Recaps

Lin Yu learned from a rough uncle about Winter Mountain’s deadly snow monsters, the creature called Cha, and the valuable black oil hidden in the snowfields. After the uncle left with a map, Lin Yu realized that locating the other Players was essential to completing his advancement missions and chased after him.

• The rough uncle warned Lin Yu that Cha and other snow monsters hunted people at night, and that firelight and traveling alone could help people survive.
• The uncle explained that black oil appeared in wooden cases across Winter Mountain and could bring wealth or be refined into healing ointment.
• The uncle gave Lin Yu a map showing camps, monster activity, and black oil locations, then headed east alone.
• Lin Yu studied the map and concluded that surviving the Instance seemed manageable, but finding the other Players would be difficult.
• Lin Yu realized he needed to locate the other Players to deceive them for his advancement missions, so he chased after the uncle.

Lin Yu convinced Rough Uncle that he was a lord-hired surveyor, gaining the belief needed to activate an ability that let him move quickly through the Snowfield. He reached settlement A7 and continued searching for the twelve missing players despite night approaching.

• Lin Yu asked Rough Uncle about other treasure hunters and learned that leaving Winter Mountain during the storm risked attracting Cha.
• Lin Yu claimed he was a professional surveyor hired to remap the settlements and proved his map knowledge by answering Rough Uncle's questions.
• Rough Uncle believed Lin Yu's story and agreed to keep the information about Black Gold Oil production secret.
• Lin Yu left Rough Uncle and discovered that his belief had activated an ability, making it easier for him to travel across the Snowfield.
• Lin Yu reached settlement A7, found an empty cabin with a furnace and pot, and continued searching for players instead of settling in.

Lin Yu searched the snowy bases and inferred that the map divided the players’ starting points into thirteen sectors before meeting Sister Hua, a Peddler. He asked her to share her item information, but she remained wary because an NPC had advised players not to group up.

• Lin Yu searched three nearby bases without finding anyone, then noticed that the map divided the bases into twelve sectors around a central point, suggesting thirteen starting locations.
• Lin Yu headed toward the nearest sector’s central base and found a woman searching the snow for firewood.
• Lin Yu introduced himself as A Long, a Soldier, and met Sister Hua, who revealed that she was a Peddler.
• Lin Yu asked Sister Hua to share her item information, but she cautioned that players might not be on the same side because an NPC had advised against grouping up.
• Lin Yu told Sister Hua that she had misunderstood the NPC’s warning.

Lin Yu used his Map and persuasive lies to gather information about nearby strongholds and Items while traveling alone through the blizzard. He realized his Fraudster ability could let contradictory identities work at the same time, potentially giving him twelve Professions in the Game.

• Lin Yu showed Sister Hua his Map and convinced her to reveal the location and properties of a [Black Oil Torch].
• Lin Yu left Sister Hua and traveled through the snow toward another stronghold.
• Lin Yu met Dolphin, claimed to be an Otaku, and learned that an NPC had given Dolphin a broom, supplies, and stronghold locations.
• Dolphin suggested Lin Yu search east, and Lin Yu left after pretending they both lacked Combat Power.
• Lin Yu realized his Fraudster ability had granted him both soldier and Otaku abilities, and he planned to use different identities to obtain twelve Professions.

Lin Yu entered a Snow Monster-infested area and recovered the Black Oil Torch Sister Hua had told him about. While investigating the frozen body that had held it, he recognized the corpse as the Rough Uncle he had met earlier.

• Lin Yu crossed into the red-marked area, spotted Snow Monster footprints, and searched carefully as darkness fell.
• Lin Yu found the Black Oil Torch beneath a boulder and freed it from the frozen fingers gripping it.
• Lin Yu discovered how to ignite the Torch and confirmed that it gave off light and warmth.
• Lin Yu uncovered the body holding the Torch and recognized the frozen corpse as the Rough Uncle.

Lin Yu suspected that the NPC who had first guided him might have lied, but continued following the map and sought out another Player. After confirming his teacher profession, he learned that Cha was not alive and told Karen that the NPC had given them false information.

