Recaps

Wen Xishu faced a series of visitors at his door and used their behavior and the television’s clues to infer how the Forty-Second Floor’s monsters infiltrated homes. After letting Takahashi Mariko and Fukang Tetsuya inside, he saw another Fukang Tetsuya outside warning that the one indoors was a monster, just as the indoor Fukang approached him.

• Wen Xishu recognized that the first visitor’s pounding was an illusion meant to frighten him into opening the door, and he taunted the silent monster until it disappeared.
• Takahashi Mariko arrived seeking shelter, and Wen Xishu let her inside after questioning her and warning her to obey him.
• The television showed disturbing footage and revealed clues about monsters, while Wen Xishu admitted Fukang Tetsuya after a suspicious first version vanished.
• The television warned that probing too deeply could break a monster’s disguise, so Wen Xishu realized that questioning his guests could trigger their transformations.
• A second Fukang Tetsuya appeared outside and warned Wen Xishu not to trust the Fukang inside, who then stood and walked toward him.

Wen Xishu resisted monsters trying to end their dormant periods early, learned to keep Mariko docile by returning her affection, and turned away a tramp after suspecting a trap. As more visitors arrived, he realized the monsters could exploit the rules too and prepared to question Fukang Tetsuya about the maze outside.

• Wen Xishu beat Fukang Tetsuya back into submission and concluded that monsters inside tried to end dormancy by making him recognize them as inhuman.
• Wen Xishu recognized the Delivery Worker as a fake when it tried to persuade him to open a window, then inferred that some monsters disguised themselves to lure residents outside.
• Mariko conjured grotesque visions, but Wen Xishu soothed her by praising her familiar appearance, prompting him to suspect that increasingly intimate affection could prolong her dormancy.
• Wen Xishu persuaded Mariko to protect him while he slept, creating a tense balance between her and Fukang Tetsuya.
• Wen Xishu refused entry to a tramp who offered to remove one unclean thing, then learned the supposed television rule had been a fake tramp's imitation.
• Wen Xishu realized the monsters knew and exploited the rules, decided to question Fukang Tetsuya about the maze outside, and heard another knock at the door.

Wen Xishu turned away a corrupt police officer, questioned Fukang Tetsuya and Takahashi Mariko about Deer Island, and admitted Sanshin Hanzo to make the monsters in his house keep one another in check. He survived the first night, learned that four real humans remained on the island, and faced the escalating demands of Mariko’s extended infiltration period.

• Wen Xishu refused to let the corrupt police officer investigate, persuaded him to leave, and learned about several dangerous figures on Deer Island, including the intelligent serial killer and the Host.
• Wen Xishu made Fukang Tetsuya explain that Deer Island’s paths formed a maze, then questioned him and Takahashi Mariko about the Gourmet, the Doctor, and the mysterious Misfortune Mage.
• Wen Xishu let Sanshin Hanzo into the house, resisted his mental attack with a kick and a gun threat, and ordered him to speak only with Fukang Tetsuya and Takahashi Mariko.
• Wen Xishu watched Sanshin Hanzo try to tame Fukang Tetsuya, while the monsters extended their Infiltration Periods and maintained a tense balance in the house.
• At six in the morning, the television announced that Wen Xishu had survived the first night and that four real humans were still alive on Deer Island.
• Takahashi Mariko asked Wen Xishu to share her bed as the next step in their intimacy, and her living hair began slipping under his clothes.

On the second night of the Deer Island Game, Wen Xishu resisted Mariko, learned to use Prayer, and endured escalating mental invasions while trying to identify a real human visitor. After realizing that the game’s true objective was not to let humans into houses but to help them leave, he sent a frightened visitor away with a message and awaited the result of his gamble.

