Chapter Summaries

A group of strangers realized they had been stripped of their belongings and stranded in a primeval forest, where Mo Jin proposed they stay together. Su Qiao and 444 noticed something seemed off about Han Feng, while the group had yet to decide how to proceed.

• Song Yaqin demanded that Mo Jin explain where they were and how they could escape, and Mo Jin said he did not know their exact location.
• Wang Yanqiu complained about the mosquitoes, and Han Feng suggested they could signal a nearby water source.
• Wang Yanqiu and Guan Xudong mocked Han Feng, but Mo Jin confirmed that his reasoning was sound.
• Su Qiao and 444 wondered why Han Feng did not seem like someone raised in a rural village.
• Mo Jin suggested that the group stay together because they were in a primeval forest with unknown people nearby, and Guan Xudong began responding.

The group agreed to stay together and divide up tasks to survive in the woods. Su Qiao went to search for water with Han Feng while trying to figure out who had caused her death, and she remained suspicious of both Han Feng and Cui Hu.

• Mo Jin persuaded the group not to split up and organized a search for food, water, and firewood.
• Mo Jin volunteered to find food, and Su Qiao offered to look for water.
• Mo Jin suggested that Cui Hu accompany Su Qiao, but she chose Han Feng instead.
• Su Qiao took Han Feng with her to search for water, while He Kai stayed behind to keep watch.
• He Kai warned Su Qiao and Han Feng to watch out for snakes and other dangers.

Su Qiao led Han Feng through the woods to search for water, while 444 analyzed their surroundings. She urged the timid Han Feng to stop acting like an easy target, but he mistook her rough encouragement for something embarrassing and followed her cautiously.

• Su Qiao handed Han Feng a dried branch and walked into the woods, with him hurrying after her.
• Mo Jin told the others to gather dry leaves and branches before entering another part of the forest with Cui Hu.
• Su Qiao used 444’s readings and signs in the vegetation to search for a nearby stream, ignoring Han Feng’s suggestion to head downhill.
• Han Feng thanked Su Qiao for standing up for him, and she struck his chest and lower back with the branch while telling him to stand up straight and stop acting timid.
• Han Feng recoiled in embarrassment, while 444 teased Su Qiao that she had been taking advantage of him.

Su Qiao and Han Feng searched the forest for water while Su Qiao suspected the rest of the group were hiding their true intentions. They found a waterfall and stopped to drink, leaving Su Qiao to scout nearby.

• Su Qiao and 444 noted that Han Feng’s physique suggested professional training and suspected the group had hidden motives.
• Su Qiao decided to wait for the others to reveal their intentions and focus on finding whoever had brought her to the forest.
• 444 spotted a lake and waterfall ahead, and Su Qiao and Han Feng followed the sound of running water.
• Han Feng drank from the pool, and Su Qiao drank and washed her face.
• Su Qiao told Han Feng to wait while she went to relieve herself.

Su Qiao recalled how her career as an outdoor livestreamer had led her into the primeval forest after she and her assistant Cui Hu were abducted. She also remembered that Jun Ting and Song Yaqin had been taken with them, while Han Feng waited nearby as she considered what she knew.

• Han Feng offered to accompany Su Qiao, but she went behind some trees alone and told him to call out if anything happened.
• Su Qiao reviewed the original owner's background and recalled how financial pressures had pushed her from food streaming into outdoor livestreaming.
• She remembered that Cui Hu had been abducted with her after they arrived in Yunnan to prepare for a five-day rainforest expedition.
• Su Qiao recalled that Jun Ting, the heir of Jun Corporation and the head of her livestreaming platform, and Song Yaqin had also been abducted.

Su Qiao examined the original body's memories and pieced together how Jun Ting's attention had led to accusations of being his mistress, before the original body died in a rockslide. She suspected Song Yaqin or Cui Hu had arranged the death, then asked Xiao Si what had happened to Han Feng.

• Jun Ting had pursued the original body with gifts and invitations, though she had refused to date him because they were mismatched.
• The original body learned that Jun Ting was engaged to Song Yaqin, who beat her after she woke in the forest.
• Jun Ting initially denied being involved with the original body, but later stopped paying attention to her as the group struggled to escape.
• The original body died after a falling rock struck her while she climbed a steep slope, and Su Qiao suspected Song Yaqin or Cui Hu had caused it.
• Su Qiao recalled that Cui Hu had drugged the original body at the inn, possibly after being bribed, and asked Xiao Si what had happened to Han Feng.

Su Qiao gathered wild grapes while Han Feng waited anxiously for her to return. Their conversation about the fruit left Su Qiao suspicious that Han Feng was not really from the countryside.

• Su Qiao decided to record their forest adventure and post it online as an outdoor survival streamer.
• At 444’s reminder that Han Feng was waiting, Su Qiao picked wild grapes and made a bag from her assault suit.
• Han Feng hurried to meet Su Qiao and said he had worried when she was gone.
• Su Qiao washed the grapes and offered some to Han Feng, warning him they were edible.
• After both tasted the sour grapes, Su Qiao questioned Han Feng’s claim that he was from the countryside because he had never eaten them before.

