Chapter Summaries

Time rewound to the late third night of the game, when Werewolf 3 burst into Xihaxiha’s room in Rest Area B. Xihaxiha stopped dancing and faced his opponent, trembling but ready to fight back.

• Time rewound to the late third night of the game.
• Werewolf 3 burst through the door of Xihaxiha’s room in Rest Area B.
• Xihaxiha stopped practicing street dancing and looked nervously at Werewolf 3.
• Xihaxiha trembled but assumed a fighting stance.

Yimo was about to return to his room when Xin Jiang stopped him to talk. Xin Jiang said they had barely discussed the game since it began several days earlier.

• Yimo started to return to the room.
• Xin Jiang quietly followed and called out to Brother Bai.
• Yimo stopped and asked Xin Jiang what he wanted.
• Xin Jiang said that they had not discussed the game much despite several days having passed since it began.

At a little after 7 p.m., the eight remaining players gathered in the initial meeting hall. While Wang Xiaopang and Xin Jiang talked, Yimo settled in a corner to read.

• The eight remaining players gathered in the initial meeting hall.
• The otaku trio had eaten early.
• Xin Jiang chatted quietly with Wang Xiaopang to keep the group's morale steady.
• Yimo left them undisturbed, found a corner, and began reading.

Xin Jiang spoke up before the players, including Ying Li, who looked at her with indifference rather than hostility. The chapter ended with Xin Jiang feeling satisfied by the change in their attitude.

• Xin Jiang stood up and spoke.
• The players turned to look at Xin Jiang, including Ying Li.
• Xin Jiang noticed the players showed little gratitude and remained cold, but were less hostile than before.

Time returned to the previous day, when Programmer and Wang Xiaopang met in the research center’s memorial hall to discuss working together. They compared their views on the Death Game and the conflict between reality and human nature.

• Time went back to the previous day.
• Programmer and Wang Xiaopang sat together in the memorial hall on the first floor of the research center.
• Programmer asked Wang Xiaopang to talk about working together.
• Programmer discussed their attitudes toward the Death Game and the conflict between reality and human nature with Wang Xiaopang.

After voting ended on the fourth day, Xin Jiang parted from the others on bad terms and returned to her room to pack for a move to the rest area and another room. The chapter left her sorting away the bottles, skincare, and makeup on her desk.

• The voting ended on the fourth day, and everyone parted on bad terms.
• Xin Jiang briefly spoke with Wang Xiaopang.
• Xin Jiang returned to her room and began packing to move to the rest area and another room that night.
• Xin Jiang put away the bottles, jars, skincare, and makeup products on her desk.

The chapter began in Natural Beauty's room, where she considered a plan involving Piao Rou and accused the narrator of wanting to use her. The narrator and Piao Rou stood by the arrangement, but the chapter ended before Natural Beauty finished her response.

• The narrator explained a plan involving Piao Rou to Natural Beauty.
• Natural Beauty grew solemn as she considered the plan.
• Natural Beauty coldly accused the narrator of wanting to use her.
• The narrator and Piao Rou met Natural Beauty's gaze without flinching.
• The narrator said they would use each other to achieve their goals.

After lunch, Yimo, Wang Xiaopang, and Xin Jiang gathered in the research center’s e-sports area to play games. After playing Left 4 Dead the day before, they started Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

• Yimo, Wang Xiaopang, and Xin Jiang met on the second floor of the research center after lunch.
• The trio had played Left 4 Dead over the local network the previous day.
• Yimo, Wang Xiaopang, and Xin Jiang began playing Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

Wang Xiaopang joked that he had been completely ignored, then tried to stay positive by saying it had preserved the unity of their otaku trio.

• Wang Xiaopang said he did not know whether he was too inconspicuous or simply useless.
• Wang Xiaopang remarked that being ignored had kept their otaku trio united.
• Wang Xiaopang's spirits began to droop as he spoke.

Yimo and the other two arrived at the conference hall and found Ying Li alone. Xin Jiang tried to share her food, but Ying Li declined, saying she had already eaten bread.

• Yimo and the other two arrived at the conference hall.
• They found Ying Li alone there.
• Xin Jiang offered Ying Li some of the food she had cooked.
• Ying Li refused, saying she had eaten bread.

