Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao exposed Song Yaqin’s plot to drug and abduct her, and Cui Hu confirmed that Song Yaqin had paid him. Song Yaqin denied bringing anyone to the dangerous place, leaving Jun Ting questioning what she had done and whether she had also targeted Su Qiao.

• Jun Ting realized Su Qiao’s martial arts training had made her formidable, while Song Yaqin threatened to ruin her out of jealousy.
• Su Qiao accused Song Yaqin of paying Cui Hu to drug and bring her there, then ordered Cui Hu to repeat his confession.
• Cui Hu admitted that Song Yaqin had paid him to drug Su Qiao and said someone mysterious had knocked him unconscious and brought him to the location.
• Jun Ting demanded to know whether Song Yaqin had brought everyone there and accused her of risking his life for revenge.
• Song Yaqin denied bringing Jun Ting or Su Qiao there, and Jun Ting pointed at Su Qiao and challenged her denial.

Song Yaqin admitted that she had arranged to sell Su Qiao to a Wilderness Survival Game, unaware that its participants could be killed. Su Qiao then confronted the others about what they knew, and Han Feng confessed he had joined for the prize money to pay for his father’s cancer treatment.

• Song Yaqin confessed that she had contacted organizers to sell Su Qiao to a Wilderness Survival Game.
• Jun Ting slapped Song Yaqin and warned that the games were deadly elimination rounds.
• Jun Ting realized Song Yaqin’s contact with the secret website had drawn attention to their group, leading to their capture.
• Su Qiao asked the others whether they would keep hiding what they knew about the game.
• Han Feng admitted he had joined for the promised prize money because his father had cancer.
• Su Qiao recognized that the largest prize would go to the sole survivor.

Su Qiao questioned the group about why they had joined the wilderness game, and several admitted they had been lured by a promised ten-million-yuan prize or an entertainment program. The chapter ended with her asking the remaining three participants to explain themselves.

• Su Qiao called Han Feng foolish for trusting the recruiter after receiving a deposit and a confidentiality agreement.
• Mo Jin proposed that everyone share what they knew, since they might be trapped in the wilderness and face death.
• Mo Jin said he had signed up for a survival program after receiving an email and a thirty-thousand-yuan equipment deposit.
• Wang Yanqiu admitted she had thought the program would help her move from modeling into show business.
• Guan Xudong said he had come with Sasha because he thought the entertainment program would be easy money.
• Su Qiao turned to the remaining three participants, including Li Xingqiang and a quiet office worker, and asked why they had come.

The group compared their reasons for entering the dangerous game, revealing that most had come for money while Jun Ting and Song Yaqin claimed they had been abducted. Suspicion settled on Song Yaqin, and Mo Jin urged her to tell the truth.

• He Kai revealed that gambling debts had driven him from home and that he had joined the game after being promised prize money.
• He Xiaolan admitted she owed 160,000 yuan in online loans, while Li Xingqiang said he was afraid his wife would divorce him if they could not buy a house.
• He Kai questioned why Jun Ting and Song Yaqin had joined the game, and Jun Ting said he had been knocked unconscious and abducted.
• The group suspected Song Yaqin because she had interacted with the people behind the game, but she denied knowing anything.
• He Kai accused Song Yaqin of being involved, and Mo Jin pressed her to be honest and warned that she could lose her life.

The group confronted Song Yaqin about her possible connection to the game, but she denied knowing anything beyond the website and game. As they searched for a way out of the Primeval Forest, they combined their maps and discovered they formed a pig, suggesting the organizers were mocking them.

• He Kai and the others pressed Song Yaqin to explain what she knew, while Jun Ting said her actions made it difficult for him to trust her.
• Mo Jin stopped their argument and urged everyone to focus on escaping alive.
• Su Qiao suggested the organizers might have left useful clues, and Han Feng revealed a map someone had placed in his pocket.
• He Kai, Mo Jin, and the others produced their maps, and the group assembled all eight by the firelight.
• Su Qiao recognized that the maps formed a pig and concluded the organizers were treating them as pawns and had never intended to let them escape alive.

