Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiaohao’s squad infiltrated Dr. House’s home and discovered a hidden basement containing a corpse with a Glass Flower growing from it. After the nurse recognized the dead woman as a colleague, Lin Xiaohao sensed someone targeting him and saw a life-sized Teddy Bear walking outside.

• Lin Xiaohao led Zhou Yuan and the others into Dr. House’s home to search for clues, then found a hidden room behind a cabinet in the basement.
• Lin Xiaohao and Zhou Yuan discovered a corpse with a Glass Flower growing from it and searched the room.
• The nurse playing the call girl recognized the corpse as a colleague from her profile and became overwhelmed with grief.
• Lin Xiaohao felt as though a hunter had locked onto him, but the others noticed nothing.
• Lin Xiaohao left the basement and saw a life-sized Teddy Bear strolling down the street.

As the livestream’s players converged at the banquet, the Detective Team discovered a trail leading from Madam Martina’s room into the sewers. The chapter ended as the broadcast cut away before revealing what was waiting below.

• Lu Ban approved the walking Teddy Bear’s appearance and judged that the first night of the livestream had gone safely.
• By the third evening, all four groups prepared to attend the banquet, and the livestream’s popularity overwhelmed its servers.
• The Detective Team entered the banquet in disguise and recognized Lin Xiaohao, Zhou Yuan, and other players among the guests and staff.
• An assassin searched the corridor for the Godfather while Biso led the Detective Team toward Madam Martina’s room.
• After Biso opened the door and found Madam Martina’s Glass Flower in bloom, Psycho Bro spotted an open ventilation shaft and followed a foul, paint-covered trail into the sewers.
• Psycho Bro followed the trail around a corner, and the livestream cut away before showing what lay ahead.

The players’ investigation stalled, and a series of sudden attacks killed or drove out nearly everyone left in the game. The survivors reached the slum courtyard at sunrise, only to receive a game-over notification.

• The underground doctor and the university professor’s Taoist learned that Cao Chongzhi and Wu Nuo had died and exited the game.
• The players gathered at the Detective Agency, but their investigation made little progress because they had missed the House of Happiness clues.
• At dawn, Zhou Yuan opened the door and was killed instantly, prompting the players to flee through a window.
• Archide and Sophie died as the others escaped, and the survivors ran toward the gang’s villa before meeting Biso on the street.
• The Taoist led the survivors into a slum courtyard, where sunrise arrived and their AR glasses announced that they had died and the game was over.

After the players in Glass Flower were wiped out, Qin Tiantian watched the recording and found the online audience arguing over who the murderer was. She asked Lu Ban for the answer, but he refused to reveal it, leaving the mystery unresolved.

• Qin Tiantian woke up to find the Glass Flower livestream over and watched the recording of the players’ defeat.
• Viewers discussed the ending, praised Lu Ban’s production, and posted conflicting analyses naming the godfather, Dr. House, or the High School Detective as the murderer.
• Qin Tiantian read several competing theories and decided that Dr. House, the High School Detective, and the godfather had teamed up to kill everyone.
• Qin Tiantian told Lu Ban her theory and asked for the real answer, but Lu Ban refused to tell her.
• Lu Ban reflected that the players’ detailed character settings had led them to act on their own, making Glass Flower’s story feel authentic and open to repeated play.

Lu Ban discovered that a ghost child was appearing in Ruined Capital Town and decided the problem needed a stronger solution. He called Li Zijian to ask about borrowing cannons to fire at the ghost, leaving Li Zijian stunned by the request.

• Lu Ban considered problems with the Glass Flower scenario, including supernatural appearances that could endanger the NPCs.
• The person in charge of Ruined Capital Town told Lu Ban that an NPC had locked a child in a house.
• Lu Ban saw a ghostly eye in the room, but the child vanished before he opened the door, and he told the others it had come to warn him.
• Lu Ban reassured the NPCs that they could fight back if the ghost tried to kill them.
• Lu Ban called Li Zijian and asked him to contact the military so Lu Ban could borrow cannons and fire at the ghost.
• Li Zijian was left unsure how to respond to Lu Ban's proposal.

Lu Ban completed his Career Development Task but discovered that he needed to meet new conditions to unlock the next stage. After blasting the amusement park grounds, he saw the park return in a more sinister state and received a task invitation while investigating its history.

