Chapter Summaries

Lin Nieran took a Weird Taxi from Wutong District to buy joss paper, then headed toward the Lily Weird Zone in Cloud City to retrieve a Weird Object. During the long ride, his Fame surged, and he saw a livestream showing a violent fire engulfing an instance.

• Lin Nieran read the Weird Taxi's rules and rode through the barriers between Wutong District and Anning District, where the blood moon briefly affected him.
• Lin Nieran discussed with the system how to accelerate Qin Rang and the others' growth, saying he would put them under greater pressure.
• Lin Nieran bought joss paper, returned to the taxi, and paid the driver 100,000 yuan to take him to the Lily Weird Zone in Cloud City.
• Lin Nieran spoke to the masked young man about retrieving Moonlit Night and a Weird Object for points while the taxi drove for several hours.
• Lin Nieran noticed his Fame had risen above 103,000 and opened the livestream, where he saw a massive fire shaking an instance.

Bai Yang and Qin Rang reunited with Tao Yuan, Sheng Qingqiao, and An Ying as a horde of Security Guard Weirds pursued them from the Security Room. The group fled into the Snack Stalls, where the Weirds could not follow, but they remained trapped in a running battle and were badly wounded.

• Bai Yang finished a black kitten Weird Doll, fused the Parasitic Spirit into it, and left the Tailor Shop with Qin Rang.
• Bai Yang and Qin Rang found Tao Yuan, Sheng Qingqiao, and An Ying fleeing the Security Room after its doors were torn open and a horde of Security Guard Weirds poured out.
• An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao protected the group from the Weirds as Tao Yuan fought with her chainsaw and Little Bear smashed attackers with his fists.
• Sheng Qingqiao explained that the group had freed prisoners from the Security Room after finding a note identifying its captives as outsiders.
• The group escaped into the Snack Stalls, but after more than ten minutes of pursuit, they were wounded and the horde still showed no sign of thinning.

After escaping the Security Guards, Bai Yang and the others rested in a hidden staircase that the anomalies could not see, shared information about Specter Flower Language, and used Tao Yuan’s Bubble Machine to heal. An Ying warned that the instance could rise from B-rank to A-rank if more people died, so the group decided to finish it quickly.

• An Ying led the group down a concealed staircase, where they found a dead end and realized the anomalies could not see the entrance.
• The group rested while Bai Yang admitted he was weak and explained that Specter Flower Language could be countered by giving her a rose.
• Qin Rang explained that the staircase was reserved for children who had died after being pushed down it by casino guests.
• Tao Yuan used her Bubble Machine to heal the group, and Qin Rang shared food while they rested.
• An Ying warned that the Security Guards might target hidden players and that the instance could rise to A-rank if the anomalies ate enough people.

Qin Rang and the others concluded that the casino’s many weird entities were victims and outsiders transformed by the Gambling House, while the force behind the instance was neither victim nor perpetrator. Bai Yang confirmed that it was a deck of playing cards led by the King and Little Joker.

• Qin Rang, Sheng Qingqiao, and Tao Yuan explained the origins of the casino’s rule-based entities, card-marked victims, and charred outsiders.
• Tao Yuan reasoned that many of the people in the casino had been trapped and lured into gambling, while the strange hostility toward outsiders suggested the force behind the casino was neither victim nor perpetrator.
• Qin Rang said the entity showed malice toward both humans and local weird entities, and Sheng Qingqiao noted that the casino’s entities were unusually easy to kill.
• Bai Yang revealed that the Fortune Teller had identified the entity after Moonlit Night left, prompting Sheng Qingqiao to ask whether the Fortune Teller belonged to Bai Yang’s organization.
• Qin Rang described the entity as something once played with that now controlled the Gambling House, and An Ying guessed it was a complete deck of cards.
• Bai Yang confirmed that the entity was a deck of playing cards led by the King and Little Joker.

Qin Rang and the others organized survivors to plant Fire Seeds throughout the instance and set a coordinated blaze to recreate the casino’s destruction for a Perfect Clear. As the countdown ended, Qin Rang ignited Colorless Fire and ordered everyone to release their flames.

• An Ying proposed recreating the casino’s destruction with a fire so the group could achieve a Perfect Clear without killing the King anomaly prematurely.
• The group agreed to gather survivors, distribute Fire Seeds, and ignite them together while avoiding the Security Guards.
• An Ying, Tao Yuan, and Sheng Qingqiao recruited survivors and handed out Fire Seeds, while Qin Rang persuaded Mei Long to lend him her Range Communication Haunting Object.
• Bai Yang said he had given more than a hundred Fire Seeds to Flower Language, who could scatter them with her thorns.
• Qin Rang used Colorless Fire as the group counted down, then ordered everyone to release their flames.

