Chapter Summaries

Han Xiao visited the Black Pine settlement, discovered its Stone Spot Plague outbreak, and left Frenzied Sword and Meat Bun Hits Dog to investigate and contain it. He then prepared to travel onward, repairing his equipment and building new machines in Black Pine’s arsenal workshop.

• Lü Cheng showed Han Xiao and his companions Black Pine’s quarantine zone, where guards killed an infected resident who tried to escape.
• Han Xiao, Frenzied Sword, and Meat Bun Hits Dog received a mission to find the plague’s source, contain its spread, and cure the patients.
• Han Xiao arranged to borrow a workshop and materials, then assigned Frenzied Sword and Meat Bun Hits Dog long-term missions to handle the plague and improve their standing with Black Pine.
• After the banquet, Han Xiao arranged transport for his next trip and began repairing his armor, replenishing supplies, and manufacturing a Sunworm portable flamethrower.

Han Xiao negotiated with Lei Zhenyu, a retired mechanical master secretly sent by Old Man Lü to protect Lü Cheng, and agreed to trade a newly made Ghost Gauss Sniping Rifle for one of Lei Zhenyu’s advanced machines. Lei Zhenyu showed him four pieces of nanotechnology equipment, leaving Han Xiao to choose one.

• Han Xiao strapped on the Sunworm and considered integrating it into his planned light mecha.
• Lei Zhenyu offered to trade his guidance for Han Xiao’s Ghost Gauss Sniping Rifle, but Han Xiao demanded Advanced Knowledge instead.
• Han Xiao recalled that Lei Zhenyu was secretly protecting Lü Cheng for Old Man Lü and that his departure would help trigger the four-blueprint mission.
• Lei Zhenyu refused to teach Advanced Knowledge but offered one of his machines in exchange for a new rifle after learning Han Xiao had made the weapon himself.
• Lei Zhenyu showed Han Xiao four advanced nanotechnology machines: Nurse Type I biological particles, a U9 Colloidal Bulletproof Membrane, Femilo condensate, and PE-0 nano artificial fiber.

Han Xiao traded a Ghost Gauss Sniping Rifle for PE-0 nano artificial fiber, a key material for his Viper Light Mecha, and arranged to buy a Bonfire small reactor. After leaving Black Pine, he began assembling his original mecha while traveling to visit other newbie villages.

• Han Xiao exchanged a newly made Ghost Gauss Sniping Rifle with Lei Zhenyu for PE-0 nano artificial fiber and asked him to help purchase a Bonfire small reactor.
• Han Xiao gave Frenzied Sword two enhanced Kolog SPX handguns and urged him to learn melee skills before departing Black Pine.
• Lü Cheng ordered his assistant to look after Frenzied Sword and Meat Bun Hits Dog and investigate the strange refugees in Green Valley Town.
• Han Xiao flew to a Farrian base and boarded a transport plane to continue to the next newbie village.
• Han Xiao began building his original mecha aboard the plane, using his memories of other designs to plan its modules.

Han Xiao finished visiting the Southern Continent’s novice villages and earned a huge amount of experience, but his next class-change mission required five high-quality machines that would be difficult to produce. He spent much of his gains improving his skills, then flew toward the Western Continent to meet players and pursue a hidden mission.

• Han Xiao planned his mecha and other combat systems, then realized the Inhuman Incident was about to begin.
• Han Xiao visited the remaining three Southern Continent novice villages, attracting players and earning 9.023 million experience through class changes and skill sales.
• Han Xiao raised Apprentice Mechanic to level 15, but his class-change mission required five purple-quality machines with an energy level rating of at least 60.
• Han Xiao spent experience maxing Intermediate Mechanical Affinity and Basic Refinement, then chose the Western Continent as his next destination.
• Antonov warned Han Xiao to stay cautious in Red Maple and Ordifenna, and Han Xiao’s plane departed for the Western Continent.
• Players from other continents envied the Southern Continent players for having access to Black Phantom.

Bennett learned that Black Phantom had gone to the Western Continent and decided to use him to pressure Red Maple into supporting the Sanctuary Plan. Meanwhile, Germinal scientist Cerberus discovered that Ilex could die and reappear, and Ilex wondered whether to reveal the truth about players.