• Lin Yu left the frozen corpse and continued through the snow, trusting the map from Rough Uncle to guide him between outposts.
• At the next sector, Lin Yu knocked on a lit cabin and persuaded the wary Player inside that he was an English teacher.
• The man introduced himself as Karen, a lawyer and member of the Player Mutual Aid Society.
• Lin Yu’s teacher profession revealed the message that Cha was not alive and that staying alone reduced the chance of being discovered by Cha.
• Lin Yu asked Karen about the bearded Rough Uncle NPC, confirmed Karen had met him too, and said the NPC’s initial information included a lie.

Lin Yu used the Teacher profession’s clues to warn Karen, then hurried to another outpost and pretended to be a Street Punk to obtain its profession. He left the outpost with two potatoes and continued into the dangerous night.

• Lin Yu told Karen that the starting NPC’s hints contained lies, and Karen promised to help him if he ran into trouble.
• Lin Yu considered the Teacher’s clues that Cha was not alive and that being alone only reduced the chance of being found, so he hurried to the next outpost.
• Lin Yu confronted the Otaku Woman in the cabin and demanded food, using a threatening Street Punk persona to make her back down.
• Lin Yu obtained the Street Punk profession, took two potatoes from the Otaku Woman, and said that traveling together increased the danger of encountering monsters.

Lin Yu visited more strongholds and acquired the veterinarian and thief professions before reaching Sherlock, a self-proclaimed detective. Sherlock’s trusting deduction led him to believe Lin Yu was a doctor, granting Lin Yu that profession as the night continued.

• Lin Yu met Summer, a veterinarian, and Old Yao, a thief, and acquired both professions.
• Lin Yu met Fei Yun, a reporter, and Level 8 Big Gale, a programmer, then moved on after learning about their abilities.
• Lin Yu decided to invent a new persona for the doctor profession as the blizzard weakened and the night deepened.
• Lin Yu reached the seventh stronghold and met Sherlock, who claimed to be a renowned detective.
• Sherlock guessed Lin Yu was a security guard, then accepted Lin Yu’s claim that he was a doctor and awakened that profession for him.
• Lin Yu told Sherlock that his torch kept monsters away and that he was checking on players who might be injured.

Lin Yu collected five more classes, bringing his total to twelve, and discovered that the food buried in the snow was alive. He traveled toward the map’s center to investigate the instance’s mysteries and found a cabin unlike the ordinary outposts, with black metal beneath its wooden exterior.

• Lin Yu obtained the Postman, Brawler, Chef, Corporate Slave, and Official classes from five people at the remaining outposts.
• Lin Yu used Chef to find edible food beneath the snow and discovered that the vegetables and processed foods were living creatures.
• Lin Yu returned to his starting point and decided to investigate the central outpost as part of his second Rank Advancement Mission.
• Lin Yu crossed increasingly deep snow with help from Postman and Soldier and reached a half-buried cabin at the center.
• Lin Yu found that the central cabin’s broken wooden exterior revealed a black, matte metal structure, unlike the makeshift cabins at the other outposts.

Lin Yu explored a lived-in cabin and deduced details about its former owner before Sherlock arrived and explained how he had traced the bases’ circular arrangement. Lin Yu tested Sherlock, suspected he was an Impostor called “Chat,” and drew his revolver on him.

• Lin Yu examined the cabin’s books, clothes, and workbench, concluding that its former resident was a disciplined young male scholar who had used the table for drafting.
• Sherlock entered the cabin and told Lin Yu that he had found the bases arranged in a perfect circle, with this cabin at its center.
• Lin Yu showed Sherlock the map and pointed out that the circle could be divided into twelve equal sectors.
• Lin Yu threw a lie detector at Sherlock to test whether he had a physical body, then aimed his revolver at him and called him an Impostor named “Chat.”

Lin Yu exposed the Sherlock he encountered as an impostor after discovering that the Map concealed a thirteenth sector. By connecting the outpost labels, he uncovered the word “cheat” and realized the Map pointed to the deception behind his Rank Advancement Mission.

