Recaps

Lin Yu and the other Players discovered that Lilai City had been sealed off and searched for the agent behind the barrier. Their investigation led to the Black Prison, where they exposed the tribunal head’s role in awakening a Monarch-level serpentkin and watched him summon the [Book of Hell].

• Lin Yu and Huang entered Lilai City, received temporary passes from the Heresy Inquisition, and recruited Aoi, A'yu, and Brother Qi to investigate the city’s troubles.
• Huang led the Players beyond the city, where they discovered an invisible barrier, and Brother Qi identified it as Lost Kingdom technology from the Pure Ruins, and A'yu revealed that it enclosed Lilai City.
• The Players informed the city’s leaders that they were trapped and proposed searching for the mastermind’s agent, while Lin Yu and A'yu sought access to the Black Prison.
• A'yu and Lin Yu visited the Late Night Tavern, where Raimon Cherlt revealed that a Monarch-level Dark Race member was expected to revive in Lilai City.
• The Director escorted Lin Yu, A'yu, and Raymond into the Black Prison and revealed its hidden underground level, where they found dead Dark Race members and encountered a Monarch-level Snakekin.
• Lin Yu and Old Zheng discovered that the Snakekin was an active corpse animated by a Chimera soul, while A'yu fought it and Lin Yu and Raymond searched underwater for its hidden controller.
• Lin Yu and Raymond found and fought the Director beneath the water, then Lin Yu propelled him to the surface, where A'yu shot him and pulled him ashore.
• The Director transformed into a Filth Demon, unleashed an Original Sin Undead, and explained that he sought the truth in the [Book of Hell] before opening a passage and summoning the book.

Lin Yu unraveled the plot in Lilai City, gained Netsangi as a subordinate, and learned that his sister’s items had marked him as the Doomsday Messenger’s Successor. Back in reality, he investigated a bounty on Director and prepared to pursue the original Freud’s legacy on Mist Island.

• Lin Yu outmaneuvered Netsangi’s Demon Contract, then joined A'yu in investigating the citywide Death Sleep and confronting the five Snakeborn.
• Gali Tontes revealed Netsangi’s plan to use the Original Sin Undead and a staged Snakeborn attack, then chose to evaluate Lin Yu rather than oppose him.
• Lin Yu secretly killed the last Snakeborn, gained Netsangi as a subordinate, and earned rewards for controlling the Instance.
• Shen Bingmiao explained that Lin Yu’s use of his sister’s items had signaled to Night Valley that her Successor had returned, and asked him to investigate his sister’s past.
• Li Hua warned Lin Yu about a huge bounty on Director, while Lin Yu and Old Zheng suspected a powerful person was behind it.
• Moss invited Lin Yu to Mist Island to retrieve a legacy left by the original Freud, and Lin Yu decided to compete for it.
• Lin Yu told Tycoon that Lacan might be heading to Mist Island and agreed to enter an Instance so Tycoon could follow by his coordinates.
• Shen Bingmiao connected the bounty’s rare items to recent Gray Domain trades, and Lin Yu agreed to lend Li Nian his Ancient Notebook after concealing his own records.

Lin Yu entered the Mist Island instance, uncovered a monster hiding among the Players, and reached the Sixth Island while seeking Old Zheng’s inheritance. After learning of Old Zheng’s past with the Island Master, Lin Yu found her in Cassidy and faced her directly.

• Lin Yu bargained with Li Nian for Gray Domain investigations, then joined Tycoon’s mission to Mist Island and boarded the instance airship with several rival factions.
• After a monster infiltrated the airship, Lin Yu deliberately acted suspicious and was mistaken for it, then secretly confronted the real Soul-Siphoning Tree Vine possessing the Military Otaku.
• Lin Yu freed the Military Otaku from the vine and arrived on the Sixth Island, where Old Zheng described the island and its unpredictable ruler.
• Lin Yu learned that Old Zheng had been romantically involved with the Island Master and set out for Cassidy despite Old Zheng’s attempt to stop him.
• Lin Yu forced a Scaled Person to reveal the Island Master’s location, then found her at a white church in Cassidy, where she recognized him as a traveler from afar.

Lin Yu uncovered the Diving Merchant’s scheme, helped stop the Sea Progeny attack, and joined Fu Luo’s group in searching the ruins for the legacy. After guiding the group past the research institute’s guardians, they found a working tablet that displayed a live map of the complex.

• Lin Yu questioned the Island Master of the 6th Island about Freud’s life, and she described how Freud betrayed the Lord of Mist Island before confirming her importance to him.
• Lin Yu searched the island’s pools for Freud’s legacy while Fu Luo and other players fought off starfish summoned by the Diving Merchant.
• Fu Luo traced the starfish attack to underwater portals and joined forces with Wang Jiu and Shi Jiu to confront the Diving Merchant.
• Lin Yu confronted the Diving Merchant underwater, summoned the Crow’s presence to deter him, and claimed his Teleportation Gun before learning the merchant was a puppet inhabited by Morse.
• Fu Luo’s group reached the portals, but the Diving Merchant escaped and the starfish attack ended, and the players then agreed to search the ruins for the Cursed Statue and legacy.
• Lin Yu reunited with Fu Luo’s group and guided them through the ruins, where the guardians’ thought-reading security system triggered an alarm after Fu Luo stepped on a bone.
• Lin Yu used a mirror, underground routes, Rage Spray, and Mental Power to confuse the guardians and lead the group to safety without triggering a full alert.
• Lin Yu dealt with escaped experimental subjects, and Fu Luo, Wang Jiu, and Katie activated a tablet showing a live map of the research complex.