• Bennett found that he could not reach Black Phantom and decided to have him make Bennett’s position clear to Red Maple.
• Ilex remained confined by Germinal for more than twenty days, unable to level up while waiting for his punishment to end.
• Cerberus reviewed records of Ilex vanishing and reappearing, a phenomenon also observed among thousands of people in wanderer settlements.
• Cerberus ordered Ilex to cooperate with surgery, and Ilex died on the operating table before respawning in his room ten seconds later.
• Cerberus watched Ilex return alive and asked what kind of creatures people like him were, while Ilex considered telling Cerberus the truth.

Cerberus investigated the Inhuman Phenomenon, and Germinal’s leader ordered Inhumans captured for research and brainwashing. On the Western Continent, Han Xiao arrived to develop his Viper Mech and learned that the Sanctuary Plan had been accelerated.

• Ilex discovered that the system changed his words whenever he tried to reveal information about reality, while Cerberus collected his blood and began investigating the Inhuman Phenomenon.
• Cerberus studied the Pan-Cosmic Civilization Contact Treaty, documented the Inhumans’ unusual traits, and submitted his report to Germinal’s leader.
• Germinal’s leader recognized that Inhumans could be brainwashed and ordered them hunted on the Andia Continent, while blaming Zero for the lost opportunity to capture them elsewhere.
• Han Xiao arrived at Farrian’s base on the Western Continent to collect a Bonfire miniature reactor and visit beginner villages for experience as he continued building the Viper Mech.
• Han Xiao contacted Bennett about a Blood Pact Union bounty and learned that Germinal’s Sanctuary Plan had been moved forward after Red Maple refused to provide material aid.

Han Xiao arrived at a beginner village on the Western Continent and taught players the [Energy Refinement Method], prompting speculation that he was a developer-created newbie guide. The Southern Continent’s players and the Gods Guild realized their early advantage had faded, while players across Planet Aquamarine eagerly awaited his next visit.

• After speaking with Bennett, Han Xiao accepted the Dark Net mission to leave evidence of five corrupt Red Maple officials’ wrongdoing in their residences.
• Han Xiao’s transport plane landed near a Western Continent beginner village, where players recognized Black Phantom and crowded around him.
• Poseidon learned that Black Phantom had appeared on the Western Continent and worried that the Gods Guild’s Southern Continent advantage would disappear.
• Jupiter and the Gods Guild’s core members discovered Han Xiao had taught [Energy Refinement Method], a skill he had not taught on the Southern Continent, and lamented their bad luck.
• Western Continent players celebrated Han Xiao’s arrival, spread theories that he was a newbie guide, and rushed to learn [Energy Refinement Method].

Han Xiao capitalized on players’ need for the Energy Refinement Method, earning experience while giving Huaxia’s players an early advantage. Meanwhile, Meat Bun Hits Dog’s video about Black Phantom became a hit, deepening players’ interest in Han Xiao’s identity and past.

• Han Xiao taught the Energy Refinement Method to level-ten players for experience, knowing it gave them an advantage before their first advancement.
• Meat Bun Hits Dog released the first episode of Galaxy Adventure Diary, focusing on Black Phantom and drawing a growing audience.
• Meat Bun Hits Dog and Frenzied Saber discussed Han Xiao’s former ties to Stardragon, his connections to powerful factions, his strength, and his conflict with Germinal.
• Meat Bun Hits Dog showed footage of Han Xiao’s interactions with players, his rewards, and the missions available in Black Pine.
• The video became a major hit, and players increasingly regarded Han Xiao as an important NPC and speculated about his origins.

Han Xiao traveled to Xivler to buy a Bonfire small reactor, but discovered that Ordifenna agents had turned the café where he was waiting into a surveillance site. A mission warned him that the seller was a wanted fugitive and Han Xiao had been caught up in the pursuit, leaving him to decide how to handle the danger.

• Han Xiao arranged with the secretive seller to exchange payment for the Bonfire small reactor in Xivler in three days.
• Ordifenna agents surrounded several blocks after tracing a call and prepared to capture a fugitive expected to meet a trading partner.
• Han Xiao entered Ordifenna with a smuggler, disguised his appearance, and went to seat seven in a roadside café to await the seller.
• Han Xiao noticed suspicious behavior among people watching the café and received the Grade D mission Implicated, which required him to escape Ordifenna's pursuit.
• Han Xiao decided to stay at the café because leaving might draw attention and he still wanted the reactor.

Han Xiao completed the reactor deal and fought his way through Ordifenna’s pursuit. After losing his pursuers’ drones and vehicles, he was ambushed by Mag Leslie, a powerful gunner.

