Chapter Summaries

Zhao Ke reached a famine-stricken town and uncovered the man who had lured people to Xiong Er and the old woman’s home. After serving the man and his thugs stew made from the bear meat, he left the man unconscious with the truth about his family’s fate.

• Zhao Ke stored Xiong Er’s corpse in the Post Album and reached a poor town at the foot of the mountain.
• Zhao Ke drove off a beggar who tried to rob him, then stayed at an inn and cooked his own meals.
• The innkeeper told Zhao Ke about Zhuangyuan Tower, but Zhao Ke recognized a sinister young man among a group of thugs by the fishy scent on him.
• Zhao Ke overheard the young man directing the thugs toward the home on East Mountain and realized he had lured people there.
• Zhao Ke served the group stew made from bear meat, and the young man fainted after learning it came from the bears at his family’s home.

Zhao Ke explored the famine-stricken town at the foot of the mountain and discovered that a sinister young man had been luring people to Xiong Er and the old woman’s home. After serving the man and his thugs bear meat from the two victims, Zhao Ke left him unconscious with the truth revealed.

• Zhao Ke reached the town, fended off a beggar carrying an iron spike, and settled into an inn where he cooked his own meals.
• The innkeeper told Zhao Ke about Zhuangyuan Tower, but Zhao Ke noticed a young man among a group of thugs who smelled like Xiong Er and the old woman.
• Zhao Ke overheard the young man claim that a wealthy family lived in the eastern mountains and decided he had been luring people there to die.
• Zhao Ke served the young man and the thugs stewed bear meat made from Xiong Er and the old woman.
• After the waiter revealed the meat came from two bears killed at the mountain house, the young man cried out for his mother and brother, then fainted.

Zhao Ke visited Zhuangyuan Tower, where cultivators lured guests with seductive performances and tried to bewitch him. He resisted their deception, but discovered that the woman embracing him was a giant snake.

• Zhao Ke followed directions to Zhuangyuan Tower and paid an old cultivator to let him inside.
• A beautiful female cultivator offered Zhao Ke tea, but he sneezed it across her face and noticed her hostile glare.
• Zhao Ke joined wealthy guests at a vegetarian banquet, where cultivators performed a sensual dance that made him feel dizzy.
• The female cultivator approached Zhao Ke and tried to bewitch him while he pretended to be entranced.
• Zhao Ke bit his tongue to clear his head and saw that the woman before him was a giant snake.

Zhao Ke entered Zhuangyuan Tower, where its cultivators lured guests with seductive service and a hypnotic banquet performance. When a snake-faced creature approached him, Zhao Ke recognized the danger and discovered the beauty’s true form.

• Zhao Ke followed directions to Zhuangyuan Tower and paid an old cultivator to enter.
• A beautiful female cultivator served Zhao Ke tea, but he sneezed it into her face and noticed her hostile glare.
• The old cultivator invited Zhao Ke to an evening vegetarian banquet, where wealthy guests watched a seductive dance.
• As the performance made him dizzy, Zhao Ke recognized the woman’s scent and fought to stay alert.
• Zhao Ke pretended to be entranced while the woman wrapped around him, then opened his eyes and saw her snake face.

Zhao Ke escaped the snake demons in Fragrant Mountain Nunnery with the Red Luo Stone and returned to his shop. He confirmed the stone was now a rare material stamp, though he could not yet use its powers.

• Zhao Ke broke free of a snake woman's illusion by stabbing her mouth with a dagger, then distracted the old cultivator's snake form with a Great Iron Pot.
• Zhao Ke grabbed the Red Luo Pearl and converted it into a stamp, then escaped as the snake demons attacked by using Return.
• Zhao Ke returned to his shop only minutes after entering the horror space and checked his Post Album to confirm the experience was real.
• Zhao Ke read that the Red Luo Stone could absorb vitality or be used to craft hallucinatory items, but required special power to absorb safely.
• Zhao Ke put away the Post Album and turned his attention to the unopened package on the table.

Zhao Ke escaped the snake demons of Fragrant Mountain Nunnery after stealing their Red Luo Pearl and returned to his shop. He confirmed the experience was real and learned that the Red Luo Stone could absorb vital energy or be used to craft items with hallucinatory abilities.