• Lin Yu found that Sherlock’s claim about the outposts could not be true, then used the Map to investigate further.
• After traveling through the area, Lin Yu discovered the Map omitted a sector where Sherlock had been hiding.
• Lin Yu shot Sherlock, whose body melted into black liquid, and confirmed he had killed a copy rather than the real detective.
• Lin Yu marked the missing sector and connected the outpost labels, forming the letters that spelled “cheat.”
• Lin Yu concluded that Cha might really be called “cheat” and that the impostor in his Rank Advancement Mission had arranged the deception.

Lin Yu decided to bring Sherlock back to investigate his room, planning to use the Detective’s abilities and then silence him to keep his secrets safe. After taking a short nap, Lin Yu entered a lucid dream in the snowy mountains and saw the Rough Uncle traveling with a group of men seeking black oil.

• Lin Yu weighed the risks of involving Sherlock and decided to use his abilities before silencing him.
• Lin Yu ate, planned to leave at three-thirty, and lay down for a short nap.
• Lin Yu entered a lucid dream and found himself in a snowy landscape resembling the Instance.
• Lin Yu heard men discussing their trip into Winter Mountain to gather black oil and spotted the Rough Uncle among them.

In a Dreamscape, Lin Yu followed the Rough Uncle and witnessed Cha kill him in his sleep, apparently through an inescapable nightmare. Lin Yu resisted the fear with his Corporate Slave skill, heard a mysterious voice confirm his theory and urge him to escape or end the Game, then woke at 3:35.

• Lin Yu followed the thirteen uncles into Winter Mountain and chose to watch the Rough Uncle search for black oil.
• The Rough Uncle found no black oil, gathered supplies, and made camp beneath the rock where Lin Yu later found his body buried.
• During the night, the Rough Uncle died in his sleep with a terrified expression, leading Lin Yu to suspect Cha killed him through a dream.
• Lin Yu realized he was dreaming and used the Corporate Slave skill to suppress his fear.
• A mysterious voice confirmed Lin Yu's guess about Cha and urged him to escape or bring everything to an end.
• Lin Yu woke in bed and saw that the clock read 3:35.

Lin Yu realized the security guard who believed his postman lie had died, then tracked down Sherlock to recruit him for an investigation. When Sherlock refused to travel in the cold, Lin Yu threatened him with an empty revolver and forced him to agree.

• Lin Yu discovered that the postman ability had vanished and concluded the security guard who believed his lie had died.
• Lin Yu reasoned that the guard's death would not expose his lie or fail his Rank Advancement Mission, though losing the guard's ability slowed him down.
• Lin Yu found Sherlock at a nearby base after Sherlock had scavenged his previous base and relocated.
• Lin Yu asked Sherlock to accompany him to investigate clues, but Sherlock refused because of the cold and danger.
• Lin Yu pressed his empty revolver to Sherlock's head, and Sherlock agreed to go while pleading for Lin Yu to put the gun away.

Lin Yu and Sherlock uncovered a metal box hidden inside the workbench by burning away its wooden covering. Lin Yu examined the box’s combination lock while Sherlock offered to crack the password in exchange for treatment for his burned hand.

• Sherlock identified the workbench as a metal structure concealed beneath lightwood boards.
• Lin Yu burned the workbench and extinguished the flames, revealing a metal box underneath.
• Sherlock burned his hand when he touched the hot box, and Lin Yu cooled the box with snow.
• Lin Yu found a locked door with a four-digit combination lock on the box.
• Sherlock offered to crack the password in exchange for treatment, but Lin Yu threatened to chop off his hand instead.

Lin Yu and Sherlock searched the books for the metal box password, then cooked and ate dinner using ingredients from Sherlock’s Discount Shopping Bag. Lin Yu realized the books’ blacked-out pages formed a puzzle and began fitting them together to reveal a clue.

