Recaps

Yu Sheng’s group uncovered a Black Dot Group operation using a fragment of the World Bridge, while strange spiderwebs spread through Dark Alley and The Crossroads. The arc ended with the black threads briefly covering the city as Baili Qing warned of a bad omen.

• Yu Sheng visited Quiet Forest Sanatorium to meet Sun Chen, who died after a strange melody triggered knowledge that drove him to calculate, and the director’s investigation revealed a Black Dot Group attack.
• Zheng Zhi was pulled into a dark realm near the Black Star, then Eileen’s spider silk brought him back, while Baili Qing traced the Black Dot Group’s origins and its interest in the Omen Goddess.
• Yu Sheng led his companions into Dark Alley, where black webs trapped cat-like entities, and Eileen used Ominous Wandering Star to gain limited control over them.
• Yu Sheng’s group followed a rift from the Dark Alley crossroads into a laboratory, captured a Black Dot Group guard, and found a black fragment bearing markings associated with the Ominous Banner.
• The captured guard revealed that the Black Dot Group had spent years studying the Zolda Black Stone, which researchers believed was part of a device for traveling between worlds, and that it had begun opening stable passages.
• A Deep Dive Team encountered Eileen’s black threads and a phantom space station in Mist City before escaping, while Baili Qing ordered more teams to monitor the area.
• Black spider silk emerged from rifts across The Crossroads and briefly covered the city before vanishing, and Baili Qing called it a bad omen.

Yu Sheng and his allies traced the Black Dot Laboratory’s spatial disaster to the Zolda Black Stone, while Eileen’s connection to the Omen revealed the origin of an ancient sanctuary. The Boundary Bridge breached The Crossroads, leaving the city under attack as Yu Sheng remained inside the tower and Luo joined the defense.

• Yu Sheng entered the Black Dot station through a rift, died there, and later returned to find its laboratory transformed by webs and shadows.
• Baili Qing confronted Luo about the Zolda Black Stone, but the Black Stone vanished and the station began disintegrating as creatures poured through spatial rifts.
• Yu Sheng crossed into the corrupted station with Eileen and Luo, then entered the central void while their allies fought the mutated security forces.
• Yu Sheng found Eileen’s final mission log, which revealed that she had merged with the damaged Omen to contain contamination and preserve data.
• Black Stone Station appeared above Boundary City, and the Boundary Bridge pierced The Crossroads as corrosive shadows spread through the city.
• Yu Sheng encountered an ancient outer god’s recorded memories, learned of its civilization’s failed attempt to escape universal collapse, and received the Cubic Core as the Zolda Black Stone crumbled.
• Luo disabled the station’s remaining self-destruct mechanism while Eileen, Huli, and Luna searched for Yu Sheng inside the Boundary Bridge.
• Luo arrived in Fairy Tale Town, joined Little Red Riding Hood’s team, and entered the fog-shrouded old city to help defend against the invading monsters.

Yu Sheng helped end the Boundary Bridge’s attack and brought Eileen home, where her original body was rebuilt and reconnected to the Garden Network. Her recovery uncovered mysterious data affecting her mind, and she suddenly shrank to about 66.6 centimeters.

• Yun Qingzi led fighters through the gate to defend Boundary City while Yu Sheng and Eileen followed the World Bridge to the Omen Goddess’s remains and discovered the Ancient Mechanism sustaining it.
• Yu Sheng explained death to the golden-haired doll within the World Bridge, and the bridge vanished as the city’s rifts closed and Eileen chose to live and go home with him.
• Yu Sheng absorbed the Ancient Mechanism, then connected the temple fragment to the valley before dying as the fragment collapsed and sailed toward its new home.
• Yu Sheng brought the temple fragment and Eileen’s shattered doll parts to the valley, then took Eileen to the Alice Embassy so Marlene and Maris could rebuild her original body.
• Eileen’s reconstructed shell failed to respond until Yu Sheng used her oil painting in an improvised revival ritual, then repaired her cracking body with alchemy.
• Marin examined Eileen and found that her mental operations were abnormally efficient, while Marlene identified mysterious data in her mind that might be connected to the Omen Goddess.
• Yu Sheng learned that adding mass-produced bodies seemed to ease Eileen’s mental pressure, and Marlin arranged safeguards before she reconnected to the Garden Network.
• After Eileen toured the Garden Network, she stepped down from the platform and rapidly shrank to about 66.6 centimeters, leaving Yu Sheng and the others unable to explain what had happened.

Yu Sheng investigated the Crystal Tree’s connection to the Boundary Bridge, explored a dangerous transformation of Dark Alley, and brought Luo and her guards into the inn’s service. The arc ended with Luo preparing to infiltrate the Black Dot Group while Zheng Zhi encountered an unexplained abnormality in Boundary City.

• Yu Sheng discovered that the Crystal Tree had grown spatial-temporal rifts after merging with the Boundary Bridge, and through one he saw The Lost Ship.
• Eileen recovered her original body’s unusual abilities, while Marlene found that Eileen’s Alice Key gave her exceptional access to the Garden Network.
• Yu Sheng led his companions into Dark Alley, where they encountered hidden Brass Knights, heard voices tied to Luna’s homeland, and fought until the alley returned to its earlier state.
• Yu Sheng and Baili Qing agreed to investigate the Brass Knights and the Holy Ascetic Society, while Luna admitted that she could no longer remember her home or parents.
• Yu Sheng recruited Luo to manage Black Stone Station, and Luo brought her released guards into his service through the inn’s blood-bestowal ritual.
• Yu Sheng handed Black Stone Station’s leadership to Luna, who reunited there with her former classmate Alvin and learned she would oversee repairs and investigations.
• Yu Sheng agreed to let Luo return to the Black Dot Group as a spy, and she planned to use her contacts and hidden assets to undermine her former employer.
• Zheng Zhi found that his phone had lost its signal and warned of an abnormal environment as he looked toward nearby shop windows.