Qin Rang’s fire trapped the uncanny beings and turned them back into burning humans, but the street’s rules weakened the blaze and let them attack again. Bai Yang summoned his enormous rabbit to help reignite the fire as Qin Rang warned that it could be consumed by the flames.

• Qin Rang sent Tao Yuan, Sheng Qingqiao, An Ying, and Mei Long to hunt the uncanny beings as fire spread through the street.
• The flames burned the uncanny beings, restoring their human forms, while the Gambling House stayed shut and untouched.
• Qin Rang explained that his flames spared the humans in their companion range, but the uncanny being’s energy suppressed the fire and released the charred corpses to attack.
• Bai Yang summoned the giant rabbit and sat in its palm, saying he would help Qin Rang restart the blaze.
• Qin Rang guessed that Bai Yang meant to use the rabbit as firewood and warned that it could be sacrificed.

Bai Yang, Qin Rang, and the others fed the fires until they achieved a perfect clear of the Heaven · Addiction dungeon. As the dungeon collapsed, Bai Yang destroyed the gambling houses and swallowed the sun, while Qin Rang and An Ying waited to leave.

• Bai Yang sent the rabbit to demolish buildings and feed them to the fires, while the little bear batted away the rule chains.
• Qin Rang directed everyone to throw flammable objects and creepy corpses into the fires until they spread across the street.
• The fires weakened the dungeon, revealing the wounded people trapped within as the energy fell and the gambling houses remained standing.
• The system announced a perfect clear and warned that the dungeon would collapse, and Qin Rang and An Ying stayed behind while the others left.
• Bai Yang ordered the rabbit to smash the gambling houses, and the rabbit swallowed the sun before the dungeon forcibly removed him.

After the livestream, Lin Nieran learned that he needed more Fame and store points to upgrade the Persona System, so he decided to save his Fame and focus on spending points before the temporary store closed. He appraised his playing cards, then heard a strange voice demand them and considered how to take the masked young man's dagger.

• Lin Nieran saw that the livestream had earned him more than 20,000 Fame, bringing his total to 150,000.
• 007 gave Lin Nieran the Persona System guidelines and explained that he needed another 50,000 Fame and 100,000 store points to upgrade to V2.
• Lin Nieran recalled that his kitten had cut and absorbed the sun's energy, then returned the cat and joker cards to his hand.
• 007 appraised the 54 Playing Cards as a B-rank strange object with four suit abilities and rules that included hating rabbits and black cats.
• A middle-aged man's voice demanded the cards, but another voice silenced it; Lin Nieran assured the masked young man he was fine and considered how to steal his dagger.

Lin Nieran fused the dangerous playing card Weird Object into the system and rested as the livestream ended. Meanwhile, the returning teammates gathered, discussed the Fox Organization and Bai Yang, and prepared to take part in their next mission.

• Lin Nieran fused the playing card Weird Object into the system, bringing his points total to 57,500, then hid his cards and took a nap.
• The livestream ended, and viewers discussed the Fox Organization, Bai Yang, Flower Language, and Moonlit Night.
• Tao Yuan and Wang Ding met at the conference room, where they discussed the organization and waited for the others.
• Qin Rang and An Ying arrived together, joked about their ride, and playfully fought while Wang Ding gathered the documents.
• Mi Chuchu returned with Sheng Qingqiao and told the team about her month-long instance before asking about their recent mission.
• Wang Ding and Mi Chuchu said they could join the squad on its next mission.

The Calamity Crossing Squad learned that Moonlit Night and Flower Language had been located in Cloud City, while the Information Office uncovered signs that the Evil God Organization had returned there. Elder Ju sent the squad to investigate the threat before the cult could rebuild its strength.

• Tao Yuan told Sheng Qingqiao that Moonlit Night, Bai Yang, and Flower Language had disappeared after the instance, and that a detection camera had found Moonlit Night.
• Elder Ju, Tao Yun, and Chen Ming met with the Calamity Crossing Squad and showed photographs placing Moonlit Night and Flower Language in Cloud City.
• Chen Ming revealed that valid identification cards for Bai Yang, Moonlit Night, and Flower Language had appeared in the Information Office database.
• Elder Ju warned the squad that investigators had found signs of the Evil God Organization in Cloud City, and Tao Yun showed photographs of its members killing a Weird Object.
• Chen Ming explained that the cult could grow far more dangerous by operating in a strange zone, and Elder Ju ordered the squad to stop its return.