• Lu Ban completed his Career Development Task, received 30,000 Silence Points, and learned that he had to join another Chosen of the Gods' task and leave his mark in an otherworld to unlock the next stage.
• Lu Ban hired the blasting team that had worked at Nanhua Private Renji Hospital to blast the amusement park grounds.
• A day after the blasting, Lu Ban saw the amusement park again, more dilapidated and gloomy, with stranger music playing.
• Lu Ban searched library records and found reports of violent disputes and deaths among Jiangcheng Mountain villagers, but no mention of the children.
• As Lu Ban examined old records, the writing twisted and announced that he had received a task invitation from a Chosen of the Gods.

Lu Ban accepted a Transcendence-difficulty mission to enter the amusement park beside the Ling River, master its rules, and survive, with Xiya listed as his companion. As he waited for the mission to begin, Feng Yu returned home, and Xiya appeared from his bedroom, surprising her.

• Lu Ban accepted the amusement park mission and wondered why Trist was not listed as a companion.
• Lu Ban identified the mission map as the Ling River area and suspected the amusement park was an anomaly governed by rules.
• Lu Ban returned home to prepare while the mission countdown continued.
• Feng Yu arrived with a suitcase, told Lu Ban she had been to Massachusetts, and mentioned watching his Reality Show.
• Xiya emerged from Lu Ban's bedroom in a robe, and Feng Yu teased Lu Ban about bringing a girl home.

Qin Tiantian, Feng Yu, Lu Ban, and Xiya shared hot pot after Xiya changed into borrowed clothes, and the meal eased the tension among them. Feng Yu agreed to join Lu Ban in investigating the Amusement Park by the Ling River and asked him to make a horror movie for a trip to Massachusetts; when they turned back, a crowd had gathered around Xiya.

• Qin Tiantian met Xiya and accepted Lu Ban's explanation that they were battle companions discussing his next work.
• Xiya changed from her robe into armor, then borrowed clothes from Feng Yu so she could go out with the others.
• Qin Tiantian taught Xiya how to eat hot pot, and the four of them shared a meal.
• Feng Yu asked Lu Ban about Xiya and agreed to accompany him in investigating the Amusement Park by the Ling River.
• Feng Yu asked Lu Ban to make a horror movie before a possible trip to Massachusetts, and they found a crowd surrounding Xiya when they returned.

After Xiya attracted attention at a hotpot restaurant, Lu Ban and Feng Yu discussed how to prepare for the dangerous amusement-park anomaly by gathering information before attempting the mission. The late-night conversation ended with Feng Yu deciding to stay over, while Lu Ban tried to send Xiya to Qin Tiantian’s home instead.

• Xiya nearly attacked the university students who asked for her autograph, but Lu Ban stopped her and explained what an autograph meant.
• After returning home, Lu Ban described the amusement park near the Ling River, and Feng Yu explained that its anomaly had complex rules and might contain rides that only appeared when triggered.
• Feng Yu advised Lu Ban to research similar incidents and prepare carefully, since surviving every ride would be difficult and the mission had no time limit.
• When Feng Yu asked where Xiya would sleep, Xiya said she would stay with Lu Ban, so Feng Yu decided to stay too.
• Lu Ban suggested sending Xiya to Qin Tiantian’s home, hoping Qin Tiantian would deal with Xiya’s snoring.

Xiya stayed at Qin Tiantian’s home, learned how to bathe with modern bathroom fixtures, and watched one of Lu Ban’s movies. The comforts of this world left her comparing it with the dangers of the Night Country and Harmony Island, and the chapter ended with her tasting bitterness beneath a sweet snack.

• Qin Tiantian stopped Xiya from tasting shampoo and explained that it was for washing hair.
• Xiya used a Cleansing Spell, but Qin Tiantian insisted on helping her take a hot shower and change into Lu Ban’s oversized T-shirt.
• Xiya enjoyed the warmth and comfort of bathing, then reflected on the hardships of the Night Country and how peaceful Lu Ban’s world seemed by comparison.
• Qin Tiantian shared Crispy Sharks with Xiya and played Lu Ban’s movie, Spring No War.
• Xiya connected the movie’s portrayal of Harmony Island to her own mission there and concluded that its people were using pollution to fight pollution.
• Qin Tiantian offered Xiya another Crispy Shark when she noticed her lost in thought, and Xiya tasted bitterness beneath its sweetness.

Qin Tiantian streamed games in the early morning while Xiya slept beside her, then explained streaming and games after Xiya woke up. She ended the stream to share instant noodles with Xiya and put on Demon Tide.

