Chapter Summaries

Tao Yuan and the others completed the Hopscotch Game by flying across it, then followed a hidden underground passage and overheard Disciplinarian Directors discussing secret transfers of children. They found a huge ornate door leading to an empty, modern-looking hall, where Qin Rang and Lin Nieran guided them to a hidden side entrance.

• Tao Yuan and Wang Ding realized the group had flown across the Hopscotch Game and received two Points each for completing it.
• Wang Ding concealed the group as they continued through the underground passage and hid from two Disciplinarian Directors, who discussed taking children and falsifying records.
• An Ying suggested the Directors' passage led to another exit, while Qin Rang and Lin Nieran said they did not recognize the two men.
• The group reached a towering door carved with the Dining Hall Statue and found a clean, empty hall behind it.
• Qin Rang and Lin Nieran led the group across the hall to a hidden door they identified as a side entrance.

Tao Yuan and the others discovered the Punishment Room, where children hung motionless from black threads, and Qin Rang and Lin Nieran explained its history. A sudden crash led them into a battle with transformed Disciplinarian Directors whose aggressive threads could burrow into flesh.

• Tao Yuan and the others found children suspended on black threads in the Punishment Room, and Qin Rang warned them not to disturb the punishment.
• Qin Rang and Lin Nieran revealed that they had been punished there before and that they suspected another hidden area where people were killed.
• A crash drew the group down the corridor, where they encountered transformed Disciplinarian Directors who attacked them with dangerous black threads.
• Wang Ding severed most of the threads with his whip but was pierced by one, while the Calamity Crossing Squad defended Lin Nieran and Qin Rang.
• Tao Yuan charged her Chainsaw to clear a path, and An Ying used her Bamboo Umbrella to shield the group from the severed threads.

The Calamity Crossing Squad, Modian, and Lai'er converged in the Cemetery, where Wang revealed that he had orchestrated the gathering. Wang then focused on Qin Rang, claiming he carried the scent of Qin Rang’s soul, while Flower Language blocked him from approaching.

• The group escaped the Black-Line Weird into the Cemetery and found Modian among the children’s skeletons, with Lai’er and 32 Statues nearby.
• The Cemetery’s Weirds turned their attention to the newcomers as the Black-Line Weird broke through the sealed door.
• Wang arrived with the black lines under his control and explained that the Cemetery allowed the dead Weirds of the Orphanage to coexist.
• Wang admitted he had led Modian there and said Modian would otherwise have ruined Lord Father’s plans.
• Wang told Tao Yuan that the group had entered the Instance for Qin Rang, then said Qin Rang carried the scent of Qin Rang’s soul.
• Tao Yuan and Wang Ding shielded Qin Rang, and Flower Language stopped Wang with a Thorn when he tried to approach.

Wang revealed that he had lured Flower Language to the Underground Passage and left the Cemetery after warning the group to seek him out at the S-Rank Residence. His departure awakened the Cemetery’s threats, and the team fought to survive as Lai’er and Modian took on separate enemies.

• Flower Language confronted Wang about luring her to the Underground Passage, and Wang admitted it while promising information at the S-Rank Residence.
• Lai’er accused Wang of using underhanded tricks to complete his lord’s mission, but Wang vanished when black lines enveloped him.
• The sculptures, Skeletons, and Black-Line Weird attacked as Mi Chuchu, Lai’er, Tao Yuan, An Ying, and the others defended the group.
• Mo Lan and An Ying called for a switch, and Lai’er took over fighting the Skeletons while Modian attacked the Black-Line Weird.
• Tao Yuan and the others faced the thirty-two sculptures, whose aura made their bodies heavy and sluggish.
• Wang Ding warned An Ying to dodge right, and Tao Yuan froze the sculpture blocking his path with her whip before striking another sculpture with her Chainsaw.

Mi Chuchu and the Calamity Crossing Squad discovered that removing a statue’s mourning cloth exposed its weakness, while the Cemetery’s skeletons overwhelmed Lai’er despite their vulnerability to his angelic powers. Lin Nieran studied their rules and realized that although physical attacks could not harm them, mental damage could.

