Recaps

Lin Yu confronted Yu Longguo in the library, where Xia Yue exposed her suspicions that Lin Yu was the hidden seventh player rather than an Administrator. Lin Yu shot Yu Longguo and aimed his pistol at Xia Yue, leaving her cornered.

• Lin Yu found Yu Longguo hiding Xu Xiumei's corpse in the third-floor library and came to question him.
• Xia Yue arrived with a bloodstained dagger and explained that she had killed the ruffian, who had killed the thief, leaving only her, Yu Longguo, the otaku, and Lin Yu alive.
• Xia Yue accused Lin Yu of being the Lone Wolf, citing the crows' reports that there was no eighth person and that Lin Yu had opened a supply crate.
• Xia Yue proposed that she and Yu Longguo challenge Lin Yu together, and Lin Yu praised her reasoning.
• Lin Yu shot Yu Longguo and pointed his gun at Xia Yue.

Lin Yu killed Xia Yue after using a bluff about his revolver’s remaining ammunition to make her believe he might still have a second bullet. With Xia Yue dead, the Werewolf faction was annihilated and the game ended.

• Lin Yu kept his empty revolver aimed at Xia Yue while explaining why he had killed Yu Longguo first.
• Xia Yue suspected that Lin Yu’s revolver had only one bullet and advanced with her dagger raised.
• Lin Yu claimed the revolver had two bullets and shot Xia Yue when she charged.
• Lin Yu explained that his acting had convinced Xia Yue he would fire with certainty, and she died from her wounds.
• The game announced that the Werewolf faction had been completely annihilated and the game was over.

Lin Yu and Chen Zhuo received their game rewards in the Settlement Space, where Lin Yu tested how far his Fraudster ability could make Chen Zhuo’s beliefs come true. Back in reality, Lin Yu prepared to investigate the gunman who had killed him, but a mysterious card greeted him as a returning senior.

• Lin Yu received seven days of Survival Time, a special evaluation, and the choice of a Non-exclusive item, while Chen Zhuo lamented his short reward.
• Lin Yu tested his Fraudster ability by making claims about his rewards, but Chen Zhuo’s belief was not quite enough to make them come true.
• Lin Yu told Chen Zhuo that the other Players had died and that the Veterinarian had killed the Lone Wolf, correcting Chen Zhuo when he confused her with the Teacher.
• Lin Yu returned to the stage in reality and saw a countdown showing that the next game would begin within seven days.
• Lin Yu confirmed that his game items and Fraudster ability remained with him and resolved to find the madman who had killed him.
• Lin Yu found a black card in his pocket that read, “Welcome back from ‘Resurrection,’ Dear Senior.”

After returning from the Death game, Lin Yu decided to follow the mysterious junior’s invitation and continued his ordinary routine. The next morning, he asked Drama club president Shen Bingmiao to help find the girl who had killed him, and she agreed to investigate immediately.

• Lin Yu found the junior’s card, learned it gave a Friday appointment at No. 940 Changming Street, and decided to accept the invitation.
• Lin Yu left the Drama club, returned to his family home, and went to sleep after choosing not to disrupt his performance plans.
• Lin Yu woke the next morning, ate the fried rice his family had left for him, and rode to school.
• Lin Yu asked Shen Bingmiao to help locate a girl who might be a freshman or might not attend their university.
• Shen Bingmiao agreed to help Lin Yu and left with him before the Drama club’s final rehearsal.

Lin Yu asked Shen Bingmiao to search Jiangcheng Media University's freshman records for the girl who had killed him, but found no trace of her. After delivering an outstanding performance, he left the campus to investigate the address on the card: No. 940 Changming Street.

• Lin Yu searched the female freshmen's enrollment records with Shen Bingmiao's help but did not find the girl who had killed him.
• Shen Bingmiao offered to investigate other universities, but Lin Yu declined because he feared putting her in danger.
• Lin Yu performed exceptionally well at rehearsal and later captivated the audience during the Drama club's official performance.
• Lin Yu skipped the audience interaction segment, left the Drama club, and rode out of campus toward the address on the card.

