Chapter Summaries

Su Luo discovered that the Desolation Plague was shrinking the Eternal Night Court itself, but it could not harm him as an outsider. As the village vanished, a vast whale appeared from the void carrying two corpses on its back.

• Su Luo realized the Tower had exiled him to the edge of the Dream World and that the Desolation Plague was approaching.
• Jingjing, Su Luo, and Iron Guard watched dark green and black stains spread across the sky as the world began to shrink.
• The Desolation Plague erased Jingjing and Iron Guard’s existence, but Su Luo remained unharmed because his existence did not depend on the Eternal Night Court.
• Su Luo inferred the history of the Eternal Night Court and the Tower, then decided to remain in the fragment despite the Tower’s attempt to strand him.
• Su Luo waited as the village faded into nothingness, and a huge six-eyed whale emerged from the void carrying two corpses toward the Tower.

Ding Lexin reported how his squad endured the Eye anomaly while the Blood Moon’s influence grew. Su Luo reincarnated through Iron Guard’s corpse, and the Six-Eyed Giant Whale resurrected the Tower climbers, bringing all four together again.

• Ding Lexin explained that Martial Will resisted the Eye anomaly as his squad suffered Eye-Fall and Eye-Growth, then reported seven anomalies linked to the Blood Moon.
• Ding Lexin told the Blood Moon that someone would deal with it soon, while his teammate crushed the eyes growing on his body and attacked the monsters.
• Su Luo reincarnated through Iron Guard’s corpse after converting its energy into Mana and altering his projected body.
• The Six-Eyed Giant Whale resurrected Iron Guard and Jingjing, then welcomed a battered robot who introduced himself as Machine Fortress.
• Jingjing, Machine Fortress, and Iron Guard recognized that all four Tower climbers had gathered, and Iron Guard introduced himself again.

Su Luo entered the tower as Scholar, examined Machine Fortress, and met the last climber, Observer. The four began climbing together while Su Luo considered the tower’s dead civilization and its wandering puppets.

• Su Luo introduced himself as Scholar and told Machine Fortress that he seemed weak.
• The tower’s rules gave Su Luo 80 health, 99 coins, Heartfire, and two active Desolation Plagues, but no useful Relic effect.
• Su Luo examined Machine Fortress and concluded that he was incomplete and confined to the dream, while Machine Fortress protested.
• Observer descended in purple light, introduced himself, and joined Iron Guard, Jingjing, and Machine Fortress to climb the tower.
• Su Luo followed the four and concluded that they were puppets left wandering through the tomb of a civilization that had built the Eternal Night Court and the tower.

Su Luo used the Tower’s protection to avoid fighting while following the four-color group, collecting rewards and using Lifesteal to improve his deck. After learning how Observer’s strength was hindered by the Desolation Plague, he continued toward the upper floors with the group.

• Su Luo explained that he would not play cards because doing so cost health, while Machine Fortress accused him of freeloading.
• Su Luo used the [Fire Domain Isolation] granted by [Heartfire] to remain untouched during battles and collected their gold and card rewards.
• At the shop, Su Luo paid the blue-skinned merchant the 105 gold coins he owed, removed a [Defend] card, and took all three Relics and potions.
• Su Luo gave an extra potion to Machine Fortress and identified the four climbers’ abilities, including Observer’s [Blasphemy] card that triggered her powerful Godhead state.
• Observer told Su Luo that powerful fates attracted the Desolation Plague, which had caused the Gods to fall and prevented her from reaching the Tower’s top.

Su Luo understood that the tower punished both his own strength and an overly powerful deck, while in Zone 76 the Blood Moon’s spread had begun causing survivors to become corrupted. Number One ordered the corrupted dealt with and called on Gao Fu for help, and Gao Fu agreed on the condition that he be allowed to go to Consultant Su’s experimental area.

• Su Luo realized that the Desolation Plague penalized powerful decks as well as the use of his own power.
• The Analysis Group leader told Number One that the Blood Moon had entered a new phase, spreading Corruption that turned survivors into destructive puppets.
• Number One ordered the corrupted dealt with and said Zone 76 needed to change how it handled hopeless madmen.
• A Mutual Aid Association representative woke Gao Fu and asked him to help defend Zone 76.
• Gao Fu agreed to help but asked to go to Consultant Su’s experimental area because the air in the Land of Darkness gave him headaches.

Gao Fu accepted a scouting mission to investigate the paranormal entity Smile after learning that access to Su Luo's experiments was unavailable. Meanwhile, Xiao Luo watched the Blood Moon's Corruption unfold and chose to let it grow before intervening; Gao Fu reached the designated area and began to experience a strange distortion in the mission brief.

