Recaps

After the Sea Nation experiment succeeded, Lu Xin confronted the orphanage memories he had recovered and tried to face his troubled past. He then led a team to investigate Black Marsh City’s sleep-stealing pollution, where a separate Changhu City team was captured and Gecko’s defense of two children drew the crew into a confrontation with a local gang.

• Lu Xin and Kid severed the rotten mermaid’s hold on the Sea Nation, ending the pollution as Professor Bai suspended further research on Soldier.
• Lu Xin moved Teacher Lu and the orphanage children into his renovated villa, then confessed that he remembered killing the people at the orphanage and breaking Teacher Lu’s spine.
• Teacher Lu rejected Lu Xin’s belief that he had cared for them out of guilt, while Lu Xin later suffered intense hallucinations and told his family he felt detached from his memories and disgusted with the world.
• Chen Jing sent Lu Xin’s team to Black Marsh City after a force stole the sleep of its residents, warning that hidden dangers might matter more than the mission itself.
• Lu Xin, Han Bing, Gecko, Red Snake, and Mizang entered Black Marsh City and found exhausted residents, a suspicious liaison, and a hotel guest who collapsed and died.
• In a separate meeting, Secretary-General Shen and matching figures revealed that strange entities controlled Black Marsh City’s administration, beheaded Black Jack, Old K, Diamond, and Heart, and took their heads.
• While investigating without exposing themselves, Lu Xin’s team saw Gecko rescue a singing girl from abuse, then fight the crowd and Master Qun’s men after they arrived armed.
• Master Qun demanded Gecko’s arm or his big brother, and Lu Xin’s group left as Gecko said Lu Xin had ordered him to settle the meal bill and take Master Qun home.

Lu Xin and Han Bing traced Black Marsh City’s insomnia to Black Grass and the failed Ghostfire Project, then used the city’s unrest to draw hidden creatures into the open. After Lu Xin defeated Black Jack and learned an abyssal monster had reached reality, he promised to deliver Black Jack’s card and resolved to confront the thirteen mental bodies of the End.

• Han Bing and Lu Xin followed the Black Grass trade to Tianhe Security, where Lu Xin infiltrated Building Number Nine and found executives sleeping among developing Mental Monsters.
• Han Bing linked Black Grass in everyday products to the insomnia and mental pollution, while Tianhe Security’s documents revealed that the Ghostfire Project had used lower-level residents as human soil to capture mysterious creatures.
• Han Bing and Master Qun turned the Administrative Hall’s attempt to capture Lu Xin into a citywide riot, drawing hidden creatures and their agents into the open.
• Black Jack attacked Lu Xin and Han Bing, but Lu Xin overpowered him and confronted a gigantic hand-covered python in the abyss before Black Jack’s teammates attacked across the city.
• Gecko and Sister defeated the Spider-type attacker, while Red Snake killed the woman whose illusions had threatened her and Master Qun.
• Black Jack explained that the failed Ghostfire experiment had let an abyssal monster reach reality, then asked Lu Xin to deliver the Jack of Spades card to the Spades Office before he died.
• Lu Xin recovered Black Jack’s card and, after Mom explained the influence of the End’s thirteen mental bodies, decided that confronting them would be an execution.

Lu Xin tracked the Nightmare Serpent and the Scarecrow through Black Marsh City, then faced Number Seven and completed the Trial of Cognition. After the frenzy ended, he backed Master Qun’s campaign against the Black Grass trade and used his mental power to warn the city’s dealers and users.

• Lu Xin followed the frenzied crowds to Black Marsh City’s plaza, used Mizang to hide most residents, and fought the Nightmare Serpent and the Scarecrow while refusing to let either escape.
• Number Seven revealed herself as Ye Xue, taunted Lu Xin with their orphanage past, and tried to use Han Bing and the civilians against him.
• Lu Xin relied on Sister and Father to capture and execute the Scarecrow, waking the city’s residents and ending Mizang’s concealment.
• Lu Xin learned he had passed the Trial of Cognition, read the Old Director’s report card, and later concluded that there had never been any divinity, only himself.
• After recovering, Lu Xin supported Master Qun when Miss Sun’s influence drove Silver Hair to shoot at him, and Han Bing explained Master Qun’s family had been devastated by Black Grass.
• Lu Xin learned that outside factions planned to resist a full cleanup of Black Marsh City, then returned to the conference room and told officials to punish illegal Black Grass traders.
• Lu Xin unleashed fear through the city’s mental worlds, terrifying Black Grass users and dealers and sending some hostile outsiders retreating.

After resolving Black Marsh City’s pollution, Lu Xin joined Xia Chong’s team to capture the Hell Messenger and uncovered the Ritual of Seeking Knowledge. Back in Qinggang, he returned to work and began planning a renovation, while the Kid was frightened by what she saw through his window.

• Lu Xin reassured Han Bing that Black Marsh City’s nightmare would not spread, and the city’s residents turned against Black Grass as the team waited for order to return.
• Lu Xin met Xia Chong, who asked him to help capture the Hell Messenger, a Mental Monster tied to a soul-trading organization and the Crimson Heart Knights.
• Lu Xin agreed to force the Hell Messenger back toward Hongni Town, then waited in the ruins as a Seed Company squad led by Team Leader Dragon confronted him.
• Lu Xin defeated Team Leader Dragon’s attacks and plastic child mannequins, learned about the parasitic items and the Ritual of Seeking Knowledge, and captured the Hell Messenger with Father.
• Xia Chong and the Negative Zero Unit took custody of the Hell Messenger and Team Leader Dragon, while Lu Xin brought vehicles back to Black Marsh City and declined Xia Chong’s offer to join Central City.
• Lu Xin returned to Qinggang, discovered a ringing telephone in a ruined apartment, and went home to answer Mom’s call and begin planning a building-wide renovation.
• The Kid approached Lu Xin’s window after learning he had returned, then froze and became frightened by what she saw inside.
• Lu Xin brought Black Marsh City specialties to his coworkers, accepted Vice President Xiao’s offer to arrange his renovation, and asked where they would eat that night.