Recaps

Lin Yu transformed Zuo Xi’s Soul Fragment into an Information Lifeform, but her unusually independent self-awareness quickly recognized its artificial origin. Rejecting this existence, Zuo Xi destroyed herself, leaving Lin Yu stunned by the loss.

• Lin Yu studied Zuo Xi’s memories, learned about the deceased Meng Yang, and discovered that her soul had been altered by the lingering influence of another Authority.
• Lin Yu used the [Ancient Notebook] to create an Information Lifeform from Zuo Xi’s Soul Fragment, and she developed genuine self-awareness within seconds.
• Zuo Xi told Lin Yu that her identity and cognition came from others and that he had created her.
• Zuo Xi produced a symbolic handgun and declared that she refused to live in a fake world or in her current form.
• Zuo Xi pulled the trigger, causing her self-awareness to collapse and leaving only fragments of Soul Power; Lin Yu realized she had committed suicide.

Lin Yu entered Fluoxetine’s memories and found her as a child named Bai You in an orphanage, but the memory froze before he could learn more. Adult Fluoxetine appeared inside the frozen scene and revealed she had been guarding against the Evil God, whom Lin Yu realized was her disguise.

• Lin Yu reflected on the Information Lifeform Zuo Xi’s suicide and entered Fluoxetine’s memories, wary that Fluoxetine might pose a danger to the [Ancient Notebook].
• Lin Yu saw young Bai You being reprimanded by the director of an orphanage for missing dinner.
• Lin Yu considered how the orphanage might reveal the origins of Fluoxetine’s personality and offer clues to her hidden life before the Death game.
• The memory scene froze, and Lin Yu found that young Bai You and the surrounding mental fluctuations had stopped as well.
• Adult Fluoxetine appeared in the frozen scene and said she had been taking precautions against the Evil God.
• Lin Yu recognized that Fluoxetine had been disguised as the Evil God.

Lin Yu confronted Fluoxetine, who had emerged as an independent Information Lifeform from a five-percent Soul Fragment inside the Ancient Notebook. She had absorbed the memory Lin Yu was trying to view, leaving him to choose between abandoning it or erasing her self-awareness.

• Lin Yu recognized that the Fluoxetine before him was an independent Information Lifeform formed from a five-percent Soul Fragment, not Fluoxetine's true body.
• Fluoxetine deduced that Lin Yu had used a special Item and impersonated an Evil God to obtain people's memories and souls with their consent.
• Lin Yu told Fluoxetine that he intended to kill her, while she argued that learning about her past would only make that harder.
• Lin Yu realized Fluoxetine had absorbed the memory from the fragment carrying it and could assimilate the fragment inside her younger self.
• Lin Yu concluded that Fluoxetine had interrupted the memory playback to force him to choose between pursuing her memories and erasing her self-awareness.

Lin Yu watched Fluoxetine’s childhood memories and learned how she became the orphanage’s self-proclaimed king by manipulating older children into stealing food. The memory continued with five-year-old Fluoxetine breaking into the director’s desk, while adult Fluoxetine explained that she had taught herself to pick locks.

• Fluoxetine showed Lin Yu memories of the orphanage director scolding and punishing her five-year-old self.
• Fluoxetine explained that she had persuaded older children to climb walls, pick locks, and steal food from nearby shops.
• The director locked Fluoxetine in his office and left to deal with the other children.
• Young Fluoxetine checked that the director had driven away, then used his Card Key to open a locked desk drawer.
• Fluoxetine told Lin Yu that she had figured out lockpicking on her own and once believed she had discovered a unique flaw in human locks.

Lin Yu watched Fluoxetine’s memory of stealing evidence from an orphanage dean and sending ominous messages to his associates as a childhood prank. After the memory ended, Lin Yu said it had only strengthened his resolve to kill Fluoxetine.