Lin Yu entered an abandoned restaurant at the address on a business card and met a veteran player who mistook him for a newcomer seeking a gathering. The veteran began explaining the players’ world but first asked Lin Yu how a Death game player’s strength was measured.

• Lin Yu arrived at number 940 on Changming Street and climbed through a window into the abandoned restaurant, where he found the interior unexpectedly clean and orderly.
• A glittering middle-aged man came downstairs, mistook Lin Yu for a player who had arrived early for a gathering, and explained that players could not discuss the Death game with ordinary people.
• Lin Yu stayed wary and used his Lie Detector to check the man’s claim that he had no intention of harming him; the device showed green, and Lin Yu stepped out from behind a pillar.
• Lin Yu showed the man the business card that had led him to the restaurant, and the man wondered why someone had given a newcomer the gathering’s address.
• The man offered to explain the basics of the players’ world, then asked Lin Yu what determined a Death game player’s strength.

Lin Yu learned that Jiang City's Players traded Items at offline gatherings and that forum points were the usual currency. After returning home, he was confronted by his sister Lin Zhao, and he hid the truth about the Death game by claiming he had gone to the riverside to clear his head.

• Lin Yu learned from Harmony brings wealth that Items determined a Newcomer Player's standing and that Players traded them at the Jiang City gathering.
• Harmony brings wealth gave Lin Yu the forum installation package and warned him that Players often made enemies and that the dead could not return.
• Lin Yu went home and summoned his revolver when someone lunged at him in the dark, only to discover it was his sister Lin Zhao.
• Lin Zhao scolded Lin Yu for coming home late, took his revolver, and challenged his excuse about attending a club dinner.
• Lin Yu told Lin Zhao he had gone to the riverside to clear his head because he could not tell her about the Death game.

After the Death game, Lin Yu used his acting skills to reassure Lin Zhao, then installed the mysterious Forum app sent by Harmony brings wealth. He explored the app’s sections and organization bans before opening Guides and being stunned by what he saw.

• Lin Yu lied to Lin Zhao about his condition, and she urged him to rest and offered to support him.
• Lin Yu decided to catch the person who killed him at the next day’s gathering and see if it could improve his life.
• Lin Yu installed the Forum app, entered Harmony brings wealth’s WeChat ID, and registered as Director under the account Stanislavski1938.
• Lin Yu browsed the Forum’s announcements and noted bans on the Psychology Society, the Freedom Alliance, and the Marauders.
• Lin Yu skimmed discussions about professions, abilities, and items, then opened Guides and exclaimed in shock.

Lin Yu read a newcomer’s guide to the Death game, learning about its weekly instances, Professions, and game types. He realized his Fraudster Profession was a rare Unique Profession and left determined to use the forum to prepare for future games.

• Lin Yu opened a pinned newcomer guide and learned that players gained seven days of life after clearing an instance but had to face another game each week.
• Lin Yu read about Profession categories and recognized the Professions he had encountered in his first game, including his own Fraudster as a rare Unique Profession.
• Lin Yu decided to study more Profession abilities on the forum so he could use existing Professions in future instances.
• Lin Yu continued reading as the guide explained the Confrontation, Survival, Puzzle-solving, and Slaughter types of instances.

After studying the Death game and its player gatherings, Lin Yu decided to use the gathering in Jiang City to earn money and improve life for himself and his sister, Lin Zhao. He planned to sell useful Items while keeping the Infallible Revolver and Lie Detector, and ended with a plan he considered brilliant.

• Lin Yu read the guides and learned how Forum Points worked, how gatherings were organized, and that the Jiang City gathering was an official event run by Tycoon.
• Lin Yu stayed home from college classes the next day to keep studying the guides and decided to make money through the gathering for Lin Zhao.
• Lin Yu concluded that Items were valuable because players could bring little into Instances, and reasoned that weapons and supplies could sell for many Credit Points.
• Lin Yu refused to sell his Infallible Revolver or Lie Detector, which he considered essential to his survival and Fraudster abilities.
• Lin Yu decided to pursue a different plan to make money at the gathering.