• Zhao Ke stabbed the snake woman who had coiled around him and charged toward the Red Luo Pearl as the other snakes attacked.
• Zhao Ke wedged a Great Iron Pot into the old cultivator’s mouth, stole the Red Luo Pearl, and converted it into a stamp in his Post Album.
• Zhao Ke used Return to escape the snake demons, and the old cultivator collapsed after realizing the pearl was gone.
• Zhao Ke returned to his shop and examined his Post Album, confirming that the Red Luo Stone had become a precious material stamp.
• Zhao Ke read that the Red Luo Stone could boost strength by supplying vital energy or be used to craft hallucinatory items, then turned his attention to the unopened package.

After completing his probationary task, Zhao Ke collected rewards and learned more about the Post Album and Horror Space before preparing a feast at home and going to sleep in his coffin. As he slept, a strange figure opened a drawer and applied lipstick in front of a mirror.

• Zhao Ke opened the package, received 7 Post Points, and collected stamps depicting people from the Horror Space, including Xiong Er's special Breath of Nature stamp.
• Zhao Ke read the Postman's Code and the Post Album booklet, learning the restrictions on using his abilities and discovering the costly items available for exchange.
• Zhao Ke returned home, cooked the bear paws he had taken from Xiong Er, and ate until he was full.
• Zhao Ke went to sleep in the coffin in his attic, and a figure with scarred fingers opened a drawer and applied lipstick while facing a mirror.

Zhao Ke completed his internship mission, claimed stamps and Post Points, and learned more about the Post Album and horror spaces. After cooking Xiong Er’s bear paws and falling asleep in his coffin, he left a strange figure in the mirror moving in the dark.

• Zhao Ke opened his reward package and received stamps depicting the old woman, Wang Xiaochang, Xiong Er, and Zhou Shun, including Xiong Er’s Breath of Nature special stamp.
• Zhao Ke absorbed the stamps, bringing his total to sixteen Post Points, and read booklets explaining postman restrictions and horror spaces.
• Zhao Ke examined the Post Album’s exchange list but decided not to spend his Post Points.
• Zhao Ke prepared and ate Xiong Er’s bear paws, then went upstairs and fell asleep in his coffin.
• A gaunt figure with knife-scarred fingers opened a dressing-table drawer, looked into the mirror, and put on lipstick while Zhao Ke slept.

Zhao Ke welcomed Lei Ke, who had quit his job to help pay for Pei Pei’s treatment, and gave him money while preparing a bear-paw feast. After Lei Ke left, Zhao Ke fell asleep in a coffin, but another version of him emerged and put on lipstick.

• Lei Ke arrived at Zhao Ke’s cafeteria with a fake arrest prank, and Zhao Ke made him clean the muddy footprints off the floor.
• Lei Ke told Zhao Ke he had quit his job because of Pei Pei’s treatment costs, and Zhao Ke gave him a bank card containing about 1.6 million.
• Lei Ke asked whether Zhao Ke’s strange episodes had returned, and Zhao Ke said they had not.
• Zhao Ke and Lei Ke ate the bear-paw dish Zhao Ke prepared, then Lei Ke noticed the rosewood box and left after Zhao Ke called it a trash box.
• Zhao Ke went to sleep in the coffin, but a long-fingered version of him emerged, looked in the mirror, and applied lipstick.

Zhao Ke cooked a lavish bear-paw meal for Lei Ke, who had quit his job to find work that could help pay for Pei Pei’s treatment. After Lei Ke left, Zhao Ke fell asleep in a coffin, then mysteriously emerged and put on lipstick while watching his reflection.

• Lei Ke pretended to arrest Zhao Ke, then cleaned the floor after Zhao Ke threw a skimmer at him for leaving muddy footprints.
• Lei Ke told Zhao Ke he had quit his job, and Zhao Ke gave him a bank card with around 1.6 million and agreed his illness seemed not to have returned.
• Zhao Ke prepared fish sheep bear paw, and he and Lei Ke ate until they were full.
• Lei Ke left after noticing the wooden box, and Zhao Ke went upstairs and fell asleep in his coffin.
• A slender finger opened a drawer as Zhao Ke emerged from the coffin, checked the clock, and applied lipstick while smiling at his reflection.