• Little Fluoxetine found coded account books and a cellphone in the dean’s office, while the Information Lifeform explained that the records showed bribery and illegal payments.
• Fluoxetine defended the dean for supporting his illegitimate child’s overseas studies, and Lin Yu guessed she planned to use the evidence to manipulate him.
• Little Fluoxetine secretly passed the stolen evidence and cellphone to her companions, who messaged the dean’s contacts, “I already know what you did.”
• The Information Lifeform recalled that the resulting chaos engulfed the orphanage and city, and that she had to leave the orphanage by age six.
• Fluoxetine asked whether learning about her past made Lin Yu reluctant to kill her, and Lin Yu said his resolve had not changed and he would not feel guilty.

Lin Yu questioned the Information Lifeform Fluoxetine about her suspicious cooperation and learned that she wanted him to kill her original self. Fluoxetine revealed that she hoped to become her own sole self, though Lin Yu remained wary of her motives.

• Lin Yu explained that Fluoxetine's name and childhood memories could help him trace her past despite her efforts to hide her records.
• Fluoxetine warned Lin Yu about traps, prompting him to question why she was so eager to speak with someone who intended to kill her.
• Fluoxetine pretended she had seized the Ancient Notebook's Authority and trapped Lin Yu, but he recognized the bluff.
• Fluoxetine said she had initially wanted to spy on the Evil God's true appearance but had changed her plan after becoming an independent Information Lifeform.
• Fluoxetine revealed that she wanted Lin Yu to kill her original self so she could become the one and only Fluoxetine.

Lin Yu agreed to cooperate with Bai You, the five-percent Information Lifeform split from Fluoxetine, while keeping her sealed away and under close watch. Studying the Information Lifeforms led him to suspect a connection between the Authorities of Information and Destiny, and he concluded that Shen Bingmiao was at least a Chosen of God.

• Lin Yu questioned whether Bai You was trustworthy and whether he would let her live after they killed Fluoxetine, but accepted that her help was worth the risk.
• Bai You agreed to cooperate with Lin Yu, chose her old name, and shook hands with him.
• Lin Yu sealed Bai You inside the [Ancient Notebook] and hid the entrance among chaotic information rather than trusting her.
• After returning to his room, Lin Yu compared the Information Lifeforms with Shen Bingmiao and Zhu Qiansi and considered how their forms might relate to the Authorities of Information and Destiny.
• Lin Yu connected those Authorities to Lin Zhao’s actions and concluded that Shen Bingmiao was at least a Chosen of God.

Lin Yu freed Zhu Qiansi for a week, arranged for Stiller to hide as a safe-house option, and sent Old Zheng into the notebook to help the Bandura simulator grow. He learned that Whale’s Tear was rare but available from Hannah’s family and Sixth Uncle Ka’s family.

• Lin Yu returned to Jiang City, released Zhu Qiansi, and granted her a week of freedom while warning her to obey the world’s rules and come back afterward.
• Lin Yu refused Stiller’s offer to track Zhu Qiansi and instead instructed him to find a safe house and keep his location secret.
• Lin Yu sent Old Zheng into the notebook to provide the Bandura simulator with his memories of Bandura.
• Lin Yu asked Hannah about Whale’s Tear, and she explained that it was a precious Nether Void Realm treasure kept by her family and Sixth Uncle Ka’s family.

Lin Yu decided to seek a ticket that would let him enter Pure Ruins, where he could obtain the materials for his Exclusive item, and used Zhu Ming to ask Fishing Man for help. Fishing Man ignored the message until Comedian baited him with a picture of a grass carp.

• Hannah told Lin Yu that her family had a Whale's Tear, and he promised to take her home for a visit.
• Lin Yu considered how to enter Pure Ruins without an Anchor Point and thought Fishing Man might have spare tickets.
• Lin Yu read the Freedom Alliance chat, where Qianhuan recounted how the Director and Zhu Ming had worked together in an instance.
• Qianhuan asked the Tier 4 members to discuss a strange event involving an Evil God demanding souls and memories.
• Lin Yu, using Zhu Ming's identity, asked Fishing Man whether he had tickets for Pure Ruins, but Fishing Man stayed silent.
• Comedian posted a picture of a grass carp, prompting Fishing Man to ask where it was.