• Gao Fu failed to secure immediate access to Su Luo's experiments, so he requested a chance to learn [Martial Will] and accepted a scouting mission to investigate Smile.
• The visitor gave Gao Fu the coordinates of a missing five-person Elite squad and ten mental protection items, warning him to prioritize his safety and gather information rather than attempt a rescue.
• Xiao Luo observed the Blood Moon from the hidden laboratory and decided to let its Corruption develop so it could expose hidden threats and reveal more about its power.
• Xiao Luo compared the Blood Moon's influence to Martial Will and sensed Su Luo in the zone while Yun Xiaoxiao warned that the situation could get out of hand.
• Gao Fu arrived at the designated area with his protection items equipped, but found no squad members or monsters.
• Gao Fu reread the mission brief and saw its words appear to wriggle before they returned to normal.

Gao Fu encountered the Smile urban legend and escaped after a distorted teammate tried to lure him closer, but the legend blocked his path with a forest and kept pursuing him. At Mutual Aid Association headquarters, Song Shige heard a report on the urban legends and killed the disguised reporter.

• Gao Fu found no sign of the missing team, but a puddle revealed that Smile had possessed him.
• Gao Fu used an amulet to restore himself, then saw a grinning, crying team member pass on a warning through the water.
• Gao Fu fled, recognizing the teammate's appearance as a trick, while the figure melted into the puddle and its laughter spread after him.
• A forest appeared in Gao Fu's path, and three smiling figures approached as his Sanity Monitoring Wristwatch showed his sanity dropping from fear.
• Song Shige returned to Mutual Aid Association headquarters and listened to a report about Smile, other urban legends, and the Blood Moon.
• Song Shige recognized the reporter as a disguise and split the impostor in two with his Zhanmadao.

Song Shige destroyed an Impostor and ordered staff to stop passing around physical documents while he investigated the Blood Moon’s Corruption. In the Tower, Su Luo revived Machine Fortress, who fused with Orb Guardian’s remains and gained its abilities, while Observer revealed that he had been afflicted with a Desolation Plague.

• Song Shige exposed the president as the Impostor, burned the swarm of transparent insects, and recorded its traits and those of the dangerous Text urban legend.
• Song Shige ordered staff to burn documents the Impostor had touched, share information through Personal Channels and the forum, and investigate exposed urban legends while he observed the Blood Moon’s Corruption.
• Su Luo chose the campfire room’s revive option and brought Machine Fortress back to life.
• Iron Guard, Jingjing, Observer, and Machine Fortress defeated Orb Guardian in one turn, after which its remains fused into Machine Fortress.
• Machine Fortress inherited Orb Guardian’s health and abilities and upgraded all his cards, while Observer revealed his Random Thoughts Desolation Plague.

Gao Fu endured the strange treatment for his laughing sickness in Blood Moon Town until the Blood Moon’s light gave him insomnia. He conjured a bed and fell asleep, while Song Shige appeared beside the moon and struck at it with his Zhanmadao.

• Gao Fu struggled with his forced smile and delusions, and a fellow patient gave him hard bread.
• A resident reminded Gao Fu that he had come to Blood Moon Town to treat his laughing sickness, then forced dog shit and yellow mud into his mouth.
• The sky turned scarlet as the Blood Moon appeared, and its light gave Gao Fu insomnia.
• Gao Fu wished for a bed, conjured one, and fell asleep, leaving the Corruption illusion of Blood Moon Town.
• Song Shige appeared beside the Blood Moon and slashed at it with his Zhanmadao.

Gao Fu escaped the Blood Moon’s Corruption illusion and attacked the entity when it broke into his Dream World, while Su Luo’s group defeated the second-stage BOSS and entered the Tower’s third stage. After fleeing through Gao Fu’s dream, the weakened Blood Moon was drawn into the Tower and faced its entry choices.

• Gao Fu realized the Smile legend had drawn him into the Blood Moon’s illusion, then attacked the Blood Moon when it entered his Dream World.
• Su Luo used stacked elemental statuses and Elemental Collapse to kill the second-stage BOSS in one attack.
• Machine Fortress absorbed the BOSS’s remains, and Su Luo opened the chest and obtained the Coffee Dripper.
• Su Luo and the four-color group entered the Tower’s third stage, where he sensed a new climber and received Xiao Luo’s message.
• The Blood Moon fled into Gao Fu’s dream, was thrown out by a sudden force, and arrived at the Tower’s bottom, where the six-eyed whale presented four choices.

