Chapter Summaries

Mo Li chose the Chinese-style horror game "Paper figurine" to introduce the girls to folklore-based horror and set up a room for an immersive Holographic Projector experience. He warned them that the game was frightening, and the story left off just before they began playing.

• Kafka, Bronya, and the others asked Mo Li to let them experience a horror game, and he recommended starting on a computer because it was so scary.
• Hu Tao, Li Sushang, Pardo, and Kiana joined the discussion; Hu Tao claimed she specialized in dealing with ghosts, while Sushang and Pardo admitted they were afraid.
• Mo Li gave in to the girls' requests and chose "Paper figurine," expecting its Chinese-style folklore horror to unsettle them.
• Mo Li explained how the game used oppressive rooms, ghosts, and temporary Safe Rooms to create fear, and considered adapting other horror stories into games.
• Mo Li linked several Holographic Projectors around an open room so players could experience "Paper figurine" all around them while remaining seated.
• Mo Li warned the girls again that the game was genuinely scary, and Kiana shrank back when he looked at her.

Mo Li warned Kafka that the immersive horror game Paper Dolls would leave her frightened, but she chose to play it anyway. After Mo Li explained the controls and Kafka selected Normal difficulty, the game began with a nighttime drive and a conversation between a girl named Mengmeng and her father.

• Kafka volunteered to try Paper Dolls first, and Mo Li warned her that playing alone at night could leave her too scared to go home.
• Mo Li turned off the lights, gave Kafka the game equipment, and sat beside her while explaining the controls to her and the watching girls.
• Kafka ignored Mo Li’s suggestion to choose Easy difficulty, briefly selected Nightmare, then settled on Normal after learning that higher difficulties made the ghosts faster.
• The projector immersed Mo Li and Kafka in the game while the other girls watched through their phones and tested the light screen.
• The opening cutscene showed a car driving at night as Mengmeng asked her father questions about their journey and whether he had taken his medicine.

Kafka began exploring the horror game set in Yin Manor, where its dim atmosphere and a headless corpse frightened her despite her confidence. After Mo Li taught her the controls and how to search for the locked room’s key, she continued exploring on her own.

• Kafka watched the game’s opening cutscene end with a car crash and the protagonist waking inside the ruined Yin Manor.
• Kafka picked up a flashlight, spotted a headless corpse, and startled herself and the girls watching.
• Kafka examined the corpse and asked Mo Li why the Paper Doll unsettled her more than gore in foreign horror games.
• Mo Li explained the game’s exploration and promised to let Kafka play alone after teaching her the basics.
• Kafka searched the area and collected items including matches, records, Paper ingots, a Cursed doll, and insect repellent.

Mo Li guided Kafka through the horror game as she searched for her daughter, but an unavoidable ghost encounter frightened her and the other girls into dropping their phones. Kafka fled into Mo Li’s arms after the game showed that her character had died.

• After Mo Li went quiet, Kafka repeatedly asked him for help, and he resumed guiding her through the game.
• Kafka used the items in her inventory to obtain a key and opened the Safe Room, where she saved her progress.
• Kafka left the Safe Room and began unlocking another door, but a ghost appeared behind her and chased her.
• The ghost lunged at Kafka, frightening her and the other girls so badly that they dropped their phones, while Kafka hid in Mo Li’s arms.
• Mo Li laughed and comforted Kafka, revealing that he had altered the game to make the ghost encounter unavoidable.

After a terrifying ghost startled the girls playing “Paper Dolls,” Mo Li comforted Kafka and found the others huddled together. He gathered everyone around the lit room and resumed playing so they could become less afraid, though several girls stayed close to him.

• Kafka clung to Mo Li after the ghost appeared, and he reassured her that it was only a game.
• Mo Li led Kafka out of the light screen and found Eden, Kiana, Ganyu, and the other girls huddled together in fear.
• Mo Li decided to play again with the lights on so the girls could see that the game became less frightening after the initial scare.
• Kiana and Kafka resisted watching, but the girls eventually crowded onto the sofas around Mo Li.
• Mo Li explored the game while sixteen girls watched, and no ghosts appeared during his exploration.

Mo Li ended the horror game session and invited Kafka to stay overnight at the Studio. Rita showed Kafka her luxurious guest room and introduced her to Ai-chan, MiHoYo’s remarkably capable AI, leaving Kafka astonished by its apparent sophistication.