• Han Xiao bought the Bonfire Miniature Reactor, then shot the Ordifenna agents watching the deal and fled as the seller escaped in another direction.
• Ordifenna agents pursued Han Xiao, but he used his armor, weapons, Sunworm’s [Concentrated Jet], and roller shoes to escape their attacks.
• Han Xiao evaded Ordifenna’s special forces, stunned them with a Sonic Boom Grenade, and shot down the surveillance drones tracking him.
• Ordifenna’s commander ordered Mag Leslie to stop Han Xiao after the other squad lost the seller.
• Mag Leslie ambushed Han Xiao with an explosive shotgun blast, and Han Xiao identified him as a level 56 gunner.

Han Xiao fought Mag, an Ordifenna Gunner, and wounded him with a powerful sniper shot before escaping the city. Ordifenna identified the buyer's subordinate as Black Phantom and began investigating the buyer's identity.

• Han Xiao defended his roller shoes from Mag's fire and exchanged shots with him while retreating.
• Mag pinned Han Xiao against a wall with a barrage, but Han Xiao used the Repulsion Field Driver to escape the crater and shoot through Mag's bulletproof vest.
• Han Xiao withdrew as reinforcements approached, and Mag followed cautiously before losing him in the city's streets and alleys.
• Ordifenna agents searched for Han Xiao and matched his fighting style to Black Phantom, while Mag received medical treatment.
• Ordifenna's intelligence leaders reviewed the intercepted call and message and realized Black Phantom had been sent by the buyer.

After escaping Ordifenna’s agents and crossing the border, Han Xiao learned that his actions had caused trouble for Bennett but also completed a hidden requirement. He discovered the rescued merchant was Dean, gained access to his unusual goods, and received Dean’s Character Summon Card and a rare dungeon crystal.

• Han Xiao disguised himself, evaded the checkpoint search, and slipped out of Xivler with the smuggler’s help.
• Bennett called Han Xiao to complain that Ordifenna had contacted the organization’s leadership to condemn them and demand compensation.
• Han Xiao completed the hidden requirement to hold off Mag and help the mysterious merchant escape, earning experience, Dean’s favor, a Character Summon Card, and a level 30 Dungeon Crystal.
• The merchant introduced himself as Dean and offered Han Xiao a twenty percent discount on his unusual goods; they arranged to exchange selected machines in three days.
• Han Xiao examined Dean’s Character Summon Card and learned it granted the presence-suppression ability “You Can’t See Me.”

Han Xiao completed the Viper Kai, a customized light mech that strengthened his combat abilities, and headed to the Laopote Massacre site to test it. There, independent superheroes Yang Dian and Nid entered the beast-infested restricted zone to search for a missing exploration team.

• Han Xiao left the Olena Infiltration Plan dungeon crystal unused and bought the materials for his mech from Dean's men.
• Han Xiao spent five days building and naming his original blueprint Light Mech - Viper Modified, the Viper Kai.
• Han Xiao reviewed the Viper Kai's weapons, protective features, and combat enhancements, then decided to test it at the Laopote Massacre site.
• Yang Dian and Nid surveyed the mutated beasts at the restricted zone's edge and set out on foot to find the missing exploration team.

Han Xiao searched the forbidden zone for its beast king while using the Viper Kai mech suit and spider probes to map the area. He spotted a giant white lion as Yang Dian and Nid became trapped in a fissure beneath a broken cliff, with beasts gathering outside.

• Han Xiao entered the forbidden zone in the Viper Kai, scanned its creatures, and used stealth to avoid a group of bone-spiked beasts.
• Han Xiao sent spider probes toward the Laopote Ruins and saw Yang Dian and Nid flee from a herd of beasts.
• A giant white lion charged through the beasts, and Han Xiao recognized it as a likely beast king.
• Yang Dian and Nid ran toward a fissure, but the lion struck Yang Dian and broke his arm and several ribs before Nid dragged him inside.
• The beasts clawed at the fissure while Yang Dian treated his wounds and Nid recovered his strength.
• The white lion roared and began attacking the other beasts, triggering a fight among the herd.

Han Xiao rescued Yang Dian and Nid from the Mutant White Lion King and fought the beast using the Viper Kai mech. The battle continued as the two men watched, amazed by the mech’s power.

• Yang Dian and Nid prepared to fight the white lion together rather than sacrifice one of them as bait.
• Han Xiao shot the Mutant White Lion King in the left eye, drawing it away from the fissure where Yang Dian and Nid were trapped.
• Han Xiao used the Viper Kai to retreat while sniping, then switched to combat mode when the lion closed in.
• Han Xiao met the Mutant White Lion King head-on, drove it back, and struck it down with a powerful kick.
• Han Xiao continued attacking with the mech’s gauntlets and Sunworm while Yang Dian and Nid watched, unable to join the fight.