The group realized the wilderness game was a scam and agreed they had to escape the forest while Su Qiao considered how to expose the people behind it. The next day, Cui Hu accused Su Qiao of pushing him down a slope after his attempt to knock her over failed.

• Mo Jin asked whether the game organizers were monitoring them, and Su Qiao and Jun Ting concluded that drones were likely following the group.
• Guan Xudong said they had to escape the forest themselves, while Su Qiao reasoned that confronting the organizers would benefit her either way.
• After the group became more united, they set out the next day despite having barely slept.
• Cui Hu accused Su Qiao of pushing him down a slope, and Su Qiao recognized that he was trying to turn the group against her.

Su Qiao clashed with the group after they accused her of causing Cui Hu to fall, and she decided she would rather split from them than travel with people who distrusted her. As the group argued over whether to separate, she mocked Wang Yanqiu and Guan Xudong, leaving Guan Xudong visibly resentful.

• Jun Ting asked Su Qiao to set aside her grudge and work with the others, while Wang Yanqiu, He Xiaolan, and Song Yaqin accused her of deliberately hurting Cui Hu.
• He Kai defended Su Qiao, and Han Feng testified that Cui Hu had bumped into her before losing his balance.
• Su Qiao proposed that she, He Kai, and Han Feng go their own way, but Mo Jin objected and warned that splitting up would be dangerous.
• Wang Yanqiu mocked Su Qiao, who insulted her in return and told Guan Xudong that he should keep protecting Wang Yanqiu even in danger.
• Guan Xudong reacted angrily as Su Qiao pointed out that Wang Yanqiu had brought him into their predicament.

Su Qiao silenced Wang Yanqiu after she insulted her, while the group argued over who had caused trouble. Their journey stalled when Mo Jin found that Cui Hu had badly injured his ankle and could not climb the mountain.

• Wang Yanqiu called Su Qiao a mistress, and Su Qiao threw a stick at her and threatened to cripple her if she said it again.
• Mo Jin told the group to stop arguing and focus on leaving, but Song Yaqin blamed Su Qiao for pushing Cui Hu down.
• Han Feng said Su Qiao would have taken revenge openly, prompting uncomfortable reactions from Jun Ting and the others.
• Mo Jin helped Cui Hu stand, but Cui Hu collapsed and said he could not put weight on his left leg.
• Mo Jin examined Cui Hu's swollen ankle and told the group he could not walk or climb the mountain for now.

Mo Jin treated Cui Hu’s swollen ankle with herbs and then led the group to look for a place to camp as night approached. When no one else volunteered to carry Cui Hu, Mo Jin took him on his back, while Su Qiao pulled Han Feng ahead over the rocky ground.

• Mo Jin realized Stone Mountain had no herbs, then told He Xiaolan he knew only basic first aid after she asked about his knowledge.
• Wang Yanqiu criticized Mo Jin for defending cooperation, and Guan Xudong warned her not to provoke him because the group needed his help.
• Mo Jin spent two hours finding herbs in a ravine, prepared them, and applied them to Cui Hu’s swollen ankle.
• As darkness approached, the group decided to find a campsite and carry Cui Hu, but no one volunteered until Mo Jin took him on his back.
• Su Qiao pulled Han Feng forward, and Han Feng warned her to slow down and watch for stones.

Su Qiao challenged Han Feng’s desire to help Cui Hu and pointed out that his appearance, hands, and accent contradicted his memories of being a farmer. She urged him to examine his childhood memories, leaving him uncertain about his past.

• Han Feng hesitated over helping Cui Hu, explaining that his family had taught him to be kind and that he could not let someone die.
• Su Qiao criticized Han Feng for being selflessly foolish and noted that his clean hands, delicate skin, and accent did not fit his supposed rural upbringing.
• Han Feng insisted that nobody else had questioned his background, but Su Qiao argued that people simply did not care enough to notice him.
• Su Qiao asked Han Feng to recall details from his childhood, including his family, childhood mischief, and New Year gifts.