Blood Moon entered a tower in another world after discovering its powers had been turned into cards, while Song Shige continued the Exploration Quest and worried that his strength had fallen behind. Back on the homeworld, Yun Xiaoxiao organized the sheltered survivors into an industrial project, and Layton arrived to see a city replaced by factories.

• Blood Moon found that its powers had been converted into cards and entered the tower after examining its new relic.
• Song Shige told his subordinate that Blood Moon had gone to another world, then reflected that he could not match Su Luo and might no longer rank among the world's top ten.
• Song Shige left Number One a note saying not to disturb him during the Exploration Quest, while Yun Xiaoxiao encouraged Number One through the paperwork.
• Yun Xiaoxiao directed the homeworld's sheltered survivors to gather resources and build an industrial chain, aiming to turn the planet into a giant factory.
• Yun Xiaoxiao detected Layton and appeared before him as he surveyed a city that had been replaced by factories and materials.

Layton agreed to Zone 76’s proposal to cooperate and support Mana Industrialization, while Su Luo’s party fought through the Tower despite overwhelming Desolation Plague. As they reached the third-stage boss room, Blood Moon appeared in the corridor behind them.

• Yun Xiaoxiao explained that Earth’s industrial machines could not function in the Land of Darkness without mana modifications, and offered Layton Mana Industrialization foundations, programs, and vehicles in exchange for his help smuggling and building ties with factions across the heavens.
• Layton accepted the arrangement and agreed to continue cooperating with the Scholar and Zone 76.
• Su Luo rescued Machine Fortress from a monster, then learned that the Desolation Plague had multiplied enemies’ health and attack power many times over as the party reached the third-stage boss room.
• Observer explained that the third stage had two bosses fought in succession, while Su Luo considered the origins and roles of Observer, Iron Guard, Jingjing, and Machine Fortress.
• As Su Luo approached the boss-room door, Blood Moon emerged from the shadows, surrounded by nine grotesque creatures.

The party faced Divine Punishment, whose Judgment mechanic threatened to kill anyone with both buffs and debuffs, but Su Luo defeated it with the One-Shot Cheat. The group then entered the next room, where space and time warped around them as they fell into the void.

• Jingjing explained that the party could let themselves die so the invincible Scholar could reach the fourth stage and revive them, while Observer described the rooms there.
• Blood Moon attacked Divine Punishment with cards and urban legend Vassals, then Observer, Iron Guard, and Jingjing also dealt damage as the boss prepared to retaliate.
• Su Luo killed Divine Punishment with the One-Shot Cheat, and its Desolation Plague aura rapidly accumulated on him.
• After Jingjing possessed the boss, Su Luo opened the next door and saw a towering figure holding a pocket watch in a chaotic void.
• Su Luo chose not to attack Blood Moon, and the party entered the room as the ground vanished and space and time twisted around them.

Su Luo and his companions were banished to an Era Fragment from the gods’ fall, where the Observer confronted her former colleague, the Snailman. As the Snailman prepared to kill her, Su Luo began restoring the Blood Moon’s power with a restriction in mind.

• Su Luo found himself and his companions in a scorched battlefield beneath the pristine Tower, an Era Fragment from the gods’ fall.
• The Observer recognized the approaching Snailman as her former colleague, and explained that they had once served as observers maintaining the world.
• The Snailman activated a Relic of the God of Time, slowed time, pierced the Observer’s defenses, and threw her motionless onto the ground.
• The Snailman taunted the Observer and started toward her, while Su Luo questioned it about its pocket watch.
• Su Luo asked the powerless Blood Moon if it wanted to live, then began entering its body as fallen gods’ Mana gathered nearby.
• Su Luo told the Blood Moon he would help it recover its power, but only with a small restriction.

Su Luo used the Blood Moon’s Relic to unleash its vassal horror stories, then tormented the Snailman and forced him to reveal the history of the God Sect, the Gods, and the Desolation Plague. The Snailman admitted that he had stolen his pocket watch from a wounded God and said the Gods died in civil war and from the plague’s corrosion.

• Su Luo took the Blood Moon’s unupgraded Relic and used it to fully unseal the Blood Moon’s nine vassal horror stories.
• The Snailman killed the incomplete Observer, then became trapped by the horror stories’ attacks as Su Luo watched the pocket watch in his hand.
• Su Luo used the Black Flame to make the Snailman reveal that he and the Observer had belonged to the God Sect, which had served the Gods in the primordial era.
• Under further questioning and torture, the Snailman said the Gods were powerful but mortal, and that he had taken his pocket watch from a gravely wounded God.
• The Snailman explained that the Gods had died in a civil war and through the Desolation Plague’s corrosion.

