Chapter Summaries

Lu Ce and Xie Antong parted after a tense meal, and Xie Antong publicly accused Sin of blocking humanity’s path to ascension. As players turned against Sin, Lu Ce watched the backlash and resolved to overload before his time ran out.

• Xie Antong warned Lu Ce that she might betray him someday, while Lu Ce laughed and challenged her to make him regret helping her.
• Lu Ce left, and Xie Antong wondered whether he had chosen the name Sin knowing he might become the devil at Heaven’s gate.
• Xie Antong, speaking as Divine Punishment leader Blank, released a video claiming Sin refused to ascend because he wanted to block everyone else’s ascension.
• Players reacted angrily to Blank’s claims, and many applied to join Divine Punishment; Perfect Life remained doubtful and wanted to ask Sin about his choice.
• Lu Ce watched the video and the players’ reactions with Black Knight, then said he needed to overload as soon as possible.

Lu Ce entered the record-breaking player-versus-player game, Hell Mode—Park Surprise Dream, after preparing himself to control the madness of his mask. He arrived at a vast amusement park, where the game introduced two factions and presented players with a choice between Amusement Park and Tourist.

• Lu Ce raised his tolerance for the madness caused by wearing a mask while the Black Knight warned him about the risks.
• Lu Ce chose to enter the game as a player, and the game announced a record-breaking participant count and restructured the game.
• Lu Ce arrived in Park Surprise Dream and received the pink Envy mask.
• A child tried to sell Lu Ce an extra-large lollipop for one thousand, but ran away when Lu Ce considered robbing him.
• The game announced a 100-player-versus-player match and presented the Amusement Park and Tourist factions.

Lu Ce chose the Tourist faction after receiving a mysterious message urging players to choose the Amusement Park faction, and the players were transported to new locations once selections ended. He met Sun among the tourists, then discovered that their guide was Blank, who revealed himself as an enemy player.

• The game explained that Tourists would enjoy the attractions while the Amusement Park faction would serve them and maintain the park.
• Heavy snow covered the park, and a message urged players to choose the Amusement Park faction; Lu Ce suspected the selection was rigged and chose Tourist.
• The game announced that Tourist choices outnumbered Amusement Park choices by more than ten to one, then transported players to different locations.
• Lu Ce arrived on a raised platform with six other players and recognized Sun, with whom he exchanged insults.
• The game introduced their guide, who revealed himself as Blank and greeted the enemy players.

Xie Antong acted as the Amusement Park faction’s tour guide while Lu Ce tested whether the game would protect her from an attack. The tourists began introducing themselves, revealing conflicting reasons for their faction choices.

• Xie Antong told the tourists they had ten minutes to get acquainted before the Amusement Park tour began.
• Lu Ce aimed Hell Roar at Blank and challenged Xie Antong’s role, then fired a shot that an energy barrier stopped before it could hit her.
• Xie Antong realized the game’s power protected her as the tour guide, while Lu Ce lowered his gun.
• An outgoing woman suggested the tourists discuss why they had chosen their factions, and a timid woman asked the others to protect her.
• Nose Ring Man advised the timid woman to use an Exit Coin, while the Black Man said he had misunderstood the faction choices.

Lu Ce and the other players met their tour guide, Xie Antong, and discovered that their team included several highly ranked players and some unusual newcomers. Xie Antong began the tour by choosing the roller coaster as their first game, despite nobody suggesting it.

• A frail newcomer asked Lu Ce, whom she called Sin, to protect her, and Sun warned her to stay away from him.
• Sun introduced himself and identified Spirit Speaker-White as the fifth-ranked player, who explained that he had joined as a tourist to avoid his younger brother, Spirit Speaker-Black.
• Xie Antong recognized several players and learned that Spirit Speaker-Black was on her side, then introduced herself as the tour guide.
• Xie Antong refused to explain the game rules and announced that the tour group could choose which game to play first.
• Lu Ce asked to start with the Haunted House, so Xie Antong put it last and chose the roller coaster instead.

Xie Antong led the tourists to the roller coaster while Spirit Speaker—White tried to sense her plans, and Sin mocked him for revealing what he learned. As the ride was about to begin, Xie Antong questioned Little Yu about an Exit Coin and concluded that she was not the breakthrough point.