• Mo Li stopped the game when the girls’ fear had faded and offered to take Kafka home or let her stay at the Studio.
• Kafka accepted the offer to stay because she was frightened to be alone at home.
• Rita showed Kafka a luxurious guest room and explained that the Studio had prepared similar rooms for future employees.
• Rita described MiHoYo’s benefits and said the boss used AI to assist with most game development.
• Rita called Ai-chan, who greeted Kafka and identified Rita by her voice, surprising Kafka.
• Kafka questioned whether Ai-chan could really be an AI of the current era, and Rita said she did not know whether it assisted the boss with games.

Kafka marveled at MiHoYo’s advanced AI, then found herself frightened by the dark and the memories of the horror game “Paper Dolls.” She ran out to seek company, while the other girls also gathered in groups to avoid being alone.

• Kafka compared Ai-chan’s intelligence with Fairy Elysia’s and considered cooperating with Yu Jing before dismissing the idea.
• Kafka asked Ai-chan to draw her a bath, but the sound of running water and memories of “Paper Dolls” frightened her.
• Ai-chan suggested Kafka find someone to sleep with, but refused to disturb Elysia, so Kafka decided to visit her herself.
• Kafka asked Ai-chan to drain the bath and turn off the main lights, then panicked in the dim room and ran out.
• The other girls gathered in groups so none of them had to be alone.

The Concert Venue drew huge crowds, streamers, and cosplayers as it opened to the public the morning after the Preview Livestream. Su Qian joined the visitors in Beidou cosplay, while Xiao Cangmao livestreamed the venue’s enormous Honkai displays and rare Valkyrie Armor.

• News about MiHoYo and Eden’s Concert dominated online trends, and streamers gathered outside the venue before it opened.
• Xiao Cangmao learned that popular actress Su Qian had come dressed as Beidou, and Su Qian told the crowd she loved Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd.
• Su Qian answered fans’ questions patiently and asked them not to crowd the security staff.
• When the venue opened, Xiao Cangmao livestreamed a towering Saint-Class Shielded Honkai Beast and a God-Machine Heimdall display.
• Xiao Cangmao explored the venue’s enemy figures and Valkyrie Armor as her livestream audience grew and viewers talked about visiting.

The concert drew huge crowds and transformed the commercial district into a cosplay-filled anime destination, encouraging Mo Li to pursue his Elysium Ever After amusement park plans. After lunch, Mo Li told Kafka he wanted to build Elysium Ever After behind the district, leaving her shocked and excited.

• The 25,000-capacity venue filled up by midmorning, so security limited entry as crowds gathered outside and nearby shops filled with visitors in cosplay.
• Mo Li woke beside Mei and learned that Kafka had spent the night with Eden and Elysia because the girls were frightened by the paper dolls.
• After lunch, Mo Li drove Kafka back to work and considered increasing his investment in Elysium Ever After following the mayor's report of surging tourism.
• Mo Li asked Kafka how far she had gotten in Honkai Impact 3rd's story, then told her he planned to build Elysium Ever After behind the commercial district.
• Kafka reacted with shock and anticipation to Mo Li's amusement park plan.

Mo Li pitched Kafka on investing in Elysium Everlasting, a massive Honkai- and Genshin-themed park, then toured a large undeveloped site with the mayor. As Genshin Impact’s next version launched, players gathered for the update livestream, and Durandal asked Mo Li who should host it.

• Mo Li explained his theme-park plan to Kafka and invited her to consider buying a small stake, while making clear he and Eden would be the largest shareholders.
• Mo Li returned Kafka to Yu Jing, then joined the mayor to tour more than eight hundred hectares of undeveloped land and received a topographic map.
• Mo Li returned to the Studio and kept the upcoming Concert as his priority while the commercial district’s cosplay crowds continued to grow.
• As Genshin Impact’s new version approached, players anticipated Raiden Shogun’s banner and the new stories, then gathered to watch MiHoYo’s livestream on update day.
• Durandal asked Mo Li who would host the livestream, and Mo Li said any of the girls could do it.

Bronya and Mei streamed Genshin Impact, where Bronya pulled Raiden Shogun and built Kujou Sara before testing Keqing with a team of powerful supports. Keqing watched from work and grew hopeful that Sara’s C6 Electro damage boost might finally let her shine.

