Recaps

Lin Yu realized the Dilemma Question hid a trap and led everyone to choose the black Trapdoor rather than risk the three colored doors. Crowman carried them through it, and they arrived in the Second Room.

• Lin Yu stopped the others from choosing the blue door because switching under the Three Doors Problem still left a one-third chance of death.
• April called out Number Eight for urging a quick choice because he wanted to avoid getting splashed with water.
• Lin Yu realized that the black Trapdoor counted as another available door and that the question’s wording concealed a trap tied to the earlier questions.
• Lin Yu chose the black Trapdoor, and Uncle Tie, April, Number Eight, and Bu Wang followed his choice.
• Crowman wrapped the group in its wings and carried them through the opening Trapdoor into the Second Room.

Lin Yu and the other Players entered a dark room where they had to choose one of three bridges using only two questions for two crows that supposedly represented truth and falsehood. After the crows answered Number Eight with an unexpected “Coo,” Bu Wang realized Lin Yu had anticipated the problem and urged him to solve it.

• Crowman explained that only one of the three bridges was safe and that the Players could ask the truth and falsehood crows two yes-or-no questions.
• Number Eight tried asking the left crow whether the other crow would say the leftmost bridge was safe, but Lin Yu corrected his question’s phrasing.
• The left crow answered “Coo” instead of yes or no, leaving Number Eight, April, and Uncle Tie confused.
• Bu Wang laughed and pointed out that Crowman had never said the crows would answer in human language.
• Bu Wang inferred that Lin Yu had noticed the crows’ limitation and asked him to break the deadlock.

Lin Yu worked out how to identify the safe bridge by sending one person across, then forced Bu Wang to take the risk. Bu Wang reached the other side and reported that the bridge was safe, but the group still had to determine what her answer meant.

• Lin Yu explained that asking the same crow about another bridge could reveal whether the remaining bridge was safe, but the crow gave a different answer and left two bridges as possibilities.
• Lin Yu drew his pistol and declared that he would choose who would test a bridge, then selected Bu Wang because she had cleared the fewest Instances and had offended him before.
• Bu Wang chose the left bridge, and April tied Uncle Tie's Safety Rope around her while Lin Yu held the other end.
• Bu Wang crossed into the darkness and called back that the bridge was fine.

Lin Yu used the five questions allowed in the Second Room to identify the safe bridge among five, while Bu Wang independently followed his reasoning and nearly committed to an answer. The group learned that the fourth bridge from the right was safe, though Lin Yu left them puzzled by his exchange with Bu Wang.

• After the group crossed the bridge, Crowman explained that one of five bridges was safe and that the crow avatars represented Truth, Falsehood, and Change.
• Lin Yu had Uncle Tie ask the middle crow a question and confirmed that the far-right crow was not Change.
• Lin Yu directed April and Number Eight to ask the far-right crow questions, and both answers supported his deductions.
• Bu Wang concluded that the far-right crow represented Truth and tried to identify a safe bridge without using the final question.
• Lin Yu used the last question to verify that one of two bridges was safe, and Bu Wang identified the fourth bridge from the right as safe.
• Lin Yu teased Bu Wang for rushing ahead, leaving Uncle Tie, April, and Number Eight confused by their reasoning.

Lin Yu exposed Crowman’s bridge instructions as a lie and used a thrown knife to test what lay beyond the candlelit altar. The group discovered a hidden path, though they had not yet established which route was safe.

• The five reached a room with two suspension bridges, and Crowman claimed both led onward but could carry different numbers of people.
• Lin Yu threatened to shoot someone and proposed asking Crowman whether the bridges would collapse if one person were dead, while Bu Wang warned that Crowman might be a deceptive avatar.
• Lin Yu revealed his Lie Detector had signaled that Crowman’s claim about both bridges was false, so its other statements could not be trusted.
• Lin Yu reasoned that neither bridge might lead onward and identified Crowman’s presence as a possible hint, then threw Bu Wang’s Utility knife behind the altar.
• The knife struck something hidden in the darkness, and Lin Yu concluded that a concealed path lay behind the candles.