• Sherlock used his Detective ability and learned the password clue was hidden among the eight books, while Lin Yu healed his hand.
• Sherlock brought out fresh ingredients from his Discount Shopping Bag, and Lin Yu cooked dinner for them.
• After eating, Lin Yu noticed the books’ page numbers fell into four symbol categories and arranged them accordingly.
• Lin Yu tore pages from two books and fitted their blacked-out sections together, realizing they formed a jigsaw puzzle.
• Sherlock understood that the blacked-out sections were meant to be assembled rather than conceal information.

Lin Yu and Sherlock solved the book-page puzzle and opened the chest, finding the belongings of researcher Veil Valetti and a journal about the “leak” and the monster “Cha.” Sherlock became eager to investigate Winter Mountain’s mysteries, while Lin Yu still searched for the liar behind the scam.

• Lin Yu and Sherlock pieced the scattered pages into the numbers 9, 4, 5, and 7, and Sherlock deduced that the password was probably 5497.
• Lin Yu opened the chest, which contained a document bag with Veil Valetti’s Identity card, a notebook, and a key.
• Lin Yu read Veil Valetti’s journal, which described a leak, the monster Cha, and the researcher’s discovery that the Error had been created by humans.
• Sherlock thanked Lin Yu for bringing him to the cabin and vowed to uncover the truth about Cha, the researcher, and Winter Mountain.

Lin Yu dreamed of Veil Valetti uncovering that a leak had caused the deaths at Winter Mountain, then met Veil’s Consciousness Entity, who urged him to open a sealed cave with the key left alongside Veil’s identity card and notebook. Veil said he could offer only hints because the thing behind the disaster could sense his answers, and he left Lin Yu with the belief that a god’s mark made him capable of ending it.

• Lin Yu fell asleep and dreamed of Veil Valetti digging bodies out of the snow and testing them with an instrument.
• Veil discovered that the bodies had no soul readings but reacted to the black substance, and he blamed a leak for the deaths.
• Veil entered a metal-sealed cave, while an invisible force kept Lin Yu outside and Veil’s Consciousness Entity appeared behind him.
• Veil refused to answer Lin Yu’s questions directly, explaining that the thing connected to him could sense his answers and thoughts.
• Lin Yu worked out that he needed to find the cave and open it with the key from Veil’s belongings, and Veil said the God of Change’s mark showed Lin Yu was clever enough to help end the disaster.

Lin Yu discovered that Cha was killing people in their dreams and that sleep advanced time by more than a day, leaving him and Sherlock to investigate the deadly Instance with Lin Yu’s dream hints.

• Lin Yu found that his Hooligan, Chef, and Corporate Slave abilities had disappeared and hurried with Sherlock to check on the player who believed he was a Chef.
• Lin Yu and Sherlock found the player dead beside an extinguished furnace, and Sherlock estimated he had died about twelve hours earlier, likely from fear.
• Lin Yu concluded that Cha killed people in their dreams and that each time they slept, more than twenty-four hours passed, making it Day Five.
• Sherlock switched hats and agreed to use his full strength in the Instance after Lin Yu challenged him.
• Sherlock asked whether Lin Yu received dream hints from an Item, and Lin Yu confirmed that Veil Valetti had been sending him dreams.

Lin Yu persuaded Sherlock to help investigate the cave despite the danger, using Sherlock’s desire to uncover the truth. Sherlock led him to a likely location between two peaks, but they found no cave and Sherlock suspected Cha had created an illusion.

• Lin Yu told Sherlock the information he had about the Winter Mountain tragedy and the key.
• Sherlock warned Lin Yu that Veil Valetti might be untrustworthy, but Lin Yu argued that they were running out of time and needed to find the truth.
• Sherlock agreed to investigate the cave with Lin Yu, motivated by his unsolved case and the promise of a challenging mystery.
• Sherlock used his knowledge of geology to lead Lin Yu toward the meeting point between the two mountain peaks.
• Lin Yu found no cave at the location, and Sherlock concluded that it must be Cha’s illusion.

Lin Yu and Sherlock discovered that the rock wall concealing the cave was made from the same miraculous substance as Black Gold Oil and burned it away with Lin Yu’s torch. They found the real cave entrance and prepared to enter and uncover Winter Mountain’s truth.

