Chapter Summaries

Zhao Ke served an exclusive midnight dinner at his restaurant before discovering an unexplained package with a strange, watchful-eye stamp outside his door. When he opened the door to bring it inside, a sewn-eyed corpse appeared and demanded its tongue.

• Zhao Ke prepared and served a popular dish of beef tongue wrapped in raw Pacific saury at his private restaurant.
• After the diners left, Zhao Ke listened to the rain and became alarmed when the doorbell rang despite the door remaining closed.
• Zhao Ke found a light, unlabeled package stamped with an antique image of an eye that seemed to blink at him.
• Zhao Ke opened the door to bring the package inside and confronted a rotting corpse that asked where its tongue was.

Chef Zhao Ke served an exclusive late-night meal at his restaurant, then discovered a strange package at his door bearing a stamp with a watching eye. When he opened the door, a rotting face with sewn-shut eyes appeared and demanded its tongue.

• Zhao Ke prepared Fish Sea Pan-Fried with Autumn Fish and beef tongue for his diners, who enjoyed the meal and booked reservations for the following year.
• After closing, Zhao Ke listened to the rain, cleaned his silver cross, and noticed the doorbell ringing despite the door staying shut.
• Zhao Ke found a light package bearing an unusual seven-cent stamp with an abstract eye that seemed to blink at him.
• Zhao Ke opened the door to bring the package inside and faced a rotting figure whose eyes tore open as it asked, "Where is my tongue?"

Zhao Ke and four others were transported to a smog-filled wilderness, where a scar-faced postman explained the horror space and their missions. After the postman vanished, a creature appeared behind one of the students, leaving the group in immediate danger.

• Zhao Ke woke in the wilderness with four strangers and kept his distance while assessing them.
• The man in blue attacked a student, but the scar-faced man restrained him and beat Qi Liang for interrupting.
• The scar-faced man explained that the group were trainee postmen who had to complete missions to escape and could earn Post Points as rewards.
• The scar-faced man demonstrated that Post Points could be exchanged for gold, then disappeared after completing his guidance mission.
• A student dismissed the experience as a high-tech scam, but a bloodied creature appeared behind him and bared its maw.

Zhao Ke and four others woke in a smog-covered wilderness, where a scar-faced Postman explained that they had been summoned to a horror space and must complete missions to escape. After the Postman disappeared, the group realized a monster had appeared behind the student who dismissed the experience as a scam.

• Zhao Ke woke in a polluted wilderness with three men and two women, then watched a middle-aged man beat a student before the scar-faced man subdued the brute.
• The scar-faced man threatened and slapped Qi Liang for interrupting him, then explained the Postmen, the horror space, missions, and Post Points.
• The scar-faced man demonstrated that one Post Point could buy a valuable gold bar and vanished after completing his novice guidance mission.
• A student insisted the Postman had been a projection, but the others saw a monster looming behind him as blood dripped onto his head.

Zhao Ke and the others fled a black bear through the forest, where the female office worker abandoned a girl with glasses and Zhao Ke stabbed her. Zhao Ke returned to help rescue the girl, but the wounded woman was left behind as an axe-wielding stranger approached and struck her.

• The black bear killed Wang Ding, and Zhao Ke led the survivors running toward a distant firelight.
• The female office worker shoved the girl with glasses down a slope, while Li Hongbing abandoned her and Qi Liang went to help.
• The female office worker asked Zhao Ke to leave with her, but Zhao Ke stabbed her and dragged her into the bushes.
• Zhao Ke returned with a stick and helped Qi Liang pull the girl with glasses up the slope as the bear drew near.
• The wounded female office worker tried to get help from an axe-carrying stranger, who raised his axe and brought it down.

Zhao Ke and the others fled a black bear through the forest, where his ruthless choices left the female office worker behind. He escaped with Qi Liang and the girl with glasses, while a mysterious axe-wielding man approached the wounded woman.