After Lin Yu identified the true route through the Second Room, the group crossed its perilous bridges and reached the final room. The Crowman presented five statements for them to expose as lies, and Uncle Tie admitted he had lied about his forum identity, revealing he was the wanted Player Heavenly Artisan.

• Lin Yu identified the path through the middle of the Second Room, and the Crowman confirmed his answer was correct.
• The group crossed the stone bridge over the Abyss, reached the black door, and climbed a spiral staircase to the final room.
• The Crowman presented five statements and required each Player to identify one lie and explain it.
• Uncle Tie first claimed the fifth statement was false because Lin Yu had wanted to kill Bu Wang, but the Crowman rejected his explanation.
• Uncle Tie then admitted he had lied about his forum ID and revealed that he was Heavenly Artisan, a Player wanted by the Order for killing five Players in real life.

Heavenly Artisan revealed that he belonged to the Marauders, then left the Instance after Lin Yu refused his invitation to join. As April and Number Eight chose a statement about betrayal, Number Eight confessed that he had met his ex-girlfriend during finals week after telling April he was studying.

• Heavenly Artisan revealed his identity as a Marauder and invited Lin Yu to join, but Lin Yu declined.
• Crowman gave Heavenly Artisan the key to leave the Instance, and the others relaxed after he departed.
• Number Eight told Lin Yu that Heavenly Artisan was an Ascended player with an eight-thousand-Credit-Point bounty.
• Bu Wang warned April and Number Eight that someone else might claim the lie they had identified, prompting them to choose the fourth statement.
• April asked Number Eight what he had betrayed her over, and Number Eight admitted he had met his ex-girlfriend while claiming to study in the library.

April confronted Number Eight about his betrayal and their troubled relationship, then killed him to prove Crowman’s fifth statement was false. Crowman accepted her proof and gave her a key to leave the Instance.

• April accused Number Eight of betraying her, and he blamed her for his predicament and accused her of being controlling.
• April explained that she had chosen the fourth statement to test her suspicions about Number Eight’s past affairs, and Crowman gave him a key to leave.
• After Number Eight left, Bu Wang urged the exhausted April to value her own survival and suggested she prove Crowman’s fifth statement false.
• April took Bu Wang’s utility knife, attacked and killed Number Eight near the door, and returned covered in blood.
• Crowman accepted April’s proof, gave her a key, and April said she felt great before walking toward the end of the misty passage.

Lin Yu outmaneuvered Bu Wang in the final dilemma question, but refused the chance to leave the Instance. He accused Crowman of deceiving him and insisted on continuing.

• Bu Wang admitted she had cleared twelve Instances, and Lin Yu used that truth to identify a lie and earn a key.
• Lin Yu explained that one of the five statements matched no one, while Bu Wang concluded he had hidden his profession.
• Bu Wang revealed she had taken a second key from Number Eight's corpse and left through the door.
• After Crowman offered Lin Yu the chance to leave, Lin Yu tossed aside his key and said he would stay.
• Lin Yu accused Crowman of filling the Instance with lies and challenged the examiner's tricks.

Lin Yu decoded Crowman's caw-based lies and truths, then worked out that Crowman had designed the Instance himself. Crowman confirmed the discovery but said Lin Yu still had to state his name to pass the question.

• Lin Yu explained how Crowman's one-caw statements were false and his two-caw statements were true, revealing that the third room was not the last and that the Instance could be cleared without answering every Dilemma Question correctly.
• Crowman praised Lin Yu's memory and reasoning, then asked who had designed the Instance.
• Lin Yu recalled Crowman's opening claim that he was the examiner and realized it had been a deceptive clue.
• Lin Yu asked Crowman his name, and Crowman refused to answer.
• Lin Yu concluded that Crowman was the Instance's designer, but Crowman said Lin Yu still had to state his name to pass.

Lin Yu correctly identified the Crowman as the God of Truth, Falsehood, and Change, then learned that it was his own future self, a god from ten years later. His future self offered him a choice between ascending the staircase to pursue godhood or leaving through a door, and Lin Yu questioned whether the future version already knew his decision.