Han Xiao defeated the Mutant White Lion King, claimed its heart, and refused to help Yang Dian and Nid rescue an exploration team. As he traveled toward Red Maple, he learned that Germinal had begun capturing players, marking the start of the Inhuman Incident.

• Han Xiao used the Viper Kai and a powerful sniper shot to defeat and kill the enraged Mutant White Lion King, then obtained its heart and triggered the Virus Research mission.
• Yang Dian and Nid asked Han Xiao to help rescue a missing exploration team, but he declined and left the Laopote Forbidden Zone alone.
• Han Xiao returned to his transport plane and headed for Red Maple to deliver the heart to the Louis Biological Research Institute and pursue his other missions.
• Han Xiao read forum posts showing that Germinal had captured players across the Andia Continent and recognized the start of the Inhuman Incident.
• Han Xiao anticipated that the Six Nations would soon respond and that the Expeditionary War would begin earlier than it had in his previous life.

Gu Hui briefed the Thirteenth Bureau on the spreading Inhuman Phenomenon and the order to contact Inhumans, while factions and players reacted to the new situation. Han Xiao traveled to Red Maple to deliver a heart infected with the Death Virus and spotted the injured superheroes he had encountered before at the Louis Research Institute.

• Gu Hui told the Thirteenth Bureau that the highest leadership had suspended the Andia expedition and ordered agents to contact Inhumans, while leaving existing agents in Andia to gather intelligence.
• Factions began approaching players, and players flooded the forums with speculation about why NPCs treated them as real people.
• Han Xiao monitored the reactions and headed to Red Maple to complete his time-limited heart mutation mission.
• Han Xiao arrived at the Louis Research Institute in Canros and offered the receptionist a heart infected with the Death Virus.
• Two bandaged superheroes entered the lobby, and Han Xiao recognized them from the Laopote restricted zone while they failed to recognize him.

Yang Dian and Nid returned from the restricted area with a metal case, believing the Louis Research Institute had lost its exploration team to the Death Virus. Han Xiao discovered that Locket had deceived them and that the institute was developing a Death Virus enhancer, then secretly hacked its database and planted a program.

• Yang Dian and Nid found the infected exploration team, received a metal case from its leader, and escaped a beast horde with it.
• Locket praised Yang Dian and Nid for delivering the case, while they blamed themselves for failing to rescue the team.
• Han Xiao brought Locket a Death Virus-infected heart and followed him to the institute's laboratory.
• Han Xiao overheard Locket and the lab supervisor admit that the exploration team was dead and that they had tricked Yang Dian and Nid into working for free.
• Han Xiao hacked the institute's database, discovered it was researching a Death Virus Enhancer rather than a cure, and planted a program.

Han Xiao posed as a Germinal Organization executive to buy serums from Locket's institute, then revealed he intended to rob them when they refused to let him inspect the stock before paying. The institute trapped Han Xiao and Locket in the exhibition room and aimed hidden guns at them, leaving Han Xiao at their mercy.

• Locket brought Han Xiao a low-concentration Death Virus Enhancer, and Han Xiao asked to buy more serum.
• Han Xiao claimed to be Heisenberg, a Germinal Organization executive, and used the Viper Kai mecha to convince Locket and the institute's higher-ups to make a deal.
• Locket took Han Xiao to the serum exhibition room, where Han Xiao confirmed the displayed serums were genuine and demanded to inspect the stock before paying.
• When Locket refused, Han Xiao drew his gun and declared it his payment, then shot at a bulletproof display case.
• The institute sealed the exhibition room, retracted the display cases, and trained hidden gun barrels on Han Xiao and Locket.

Han Xiao hacked the Louis Research Institute’s security system, robbed its pharmaceutical display, and escaped despite the institute’s efforts to trap him. The executives turned to Locket to summon the two superheroes still in the city.

• Han Xiao activated the hacking program he had planted in the institute’s network, taking control of the security systems and opening the exhibition room.
• Han Xiao intimidated Locket, smashed the display cases, and filled his backpack with pharmaceuticals.
• The institute’s executives cut power to the underground floors and called for guards and Red Maple authorities, but Han Xiao punched through the ceilings and reached the lobby.
• Han Xiao knocked down the bodyguards at the entrance and escaped into the street before reinforcements could arrive.
• Locket offered to contact the two superheroes still in the city, and the executives urged him to do it immediately.