Chapter Summaries

He Ao tested the dining car’s food and ate with Lin Chichi, then calculated the train’s deadly cycle and considered how to identify the killer. As the next four-hour period began, someone opened a compartment door in the dark corridor.

• He Ao ordered food and Lin Chichi chose to eat alongside him rather than wait for him to test it alone.
• He Ao inspected the dishes, confirmed they were ordinary food, and ate; Lin Chichi and later Luo Luo and Jin Ya also got food.
• Roti refused to eat and returned to the compartment car, while Jin Ya ignored his warnings and ordered a meal.
• After the alarm sounded, He Ao returned to his compartment and deduced that each normal cycle lasted five hours and could bring another death.
• He Ao considered whether one passenger’s prop could reveal the killer and watched the corridor, where a compartment door slowly opened.

He Ao investigated the train after no one died during the latest tunnel passage and found that the attendant and chef were still alive. Roti accused He Ao of being the killer and claimed his item had identified the culprit, leaving the passengers divided as Lin Chichi entrusted He Ao with a wooden dolphin carving.

• He Ao checked the attendant's quarters and the sealed connection to the next carriage, then confirmed that the chef was alive by ordering Small Steamed Buns.
• He Ao gathered the passengers to compare what they had heard during the tunnel passage, and Jin Ya and Roti both reported hearing footsteps.
• Roti accused He Ao of being the killer, while Luo Luo argued that the footsteps pointed more strongly toward Roti.
• Roti claimed his item had revealed the real culprit and left for his compartment, while Luo Luo and Lin Chichi chose to trust He Ao.
• Lin Chichi gave He Ao a wooden dolphin carving to return to her family if she died, and He Ao translated the discussion for Jin Ya.

He Ao investigated the clues surrounding the train murders while Roti secretly used a blood-red note to move through the dark train, where the killer murdered him. At dawn, Roti was missing, and He Ao headed to the dining car after realizing where to look.

• Jin Ya told He Ao she was inclined to believe him, while He Ao continued questioning Roti's motives and the lack of a new murder.
• Luo Luo sat with Jin Ya, and Jin Ya guessed she wanted milk and brought her a glass.
• Roti received a note telling him to carry it to the dining car during the third hour, then found another note directing him to look behind him.
• A Black Shadow confronted Roti in the dining car and stabbed him; the killer left his body and took the blood-red note.
• He Ao woke as the train reached Veronica, noticed Roti had not emerged, and went to investigate the dining car.

After Roti was found dead in the dining car, He Ao investigated the clues and formed a risky theory while the passengers’ trust in him weakened. As the World Tree failed to stop the train, Lin Chichi used her one-time divination and received “Yes,” just as someone unlocked her compartment door.

• He Ao found Roti dead in the dining car, and he, Luo Luo, and Jin Ya reported hearing two sets of footsteps during the tunnel passage.
• He Ao noticed faint writing marks on a blank slip of paper and inferred that someone had lured Roti out of his compartment.
• Lin Chichi told Luo Luo she planned to claim she would check He Ao while secretly investigating another suspect, then told He Ao she would use her ability on him during the next tunnel passage.
• The World Tree approached the train, but two C-Class men were killed when they tried to stop it, and He Ao sent the passengers back to their compartments.
• He Ao waited for the next tunnel passage, while Lin Chichi used her Divination Board and received the answer “Yes.”
• Someone unlocked and slowly opened Lin Chichi’s compartment door.

He Ao joined Yang De, Wu Lan, and Ji Po to ambush the Verola, while the train’s remaining passengers discovered Lin Chichi had died. He Ao began explaining that the train’s game was a faction-based slaughter and revealed that the chef had died unseen.

• He Ao revealed his identity to Yang De and met the Overseas Department’s other vice ministers, Wu Lan and Ji Po, at the hotel.
• He Ao deflected Wu Lan and Ji Po’s tests without seriously injuring either of them, then joined them and Yang De on the mission to ambush the Verola.
• Yang De distributed the Ring of Deception, Void Tent pegs, and communicators as the Verola emerged from its tunnel.
• Inside the Verola, He Ao found Lin Chichi dead, leaving only Luo Luo, Jin Ya, and himself among the passengers.
• He Ao explained that the train’s game had hidden a killer faction with possible accomplices, and that Roti may have been an accomplice who was killed by mistake.
• He Ao concluded that the chef had died during the second tunnel passage, though none of the passengers had noticed.

He Ao exposed the attendant as Mr. Killer, and the attendant attacked before Black Shadows dragged him away. He Ao found items and a card hinting at a new character, then faced a choice between sacrificing one of the three survivors or confronting a powerful monster.

