Chapter Summaries

Xia Pingzhou recalled how Shi Yimin became the serial killer Red Light and reflected on the upcoming operation to capture him. During a quiet evening with Ayase Origami, Xia revealed his painful past and asked how much he mattered to her, and she held him and said he mattered more than anyone.

• Black Cocoon left the Train Demon after learning that Main Quest 3 tasked him with helping the Ghost Train Troupe capture Red Light, while Ke Qirui and the others headed into London.
• Xia Pingzhou remembered joining Shi Yimin’s team, how Shi Yimin suddenly went berserk and killed the other members, and how he escaped as the sole survivor before Shi became Red Light.
• Xia Pingzhou connected Shi Yimin’s rampage to Sodalitas Salvifica and considered how the planned operation could help Ji Minghuan uncover the organization’s secrets.
• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami rode the Ferris Wheel, and he told her he hoped to travel with his white-haired family member someday; Ayase said she would treat that girl as family too.
• At the hotel, Xia Pingzhou asked whether he or Ripper mattered more to Ayase, then revealed his lonely childhood and asked whether she would stay by him even if he betrayed or used her.
• Ayase Origami held Xia Pingzhou against her chest and told him that he mattered more than anyone.

Ji Minghuan struggled with the coming London operation and found comfort in Ayase Origami, while knowing he would betray her by killing the Ripper. At dawn, Ke Qirui’s message signaled that the operation was beginning.

• Ji Minghuan confided his anxiety to Ayase Origami, who held him and stroked his hair.
• Ji Minghuan recalled Ayase Origami’s painful childhood and realized how much tenderness she had given him despite never receiving it herself.
• Ayase Origami said she belonged with the Troupe, and Ji Minghuan accepted that he would have to betray her to protect Unit 2 and fight Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Ji Minghuan asked Ayase Origami to travel the world with him someday, then exchanged teasing messages with the Hacker.
• Sodalitas Salvifica began moving the children toward London while the Black Cocoon watched Westminster from Big Ben.
• Ke Qirui texted Ji Minghuan, saying it was time to begin.

Ji Minghuan and the other Sodalitas Salvifica children arrived in London and learned that Red Light was at the Eden Underground Bar. Xia Pingzhou also entered Eden and confronted Red Light, his former close friend Shi Yimin, as the killer charged at him.

• Ji Minghuan woke aboard a cargo ship on the Thames, reunited with the other children, and watched Kong Youling see sunlight for the first time in a long while.
• Sodalitas Salvifica identified Eden as the mission target, and Ji Minghuan realized the bar was near Xia Pingzhou’s hotel.
• Black Cocoon told Ke Qirui that Red Light was at Eden, while Xia Pingzhou used Hacker’s directions to enter the bar.
• Xia Pingzhou found Red Light standing over a corpse and recognized him as Shi Yimin, his former close friend.
• Red Light charged at Xia Pingzhou, who activated Heavenly Drive and stepped forward to meet him.

Xia Pingzhou defeated Red Light in the Underground Bar and prepared to leave after the Ghost Train Troupe arrived. Before he could escape, five children in white patient gowns rode a cloud into the bar, led by a red-haired girl who ordered everyone to stay still.

• Xia Pingzhou used his Demon Chess Pieces and Shadow Demon to overpower Red Light, then had the Magician Demon put him to sleep.
• Ke Qirui and the Ghost Train Troupe arrived and agreed to let Xia Pingzhou leave with Red Light as their target.
• Xia Pingzhou headed for the emergency exit while Ke Qirui warned her team against fighting him because the White Crow Troupe might be nearby.
• A cloud carrying five children in white Patient Gowns swept into the Underground Bar, and the red-haired girl raised a dark golden staff and ordered everyone not to move.

Sun Changkong led the children toward Red Light, but they arrived at the Garden of Eden bar to find the Ghost Train Troupe had already defeated him and vanished into a Pocket Dimension. Mario used his Heavenly Drive to turn the hidden location into a Game Scene, which began loading as Jurassic World.