• An Ying noticed that dust from the statues was petrifying the group, jumped above them where the dust was thinner, and removed a statue’s mourning cloth.
• Mi Chuchu smashed the exposed statue, but the resulting dust began turning exposed parts of her and An Ying gray.
• Lin Nieran examined the rules of the giggling skeletons and realized their regeneration and immunity to physical attacks made them a poor match for Modian.
• Lai’er struck the skeletons with his wings, making them cry out in pain and retreat.
• Lin Nieran saw the skeletons’ status change from excited to in pain and asked whether illusions could inflict mental damage on them.

Modian transformed into the Weaver and began turning the Black-Line Weird into cloth while Lin Nieran scanned the threat and watched from hiding with Qin Rang. As Lin Nieran considered how to use the Cemetery fight to strengthen his Vests and gain Performance Points, he found a cracked white mask among his stored Weird Objects.

• Modian changed into the Weaver and used his hammer to gather the Black-Line Weird’s strands and weave them into cloth, with Black Cat and Flower Language helping.
• Lin Nieran scanned the Black-Insect Weird and learned its rules, while 007 explained that the distant statues were too far away to scan.
• Qin Rang urged Lin Nieran to seek the Orphanage Director, but Lin Nieran convinced him to stay hidden and trust the others to handle the Weirds.
• Lin Nieran considered how to turn Wang’s staged Cemetery fight into Fame and Performance Points, but 007 said it could no longer combine his Limited-Time Personas.
• Lin Nieran searched his stored Weird Objects and found a white porcelain-like mask with black cracks across half its face.

Lin Nieran used the Actor Mask’s ability to consider advancing one of his Vests into a powerful future, but struggled to find a way to get the mask to Lai'er without exposing their connection. As the battles continued, Flower Language helped control the sculptures, and Director Chen ordered a team to investigate the unexpectedly difficult Instance.

• Lin Nieran explained that the Actor Mask could let someone act out a future version of a person, and decided Lai'er was the best target because of his area attacks and illusion abilities.
• Lin Nieran realized he had no safe way to deliver the mask to Lai'er while Skeletons surrounded him and livestream viewers and the Protagonist Group were watching.
• Wang Ding and Mi Chuchu smashed a sculpture, Lai'er fought waves of Skeletons, Modian struck the ground with his Weaving Hammer, and Mo Lan collected the resulting black insect balls.
• Director Chen suspected the Orphanage Instance’s difficulty had changed despite no detected abnormal energy and sent a logistics team to investigate alongside the Tang Family.
• Flower Language stopped sculptures pursuing An Ying and Tao Yuan, then raised a vast forest of Thorns that restricted the sculptures and eased the pressure on the group.
• Flower Language warned An Ying to rest because half his body had turned into sculpture.

Lin Nieran reunited with his Vests amid the battle and sent Mo Lan to deliver a mask to Lai’er. Lai’er received the mask and put it on as An Ying and the others remained occupied with the fight.

• Wang Ding gave An Ying medicine to clear the effects of Sculpture Disease, while Qin Rang and Lin Nieran left cover to help the team.
• Lin Nieran entered the ring of black lines and reunited with Modian, Wu Liang, and Mo Lan, then told them to protect Lin Yi if he appeared.
• Lin Nieran asked one of his Vests to deliver a mask and a message to Lai’er, and Mo Lan volunteered.
• An Ying and Wu Liang diverted attention as Mo Lan slipped away and passed the mask to Lai’er.
• Lai’er spread his wings around himself and pressed the mask to his face.

Lin Nieran used Invigorating coffee to strengthen the Weird, causing the creatures across the cemetery to grow more powerful and the skeletons to awaken. The group fled from the advancing skeletons as Wang Ding identified their Rule as contact-based suppression with a short cooldown.

• Lin Nieran used Invigorating coffee to boost the Weird while False Angel Lai'er's future mask carried an SS-Rank mark.
• The cemetery statues revived and attacked faster, injuring Mi Chuchu, while the Black-Line Weird overwhelmed Modian with a surge of black strands.
• Flower Language said Modian was difficult to kill, and the skeletons in the Cemetery awakened with black soul flames and turned on the group.
• An Ying carried Qin Rang as Tao Yuan helped Mi Chuchu and Flower Language pulled Lin Nieran and Wang Ding away from the pursuing skeletons.
• Wang Ding discovered that the skeletons' Rule suppressed abilities upon contact, with a cooldown of about three seconds.