• He Ao reconstructed Roti’s murder and explained how he used Lin Chichi as part of a trap to identify the killer hiding in the kitchen.
• He Ao opened the kitchen and declared that everyone on the train was a player, then accused the attendant of being Mr. Killer and began a vote.
• The attendant revealed a dagger and attacked He Ao, but Black Shadows seized him and carried him toward Compartment Seven.
• He Ao found the chef’s gloves, the attendant’s key, a dagger, Roti’s die, and a card announcing that a new character had joined the game.
• He Ao, Luo Luo, and Jin Ya reached a carriage with a monster and a sign offering them the choice to let two people continue or proceed onward together.
• He Ao drew the Nightfall Dagger and prepared to face the monster.

He Ao and Luo Luo defeated a tentacle monster in the train carriage, but it began regenerating and the exit remained sealed. He Ao revealed that Jin Ya was the ninth player, a third-party killer tasked with killing everyone, and began explaining how he had identified her.

• He Ao fought the tentacle monster while Luo Luo tried to assist and was repeatedly thrown aside; after his main body's consciousness descended, He Ao destroyed its Energy Convergence Point from within.
• He Ao, Luo Luo, and Jin Ya found the carriage door shut and watched the monster's scattered flesh begin to reform.
• He Ao deduced that the game had a ninth player whose mission was to kill everyone, then identified Jin Ya as the Arcane Mage and confronted her.
• Jin Ya revealed that she could speak Central Land language, while Luo Luo realized Jin Ya had understood her earlier remarks.
• He Ao explained that Jin Ya's apparent alibi relied on an ability that made others overlook her, and Jin Ya challenged him to provide evidence.

He Ao explained how he deduced that Jin Ya was the second killer and that the attendant was the serial killer, then confirmed Jin Ya had killed the chef. Jin Ya attacked him and Luo Luo with a curse and a soul-controlling bead, but the bead failed because He Ao's body had no soul.

• He Ao reconstructed how Jin Ya manipulated meal-retrieval times, killed the first victim and chef, and used the serial killer to eliminate Roti.
• He Ao concluded that the attendant was the serial killer and Jin Ya was the second killer, then Jin Ya confirmed she had killed the chef and described the killers' movement limits.
• He Ao revealed that Lin Chichi had asked whether Jin Ya killed the chef, and Jin Ya attacked him with an invisible blade.
• Jin Ya's curse weakened Luo Luo, but He Ao had already reduced its effect by restoring his body's energy flow with divine perception.
• Jin Ya tried to control He Ao with a red bead, but its power failed because his body had no soul.

He Ao killed Jin Ya, survived the soul fragment inside her red bead, and reunited with Lin Chichi after opening the sealed carriage. The train trapped them in a luxurious dining car with living food, while He Ao’s consciousness returned to his true body as Yang De warned that the train was approaching their encirclement.

• He Ao killed Jin Ya, took her Shadowless Sword, and examined the red bead she had carried.
• He Ao destroyed the B-rank soul fragment hidden in the bead and discovered it contained a folded Ritual Array.
• He Ao used the red disc to open the next carriage and found Lin Chichi, who had survived by using his death-immunity item.
• He Ao, Luo Luo, and Lin Chichi searched the luxurious carriage and found a menu promising scenery and fine food as hospitality.
• The carriage doors sealed, food appeared on the table, and He Ao stopped Lin Chichi from eating after sensing that the dishes were alive.
• He Ao returned to his true body and told Yang De he was ready as the train neared their encirclement.

He Ao and the other Overseas Department heads restrained the Verola train while He Ao’s avatar forced its way into the front carriage and discovered a ritual array. As World Tree forces and two B-rank figures arrived, He Ao suspected the ambush had drawn them into a larger confrontation.

• He Ao, Wu Lan, Yang De, and Ji Po used Tent Pegs to trap the Verola train, but struggled to contain its force.
• He Ao led Lin Chichi and Luo Luo through the train’s corridors, where they saw human bodies and twisted souls suspended in Blood Pools.
• He Ao forced open the door to the front carriage and found a pulsing mass of flesh in place of a control console.
• He Ao memorized the blood-colored patterns on the floor and recognized their arrangement as a Ritual Array.
• Liu Zhengyun arrived and began suppressing the train, but World Tree members and a white-bearded B-rank figure appeared from the forest.
• A blond, muscular B-rank man dropped from a helicopter, surprising Wu Lan and Yang De as He Ao sensed the situation had become more complicated.

