Recaps

Han Xiao escaped Germinal, avenged the wanderers, and made his way to West Capital. He found shelter and work at Lü Qian’s repair shop while the Thirteenth Bureau quietly investigated him.

• Han Xiao pretended to be brainwashed, developed his mechanical skills, and escaped the laboratory after killing Lin Weixian, Balotta, and the guards who pursued him.
• Han Xiao fought through Night Owl agents and Number One’s squad, rejected the Germinal leader’s offer, and declared Germinal his enemy.
• Han Xiao reached a wanderer settlement, where Hu Hongjun and An sheltered him, but Number One massacred the settlement after learning Han Xiao’s whereabouts.
• Han Xiao killed Hu Fei and Kailo, then ambushed Number One’s squad and completed his revenge before deciding to seek help from Stardragon.
• Han Xiao evaded inspection on his way to West Capital and found Lü Qian’s repair shop, where he built a prosthetic arm for Old Man Gao and earned a place as an apprentice.
• Han Xiao learned mechanical knowledge, secured scrap and a handgun-manufacturing deal, and unlocked the Robot: Ranger blueprint.
• The Thirteenth Bureau began monitoring Han Xiao, and Feng Jun reported that he was a Mechanic whose danger level remained unknown.

Han Xiao escaped Raccoon Cat’s trap, joined the Thirteenth Bureau, and used his inventions and knowledge to win influence while advancing into the Mechanic class. The arc ended with him helping a squad escape Germinal forces as Hila identified him as Zero.

• Han Xiao escaped Raccoon Cat’s compound and the Stinging Bee Squad, then surrendered to Thirteenth Bureau agents after completing the Pursuit mission.
• Han Xiao convinced the Thirteenth Bureau to recruit him by claiming to have defected from Germinal and offering intelligence on its bases.
• Han Xiao joined the Secret Operations Department, supported Li Yalin’s squad, and helped capture Black Spider by identifying his faceless clones.
• Han Xiao refused to surrender his Folding War Blade blueprint after the Research and Development Department copied it, then sold the design to Matthews and forced the bureau to negotiate.
• Han Xiao secured protection from future blueprint disputes and access to advanced knowledge, then advanced to Mechanic Apprentice Lv1 and gained magnetic energy.
• Han Xiao joined Zhang Wei’s team on an emergency mission, supplied high-incendiary ammunition, and took command when Hila’s mental attack incapacitated operatives.
• Han Xiao helped Li Yalin’s squad escape Germinal’s convoy and helicopter, while Hila told Germinal’s leader that she had found Zero’s whereabouts.

Han Xiao prepared for the player influx and a joint Stardragon-Hesla operation against Germinal, while players began arriving on Planet Aquamarine. The operation reached Dark Crow Valley, where Han Xiao uncovered a deception and began scouting the base alone.

• Han Xiao sold High Combustion Bullets in bulk, while Luo Xuan’s attempt to copy one caused a fire and got him sent back to Logistics.
• Han Xiao learned Germinal agents were searching for him, prepared for an assassin, and killed Nosa Kono before tracking down and killing the fleeing spy Lugaon.
• Frenzied Sword arrived in West Capital, met Han Xiao, accepted his quests, and changed class to Mechanic, while Han Xiao prepared to meet the growing player population.
• Han Xiao persuaded Gu Hui to let him join the Dark Crow Valley operation, created a disguise mask, upgraded his weapons and armor, and converted a heavy-duty truck into Big Black.
• Zhang Wei’s squad and forty field agents traveled with Han Xiao toward Hesla, survived a Black Earth Worm attack, and joined the joint operation led by Qi Baijia and Kelt.
• Wenna’s Hesla team raided a Germinal sentry post and stole data, but Ji Jie realized the breach had yielded decoy intelligence and warned Pan Kuang that Hesla might invade.
• Han Xiao examined the captured Roman, concluded that Germinal had fed false information to its low-ranking officers, and left alone to scout Dark Crow Valley Base.
• Han Xiao deployed four mechanical spider detectors to map hidden sentries, then shot one from hundreds of meters away.

Han Xiao left Stardragon’s control, built his reputation as an assassin, and destroyed the Rose Armed Forces while pursuing the bounty on them. The chase led him to Feronya, where he entered an underground base and encountered a vast monster.

• Han Xiao escaped Dark Crow Valley after killing Ji Jie and Pan Kuang, then shot Kelt and vanished from Stardragon’s control.
• Han Xiao reached level thirty, joined the Blood Pact Union as Mr. Black, and assassinated Yue Youzhu before accepting a bounty against the Rose Armed Forces.
• Han Xiao lured Dorothy’s squad into a mined ambush, killed her, and prepared a countertrap for Ghost Fox’s team.
• Han Xiao used an EMP and mines to destroy the Rose Armed Forces ambush, then killed E San and Ghost Fox.
• Han Xiao drove into the battle at the Rose Armed Forces’ base, pursued Luo Qing and Su Li through the desert, and discovered Feronya when a missile opened a sinkhole.
• Han Xiao disabled the fleeing group’s vehicle and killed Su Li and Luo Qing after defeating them in combat.
• Han Xiao returned to Feronya, entered its underground metal base, and followed a monster’s footprints until enormous eyes stared back at him.