Lin Yu, posing as Zhu Ming, asked the Freedom Alliance to watch Zhu Qiansi while she was temporarily no longer his Item, and Fang Qing agreed. Their conversation about Fang Qing’s investigation into the Psychology Society ended with Lin Yu wondering if it was connected to his younger sister.

• Fishing Man told Zhu Ming he would discuss Pure Ruins tickets after leaving the rainforest, while Old Wu explained that Fishing Man and the mountaineer were in Peru.
• Lin Yu, using Zhu Ming’s identity, asked the Tier 4s to watch Zhu Qiansi because she was temporarily free from his control.
• Fang Qing volunteered to watch Zhu Qiansi without payment and arranged to meet Lin Yu near Li Nian’s home.
• Fang Qing met Lin Yu at a café and learned Zhu Qiansi would not be his Item for a week, though Lin Yu could still locate her.
• Fang Qing said she had come to investigate the Psychology Society’s recent activity in Jiang City, and Lin Yu asked if it was connected to his younger sister.

Lin Yu told Fang Qing about Xia Yang and discussed the Psychology Society’s possible plans, then agreed to help Fang Qing bring the Fishing Man into the Middle Sea. Fang Qing gave Lin Yu a submersible Item and a Fishing Rod to help with the plan.

• Lin Yu explained Xia Yang’s situation to Fang Qing, who warned that the Psychology Society might target an S-Class or S+ and offered to watch over Xia Yang.
• Lin Yu told Fang Qing she needed Whale’s Tear and could reach the Middle Sea through an octopus she knew.
• Fang Qing gave Lin Yu the Portable Sea Moth and asked her to enter the Pure Ruins with the Fishing Man, keep him focused, and bring him to the Middle Sea.
• Lin Yu agreed to approach the Fishing Man about going together, and Fang Qing gave her a Fishing Rod as payment.
• Lin Yu asked how Fang Qing had produced the Fishing Rod, and Fang Qing explained that her Item Space contained a Creative Module.

Lin Yu learned how Fang Qing’s powerful abilities made her a top-ranked Player, then tried to take her Resurrection Coin. The coin transformed into a new Item in Lin Yu’s Item Space, named [Life or Death].

• Fang Qing explained how her Player profession, Exclusive item, and Heart Domain gave her powerful game-like abilities and helped her reach fourth place on the leaderboard.
• Lin Yu asked whether Fang Qing had sold Bandura the Undying Totem, and Fang Qing admitted that she had sold it when she needed money.
• Fang Qing offered Lin Yu a Resurrection Coin, but it rusted and exploded after he held it for about ten seconds.
• Lin Yu concealed that the coin had transformed into a new Item in his Item Space, with one golden side and one black, rusted side, named [Life or Death].

Lin Yu met A'yu under his Yayu identity, hoping to learn about White Sand and the Marauders' plans while concealing his true motives. He raised the bounty on Order's Director to sound out A'yu, and Glass warned that the Director had an extraordinary record even as a Tier 1.

• Lin Yu left Fang Qing after obtaining the Sea Moth and Life or Death Items, accepting a task, and entrusting Zhu Qiansi and Xia Yang to her.
• Lin Yu traveled to Yanjing as Yayu and met A'yu, Sea Cucumber, and Glass at a billiards hall.
• A'yu assumed Lin Yu wanted to discuss becoming a branch captain, but he said he had come to ask about accepting the bounty on Order's Director.
• A'yu cautioned that the Director was difficult to defeat, and Glass noted that his Tier 1 record had likely surpassed Yayu's.
• Lin Yu asked Glass what the Director's record was.

