Vol. 2Rollback Through the Dungeons

Xu Xi used Rollback and careful investigation to expose threats in the Camp and escape Shen Manor, then cleared a looping plane Dungeon. He entered a solo Dungeon in a decaying apartment building and left the landlord fetching a spare key.

  • Xu Xi repeatedly used Rollback to investigate the Camp, discovered that withdrawal led to death, and identified the Blue Entities guarding a hidden passage.
  • After Dana was eliminated and other contestants died or withdrew, Xu Xi returned to the Camp with his knowledge intact and faced the Blue Entities.
  • Xu Xi exposed Xinli as a wrongly classified Spy and cleared the Camp instance, then entered the Shen Residence and tested its funeral rules through repeated deaths and resets.
  • Xu Xi avoided his room’s mirror and warned Lin Zuo about the well as the players prepared separate investigations.
  • Xu Xi discovered the Clan Genealogy, burned it in the Stove Hearth, and escaped Shen Manor, while Hang Ze led the other players out through the open gate.
  • Xu Xi joined an international plane Dungeon where time had stopped and a dead flight attendant approached with a rust-covered cart.
  • Xu Xi and Itanu reached the cockpit and helped the pilot land the looping plane, clearing the Dungeon.
  • Xu Xi entered a solo apartment-building Dungeon, killed the room 502 woman and landlord, took the woman’s hemp-rope item, and tricked the landlord into fetching a spare key.
Chapters 101–200 Read from Ch. 101

Arc 5The Camp’s Hidden Dead

Xu Xi repeatedly used Rollback to investigate the Camp’s unseen threats, discovering that withdrawal was no escape and that Blue Entities guarded a hidden passage. He returned to the challenge with his knowledge intact, but the Blue Entities appeared before him as Dana was eliminated again.

  • Xu Xi tried escaping by boat, rolled back, and withdrew, but learned that withdrawal led to his death, and he restarted and entered the Camp with the contestants.
  • Xu Xi watched through the surveillance feeds as invisible entities attacked the contestants, while Dana was eliminated and Briman withdrew.
  • The remaining contestants split up to face challenges at the Torture Tower, Burial Forest, and Mass Grave, where Polina and Saha were eliminated and the others uncovered evidence of a deadly presence in the Camp.
  • Winniever and the remaining players searched for clues, but entities attacked them in the Dungeon, and Xu Xi found the production area empty and watched a boat leave before a gray-faced stranger killed him.
  • Xu Xi rolled back and entered the Camp again, using details from his earlier run to follow Polina and identify the blue-green Eerie Creature that attacked her and Dana.
  • Xu Xi encountered dozens of Blue Entities in a passage, told them he was a harmless visitor, and passed through to find the Dungeon empty.
  • Xu Xi found a concealed passage beneath a stone slab, but a Blue Entity escorted him out, and he returned to the others the next morning.
  • A gust of wind attacked Dana beneath the table, and she was eliminated after saying “Retreat”, and Blue Entities then appeared before Xu Xi as the other contestants watched his reaction.
Chapters 101–12525 summaries Read

Arc 6The Shen Family Funeral

Xu Xi cleared the Camp instance by exposing Xinli’s wrongful classification, then entered the Shen Residence instance and began testing its funeral rules and hidden clues. After repeated deaths and resets, he avoided his room’s mirror and warned Lin Zuo about the well, while the other players prepared to investigate separate parts of the residence.