• Wen Xishu dreamed of a talisman-covered statue and a police officer who said that restoring order on Deer Island required opening a door.
• Wen Xishu unlocked Prayer, tested his authority over Mariko, Sanshin Hanzo, and Fukang Tetsuya, and tried to summon a human visitor.
• Wen Xishu resisted a three-handed monster and saw through Fukang Tetsuya’s trap, which had used a fake Prayer notification and a disguised monster at the door.
• Wen Xishu spoke with a terrified short-haired visitor who said the house owners had been assimilated and pleaded not to be let inside.
• Wen Xishu connected his dream, the monsters’ reactions, and the visitor’s fear, then allowed the man to leave and asked him to pass a message to another house.
• The television revealed that its supplementary rules came only after people figured them out and that monsters were compelled to enter houses, where they might become unable to leave.

Wen Xishu outmaneuvered the monsters on Deer Island, survived the second night, and earned an Invitation Letter to the Desire Tower. After briefly meeting Wen Renjing in the Rest Area, he returned to his mission on the Forty-Second Floor.

• Wen Xishu deduced that the house contained monsters and that each monster had a different condition for leaving, then used his logic and gun to keep Fukang Tetsuya, Mariko, and Sanshin Hanzo from acting openly.
• Wen Xishu survived the second night without firing a bullet, while his rules and threats kept the monsters from forcing their way out or killing him.
• In a dream, the police officer told Wen Xishu that Mage wanted to invite him into the world of those days if he survived the third night and continued to understand Mage.
• Wen Xishu woke on the third night, received an Invitation Letter from the police officer, and activated it to leave Deer Island temporarily.
• In the Desire Tower Rest Area, Wen Xishu met Wen Renjing, learned that people were hiding in the tower to avoid the approaching Great Devourment, and discussed the dangers of the Island Nation.
• Wen Xishu returned to the Forty-Second Floor mission, while Wen Renjing wondered how Wen Chaohua had shaped Wen Xishu's extraordinary abilities.

Wen Xishu escaped a hospital on Deer Island, where a government-backed plan had turned the island into a laboratory for radiation-induced evolution, and followed the Faux Fate Compass to Master Lingqing. Lingqing revealed that a Ruinbringer was manipulating repeated loops and influencing seven key people; Wen Xishu decided that the future-only restriction on violence did not bind him and prepared to fight back.

• Wen Xishu learned from Fujian Yibo that patients sought surgeries to evolve, then escaped the hospital while a six-legged Evolved Species pursued him.
• Wen Xishu beat a convenience store owner for information and learned that Deer Island was a sealed experimental zone where authorities promoted mutation as preparation for the apocalypse.
• Wen Xishu used the Faux Fate Compass to find Mage and climbed to a ruined temple, where Master Lingqing let him enter after Mr. Murata attacked him.
• Wen Xishu told Master Lingqing that he came from the future, and Lingqing explained that a Ruinbringer was changing events through repeated loops and winning over seven people from Wen Xishu's future.
• Wen Xishu realized the Ruinbringer was reshaping the reputations of Mariko and others, then declared that he could use violence and might slaughter his way through Deer Island.

Master Lingqing told Wen Xishu how the Ruinbringer had manipulated Deer Island and how he had tried to protect its survivors. Wen Xishu accepted a Spirit Guidance rune, set out to kill the seven mutants and find the Ruinbringer, and left Watanabe dead after learning the Gourmet’s final thoughts pointed toward the god behind the island’s plans.

• Master Lingqing recounted how his visions of the dead brought him to Deer Island, where the Ruinbringer framed him and the Island Nation’s policies turned residents into mutants.
• Master Lingqing explained that he had created barriers to seal away the Radiation Mutants and the seven powerful dual mutants, and he gave Wen Xishu their locations.
• Wen Xishu revealed that he had returned from the future and vowed to kill the seven before confronting the Ruinbringer; Master Lingqing gave him the Spirit Guidance rune.
• Wen Xishu infiltrated the Evolutionary Restaurant and overheard Watanabe Fūcun discussing his experiments and the god who had helped him.
• Wen Xishu killed Watanabe and the Councilman, then read Watanabe’s final thoughts with Spirit Guidance and began uncovering the truth about the god.