He Ao and the Overseas Department fought to keep the Verola train suppressed as World Tree and Moonlight agents attacked them. As the battle turned against them, He Ao considered using the Miracle Wand while Lin Chichi searched the car’s magic formations for a way to help.

• Liu Zhengyun confronted Sloan and Jodel over their presence in Research Institute territory while He Ao’s team prepared for a fight.
• Jodel attacked Liu Zhengyun, and Sloan opened a crack in the ground; their assault forced Liu to stop suppressing the Verola and left He Ao, Yang De, Wu Lan, and Ji Po to hold down the Tent Pegs.
• He Ao drew his Bone Sword and fought off a skinny dual-knife attacker and a Scarface Man whose power restrained He Ao’s limbs.
• As the Tent Peg’s force grew and his teammates struggled against their opponents, He Ao considered the Miracle Wand’s B-rank miracle, which had reached two-fifths progress.
• Inside the car, He Ao studied the magic formations and recalled a formation he had seen in a red bead while Lin Chichi asked whether he had found anything.

He Ao discovered that the Verola contained a ritual designed to bring an angel from the ruins into the Main World, with the passengers’ killing game serving as its officiant. After explaining how the game had nine players despite only eight apparent participants, Lin Chichi prompted He Ao to reconsider the ritual and the game’s hidden structure.

• He Ao identified the patterns in the locomotive as a Descent Ritual and explained that it could summon a powerful being from beyond space and time.
• He Ao concluded that the ritual targeted an angel, with the Blood Pool as its sacrifice and the killing-game players as its unwitting officiant.
• He Ao deduced that an angel in the ruins had captured the Verola and arranged for it to cross into the Main World, threatening a world whose strongest known fighters were only B-class.
• Lin Chichi asked why He Ao had called Jin Ya the Ninth Player, and He Ao explained that the real attendant had been killed before the game and replaced by the killer in disguise.
• Lin Chichi said she was organizing clues to help He Ao, and her question made him wonder why the game had sought a Ninth Player despite having only eight positions.

He Ao fought through World Tree and Moonlight’s assault to reach the Verola after the Research Institute team’s retreat was threatened. He entered the vehicle’s web-bound space to save the three Middle Earth People inside, leaving the outcome uncertain as his consciousness entered a red bead.

• Liu Zhengyun was injured by Sloan and Jodel’s coordinated attack, while Wu Lan was nearly killed after the Tent Peg was knocked loose.
• He Ao rescued Wu Lan, then Yang De ordered the team to retreat after World Tree trapped the Verola beneath a giant web.
• When Wu Lan revealed three Middle Earth People were inside the vehicle, He Ao promised to save them and charged through the encirclement.
• He Ao killed the skinny fighter and Scarface, then killed a C-rank assassin while advancing beneath the web toward the Verola’s front door.
• He Ao’s main consciousness entered his clone inside the vehicle and entered the red bead.

He Ao modified the red bead’s array to target him, then used the Ritual Array’s murderous consciousness to activate it prematurely. As the ritual began above the Verola, He Ao’s true body prepared to act with the Miracle Wand.

• He Ao replaced the bead’s targeting pattern with the symbol K, successfully restoring the array and linking it to himself.
• He Ao watched Sloan and Jodel overpower Liu Zhengyun and deduced that the World Tree and Moonlight had lured the Research Institute’s B-ranks into an ambush.
• Yang De urged He Ao to flee south, but He Ao switched off his headset and told the others they would survive.
• Inside the vehicle, He Ao told Lin Chichi and Luo Luo to close their eyes and used his mental power to influence the Ritual Array’s murderous consciousness.
• The ritual activated before it had gathered enough energy, and a vast shadow appeared above the Verola as He Ao gripped the Miracle Wand.

He Ao took control of the Verola, stopped the A-Class angel’s descent, and used the sandstorm to escape with Lin Chichi and Luo Luo. As the train vanished into a spatial tunnel, a hidden figure’s attempt to seize it failed, and He Ao promised to return for what the figure had stolen from the Tower.

• Yang De pulled Wu Lan back from the angel’s mental influence and ordered her to retreat while he went to find He Ao.
• He Ao replaced the Verola’s Control Array with the array from the red bead, becoming the train’s master and disrupting the angel’s control.
• He Ao destroyed the Descent Ritual arrays, unleashed a sandstorm, and carried Lin Chichi and Luo Luo out of the train.
• Liu Zhengyun escaped Sloan and Jodel, killed Sloan with the Bone Carving Knife, and watched the Verola enter a spatial tunnel.
• A hidden figure tried to seize the Verola but chose to abandon his plan after He Ao’s ability forced his decision.
• He Ao left through the tunnel and told the hidden figure he would return to reclaim what had been stolen from the Tower.

