Chapter Summaries

Xueduota crossed the crowded Rabbit Town to bring construction problems to Lei Beida and Han Da, grateful that the Dream Crystal Plain had reunited him with his family. While waiting for their advice, he followed residents into a mysterious room and found Laplace sitting beside him.

• Crystal-Eyed workers discussed the growing migration to the Dream Crystal Plain and worried about the apocalypse, while Xueduota passed by cheerfully, grateful to have his resurrected family and support from Lei Beida.
• At the hole into Rabbit Town, Xueduota used the path cleared by a Mercury Dragon to slip through the unruly swarm of Tooth Fairies.
• Xueduota reached Lei Beida and Han Da's office and delivered the construction problems his father had asked him to report.
• While waiting for Lei Beida and Han Da to discuss the problems, Xueduota followed residents from the tower into a room filled with people from Charles Imperial Palace.
• Xueduota took a seat in the back and recognized the silver-haired, mismatched-eyed Laplace when she sat beside him.

Laplace’s Variety Grand Prize delighted both humans and Xueduota, while Angel questioned Spotty Dog about the Star Sea Train’s proposed station and continued enchanting semi-finished products. The chapter ended with Napoli reporting that Lord De had returned and wanted to meet Angel.

• Laplace sat beside Xueduota and watched the Variety Grand Prize, which impressed both of them and the gathered audience.
• Xueduota admitted he enjoyed the show but could not understand the drag queen performance, then rushed off after realizing he had missed his meeting time.
• Angel learned from Wang Wang that Spotty Dog was aboard the Star Sea Train and might want a station so it could visit with several ministers, including Minister Fiman.
• Spotty Dog identified Minister Fiman as the Minister of Military Affairs but avoided answering whether Angel should allow the station to be built.
• Angel enchanted batches of semi-finished products for Napoli, then heard that Lord De had returned to the factory and wanted to meet him.

Angel postponed his plans to meet Algalong, while Sanders searched the Dream Wilderness for news of Angel and concluded that he was only traveling through the Day Mirror Domain. Angel met Algalong’s avatar at an Artifact Embryo Workshop and learned that the dragon had come early because he was interested in the alchemist who created the Login Device.

• Sanders visited Jon at the Ocean Theater and asked what Angel had been doing.
• Jon told Sanders that Angel had helped a trapped bard improve his musical skill and had gone traveling through the Day Mirror Domain.
• Sanders asked Iron Armor Granny about Angel and learned that Angel had collected musical scores in New City.
• Angel followed Napoli to Algalong’s inconspicuous Artifact Embryo Workshop in Anjing Town.
• Algalong explained that he had sent an avatar to meet Angel after seeing Napoli’s request for Phantom Metal and learning that Angel had created the Login Device.

Angel secured Algalong’s approval to research Orichalcum using magical-pattern feedback and began preparing his experiments. After logging back into the Dream Crystal Plain, he was immediately struck by Turing, which had continued gathering information while he was away.

• Algalong questioned Angel about his Orichalcum application, and Angel admitted he wanted to study the metal out of curiosity rather than forge a Future Mirror.
• Angel proposed testing Orichalcum with flames, mixing it with other substances, and inscribing magical patterns on it; Algalong approved and promised to create a suitable piece in exchange for Angel sharing any discoveries.
• Angel and Napoli discussed the Artifact Embryo Factory, then Napoli reassured Angel that he had only stayed quiet because Algalong had asked him to observe.
• Angel spent several hours planning his Orichalcum research and gave Napoli a list of consumable materials when they met around noon.
• Angel logged back into Text Manor and was struck in the chest by Turing, which he had left outside to gather information and develop its logic.

Angel checked the recovering Wonderland Authority and discovered that Dark Corner was an emerging Wonderland Instance with both surface and deep information. He stopped his search when it began draining his mental power, leaving deeper details about the instance unknown.

• Angel asked Turing a truth-teller and liar puzzle, then encouraged it to focus on the future rather than fear that its existence was false.
• Turing reported that Popularity Points had recovered and their cap had risen to 61, so Angel gave it paper, a pen, and illusionary tentacles to create Text Creations.
• Angel entered the Authority Tree and found that the Wonderland Authority's surface information was accessible, while its deeper information remained turbulent.
• Angel searched for Dark Corner and stopped when the growing information storm rapidly consumed his mental power.
• Angel learned that Dark Corner was an emerging Wonderland Instance whose basic information could be retrieved, but whose deeper details could disturb the Authority's information sea.

Angel learned that Dark Corner was a dangerous hidden instance connected to Modern City and considered pursuing related quests before entering it. He then advised Turing on Text Creation and turned to investigate whether Laplace could use Dream Gate to enter and leave instances freely.