Wen Xishu identified Hoshino Ushiro as the Ruinbringer impersonating Murata and tracked him to the dump. He killed Hoshino and the island’s remaining Strange Aptitude figures, then set out to see Master Lingqing.

• Wen Xishu reasoned that Hoshino Ushiro had killed Murata and used Kinoshita Jiping’s parasitic ability to impersonate him, then followed his compass to the dump.
• Hoshino Ushiro prepared to switch bodies and reassured himself that Wen Xishu could not find him, but Wen Xishu arrived and confronted him.
• Wen Xishu tricked Hoshino into calling the other Strange Aptitude figures to the dump, then killed Hoshino Ushiro with Limit Break Kick.
• Takahashi Mariko, Fukang Tetsuya, Sanshin Hanzo, the doctor, and the delivery driver arrived and Wen Xishu killed them, leaving six headless corpses in the attic.
• Wen Xishu washed the blood from his face, reflected on the ruined stories of Deer Island, and decided to go see Master Lingqing.

Wen Xishu finished the Deer Island mission after killing its seven dangerous figures, and Master Lingqing decided to travel to Hujiang to confront the source of the apocalypse. A changed version of the Strange Tower floor placed Wen Xishu outside the safe houses, where he used Lingqing’s Wooden Fish to find the surviving humans and enter their refuge.

• Wen Xishu returned to Master Lingqing, explained why he had killed the seven figures, and questioned whether there was a better path than killing.
• Master Lingqing chose to build a refuge for Deer Island’s survivors and then go to Hujiang to confront the source of the evil; he gave Wen Xishu his Wooden Fish, and the two promised to meet again.
• A fate simulation showed Master Lingqing being captured and tortured in Hujiang before escaping with other subjects to form the Demon-Cleansing Monks, while Wen Xishu attracted Libra’s attention.
• The Strange Tower restarted the Forty-Second Floor with changed rules, requiring Wen Xishu to find a human refuge among monster-occupied houses before the strong moon period.
• Wen Xishu used the Wooden Fish to distinguish monsters from humans, then entered a monster house under false pretenses before moving on.
• The Wooden Fish revealed a house protected by Lingqing’s talismans, and the short-haired man welcomed Wen Xishu inside as the strong moon period began; Wen Xishu completed the mission.

Wen Xishu returned from the Strange Tower with a Level 7 Safe House and rewards that increased every Bunker resident’s lifespan and Magic Resistance. As the Great Devourment began, Albert gathered Wen Xishu’s companions and the Bunker’s forces to prepare for the first vortex.

• Wen Xishu learned that his Magic Resistance had reached 51 and that the Great Devourment had begun, while the Guide explained his Level 6.5 rewards and the Safe House’s abilities.
• Albert rejected the Security Bureau director’s plan to arrest and execute impoverished residents who might mutate.
• Wen Xishu told Albert about his Magic Resistance, triggering a Bunker-wide notification granting everyone two years of lifespan and +2 Magic Resistance for a month.
• Wen Xishu explained the Safe House to Albert, who decided to gather elites and use it as a command center against the Great Devourment.
• Albert invited Jin Shan, Yue Yun, and Nissen to join the response team, and they agreed.
• The Xishu Divine Church, assault teams, Gambling Stone Association, Elders, and Security Bureau directors assembled outside the Safe House to face the coming threat.

Wen Xishu organized teams in the Safe House as the Great Devourment’s mutation stage began, and the Bunker’s forces fought a growing wave of Mutants. After Albert and the others helped contain the threat, the vortices descended, leaving Wen Xishu’s team ready to enter the next stage.

