Chapter Summaries

After evolving into a Type I Cosmic Human and raising his level to 70, Han Xiao returned to the battlefield and overwhelmed the Germinal pursuers. He then took over the fight against the leader, wearing him down and striking him with a borrowed war hammer, though the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Han Xiao completed his first evolution, spent seventy-four million experience to reach level 70, and gained a major boost to his attributes and combat strength.
• Han Xiao killed Jeroz and drove off the pursuers before returning to the main battlefield.
• Han Xiao charged into the battle, scattered the executive forces, and took Bennett’s place against the leader.
• Han Xiao traded blows with the leader while using his weapons and Viper Kai armor to steadily wear down the leader’s health.
• Han Xiao activated Mechanical Continuation to restore the battered Viper Kai, then borrowed a powered war hammer and smashed the leader into the air, breaking his mask.

Han Xiao fought the Germinal Organization’s leader after the Viper Kai fell apart, revealing that he had broken through a major barrier and could overpower the weakened boss without his exosuit. The leader fled into his troops’ positions, leaving Han Xiao poised to claim victory.

• The Germinal leader’s mask came off, but Han Xiao, Bennett, and the Six Nations’ experts failed to recognize his scarred face.
• Han Xiao continued attacking as the Viper Kai’s remaining thirty seconds ran out, and the exosuit collapsed.
• The leader struck Han Xiao with a powerful palm, but Han Xiao stood firm and revealed strength that made the leader realize he had broken through the barrier.
• Han Xiao battered the injured leader with the powered war hammer while the Six Nations’ experts recognized him as the strongest fighter on their side.
• The leader feigned a powerful attack, then used his energy to launch himself into the Germinal troops’ position and collapsed with 14% health remaining.

Han Xiao escaped Germinal with the Six Nations convoy after choosing not to pursue the wounded leader, and their distant exchange of gazes later became a historic moment. At a safe campsite, he examined his evolution into a Type I Cosmic Human and selected two abilities from the leader’s rewards.

• Han Xiao abandoned the chance to finish off the protected leader and escaped with Tang Tang and the Six Nations convoy.
• Han Xiao and the leader exchanged a final gaze across the desert, an encounter later remembered as a turning point in the war.
• The survivors stopped in the hills, where Han Xiao examined the changes from his evolution into a Type I Cosmic Human.
• Han Xiao received five randomly selected abilities from the leader and chose [Tough Body] and [Countershock: Thorns].

Han Xiao maxed out his Magnetic Ring Mechanic class and learned the requirements for advancing to the next stage, then dealt with Havalen, Bennett, and a damaged vehicle. Hannes revealed that he might know the leader’s origins, tying the discovery to Han Xiao’s hidden mission about Planet Aquamarine’s history.

• Han Xiao spent experience to max out Mechanical Continuation and Countershock: Thorns, then learned that his next class advancement required level 80, over 400 intelligence, and five pieces of Mechanic Class Advanced Knowledge.
• Han Xiao assigned his remaining attribute points to intelligence and decided to find a suitable subclass while leveling toward the requirements.
• Havalen asked for his powered war hammer back, but Han Xiao claimed it needed repairs so he could study its blueprint.
• Han Xiao repaired a damaged tire for Bennett and Hannes, then followed Bennett aside, where Bennett confronted him about concealing that he was an alien.
• Bennett asked how Han Xiao had broken past the limit, and Han Xiao gave him a deliberately ridiculous explanation.
• Hannes approached and said he might know the leader’s origins, connecting the matter to the mission Han Xiao had assigned to uncover Planet Aquamarine’s hidden history.

Hannes revealed that Germinal grew out of Minmok, a terror group secretly created by Golan’s government, and that its leader was a Golan resistance member whose country was destroyed by Raylen. Han Xiao then began arranging a way to retrieve Aurora while avoiding a dangerous return to New Stone Wasteland.

• Hannes explained that Golan’s government had secretly fostered Minmok to frighten its people into accepting strict controls, until the scheme was exposed and the government fell.
• Hannes said that after Golan was destroyed by Raylen, Minmok survived, later became the Germinal Organization, and came under the control of Golan resistance member who became its current leader.
• Han Xiao and Bennett concluded that the Germinal leader’s hostility toward the Six Nations likely came from losing his country, while the second phase of the [New Era--Origin] missions appeared.
• Hila urged Han Xiao to return for Aurora, but Han Xiao refused to risk another encounter with the Germinal leader and promised he had someone better suited to retrieve her.
• Han Xiao called Dean to order equipment and asked him to help pick someone up.