The Snailman revealed that Machine Fortress was the ancient god called the Architect, who built the tower and had survived as a mechanical being. Su Luo prepared the group to return to the tower’s boss room, sacrificing the Snailman’s urban legends to strengthen Blood Moon before they set out.

• The Snailman explained that the Observer and he came from the God Sect and that various beings had stolen divine power after the gods fell.
• The Snailman recognized Machine Fortress as the Architect, the god who had built the tower and remained alive in the Eternal Night Court.
• Machine Fortress recalled that he could fuse with mechanical monsters and was immune to the Desolation Plague, while Su Luo urged him to help tear down the tower.
• The Snailman pointed out the uncorrupted tower as the entrance to his room, and Su Luo chose to return there rather than wait for the whale or climb the tower again.
• Su Luo used Blood Moon Sacrifice to consume the Snailman’s nine urban legends, increasing his power, then crushed Blood Moon and received a legendary book.
• The group set off across the scorched earth with the Observer’s corpse, following the path the gods had once walked.

Jabari used a counseling session with a doctor to explain why people from his country had died in the survival game, connecting their lack of education to colonialism and foreign interference. The doctor tried to stop the discussion of history, and Jabari apologized after losing his composure.

• The doctor began a paid counseling session with Jabari and asked him to describe his problem.
• Jabari clarified that he wanted to discuss genocide rather than racial discrimination, and described how regions had purged survivors from other countries.
• Jabari explained that people from his country had struggled to understand the Survival System's basic concepts and had failed to survive the first week.
• Jabari traced Africa's poor basic education to colonialism and interference by major powers.
• The doctor cut him off and urged him to focus on surviving, and Jabari took a breath and apologized for losing his composure.

Jabari learned that the Survival Potential Assessment Model gave him only a 0.5% chance of survival, then entered the Trait Dungeon. Meanwhile, Su Luo killed Snailman, advanced to the fourth floor with his companions, and approached a huge silhouette in the fog.

• Jabari asked a doctor for books and a way to measure the gap between himself and the strongest survivors.
• The doctor explained the Survival Potential Assessment Model and gave Jabari documents that calculated his survival chance at 0.5%.
• Jabari reflected on the advice to survive and help others, then signed up for the Trait Dungeon.
• Su Luo told Qin Lang that he was nearly finished with his task, then killed Snailman after Snailman opened the way to the next floor.
• Su Luo sent Machine Fortress through the door first, then followed into dense fog where a huge silhouette stood ahead.

Su Luo reached the Endgame of the [Eternal Night Court], revived Observer and Blood Moon, and invited the blue sprite merchant to join them in destroying the Tower. After defeating two Elite monsters, Su Luo entered the final room and found himself on solid ground in a pure white space.

• Su Luo chased the giant heart through a fake ceiling and learned from Machine Fortress that its escape had been staged as a cutscene.
• Su Luo entered the Endgame, where the dream's depth and rules exceeded his ability to manipulate them, and followed Machine Fortress to a campfire room.
• Su Luo and Machine Fortress used the campfire to revive Blood Moon and Observer, and Blood Moon realized that he had become bound to the Tower as a dream creature.
• Su Luo spoke with the blue sprite merchant, who refused to join them because destroying the Tower would kill him, then let the group leave.
• Su Luo instantly killed two Elite monsters and entered the final boss's door as the scenery peeled away and the Tower's mu flew off.
• Su Luo fell through shifting scenes and landed in a pure white final room.

Su Luo defeated the Corrupted Heart in the Tower’s final room, awakening the fading Mechanic and ending the Desolation Plague’s corruption inside the Tower for a time. The Mechanic explained the Tower’s original reward, and Su Luo invited Machine Fortress to speak with them.

• Su Luo and the others found the Desolation Plague battering a door while a figure held it shut, with a Corrupted Heart in the figure’s chest.
• Su Luo drew out the Corrupted Heart and destroyed it with black flames.
• The figure awakened as the Mechanic, and the dream’s rules changed as Su Luo regained his full strength.
• Su Luo learned that the Mechanic’s throne held the Tower’s blueprints and secrets, but its patterns were being erased by the Plague.
• The Mechanic said the Tower’s original reward was the chance to open the door and receive a gift from the gods, and recalled that a Giant Whale and a biologist had received resurrection and immortality.
• Su Luo gestured for Machine Fortress to approach the Mechanic while he stepped aside.