Lin Yu used Shen Bingmiao’s help to find Chen Zhuo’s personal information and learned that he attended Jiang City No. 6 High School. He went to the school to meet him, but after finding Chen Zhuo’s class empty, he searched the sports field and claimed to be Chen Zhuo’s older brother.

• Lin Yu asked Shen Bingmiao to look up Chen Zhuo, and she sent him a file containing Chen Zhuo’s personal information.
• Lin Yu confirmed Chen Zhuo attended Jiang City No. 6 High School and rode his bicycle there.
• Lin Yu talked his way past the school guard by claiming he was bringing an exercise book to his cousin.
• Lin Yu found Chen Zhuo’s classroom empty because the class was having physical education.
• Lin Yu asked two students where Chen Zhuo’s class was and told them he was Chen Zhuo’s older brother, then corrected himself to say cousin when they looked suspicious.

Lin Yu used Chen Zhuo’s belief to make a fake telescopic baton and agility potion real, then sent him to confront the bullies who had beaten him. Chen Zhuo defeated them and thanked Lin Yu, who revealed he had more such Items.

• Lin Yu found Chen Zhuo being beaten by four classmates in the boys’ bathroom and asked why he had not fought back.
• Lin Yu gave Chen Zhuo a telescopic baton and an agility potion, claiming they were powerful Items, and his Fraudster ability made them real through Chen Zhuo’s belief.
• Chen Zhuo drank the potion, charged after the bullies, and used his newfound agility and baton to defeat them.
• Chen Zhuo thanked Lin Yu and worried that giving him the Items might break the rules; Lin Yu said they were his own Items and showed him more in his backpack.

Lin Yu attended the Jiang City Players' gathering in disguise and set up a stall to sell his newly real Game items. Two eager buyers immediately competed for his collapsible bats, leaving the sale unresolved.

• Lin Yu left Chen Zhuo, satisfied that the boy had gained confidence and that Chen Zhuo's belief had turned the items in Lin Yu's Backpack into reality.
• Lin Yu decided to attend the Players' gathering and seek out other Players whose trust he could use to make more items real.
• Lin Yu disguised himself, followed the Forum guide to the abandoned restaurant, and scanned in using his Forum QR code.
• Lin Yu found a bustling marketplace inside and set up a stall with his collapsible bats and potions.
• A masked young man offered to buy all the bats for ten points each, but a middle-aged man interrupted and offered thirteen points each.

Lin Yu drew a crowd by selling telescopic batons and Agility Potions, but Tycoon stepped in to stop the players from fighting and offered to buy his stock. Tycoon also advised Lin Yu to claim he had an organization backing him, leaving them with a deal and the possibility of working together again.

• Lin Yu attracted a crowd by selling telescopic batons and Agility Potions at prices the players considered unusually low.
• Tycoon arrived, calmed the arguing players, and asked Lin Yu why he had so many similar items to sell.
• Tycoon secretly advised Lin Yu to claim an organization backed him, and Lin Yu followed the advice.
• Tycoon offered to buy the batons for 25 points each and the potions for 20 points each, then sell them on the forum with a one-per-account limit.
• Lin Yu accepted Tycoon's offer and agreed to consider working with him on future sales in Jiang City.

Lin Yu sold his Items to the Tycoon, who paid him generously and explained that he had recognized Lin Yu as a newcomer. After Lin Yu left the gathering, a mysterious member of the Psychology Society approached him and revealed their connection to the woman who had sent him into the Death game.

• Lin Yu sold fifteen batons and twenty potions to the Tycoon for 775 forum points, and the Tycoon paid him in yuan.
• The Tycoon gave Lin Yu a 70,000-yuan transfer and 7,500 yuan in cash, then told an associate that the Psychology Society had selected Lin Yu at the highest level.
• Lin Yu left the restaurant and wondered what the woman who had left him a business card wanted from him.
• A black-clad stranger appeared in an alley and told Lin Yu they belonged to the Psychology Society, like the woman who had sent him into the Death game.