• Lin Yu deduced that the Crowman was the God of Truth, Falsehood, and Change by spotting the traps in the question and the clues from earlier rooms.
• The Crowman accepted Lin Yu's answer and offered him one request, then revealed that its other name was Lin Yu.
• Future Lin Yu claimed he had become a god ten years later and explained that his divinity had let him travel through time and perform the earlier deception.
• Future Lin Yu offered to take Lin Yu up a staircase to the final room and help him become a god, or to give him a key to leave and help him survive future Instances.
• Lin Yu remained doubtful but asked whether his future self already knew which choice he would make.

Lin Yu challenged the divine version of himself’s claims, then persuaded him to disperse the fog and reveal the true route through the Fourth Room. He passed through the gate and reached a rooftop-like platform in the clouds, where the gray Crowman welcomed him to the Inverted Tower’s final room.

• Lin Yu questioned the divine "Lin Yu" about his past, then criticized his acting and asked him to clear the fog.
• The divine "Lin Yu" dispersed the fog, revealing a broad staircase and a huge stone gate.
• Lin Yu climbed the stairs and passed through the gate into a glass-walled platform above a sea of clouds.
• Lin Yu saw a hundred-meter-tall Crowman statue and met a gray Crowman, who welcomed him to the Inverted Tower’s final room.

Lin Yu answered the God of Change’s first question about why he awakened the Unique Profession Fraudster instead of Actor, linking his unusual potential to the gods’ influence on the Death game. The God of Change judged his answer mostly correct but said his conclusion was wrong, leaving Lin Yu to continue the Instance’s questions.

• The God of Change revealed that reaching the Inverted Tower’s final room made the Instance a reward, and that asking its three questions already granted Lin Yu something.
• The God of Change asked why Lin Yu had awakened Fraudster instead of Actor, giving Lin Yu a clue about the profession that had puzzled him.
• Lin Yu recalled the gods’ words and his ability to backtrack time, and concluded that his potential had drawn the gods’ attention.
• Lin Yu explained that people with exceptional potential could receive the gods’ gaze and awaken a Unique Profession, which he believed had been granted to him by a god.
• The God of Change gave Lin Yu’s answer 85 points, saying it was basically correct but had omitted key points and reached the wrong conclusion.

Lin Yu asked the God of Change about Bu Wang’s secret after concluding that she had been secretly assessing him. The god revealed that Bu Wang belonged to the Freedom Alliance and had joined the Instance to evaluate whether Lin Yu was a suitable recruit.

• The God of Change told Lin Yu that his answer had earned 85 points but that he had omitted something, then offered him a reward: one person’s hidden secret.
• Lin Yu considered asking about the mysterious junior who had killed him, but chose to learn why Bu Wang had approached him.
• Lin Yu recalled evidence that Bu Wang had observed him before the Instance and known his Soldier class, strengthening his suspicion that she had deliberately targeted him.
• Lin Yu asked the God of Change about the Thief’s purpose in approaching him.
• The God of Change revealed that Bu Wang was a member of the Freedom Alliance who had used an Item to enter the Instance and assess Lin Yu as a potential recruit.

Lin Yu saw through Crowman’s final deception and answered the Dilemma Question correctly. The Crowman statue offered him a choice between the [Tooth of Prophecy] and the [Tongue of Deception] before sending him out of the Instance.

• Crowman told Lin Yu that the Freedom Alliance had tried to recruit him, bringing the number of blacklisted organizations that had approached him to three.
• Lin Yu guessed that Crowman’s claim about giving him eighty-five points was false, so Crowman rewarded him with a mark that let him ask one truthful question in any game.
• Crowman presented two capsules and claimed that either hand would grant an Item and let Lin Yu leave the Instance.
• Lin Yu realized Crowman’s statement about the rewards was the lie and chose the open hand of the giant statue instead.
• The Crowman statue offered Lin Yu the [Tooth of Prophecy] or the [Tongue of Deception] as his reward.

Lin Yu used the Tooth of Prophecy to make Crowman believe a carefully worded truth that turned his double-reward ability into reality, then obtained both rewards. After Crowman struck at him, Lin Yu awoke in the Settlement Space with Heavenly Artisan, Bu Wang, and April.