Qin Rang's squad received orders to investigate Moonlit Night and the Worship God's separate presence in Cloud City, while Lin Nieran arrived in the abandoned city to search for his old home and gather points. He found the zone contained multiple SS-rank threats, then summoned Flower Language as he prepared to explore.

• Tao Yuan and Chen Ming told Qin Rang's squad that Moonlit Night and the Worship God were unlikely to be working together and assigned the squad to investigate why both had appeared in Cloud City.
• Tao Yun gave Qin Rang a phone that could livestream under certain conditions and ordered the squad to depart after preparing supplies.
• An Ying and Tao Yuan found the weapon shop closed, while Lin Nieran arrived at Cloud City's ruined entrance by Taxi.
• 007 scanned Cloud City and showed Lin Nieran a map marked with multiple SS-rank danger zones.
• After 007 left to answer another host's call, Lin Nieran spotted other people on the map and summoned Flower Language from her card.

Lin Nieran brought Flower Language and Moonlit Night to Cloud City while planning to buy a dimensional space for the Weirds. Moonlit Night hunted Weirds to collect objects for Lin Nieran, then encountered Wen Keke and her companions, who considered recruiting him.

• Flower Language offered to kill more than Moonlit Night, while Lin Nieran wondered why the Masked Youth had not appeared.
• Moonlit Night killed his fifth Weird and focused on collecting more Weird Objects for his master.
• Wen Keke and three men gathered food beneath a jellyfish-shaped C-rank Weird, and she promised to help them survive in the Weird Zone.
• Moonlit Night approached the group, and Wen Keke warned her companions that he was too dangerous to fight.
• Wen Keke suggested recruiting Moonlit Night so they could stop hiding, but the young man objected to using a dangerous Weird Object ability.

Moonlit Night attacked Wen Keke after recognizing the S-rank Charm Weird Object she wore, but she escaped with a companion using a life-saving item. Meanwhile, Lin Nieran and Flower Language continued toward the Happy Residential Complex as Qin Rang's team chased an unidentified group through the Weird Zone.

• Wen Keke tried to charm Moonlit Night, but he recognized her necklace's ability and slashed at her without warning.
• Wen Keke escaped with the young man beside her, while Moonlit Night killed the two men left behind and collected their Weird Objects.
• Wen Keke resolved to improve her Charm ability and return for revenge, then planned a different route back with the young man.
• Lin Nieran checked his map, noticed new moving dots, and continued toward the Happy Residential Complex with Flower Language as Moonlit Night headed toward the Weird Hospital.
• Qin Rang's team detected a group nearby and suspected it belonged to the Sui God group, so they pursued it through the Weird Zone.

Tao Yuan's group discovered that the suspected Moonlit Night group was near Lily Hospital, an S-rank instance, but a wandering A-rank weird being called General Ma interrupted their plans. The Calamity Crossing Squad and Wen Keke's group fled together, unaware that the horse's rules made escape impossible once it judged them deserters.

• Wang Ding used the map to identify Lily Hospital as the location of the suspected Moonlit Night group, and Tao Yuan refused to enter the S-rank instance.
• General Ma emerged from the fog near Tao Yuan and Wang Ding, forcing their group to flee without packing.
• Tao Yuan's group led General Ma toward the Worship God group, and both groups ended up running from the horse together.
• Wen Keke blamed the Calamity Crossing Squad for leading General Ma to her group and lamented that they kept pursuing her.
• Qin Rang rejected Wen Keke's plea for forgiveness, while she wondered why her S-rank Poppy Flower Weird Object no longer worked on them.

Wen Keke and the Calamity Crossing Squad joined forces to fight the bronze horse after its pursuit damaged their Weird Objects. Their attacks knocked it into a crater, but it recovered and rose again.

• The bronze horse pursued the group with metal spears, damaging An Ying’s Bamboo Umbrella and consuming Wen Keke’s Weird Objects.
• Wen Keke asked Qin Rang’s squad to help fight the horse, and Qin Rang agreed to let her hold it off first.
• Wen Keke summoned a stone lion statue whose roar stopped the horse, while Qin Rang’s squad decided to join the fight.
• Mi Chuchu lifted the bronze horse and slammed it into the ground, and Tao Yuan and An Ying attacked it without causing serious damage.
• The bronze horse leaped out of the crater and reared up again.

Qin Rang and his team defeated the A-rank Bronze Horse by exposing its weak point and using their abilities in combination. Afterward, they faced Wen Keke and her people, with the conflict between them still unresolved.

