Chapter Summaries

Black warned the group that voting for him would lead them to the wrong judgment. The scene left the others viewing him as someone who had resigned himself to their decision.

• Black said that anyone who voted for him would judge incorrectly.
• The group compared Black's manner to a resigned villager in Werewolf.
• The group saw Black as someone who had given up, though staying in the murder game after a vote was safer than being eliminated.

Antu denied that the researcher had a reason to attack him, while noting that the researcher would never admit to being a murderer or an Awakened. The chapter ended with Antu calmly wagging his finger as he continued his response.

• The narrator concluded that the researcher would not admit to being a murderer or an Awakened.
• Antu asked whether the researcher was attacking him to reduce suspicion after failing to find a reason or excuse.
• Antu calmly denied that reasons or excuses existed in the first place.

Yimo followed Euphemia back to the room and watched her get into bed and cover herself, apparently ready to sleep despite it being nighttime. The excerpt ended as Yimo began to question her about it.

• Yimo followed Euphemia back to the room.
• Euphemia climbed into bed and pulled the covers over herself.
• Yimo began asking Euphemia whether she had already been sleeping at night.

Ning Yuyu offered Yimo food when he stopped climbing, and he asked where it was. The scene ended with Ning Yuyu holding out two pieces of chocolate.

• Yimo stopped climbing, leaving Ning Yuyu stuck behind him.
• Ning Yuyu asked if Yimo could not climb anymore and suggested that he take a break.
• Ning Yuyu said she had food and held out two pieces of chocolate.

Yuyu worried that someone had arrived before them and wanted to open the inaccessible rooms first. The chapter ended with Yimo showing less concern as they hurried to crack the terminal.

• Yuyu wondered who had arrived before them.
• Yuyu worried that someone else would open the inaccessible rooms first.
• Yuyu urged them to crack the terminal faster, while Yimo seemed unconcerned.

The elevator doors unexpectedly opened to reveal another person, startling Yimo and Bai. The chapter ended as they reacted cautiously to the surprise.

• The elevator doors opened even though no one had activated them and the floor had not changed.
• Yimo and Bai were startled when they saw someone standing outside the elevator.
• Yimo and Bai reacted cautiously.

Yimo wondered why his companion had slipped away during hotpot and singing after agreeing to take him exploring. Just as he grew confused and anxious, a creaking sound interrupted him.

• Yimo remembered that they had agreed to explore together.
• Yimo wondered how his companion had managed to leave while they were eating hotpot and singing.
• Yimo felt confused and anxious as he considered the sudden disappearance.
• A creaking sound interrupted Yimo.

Yimo and Bai entered a dark, cluttered room where skeletons lay on and beneath the bed. Nothing supernatural had happened, and the emotions Yimo felt might have come from his own long-standing issue.

• Yimo and Bai entered the room.
• They saw a skull on the bed and a complete skeleton beneath it.
• They found that the skeletons did not move and had witnessed no supernatural phenomena.
• Yimo suspected the emotions surging toward them might have come from a problem of his own.

After the first trial, Antu suspected Demon Banquet had targeted him and considered whether to cooperate with them. He concluded cooperation offered greater benefits than becoming their enemy.

• Antu returned to his room after the first trial.
• Antu analyzed the players who had been present and suspected Demon Banquet was behind the targeting.
• Antu weighed the benefits of cooperation against clashing with Demon Banquet and favored cooperation.

Debauched and Antu hurried to Debauched’s room so he could change clothes. Antu stopped him from speaking until they were somewhere private and made him put on the clothes he had started with.

• Debauched and Antu hurried away toward Debauched’s room.
• Antu stopped Debauched from speaking, warning that the walls had ears.
• Once they reached the room, Debauched tried to grab any clothes to put on.
• Antu made Debauched wear the clothes he had started with.

Toreador accused Debauched, drawing the room’s attention to them both. The proceedings stalled as Debauched remained silent and Toreador did not hurry to speak.

• Toreador accused Debauched.
• Everyone in the room began sizing up Debauched.
• Debauched said nothing.
• Toreador did not rush to speak.

The researcher blew himself up, but the blast reached the game's upper limit and was suppressed by the system. His corpse remained mostly intact, with large holes around the explosive device and his head separated from his body.

• The researcher blew himself up.
• The system suppressed the blast because it reached the upper limit for the current stage of the game.
• The blast left large holes in the researcher's body and head, while the rest of his corpse remained mostly intact.
• The researcher's head was separated from his body.

After leaving the gathering site, Yimo messaged Ning Yuyu about finding her a room. Ning Yuyu replied that it was safe for now and said she would not trouble him.

• Yimo left the gathering site.
• Yimo opened his wristband communicator and messaged Ning Yuyu that he would look around and get her a room.
• Ning Yuyu replied that it was safe right now and she would not trouble him.

The diary recorded scattered entries that grew increasingly chaotic. It described the writer’s admiration for Xiao Jin and jealousy after Xiao Jin and Doris ranked first and second in the exams.

• The diary noted that Xiao Jin’s smile was beautiful and that the writer liked it.
• The diary recorded that the exams ended.
• The diary noted that Xiao Jin and Doris were announced as the top two performers again.
• The writer admitted feeling jealous and reflected that everyone had strengths and weaknesses.

The speeches during the standoff ended as most players finished voting, though Yimo had not voted yet. He was in no hurry because he viewed the PK trial as a one-sided victory.

• Most players finished voting after the speeches during the standoff ended.
• Yimo remained among the players who had not voted.
• Yimo delayed voting because he believed the PK trial was a one-sided crushing victory.

After the second trial ended, a new trial began without anyone dying, catching the players off guard. They stopped dispersing and headed toward the gathering.

• The second trial ended.
• A new trial began even though no player had died.
• The players stopped and headed toward the gathering.

Hu Xiaopang was found dead in an ordinary corridor on the second floor, his neck severed. The players gathered at the scene to confront his violent death.

• At around 8 p.m. on the second day, all the players gathered in a second-floor corridor.
• They found Hu Xiaopang dead with his neck severed by a single slash.
• The chapter noted that Hu Xiaopang had seemed low-key and had previously teamed up with Yimo, Yuan Hua, Nuli Xiaoge, and Euphemia.

At 2 a.m. on Day 3, the seventeen players gathered in Hall 1 as the fourth trial began. The trial’s case concerned the death of Hu Xiaopang, whose body had been found in the second-floor corridor with a fatal slash to the neck and throat.

• Seventeen players gathered in Hall 1 at 2 a.m. on Day 3.
• The fourth trial officially began.
• The case identified Hu Xiaopang as the deceased and the second-floor corridor as the place of death.
• The report stated that Hu Xiaopang showed no signs of struggle and had a fatal slash across the neck and throat.
• Five players had died in total so far.

Yimo told Toreador not to keep everyone waiting too long when he gathered them, then left him sweating under the pressure of the warning. Toreador realized that Yimo had noticed his plan involving Antu and resolved to discuss it with him.

• Yimo told Toreador to take his time but not to keep everyone waiting too long.
• Yimo's pressure made sweat bead on Toreador's forehead.
• Toreador realized Yimo had picked up on his plan to target Antu and decided to discuss it with him.

The chapter focused on the first item taken from the two skeletons in the Ventilation Shaft. The dust-free outline and indentation suggested that a book had been removed from the front corpse’s hand.

• The narrator examined the two skeletons nestled together in the Ventilation Shaft.
• The narrator noticed the front corpse’s right-hand bones and sleeve resting over its abdomen.
• The narrator found a rectangular dust-free area and faint indentation on the corpse’s clothing.
• The narrator concluded that the corpse had likely been holding a book.