Zhao Ke bought supplies for his cafeteria and began suspecting that deaths in the horror space were being disguised as real-world accidents after he saw Li Hongbing reported dead. The chapter ended when an unknown hand grabbed Zhao Ke’s shoulder.

• Zhao Ke failed to store his coffin in the Post Album, then decided to buy ingredients for the four guests booked at his family's cafeteria.
• Zhao Ke threw Lei Ke’s file envelope into the rosewood box, then took the box to the kitchen stove before riding to the produce market.
• Zhao Ke bought all of an old man's wild mushrooms and other food, then secretly stored his purchases in the Post Album in a restroom.
• Zhao Ke saw a news report that Li Hongbing had died in a fall and recalled that Li Hongbing had been killed in the horror space.
• Zhao Ke suspected that deaths in the horror space were being covered up as accidents, then felt an unknown hand rest on his shoulder.

Zhao Ke bought supplies for his cafeteria and realized that Li Hongbing, whom he had seen die in the horror space, had also been reported dead in reality. As Zhao Ke began to suspect that deaths in the horror space were being disguised as accidents, an unseen hand landed on his shoulder.

• Zhao Ke tried to convert his coffin into the Post Album but was told it was too large for his authority level.
• Zhao Ke went to the market, bought wild mushrooms and other ingredients, and secretly stored his purchases in the Post Album.
• Zhao Ke saw a news report that renovation worker Li Hongbing had fallen to his death from the twenty-fourth floor.
• Zhao Ke connected Li Hongbing's real-world accident to his death in the horror space and suspected that other deaths were being concealed the same way.
• An unknown hand rested on Zhao Ke's shoulder.

Zhao Ke accidentally threw psychiatrist Wang Na when she surprised him, then left after she checked on his condition. Fan Jian stirred up a crowd against Zhao Ke before a mysterious assailant killed him in a cornfield and declared that he belonged in Tongue-Pulling Hell.

• Zhao Ke threw Wang Na over his shoulder when she slapped him from behind, then helped her up as the crowd accused him of molesting her.
• Wang Na woke and claimed she and Zhao Ke were a couple, dispersing the crowd and driving Fan Jian away.
• Wang Na asked Zhao Ke about his condition and urged him to come for a diagnosis, but he refused and gave her his restaurant address.
• Fan Jian stole vegetables and corn, then a stranger grabbed him, invoked Tongue-Pulling Hell, and cut out his tongue before riding away.

Zhao Ke accidentally threw psychiatrist Wang Na when she tapped his shoulder, then left after she checked on his condition. Fan Jian later stole corn and was attacked by a stranger who invoked Tongue-Pulling Hell.

• Zhao Ke threw Wang Na over his shoulder when she surprised him, and bystanders accused him of molesting her.
• Wang Na woke up, claimed she and Zhao Ke were boyfriend and girlfriend to disperse the crowd, and asked him to return for an examination.
• Zhao Ke refused treatment but gave Wang Na the address of his restaurant after she persistently asked for it.
• Fan Jian stole cucumbers and corn while boasting about stirring up the crowd against Zhao Ke.
• A stranger seized Fan Jian, declared that he deserved Tongue-Pulling Hell, and attacked him in the cornfield before riding away on a motorcycle.

Zhao Ke served four diners his elaborate Red Wine Intestines, then learned that Old Zhang had died in a hit-and-run and welcomed his son Zhang Lei as the new vegetable supplier. After comforting Zhang Lei with a bowl of noodles, Zhao Ke woke in his coffin and opened the Post Album's exchange list.

• Zhao Ke prepared Red Wine Intestines from bear intestine, and four diners praised the dish as worth its price.
• Zhao Ke learned from Zhang Lei that a truck had hit and killed Old Zhang during a storm, and that the driver had not been found.
• Zhao Ke accepted Zhang Lei as the new vegetable supplier and let him unload the vegetables.
• Zhao Ke made Zhang Lei a bowl of noodles, and Zhang Lei wept as he ate.
• The following afternoon, Zhao Ke woke in his coffin and opened the Post Album's exchange list, where blood-red words appeared.