While playing pool, Lin Yu questioned A'yu about rumors surrounding the Director and learned that the Director possessed a legacy linked to the fallen God of Destiny. A'yu revealed that the Marauders planned to strike the Order during the Player Mutual Aid Society’s presidential election in South China, leaving Lin Yu an opportunity to join the operation.

• Lin Yu beat A'yu at pool and asked whether the rumors about the Director were exaggerated.
• A'yu said the Director was a dangerous opponent and explained that he carried a God of Destiny legacy sought by Brother Zhan.
• A'yu told Lin Yu that Brother Zhan was waiting for the right moment to pursue the legacy and was not forbidding anyone from hunting the Director.
• A'yu revealed that the Marauders planned to attack the Order when its allies gathered in South China for the Player Mutual Aid Society presidential election.
• A'yu said she had declined to join the operation but could use her authority as Yanjing branch deputy head to bring Lin Yu along.

Lin Yu learned that the Marauders planned to disrupt the Player Mutual Aid Society election and steal Benevolent King’s Items, but he remained focused on killing Director. He discovered that Xiao Bai, the Marauders’ strongest Tier 3, was also interested in Director’s bounty, setting up potential competition.

• A'yu and Liuli explained that the Marauders planned to cause chaos during the election so their members could steal Benevolent King’s Items or earn credit for the disruption.
• A'yu told Lin Yu that Brother Zhan’s mysterious new allies had leaked Director’s destination and were linked to the bounty on him.
• Lin Yu said he still wanted to kill Director to repay Heavenly Artisan, and A'yu encouraged him while warning that Director was formidable.
• Lin Yu asked whether another Marauder might reach Director first, and Liuli reminded A'yu about Xiao Bai.
• A'yu revealed that Xiao Bai was the organization’s strongest Tier 3 and might pursue Director’s bounty, while Liuli noted that Order would likely assign an equally powerful guard to watch him.

Lin Yu learned more about White Sand’s formidable abilities and considered how to deal with him while returning to the Drama club and preparing for the South China operation. After the Yanjing performance, Lin Yu left for Shenzhen as Order appointed him and Good Night commanders of the regional support personnel.

• Lin Yu drew information from A'yu about White Sand’s background, combat skills, summoned beasts, and god-summoning art.
• Lin Yu judged White Sand too dangerous to confront directly for now and considered using the new information to improve the White Sand simulator.
• Lin Yu returned to the hotel and helped the Drama club finalize preparations for its Yanjing performance.
• After the performance, Lin Yu learned that Good Night had become Captain General of Jiang City and that he had been promoted to official captain of the First Team; Order appointed them commanders of the South China operation’s regional support personnel.
• Lin Yu left the club dinner and took the subway to the airport, reflecting that White Sand also had a high bounty.

At Yanjing Airport, Lin Yu calculated the bounty on White Sand and weighed the dangers surrounding the coming mission while learning more about Shen Bingmiao’s investigation and abilities. Shen Bingmiao revealed that the realm trapping the Grandmaster was called the Divine Realm.

• Lin Yu calculated that the bounties on White Sand totaled 56.8 million and considered seeking protection from Good Night during the mission.
• Lin Yu asked Shen Bingmiao what she was working on, and she described her investigation into Copper Furnace and the Marauders’ suspicious activity.
• Shen Bingmiao said she and Professor were preparing to use cross-world computation to rescue the Grandmaster, who had been trapped by the Diviner.
• Lin Yu wondered whether Shen Bingmiao could directly inspect and interfere with the Death Game’s functions, but chose not to question her.
• Lin Yu asked Shen Bingmiao about the Tenth Realm, and she told him she called it the Divine Realm.

Lin Yu learned from Shen Bingmiao how the Divine Realm, gods, World Will, and the Ten Realms were connected, and heard that his upcoming Trial would take place in the dangerous Divine Realm. Before leaving to confront the Diviner, Shen Bingmiao sent Lin Yu a file of information about White Sand, Pen Name, and Fluoxetine, which he began reviewing.

