was beginning as they approached another sealed door.