• Wen Xishu explained the Safe House’s functions, and Albert described the two stages of the Great Devourment: Mutants followed by dangerous vortices.
• Wen Xishu chose A Miao, Xiao Jin, Yue Yun, Nissen, and Zheng Zai as his team, while the other leaders and fighters formed their own groups.
• Mutants appeared across the Bunker, including Raphinha, the boy who transformed after being beaten, and Tokugawa Keiryu, whom Albert killed with a single punch.
• Xun Hui killed Marshall after finding him urging the troops to execute Raphinha, then continued patrolling with Wen Renjing.
• The Bunker’s forces fought hundreds of Mutants, while Albert personally killed 137 of the 329 that appeared in four hours.
• The vortices descended, and Wen Xishu called on his team to take the field as the Safe House began analyzing them.

A massive Great Devourment filled the Bunker with vortices, and the Safe House revealed their Strange Tower dangers and requirements. Wen Xishu led his team into the rapidly expanding orange Evil Artifact Sealing Chamber, where he arrived on an unknown Strange Tower floor with the Mad Dice and Scorpio's Cheating Knife active.

• Vortices appeared throughout the Bunker, with the Second Floor containing nine orange vortices and the lower levels facing widespread danger.
• The Safe House analyzed vortex details, and Wen Xishu used the results to assign targets and explain how teams could survive white and blue vortices.
• Wen Xishu revealed that he had 51 points of magic resistance and chose to handle the orange vortices while other fighters focused on less dangerous ones.
• The Safe House identified the fast-expanding Evil Artifact Sealing Chamber as a chaotic, evil orange vortex that had already absorbed 145 people.
• A Miao, Yue Yun, Zheng Zai, Nissen, and Xiao Jin agreed to accompany Wen Xishu into the vortex, and the six left the Safe House together.
• Wen Xishu and his team were pulled into the orange vortex, where he received prompts for the Madman's Dice and Scorpio's Cheating Knife before arriving on an unknown Strange Tower floor.

Wen Xishu organized the Bunker survivors in the Evil Artifact Sealing Chamber and investigated the cellar’s clues. After a woman and her child died in a shadow trap, he deduced that they had to open 28 jars before the rules opened them automatically, and the group prepared to choose how to proceed.

• Wen Xishu chose Upside Down from the Madman’s Dice and organized roughly two hundred people into four teams led by himself, the Ling brothers, Fang Tianhen, and Lang Haidu.
• Wen Xishu spotted the number 29 on the prayer-room mural and realized its magical influence was weakened by his high Magic Resistance.
• A child broke a jar and became trapped in a black shadow; when his mother tried to save him, the shadow swallowed them both while Wen Xishu told everyone not to approach.
• Wen Xishu returned to the mural and saw its number drop from 29 to 28, then inferred that the group needed to open at least that many jars before the rules opened them themselves.
• Wen Xishu warned that the jars might contain food, useful items, or a deadly artifact, and the group agreed to trust him and begin deciding how to open them.

Wen Xishu opened the first jar and obtained a Godslayer Finger, then learned from the dying Ayuoweiqi that the goddess could be killed and that jar items could turn people into servants or guards. He organized the survivors to open jars in monitored teams, and the chapter ended as Ling Chen began opening one.

• Ling Fu argued against sacrificing the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, so Wen Xishu volunteered to open the first jar and demonstrate the risks and rewards.
• Wen Xishu opened the jar Ayuoweiqi had identified and found a Godslayer Finger that could detect jars containing the goddess's items.
• Wen Xishu confronted Ayuoweiqi, who revealed the goddess's resurrection plan and warned that her body parts could transform people into servants or guards before dying while declaring that she could be killed.
• Wen Xishu explained the game's dangers, ordered people to open jars in teams with witnesses, and coordinated the next round of openings.
• Ling Fu's group sent Ling Chen to open a jar, and Ling Chen smashed it onto the floor as the others watched.

Ling Chen found an Escape Key in a jar and gave it to Ling Fu, while the group continued opening jars and survived a deadly attack after Fang Tianhen became Shoe Woman’s Divine Guard. A Miao then uncovered Sculpting Mud, a powerful item that could copy objects from the scenario, giving Wen Xishu’s group a major new advantage as they prepared to continue.