He Ao escaped the collapsing mountain hollow with Yang De and helped the Research Institute defeat Sloan’s forces, while the team debated the mysterious Hao Yi’s origins. Later, He Ao investigated a ruined Moonlight Secret Base in the Tiya Empire and pieced together how both sides had plotted against each other; the final power of Super Memory brought him to C-class.

• He Ao rescued Lin Chichi and Luo Luo, then escaped the mountain hollow with Yang De as its peaks collapsed.
• He Ao learned that his Mountain Collapse and Tsunami miracle had advanced to 3/5 after killing three controlled C-Ranks, while Liu Zhengyun survived the battle with Sloan.
• Wu Lan and Yang De questioned Lin Chichi and Luo Luo, then discussed Hao Yi’s strength and considered whether he had come from the relics.
• Yang De arranged medical examinations and planned to report the team’s findings to the dean and the other councilors.
• He Ao’s avatar reached a destroyed Moonlight Secret Base in the Tiya Empire and deduced how the Research Institute and Sloan had each tried to trap the other.
• The remaining power of Super Memory merged into He Ao’s soul, advancing him to C-class.

After Liu Zhengyun and Li Cheng examined the classified report, they realized He Ao might have used Lin Chichi to warn them against rushing toward A-Class. He Ao returned to his ordinary routine with newly advanced abilities, while Dawn temporarily put him in charge of Alano and the world’s supernatural energy began to rise.

• Liu Zhengyun told Li Cheng and Wu Ganglie that Sloan was dead and that a mysterious man had helped him; they read the report about the Demon Suppression Museum and the A-Class descent plot.
• Li Cheng combined the silver pyramid and the long staff into the Spear of Andarville, then concluded He Ao may have used Lin Chichi to caution them against blindly advancing to A-Class.
• He Ao returned home, confirmed Super Memory had advanced, and learned it had gained Listening, Thought Alteration, and a vague ability to sense nearby emotions.
• He Ao’s clone learned from Noding that the Arcane Mage had died and that Dawn’s Boss had asked He Ao to temporarily watch over Alano.
• He Ao resumed cultivating, attending school, and selling cold noodles as the ambient supernatural energy increased; seven days after the instance ended, his system updated.

He Ao examined the upgraded mission and evaluation systems, then unlocked Character Cards and exchanged his free opportunity for King of the Night. As the countdown ended, the game matched him with a new role: Unemployed Supervisor Pete.

• He Ao learned that missions would become harder, basic rewards would rise to Grade C, and evaluations would use a one-to-five-star scale.
• He Ao opened the Character Card interface and received a free basic exchange opportunity and one Exchange Star for exceeding the authority advancement requirement by one Rank S evaluation.
• He Ao identified the three available cards as Primal Fire for Joey, King of the Night for Vian, and The Usurper for Nell, which he could not exchange.
• He Ao exchanged his free opportunity for King of the Night and saw that he could use the card in a game.
• He Ao watched the countdown reach zero and was matched with the role Unemployed Supervisor Pete.

After losing his job and accepting a dangerous research experiment for the generous allowance, He Ao woke restrained in an operating room and learned his mission was to find and destroy the Fountain of Youth. He broke free, killed the institute’s armed staff, and covered himself with his coat.

• He Ao signed the institute’s pledge and accepted a volunteer allowance despite being unable to learn the experiment’s risks.
• After a physical examination, He Ao was taken to a hidden operating room and given an injection before receiving his mission.
• He Ao woke as a doctor prepared to cut his chest and a nurse tried to inject him with more anesthetic.
• He Ao activated Super Memory, shattered his restraints, and killed the two Nurses aiming Gauss Pistols at him.
• He Ao killed the nurse with the injector, broke free of his foot restraints, and put on his coat.

He Ao escaped the institute’s operating room after discovering that a chilled kidney had apparently been prepared for the volunteer rather than removed from him. He fought through the institute’s armed security and reached the rooftop, where a C-rank man confronted him.

• He Ao concluded that the kidney in the refrigerated box was likely meant to be implanted in Pete, then recovered his Smart Bracelet and faced armed Security Personnel.
• He Ao killed the Security Personnel who attacked him and forced a young mercenary to activate the elevator.
• He Ao rode the elevator to the institute’s rooftop, where he discovered that his Smart Bracelet still had no signal and felt the weakness caused by deactivating Rank C Super Memory.
• A tall man confronted He Ao on the rooftop, revealed himself to be C-rank, and charged at him.