• Xie Antong led the group through the Amusement Park and admitted that she was guiding them toward failure.
• Spirit Speaker—White used Spirit Speech to probe Xie Antong's intentions and determined that the tourists had to play the attractions to learn the rules.
• Lu Ce and Xie Antong ridiculed Spirit Speaker—White after he shared his findings with Xie Antong.
• Xie Antong asked Little Yu whether she had an Exit Coin and offered her one.
• Xie Antong wrote in her notebook that Little Yu was not the breakthrough point.

Xie Antong explained the roller coaster’s Flesh and Bone Connection protection, which injured riders according to their thoughts. Lu Ce deliberately triggered the restraints and let them nail him to the seat as the others watched in shock.

• Nose Ring Man urged the group to ride, and they examined the rusted roller coaster, which smelled of blood.
• Xie Antong named the first game Flesh and Bone Connection and explained that riders could control their protective restraints by pressing the buttons and thinking about what they wanted.
• Black Man accidentally activated the restraints, which pierced his thighs before he managed to release them.
• Sin questioned whether the restraints forced riders to accept protection, and Xie Antong confirmed they did.
• Lu Ce triggered the restraints on purpose, letting spiked plates pierce his thighs, chest, arms, and shoulder blades so he would stay in his seat.

The players boarded the Flesh and Bone Connection roller coaster while Sun tried to infer the game’s rules and Xie Antong concealed that she knew no more than the tourists did. As the ride climbed, both factions remained ignorant of the game’s objective and victory conditions.

• Lu Ce explained that he had pinned himself into the cage to keep from leaving his seat, while Sun considered attacking him and Xie Antong urged the players to settle their grudges.
• Sun suggested that the tourists were clearing stages and the Amusement Park faction were gatekeepers, but Xie Antong gave him no confirmation, so he boarded the ride.
• The players took their seats, and Lu Ce tore Nose Ring Man’s nose ring out after calling him closer.
• Xie Antong privately admitted that nobody knew the rules or victory conditions, and the roller coaster climbed toward its highest point.

The Amusement Park players endured a deadly roller coaster ride filled with mental attacks and flying weapons, while the opposing faction appeared to target Sin. The ride ended with Nose Ring Man impaled in Sin’s seat, and a mysterious voice revealed that it had seen through what the others could see.

• Xie Antong worried that the Amusement Park players were fighting without knowing the rules and wondered whether the pink-masked player had a plan.
• Spirit Speaker—Bai asked Brother Wind to secure and protect him, while the riders used their abilities or other methods to stay in their seats.
• The roller coaster accelerated and assaulted the riders with visions of death, then weapons and violent track movements attacked them as well.
• The ride stopped, and the players found Sin’s seat covered in blood with Nose Ring Man impaled where Sin had seemed to be.
• A voice descended before Xie Antong and said Nose Ring Man had been the easiest point to break through, asking whether she thought it could not see what she could see.

Lu Ce revealed that he had switched places with Nose Ring Man on the roller coaster, saving him and foiling Xie Antong’s plan. After testing how the game protected its guides, Lu Ce seized Xie Antong and began a new, unexplained game, leaving her with a warning to focus on what “It” wanted.

• Lu Ce revealed that he had taken Nose Ring Man’s place as the roller coaster’s target and dropped a badly injured Amusement Park player nearby.
• Spirit Speaker-Blank freed Nose Ring Man and used incantations and medicine to restore his breathing, while Sun realized Lu Ce had saved him.
• Miss Yu suggested that the round’s final rule might require every tourist to survive, and Lu Ce said he had saved Nose Ring Man to thwart people who thought themselves clever.
• Lu Ce tested the game’s protection of its guides by putting his hand on Xie Antong’s shoulder and found that no immediate protection appeared.
• Lu Ce spun away with Xie Antong as the game’s protective light appeared, then told her to think about what “It” wanted.

Xie Antong watched Sin imitate Blank so perfectly that even the two Blanks could not distinguish each other, and the disagreement over the next attraction split the tourists’ choices. As Sun prepared to attack, Spirit Speaker Bai summoned a friend to find out which Blank was stronger.