Han Xiao reunited Hila with Aurora and offered them a safe place to recover, then brought the Six Nations’ representatives together to deliver Germinal’s classified intelligence. The chapter ended as he displayed Germinal’s plans, forces, and secrets to the conference.

• Aurora waited in a cave until Dean arrived and escorted her out of Germinal territory.
• Hila reunited with Aurora, and Han Xiao invited the sisters to stay with him while Aurora recovered; both sisters accepted.
• Dean told Han Xiao that the supplies he had requested were being shipped to the Southern Continent.
• Han Xiao arrived at the Six Nations’ temporary base and met with representatives including Gu Hui.
• Han Xiao connected a hard drive and displayed Germinal’s classified intelligence to the representatives.

Han Xiao gave the Six Nations intelligence that turned the Expeditionary War against Germinal, then returned to the Southern Continent with Hila and Aurora. At the Third Sanctuary, a group of raiders prepared to exploit a planned blackout to steal supplies while players secretly followed them.

• Han Xiao handed the Six Nations intelligence on Germinal’s nuclear warheads and watched the representatives prepare to act on it.
• The Six Nations scored a string of victories, while players across Planet Aquamarine saw their missions change and debated Han Xiao’s role in the war.
• Han Xiao left Andia with Hila and Aurora, and Bennett, Hannes, and Vernina departed separately after they arrived on the Southern Continent.
• Frenzied Saber, Hao Tian, Maple Moon, and Meat Bun followed disguised raiders through the Third Sanctuary after accepting an emergency mission.
• The raider leader said his group would raid the warehouse after accomplices cut power to the area.

Frenzied Saber and three other players tried to capture bandits robbing the Third Sanctuary warehouse, but the security Rangers killed both the bandits and the players. Han Xiao returned to the Sanctuary, learned it had grown to more than twenty-three thousand residents, and ordered an arena built to channel player fights and earn revenue.

• A bandit group tried to enter the warehouse, and their leader shot a guard after his accomplices failed to sneak past him.
• Frenzied Saber, Hao Tian, Meat Bun, and Maple Moon attacked the bandits, but the Rangers opened fire and killed everyone in the restricted area.
• The four players respawned in the square, where they heard that Black Phantom had returned and joined the crowd heading to the helipad.
• Han Xiao arrived at the Sanctuary and heard Huang Yu report that it had more than twenty-three thousand residents and that security robots had killed would-be warehouse thieves.
• Han Xiao ordered Huang Yu to build an arena where players could fight, with admission fees and wagers generating revenue.

Han Xiao planned to strengthen his main city and profit from the coming professional league while searching for a way off Planet Aquamarine. After arranging missions for Frenzied Saber and upgrading his Mechanic knowledge, he spent seven days building an enhanced combat suit.

• Han Xiao decided to stay on Planet Aquamarine until the professional league, hoping to improve his main city and earn from the influx of players.
• Hila brought Aurora to Han Xiao’s Sanctuary, where Huang Yu arranged a room for the sisters.
• Han Xiao wrote down his plans for improving the main city and leaving the planet, then burned the notes and gave Frenzied Saber a generous mission.
• After Dean’s supplies arrived, Han Xiao used potential points to maximize [Neural Link] and began rebuilding his destroyed combat suit.
• Seven days later, Han Xiao finished a bulkier, upgraded suit based on the Viper Kai, with improved performance, armor, power supply, and modules.

Han Xiao completed the Flying Serpent, a powerful flying battlesuit controlled through Neural Link, and considered it an early preparation for space. He also pondered whether players could be transferred into native bodies in Galaxy, but set the mystery aside to focus on growing stronger.

• Han Xiao reinforced the mech's Bonfire reactor, added backup energy slots, upgraded its armor and controls, and equipped it with turbine wings for flight.
• Han Xiao named the new mech the Flying Serpent and completed its specifications, including powerful modules and the Snake · Devil ability.
• Han Xiao admired the battlesuit and concluded that its combined strength made him nearly untouchable on Planet Aquamarine and would serve him in space.
• Han Xiao reflected on Neural Link's potential to transfer a player's mind into an NPC body and wondered what would happen to the player's identity and ability to revive.
• Han Xiao decided that he needed more knowledge to investigate the mystery and prioritized becoming stronger before future crises.

One Leaf Green examined Aurora and found that her cells held extraordinary healing potential, though her suppressed Esper ability needed time to recover. As Aurora grew stronger and began making friends, Han Xiao turned back to preparing for departure and expanding his influence over the players.