• Durandal suggested that Mei and Bronya stream together, and Mo Li agreed after learning Duck Duck was willing to play on stream.
• Bronya and Mei began their livestream in character, then logged into Genshin Impact to pull Raiden Shogun to C6 and R5.
• Bronya built Kujou Sara to C6 and explained that her constellation granted a 60% Electro Critical Damage bonus to characters receiving her damage boost.
• Keqing watched the stream from Qingcheng Fashion and became excited that Kujou Sara could strengthen her, after years of being mocked for her weak damage.
• Bronya switched to a team of Keqing, Kujou Sara, Kazuha, and Bennett to test Keqing’s damage.

Bronya tested her fully built team on the Cryo Regisvine, where Kujou Sara defeated it before Keqing’s burst could hit. Keqing called Mo Li to demand a buff, and he teased her about letting him call her “A-Qing”; she hung up, while he decided he would buff her anyway.

• Bronya used Kujou Sara’s burst on the Cryo Regisvine, killing it before Keqing could land her burst.
• Bronya and the stream viewers compared the characters’ burst multipliers and joked about Keqing’s damage.
• Keqing watched the stream and called Mo Li to demand that he rework her skills and bring her Honkai Impact 3rd performance to Teyvat.
• Mo Li teased Keqing by asking whether a buff would let him keep calling her “A-Qing,” and she agreed.
• Keqing hung up after Mo Li pressed the point, and he decided to buff her anyway.

Bronya tested Raiden Shogun’s strength on stream before shifting to Honkai Impact 3rd and revealing plans for an anime about Welt’s connection to Honkai: Star Rail. She then logged into her account to begin Post-Honkai Odyssey Chapter 2.

• Bronya tested Raiden Shogun’s abilities, and her Constellation 3 Burst dealt more than 800,000 damage.
• Duck Duck joked that Electro was not weak and that Keqing was the problem.
• Bronya skipped Genshin Impact’s story stream and opened Honkai Impact 3rd instead.
• Mei recapped Post-Honkai Odyssey Chapter 1, and Bronya added that Welt’s meeting with The Akashic Records connected to Honkai: Star Rail.
• Bronya revealed that Mo Li wanted to make an anime about how Welt and The Akashic Records discovered the Star Rail world and how Welt traveled there.
• Bronya logged into her own account to start streaming Post-Honkai Odyssey Chapter 2.

Bronya streamed Honkai Impact 3rd, impressing viewers with her expert Abyss gameplay before revealing a score-hiding tactic taught by the boss. The stream ended with players reacting in shock as they realized the competitive game had been full of schemes.

• Bronya logged in and cleared her daily tasks before starting the Abyss and Memory Battlefield.
• Bronya assembled a team for the lightning-damage rotation and stunned viewers with her smooth, high-level gameplay in Nirvana Zone.
• Bronya scored 791 points in the High-Risk Zone, then deliberately left enemies alive in the Special Zone to finish with 5,950 points.
• Mei asked why Bronya had held back, and Bronya explained that she hid points until shortly before Abyss settlement so rivals would have no time to overtake her.
• Mei and the viewers reacted with disbelief as players recognized the score-hiding tactic and shared their own experiences with it.

Mo Li watched Duck Duck’s stream and decided to plan an item-based Spiral Abyss event that would make competition more entertaining and fairer. Duck Duck explained the People of the Sky and The Akashic Records’ role in Post-Honkai Odyssey, then began Chapter 2.

• Duck Duck told viewers that hiding scores could make the Spiral Abyss more lively, while Mo Li considered adding competitive items to an event mode.
• Mo Li planned an item-based Spiral Abyss with traps, invisibility, and bonus points, while weighing whether physical prizes could encourage unhealthy competition.
• Duck Duck answered viewers’ questions about the anime and revealed that Infernal Sky Citadel had been created by the alien People of the Sky.
• Duck Duck explained that The Akashic Records wanted to move the Moon through a Star Gate to eliminate Honkai and needed Welt’s First Herrscher ability.
• Duck Duck described the People of the Sky’s cautious invasions and said the anime would focus on Welt and The Akashic Records encountering them, then started Post-Honkai Odyssey Chapter 2.