Wang Ding’s group and the Weaver were trapped in the cemetery by Skeletons, Black-Line Weirds, and 32 statues, so Wang Ding used a golden token to shield them. The Aberrations surrounded the barrier without attacking one another, and the group suspected a higher Rule or the Orphanage Director was controlling them as their remaining protection dwindled.

• Wang Ding led the group toward the Black-Line Weird territory, where they met the Weaver, but the Skeletons and 32 statues closed in and left them surrounded.
• Wang Ding activated a golden token that created a small protective barrier, and Modian awkwardly squeezed inside after Lin Nieran tapped his shinbone.
• The Skeletons, Black-Line Weirds, and statues stopped outside the shield and kept their distance from one another, prompting Wang Ding to suspect a higher Rule prevented them from fighting.
• Qin Rang suggested the Orphanage Director might control the Aberrations, and the group questioned whether the Director and the organization were connected to the Instance’s past or World Weirdification.
• Modian revealed that he had killed the Disciplinarian Directors underground and that Wang had taken him to the Cemetery.
• As the Aberrations covered the shield and its two-minute protection continued to run down, Qin Rang and Lin Nieran joked grimly about dying and being buried.

Tao Yuan and the others prepared to escape the Orphanage as hordes of aberrations surrounded their protective barrier. Lai'er appeared as a twelve-winged angel and began purifying the monsters, leaving the group rescued but facing his overwhelming power.

• Tao Yuan reassured the group that Lai'er and Mo Lan were fighting the Skeletons outside, while Sunny Doll predicted that they were not in danger.
• Modian shrank into a puppet and tried to rush outside, but Wu Liang held him back as the ground began to shake and heat up.
• A twelve-winged angel descended in platinum light, destroying the aberrations surrounding the group.
• The angel's golden halos wiped out Skeletons and sculptures and badly wounded the Black-Line Weird, whose remaining fragments fled into the soil.
• The livestream viewers recognized the angel as Lai'er and celebrated as he continued clearing the area.

Lai'er’s temporary SS-Rank Dark Angel form destroyed the Skeletons and sculptures, then fought Modian before returning to his usual form. Lin Nieran learned the form’s true nature and helped the group conceal what had happened, though Flower Language warned that Lai’er’s appearance had probably already spread across Blue Star.

• Lai'er’s golden halo purified the Skeletons and annihilated the thirty-two sculptures while the group watched warily.
• Modian attacked Lai'er with black threads, but Lai'er severed them and knocked Modian back to the ground.
• 007 showed Lin Nieran Lai’er’s data, revealing that he had become a temporary SS-Rank Dark Angel whose illusion was fully integrated.
• Lai'er asked Lin Nieran whether he should continue, then removed the Actor’s mask and returned to his four-winged form.
• Lin Nieran acted frightened, and Wu Liang told Lai'er to use his complete form sparingly to preserve their Master Fame.
• Lai'er blamed Wang for the trouble, but Flower Language said his appearance had probably already spread across Blue Star.

After Lai'er appeared in his twelve-winged angel form, people across Blue Star reacted with excitement and debated the Organization’s members online. In Luohai City, Luo Jiayu admired Lai’er and discovered a hugely popular cross-regional poll, where supporters argued over their favorites.

• People on the West Copper City forum reacted to Lai’er’s appearance, with some praising him and others arguing over whether he belonged to the Organization.
• Luo Jiayu followed news about the squad and Organization while searching for information that might save Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao.
• After watching Lai’er’s angel form, Luo Jiayu wished she could visit the Organization and speak with him.
• Luo Jiayu opened a popular cross-regional poll about which Organization member people liked or admired most.
• Luo Jiayu read comments showing strong support for Bai Yang, Moonlit Night, Flower Language, Writer, and Modian, along with more subdued or unusual fan groups for other members.