• The Instructor named Sun Changkong mission leader and warned the children that they had a time limit and a mysterious protector.
• Sun Changkong summoned the Somersault Cloud and flew with Ji Minghuan, Kong Youling, Mario, and Filio toward the Garden of Eden bar.
• The children found Red Light sprawled on the floor while the Ghost Train Troupe and a colossus faced them.
• The woman in the trench coat used her monocle to send everyone into a Pocket Dimension, and Mario opened his handheld console to locate it.
• Mario confirmed the hidden location as a Game Scene, and a prompt announced that Jurassic World was loading.

Mario completed loading the Jurassic World Game Scene, and Sun Changkong, Filio, and Mario entered it to find Red Light while Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling stayed behind. Ayase Origami and Jack the Ripper arrived looking for Xia Pingzhou, and the chapter ended with Kong Youling shielding Ji Minghuan from Ayase Origami’s Paper Butterflies.

• The Jurassic World Game Scene finished loading, and Sun Changkong, Filio, and Mario passed through the Pixel Gate while Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling remained in the bar.
• Kong Youling saw the bloodstains left behind and asked Ji Minghuan whether the others would be safe; he reassured her.
• Ayase Origami and Jack the Ripper arrived, and Jack pressed his scythe to Ji Minghuan’s neck as Ayase demanded to know where Xia Pingzhou was.
• Ayase Origami sent Paper Butterflies toward Ji Minghuan, then hesitated after finding his eyes strangely familiar and noticing Kong Youling.
• Kong Youling broke free from Ji Minghuan’s embrace and stood between him and the Paper Butterflies as he called her name.

Xia Pingzhou and the others hid in Ke Qirui’s Movie World, but Mario tracked them down and replaced the pocket dimension with a Primeval Jungle game scene. The group was scattered across the wilderness, and Sun Changkong and Filio began attacking while trying to reclaim Red Light.

• Xia Pingzhou healed Red Light’s life-threatening injuries and warned Ke Qirui that the children were too powerful to fight.
• Mario loaded a game scene into the Movie World, preventing Ke Qirui from escaping and transforming the black-and-white city into a Primeval Jungle.
• Mario used the handheld console to scatter Xia Pingzhou, the Queen Statue, and the Ghost Train Troupe across the jungle, grassland, and river.
• Sun Changkong sent Filio after Lin Zhengquan and Xu Sanyan while she rode toward Ke Qirui, who stood beside Red Light.
• Filio transformed into a giant wolf and charged at Lin Zhengquan and Xu Sanyan as Sun Changkong approached Ke Qirui with the Golden Cudgel.

Xia Pingzhou and Su Zimai fought Mario’s dinosaurs in the Primeval Jungle while trying to reach their allies. They escaped the jungle, where Su Zimai spotted Sun Changkong transformed into a figure resembling Sun Wukong.

• Mario summoned a tyrannosaurus rex and a Quetzalcoatlus, and Xia Pingzhou used the King Statue’s barrier to withstand their attacks while Su Zimai tried to reach Mario.
• Mario activated a ten-second counterattack ability, but the Queen Statue intercepted Su Zimai before she could strike him.
• Mario dropped a massive boulder on Xia Pingzhou and the King Statue, so Xia Pingzhou copied the Queen Statue and used her voidification ability to survive the impact.
• Su Zimai drew the dinosaurs away with her Scarecrow Demon and escaped to the jungle exit through her Magic Wardrobe, allowing Xia Pingzhou to evade them as well.
• Xia Pingzhou and Su Zimai reached the jungle exit and saw Xu Sanyan and Lin Zhengquan facing a black-and-white giant wolf by the river.
• Su Zimai spotted a golden-haired, monkey-faced figure standing on a Somersault Cloud in the grasslands, carrying a Golden Cudgel.

Sun Changkong’s battle with Ke Qirui escalated when he transformed into Sun Wukong and unleashed a devastating strike that let her evacuate the others. After the game ended, Sun Changkong worried about Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling, and Mario took the children back.