Su Qiao set aside her suspicions about Han Feng and decided he could join her as a cameraman. Meanwhile, Song Yaqin confronted Jun Ting about his advances toward Su Qiao, then tried to leave as he warned her about the dangers nearby.

• Su Qiao examined Han Feng after he washed his face, and he blushed and stammered when she complimented him.
• Su Qiao decided to bring Han Feng along as a cameraman and followed him back without taking the grapes.
• Jun Ting followed Song Yaqin and insisted that nothing had happened between him and Su Qiao.
• Song Yaqin accused Jun Ting of deceiving Su Qiao and said she could not accept a fiancé who pursued other women.
• Song Yaqin turned to leave, and Jun Ting hugged her from behind, warning her that the grass might conceal venomous snakes or poisonous insects.

Jun Ting coaxed Song Yaqin into temporarily forgiving him after she confronted him about his behavior with Su Qiao, and the pair discussed why Han Feng seemed familiar to him. Su Qiao and Han Feng came within twenty meters of them, and 444 alerted Su Qiao that Jun Ting and Song Yaqin were talking about Han Feng.

• Song Yaqin angrily rejected Jun Ting's concern, but he promised to fire Su Qiao and never see her again.
• Song Yaqin softened after Jun Ting promised not to fool around again, and the two temporarily reconciled.
• Jun Ting said Han Feng's face looked familiar, but Song Yaqin dismissed the thought and Jun Ting could not remember where he had seen him.
• Su Qiao and Han Feng approached to within twenty meters of Jun Ting and Song Yaqin, though trees and bushes hid them from view.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Jun Ting and Song Yaqin were ahead discussing Han Feng, and Su Qiao asked what they had said.

Su Qiao questioned Han Feng’s strange identity while pushing him to act more confidently. The group continued onward, leaving Han Feng nervously comparing her to his mother.

• Jun Ting said Han Feng looked familiar but could not remember where he had seen him.
• Su Qiao wondered about Han Feng’s identity after 444 noticed his authentic Beijing accent did not match his claimed hometown.
• Han Feng nervously admitted he admired Su Qiao for daring to hit Jun Ting, and she insisted she had fired Jun Ting rather than the other way around.
• Su Qiao ordered Han Feng to stand straighter, and he awkwardly did so before saying she reminded him of his mother.
• Su Qiao threatened to show Han Feng how hard her fists were.

Su Qiao realized Han Feng’s painful memory loss might have been caused by hypnosis rather than a serious head injury. She decided not to try breaking it until she knew more about the hypnotist and their methods.

• Han Feng told Su Qiao that her orders reminded him of his mother, then struggled to remember what his mother looked like and developed a severe headache.
• Su Qiao checked Han Feng and found a lump on the back of his head but no tumor or blood clot.
• Su Qiao suspected a powerful hypnotist had obscured Han Feng’s memories and explained her reasoning to 444.
• Su Qiao refused to risk breaking the hypnosis before learning more about the hypnotist’s appearance and methods.

Su Qiao reassured Han Feng about his lost memories while planning to find the person who hypnotized him and undo it. After the group headed back to the waterfall, she confronted Song Yaqin and Wang Yanqiu for ordering Han Feng to carry their firewood.

• Su Qiao told Han Feng that a bump on his head had made his memories hazy, and he trusted her explanation.
• Su Qiao and Han Feng returned to the grassy patch and told the others they had found a waterfall and a place to camp.
• Song Yaqin ordered Han Feng to lead the group and carry the firewood she and Wang Yanqiu had gathered.
• Su Qiao stopped Han Feng from bundling the firewood and told Song Yaqin and Wang Yanqiu to ask politely if they wanted help.
• Han Feng tried to reassure Su Qiao that carrying the firewood was no trouble, but she told him not to let people treat him like an ox.

Su Qiao and her group reached the waterfall, where they drank, rested, and prepared a fire with Mo Jin’s help. After 444 told her Cui Hu had gone into the woods, Su Qiao confronted him about drugging her water and bringing her to the place, but he denied knowing anything.

• Su Qiao told Han Feng to stop helping Song Yaqin and Wang Yanqiu, and He Kai backed her up.
• Mo Jin brought wild fruit to Su Qiao’s group, and they hurried with firewood to the waterfall.
• The group drank from the pool and rested while Mo Jin started a fire and shared the fruit he had gathered.
• 444 alerted Su Qiao that Cui Hu had entered the woods, and she went to confront him.
• Su Qiao kicked Cui Hu down and demanded to know why he had drugged her water and brought her there, but Cui Hu denied it.

Su Qiao beat Cui Hu until he confessed to drugging her water for a million yuan, suspecting Song Yaqin had ordered it. Cui Hu revealed that someone had knocked him unconscious and brought him to the forest too, leaving Su Qiao to conclude that an unknown person was behind the abductions.