• Angel learned that Dark Corner could only be entered through Modern City after completing prerequisite quests, and that it contained dangerous entities, traps, riddles, and unusually powerful Fashion Demonic Beasts.
• Angel tried to retrieve Modern City's background information but found that the Sea of Information could not provide it yet.
• Turing showed Angel a mini sun hat and asked whether Text Creation could use a different writing system, so Angel explained the requirements for using an inherited script.
• Turing began creating text in an unfamiliar script while Angel returned to the Authority Tree.
• Angel examined Dream Gate, whose expanded authority let him enter and leave instances, and considered granting Laplace subordinate permissions so she could explore instances without being trapped in long ones.

Angel screened the Dream Crystal Plain for Authority compatibility and discovered that a Pirus named Bibo had the highest compatibility with the Dream Gate, though he remained unwilling to grant it Authority. After compiling compatibility results, Angel watched Turing write an extensive description of a creation it insisted would occupy no space.

• Angel found that Laplace had 66% compatibility with the Dream Gate, while a Cave Dragon had 79% and a green-skinned Pirus had 91%.
• Angel watched the Pirus, Bibo, reunite with his daughter after she emerged from Silver Coral Island, and learned that Bibo hoped to use her access to gain leverage for the Pirushu Clan.
• Angel decided not to grant Bibo subordinate Authority permissions and added him to the people he would observe while trying to understand compatibility criteria.
• Angel tested compatibility across the established Authorities, compiled the results, and noted that Laplace had broadly strong but insufficient compatibility for subordinate permissions.
• After recovering from the strain of his tests, Angel saw Turing writing thousands of characters and learned that its creation would not be physically large or take up space.

Turing used special Text Creation paper to run a Corner Code instruction, revealing that the paper could compile and execute code as well as create objects. Angel assigned Turing to develop a variety-show core system and promised it Heat Points, while learning that Turing could evolve through the Final Chapter.

• Turing wrote Corner Code on special paper, which glowed as it ran an instruction to emit light.
• Turing explained that Corner Code formed the cores of mechanical and magical creations, and that the Text Creation paper could compile and execute it without additional hardware.
• Angel tasked Turing with learning Corner Code and eventually building a core system for variety shows.
• Turing requested stronger computing power and more Heat Points, and Angel agreed to let it use the remaining and recovered points after his tests.
• Turing mentioned that it might evolve without the Final Chapter, then explained that the Final Chapter could transform a Fashion Demonic Beast and let it hold more cores.

Angel learned that Turing could unlock inherited memories through popularity points and transfer commands into its body, then prepared to return with it to Modern City. Laplace declined to join him for now because Rabbit Town still needed her attention.

• Angel learned that Turing gained inherited memories when its popularity cap increased or it used many popularity points, with rare Variety Elf knowledge potentially locked behind a higher threshold.
• Angel gave Turing a hat and backpack, and Turing transferred the Page Lamp command into its body so it could emit light by spending popularity points.
• Laplace entered the study, asked whether Angel had dressed Turing, and learned that Turing had made its outfit itself.
• Angel told Laplace he planned to return to Modern City and invited her to join the main quest, but Laplace declined because Little Laplace needed help managing Rabbit Town.

Laplace told Angel that Gray Porcelain, a Cuphead from Teluga City, had cleared all three stages of his Trial Wonderland and awakened his Danger Sense. Gray Porcelain’s talent had warned him of the approaching Calamity Apocalypse and guided him toward safety, leaving Angel to suspect it was a gift from the will of the Mirror Realm.

• Laplace told Angel that Gray Porcelain had completed a three-stage Trial Wonderland and regained his special talent.
• Laplace recounted how Gray Porcelain had followed a calling to a Door Scar, cleared the trial, and discovered that his talent was Danger Sense.
• Gray Porcelain had sensed the Calamity Apocalypse approaching Teluga City, joined the delegation to Crystal City, and later entered the Dream Crystal Plain, where the crushing danger vanished.
• Gray Porcelain had sought out Laplace after sensing safety around him, and Laplace concluded that his talent helped him seek good fortune as well as avoid danger.
• Angel realized Gray Porcelain had sensed the Calamity Puppet’s arrival long before the others and suspected his talent came from the will of the Mirror Realm.

Laplace told Angel that Gray Porcelain had sensed extreme danger in the newly appeared Instance Ethan's Dream, where trapped challengers repeatedly died in a war dream. Angel identified the death cycle and explained that the trapped residents’ best chance was to find and stay near Ethan, the war’s sole survivor.