• Lin Yu and Sherlock searched the rock wall but found no entrance, so Sherlock used his detective ability and identified Lin Yu’s torch as the clue.
• Lin Yu and Sherlock realized the rock wall’s snow and ice did not melt because it was unaffected by the present.
• Lin Yu recognized the wall as a rock wall from the past and used the torch to melt and burn it away.
• Sherlock identified the substance as the miraculous material described in the books, which could serve as fuel and take the form of people or objects.
• Lin Yu and Sherlock found a cave and a round metal door behind the false wall, then prepared to enter.

Lin Yu and Sherlock explored a high-tech corridor beneath the blizzard and questioned each other about their knowledge of the organization behind the Instance. Sherlock revealed he had mistaken Lin Yu for a supervisor-level member of the Psychology Society, leaving Lin Yu stunned by the misunderstanding.

• Lin Yu opened the hidden metal door and made Sherlock lead the way into the corridor.
• Lin Yu and Sherlock discussed Winter Mountain’s advanced technology and the organization that used emotion as fuel and raw material.
• Lin Yu deduced Sherlock had encountered the organization in other Instances, and Sherlock admitted he had dealt with it three times.
• Lin Yu pressed Sherlock to explain why he had been probing him, and Sherlock admitted he had recognized Lin Yu as a Psychology Society member.
• Lin Yu used the Lie Detector to confirm Sherlock had thought he was a supervisor-level member of the Psychology Society, then called Sherlock a moron.

Lin Yu and Sherlock discovered an abandoned Truth Company factory beneath Winter Mountain, where a machine produced black oil from Fear. Veil Valetti appeared and confirmed that Chat was the name of a Truth Company project, not a living creature.

• Sherlock explained that the Truth Company operated in Death game Instances and warned Lin Yu that it tracked people who encountered its NPCs.
• Lin Yu agreed to investigate the Truth Company with Sherlock, partly to uncover the truth and claim an extra reward.
• Lin Yu and Sherlock followed the underground passage to a vast abandoned factory filled with black oil and a still-running machine.
• Lin Yu and Sherlock concluded that the oil came from Fear and that Chat might not be a living being.
• Veil Valetti appeared on the platform and revealed that Chat was a Truth Company project.

Veil Valetti explained how Truth Company’s secret Oil of Fear experiments beneath Winter Mountain created the monster Cha and drew people to their deaths. He asked Lin Yu to end the cycle, leaving Lin Yu and Sherlock to decide how to act.

• Veil Valetti recounted how Truth Company secretly lured residents into Winter Mountain to harvest their fear and produce Oil of Fear.
• The Oil of Fear began devouring souls, killing people in their sleep and trapping Truth Company’s researchers in the underground base.
• The abandoned machinery fused the stolen emotions and souls into Cha, which spread Oil of Fear to lure more people to Winter Mountain.
• Sherlock recognized Truth Company as the scammer behind the Rank Advancement Mission, while Lin Yu questioned Veil Valetti’s motives.
• Veil Valetti told Lin Yu that he believed Lin Yu could end what was happening at Winter Mountain.

Veil Valetti warned Lin Yu and Sherlock that Chatter was about to trap the survivors in a dream and urged Lin Yu to destroy its soul there. Lin Yu used Official’s power to keep himself out of the dream, then agreed to Veil Valetti’s bargain for help concealing his lies and an indestructible notebook.

• Sherlock warned Lin Yu not to trust Veil Valetti, who explained that Chatter would soon activate the Dream Manufacturing Device and seek true life by devouring more souls.
• Veil Valetti told Lin Yu that the survivors would share a dream where they could find Chatter’s soul, and said Lin Yu’s mysterious ability could lead him to it.
• The Dream Manufacturing Device activated, but Lin Yu used Official’s power to exclude himself while Sherlock fell into the dream.
• Lin Yu refused to enter the dream or risk himself for the survivors, saying he cared only about uncovering the truth.
• Veil Valetti offered to interfere with communication in the dream and give Lin Yu his indestructible notebook in exchange for a deal, and Lin Yu accepted.