• Ling Chen opened a jar containing an Escape Key and chose to stay, giving the key to Ling Fu.
• The group discovered that opening jars unlocked food, and Bao Longtao found a hammer that could stun shadows and rescue their victims.
• Fang Tianhen found Shoe Woman’s Skirt Sash, became a Divine Guard, and attacked Wen Xishu, but Zheng Zai and the others restrained him while Yue Yun killed him with a strike to the temple.
• Wen Xishu put Ling Fu in charge of Fang Tianhen’s squad, and Bao Longtao used his hammer to save people caught by shadows in later jars.
• A Miao opened a jar and found Sculpting Mud, which could copy items from the scenario and create a Divine Guard loyal to whoever opened the jar.
• Wen Xishu told Zheng Zai to protect A Miao and kept the Sculpting Mud in reserve.

After the second day's jar count rose to sixty, Wen Xishu's group began opening them, and Oyer risked himself to save people and win several powerful items. The discovery of Shoe Woman's Left Eye blinded Chang Chuanbo and made the enemy's skirt hem and Skirt Sash invisible, leaving Wen Xishu unable to identify hostile faction members by sight.

• Ling Fu inferred from the mural that it tracked how many Shoe Woman-related items remained, while Wen Xishu predicted that the jar challenge would grow harder each day.
• At midnight, the mural showed sixty jars for the second day, and the four groups assigned people to open them despite resistance.
• Oyer used his Substitution Ring to save Bao Longtao from a shadow, then opened ten jars and gained a key, a cleansing horn, and the Gambler's Coin.
• Oyer realized Mila had been using him and refused to give her the key, while Bao Longtao used his hammer to rescue people from later shadows.
• Chang Chuanbo found Shoe Woman's Left Eye, which blinded him and gave the enemy's skirt hem and Skirt Sash the ability to appear as empty jars, defeating Wen Xishu's ability to identify them.

After Shoe Woman’s left eye escaped its jar and possessed a reckless team member, Wen Xishu realized it might have learned what was inside the remaining jars. He used Ouxilasi, a Divine Servant exposed by the Scorpion Dagger, to locate dangerous jars and left Shoe Woman facing a guarded collection of twenty sealed jars.

• The Goddess's Left Eye fled Wen Xishu’s candle flame, possessed a team member, and then returned to the goddess’s mural, where it replaced the painted eye.
• Wen Xishu warned that Shoe Woman might now know what was inside the jars, while Ling Fu’s group began opening theirs.
• Wen Xishu and Ling Fu noticed Ouxilasi’s odd reactions, and the Scorpion Dagger revealed Ouxilasi as a Divine Servant.
• Wen Xishu persuaded Ouxilasi to gather twenty jars and identify which ones should not be opened, then exposed him as Shoe Woman’s pawn.
• Ouxilasi tried to smash the jars, but Yue Yun struck him down before he could destroy them.
• Wen Xishu ordered Yue Yun, Xiao Jin, and Nissen to guard the twenty jars and taunted Shoe Woman about the next jar he would open.

Wen Xishu discovered that Shoe Woman could erase established facts and began using her hidden left hand to manipulate the jars, leaving the humans seemingly trapped. He realized the key might reveal the other half of the parchment, which could expose the ritual needed to defeat Shoe Woman, but he hinted that the parchment had more than two pieces.

• Wen Xishu opened four jars and found a calming song list, an empty jar, and the upper half of a parchment describing an ancient witch, the tower, and a ritual for absorbing its power.
• Flamingo appeared to find Shoe Woman’s ear, and Wen Xishu saw it use Hearing Is Illusion to erase the fact that Ouxilasi had gathered Shoe Woman’s dangerous items; the ear then vanished from everyone’s awareness.
• Wen Xishu explained the ear’s power to Ling Fu and secretly told him to keep the truth from the others so jar opening would continue.
• Zhang Xiaoheng opened a jar and revealed Shoe Woman’s Left Hand, which could transfer items between jars and threatened to overturn the humans’ remaining advantages.
• After realizing that a key could create enough distance to reveal the jar holding the parchment’s other half, Wen Xishu announced that the parchment could defeat Shoe Woman and suggested it had more than two pieces.