• Mario activated the Attack Effects and Damage Calculation permissions, and Sun Changkong discovered that his staff swings displayed game effects and scored a perfect hit against Ke Qirui’s train carriage.
• Ke Qirui used Movie Screens to evade Sun Changkong while Lin Zhengquan and Xu Sanyan fought Filio, whose tough body withstood their attacks.
• Ke Qirui surrounded Sun Changkong with Train Demon carriages, prompting him to enlarge the Golden Cudgel and transform into Sun Wukong, who destroyed the attack.
• Ke Qirui evacuated herself, Lin Zhengquan, Xu Sanyan, Filio, Su Zimai, and Xia Pingzhou through Movie Screens before Sun Wukong’s enormous strike devastated the grassland.
• Sun Changkong returned to normal, and Mario explained that Ke Qirui escaped because the enlarged staff swung too slowly.
• Filio reminded Sun Changkong that Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling needed protection, so Mario exited the game and took the children away.

Xu Sanyan and Ke Qirui exchanged Xia Pingzhou and Su Zimai with Ayase Origami and Jack the Ripper, while Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling remained under the Troupe members’ guard. After Mario was forcibly logged out and Jurassic World ended, Xia Pingzhou warned that the confrontation was not over, as three children in Patient Gowns appeared at the open Pixel Gate.

• Kong Youling shielded Ji Minghuan from Jack the Ripper, while Ayase Origami asked Jack to take the two children away alive.
• Su Zimai emerged from a Movie Screen and was surrounded by Ayase Origami’s Paper Butterflies, as Xu Sanyan held Xia Pingzhou at gunpoint.
• Ke Qirui arranged a hostage exchange, and Su Zimai and Xia Pingzhou returned to their respective groups.
• Ke Qirui used the Movie Demon to take the Ghost Train Troupe and Red Light away, leaving Ji Minghuan, Kong Youling, Xia Pingzhou, Ayase Origami, and Jack the Ripper in the bar.
• Xia Pingzhou warned that Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling were bargaining chips, then Mario was forcibly logged out and Jurassic World ended.
• Three children in Patient Gowns appeared on clouds at the open Pixel Gate behind Xia Pingzhou.

After the Ripper’s hostages vanished, Xia Pingzhou collapsed from a severe wound, and Black Cocoon waited in London for a chance to reach the Red Light. Ji Minghuan and the others returned to their ship, where Rainbow Wing’s Urushihara Ruri appeared and introduced himself.

• Sun Changkong charged at the Ripper, but the five children’s glowing wrist marks transported them away before the Ripper could kill Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling.
• Xia Pingzhou collapsed from the wound Ji Minghuan had secretly arranged, and the Ripper carried him to a private underground hospital with Ayase Origami.
• Black Cocoon escaped the Underground Bar, ignored Gu Qiye’s messages, and waited at the train station for the Ghost Train Troupe so he could approach the Red Light held by Ke Qirui.
• Sun Changkong and the others came to in a cargo ship, where Mario explained that the Instructor’s people had sent them back.
• Ji Minghuan worried about how to challenge Sodalitas Salvifica and recognized the newcomer, who introduced himself as Urushihara Ruri.

Urushihara Ruri returned the children to the ship, where she explained that their mission had failed and put them to sleep. Meanwhile, Black Cocoon reunited with the Ghost Train Troupe as they escaped London, leaving him poised to question Red Light.

• Urushihara Ruri told Ji Minghuan and the others that her mark had brought them back and that their mission had been terminated for their safety.
• Filio apologized for leaving Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling in danger, while Ji Minghuan criticized the Sodalitas Salvifica for testing him without removing his Superpower Inhibitor.
• Urushihara Ruri had sedatives injected into the five children, then wondered whether the White Crow Troupe's appearance meant her brother had come looking for her.
• Black Cocoon sensed Ke Qirui, Lin Zhengquan, Su Zimai, and Xu Sanyan arriving at Platform 7 and secretly boarded the damaged Train Demon as they prepared to leave London.
• The Train Demon entered the Space-Time Rift with Black Cocoon aboard, and he planned to interrogate Red Light once they were safely in the tunnel.

Black Cocoon interrogated Red Light about a hexagram linked to Sodalitas Salvifica and learned that Instructor had compelled him to kill Exorcists and leave clues. Red Light became brain-dead after the interrogation, while Black Cocoon was left questioning Instructor’s motives.