• Sin transformed into Xie Antong and confronted the two identical Blanks, who both accused each other of disrupting the game.
• Sun attacked the Blanks with a fireball, but the game protected them from harm.
• The two tour guides announced different next attractions: the Raging Rapids Ride and the carousel.
• Both Blanks told the tourists to choose a guide for themselves and split up, leaving the group confused.
• Sun prepared to attack, but Spirit Speaker Bai stopped him and called on a friend to identify the stronger Blank.

Spirit Speaker-Blank failed to clearly distinguish the two Blanks, and the tourists split evenly between two attractions. Xie Antong realized Lu Ce was trying to identify and attack the divine messenger behind the game, and believed events had already slipped beyond its control.

• Spirit Speaker-Blank used divination, received only a vague feeling, and chose the Blank he believed was stronger.
• The Sun and Nose Ring Man joined Spirit Speaker-Blank, while the two women and Black Man chose the other Blank.
• Xie Antong recalled Lu Ce asking what the divine messenger wanted and concluded that its objective could reveal the game's true rules.
• Xie Antong inferred that Lu Ce had begun preparing to attack the messenger and thought the game had already gone beyond anyone's control.

Sun and Spirit Speaker-White's team reached the Raging Rapids Ride, where Sun accused Blank of being Sin and attacked her. Blank survived without a game-protection notification, then claimed she was not Sin and tried to start the ride, but Sun instead summoned a giant fireball to destroy it.

• Sun's team arrived at the Raging Rapids Ride, a rusted track plunging into a vast reservoir.
• Sun deduced that Blank was Sin because she had chosen a conspicuous ride rather than guiding them to the carousel, and Blank confirmed she was Sin.
• Sun attacked Blank with a fire dragon, but she emerged unharmed without any notification that the game had protected her.
• Blank said she had been joking and was not actually Sin, then told the group to board the ride.
• Sun rejected the game and summoned a massive fireball over the Amusement Park, ordering it to crash into the Raging Rapids Ride.

Sun’s battle with Spirit Speaker-White devastated the Amusement Park’s Raging Rapids Ride after Spirit Speaker-Hei withdrew White’s defenses. Blank then revealed she did not know the visitors’ game rules, leaving Hei stunned.

• Spirit Speaker-White summoned the earth god to shield the Raging Rapids Ride from Sun’s fireball, but Sun launched another attack as Nose Ring Man fled and Blank watched unharmed.
• Spirit Speaker-Hei emerged from the shadows and invoked the earth god to withdraw the defenses, letting Sun’s fireball destroy the ride and scatter its players.
• Spirit Speaker-Hei used water magic to extinguish the flames, then told White he had acted to make him lose.
• Spirit Speaker-Hei asked Blank whether she should be punished or declared the loser for refusing the game and damaging the Amusement Park.
• Blank said she did not know the visitors’ game rules, stunning Spirit Speaker-Hei.

Blank and the Sun ignored the amusement park’s rules, while another Blank led the group to the carousel and invited them to play together. As the carousel spun, Blank admitted he did not know how Sin could imitate him so perfectly, and the chapter revealed that Sin’s ultimate imitation came from immersing himself so completely that he forgot himself.

• Blank refused Spirit Speaker - Hei’s complaints about the Sun destroying a game facility and moved the group on to the roller coaster.
• The Sun declared that the game’s rules had been clear from the beginning, while a distant explosion startled the group heading to the carousel.
• Blank told Black Man and the others to ride the carousel and said he would welcome it if they chose to destroy the facility too.
• Qingshuang asked to join Divine Punishment to confirm Blank’s identity, and Blank told her to write an essay about why Sin deserved to die after surviving the game.
• Miss Yu invited Blank to ride with them, and Blank, Qingshuang, Black Man, and All-Knowing Eye rode the carousel together.
• Blank said he did not know how Sin imitated him so well as the carousel turned, while the narration explained that Sin’s ultimate imitation required immersion and forgetting himself.

Qingshuang and Black Man rode the carousel while its soothing motion dulled their suspicion, and Blank spoke with Miss Yu about Sin and the people who could imitate her. Carousel Number One tried to order his hidden teammates to attack, but they did not respond.

