Chapter Summaries

After losing to the two siblings, Oracle awoke in the Card World, where Ji Ran had saved her soul before it shattered. Ji Ran brought Oracle’s companions and a computer to keep her occupied, then returned to watching the sky and thinking about Big Brother.

• Oracle fell into darkness after her defeat and believed she was going to meet her dead comrades.
• Ji Ran told Oracle that she was in the Card World and that Ji Ran had pulled her soul there before it shattered.
• Oracle asked whether she could leave in soul form, but Ji Ran told her to stay because she would only get in the way.
• Ji Ran gave Oracle a lollipop, then summoned her familiar companions and a computer when Oracle complained of boredom.
• Oracle happily played a computer game with her companions while Ji Ran watched briefly and then gazed at clouds shaped like Big Brothers.

The passage described the talent True Construction and listed its unknown level and effect alongside its costs. It began comparing a soul-engraved talent to a game player's level, but ended before completing the comparison.

• The passage named True Construction as a talent with an unknown level and unknown effect.
• The passage listed reduced vitality, presence, and luck, greater rejection by the world, and an increased chance of causal necrosis as its costs.
• The passage began comparing a talent engraved in a person's soul to a game player's level of 50.

After the game ended in the Land of Oblivion, the players remained instead of immediately exiting. An unknown presence descended above Yimo and Ji Ran and announced that they had unlocked the second playthrough’s advancement.

• The game ended in the Land of Oblivion, but the players did not exit immediately.
• An unknown presence shrouded in light descended above Yimo and Ji Ran.
• The presence announced that Yimo and Ji Ran had unlocked the second playthrough’s advancement.

After leaving the game, Yimo had spent only seven or eight seconds processing what had happened, though it felt much longer because of Talent Calculation. The chapter began recounting who had entered the game together in the villa hall in Lushi.

• Yimo appeared to have been thinking for a long time after leaving the game.
• Yimo realized that only seven or eight seconds had passed because he had grown used to the rapid deductions from Talent Calculation.
• The story recalled that the group had entered the game in the villa hall in Lushi, with Suger absent because he had teamed up with them.

Death Game shut down for three days for a system update, disconnecting all players at once under accelerated system time. As individuals and factions stirred, a new era of change or chaos approached.

• Death Game shut down for a three-day system update.
• All players simultaneously disconnected under the accelerated system time.
• Individuals and factions began stirring as a new era approached.

During the time before Survival Island, Yimo prepared a card to face Mad Demon while Ji Ran supervised her and warned against making it too powerful. The chapter ended with Ji Ran returning to the card when Zhenling came home.

• Yimo finished a card and considered making her next one more powerful.
• Ji Ran appeared beside Yimo and warned that strengthening the card would cause severe side effects.
• Ji Ran reminded Yimo that they could easily defeat Mad Demon, but Yimo insisted on facing him herself to overcome her inner demon.
• Ji Ran continued supervising Yimo and stopping her from overusing her talent.
• When Zhenling came home, Ji Ran returned to the card, ending the day.

Zhenling planned a romantic date with Yimo and teased him by revealing the Creation Disk, though she initially chose not to use it. After they went out together, a world-line notice revealed that the alternate time-travel date had also been selected.

• Zhenling told a classmate she had a boyfriend, explaining that he was handsome but did not study or work, and she was unsure who supported whom.
• Zhenling returned home early, hoping to take advantage of Yimo's good condition and spend time with him instead of letting him modify a card.
• Yimo told Zhenling that a date mattered because the person he liked was beside him, and he said he liked her.
• Zhenling pulled the Creation Disk from under the sofa and pretended she would use it to travel through time and space, alarming Yimo.
• Zhenling decided to tease Yimo rather than travel, then held his hand and went on a conventional date with him.
• A world-line notice stated that the time-travel date option had also been selected, introducing a follow-up about Yimo and Zhenling's journey through time and space.

After the battle on Survival Island, Yimo became partially paralyzed in Qin Muse's room and tried to justify breaking her promise. Qin Muse threatened her with a fruit knife, then cared for her and went to cook, warning that she would not do so next time.

• After the battle on Survival Island, Yimo became partially paralyzed in her room at the villa in Lushi.
• Qin Muse called Yimo a liar and asked why she had broken her promise.
• Yimo claimed her earlier promise did not apply because she had become paralyzed after leaving the game.
• Qin Muse took out a fruit knife, and Yimo immediately admitted she was wrong.
• Qin Muse wiped Yimo's body, warned she would not care for her if it happened again, and left to cook.

Tong Muxue prepared to meet Yimo after more than half a year apart, but struggled to choose an outfit. She settled on her usual style and planned to prepare in other ways for their date.

• Tong Muxue tried on a school uniform, a rebellious outfit, and a revealing mature outfit, but rejected them all.
• Tong Muxue considered asking Du Dan, Mizuhoshi, or Cang Lingshan for advice, then decided against it.
• Tong Muxue chose an ordinary outfit that suited her usual style for meeting Yimo.
• Tong Muxue smiled at her intimate clothes and resolved to prepare thoroughly for a decisive showdown with Mr. Yimo.