• An Ying discovered that electricity damaged the Bronze Horse's forehead pattern, while its stomping could knock down and kill nearby humans.
• Qin Rang used the Evil Ghost Mask to attack the weak point as Mi Chuchu, Wang Ding, and the others restrained the Bronze Horse, but its counterattack injured them.
• Sheng Qingqiao used the Red Candle to immobilize the Bronze Horse, and An Ying's shots exposed its defenses to Qin Rang's Colorless Fire.
• Tao Yuan unleashed her charged Pink Chainsaw, decapitating the Bronze Horse with a soul attack.
• An Ying collected the tiny bronze horse ornament, while Sheng Qingqiao and Wang Ding helped the injured members confront Wen Keke and her group.

Wen Keke and the Calamity Crossing Squad reached a tense truce after two Bronze Horses trapped them, while Tao Yuan warned that the horses would attack if provoked. As they debated Wen Keke’s past and searched for a way out, two mysterious figures arrived through the fog, and Qin Rang’s group suspected one belonged to a dangerous organization.

• Wen Keke stopped An Ying from attacking the two A-rank Bronze Horses, warning that doing so would trigger their rule.
• Wen Keke claimed she and her followers had abandoned their cult’s violence, but Tao Yuan and An Ying questioned her innocence and Qin Rang grew wary of her influence.
• Qin Rang suggested the Bronze Horses had appeared because the group had just killed a Weird, leaving both sides silently considering how to escape.
• Footsteps approached through the fog, and Wen Keke blamed the Calamity Crossing Squad for attracting so many Weirds.
• A tall figure with deep green eyes appeared beside a second figure in the fog, and Qin Rang’s group suspected the newcomer was connected to a mysterious organization.

Lin Nieran disguised himself as the mysterious leader of the Villain Organization and intervened when Qin Rang’s group faced two Bronze Horse Weirds. After the group escaped, Lin Nieran revealed that he had used them to obtain the Weirds and hoped to earn points before the system shop closed.

• The green-eyed figure ordered Moonlit Night to destroy the two Bronze Horse Weirds, then left with him as Qin Rang’s group recovered.
• Wen Keke teleported her people away, and Qin Rang’s group discussed the unknown figures who had saved them.
• Disguise Time expired, revealing Lin Nieran, who praised Moonlit Night and kept the two Bronze Horse statues.
• 007 warned Lin Nieran that the protagonists and the Villain Organization faced danger, but Lin Nieran trusted the group to defeat the Class A Weird.
• When two Bronze Horse Weirds appeared, Lin Nieran used a disguise and fog to pose as the organization’s hidden leader and intervene for the chance to obtain their Weird Objects.

Lin Nieran recycled an A-rank bronze horse Weird Object, spent points on a Dimensional Territory and Luck Cards, then used his luck to generate the territory. He found himself in the Boundless Land, a lifeless failed world divided between strange white and dark landscapes.

• Lin Nieran returned to Lily Hospital with Flower Language and Moonlit Night, then settled in an empty nearby house.
• Lin Nieran recycled one bronze horse Weird Object for 53,000 points, bringing his balance to 131,500, and redeemed the Dimensional Territory scroll and two Luck Cards.
• Lin Nieran used a Luck Card and generated the Dimensional Territory, which pulled him, Moonlit Night, and Flower Language into another world.
• Lin Nieran discovered the territory was called the Boundless Land and saw a white forest beside a dark, barren landscape.
• 007 told Lin Nieran that the Boundless Land was a failed world with no signs of life and had once been ranked far above his own world.

Lin Nieran explored his newly drawn SSS-rank Dimensional Territory and discovered it was an enormous, empty landscape that needed buildings and furniture from the shop. After browsing costly construction options, he left the territory and prepared to sleep, leaving Flower Language on watch.

• Lin Nieran learned that his Luck Card could borrow luck from his future self, so he stopped drawing cards after obtaining the SSS-rank Dimensional Territory.
• Lin Nieran toured the territory with Moonlit Night and Flower Language, finding vast forests and strange landscapes but no intact buildings.
• Lin Nieran learned from 007 that buildings and furniture had to be purchased, then directed Moonlit Night and Flower Language to fight elsewhere rather than kill each other.
• Lin Nieran browsed the shop, found even basic buildings costly, and added several expensive options to his favorites without buying them.
• Lin Nieran agreed that upgrading 007 could be useful but chose to sleep, bringing Bai Yang out and assigning Flower Language to keep watch.