Su Qiao told Han Feng that his identity and childhood memories had been implanted, and his doubts began to grow as he reconsidered his past. She then hypnotized Wang Yanqiu by the stream, leaving Han Feng shocked by what he witnessed.

• Su Qiao told Han Feng that he had been hypnotized and that his memories and identity were false.
• Han Feng questioned Su Qiao’s certainty but began to doubt his memories.
• The group reached a valley stream near dusk and settled in for their second night in the forest.
• Su Qiao took Han Feng upstream, where she found Wang Yanqiu washing by the water.
• Su Qiao struck Wang Yanqiu, pricked her acupoints with needles, and hypnotized her as Han Feng watched in shock.

Su Qiao explained to Han Feng why she had encouraged Wang Yanqiu to test Jun Ting’s loyalty, arguing that it could expose his character before Song Yaqin married him. Han Feng accepted her reasoning and asked whether she could break the hypnosis affecting him.

• Han Feng disapproved of Su Qiao’s role in encouraging Wang Yanqiu to seduce Jun Ting, and Su Qiao explained that she was taking revenge for the harm Jun Ting and Song Yaqin had caused her.
• Su Qiao argued that Jun Ting’s response would show Song Yaqin whether he was trustworthy, and Han Feng agreed that learning the truth before marriage could spare future children pain.
• Han Feng asked Su Qiao how she had recognized his hypnosis and whether she could help break it.

Han Feng accepted that he had been hypnotized and that his memories were unreliable, so Su Qiao promised to help him break the hypnosis. As they remained in the mountains, Han Feng decided to stay by Su Qiao’s side, moved by her kindness, while she was confused when he nearly cried.

• Han Feng realized that his memories were wrong and felt panicked, and Su Qiao said she would help him break the hypnosis.
• Han Feng wondered who had targeted him, and Su Qiao suspected his enemy had hypnotized him and sent him there to torment him.
• Han Feng asked Su Qiao to help him break the hypnosis, and she agreed because he had helped her before.
• Su Qiao suggested Han Feng stay close to her to guard against his enemy, and he agreed, grateful that she treated him as one of her own.
• Han Feng became emotional at Su Qiao’s kindness, and Su Qiao searched her pocket for a tissue but found nothing.

Su Qiao questioned Han Feng about his memories after realizing he had been hypnotized. Han Feng revealed that he sensed another person inside him, and Su Qiao suspected the implanted identity clashed with his true personality.

• Su Qiao waited with Han Feng by the stream while he washed his face and regained his composure.
• Su Qiao asked Han Feng to search his memories for anything strange, and he agreed.
• Han Feng admitted that since waking, he had felt as if another person lived inside him and worried Su Qiao might fear him.
• Han Feng explained that a voice in his head mocked and discouraged him whenever he wanted to help someone.
• Su Qiao suspected his implanted memories were designed to make him meek, while his original personality might have been domineering and ruthless.

Su Qiao and Han Feng discussed his temper and decided to look for a way out of the forest while uncovering who was behind his hypnosis. After a restless night, the group followed Mo Jin, but by noon they were exhausted, hungry, and thirsty.

• Han Feng admitted to Su Qiao that he had a bad temper and often wanted to hit people, and Su Qiao told him that did not make him a bad person.
• Su Qiao told Han Feng they needed to find the people behind his situation, then decided to choose a direction and focus on protecting herself and him.
• The group slept lightly through a mosquito-filled night, wary of wild beasts and one another, but no beasts attacked them.
• At dawn, everyone washed at the river, ate sour wild fruits, and set out again without agreeing on the best route.
• The group chose to follow the more experienced Mo Jin, but by noon the heat and lack of food and water left everyone struggling to continue.

Guan Xudong, He Kai, and the others struggled through extreme heat as Su Qiao led them toward a waterfall she had heard ahead. Han Feng shoved He Kai aside to walk beside Su Qiao, then silently followed her.