Shi Xinglan went to the hospital for an obstetric examination, where the chief physician was confused by her youthful appearance and age on record. She left without sending Yimo an accusatory message, vowing to settle their old and new grudges later.

• The chief physician questioned why the youthful Shi Xinglan's records listed her as 77 while she was seeking obstetric care.
• Shi Xinglan showed her ID and said she was 32, and the chief physician praised how young she looked.
• Shi Xinglan muttered that she really was very young as she left for her examination.
• Shi Xinglan typed an accusation to Yimo, deleted it, and said she would settle their old and new grudges later.

The author clarified Volume 14’s character strengths, omitted battles, and unresolved story details, then outlined the plans for the final section. The main story was set to resume with Volume 15 on November 10.

• The author explained that Qian Baitao’s cultivation technique had granted her extraordinary power, while her current main body no longer had the Heavenly Blessing talent.
• The author clarified that Ye Xi remained present, Mad Demon had given his talent to Wo Wo Tou, and Ji Ran would stay beside Yimo in the game world.
• The author explained the Madmen's Asylum’s strength, Lu Fengzi’s talent, and how Oracle’s soul puppets weakened players while improving their coordination.
• The author said the latter section would feature six volumes, larger conflicts in both the real world and the game, and powerful players facing equally formidable opponents.
• The author announced that updates would resume with Volume 15 on November 10, featuring Yimo’s family and emotional matters.

A young girl lay motionless on the ground in a primitive forest. The chapter ended before revealing who she was or how she had arrived there.

• A young girl lay quietly on the forest floor.
• Insects and ants crawled around the girl.
• A butterfly landed on the girl's white clothing.

Yimo went to the world of Biohazard Assault to find An Bingyan and reflected on how their relationship had begun. The chapter ended mid-thought as he recalled what happened after he encountered her.

• Yimo went to the world of Biohazard Assault to find An Bingyan.
• Yimo recalled that his relationship with An Bingyan had seemed arbitrary but had not been only for the game.
• Yimo remembered that An Bingyan liked him and that he did not dislike her.

After spending time together in the bathroom and chatting in bed, An Bingyan reported her situation to her team leader and supervisor. Because of her special circumstances, she needed armed personnel to secretly protect her wherever she went.

• An Bingyan and the other person finished interacting in the bathroom after four in the morning.
• They put on their pajamas and chatted in bed.
• An Bingyan contacted her immediate team leader and supervisor to report the situation.
• An Bingyan's circumstances meant she needed armed personnel to protect her in secret wherever she went.

Yimo joined An Bingyan in the cold and took her hand as they set off together.

• Yimo looked at An Bingyan, whose face was red from the cold but still smiling.
• Yimo smiled, agreed, hurried to An Bingyan's side, and took her hand.
• Yimo told An Bingyan they should go.

Yimo finished the Death Spiral 2 mission and waited outside the meeting hall after persuading An Bingyan's father to return to China. She had also resolved the crisis threatening the world without An Bingyan noticing.

• Yimo left the meeting hall and closed the door.
• Yimo waited quietly outside after completing the Death Spiral 2 mission.
• Yimo had persuaded An Bingyan's father to return to China without An Bingyan noticing.
• Yimo resolved the crisis threatening the entire world.

Tong Muxue reassured Yimo that she accepted him and guided him past his worries by expressing her love. Afterward, they discussed their intimate encounter, and Tong Muxue suggested watching a movie together.

• Tong Muxue told Yimo that she loved him and accepted everything about him, easing his worries.
• Tong Muxue took Yimo's hand and guided him to feel her warmth and heartbeat.
• Afterward, Tong Muxue covered Yimo with a blanket, briefly ducked under it, then hurried to wash up.
• Tong Muxue returned wearing her maid outfit and asked Yimo if she had been clumsy.
• Yimo told Tong Muxue that the experience had left a deep impression, and she asked if he wanted to watch a movie together.

Tong Muxue and Yimo turned off the room lights and sat together on the sofa to watch television. Tong Muxue asked whether she would be cold without pajamas, and Yimo said she was fine.

• Tong Muxue suggested turning off the room lights and leaving the television on.
• Tong Muxue and Yimo went to the sofa together and began watching TV.
• Tong Muxue asked if she would be cold without pajamas, and Yimo replied that she was fine.

The chapter excerpt showed Yimo and Tong Muxue living together in their rented apartment, having chosen to remain shut inside and rely on takeout. It ended as Yimo began to speak about her experience.

• Yimo underestimated how serious Tong Muxue was about dying together.
• Yimo and Tong Muxue stayed in the rented apartment day and night.
• They relied on takeout instead of leaving the apartment.
• Yimo began to say that she had never…

On January 27, Yimo and Tong Muxue stayed overnight in the provincial capital, then returned to Lushi together the next morning. After giving advance notice, Yimo took Tong Muxue to a teahouse to meet Qin Muse and discuss Black Night.

• Yimo and Tong Muxue spent the night in the provincial capital on January 27.
• Yimo and Tong Muxue returned to Lushi together early the next morning.
• Yimo took Tong Muxue to a teahouse instead of going directly to Black Night's villa base.
• Tong Muxue met Qin Muse at the teahouse to discuss Black Night.