• Qin Tiantian woke up because Xiya was snoring and started a stream at around four in the morning.
• Xiya woke up and asked about Qin Tiantian's game, prompting Qin Tiantian to explain the stream and introduce Xiya as her friend.
• Xiya watched Qin Tiantian play and questioned the game's constant fighting and killing, reflecting on the peaceful world around her.
• Qin Tiantian ended the stream and offered Xiya a late-night snack.
• Qin Tiantian made instant noodles with sausages and eggs, and she and Xiya ate together while watching Demon Tide.

Xiya watched Lu Ban’s film about the Demon Tide and recognized it as a record of his real past, while Qin Tiantian treated it as fiction. Over lunch, Lu Ban shared clues about disappearances tied to amusement parks, and Xiya said she may have seen Du Danping.

• Xiya watched the Demon Tide film and realized Lu Ban had recorded events he personally experienced, including the battle that destroyed Frost.
• Qin Tiantian slept after staying up all night, and Xiya used a Resting Spell that left her refreshed but ravenous.
• Qin Tiantian and Xiya went to Lu Ban’s house for Feng Yu’s lunch, where Lu Ban described three reports of possible disappearances linked to amusement parks.
• Xiya put down her chopsticks and told Lu Ban she may have seen Du Danping.

Lu Ban learned from Xiya that she had encountered Du Danping in a wasteland city-state called Utopia, suggesting Du Danping remained alive in otherworldly realms despite his death in the real world. As the group investigated a recently emerged amusement park anomaly, Feng Yu explained how to recognize its Cognitive Interference and began establishing baseline concepts.

• Xiya told Lu Ban that she had met Du Danping during a wasteland mission, where he had helped her while concealing his identity.
• Feng Yu suggested Du Danping might be able to choose otherworldly realms freely and confirmed that his past self could still be alive in them.
• Xiya named the wasteland city-state Utopia and its leader Plato, and Lu Ban suspected a Chosen of the Gods had influenced the wasteland's history.
• Lu Ban worried that Trist had not responded to Xiya's invitation or their messages, and the group planned to look for him if they returned to the Ruined City.
• Feng Yu inferred that a recent amusement park anomaly had affected many people through Cognitive Interference and explained that the group should establish baseline concepts to detect it.

Lu Ban, Feng Yu, and Xiya prepared to resist the Amusement Park’s Cognitive Interference and went to investigate it with Laika. The park restored itself after Xiya’s attack and appeared lively, while Lu Ban and Xiya stopped a family from entering before the group approached the gate.

• Feng Yu explained that the Amusement Park’s Cognitive Interference altered memory-based cognition and proposed using Hound as an anchor because it could travel between realms and return to its original state.
• After a barbecue, Lu Ban, Feng Yu, Xiya, and Laika drove to Ruined Capital Town, where Xiya’s magic destroyed the Amusement Park’s rides before the park promptly restored them.
• When the mist cleared, the ruined park appeared as Jiangcheng Happy Valley, filled with visitors and operating rides, while a family of three arrived and tried to enter.
• Lu Ban told the family the Amusement Park was closed, and Xiya knocked all three unconscious and dragged them back to their car.
• Lu Ban suspected the park was luring people inside and binding them there, and the group and Laika approached its gate.

Lu Ban, Feng Yu, and Xiya entered Jiangcheng Happy Valley to investigate its rules and discovered that missing students from Shangcheng were trapped there. They rode the Merry-go-round twice without noticing anything unusual, leaving them unsure whether it was safe or their perceptions had been affected.

• Lu Ban used his Silver Pen to pay for three tickets after the staff member refused anything but cash.
• The group read the guidebook and reasoned that trapped visitors had to experience the attractions repeatedly and that learning the park’s rules was necessary to escape.
• Xiya questioned a girl named Jenny, who said she was from Third High School of Shangcheng.
• Feng Yu led the group to the Merry-go-round, where Lu Ban, Feng Yu, and Xiya each chose a ride and completed a round without finding anything unusual.
• The group rode the Merry-go-round again, saw a Teddy Bear waving and handing balloons to children, and still could not determine whether the attraction was safe.

Lu Ban, Xiya, Feng Yu, and Laika tested the amusement park’s rides and questioned a visitor, but found no obvious abnormality or sign that anyone was being prevented from leaving. They headed for the exit again, leaving the mystery unresolved as the ticket seller prepared to attack Lu Ban.

