Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu questioned Old Zheng about his time studying in America to verify details of Lin Yin’s account of Fluoxetine. Old Zheng confirmed the brutal murders but said there was no evidence the victims had been Fluoxetine’s adoptive parents, leaving her connection to the couple uncertain.

• Lin Yu asked Old Zheng about his American studies, and Old Zheng said he had nearly left without graduating after returning home early from his internship.
• Old Zheng described counseling an international student who developed severe anxiety and anorexia after finding his roommate dead from an overdose.
• At Lin Yu’s prompting, Old Zheng recounted assessing a Chinese girl with antisocial personality disorder who had brutally murdered an elderly white couple.
• Lin Yu recognized the girl as Fluoxetine and realized her account had omitted the brutality of the killings.
• Old Zheng clarified that the records did not establish the murdered couple as Fluoxetine’s adoptive parents, though they had trafficked children’s organs and might have kept her hidden.

Lin Yu and Old Zheng discussed whether the American patient Marie was Fluoxetine, weighing differences in their personalities and the possibility that Fluoxetine had changed after joining the Death game. Lin Yu then revealed that First Generation Jung had survived and impersonated Schreiber, prompting Old Zheng to admit he had personally caused Jung’s death.

• Old Zheng explained that Marie’s identity and motives were impossible to verify, and described her antisocial traits and troubled inner life.
• Lin Yu suggested that Marie might have become Fluoxetine after developing an inner purpose in the Death game; Old Zheng accepted the possibility and linked it to Fluorvosamine’s knowledge of his assessment.
• Lin Yu teased Old Zheng about crossing professional boundaries, then said the clues would help him play Schreiber and take over the Psychology Society.
• Lin Yu told Old Zheng that First Generation Jung had survived, rebelled against Second Generation Freud, and impersonated Schreiber at the Player Mutual Aid Society election venue.
• Old Zheng admitted that Jung had not died in an accident and that he should be considered someone whose death Old Zheng personally caused.

Lin Yu concluded that Old Zheng had concealed the first-generation Jung’s past and prepared to confront the Diviner’s anticipated move at the Convention Center. Disguised as Schreiber, he drew the attention of both Order and the Marauders, then encountered Liu and Kui at a breakfast shop.

• Lin Yu inferred that Old Zheng’s certainty about the first-generation Jung’s death was tied to an old grudge, but Old Zheng told him to kill Jung if they met.
• Old Zheng taught Mental Power basics to Hannah and the God of Desire, while Stiller studied from files and Zhu Qiansi ignored him.
• Lin Yu warned Jian Cunyi that the Diviner might act that day, and Jian Cunyi said he was watching from a building near the Convention Center.
• Lin Yu disguised himself as Schreiber and walked toward the Convention Center, drawing surveillance from Order and the Marauders’ Li Zi.
• Lin Yu asked Skinner to tell her president where he was waiting, then ordered breakfast at a shop where Liu and Kui recognized him.

Lin Yu met Kui and Liu at a Shenzhen breakfast shop, where talk of his disguise and his ties to the Diviner drew the Second Generation “Freud” into the conversation. He left her impressed by his apparent psychological insight after correctly providing her favorite porridge.

• Lin Yu admitted to Kui that he had adjusted the difficulty of their previous instance, and Kui recognized the subtle changes to his reconstructed face.
• Liu explained that she had been hired to protect Kui, who was in Shenzhen for an art exhibition rather than the Player Mutual Aid Society election.
• Kui revealed her real name, Feng Jinhe, and offered Lin Yu free entry to her exhibition.
• The Second Generation “Freud” arrived and challenged Lin Yu about whether the encounter with Liu and Kui was a test; he reassured her and offered her buns and black rice porridge.
• Lin Yu claimed he had deduced the Second Generation “Freud’s” favorite porridge through psychological analysis, leaving her and Kui amazed.

Lin Yu revealed that his [Exclusive item], [Meme Virus], could spread Mental Power as information and create a Mental Plague, and he recruited Second Generation Freud and the Psychology Society to help amplify it. As a typhoon storm battered Shenzhen, he announced his plan to recreate the mass sleep that had struck Lilai City during the [Instance].