• Laplace described Gray Porcelain’s Danger Sense and asked Angel to help devise a difficulty scale for cataloging Wonderlands, but rejected his suggestions.
• Laplace told Angel that Ethan's Dream had appeared near the Crystal-Eyed Race encampment and that Gray Porcelain sensed it was deadlier than World-Grinding Day.
• Laplace explained that some challengers, including the former prophet, could not log off and remained trapped inside the Instance.
• Angel searched the Authority Tree for information and learned that challengers were caught in a cycle of battlefield deaths until their minds broke.
• Angel said that defeating the vast army of monsters could clear the Instance perfectly, but the trapped residents’ practical path was to find Ethan and stay close to him.

Laplace arrived at the Ethan's Dream Instance to arrange a rescue for the Crystal-Eyed Race, whose previous-generation prophet remained trapped inside. After explaining the instance's dangers and negotiating compensation, she and Angel prepared to locate Ethan and send his position to those inside.

• Yumoda told Laplace that Linta had been trapped in a repeated death loop after a Sawtooth Man-Eating Flower poisoned and devoured him, until the Crystal-Eyed Race forcibly awakened him in reality.
• Laplace explained that the instance was Ethan's dream, where death caused revival, and that the only way to survive was to find Ethan; she offered to locate him and transmit his position in exchange for the Wonderland items the rescued members obtained.
• Yumoda accepted Laplace's terms, including compensation for the scouting item already used.
• Laplace approached the instance entrance, where Angel was hidden by an illusion, and brought out Turing to use the locating item.
• Turing activated the item, and its screen began displaying images that looked like overhead maps of mountain forests.

Laplace and Yumoda learned that Ethan’s Dream contained thousands of dangerous monsters, including several potentially at Formal Wizard level, and that Crystal Mountain was an even more dangerous Instance. Turing located Ethan and the three Challengers still inside, and Yumoda began arranging their rescue.

• Turing displayed a map of Ethan’s Dream showing over three thousand high-energy reaction points and several locations likely to contain monsters at Formal Wizard level or higher.
• Laplace warned the group that Crystal Mountain was an even more dangerous Instance and said Rabbit Town’s town hall would publish danger ratings for known Instances.
• Turing located Ethan deep inside a cave beneath a cliff that was also a high-energy reaction point.
• Laplace explained that living Challengers could use the map to plan rescue routes, while those who had died in reality would need voice-transmission devices or rescuers to guide them.
• Turing identified three Challengers still inside the Instance, and Yumoda contacted Bowuta and the other two to explain the danger and tell them to wait somewhere safe for rescue.

Laplace and Angel discussed the rescue of the stranded challengers in Ethan's Dream and learned why Ethan had survived in the Demonic Beast territory. Laplace borrowed Turing to help organize Fairyland Instances, then told Angel she had another matter related to Gray Porcelain.

• Yumoda logged off to organize a rescue for Linta, while Laplace returned to Text Manor and discussed the half-day deadline with Angel.
• Angel explained that Ethan had been carried by a hawk-falcon Demonic Beast to its nest, where he survived while the human camp held back the Demonic Beasts.
• Angel showed Laplace that a wounded Fire Luo warrior was heading to fight the hawk-falcon Demonic Beast, and they concluded that neither would return alive.
• Laplace asked to borrow Turing as an assistant for organizing Fairyland Instances, and Angel agreed.
• Laplace told Angel that her other reason for visiting was also related to Gray Porcelain.

Angel searched the Wonderland Authority for Trial Wonderlands and discovered that Gabriel was challenging the Silent Palace, though he could learn little about him. He and Laplace checked on Ethan’s Dream Instance, where the immediate danger had passed, and Laplace stopped Crystal-Eyed Race guards from entering it.

• Laplace urged Angel to identify people with special talents and monitor new Trial Wonderlands, and Angel searched the Wonderland Authority despite the strain on his mental sea.
• Angel found five Trial Wonderlands, including Gabriel’s Silent Palace, and learned that Gabriel had reached its second stage.
• Angel and Laplace went to Ethan’s Dream Instance, where Angel saw that the falcon Demonic Beast and the Fire Luo had killed each other, leaving Ethan safe for now.
• Angel checked on the trapped Challengers and saw that the Crystal-Eyed Race members were following their planned routes.
• Laplace told Angel that she had persuaded the guard unit to hold back from entering the Instance, and Angel began describing what he had seen as they left.

Angel and Laplace traveled through the underground maze toward Silent Palace while discussing how Gray Porcelain’s victory had made him the owner of the Myriad Phenomena Maze. Angel explained the maze’s training benefits, leaving Laplace with a clearer picture of the value of trial Instance ownership.