• Guan Xudong and He Kai complained about the strange, rapidly changing weather while Su Qiao said Blackwater Gully could be an unusual place.
• Song Yaqin accused Su Qiao of making up stories, and Su Qiao threatened to beat her until Jun Ting pulled Song Yaqin back.
• As the group stopped to rest from the heat, Su Qiao said a waterfall lay about ten minutes ahead.
• Su Qiao led Han Feng and He Kai toward the water, while Wang Yanqiu questioned how she could hear it from so far away.
• Han Feng bumped He Kai aside and walked next to Su Qiao, then continued following her without explaining why.

Su Qiao and her companions reached a waterfall pool, where they found two long-dead bodies and the hiking packs left beside them. They salvaged useful supplies, including tools and clothing, as the group prepared to continue through the forest.

• Mo Jin urged the thirsty group onward, explaining that the damp soil, green grass, and animal droppings suggested water was nearby.
• At the pool, Su Qiao spotted something beneath the cliff, drank briefly, and went to investigate before Mo Jin and the others arrived.
• Su Qiao hid a Swiss Army Knife and gave Military Shovels to Han Feng and He Kai before telling Mo Jin that two corpses lay beneath the cliff.
• The group examined the badly decayed bodies, and Mo Jin said they might have fallen or been killed by a wild animal.
• Cui Hu and He Kai opened the two hiking packs, and everyone sorted through the supplies.
• Su Qiao gave Han Feng clean clothes and sent him to bathe and change at the pool.

Mo Jin identified the map’s marked location as Magic Gully, where the group had found two dead people. As the others panicked and argued, Su Qiao secretly pocketed the broken satellite phone.

• Mo Jin and Guan Xudong searched the dead explorers’ belongings and found spoiled food and a smashed satellite phone.
• Cui Hu found a map and lighter in a hiking backpack, and Mo Jin recognized the marked location as Magic Gully.
• Mo Jin told the group he had visited Magic Gully before but turned back when his friend fell ill.
• He Kai, Li Xingqiang, and the others worried they might not escape, while Guan Xudong snapped at them.
• Guan Xudong blamed Wang Yanqiu for bringing him to the area, and she fired back that he had chosen to follow her.
• Su Qiao quietly slipped the broken satellite phone into her pants pocket.

After the group abandoned hope of collecting their promised money, Su Qiao warned that the people behind the game might kill them to keep them quiet. She suspected the organizer was a powerful, possibly dying person who had chosen to drag others down with him, leaving the group panicked and wondering who had truly offended him.

• Mo Jin urged everyone to stop arguing and work together to escape Magic Gully, while He Kai encouraged them to trust their abilities.
• Li Xingqiang asked what would happen to the promised money if they escaped, and Mo Jin and He Kai said the organizers had never intended to pay them.
• Li Xingqiang and He Xiaolan questioned whether they should simply give up on the money, but Jun Ting asked them to prioritize their lives.
• Su Qiao warned that the organizers might kill the group to prevent them from reporting the game to the police.
• Su Qiao suggested the organizer was a powerful, possibly dying person who wanted to take others down with him, then pointed out that someone among them might have offended him.

Su Qiao diverted suspicion toward Jun Ting and Song Yaqin while the group debated where to spend the night and how to divide their weapons. Mo Jin acknowledged that Su Qiao was far stronger than anyone else and suspected she had trained in martial arts since childhood.

• Su Qiao suggested that Jun Ting and Song Yaqin might be responsible for the kidnapping, angering them and turning the others’ suspicions toward the pair.
• Mo Jin urged the group to work together, and they decided to follow the stream downstream rather than camp beside the two corpses.
• Cui Hu demanded that He Kai and Han Feng share their Military Shovels, but Su Qiao refused and challenged anyone who wanted to take one.
• The group looked to Mo Jin to challenge Su Qiao, but he said she was far stronger than him.
• Mo Jin observed Su Qiao’s fighting technique and guessed that she had studied under a formidable master and practiced martial arts since childhood.