• Black Cocoon spent his remaining Attribute Point to raise his Strength to A Rank, then discovered he lacked the Split Points to create another Game Character.
• Black Cocoon entered the carriage and told Ke Qirui, Su Zimai, Lin Zhengquan, and Xu Sanyan that he could not reveal the children’s organization; Xu Sanyan and then Su Zimai and Lin Zhengquan left before the interrogation.
• Black Cocoon used Restraint Band Truth on Red Light and had Ke Qirui show him a hexagram enclosed in a circle.
• Red Light said a bespectacled man who smelled of disinfectant had entered his heart, compelled him to kill Exorcists, and ordered him to leave the hexagram and Latin clues.
• Black Cocoon suspected the man was Instructor and realized Instructor had arranged for Red Light to tarnish Sodalitas Salvifica’s name, though he could not determine why.
• Red Light began twitching after the truth effect ended, and Ke Qirui confirmed that he was alive but brain-dead.

Ke Qirui killed Red Light after he began suffering brain death, and Mr. Black Cocoon warned her to trust Lake Hunt cautiously before leaving for home. There, Gu Wenyu learned from the news that the new Li Jing Esper Mutong had Quasi-Calamity Grade strength, then received a warning from Ghost Bell and sent his Restraint Belt Avatar to meet him.

• Mr. Black Cocoon told Ke Qirui that Red Light was dying from brain death and advised her to kill him rather than risk the Sodalitas Salvifica learning what he knew.
• Ke Qirui shot Red Light through the heart, then Mr. Black Cocoon warned her to stay close to the people from Lake Hunt before departing the Train Station.
• Gu Wenyu returned home, exchanged messages with Gu Qiye, and encountered Su Zimai, who questioned his story about visiting a classmate before dawn.
• Gu Wenyu watched a news report announcing that Mutong had registered as a Quasi-Calamity Grade Esper and would work with Blue Arc.
• Ghost Bell warned Gu Wenyu that Mutong was dangerous and sent him an address for a meeting in Gu Yi Mai District.
• Gu Wenyu sent his Restraint Belt Avatar to meet Ghost Bell and told it to avoid taking two punches from him.

Ghost Bell told Black Cocoon that Mutong planned revenge on Blue Arc for accidentally killing Mutong’s father, and asked him to intervene. Black Cocoon agreed to warn Blue Arc and persuade Mutong, while recognizing that Ghost Bell also hoped the conflict would make his son abandon revenge against Rainbow Wing.

• Black Cocoon met Ghost Bell on an unfinished building, where Ghost Bell revealed that Mutong had once belonged to his Avengers Team.
• Ghost Bell explained that Blue Arc’s lightning killed Lin Yilong’s father during an earthquake two years earlier, and that Lin Yilong had since joined the authorities as Mutong to get close to Blue Arc.
• Ghost Bell admitted he had supported Mutong’s revenge and had beaten Blue Arc, unaware at first that Blue Arc was his son.
• Ghost Bell asked Black Cocoon to warn Blue Arc and persuade Mutong to stop, saying he did not want Mutong to ruin his future or kill his son.
• Black Cocoon accused Ghost Bell of hoping Mutong’s story would make Blue Arc abandon revenge against Rainbow Wing, then agreed to intervene and left, viewing Mutong as a potential final stepping stone for Blue Arc.

Black Cocoon staged a Silver Devourer art exhibition in Li Jing Square to lure Mutong into a confrontation, then used the encounter to warn Blue Arc about him. After the Restraint Band Avatar escaped Mutong’s domain and died, Gu Wenyu planned to exploit the conflict to help Big Brother enter Rainbow Wing.

• Black Cocoon attracted a crowd in Li Jing Square by drawing Silver Devourer cartoons and insulting Mutong and Blue Arc.
• Mutong arrived with Silver Devourer, cleared the square, and trapped Black Cocoon’s Avatar in a darkness domain.
• Mutong stabbed the Avatar, but Black Cocoon kept drawing and claimed to know Mutong’s past before the Avatar disintegrated into Burning Steam.
• Silver Devourer found Black Cocoon’s drawing of himself, Mutong, and Blue Arc, while Mutong crushed the sketchbook and left.
• Gu Wenyu learned that his Avatar had died and messaged Blue Arc to warn him about Mutong, while deciding to use their conflict to advance Big Brother’s prospects with Rainbow Wing.
• Blue Arc asked whether his Younger Brother was unusual, but dismissed Black Cocoon’s joking claim that he was the Younger Brother.