• Lin Yu asked Shen Bingmiao what the Divine Realm was, and she explained how gods ascended there after their worlds rejected them for grasping Authorities.
• Lin Yu realized that the Central Mechanism opposed the birth of gods because it reflected the World Will, and Shen Bingmiao confirmed that powerful beings were often unable to remain in a world for long.
• Shen Bingmiao warned Lin Yu that his upcoming Trial from Order would take place in the Divine Realm and that the Copper Furnace might target him while she and the Grandmaster were away.
• Lin Yu reassured Shen Bingmiao that he had connections and safeguards, and she warned him that the real world might be more dangerous while Order's attention was elsewhere.
• Shen Bingmiao sent Lin Yu a file on White Sand, Pen Name, and Fluoxetine before going to argue with the Diviner.
• Lin Yu opened the file and began examining White Sand's information for additions to his knowledge and its potential use in strengthening an Information Lifeform.

Lin Yu studied Shen Bingmiao’s dossiers on White Sand, Pen Name, and Fluoxetine, learning their rankings, abilities, and other intelligence. He realized that all three were formidable opponents and that he would need to advance to Tier 3 before he could hope to kill them.

• Lin Yu reviewed White Sand’s real-world identity, rank, equipment choices, and known items, then considered how to survive White Sand’s likely first attack and rehearse against him in a simulator.
• Lin Yu discovered that Zuo Xi, codenamed Pen Name, ranked twenty-first on the leaderboard and memorized information about her items.
• Lin Yu found that Fluoxetine’s real-world identity remained unknown, but learned that she ranked nineteenth and concluded he needed to complete his Tier 3 advancement and forge an Exclusive item to kill her.
• Lin Yu examined Shen Bingmiao’s list of the top twenty-five leaderboard players without anonymity and memorized the names and affiliations.

Shen Bingmiao and Du Tiancheng discussed their efforts to reach Little Gu, the threat posed by Copper Furnace, and the personal costs of interfering with the Game’s rules. Du Tiancheng warned that Shen Bingmiao was risking her remaining self-awareness, while she insisted she understood the danger and still stood beside him as a comrade.

• Du Tiancheng visited Shen Bingmiao in the Divine Realm and brought her a watermelon from the northwest.
• Shen Bingmiao told Du Tiancheng that they had contacted Little Gu but could not free her from the [Trapped Dragon] in time to reach South China.
• Du Tiancheng said he knew the hidden organization was called Copper Furnace and that he would act personally if necessary, despite the World Will’s growing rejection of him.
• Du Tiancheng confronted Shen Bingmiao about revealing confidential information about hostile Players and warned that she could lose her self-awareness.
• Shen Bingmiao shared watermelon with Du Tiancheng and told him she valued him as a comrade, while he said he feared losing more comrades to pointless sacrifices.

On a flight from Yanjing to Shenzhen, Lin Yu met his Jiangcheng Media senior, actress Lu Xi, who praised his acting and asked to take a photo with him. When Lin Yu noticed Lu Xi’s previous photo with Fluoxetine, he quietly gripped the [Shady Corner] and asked when it had been taken.

• Lin Yu boarded Flight 0911Q in business class, grateful for his [Carnival Pendant] after eating at the VIP lounge.
• Lu Xi sat beside Lin Yu, recognized him as a Jiangcheng Media acting student, and revealed that she had watched many recordings of his performances.
• Lu Xi praised Lin Yu’s talent and said she considered herself his fan, then asked to take a photo together.
• As Lu Xi opened her camera, Lin Yu spotted Fluoxetine in a thumbnail and asked when the photo of them had been taken.

Lin Yu boarded a flight to South China with Lu Xi, worried that Fluoxetine might be pursuing him, and planned to consult Bai You through the Ancient Notebook. At Yanjing Airport, Fluoxetine sent Potassium Chloride to infiltrate the plane in a suitcase and kill someone, while she prepared for a separate mission in Jiang City.

