Chapter Summaries

Bai Zhi and the remaining Players discussed how to survive as more objects came to life and injured Players mutated. Just as they planned to leave for the rooftop, Li Tong returned to the room drenched in blood.

• Li Changyu described how his Title had helped him survive being swallowed, while OriginDeficit returned from changing clothes.
• The group assessed the Players' injuries and mutations, and a certain pair of Panties asked not to be abandoned despite his worsening condition.
• Bai Zhi handed the Suitcase to the immobile Li Changyu and asked OriginDeficit to control the animated furnishings.
• West Pavilion Gardener warned that the room itself might come alive, and Bai Zhi proposed heading to the rooftop after gathering more furniture corpses for protection.
• A heavy object crashed inside the room, and Li Tong appeared drenched in blood.

Li Tong revealed that Noah's Ark and the world had fallen into madness, with a citywide assault expected within five hours. Bai Zhi organized the Players to build a rooftop battle position from the corpses of animated furniture, then turned his attention to a bus below.

• Li Tong explained that Noah's Ark had pulled him inside and that the World Consciousness had gone completely mad, partly because of World's End Singer's efforts to calm it.
• Li Tong warned that the Organ Variants and living objects would attack within five hours, while Gelina had escaped without the Ark Heart.
• Bai Zhi secured everyone's agreement to follow his orders and assigned three groups to kill tables, chairs, and Beds for the rooftop defenses.
• The groups touched objects to see whether they were alive and suffered bites and worsening mutations as they collected corpses.
• Bai Zhi looked down at a nearby bus.

Bai Zhi recovered a body for Li Changyu and used him to draw away the Organ Variants while preparing to sow chaos across the city. The chapter left Bai Zhi moving through the darkness to carry out his plan, with Li Changyu chased by Monsters as bait.

• Bai Zhi used a Puzzle Card to swap in the Bus-shaped corpse and found a woman's head attached to it, realizing Gelina had killed Noah's Ark's chosen spokesperson.
• Bai Zhi brought Li Changyu's head to the recovered body, and Li Changyu eagerly agreed to help.
• Li Changyu tried to move and became a target for the Organ Variants, drawing them away from Bai Zhi.
• Bai Zhi used God's Perspective, Eagle Eye, the Ring of Shadow, and the Puzzle Card to move through the darkness while planning explosions and fires across the city.

As the Organ Variants spread and fed on Players’ Spiritual Energy, Bai Zhi was injured by a living carpet and realized he needed stronger defenses. He kept burning and demolishing the city, while West Pavilion Gardener and the others fortified their rooftop shelter and used fire to keep the variants away.

• Household items, vehicles, and other objects came alive, and Bai Zhi discovered that the variants attacked Players for their Spiritual Energy.
• A living carpet bit Bai Zhi’s ankle, so he treated the wound and considered getting defensive equipment.
• Bai Zhi checked his dwindling Spiritual Energy and continued setting fires and detonating fuel supplies across the city.
• West Pavilion Gardener and the others built rooftop Safe Houses and surrounded the hotel with Gasoline fires to repel the variants.
• West Pavilion Gardener watched another blaze and explosion in the distance and wondered whether Bai Zhi had planned to burn the entire city from the start.

After the players endured the burning city and waited on the hotel rooftop, Bai Zhi returned injured but healed himself with his Title. He then revealed that he had arranged a fireworks display, though OriginDeficit pointed out that the New Year was still far away.

• Li Tong hauled Li Changyu back to the rooftop, where Li Changyu reattached his detached head and asked everyone to call him Chi Man Qi.
• OriginDeficit warned Li Changyu not to take out his Figurines, and Li Changyu said he wanted to show them his Hainei Wife.
• After more than an hour, Bai Zhi appeared on the rooftop badly wounded, prompting the others to gather around and offer to treat him.
• Bai Zhi activated [The Dominator] and restored his body and clothes, then explained that the Title did not restore the Spiritual Energy stored in his Ring of Shadow.
• Bai Zhi set off fireworks across nearby buildings, and OriginDeficit reminded him that the New Year was still a long way off.

Bai Zhi and the others waited amid the burning ruins as World's End Singer revealed that the world was being destroyed by the remains of [Ancient God▪Life] and gave Bai Zhi the Dim Ark Heart. With the attack finally beginning, OriginDeficit warned that countless Monsters were approaching from the ground and sky.