Lin Yu confronted a Psychology Society member who had helped force him into the Death game, and used his Fraudster ability to convince the man he was a Soldier. The man revealed his Ninja Profession and escaped in a cloud of smoke, leaving Lin Yu alone with unanswered questions.

• Lin Yu hid his Infallible Revolver and questioned the man in black, who explained that the Psychology Society had forced Lin Yu into the Death game to recruit him.
• The man in black demanded to know Lin Yu’s Profession and threatened him with a dagger, while Lin Yu chose not to shoot because he wanted to learn more about the organization.
• Lin Yu pretended to be a Soldier and struck his own arm with a brick, making the man in black believe him and causing Lin Yu’s Fraudster ability to grant him Soldier enhancements.
• Lin Yu confronted the man in black and demanded to know his Profession, but the man revealed he was a Ninja and threw down smoke spheres to escape.
• Lin Yu watched the man in black disappear and wondered how someone could awaken a Ninja Profession based on their real-life experiences.

Lin Yu learned that the Psychology Society was behind his death, then ran into a clever thief who stole and repeatedly returned his bicycle while mocking him. The thief escaped, leaving Lin Yu furious and determined to confront her if they met in the Game.

• Lin Yu reflected that the Psychology Society had killed him and that revenge would require patience.
• A short girl collided with Lin Yu, claimed to be a powerful soldier, and warned him not to follow her.
• The girl stole Lin Yu’s bicycle and left a note revealing that she was a thief, then disabled a shared bicycle as a prank.
• Lin Yu searched for the thief but could not find her, and the notes made him more furious than ever.
• Lin Yu found his bicycle returned with an unfamiliar lock, smashed the lock with his soldier strength, and declared that he had been one step ahead.

Lin Yu prepared for his second Death game by studying class abilities and instance guides, then followed the bloody prompt to submerge himself in a tub. He entered the five-player game Deadly Q&A, whose clearance condition was to solve the necessary puzzles.

• Lin Yu gave Lin Zhao two thousand yuan and claimed he had earned it by appearing in a senior’s short videos.
• Lin Yu studied class abilities and game guides for four days to prepare for his next instance.
• Lin Yu received a prompt to fully submerge himself in a body of water deeper than fifty centimeters before midnight.
• Lin Yu cleaned the wooden tub, waited until Lin Zhao was asleep, and climbed into it wearing slippers and clothes.
• Lin Yu entered Deadly Q&A, a five-player game requiring players to solve the necessary puzzles.

Lin Yu woke in a flooded Instance with four other players and recognized one of them as the girl who had stolen his bicycle. After confronting her at gunpoint, he learned she had acted out of spite over a bad sale and let go of his anger.

• Lin Yu and the other four players surfaced in a bright room where the water was draining away.
• Lin Yu recognized the young woman in sunglasses as the Thief who had stolen his bicycle and threatened to break her legs.
• The Thief drew a Utility knife, but Lin Yu displayed his [Infallible Revolver], and she surrendered.
• A middle-aged player urged Lin Yu to avoid fighting during what appeared to be a cooperative Instance.
• Lin Yu demanded to know why the Thief had targeted him, and she explained she had been upset after selling only one Speed Talisman.
• Lin Yu accepted her explanation, concluded she was not testing him on behalf of an organization, and let go of his anger.

Lin Yu and the others introduced themselves after the water drained, then met the Crowman, who explained the rules of the Deadly Q&A game. The Crowman began the first question by asking how long it would take the water to fill the room again.

• Uncle Tie, April, Number Eight, Bu Wang, and Lin Yu introduced themselves and shared their professions and instance records.
• The water drained from the room, and four colored doors appeared in the walls.
• The Crowman emerged from the green door and explained that players had to answer questions across three rooms to clear the instance.
• The Crowman increased the water flowing into the room and asked how long it would take to fill it at the current rate.