• Zhao Ke led the group toward distant firelight as the black bear chased them through the woods.
• The female office worker shoved the girl with glasses down a slope, and Qi Liang chose to rescue her while Li Hongbing ran ahead.
• Zhao Ke stabbed the female office worker, dragged her into the bushes, then returned to help Qi Liang and the girl climb back up.
• Zhao Ke warned Qi Liang and the girl that the bear was close, and the three hurried away as the woman tried to attract their attention.
• An axe-wielding man emerged from the bushes, and when the wounded woman grabbed his leg, he struck her with his axe.

Zhao Ke, Qi Liang, and Chen Jing reached an isolated house and accepted food from an old woman, but Zhao Ke suspected she was hiding their missing companions. When Qi Liang found a corpse in a pickling vat, the danger inside the house became clear.

• Qi Liang, Zhao Ke, and Chen Jing found an old house in the mountain wilderness and decided to seek clues there.
• Chen Jing introduced herself as a psychologist and persuaded the others to enter the house.
• An old woman welcomed them and served meat, but Zhao Ke refused to eat and questioned her about Li Hongbing and the white-collar woman.
• When the old woman denied seeing their companions, Zhao Ke accused her of lying, grabbed her, and pressed a knife to her throat.
• Qi Liang tried to stop Zhao Ke, but Zhao Ke kicked him into a pickling vat, where Qi Liang discovered a corpse.

Zhao Ke, Qi Liang, and Chen Jing reached an isolated house and were offered meat by an old woman, but Zhao Ke suspected she was lying about their missing companion. He attacked her and uncovered a corpse hidden in a pickle jar.

• Qi Liang, Zhao Ke, and Chen Jing rested in the dark forest, then followed the smell of food to an old house.
• Chen Jing introduced herself as a psychologist and convinced the others to enter the house in search of clues to escape.
• The old woman welcomed them and served meat, which Qi Liang and Chen Jing eagerly ate while Zhao Ke refused the food and water.
• Zhao Ke questioned the old woman about Li Hongbing, accused her of lying, and seized her at knifepoint.
• Qi Liang tried to stop Zhao Ke, but Zhao Ke kicked him into a large jar, where Qi Liang discovered a corpse.

Zhao Ke, Chen Jing, and Qi Liang discovered Li Hongbing’s head in a vat and fought off an old woman who transformed into a bear-like monster. After killing her, Zhao Ke chopped off her paw and announced that he would roast it.

• Qi Liang found Li Hongbing’s head in the vat and accused the old woman of killing him.
• The old woman lunged at Zhao Ke with a clawed hand, and Zhao Ke cut her while Qi Liang struck her with a stool.
• Zhao Ke stabbed the old woman through the heart and killed her.
• Chen Jing noticed black fur growing over the corpse, and the three realized the old woman had been a bear-like monster.
• Zhao Ke chopped off the old woman’s paw and said he would roast it.

Zhao Ke, Qi Liang, and Chen Jing fought the old woman after discovering Li Hongbing’s head in a vat, and learned she was a bear monster. After killing her, Zhao Ke cut off her paw and planned to roast it.

• Qi Liang found Li Hongbing’s head in the vat and accused the old woman of killing him.
• The old woman attacked Zhao Ke with a claw, but he wounded her hand with his fruit knife.
• Qi Liang struck the old woman with a stool, giving Zhao Ke an opening to stab her through the heart.
• Black fur grew over the old woman’s corpse, revealing that she had been a bear monster.
• Zhao Ke chopped off the old woman’s paw and said he was going to roast it.

Zhao Ke scolded Chen Jing for failing to notice that the old woman's meat was human, then prepared and ate the bear paws. The group discovered their mission was to kill Xiong Er, and Zhao Ke began a gamble as Qi Liang asked him to explain.

• Zhao Ke slapped Chen Jing and rebuked her for not realizing the guesthouse and its meat were suspicious.
• Zhao Ke roasted and ate both bear paws while Chen Jing and Qi Liang watched hungrily but could not bring themselves to eat.
• Chen Jing found bloody mission instructions beside the old woman's corpse ordering them to kill Xiong Er, her stronger son.
• Zhao Ke warned Chen Jing and Qi Liang that the old woman and her son were monsters, then examined a teapot and proposed taking a gamble.
• Qi Liang patted Zhao Ke on the shoulder and started to ask him to explain, but the chapter ended as he spat.