• Lu Xi explained that a fan had asked to take a photo with her and asked Lin Yu if she could send their photo to Professor Chen.
• Lin Yu suspected Fluoxetine had come to the airport for him, but he saw no familiar Players among the passengers boarding with him and Lu Xi.
• As the flight took off, Lu Xi prepared to sleep, and Lin Yu planned to use the Ancient Notebook to consult Bai You and check Old Zheng's progress.
• At Yanjing Airport, Potassium Chloride objected that Fluoxetine's carry-on suitcase was too small to conceal him, but Fluoxetine told him to figure out how to fit inside and carry out the assassination on the plane.
• Fluoxetine offered to trade missions, revealing that she was headed to Jiang City to destroy the Forum server and open a passage for the Esteemed President, but Potassium Chloride refused because he feared facing Hacker.

Lin Yu asked Bai You to analyze why Fluoxetine had appeared at his airport, and Bai You concluded that her true self might not have been targeting him. Their discussion of the actress Lu Xi led them to suspect that the Psychology Society had taken an interest in her, perhaps because of her potential or because she was being targeted for elimination.

• Lin Yu found Bai You renovating the orphanage director's office in the Ancient Notebook and told her that Fluoxetine had appeared at his airport.
• Bai You joked that Fluoxetine might have planted a bomb on Lin Yu's plane, then said her true self would not kill so many people without a reason and might have been at the airport by coincidence.
• Bai You inferred that Lin Yu had learned about Fluoxetine's airport visit through the actress sitting beside him, who had met a girl claiming to be a fan.
• Lin Yu said the actress, Lu Xi, was not a Player, and he and Bai You considered whether the Psychology Society had singled her out because of her potential or for elimination.

Lin Yu learned that the Psychology Society carefully planned how to recruit high-potential candidates into the Death game and suspected that Lu Xi, the actress sitting next to him on a flight, might be one. He went to consult Bandura’s simulator in the Ancient Notebook, where he found Old Zheng relaxing while it ran.

• Bai You explained that the Psychology Society profiled high-potential candidates and designed individualized murder plans to provoke their will to survive, including the plan used to kill Lin Yu.
• Bai You said Lin Yu’s Fragment of Fate might make him unconsciously attract people with the potential to become Players, so Lu Xi’s presence might not be a mere coincidence.
• Lin Yu left Bai You and decided to ask Bandura, the Psychology Society’s expert on assessing potential, to determine whether Lu Xi had been targeted.
• Lin Yu entered Bandura’s expanded simulator room in the Ancient Notebook and found Bandura sleeping while Old Zheng drank beer nearby.
• Old Zheng hurriedly hid the beer and told Lin Yu that the Bandura Simulator was improving its personality and digesting information through simulated sleep.

Lin Yu learned that the Bandura simulator’s personality was nearing its realism limit after a fourth Sleep Simulation. He let Old Zheng know he could relax in the Ancient Notebook, then warmed all alcoholic drinks there after discovering Old Zheng had delayed waking Bandura.

• Old Zheng explained that Bandura’s personality was about 55% similar to Lin Yu’s memories and might reach about 60% after Sleep Simulation, with realism expected to remain below 70%.
• Lin Yu reassured Old Zheng that he had intended for him to enjoy a vacation in the Ancient Notebook, rather than work alone while Stiller and Zhu Qiansi were away and Hannah prepared to visit family.
• Old Zheng gave Lin Yu a can of Tsingtao beer, and Lin Yu admitted he could not get used to its taste.
• Lin Yu asked how long Bandura’s Sleep Mode would last, and Old Zheng confessed that it had already ended before Lin Yu arrived but he had not woken Bandura.
• Lin Yu changed the Ancient Notebook’s information so all alcoholic drinks would be warm, prompting Old Zheng to protest.