• Laplace proposed farming Wonderland items by repeatedly clearing the Instance through its safe zone, and Angel warned that Wonderland Authority might prevent such exploitation.
• Angel led Laplace through an underground river and a hazardous network of tunnels toward Silent Palace.
• Angel and Laplace discussed Gray Porcelain’s success in clearing three maze-like trial Instances without losses.
• Angel revealed that clearing a trial Instance granted its gifted challenger ownership and limited authority over that Instance.
• Angel explained that Gray Porcelain’s Myriad Phenomena Maze could help train danger perception and neural reactions.

Angel told Laplace about the Myriad Phenomena Maze’s hidden training traits and asked her to seek Gray Porcelain’s advice about building a Star Sea Train platform. They reached the entrance to Gabriel’s Silent Palace Trial Wonderland and began watching a livestream as its first challenge unfolded.

• Laplace asked whether training Danger Perception and neural responses in the Myriad Phenomena Maze could affect reality, and Angel said they would need to test it.
• Angel explained that Gray Porcelain did not know the Maze’s hidden traits, and Laplace decided to approach him by suggesting they test the Instance’s traits.
• Angel asked Laplace to consult Gray Porcelain about the dangers of building a Star Sea Train platform in the Dream Crystal Plain, and she agreed.
• Angel described the known traits of other Trial Wonderland Instances, including Luno’s gifted NPCs and Gabriel’s Spell Pillars.
• Angel and Laplace found the Door Scar for Gabriel’s Silent Palace, and Angel started a livestream of the ongoing challenge.
• The livestream revealed that Silent Palace was a 720-hour chain Wonderland opened that day, and its opening scene appeared after the information faded.

Angel livestreamed the Silent Palace, where Laplace identified magical writing on two pillars as permanent cleansing and light spells, and they considered whether the Instance’s Spell Pillars trait could allow more spells to be learned. The Challenger Gabriel then appeared as a Chaotic Evil Maw from the Dark Mirror Domain, leaving Laplace puzzled about how a low-level Mirror Ghost had gained a special talent and entered the Dream Crystal Plain.

• Angel showed the empty, illuminated Silent Palace and focused on two pillars marked with unusual writing.
• Laplace identified the writing as Ancient Hedu Script and translated it as spells that kept the palace clean and lit.
• Angel and Laplace speculated that the Instance’s Spell Pillars trait might let its owner use spells inscribed on the palace’s many pillars.
• Angel switched the livestream to Gabriel, who floated through a dark underground corridor as a spiked, many-eyed creature with a huge mouth.
• Laplace recognized Gabriel as a Chaotic Evil Maw, a low-level Mirror Ghost with noise-based disruption and strong anti-stealth senses.
• Angel suggested the Scarlet Lantern Demon Queen had approved Gabriel’s entry and given him a Login Device because he might be unusually rational.

Angel and Laplace watched Gabriel attempt the Silent Corridor’s Bright Lantern challenge, but the available information revealed little about its rules or Gabriel’s talent. Rabbit Girl and Yifuda later confirmed that Gabriel had entered the Day Mirror Domain voluntarily with the Scarlet Lantern Demon Queen’s approval.

• Gabriel stopped in the Silent Corridor, then emitted a silent cry before leaving after failing the Bright Lantern challenge for the fourth time.
• Angel displayed the failure notice, and he and Laplace concluded that another attempt might reveal more about the challenge.
• Angel showed the Silent Palace’s seven differently decorated thrones while Gabriel waited motionlessly outside the entrance.
• Angel contacted Rabbit Girl, who left a meeting about temporary stations and asked Yifuda for information about Gabriel.
• Yifuda explained that Gabriel was a Mirror Ghost from the Dark Mirror Domain who had voluntarily entered the Day Mirror Domain with the Scarlet Lantern Demon Queen’s approval.

Angel and Laplace learned that Gabriel was an intelligent Chaotic Evil Maw who had come to the Day Mirror Domain to escape a powerful enemy. Gabriel entered the Silent Corridor’s Beacon Challenge, whose sound-based rules appeared tailored to his abilities, but the livestream showed no lamps lighting as he advanced.

• Yifuda’s written record revealed that Gabriel could communicate fluently, had been named by someone from his past, and had fled the Dark Mirror Domain to evade a powerful enemy.
• Angel showed Laplace Gabriel’s record, and Laplace explained how astonishing it was for a brainless Chaotic Evil Maw with an incomplete soul to possess intelligence.
• Gabriel circled the Silent Corridor entrance while making sounds, then entered the trial and received the Beacon Challenge rules: light every lamp by capturing and reorganizing sound bands within ten minutes.
• Angel and Laplace realized the challenge likely suited Gabriel’s race and possibly his sound-related talent, though neither understood the exact ability.
• Gabriel moved through the corridor without lighting any lamps, and Angel and Laplace speculated that he might be trying to light them all at once.