• Qingshuang told Black Man that her ability let her see people’s base colors and that Miss Yu seemed pure, while Blank appeared dark and chaotic.
• Black Man suggested that the Blank they had been following might be Sin, but Qingshuang said both Blanks seemed equally dark to her.
• As the carousel spun, Qingshuang and Black Man gradually relaxed and stopped gripping their poles as tightly.
• Miss Yu asked Blank how Sin had imitated her, and Blank said Sin might know her very well and might understand anyone in the world.
• Carousel Number One, merged into the carousel’s central pillar, decided the riders’ mental confusion was sufficient and ordered his teammates to attack.
• When no one responded, Carousel Number One realized that even the player transformed into Black Man’s carousel horse had not moved.

Miss Yu used the carousel to make Blank, Qingshuang, and Black Man answer questions without restraint while Carousel Number One remained immobilized. Blank asked Miss Yu for her real name, and she revealed that it was Yu Huan.

• Carousel Number One realized he could neither move nor speak as the carousel continued turning.
• Miss Yu questioned Blank, who revealed that the person she feared wanted to kill her because she would not allow herself to have weaknesses.
• Qingshuang and Black Man freely disclosed their abilities, rankings, family backgrounds, and real names while the carousel shielded them from the surrounding destruction.
• Blank said she and the person she wanted to kill had been married, and that she wanted to kill them to repay their past together.
• Blank asked Miss Yu's real name, and Miss Yu answered that her name was Yu Huan.

Blank questioned Yu Huan about her name and wishes, then the carousel’s restraints lifted and the opposing players erupted into battle. After the damaged carousel collapsed, Blank led Yu Huan, Qingshuang, and Black Man away and invited Yu Huan to choose what to play next.

• Blank asked Yu Huan what she wanted, and Yu Huan said her mother had named her in hopes that she would live the rest of her life in joy.
• Carousel Number One regained the ability to move, and the trapped players on the carousel began attacking the opposing camp.
• Qingshuang struck a hidden figure, Black Man joined the fight, and the carousel’s disguised wooden horses and other equipment joined the battle.
• The carousel collapsed after the fight, and Blank, Yu Huan, Qingshuang, and the wounded Black Man left its range without being pursued.
• Qingshuang asked whether the game’s end barred further attacks, but Blank did not answer and instead asked Yu Huan what she wanted to play next.

Blank let the players choose their own amusement park games while Sun rampaged through the park, destroying attractions without restraint. Nose Ring Man feared the group had already lost, but Blank and Sun left him without an answer as injured figures lay among the ruins.

• Yu Huan was delighted when Blank offered to let her choose a game, but Qingshuang and Black Man grew suspicious of his offer.
• Blank sat back and gave Yu Huan, Qingshuang, and Black Man time to decide while explosions from Sun's rampage echoed nearby.
• Sun continued demolishing attractions as Blank watched, leaving Nose Ring Man terrified and unable to stop him.
• Nose Ring Man asked Blank what the rules were and what would happen if Sun destroyed the attractions, but Blank said he did not know and Sun dismissed the question.
• Blank and Sun headed off to find another attraction while injured figures groaned among the burning ruins and wondered whether they had lost.

The Sun and Blank rampaged through the Amusement Park, with the Sun insisting that destroying things was his way of properly enjoying the trip. Meanwhile, Yu Huan and Blank cheerfully explored the park while Qingshuang and Black Man followed grimly.

• The Amusement Park faction players were left beaten and uncertain about how the game could continue after the Sun's rule-breaking rampage.
• The Sun considered destroying the entire Amusement Park, but decided against it because he wanted to save chances to risk his life for Sin and preserve the fun.
• Blank asked the Sun what It wanted and what the game's rules were, and the Sun said he was following the stated mission by enjoying his trip.
• The Sun and Blank headed toward another bombing site with Nose Ring Man following them.
• Yu Huan asked Blank to take her around the park, and Blank agreed as Qingshuang and Black Man followed tensely.
• Yu Huan and Blank enjoyed the park while nearly everyone else remained gloomy and worried.