• Lin Yu examined the Tooth of Prophecy and Tongue of Deception and learned what each item could do.
• He persuaded Crowman to let him test the Tooth of Prophecy, then used it to make Crowman believe he had received double item rewards in every Instance through an ability from the Game Administrator.
• The Tongue of Deception entered Lin Yu's mouth, and Crowman realized Lin Yu had planned to use the Tooth of Prophecy to secure both items.
• Crowman attacked Lin Yu, but Lin Yu lost consciousness and received the seven-day Survival Time reward and both bound items after passing Deadly Q&A.
• Lin Yu woke in the Settlement Space and saw Heavenly Artisan, Bu Wang, and April.

After returning from the Settlement Space, Lin Yu considered what he had learned about the Freedom Alliance and the forum, then planned to contact Tycoon about bounties and Rank Advancement. He discovered that his next Game would include a Rank Advancement Trial, making it his immediate priority to investigate.

• In the Settlement Space, April confronted Heavenly Artisan, while Lin Yu and Bu Wang traded hostile remarks and Bu Wang said she would keep pursuing him.
• Lin Yu woke in the bathtub and concluded that the Freedom Alliance seemed to select members based on potential, while the forum appeared credible to veteran players.
• Lin Yu decided to ask Tycoon about forum bounties, Rank Advancement, and the Psychology Society's mysterious woman and Bu Wang.
• Lin Yu noticed a new message stating that his next Game Instance would include an additional Rank Advancement Trial quest.

A girl assessed Lin Yu and discussed whether to recruit him while worrying that his chosen name connected him to Jiang City's Administrator. After finding little information about Advancement on the Forum, Lin Yu went to meet Tycoon and asked whether offending members of the Marauders and Freedom Alliance would bring trouble.

• The girl uploaded her assessment of Lin Yu to an eleven-person group chat, where members debated his potential and whether to recruit him after his Advancement.
• The girl negotiated with Braised Carp King for Exquisite Gloves in exchange for continuing to observe Lin Yu and keep him from joining the Order.
• Lin Yu searched the Forum and found that it revealed almost nothing about Advancement or Trials.
• Lin Yu messaged Tycoon, then disguised himself and rode a shared bicycle to the abandoned restaurant.
• Tycoon let Lin Yu into his office, where Lin Yu asked whether he would face consequences for offending a member of the Marauders or Freedom Alliance.

Lin Yu learned that A Nian, a notorious member of the nine-person Freedom Alliance, could permanently steal items, but Tycoon said she rarely killed anyone. Tycoon then explained that rank advancement trials turned ordinary players into Tier 1 players and granted an exclusive item that acted like a second professional ability.

• Lin Yu told Tycoon that he had met Heavenly Artisan of Marauders and a hostile player from Freedom Alliance during his last instance.
• After hearing her description, Tycoon identified the woman as Divine Thief A Nian and explained her reputation for permanently stealing items.
• Tycoon reassured Lin Yu that A Nian rarely killed people and said Freedom Alliance had only nine members, all powerful players who had completed rank advancement.
• Lin Yu asked Tycoon what rank advancement meant, and Tycoon described the difficult optional quests that appeared during a rank advancement trial.
• Tycoon explained that surviving the trial and completing its extra quests made a player Tier 1 and awarded an exclusive item that functioned like a second professional ability.

Lin Yu learned how rank advancement worked and realized the Tycoon knew the Psychology Society had taken an interest in him. The Tycoon then openly invited Lin Yu to join Jiang'an Hall.

• The Tycoon explained that most players encountered rank advancement around their ninth or tenth instance, while Lin Yu concealed that he was about to face it in his third.
• The Tycoon told Lin Yu that declining a rank advancement mission made it return after ten more instances, and that rank advancement instances still became more difficult.
• Lin Yu and the Tycoon discussed how organizations shared profession-specific rank advancement knowledge, survival guidance, and advice about choosing advancement branches.
• Lin Yu concluded that the Tycoon had recognized the Psychology Society's business card and understood why it was watching him.
• The Tycoon asked Lin Yu to join Jiang'an Hall.