• Second Generation Freud warned Liu and Kui to leave Shenzhen before something dangerous happened, but both chose to stay.
• Lin Yu and Second Generation Freud secretly communicated about the Order, Marauders, and Night Watcher Players sheltering in the breakfast shop.
• Lin Yu asked to use the Psychology Society's trained minds and souls to support his plan for the upcoming Shenzhen Trial.
• Lin Yu revealed [Meme Virus] could spread information through Mental Power and induce collective excitement, madness, despondency, or drowsiness.
• Second Generation Freud agreed to transmit Lin Yu's information to Psychology Society members, while Kui asked what he intended to achieve.
• Lin Yu said he planned to recreate the mass sleep caused by the Original Sin Undead in Lilai City, this time across Shenzhen.

Lin Yu used Schreiber’s [Meme Virus] and the [Hypnosis Pendant] to make Shenzhen’s ordinary residents unable to perceive the outside world while continuing their normal activities, intending to let the Players fight without harming civilians. After Order received his warning, Lin Yu sent Wannianqing and his squad away to prepare for the Marauders’ challenge.

• Lin Yu explained that the Diviner had planned the Marauders’ operation as a deadly Trial and revealed his plan to put Shenzhen’s residents into an unconscious state.
• Lin Yu used the [Meme Virus] and Mental Power Seeds to spread a Mental Plague through the Psychology Society and hypnotize the city’s ordinary residents.
• Second Generation Freud pinned Wannianqing’s Order squad and the Night Watcher duo when they tried to act, then released them at Lin Yu’s request.
• Wannianqing reported the situation to Order and received a dire response as the Mental Plague spread through Shenzhen.
• Lin Yu reassured Wannianqing that the city would remain safe and told him to take his squad back and prepare for the Marauders.

Lin Yu negotiated with Ren Gu over Shenzhen’s sleeping population and warned Order that the Marauders were about to act. He then set out to find Grandmaster and the Diviner, while sending Second Generation Freud to wait at a location offshore.

• Lin Yu told Ren Gu that the Mental Plague had left Shenzhen’s residents in a safe, sleepwalking-like state, and Ren Gu ordered him to stop interfering with them.
• Lin Yu bargained for time until the end of the day, argued that Order should focus on the Marauders, and ended the call after warning they would soon make their move.
• Second Generation Freud and Liu discussed Lin Yu’s confrontation with Order, while Lin Yu said Order might need to protect him as long as Shenzhen’s residents remained safe.
• Lin Yu revealed that he planned to find Grandmaster and the Diviner so he could witness their full-strength fight and see whether they could approach the Divine Realm.
• Lin Yu showed Second Generation Freud an offshore location and told her to steal a boat and wait there.

Lin Yu used his Schreiber identity to evade surveillance, then disguised himself as Yayu and learned that the Marauders would launch their full operation at noon. After getting approval to create chaos at the International Convention Center, he infiltrated it through the rooftop, where he encountered Order member Paper Kite.

• Lin Yu made traffic at an intersection move in unison and used the confusion to disappear from his watchers.
• Disguised as Yayu, Lin Yu read A'yu's messages about the Marauders' planned noon assault and asked whether he should disrupt Order at the Convention Center.
• A'yu relayed Brother Zhan's approval for Lin Yu to create chaos, then urged him to stop when he revealed he planned to attack inside the venue.
• Lin Yu ignored A'yu's warnings, climbed onto a moving car, and leaped toward the Convention Center rooftop.
• Lin Yu landed beside the lone Order guard and recognized the person as Paper Kite.

Lin Yu, posing as Yayu of the Marauders, fought Paper Kite on the convention center rooftop and defeated him with a poisoned blade. After Paper Kite lost consciousness, Lin Yu treated his wounds and neutralized the poison, unwilling to kill him just to maintain the performance.

• Paper Kite confronted Lin Yu on the rooftop and asked whether he was strong enough to be a threat.
• Lin Yu introduced himself as Yayu of the Marauders and challenged Paper Kite to fight at full strength.
• Paper Kite shot Lin Yu several times, but Lin Yu used a decoy and appeared behind him to slash him with Crescent Moon Cold Night.
• Paper Kite tried to keep fighting, but the blade’s poison made him collapse unconscious.
• Lin Yu returned to Paper Kite, healed his wounds, and neutralized the poison so he would survive.

After defeating Paper Kite, Lin Yu continued his infiltration of the International Convention Center as Yayu and encountered Mikan in the stairwell. Mikan showed interest in Yayu, who gave her codename and left without exchanging contact details.