Zhao Ke discovered the mission to kill Xiong Er and decided to take a gamble, but suddenly stabbed Qi Liang in the thigh. The chapter ended with Qi Liang wounded and Zhao Ke’s plan still unexplained.

• Zhao Ke slapped Chen Jing and scolded her for failing to notice that the inn’s meat was suspicious.
• Zhao Ke roasted and ate the bear paws while Qi Liang and Chen Jing struggled with nausea.
• Chen Jing found a bloody mission message ordering them to kill Xiong Er, the old woman’s son.
• Zhao Ke warned that Xiong Er was a monster and said they had to gamble rather than hesitate.
• As Qi Liang asked him to explain, Zhao Ke stabbed him in the thigh with a fruit knife.

Zhao Ke, Chen Jing, and Qi Liang drugged and killed a burly man they mistook for Xiong Er, but they received no mission-complete notice. After Zhao Ke searched the corpse, Qi Liang spotted a pair of scarlet eyes outside the window.

• A burly man entered carrying two severed hands, then ate the meat soup Zhao Ke had drugged.
• The drugged man collapsed, and Chen Jing, Qi Liang, and Zhao Ke escaped their loosely tied ropes.
• Zhao Ke killed the sleeping man, but realized he was not Xiong Er because the mission remained incomplete and the body did not transform.
• Zhao Ke found a hand-drawn map, supplies, strange powder, and a black dagger on the corpse.
• Qi Liang noticed scarlet eyes staring at him through the window.

Zhao Ke and the others drugged and killed the burly man who entered the house, but discovered he was not Xiong Er and the mission had not ended. As they searched his belongings, a pair of crimson eyes appeared outside the window.

• The burly man returned with two severed hands, including one Zhao Ke recognized as belonging to the white-collar woman, then ate the meat soup Zhao Ke had prepared.
• The drugged soup caused the burly man to collapse, and Chen Jing, Qi Liang, and Zhao Ke freed themselves.
• Zhao Ke killed the unconscious man, but realized he was not Xiong Er because his body did not transform and the mission completion notice did not appear.
• Zhao Ke searched the corpse and found a hand-drawn map, a dagger, rations, and a bottle of unusual powder.
• Qi Liang noticed a pair of crimson eyes staring at him from outside the window.

Zhao Ke and Qi Liang fled Xiong Er after it killed Chen Jing, but the bear caught up and attacked them. Zhao Ke led Xiong Er into a concealed pit trap, where it was impaled alongside two other people.

• Xiong Er broke through the mud house wall, killed Chen Jing, and sent Qi Liang flying when he attacked with an axe.
• Zhao Ke distracted Xiong Er by tossing a bear's head into the boiling pot, then dragged Qi Liang outside and fled east with him.
• Qi Liang offered to stay behind with the axe so Zhao Ke could escape, but Zhao Ke carried him onward instead.
• Zhao Ke noticed white powder, blood, and a scent near the bushes, but Xiong Er ambushed them before they could get away.
• Zhao Ke kicked Qi Liang clear and dodged as Xiong Er charged into a concealed pit lined with sharpened bamboo spears.
• Zhao Ke looked into the pit and found Xiong Er impaled beside two other people.

Zhao Ke and Qi Liang fled Xiong Er after it killed Chen Jing, but the bear caught up and attacked them. Zhao Ke and Qi Liang escaped its charge when it fell into a concealed pit, where they discovered two other people.

• Xiong Er smashed through the mud house and killed Chen Jing before Zhao Ke distracted it with a bear head in the boiling pot.
• Zhao Ke dragged the injured Qi Liang away, and Qi Liang offered to stay behind so Zhao Ke could escape.
• Zhao Ke carried Qi Liang onward, then found a ring of white powder and signs of blood in the grass.
• Xiong Er appeared from the bushes and slashed Zhao Ke, while Qi Liang stood between them and urged Zhao Ke to flee.
• Zhao Ke kicked Qi Liang out of Xiong Er's path, and the bear charged into a concealed pit lined with sharpened bamboo spears.
• Zhao Ke looked into the pit and saw two other people alongside Xiong Er.