• Xiya suggested testing whether they could leave, but the group tried the merry-go-round first and found nothing unusual.
• Lu Ban, Xiya, and Feng Yu rode a fast roller coaster; Xiya stayed calm while Lu Ban screamed, and Feng Yu explained why people sought thrills.
• Lu Ban asked Jenny when she would leave and used the Silver Pen to write “Want to go home” on her; Jenny agreed to leave, suggesting her consciousness was not being controlled.
• Feng Yu proposed that the group leave and ask someone about the situation, and they headed to the entrance with Laika.
• The ticket seller recognized Lu Ban and prepared to attack him as the group reached the entrance.

Lu Ban, Feng Yu, and Xiya investigated the Amusement Park by asking Jenny, one of the missing people, for recommendations and exploring its haunted house. They found no sign of the eldritch entity, and Xiya wondered whether the anomaly would appear after nightfall.

• Feng Yu spoke with Jenny, who said she had come to the Amusement Park with classmates from Third High School of Shangcheng and recommended the haunted house.
• Lu Ban, Feng Yu, and Xiya entered the haunted house while Laika waited outside, and Xiya knocked out a staff member who jumped up as a corpse.
• Lu Ban sang “Good Luck” at the nurse-like staff, who stopped trying to scare the group and returned to their positions.
• Feng Yu handed a patient his severed prop leg, and Xiya gave the masked doctor advice on using the saw.
• Lu Ban and the others left the haunted house without being frightened, found no trace of the eldritch entity, and watched the sun begin to set.
• Xiya suggested that the anomaly might appear after nightfall.

Lu Ban, Xiya, and Feng Yu explored the amusement park, ate at its restaurant, and watched the nighttime parade, where Lu Ban met Jenny from the school connected to the disappearance cases. The chapter then shifted to an early-morning Ferris wheel ride, where Lu Ban noticed something wrong as Xiya looked over the park.

• Lu Ban bought two stuffed toys while Feng Yu and Xiya ordered food, and the three ate at the restaurant with Laika.
• Lu Ban watched the park's grand parade and saw Teddy Bear greet tourists and pose for a photo with Jenny from Third High School of Shangcheng.
• Lu Ban, Xiya, and Feng Yu discussed whether the missing students might be trapped in the amusement park, but found nothing unusual during their brief visit.
• At what appeared to be early morning, Feng Yu stayed below while Lu Ban and Xiya rode the Ferris wheel to survey the park.
• Xiya spotted the Ling River and reflected on her otherworld, while Lu Ban grew solemn and said there was a problem.

Lu Ban and Xiya noticed that the Amusement Park had altered their sense of time and implanted the idea of a Teddy Bear in Xiya’s mind. Lu Ban tested the park’s temporal distortions with Laika, but the chapter ended before he explained what he had learned.

• Lu Ban and Xiya saw snow that seemed to have fallen a day early and suspected the Amusement Park had muddled their perception of time and memories.
• Xiya recognized the Teddy Bear, and Lu Ban realized that the park had implanted the unfamiliar concept into her mind as contamination.
• After the group rode the Roller Coaster, Lu Ban sent Laika back to 11:52 a.m. on January 5, and the dog returned and barked three times beside him.
• Lu Ban sent Laika to January 6 at 11:54 a.m. to bark at someone on a bench beside the Roller Coaster, and Laika returned and barked three times at Lu Ban.

Lu Ban realized that the amusement park had sent the visitors’ personal time into the past while the outside world continued forward, and identified the Teddy Bear as a Time Worm. The disguised creature revealed its monstrous form and reached for Lu Ban, Xiya, and Feng Yu.

• After Laika barked five times, Lu Ban used the snow and Laika’s time-jumping behavior to deduce that the outside date had advanced to January 6 while their personal time remained on January 5.
• Lu Ban explained that the amusement park trapped visitors in their own past, cutting them off from outside contact and gradually erasing them from others’ awareness.
• Feng Yu identified the amusement park’s creature as a Time Worm and began describing its survival mechanisms.
• Lu Ban and Xiya noticed that the Teddy Bear had moved from beneath a streetlamp to beside them, and Xiya realized it did not look like a real Teddy Bear.
• Lu Ban’s True Sight revealed the Teddy Bear as a gray, many-eyed creature that extended its tongue toward the three of them.