• Lin Yu treated Paper Kite's wounds, removed the bullets, and used Soul Cleansing to prevent him from falling into a deep sleep.
• Lin Yu judged that his restricted fight as Yayu had only narrowly defeated Paper Kite, then entered the International Convention Center and headed downstairs.
• Mikan opened the third-floor fire door, asked Lin Yu to keep her smoking secret, and complained about the election pressure and Order's warnings.
• Mikan asked Lin Yu about her organization and proposed exchanging contact details, while Lin Yu realized that Mikan was interested in Yayu.
• Lin Yu told Mikan her codename was Yayu and continued downstairs, leaving Mikan calling after her to ask how it was written.

Lin Yu infiltrated the Convention Center as Yayu while Order dismantled the election booths, then sought out Monica to assess her ties to the Marauders. He revealed that Brother Jing had authorized him to act freely, and Monica agreed to cooperate with him.

• Lin Yu entered the Convention Center and saw Order and Player Mutual Aid Society volunteers dismantling the booths as the election was suspended.
• Lin Yu used the disorganized work and Good Night’s weak oversight to reach Monica’s booth unnoticed.
• Lin Yu asked a member of Monica’s campaign team to take him to her lounge, where Monica recognized Yayu and asked who had sent her.
• Lin Yu said he had come on his own with Brother Jing’s authorization, and Monica agreed to cooperate with him.

Lin Yu persuaded Monica, a full member of the Marauders embedded in the Player Mutual Aid Society, to assist his plan to disrupt the Convention Center before the coming operation. He asked her to cut off the venue’s water and electricity for about half a minute, but kept his intended use of the blackout secret.

• Lin Yu recognized Monica’s probe and chose to present himself as an uninformed, reckless rookie rather than claim a higher standing.
• Monica revealed that she was a full member of the Marauders who had joined the Player Mutual Aid Society to pass along information and was now a contender for its presidency.
• Lin Yu said the Diviner had approved his plan to create chaos at the Convention Center, but Monica refused to use preparations intended for the Celestial King.
• Lin Yu told Monica he had nearly killed Paper Kite and explained that he relied on gathered intelligence and creating unlikely accidents rather than superior strength.
• Lin Yu claimed that the Diviner, the Celestial King, and A'yu had all failed to find him while he was concealed, then asked Monica to cut the Convention Center’s water and electricity for about half a minute.
• Monica agreed but asked what Lin Yu planned to do, and he told her she would see when the time came.

Good Night and Yin Lan discussed the Mental Plague Schreiber had unleashed across Shenzhen and set conditions for Yin Lan to join the Convention Center’s defense. Their conversation ended when every light in the building suddenly went out.

• Yin Lan told Good Night that Wannianqing had been captured by the Second Generation Freud and Schreiber, who had used Schreiber’s [Exclusive item] to put Shenzhen’s non-Players into a sleepwalking state.
• Good Night realized the Professor had asked him to keep Yin Lan out of combat when possible, and promised that he and Paper Kite would handle most attackers.
• Yin Lan agreed to stay out of the fight unless five or more Tier 3s, a Marauders Branch Director, a Psychology Society S-Rank, or Schreiber appeared.
• Yin Lan said she would confront Schreiber if he came to the Convention Center, while Good Night hoped the perimeter forces would stop all attackers.
• Every light in the International Convention Center suddenly went out.

A blackout and Paper Kite’s serious injury triggered panic inside the International Convention Center, but Good Night and Yin Lan tried to restore order. After an explosion destroyed the main booth and revealed that the Benevolent King’s [Items] were missing, a hidden passage gave Yin Lan a route to pursue the thieves.

• The Convention Center lost power and water after the electrical system shut down, and Yin Lan suspected the blackout was deliberate.
• The Internal Team found Paper Kite unconscious and badly wounded on the roof, prompting Yin Lan to warn that an enemy had infiltrated the building.
• The crowd panicked and rushed for the exits, but Good Night blocked the main entrance with purple flames while Yin Lan reassured the volunteers and Order members sealed the other exits.
• An explosion destroyed the main booth, and Yin Lan and Good Night discovered that the Benevolent King’s [Items] had been stolen.
• A second collapse exposed a hidden underground passage beneath the booth, and Yin Lan decided to pursue the thieves through it.