  • Xu Xi learned that the Living Corpse Man would massacre the players, then used the shaman’s phone to livestream from the Archives and expose Xinli as a wrongly classified Spy, clearing the instance.
  • The remaining contestants failed to copy Xu Xi’s method and were wiped out, while Xu Xi received rewards and saw that he had climbed 498 steps.
  • Xu Xi entered a new instance at the Shen Residence with six other players, including Hang Ze, and learned that Master Shen had died three nights earlier.
  • The steward recited seven funeral rules, and the players performed the incense rite before Xing Ge stayed behind for the first night’s vigil.
  • Xu Xi tested the sealed well and tried to reach Seventh Concubine, but the residence blocked his routes and the steward’s warning about the Shen Family’s debt ended in Xu Xi’s death and rollback.
  • After the hour of the rat, Xu Xi reached the ancestral hall and saw Master Shen’s corpse, but a hostile gathering dragged Hang Ze into the coffin and sent Xu Xi back to his room.
  • Xu Xi suspected he had died in his sleep and threw his bronze mirror outside, while other players encountered dangerous mirror phenomena.
  • At breakfast, Xu Xi warned Lin Zuo that touching the Back Garden well would be fatal as the players planned separate investigations.
Chapters 126–15025 summaries Read

Arc 7The Shen Manor Escape and the Ghost Flight

Xu Xi uncovered the Clan Genealogy and escaped Shen Manor, while Hang Ze’s destruction of the Ancestral Hall let the other players leave too. Xu Xi entered an international Dungeon aboard a plane trapped in stopped time, where a dead flight attendant approached with a rust-covered cart.

  • Lin Zuo, Yu Hao, and the other players divided up to investigate Shen Manor, while Xu Xi searched for the People Wearing White Flowers.
  • Xu Xi repeatedly died after leaving his room, then followed a maid and Xueke to the sealed well and learned about the Sixth Young Master’s death and Seventh Concubine’s wish to restore him.
  • Xu Xi volunteered to keep vigil in the Ancestral Hall, discovered that the lantern flames constrained the hall’s contents, and survived a supernatural attack by waiting for it to pass.
  • After Hang Ze destroyed the memorial tablets and awakened Master Shen’s corpse, Xu Xi realized the Dungeon had changed and sought another way out.
  • Xu Xi persuaded Seventh Concubine to open the well, had Xueke retrieve the Clan Genealogy, burned it in the unusual Stove Hearth, and left Shen Manor.
  • Hang Ze led Yu Hao, Xing Ge, Lin Zuo, Shi Weiwei, and Tang Shutong through the open gate, allowing them to escape the Dungeon as well.
  • Xu Xi’s rise in the rankings drew attention, and he entered an international Dungeon aboard a plane with Itanu, Aleksye, Manya, and Yansheng.
  • The players learned that time had stopped and noticed a dead flight attendant pushing a rust-covered cart, so Yansheng warned them to return to their seats and fasten their seat belts.
Chapters 151–17525 summaries Read

Arc 8The Plane and the Meat Building

Xu Xi helped break the looping plane Dungeon by reaching its pilot, then entered a solo Dungeon in a building where tenants preyed on newcomers. After killing the dangerous resident of room 502 and taking her hemp-rope item, he tricked the landlord into fetching a spare key.

  • Aleksye and the other players endured the plane’s looping crash, and Manya died when flying cutlery pierced her heart.
  • Xu Xi deduced that the plane connected three timelines, while the group encountered hostile ghosts and transformed corpses during each loop.
  • Xu Xi and Itanu reached the ruined cockpit, reassured the pilot, and helped him land the plane, clearing the Dungeon.
  • Xu Xi learned that his rank had risen to second in Huaguo and fourth globally, then entered a solo Dungeon in a decaying apartment building.
  • Xu Xi discovered that the landlord trapped tenants inside and killed him when he could not pay her disturbance fee.
  • Xu Xi captured and questioned Xie Haoyong, learned that the landlord lived on the sixth floor, and killed him after deciding he would not let him go.
  • Xu Xi repeatedly used Rollback to escape the stairwell loop and room 502, then found a notebook describing the tenants and the room 502 woman’s hemp rope.
  • Xu Xi killed the room 502 woman, took her hemp-rope item, and persuaded the landlord to fetch a spare key by offering to pay the fees.
Chapters 176–20025 summaries Read
Volume 2 of 3
Volume 2 of 3