The Tycoon tried to recruit Lin Yu into the Jiang'an Society, describing its connection to Order and its advantages over joining a major organization. Lin Yu remained cautious, then discovered that the Tycoon ranked twenty-seventh among players nationwide.

• The Tycoon offered Lin Yu membership in the Jiang'an Society and promised protection in Jiang City from rival organizations.
• Lin Yu asked why he should not join Order directly, and the Tycoon explained that Order recruited selectively and imposed stricter rules.
• Lin Yu said he would consider the offer, while the Tycoon encouraged him to check the forum’s player rankings.
• Lin Yu opened the rankings and found the Tycoon listed at twenty-seventh under the Jiang'an Society.

Lin Yu declined to join Tycoon’s Jiang'an Society, deciding he could only cooperate with organizations because his Fraudster profession made close companions a risk. He asked Shen Bingmiao to investigate Tycoon and identify a wealthy family with a teenage daughter, explaining the second request with a story about a girl who stole his bicycle key.

• Tycoon offered Lin Yu discounted Items, a monthly team-forming Item, and a well-paid job at Qingsheng, but Lin Yu said he would think about joining Jiang'an Society.
• Lin Yu left the restaurant and decided he would not join any organization, though he remained open to cooperating with them.
• Lin Yu messaged Shen Bingmiao and asked her to check Tycoon’s background, including any bad news or criminal records.
• Lin Yu also asked Shen Bingmiao to find Jiang City entrepreneurs with academically successful daughters around sixteen or seventeen.
• Shen Bingmiao teased Lin Yu about his requests, then agreed to investigate after he explained that a wealthy-looking girl had stolen and returned his bicycle key.

After returning home, Lin Yu reviewed Shen Bingmiao’s files on He Jucai and Li Nian while worrying about his upcoming advancement and class. Elsewhere, a mysterious girl monitored the Death game’s organizations and identified Lin Yu, her “Ace,” as the biggest recent variable.

• Lin Yu reflected on his increasingly dangerous life, the attention of multiple organizations, and his upcoming advancement.
• Shen Bingmiao sent Lin Yu files on He Jucai and Li Nian, and Lin Yu concluded that He Jucai valued relationships and could be trusted somewhat.
• Lin Yu recognized Li Nian as the master thief A Nian and suspected her rebellious behavior came from a repressive family.
• Lin Yu set aside his thoughts on the two profiles and went to sleep, dreading both advancement and his eight a.m. class.
• An unidentified girl monitored reports about the Psychology Society, Robin, the Night Watcher, General, and the Diviner, then called her “Ace” the greatest recent variable.

Lin Yu prepared to enter the next Game by finding a freezer at Jiangcheng Media University’s Canteen 3, while arranging a message to summon help if he became trapped. He climbed into the dumpling freezer and waited for the Game to begin.

• Lin Yu decided to avoid getting involved with the organizations until his advancement and handled his schoolwork and drama club obligations.
• After learning that the next Game required him to be somewhere below zero before midnight, Lin Yu chose Canteen 3’s freezer as his best option.
• Lin Yu inspected Canteen 3, confirmed its kitchen had large freezers, and told Lin Zhao that he would stay at school to work on a group assignment.
• Lin Yu studied Shakespeare at the library until closing, then went to Canteen 3 and found its back door unlocked.
• Lin Yu entered the dumpling shop’s freezer, scheduled a message to Shen Bingmiao for 12:05 a.m. in case he needed rescuing, and left his phone outside.

Lin Yu entered the Frozen Winter Mountains Game and received two Rank Advancement Missions tied to the Fraudster ability. After awakening in a snowbound wooden house, he suspected the burly man watching over him was a benevolent NPC and asked who he was.

• Lin Yu waited in a freezer until the Game began, then learned he had to make contradictory lies come true for every other Player and expose the hidden Fraudster.
• Lin Yu decided to prioritize the first mission while gathering clues about the Fraudster and protecting himself.
• Lin Yu awakened in a damaged wooden house amid a blizzard and saw a burly, middle-aged man sitting nearby.
• Lin Yu tested whether the man was a Player by trying to discuss the Death game, concluded he was probably an NPC, and asked who he was while gripping his concealed pistol.