Bronya Zaychik began Post-Honkai Odyssey Chapter 2 by entering St. Fountain to search for the missing Third Squad and rescue Mei and the protagonist. After finding the protagonist in Fuss Bay, she named her “Female Otto” and continued the search.

• Theresa told Bronya that the Third Squad had entered the floating structure above St. Fountain and lost contact, and Bronya began Reinforcement Mission 663.
• Bronya used Lyle Kolody’s heavy sniper rifle to help Timidol and the other escape a monster attack, then ordered them to hold position and maintain communications.
• The story connected to the end of Chapter 1, where Bronya saved Carol before the protagonist fell into Fuss Bay and Project Bunny 0019 caught her.
• Bronya found the protagonist in Fuss Bay and introduced herself as the acting captain of the Second Honkai Response Squad.
• Bronya named the protagonist “Female Otto,” making Mei laugh and Bronya smile.

Duck Duck and the others defeated Lucheni after The Akashic Records revealed the People of the Sky’s plans, but the Infernal Sky Citadel opened a huge Star Gate above Earth, prompting Theresa to order all squads to St. Fountain. Bronya finished summarizing Post-Honkai Odyssey Chapter 2 and exited the game, leaving the coming invasion and the next chapter’s events unresolved.

• Duck Duck equipped the protagonist with a Moon Ring, then joined Timidol and Lyle to explore Fuss Bay and find Carol through a Star Gate.
• The group returned to St. Fountain, destroyed giant red crystals, and boarded the Infernal Sky Citadel, where Mei killed The Akashic Records after it tried to absorb her Herrscher energy.
• The Akashic Records revealed that the People of the Sky were cosmic plunderers seeking to harvest Honkai energy, and Lucheni appeared and pulled the group into its alternate space.
• The Akashic Records completed the Moon Ring algorithm, enabling the group to activate the Ideal Restriction Field and destroy Lucheni’s true form.
• The six-person squad defeated Lucheni’s remaining true forms, but the Infernal Sky Citadel opened a massive Star Gate as Theresa ordered all squads to St. Fountain.
• Bronya exited the Post-Honkai Odyssey interface after telling the viewers to check out the side stories themselves.

Mei returned from Elysian Realm and met Kevin, who had stood guard as its final safeguard. As the story left the two preparing to go, Kevin admitted he did not want to disappoint Elysia.

• Bronya asked Mei to take over the main story, and Mei agreed after Bronya called her Mei-jie.
• Mei opened Chapter 32, “Prologue: Stigmata Project,” which began with Mei returning to the real world after Elysian Realm dissipated.
• Mei remembered Elysia’s words and resolved to create a new future for the Flame-Chasers.
• Mei found Kevin waiting with the Judgement of Shamash and realized he had stayed to remember his former companions and say goodbye.
• Kevin told Mei he did not want to disappoint Elysia, then invited her to go with him.

Mei left World Serpent after rejecting Kevin’s Stigmata Project, while Kevin revealed that recruiting her had fulfilled a promise to Elysia. As Raven saw Mei off, she mentioned Kevin had personally assigned her several tasks, leaving Mei concerned they were connected to the project.

• Mei told Kevin she understood his reasons but would not approve or help with the Stigmata Project, and Kevin allowed her to leave World Serpent.
• Kevin implied that recruiting Mei as a Herrscher had fulfilled Elysia’s wish to meet a Herrscher who stood on humanity’s side.
• Mei opened the next stage and watched Kevin and Raven exchange a cryptic conversation about why birds flew.
• Raven accompanied Mei along the Shepherd's Path toward Celestial Mandate and reassured her that Xiao Kong and the others were doing well.
• Raven told Mei that Kevin had personally assigned her several tasks, making Mei suspect they were tied to the Stigmata Project.

Mei followed Raven to learn that the Stigmata Project had reached its final stage, then entered a strange gate to investigate it. The story shifted to the Hyperion arriving in lunar orbit, bringing the moon closer to the main plot.

• Mei followed Raven to a World Serpent mission in the Sahara and split the phone package open with her blade.
• Raven told Mei that the Stigmata Project was nearly complete and that Feather Rabbit had reshaped its execution plan.
• Raven delivered the phone to an old man, who used it to enter a dream merged with Stigmata Space.
• Raven opened a spatial gate and invited Mei to follow; Mei entered to investigate World Serpent's identity plan.
• The Hyperion completed its orbital adjustment and entered lunar orbit.