• Bai Zhi prepared oversized Spiked Clubs for Fireworks of Romance and the others while they waited through the night in the burning city.
• World's End Singer appeared and told Bai Zhi that a fragment of a corpse was influencing the world, identifying it as [Ancient God▪Life].
• World's End Singer explained that the dead Ancient God's remains were granting life to everything and that learning its name had cost her most of her Sanity.
• World's End Singer gave Bai Zhi the Dim Ark Heart, saying he had already paid the price and was the second person in the world able to see her.
• OriginDeficit warned that Monsters were charging toward them in huge numbers, including a multitude in the sky.

Bai Zhi and the others defended their rooftop refuge from waves of flying and ground-based variants, using a nerve-gas bomb, bats, and fire. As the assault continued, falling enemies reminded Bai Zhi of dumplings.

• Bai Zhi took West Pavilion Gardener’s Sarin Compound Bomb and threw it into the mass of flying variants, blanketing the sky with lethal gas.
• West Pavilion Gardener revealed his Half-Vampire nature and flew up to defend against the remaining Flying Abominations.
• Fireworks of Romance, Li Tong, Panties, and Li Changyu guarded the rooftop with Spiked Clubs while OriginDeficit ignited the streets and hotel with their gasoline reserves.
• A living Gasoline Barrel escaped OriginDeficit’s control, but Bai Zhi shot it away before it could spill gasoline on him.
• West Pavilion Gardener sent self-destructing bats to knock Flying Abominations into the flames below, and Bai Zhi watched them fall while thinking of dumplings.

Bai Zhi’s preparations kept ground-based variants at bay while the group defended the hotel rooftop from flying abominations. As the others fought, he chatted with World’s End Singer and offered her somewhere to go, leaving Chang Xi to wonder if his calm was a Big Shot’s composure.

• Bai Zhi’s fires and explosions drove ground-based variants from the city and made the streets near the hotel nearly impassable.
• Li Tong set out Watermelon Pults, Corn Pults, and Cabbage Pults, and Fireworks of Romance added six Corn Cannons to the rooftop defenses.
• Bai Zhi asked World’s End Singer about her past, and she revealed that her world had been destroyed and that he was only the second person who could see and communicate with her.
• World’s End Singer apologized for their earlier encounter at the supermarket, and Bai Zhi offered her a place she might like.
• Chang Xi watched the group carry out their duties while Bai Zhi and World’s End Singer ate biscuits, then wondered whether his composure was that of a Big Shot.

Bai Zhi and the others fought to keep the hotel’s fires burning as living vehicles cleared the roads and extinguished the flames. With more Inanimate Things climbing the walls, Bai Zhi assigned everyone defensive roles, leaving Chang Xi to try to defend the sky with a Blank Scroll.

• OriginDeficit spotted living Excavators, Bulldozers, and Fire Trucks clearing roads and putting out fires, threatening to breach the group’s defenses within twenty minutes.
• Bai Zhi used the Silver Reaper to destroy the large vehicles while Fireworks of Romance attacked the Fire Extinguishers and Shovels with the Corn Cannon.
• Iron Hammers, Steel Balls, Steel Plates, and gold emerged from the flames and climbed the hotel walls, so Bai Zhi poured Lubricating Oil down the wall and reassigned the defenders.
• Bai Zhi sent Fireworks of Romance and Li Tong back to their defensive lines, assigned OriginDeficit and World's End Singer to the Corn Cannon, and made Chang Xi the rescue team.
• Bai Zhi warned Chang Xi to watch West Pavilion Gardener’s side in case Gelina appeared, then urged Chang Xi to defend the sky despite her inability to fly.
• Chang Xi reluctantly set aside her crowbar and pulled a Blank Scroll from her Inventory to try to defend the sky.

Chang Xi used her Blank Scroll to create a glass shield as the rooftop Players were overwhelmed by revived firefighting equipment and flying Abominations. With West Pavilion Gardener gone and their return still ten minutes away, Bai Zhi proposed teleporting everyone to safe points he had prepared around the city.

• Chang Xi revealed that her Blank Scroll could turn drawings of real objects into physical creations, and she drew the rooftop surroundings as a contingency.
• Bai Zhi and the other Players fought off revived firefighting equipment while West Pavilion Gardener and the rooftop defenses held back swarms of Flying Abominations.
• Large airplanes appeared in the sky, and the fires below were extinguished as variants swarmed the rooftop.
• West Pavilion Gardener suddenly vanished, leaving the rooftop exposed to Flying Abominations.
• Chang Xi created a glass Protective Shield that could last only three minutes, while Li Tong noted that ten minutes remained until their return.
• Bai Zhi said he could teleport the seven Players to safe points he had prepared around the city using his remaining Spiritual Energy.