Zhao Ke served four diners his Red Wine Intestine, then learned that his regular vegetable supplier, Old Zhang, had died in a truck hit-and-run. He welcomed Old Zhang’s son Zhang Lei as the new deliveryman and comforted him with a bowl of noodles; afterward, Zhao Ke saw that his next package would arrive that night.

• Zhao Ke prepared and served Red Wine Intestine to four impressed diners, who praised the meal and learned it was made with bear intestines.
• After the diners left, Zhao Ke heard a delivery tricycle and expected Old Zhang, whose vegetable deliveries had stopped during the rain.
• Zhang Lei told Zhao Ke that Old Zhang had died in a storm-related truck hit-and-run and handed him his father’s bloodstained delivery note.
• Zhao Ke accepted Zhang Lei’s offer to deliver vegetables and invited him to bring the baskets inside.
• Zhao Ke cooked Zhang Lei a bowl of noodles, and Zhang Lei ate while crying over his father’s death.
• The next afternoon, Zhao Ke opened the Post Album and read that the next package would arrive that night.

Zhao Ke confirmed that Qi Liang had also received a Post Album, rejected Wang Na’s request to examine him, and experienced another episode in which his personalities argued over a stamp. After he stored his groceries, a new black package appeared and dragged him into the next terrifying space.

• Zhao Ke called Qi Liang, who told him about his Post Album, stamps, and Post Points, then Zhao Ke hung up and destroyed the SIM card.
• Wang Na visited and invited Zhao Ke for an examination, but he refused and threw away her business card after she left.
• While shaving, Zhao Ke spoke in several different voices, argued with his personalities about obtaining a stamp, and smashed the bathroom mirror.
• Zhao Ke realized he had lost time and could not remember buying groceries, then decided to seek Wang Na’s help after returning from the terrifying space.
• Zhao Ke stored the groceries in the Post Album, whereupon a black package appeared and pulled him into darkness.

Zhao Ke prepared for another trip into the terrifying space, confirmed Qi Liang had also received a Post Album, and struggled with his fractured personalities. As the new package arrived, it pulled him into the darkness.

• Zhao Ke called Qi Liang, learned that Qi Liang had received a Post Album and stamps, then crushed the SIM card after ending the call.
• Zhao Ke refused Wang Na’s invitation to undergo an examination and threw away her business card.
• While looking in the mirror, Zhao Ke’s different personalities argued over Wang Na and whether to acquire a little sister, and one of them smashed the glass.
• Zhao Ke realized he had lost time and decided he still needed to be examined, then stored his groceries in the Post Album.
• A black package bearing a stamp appeared, and its rotting hand pulled Zhao Ke into darkness.

Zhao Ke entered the horror space alone and found himself stranded in a freezing river among empty black boats. After discovering paper figures aboard one boat, he used one as firewood to warm himself, then heard bells and spotted two figures floating toward him.

• Zhao Ke surfaced in a river lined with old buildings and red lanterns, then climbed onto an empty black boat.
• Zhao Ke found a male and female paper figure inside the boat’s canopy and used steaming tea from his Post Album to warm himself.
• Zhao Ke draped his wet clothes over the female paper figure and chopped up the male figure to burn as firewood.
• Zhao Ke reflected on his worsening episodes of lost control and hoped the violent personality had not taken over his body.
• Zhao Ke heard bells approaching, extinguished the fire, and saw two figures floating in midair.

Zhao Ke entered the horror space alone and found himself in an icy river among empty black boats. After discovering paper figures in his boat and using one as firewood to warm himself, he spotted two figures approaching through the air.

• Zhao Ke surfaced in the river, climbed onto a black boat, and found himself alone in a lantern-lit water town.
• Zhao Ke discovered a male and female paper figure beneath the boat's canopy.
• Zhao Ke used the female paper figure to hang his wet clothes and chopped up the male figure to fuel a fire.
• Zhao Ke worried about what had happened while others controlled his body and resolved to find and complete the horror-space mission.
• Zhao Ke heard bells, put out the fire, and saw two childlike figures floating toward him.