While Gu Wenyu recovered and synchronized with Yagubalu, Cesar and Li Qingping discussed the coming war, the Royal Court Team, and Yagubalu’s plans for the Anecdote Vault. The chapter ended with Li Qingping agreeing to take Yagubalu to feast on fragments on the morning of August 1, before they left the Box Garden.

• Gu Wenyu synchronized his consciousness with Yagubalu after speaking with Gu Qiye about dinner and Wheat.
• Li Qingping told Cesar that he had reached Rank C and could bind another Era Grade Anecdote, but warned him against entering the Royal Court Hall.
• Cesar decided to meet the Royal Court Team before the war, and Li Qingping agreed to take him the next day.
• Li Qingping gave Yagubalu two Popular-Grade Anecdote Fragments, which increased its size from 147 meters to 151 meters.
• Yagubalu asked Li Qingping to take it to the Anecdote Vault on August 1, and Li Qingping agreed to sneak it in for a feast before they left the Box Garden.

Gu Wenyu learned that Lin Zhengquan had been attacked and nearly killed, likely by Sodalitas Salvifica, and considered how to redirect Mutong’s hostility away from Gu Qiye. He decided to speak with Mutong the next day, while Lin Zhengquan’s fate remained uncertain.

• Gu Wenyu woke Su Zimai for dinner, and the siblings bickered on their way downstairs to join Gu Qiye.
• Gu Zhuoan brought up the newly revealed Quasi-Calamity Grade Esper Mutong, and the family discussed his appearance alongside Blue Arc and Black Cocoon.
• After dinner, Gu Wenyu recalled that Mutong was Lin Yilong and that Lin Zhengquan was his older brother.
• Gu Wenyu messaged Ke Qirui and learned that Lin Zhengquan had been attacked and nearly killed, possibly by Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Gu Wenyu suspected Sodalitas Salvifica was threatening the Ghost Train Troupe and decided to talk to Mutong the next day.

Ji Minghuan questioned Instructor about Sodalitas Salvifica’s influence and learned that Kong Youling’s mental powers made her exceptionally dangerous. Instructor promised to seek a way for Ji Minghuan and the other children to live freely, then teased him about Sun Changkong and revealed that another, more dangerous Mythic-Grade child was male.

• Ji Minghuan met with Instructor, who explained that the White Crow Troupe and Ghost Train Troupe had crossed paths with Red Light in London and that he had warned the Exorcist squad.
• Instructor revealed that Urushihara Ruri had joined Rainbow Wing and that Sodalitas Salvifica placed members within organizations to maintain their balance, though it had no influence within Lake Hunt or Whale Garden Box.
• Ji Minghuan learned that Kong Youling’s mental powers could reach another person’s True Self and cause the other children to lose control, making her danger second only to Mythic-Grade Anecdote fragments.
• Instructor said he would seek a way for Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling to live openly, then told him that another child with a Mythic-Grade Anecdote was more dangerous than Sun Changkong.
• Instructor said Sun Changkong liked Ji Minghuan and was sensitive beneath her carefree demeanor; after Instructor left, Ji Minghuan suspected the children had been psychologically imprinted and might become his enemies.

Cesar went with Li Qingping and Yagubalu to meet the Royal Court Team, where he proposed friendship and warned them that betrayal would end in death. He left the team in tense silence, followed by Li Qingping and Little Shark.

• Cesar and Li Qingping set out to meet the Royal Court Team, bringing Yagubalu in the Crystal Ball as protection.
• Li Qingping reminisced about his past with Gu Wenyu while they traveled to the Royal Court Team's palace.
• Cesar entered the dining hall and addressed Ruth, Ryan, Louis, Kuki Soya, Ke Aojiena, and Di Rejie, saying he wanted to become their friend.
• Cesar asked whether the Royal Court Team would obey orders to kill him, then warned that anyone who betrayed him would face death.
• Cesar left the dining hall with Li Qingping, while Little Shark taunted the Royal Court Team from inside the Crystal Ball.