As the return Countdown reached its final minute, an Ancient God descended and began assimilating the world around Bai Zhi. Gelina vanished after gazing at the entity, while Bai Zhi watched its colossal outline emerge and wondered what it was.

• Bai Zhi and the other Players felt an overwhelming pressure as an Ancient God descended upon the world.
• Gelina looked at the sight above the sky, spoke of wanting to join its pure white realm, and vanished.
• Bai Zhi emerged from hiding as the sky, buildings, and variants were erased into spreading nothingness.
• Bai Zhi realized the Ancient God was assimilating the world and identified it as [Ancient God▪Life].

Bai Zhi and the surviving Players escaped the collapsing Ordinary World Dungeon and received their clearance rewards. Back at the Station, Bai Zhi learned that his contamination would fade soon, while Li Tong remained unconscious and badly contaminated, and the White-haired Man in Sunglasses asked what they had encountered.

• Bai Zhi saw a colossal gray figure outside the world as the Dungeon countdown ended, and the figure compressed the world into a marble before vanishing.
• The surviving Players returned to the Station, where Bai Zhi received an S-rank clearance evaluation, rewards, and a level increase to 16.
• Bai Zhi found Li Tong unconscious and wrapped in bandages, while West Pavilion Gardener left the Inner World and World's End Singer arranged her guitar.
• The White-haired Man in Sunglasses treated Bai Zhi's mutation contamination and said Li Tong would need five or six days to recover.
• The White-haired Man in Sunglasses asked Bai Zhi to describe the Dungeon and whether they had encountered God Remains.

Bai Zhi asked the White-haired Man in Sunglasses about God Remains and learned how they differed from Evil Gods and their Retainers. The conversation ended with the Man insisting that all Evil God Retainers must be exterminated, even those who became Retainers unknowingly.

• The White-haired Man in Sunglasses explained that God Remains were dead Gods whose uncontrolled power caused disasters, and that their remains could be immensely valuable.
• Bai Zhi revealed that a Gray Finger had influenced an entire world, prompting the White-haired Man in Sunglasses to identify it as part of a higher-level Evil God and suspect Bai Zhi possessed Divinity.
• The White-haired Man in Sunglasses explained that Evil Gods included Ultimate Anomalies born from destroyed worlds that deliberately cultivated Retainers.
• Bai Zhi asked whether ordinary people who unknowingly became Evil God Retainers had to be killed, and the White-haired Man in Sunglasses declared that all Retainers must be exterminated.

After recounting the deadly Dungeon, Bai Zhi left the Infirmary and invited the World's End Singer to join his plan for the Shadow World. He weighed his dwindling time with the Handgun against the need to find the Mysterious Stone, ending on a vague memory of “Yay!, With an Exclamation Mark After It.”

• Bai Zhi told the White-haired Man in Sunglasses about the Dungeon, then paid him 100 Points for medical treatment.
• Bai Zhi offered the World's End Singer a place in his plan, promising future residence and benefits in the Shadow World.
• Bai Zhi checked his progress, noting that 42 Dungeons had been cleared, the Domain of Delirium's completion rate had fallen to 23%, and he ranked eighth with 5,590 Points.
• Bai Zhi considered recruiting capable helpers and noted that the Red-haired loli coach was drawing players to the Virtual Gym with her training and cheap items.
• Bai Zhi realized he had one Dungeon left before the Handgun returned to the jar Merchant, and wondered whether he had heard of “Yay!, With an Exclamation Mark After It.”

After returning from a Dungeon, Bai Zhi cleaned up and examined his rewards, including an Elite Skill Card that could slow time in a fixed area. He discarded the Wild Cat Rider Title to make room for the new Title still being generated.

• Bai Zhi returned to the Real World and saw Qingyi, Anna, Xia Wen, and Tian Huo enjoying the swimming pool.
• Bai Zhi changed out of his bloodied clothes, washed up, and sat down to sort through his Dungeon rewards.
• Bai Zhi examined the Clock Skill Card, which created up to three time-slowing zones for one minute.
• Bai Zhi checked his Attributes and found his Intelligence was one point short of the Skill's learning requirement.
• Bai Zhi reviewed the Wild Cat Rider Title and discarded it because his Title Slots were full and another Title was being generated.

