Recaps

Lin Yu’s group reached the Cursed Statue, where rival factions fought over Freud’s legacy before Lin Yu revealed that he had already taken it and staged Schreiber’s challenge. After clearing the Instance, Lin Yu returned to Jiang City with Old Zheng’s Items and learned more about Princess Bai Yue, while questions remained about the Mist Island operation and Old Yao.

• Fu Luo led Lin Yu, Wang Jiu, Katie, and Old Yao through the research park, and they reached the main building after surviving its defenses.
• Lin Yu’s group found the Cursed Statue and its sealed inheritance, but Nineteen and Chlorpromazine attacked them before Tycoon arrived and defeated Nineteen.
• Tycoon and Dilaudid fought until Lacan arrived, and Ren Gu later imposed temporary bans on Heart Domains and Exclusive items to force the factions to negotiate.
• Zao opened the Briefcase and played Schreiber’s recording, after which Lin Yu revealed that he had already taken Old Zheng’s legacy and staged the ruin to publicize Schreiber.
• Schreiber’s Mental Power drew the Island Master of the 6th Island to the research park, and the statue’s destruction allowed Lin Yu to clear “The Weeping of the Mourners.”
• Lin Yu received new rewards, reviewed Old Zheng’s Items, and returned to Jiang City after setting Anchor Points and concealing his theft of Jue’s Dust of Transformation.
• Lin Yu spoke with Old Zheng about Princess Bai Yue, then contacted Li Hua and Fu Luo, who apologized for failing to protect Old Yao.

Lin Yu used the Yayu identity to enter the Marauders and secure a chance to become a branch captain candidate. After entering the Tide-Chasing Festival Game with April, he saved her from an octopus and prepared to face the Fishmen and the mission ahead.

• Lin Yu learned about Schreiber and the Psychology Society, accepted a Script to rise through the Marauders as Yayu, and supported the Drama club while Order attacked the Society.
• Li Hua warned Lin Yu that Schreiber had manipulated the Mist Island Instance and gained its inheritance, and told him to investigate discreetly while Order considered targeting the Marauders.
• Lin Yu met Gao Shan and Fu Luo, then arranged Yayu’s assessment with A'yu and joined the Marauders after defeating Sea Cucumber in a sparring match.
• A'yu offered Lin Yu a chance to become a Branch Captain Candidate if he succeeded in collecting Mermaid's Tear at the Tide-Chasing Festival, and assigned April as his teammate.
• Lin Yu read his past self’s letter about Shen Bingmiao, Lin Zhao, and changing the world line, then entered the next Game as Yayu aboard a sinking ship with April.
• Lin Yu and April found signs that a powerful attacker had killed the ship’s crew, and a tentacle seized April as she tried to retrieve a lifeboat.
• Lin Yu summoned Hannah, learned the octopus’s inner eyes were vulnerable, and crippled it so he could rescue April.
• Lin Yu bandaged April, cut sashimi from the octopus, and agreed with her to rest before facing the Fishmen, the festival, and their mission for Mermaid's Tear.

Lin Yu and April reached the Sea Monster Royal Capital seeking Mermaid’s Tear, while Lin Yu built a public profile and secretly arranged to steal Sea Eye Venerable’s collection. Order agents and Gu Ya Zun’s schemes collided at the auction house, where Mountain Sparrow and Mad Saber disguised themselves as the regent and Lin Yu prepared to use their plan.

• Lin Yu and April reached Baobol with the merfolk rescue team, then Lin Yu forced Prince Kord to let them use the teleportation array first.
• At the Sea Monster Royal Capital, Lin Yu used his Middle Sea connections and a rumor about a valuable delicacy to attract attention and seek Mermaid’s Tear.
• Lin Yu and April met Gu Ya Zun at the auction house, where he plotted to have them killed and stir conflict among the sea kingdoms.
• Sea Eye Venerable showed Lin Yu two Mermaid’s Tears for auction and revealed he kept five more, while Lin Yu proposed a private deal and secretly planned to steal them.
• Mountain Sparrow and Mad Saber tracked the Naga guarding Lin Yu and April, killed it, and discovered its connection to Gu Ya Zun.
• Mountain Sparrow and Mad Saber confronted Gu Ya Zun, killed him, and decided to impersonate him at the auction to pursue the Lost Treasure and Mermaid’s Tear.
• Lin Yu left Sea Eye Venerable’s vault after securing an agreement and told April she would enter the vault to steal the five Tears while he planned their escape.
• Mountain Sparrow and Mad Saber entered the auction booth as Paper Gu Ya Zun No. 1 and devised a scheme to stage the regent’s death, while Lin Yu overheard them and chose to use their plot.

Lin Yu exposed the Merfolk Royal Family’s crimes with Sea Eye Venerable, then returned to find Li Nian’s soul missing and resolved to enter the Gray Domain to save her. There, he woke in a school life that distorted his memories and discovered that Lu Xiao was another trapped Player who said he had come to rescue his friend.

• Lin Yu used April and Sea Eye Venerable’s operations to seize the Mermaid’s Tears and stage a public revelation of the merfolk royals’ slaughter, while April defeated Mad Saber and joined Lin Yu’s future team.
• Lin Yu and April completed Tide of Return, returned to the Settlement Space, and received rewards before Lin Yu learned that A'yu wanted the Mermaid’s Tears as materials for an Item.
• Lin Yu found Li Nian hanging in her home with half her soul missing, and Old Zheng warned that only recovering it could restore her.
• Lin Yu gathered the Freedom Alliance at Li Nian’s home, proposed entering the Gray Domain with Hacker’s help, and received supplies from the others before Shen Bingmiao sent him into Town Life.
• Lin Yu woke as a student at Wudu Bilingual Elite Middle School and struggled with memories and expectations that felt increasingly unreliable.
• Lu Xiao invited Lin Yu to the rooftop, confronted his growing memory loss, and tried to take his phone as the rooftop’s influence distorted their thoughts.
• Lin Yu played his recorded warning about the Death game and memory interference, then Lu Xiao explained that they were both Players and that he had come to rescue his friend.