Wen Xishu used the restored parchment to learn the method for absorbing Tower Power, defeat the Shoe Woman, and eliminate the Orange Vortex. After the survivors were sent to the Guide, Wen Xishu prepared to continue clearing the remaining vortices during the Great Devourment.

• Wen Xishu sent Oyer back to the Bunker with the incomplete parchment, and A Miao duplicated it so the two pieces could be joined and restored.
• Oyer reached the Bunker, where the parchment crumbled; Evelyn suggested its uniqueness might explain the change while Albert and the others feared for Wen Xishu.
• Wen Xishu read the complete parchment story, learned Three Towers Sequence 35: Tower Power Absorption, and discovered that the Witch’s shoes had passed through Qiao Xi and other owners.
• Wen Xishu absorbed the Goddess’s Left Hand, disabling the Shoe Woman’s power to move items, then absorbed Qiao Xi’s relics and eliminated the Shoe Woman for the best ending.
• The Orange Vortex ended, and Wen Xishu warned the survivors to leave the Bunker’s Second Floor before other vortices could pull them in.
• Wen Xishu told the survivors he would enter another vortex to help end the Great Devourment, then everyone was teleported to the Guide while Zheng Zai planned to continue with him.

After Wen Xishu eliminated the first orange vortex, he returned to the Bunker, received Arnold’s legacy by consuming ten fingers, and immediately set out with a trusted team to tackle the next orange vortex. The Maze Train separated Wen Xishu and Yue Yun from their companions at the start, leaving them to investigate their unfamiliar carriage alone.

• The first orange vortex collapsed, and dozens of survivors returned to the Bunker as Albert and the fighters celebrated Wen Xishu’s victory.
• The Guide revealed that Wen Xishu had earned ten of Arnold’s fingers for leading the group, and Wen Xishu consumed them to obtain Arnold’s Energy Conservation Power rune.
• Wen Xishu returned to the Safe House and chose to enter the Maze Train, the largest remaining vortex, with Yue Yun, Nissen, Xiao Jin, A Miao, and Zheng Zai.
• Albert and Evelyn set out to clear a white vortex while discussing Wen Xishu’s abilities and Albert’s determination to protect him in the Bunker.
• Wen Xishu and Yue Yun woke in separate train carriages, each without their companions; Yue Yun began observing his carriage, while Wen Xishu prepared to assess his new support effects.

Wen Xishu used the Madman’s Dice to gain Slaughter Tower strength while exploring the first car of the Maze Train, where motionless passengers offered cryptic clues and invitations. After questioning them and piecing together possible connections, he entered the second car, leaving the others cautious in the starting car.

• Wen Xishu discovered that Neither Fish nor Fowl exchanged his Strange Tower powers for equivalent Desire Tower and Slaughter Tower abilities, while Static Health Bar kept his combat power at its peak until death.
• Wen Xishu examined the frozen passengers and recognized the Tea-Selling Old Man as a recurring figure who promised to wait for him in a carriage ahead.
• Wen Xishu questioned passengers and attendants, learning their repeated replies and receiving invitations to the next car from the Tea-Selling Old Man, the Female Attendant, two suspected robbers, and the Brat.
• Nissen, Yue Yun, Zheng Zai, A Miao, and Xiao Jin questioned passengers and found troubling clues about a possibly abducted girl, feuding migrant workers, and the Brat’s family, but none dared enter the next car.
• Wen Xishu suspected connections among the passengers, stopped seeking further invitations, and chose to enter the second car, where he saw a vast expanse of white.