After clearing the Dungeon, Bai Zhi examined his rewards, equipped Soaring Cloud Boots, and learned the questionable Liyue Master Thief Skill for its Agility boost. He found the other Skill Card was called Divine Step, an Elite Skill that only females could learn.

• Bai Zhi reasoned that Yay!, With an Exclamation Mark After It had generated a new title that replaced Riding Big Cat.
• Bai Zhi equipped the Elite-quality Soaring Cloud Boots, which increased his Agility and prevented injury from falls if he landed feet first.
• Bai Zhi learned the Rare Skill Liyue Master Thief despite its 95% chance to steal a female target’s panties, since its passive effect granted two Agility.
• Bai Zhi considered testing Liyue Master Thief on someone by the swimming pool and wondered what it would steal from someone not wearing panties.
• Bai Zhi inspected his other Skill Card, an Elite Skill called Divine Step that only females could learn.

Bai Zhi reviewed the rewards he had obtained from the previous Dungeon and considered who might help him understand the mysterious Dim Ark Heart. He decided to visit Fireworks of Romance the next day, then went to rest.

• Bai Zhi examined the Divine Step Skill Card, considered its uses and who should receive it, and put it away undecided.
• Bai Zhi bound the Beat Up Doll, an invisible companion that could absorb ranged attacks aimed at him.
• Bai Zhi inspected the Epic Dim Ark Heart, found its effects and usage conditions unknown, and decided to ask Dead Zero about it.
• Bai Zhi considered contacting Yay about the Mysterious Stone and remembered that Fireworks of Romance had given him her home address.
• Bai Zhi decided to visit Fireworks of Romance the next day and lay down to sleep.

After waking at dusk, Bai Zhi tested his [Soaring Cloud Boots] and talked with Xia Wen while waiting for the others to return and make food. The chapter ended with them sharing hidden potato chips and chatting in the sunset.

• Bai Zhi woke after sleeping through the afternoon and noticed that the [Soaring Cloud Boots] made him feel lighter.
• Bai Zhi jumped from the second-floor railing to test the boots, landed awkwardly, and pretended to do push-ups after falling to his knees.
• Xia Wen told Bai Zhi that Tian Huo and Qingyi had gone out, while Lin Xiaoyi and Mu Qiansè were still in an instance together.
• Xia Wen revealed that she had secretly saved a bag of crushed potato chips and shared it with Bai Zhi because no one at the villa could cook reliably.
• Bai Zhi and Xia Wen ate the potato chips and chatted as the setting sun filled the room with golden light.

Bai Zhi and Xia Wen discussed establishing a Player Guild, including the cost and who would contribute, then argued over possible guild names. Bai Zhi agreed to revisit the plan after the others returned, while no name was settled.

• Xia Wen told Bai Zhi that several Player Organizations had invited her and that Xiao Yi had received even more invitations.
• Bai Zhi said he was Level 16 but lacked the 30,000 Game Coins required to apply for a Player Guild.
• Xia Wen argued that the group should pool their money, but admitted she currently had only 212 Game Coins.
• Bai Zhi said the group could discuss contributions when the others returned and asked what they should name the guild.
• Xia Wen suggested several names, and Bai Zhi rejected them without settling on one.

Bai Zhi welcomed Tian Huo, Qingyi, and Anna home after Tian Huo's fight with a group of drunks brought the police, and Dead Zero helped resolve the resulting trouble. Dead Zero arranged identity documents for Qingyi and Anna, invited Bai Zhi to visit the Relevant Department's base, and stayed the night, leaving Bai Zhi sharing kids' meals with the two lolis.

• Tian Huo, Qingyi, and Anna arrived home in a police car after Tian Huo fought a group of drunken troublemakers, and Dead Zero criticized her for letting the situation escalate.
• Dead Zero gave Bai Zhi identity documents for Qingyi and Anna and said Tian Huo's file would take a few more days to complete.
• Dead Zero invited Bai Zhi to the Relevant Department's base to enter a controlled [Game], and Bai Zhi agreed to go the next morning.
• Dead Zero accepted Bai Zhi's invitation to stay overnight and brought KFC Kids Deluxe Meals for him.
• Bai Zhi watched SpongeBob and shared a kids' meal with Qingyi and Anna while Tian Huo, Dead Zero, and Xia Wen ate regular takeout.