• One Leaf Green said Aurora's cells were exceptionally active and that her health and scars would improve with rest, but Hila refused to let her take Aurora's blood for experiments.
• Han Xiao learned that Aurora's brainwashing might fade if it was not triggered, while Hila refused to risk using her aggressive mind ability to remove it.
• Han Xiao advised Hila to let Aurora rest and meet people, then told her he had rescued Aurora because he foresaw that she would save his life; Aurora promised she would do so.
• Han Xiao built Aurora a fast, pedal-driven wheelchair and assigned Frenzied Saber, Maple Moon, and two other players missions to spend time with her.
• Aurora's health and mood improved over the following days, and Han Xiao focused on gathering resources and improving the player hub as he planned to profit from the players.

Han Xiao sought to make the arena’s paid wagered matches appealing by creating a competitive mission for rival guilds. He manipulated a malfunctioning Ranger so the Gods Guild claimed the mission prize ahead of Sky Domain, leaving the two guilds furious with each other.

• Huang Yu silently criticized Han Xiao’s arena for costing the Sanctuary money while players fought for free in the plaza.
• Han Xiao decided to promote wagered matches and attracted Sky Domain’s Huang Tian Dang Li with a team mission to retrieve a malfunctioning Ranger’s chip.
• Han Xiao offered the same mission to the Gods Guild, whose leader Jupiter eagerly accepted it.
• Han Xiao controlled the weakened Ranger remotely, leading Sky Domain on a chase before redirecting it toward the Gods Guild.
• The Gods Guild destroyed the Ranger and took its chip, prompting Huang Tian Dang Li and Sky Domain to accuse Protoss of kill-stealing.

After Jupiter’s group kill-stole a mission from Sky Domain, Han Xiao kept himself hidden to push the rival guilds toward settling their dispute in a wagered arena duel. The high-profile match drew crowds and professional players, and many spectators recognized the arena’s potential as Han Xiao’s plan to promote its use took effect.

• Jupiter’s Protoss group killed the mission target after Sky Domain had nearly defeated it, then fought Sky Domain members and took the mission item.
• Guards refused to let Jupiter’s group enter the upper-level area to turn in the mission, and Azure Sky confronted them afterward; Jupiter refused to return the item or accept a duel.
• Azure Sky ordered Sky Domain to smear Protoss on the forums, and Han Xiao stayed out of sight to pressure Jupiter into accepting a wagered duel.
• Jupiter accepted a best-of-five arena challenge, wagering the [Out-of-Control Robot Chip] against an equal stake from Sky Domain.
• Both guilds booked the central arena stage, and spectators discovered that professional players—including Hao Tian—would compete for the two sides.
• Players and professional observers saw the wagered duel’s value for exposure, practice, and entertainment, advancing Han Xiao’s plan to encourage arena use.

Hao Tian’s overwhelming victory over Protoss in the arena wager match made the players recognize both his strength and the value of Black Phantom’s missions. After Han Xiao collected the mission item, he continued developing the arena into a lively hub for matches, events, and social activity.

• Hao Tian defeated all three Protoss players in under five minutes, winning the wager match for Long Sky and impressing the spectators.
• Hao Tian reconsidered Black Phantom’s missions as a valuable long-term path after realizing how much they had strengthened him.
• Jupiter regretted losing the wager but sent Li Ge a recording of Hao Tian’s fight so he could study it for the league.
• The arena’s successful wager match prompted guilds and players to book it for competitions, events, and other activities.
• Han Xiao envisioned the arena growing into a bustling entertainment hub that would help players feel at home in the Sanctuary.

Han Xiao sought to strengthen the Sanctuary’s appeal by turning the arena into a player hub and devising another draw: selling boxes of surplus goods with a chance at rare equipment. When Azure Sky opened a box containing purple gear, players realized Han Xiao had introduced loot boxes.

• Han Xiao decided to pursue real estate profits after making the arena a successful hub for players.
• Huang Yu praised the arena’s profits and its success in keeping Inhumans gathered away from the refugees.
• Han Xiao considered holding regular events and came up with a new way to attract players.
• Players abandoned construction work and crowded into the square after hearing that Han Xiao had a new feature.
• Han Xiao offered boxed warehouse goods for 3,000 Aquamarine Dollars each, and Azure Sky bought ten boxes.
• Azure Sky found a purple Folding War Blade in the final box and recognized Han Xiao’s offer as loot boxes.