Wen Xishu survived the anomalous Carriage 02 by avoiding the children’s footprints, then chose the lifespan-extending tea in Carriage 03 and learned that others might come looking for him. He reached the rest car, Car 03.5, discovered its telephones connected him to his companions, and made contact with Xiao Jin.

• Wen Xishu avoided the white footprints and the children in Carriage 02, reaching its front without meeting the trafficker’s gaze.
• Wen Xishu identified the Tea-Selling Old Man as dead and chose the black tea, which significantly increased his lifespan before the old man warned him not to climb the tower.
• Wen Xishu entered Car 03.5, a passenger-free rest car, and found five unsealed telephones among the seats.
• Wen Xishu realized the telephones could let companions share information about different anomalous cars and called out through one of them.
• Xiao Jin answered Wen Xishu and asked where he was and how his voice had reached the loudspeakers.

Wen Xishu learned that the Maze Train had expanded from a solo mission into a multiplayer mission and hurried onward while advising his companions to stay in Car 1. In Car 4, he investigated the passengers and gave the Tea-Selling Old Man a Good Card; in Car 5, the Female Attendant approached him with a cart covered by a foul-smelling white cloth.

• Wen Xishu called Xiao Jin and his other companions, learned they were waiting in Car 1, and told them to stay there while he advanced toward Car 16.
• Wen Xishu found police officers in Car 4, learned how the Good and Evil Cards worked, and put a Good Card on the Tea-Selling Old Man after hearing his repeated wish to bring back those who had strayed from their homeland.
• Wen Xishu questioned the passengers in Car 4 and uncovered troubling clues about the human trafficker, the male attendant, the robbers, the college couple, and the family, but he withheld his remaining cards.
• Wen Xishu entered Car 5 and discovered that avoiding the strange phenomena made the passengers stand and stare at him, so he resumed watching the car.
• Wen Xishu noticed the Female Attendant's cart was covered by a foul-smelling white cloth, and she stopped beside him to ask what he wanted to buy.

Wen Xishu survived the Brat’s and Female Influencer’s stages, shared what he had learned with Xiao Jin and the others, and reached Car 8. There, he uncovered evidence that the supposed human trafficker was not the true villain and turned his attention to the little girl.

• Wen Xishu reached into the Female Attendant’s cart and was chosen by a monstrous baby that drained his life force and could help him face the Female Influencer.
• Wen Xishu used the Murder Football to disrupt the Brat’s hide-and-seek game, then raced through Carriage 06 and kicked the Brat, cracking his head.
• Wen Xishu stopped the Female Influencer’s rotting flesh by sacrificing a finger, then forced the baby into her belly and escaped to Car 7.5.
• Wen Xishu told Xiao Jin and the others how to handle the stages he had encountered, then continued to Car 8 and gave the Female Attendant his second Good Card.
• Wen Xishu learned that the human trafficker’s children came from an orphanage and, instead of marking him Evil, questioned the little girl, who asked why the police had not arrested the trafficker.

Wen Xishu earned the train mission’s Invitation Letter by exposing the little girl’s deception, then entered the Desire Tower’s twenty-ninth floor and used his overwhelming strength to destroy a Myanmar trafficking compound. As he raced toward Cloud City, the little girl and her Ruinbringer servant realized that a Challenger had disrupted their repeating game in a way they could not explain.

• Wen Xishu used the Mirror to catch the little girl secretly mocking him, gave her the Evil card, and received an Invitation Letter before she vanished.
• Wen Xishu consulted Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda, learned that the twenty-ninth floor might involve a Gifted person retaining memories through loops, and entered the mission.
• Wen Xishu awoke bound in an Old Burma Compound, broke free, killed its armed militants, and told the trafficked workers they could escape.
• Wen Xishu followed the Fate Compass toward Cloud City at tremendous speed while police prepared to investigate the orphanage.
• The Orphanage Director reported that Wen Xishu had wiped out the compound, and the little girl realized a Challenger had entered the game.