After completing the main mission, Zhao Ke discovered that the injured Zhou Shun could give him a side mission to escort him down the mountain. Zhou Shun revealed his connection to Wang Xiaochang, but Zhao Ke changed his mind and stabbed him in the heart.

• Zhao Ke received notices that he had completed the main mission and could return to reality or remain in the horror space.
• The injured female office worker vanished after Xiong Er's death, and Zhao Ke climbed into the pit to question Zhou Shun.
• Zhou Shun claimed to be a farmer and offered Zhao Ke a secret, triggering a side mission to escort him down the mountain.
• Zhou Shun explained that Wang Xiaochang and other hunters had sought treasure from the old woman's household, and that Wang had trapped him after their plan went wrong.
• After Qi Liang called from above, Zhao Ke asked Zhou Shun whether he had lied, then covered his mouth and stabbed him in the heart.

After completing the main quest, Zhao Ke discovered that the injured white-collar woman had returned to reality and rescued Zhou Shun from the pit after accepting a side quest to escort him down the mountain. Zhou Shun explained how Wang Xiaochang’s group had been destroyed by the old woman and Xiong Er, but Zhao Ke changed his mind and stabbed him in the heart.

• Zhao Ke saw that Qi Liang had passed out and received notifications that he had completed the main quest and could return to reality or stay in the horror world for ten days.
• The white-collar woman disappeared after Xiong Er’s death, and Zhao Ke realized she had completed a quest of her own.
• Zhao Ke climbed into the pit and found the injured Zhou Shun, who claimed to be a farmer and begged to be taken down the mountain.
• After Zhou Shun offered to reveal a secret, Zhao Ke accepted a side quest to escort him and pressured him to explain what had happened.
• Zhou Shun revealed that Wang Xiaochang had brought hunters to steal treasure from the old woman’s home, where Xiong Er and the old woman killed most of the group before Wang Xiaochang trapped Zhou Shun as bait.
• When Qi Liang called from above, Zhao Ke pretended he would help Zhou Shun, then covered his mouth and stabbed him in the heart.

After completing the mission, Zhao Ke found a special item that unlocked the Post Album, a system for storing items as stamps and using their abilities. He discovered the Bear Coat stamp’s strength-enhancing powers and began considering what else he could convert.

• Zhao Ke killed Zhou Shun, collected Xiong Er’s bear paws, and told Qi Liang he would keep exploring after Qi Liang chose to return.
• Zhao Ke went back to the house, found a black bear hide and a little silver in a box, and realized Zhou Shun’s promised treasure had been bait for a double-cross.
• The bear hide vanished from Zhao Ke’s hand as black fur appeared on his palm, and a notification unlocked the Post Album early.
• Zhao Ke gained the Bear Coat stamp, learned it doubled his strength and could temporarily triple it with Bear Transformation, and tested his increased strength on the bedframe.
• Zhao Ke converted the broken silver into an Ordinary Stamp, then looked toward the nearby corpses and considered converting them too.

After completing the mission, Zhao Ke found a special item in the ruined house and unlocked the Post Album, which let him convert items into stamps and use their abilities. He tested the Bear Coat stamp’s strength boost and began considering what else he could convert.

• Zhao Ke killed Zhou Shun, collected Xiong Er’s bear paws, and told Qi Liang to return to reality while he continued exploring.
• Qi Liang left after asking Zhao Ke for his number, and Zhao Ke returned to the damaged house where Chen Jing had been killed.
• Zhao Ke found a black bear hide and silver beneath the bed, realized Zhou Shun’s treasure story had been a double-cross, and obtained the Bear Coat as a special item.
• The Post Album unlocked early, and Zhao Ke discovered the Bear Coat stamp doubled his strength and could triple it temporarily through Bear Transformation.
• Zhao Ke converted the broken silver into an ordinary stamp, changed it back, and eyed a nearby corpse as he considered converting more items.