Han Xiao launched a limited lottery of mechanical boxes to profit from surplus machines, and players rushed to buy them hoping for rare equipment. King of Single Pulls convinced the crowd that the boxes were Han Xiao’s secret reward for helping build the Sanctuary, leaving Han Xiao bewildered by their enthusiasm.

• Han Xiao sold mechanical boxes for three thousand each, using surplus machines as prizes and controlling the odds.
• Players bought and opened boxes, finding mostly junk alongside useful materials and green and blue equipment; Azure Sky’s earlier purple prize fueled speculation.
• King of Single Pulls questioned whether the lottery was an in-game function or part of the story, then asked Han Xiao how many boxes remained.
• Han Xiao revealed that 530 of the original 786 boxes were left, prompting hesitant players to join the rush.
• King of Single Pulls declared that Han Xiao was secretly rewarding the players for building the Sanctuary, and the crowd eagerly accepted his theory.
• Han Xiao listened in stunned confusion as the players imagined the boxes could contain powerful divine equipment.

Han Xiao’s Black Phantom’s Mechanical Box lottery became a popular regular event, earning him money and crafting experience as players clamored for rare equipment. At the latest sale, So Poor Only Money Remains stunned the crowd by ordering a hundred boxes.

• Han Xiao limited each batch of boxes and left the prizes mostly to chance, while the first batch’s only purple item went to Azure Sky.
• Han Xiao held four box-selling events, and each batch sold faster as players grew more enthusiastic.
• Players on the forums showed off purple equipment, complained about bad luck, and named the lottery Black Phantom’s Mechanical Box.
• Han Xiao spent his profits on materials and machinery, while Huang Yu managed Sanctuary affairs and Hila helped Aurora recover.
• Han Xiao continued to monitor the war, judged the Six Nations likely to defeat Germinal, and focused on his player main city plan.
• So Poor Only Money Remains stepped forward and asked Han Xiao for a hundred boxes, astonishing the players.

Players tested their luck with Han Xiao’s Mechanical Boxes, but So Poor Only Money Remains and King of Single Pulls got mostly junk. Lonely Half-Smoked Cigarette pulled purple equipment from all three boxes he bought, leaving the crowd convinced he was extraordinarily lucky.

• So Poor Only Money Remains opened a hundred Mechanical Boxes and received only a blue-grade submachine gun at best, then gave up when other players objected to him buying more.
• King of Single Pulls claimed calculations could predict the drops, but his pulls yielded discarded parts and other junk.
• Lonely Half-Smoked Cigarette bought his first box and obtained a purple-grade Wild Eagle.
• Lonely Half-Smoked Cigarette bought a second box and received another purple item, drawing excited reactions from nearby players.
• Lonely Half-Smoked Cigarette bought a third box and pulled purple equipment again, stunning the crowd.

Han Xiao’s Mechanical Box event drew players to the Third Sanctuary, and he expanded its activities while promoting his deeds. A Galaxy Times episode compared Planet Aquamarine’s accelerated war storyline with a hypothetical slower version and identified Han Xiao as the cause of the early outbreak.

• Lonely Half-Smoked Cigarette drew several pieces of purple equipment and accepted Morning Snow and Evening Frost’s invitation to join Eternity in One Dynasty.
• Players spread stories and guides about the Mechanical Boxes, and Han Xiao added a recurring prize-pool mission and helped Meat Bun produce an episode about his deeds.
• Han Xiao watched Galaxy Times analyze the war between the Six Nations and Germinal and explain its effects on players and Planet Aquamarine.
• Galaxy Times presented a hypothetical storyline in which players could participate in smaller conflicts before a later, longer war.
• The hosts identified Han Xiao’s actions as the turning point that had made the current war break out early.

Han Xiao watched Galaxy Times dismiss his future importance as a beginner-planet figure, then stepped in when Hila attacked One Leaf Green over potions made from Aurora’s shed hair. The fight ended after Aurora reassured Hila, and Hila later admitted to Han Xiao that she felt lost.

• Han Xiao watched Galaxy Times describe him as a planetary protagonist whose influence would likely fade beyond Planet Aquamarine, and he privately looked forward to proving the hosts wrong.
• Hila stormed into One Leaf Green’s pharmacy and attacked her for making healing potions from Aurora’s shed hair.
• Han Xiao used hidden turrets to stop the fight, while Hila accused him of failing to protect her sister and One Leaf Green defended her experiment.
• Aurora told Hila she did not mind donating her hair to help Han Xiao, and Hila left after accepting her reassurance.
• Han Xiao found Hila sitting on a roof that night, criticized her extreme reaction, and heard her confess that she felt lost.