As the room filled with water, Lin Yu’s group estimated how long they had before it flooded by measuring the rising water level. Lin Yu grew suspicious that Crowman’s casually granted five-minute margin of error concealed a trap.

• Number Eight tried to solve the pool-filling problem, but April pointed out they lacked the room’s volume and the water-flow rates.
• Uncle Tie measured the room and estimated its dimensions, while Lin Yu asked Crowman how accurate their answer needed to be and learned the margin of error was five minutes.
• Bu Wang proposed timing how long the water took to submerge her fifteen-centimeter utility knife, then multiplying that time by twenty.
• April and Number Eight helped observe the rising water, while Number Eight made a sour remark about Bu Wang and April rebuked him.
• Lin Yu noticed that the problem seemed too easy and questioned Crowman’s vague response about the error margin, then walked toward him again.

Lin Yu questioned Crowman and uncovered that the first room’s wording made the water-level calculation irrelevant: the room included an endless void and could never be filled. Bu Wang remained suspicious of Lin Yu, who threatened to shoot her rather than secretly give her a wrong answer.

• Lin Yu asked Crowman whether the doors and drains connected to the first room’s dilemma, and Crowman confirmed that they led to endless voids included within the room.
• Lin Yu told Uncle Tie and the others that the question was a word trap, not a calculation, and concluded that the room could never be filled.
• Uncle Tie, April, and Number Eight accepted Lin Yu’s explanation, while Bu Wang doubted that he was telling the truth.
• Lin Yu aimed his revolver at Bu Wang’s knee and argued that he could hurt her directly instead of tricking her into receiving a punishment.

Lin Yu and the others answered Crowman’s first question correctly, but their reward came with a punishment that sharply increased the room’s rising water. With little time left, Crowman posed a second task-allocation question, and the group debated whether it was another word trap or ordinary math.

• Lin Yu gave the answer that the room would never fill with water, and all five players agreed; Crowman accepted it and removed the green door.
• Crowman opened two ceiling trapdoors and increased the water flow as punishment for the group taking too long to answer, leaving them with less than fifteen minutes before drowning.
• Number Eight offered to use his ability to close an outlet, but Bu Wang urged him to save it for a later question; the group confirmed they could swim.
• Lin Yu asked for the next question, and Crowman described three hypothetical tasks with different times and staffing requirements, then asked whether they could prevent anyone from drowning before the trapdoors were closed.
• Number Eight asked whether the second question was another word trap, and Lin Yu and Bu Wang agreed it might be, while cautioning that it could also be ordinary math.

Lin Yu saw through the second question's hidden trap and correctly answered that the players could not guarantee no one would drown. Crowman rewarded them with a chance to change their choice during the Dilemma Question in the next room.

• Lin Yu and the others considered the task timings, while Bu Wang argued that closing the switch first could stop the rising water before anyone drowned.
• Lin Yu rejected Bu Wang's reasoning and pointed out that the diagrams showed the three tasks had to be completed in sequence.
• Crowman confirmed that the safe contained tools needed to retrieve the key, which would then unlock the chained switch.
• Lin Yu calculated that the tasks would take thirty-seven minutes and answered that they could not guarantee everyone would survive.
• The other players agreed, and Crowman declared their answer correct and granted them a chance to change their choice in the next room's Dilemma Question.

Lin Yu and Bu Wang recognized Crowman’s door challenge as the Three Doors Problem and persuaded the group to switch after Crowman opened the yellow door. The water level and current eased, but the group still needed to choose between the remaining doors.

• Crowman explained that only one colored door led onward and required everyone to agree on their choice.
• Bu Wang identified the Three Doors Problem, and Lin Yu explained that switching after a wrong door was revealed gave them a two-thirds chance of choosing correctly.
• The group chose red, and Crowman opened the yellow door, revealing the deadly void and sending a powerful current through the room.
• Bu Wang lost her balance in the current, and Lin Yu rescued her before she was swept into the yellow door.
• The water level and current dropped, and Uncle Tie urged everyone to switch doors, leaving the blue door as their remaining option.