Xin Jiang realized that Brother Tesla had turned his suspicion toward himself instead of exposing Natural Beauty. The chapter ended with Xin Jiang recognizing that something was wrong with Brother Tesla’s reasoning.

• Xin Jiang froze when he realized Brother Tesla’s actions did not make sense.
• Xin Jiang thought Brother Tesla would find Natural Beauty to be a good person if he checked her.
• Xin Jiang realized Brother Tesla had turned his aim toward himself because Natural Beauty had not believed he was a werewolf but had believed himself to be a good person.

Yimo, who had seemed like an ordinary otaku, suddenly turned frighteningly dangerous and made Brother Tesla hesitate. The excerpt ended with Brother Tesla’s recklessness contrasted with Yimo’s apparent ruthlessness.

• Yimo suddenly became sharp and terrifying, like a murderous fiend.
• Brother Tesla hesitated when faced with Yimo.
• Brother Tesla was described as reckless and impulsive but purposeful, not truly ruthless.

The fifth day's trial ended with a double kill using Piao Rou and Natural Beauty. The players were left baffled by how Natural Beauty had died.

• The fifth day's trial ended.
• The narrator used Piao Rou and Natural Beauty to score a double kill.
• Natural Beauty died without ever closing her eyes or understanding how she had died.
• Brother Tesla asked what had happened.

Ying Li’s Taotie identity took Xin Jiang’s White Wolf King identity, leaving Wang Xiaopang stunned. Ying Li’s identity 2 had been confirmed as a good person, and Xin Jiang then took Ying Li’s identity 1.

• The system announced that Ying Li’s Taotie identity had taken Xin Jiang’s White Wolf King identity.
• Wang Xiaopang was left dumbfounded despite having been confident.
• Xihaxiha had checked Ying Li’s identity 2 and confirmed it was a good person.
• Xin Jiang took Ying Li’s identity 1.

Wang Xiaopang knew Ying Li was too powerful to oppose and considered three reasons Xin Jiang and the White Wolf had gone after her. The chapter ended as he began outlining the first reason.

• Wang Xiaopang decided that he could become enemies with Yimo but could not risk becoming enemies with Ying Li.
• Wang Xiaopang recognized that Ying Li's strength exceeded his expectations.
• Wang Xiaopang began listing the three reasons Xin Jiang and the White Wolf had targeted Ying Li.
• Wang Xiaopang started explaining that Ying Li had a special body.

The chapter described the research center’s five-floor layout and the areas available to explore at night. Choosing the central hall of the rest area allowed free movement through the first, second, and third floors.

• The research center had five floors in total.
• Floors B1 and B2 served as rest areas.
• The first floor contained abandoned wards, an archive room, offices, and other areas.
• The second floor served as an entertainment area, and the third floor was the rooftop.
• Choosing the rest area’s central hall at night allowed free movement through the first, second, and third floors.

Wang Xiaopang’s killer move involving Xin Jiang failed to affect Yimo, leaving Wang desperate as Yimo confronted him. The excerpt ended with Wang gritting his teeth.

• Wang Xiaopang’s killer move against Yimo failed to affect him.
• Yimo spoke coldly to Wang Xiaopang.
• Wang Xiaopang gritted his teeth in desperation.

Yimo invited Xin Jiang to karaoke because he wanted to hear him sing. Xin Jiang looked closely at Yimo and noticed his tired appearance and unusually ordinary gaze.

• Yimo invited Xin Jiang to karaoke, saying he wanted to hear him sing.
• Xin Jiang looked up and examined Yimo.
• Xin Jiang noticed Yimo’s pale face, dark circles, and ordinary gaze.

Yimo watched Xin Jiang smile sweetly as she faced the possibility of death, and she admitted that she still did not want to die.

• Yimo shook his head and said he could react in time at that distance.
• Yimo pointed out that Xin Jiang had already prepared herself.
• Xin Jiang, dressed and made up beautifully, sighed and said she still did not want to die.

On Day 8, the game announced that Hardworking Xin Jiang had been eliminated, leaving two players despite three remaining roles. Ying Li sat at the desk holding an ordinary novel.

• At 6:00 a.m. on Day 8, the game announced that Hardworking Xin Jiang had been eliminated on Night 7.
• The game announced that two players remained and three roles were still unaccounted for.
• Ying Li sat before the desk holding an ordinary novel.