• Su Qiao restrained Cui Hu and beat him until he agreed to talk.
• Cui Hu admitted that he had put sleeping pills in Su Qiao's water after someone paid him one million yuan.
• Cui Hu said he suspected Song Yaqin because he had overheard the person who paid him address someone on the phone as Miss Song.
• Cui Hu explained that someone knocked him unconscious after he left Su Qiao's room, and he woke up in the forest alongside Song Yaqin.
• Su Qiao decided that someone other than Song Yaqin was behind the abductions, while Cui Hu begged her to believe he was telling the truth.

After forcing Cui Hu to leave, Su Qiao learned that Han Feng had witnessed her beating him and discovered he was hiding something. She chose not to press him for answers and asked 444 to check for surveillance around them.

• Cui Hu swore an oath, left the woods, and vowed revenge against Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao met Han Feng, who admitted he had seen her beat Cui Hu and said he trusted her.
• Su Qiao told Han Feng that Cui Hu had drugged her, knocked her unconscious, and brought her there.
• Han Feng avoided explaining what he had been about to say, then left after giving Su Qiao fruit.
• Su Qiao refused 444's suggestion to force Han Feng to reveal his secret and asked it to search for cameras or drones.

Su Qiao suspected that someone had brought the group to a dangerous forest and was monitoring them with hidden cameras. She chose not to destroy the cameras yet, deciding to investigate the people in her group first.

• Su Qiao guessed that the group was being watched and asked 444 to scan for surveillance devices.
• 444 found three cameras hidden in trees near the forest’s edge.
• Su Qiao reasoned that the cameras covered a likely campsite rather than the entire forest, and told 444 to watch for more cameras and drones.
• Su Qiao decided not to dismantle the cameras so she would not alert whoever was behind the scheme.
• 444 suggested modifying the cameras to contact the outside world, but Su Qiao said they would need a drone; 444 agreed to watch the sky and try to bring one down.

The group ate unpalatable wild fruit by the pool and tried to work out which southern primeval forest they were in. As night brought cold and mosquitoes, they remained anxious about how to escape and endure the wilderness.

• Wang Yanqiu complained about the wild fruit and threw down her August Melon, while Mo Jin picked it up and ate it.
• Guan Xudong offered Wang Yanqiu washed dates, and she took them and kissed him.
• Mo Jin said the group was likely somewhere in the south, then listed several possible forests without identifying their location.
• He Kai argued that they could escape by walking in one direction, while Song Yaqin complained about the cold, mosquitoes, and lack of shelter.
• Jun Ting fanned mosquitoes away from Song Yaqin and told her to move closer to the fire.

Su Qiao and Mo Jin assessed the group’s location, narrowing it down to Shennongjia or Blackwater Gully and warning that Blackwater Gully could be extremely dangerous. The others doubted their assessment as the group remained gathered around the fire.

• Song Yaqin refused to sit with the group by the fire, so Jun Ting accompanied her to a more distant spot.
• Mo Jin asked Su Qiao to identify the wilderness where they had been brought.
• Su Qiao ruled out several forests and guessed that the group was in either Shennongjia or Blackwater Gully.
• Mo Jin agreed and explained how the group could identify Shennongjia by its distinctive plants and animals.
• Mo Jin said he suspected they were in Blackwater Gully and warned that its terrain and shifting weather made it exceptionally dangerous.
• Han Feng and He Kai questioned whether the forest could really be as dangerous as Mo Jin described.

Su Qiao explained the dangers of Blackwater Gully and reassured Han Feng and He Kai that she would protect them. Song Yaqin rejected her warnings, and Su Qiao snapped back at her.

• Su Qiao told Han Feng and the others that Blackwater Gully lay near 30 degrees north latitude and was linked to mysterious disappearances and deaths.
• Mo Jin described Blackwater Gully as China's Bermuda Triangle and recounted stories of people who had entered and never returned.
• Han Feng worried about his family, and Su Qiao promised nothing would happen to him if he stayed close to her.
• He Kai also asked Su Qiao to protect him, while Han Feng reacted irritably when He Kai tried to befriend him.
• Song Yaqin dismissed Su Qiao's warnings as nonsense, and Su Qiao told her that she had not explained them for Song Yaqin's benefit.

Song Yaqin accused Su Qiao of seducing her fiancé, Jun Ting, and Su Qiao slapped her after she ignored warnings to stop. Jun Ting restrained Song Yaqin as Su Qiao threatened to teach her a lesson with a wooden club.

• Song Yaqin insulted Su Qiao and accused her of fooling around with Han Feng in the woods.
• Han Feng defended Su Qiao, and Su Qiao warned Song Yaqin to stop provoking her.
• Jun Ting tried to calm Song Yaqin, but she accused him of betraying her with Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao shoved Jun Ting aside and slapped Song Yaqin.
• Song Yaqin charged at Su Qiao, and Jun Ting held her back while Mo Jin urged everyone to calm down.
• Su Qiao threatened to strike Song Yaqin with her club, and Jun Ting fearfully told her not to act recklessly.