Yin Lan traced the tunnel used in the theft of the Benevolent King's [Item set] to the Freedom Alliance and suspected Li Nian was with the Master Thief. In a van headed toward the Convention Center, Li Nian learned Order had blamed her for the theft, while the group decided to continue their plans amid mass sleepwalking across Shenzhen.

• Yin Lan found a newly dug tunnel by the Convention Center, linked it to the Freedom Alliance, and arranged to track them and recover the Benevolent King's [Item set].
• Li Nian joked that Order was blaming her for a theft, then explained that Zhu Ming had learned Order was sending a team after them because the stolen [Items] were taken through their tunnel.
• Xiao Yun argued that the group should still go to the Convention Center, where they could pursue their goals and potentially rob the thief; she added that Fishing Man and his companions were already waiting nearby.
• Li Nian reported that Schreiber, aided by the Second Generation Freud, was hypnotizing more than ten million people in Shenzhen and causing ordinary residents to sleepwalk.

Lin Yu, disguised as Yayu, stole the Benevolent King's five [items] from the International Convention Center rooftop while Order blamed the Freedom Alliance. He told A'yu the Freedom Alliance had caused the commotion and offered her an unguarded rooftop entrance, while the Freedom Alliance scouts waited nearby.

• Chen Le, God of Cookery, and Comedian waited in a parked sedan near the Convention Center, discussing their disguises and whether to intervene.
• The three agreed to wait for the rest of the Freedom Alliance and watch for a chance to target Diviner or help Zhu Ming escape.
• With Order focused on the venue lockdown and Paper Kite's treatment, Lin Yu remained alone on the rooftop and examined the five stolen [items].
• Lin Yu messaged A'yu, claiming the Freedom Alliance had stolen the items and that he had used the resulting chaos to reach the unguarded rooftop entrance.
• A'yu believed Lin Yu had stayed safe and learned that she could enter the Convention Center through the rooftop.

After reporting to A'yu, Lin Yu used the identity of Zhu Ming to prepare a new operation with Old Zheng and Hannah. He gave Old Zheng indirect control of Shenzhen’s ten-million-person Mental Power network and ordered him to locate the First Generation Jung, who Lin Yu planned to deceive.

• A'yu told Lin Yu that the rooftop would become the main avenue of attack and warned him to stay hidden from Order.
• Lin Yu switched to Zhu Ming’s appearance and summoned Old Zheng and Hannah to help with his plan.
• Lin Yu transferred Old Zheng access to the Mental Power network, using his own subconscious as an intermediary so Old Zheng could manage it without directly bearing its full mental burden.
• Lin Yu instructed Hannah to use Projection to create convincing and altered versions of Old Zheng and Schreiber.
• Lin Yu revealed that the target of their deception was the First Generation Jung and told Old Zheng to locate him through the distinctive Mental Power fluctuations of his Soul Puppets within three minutes.

Lin Yu and Old Zheng tracked the First Generation "Jung" through Shenzhen’s mental power network and pursued him underground to a subway train. As Jung spoke about meeting "Schreiber," the darkened carriage suddenly filled with passengers.

• Old Zheng located the First Generation "Jung" in a train on Shenzhen Metro’s Inner Ring Line after scanning the city’s mental power network.
• Lin Yu took Old Zheng and Hannah underground and raced after the moving train.
• Jung sat among hypnotized passengers, muttering about "Schreiber," the Death game, and whether he should kill or help him.
• The carriage lights went out, and Jung sensed that someone had come looking for him.
• When the lights came back on, passengers filled the formerly near-empty carriage.

The First Generation Jung was surrounded on the subway by sleepwalkers and confronted by a man in a white coat who appeared to be Freud, then Schreiber. Jung’s tests exposed the man’s cognitive tampering and lack of a soul, but his identity remained unknown.

• Sleepwalkers filled the carriage and faced the First Generation Jung, who recognized that someone had taken control of them.
• A man in a white coat appeared and claimed to be Freud, but the First Generation Jung insisted that Freud was dead and attacked him with soul tentacles.
• The man repeatedly vanished and reappeared, while the First Generation Jung concluded that his cognitive tampering was unlike Freud’s.
• The First Generation Jung guessed that the man was Schreiber, but the stranger’s changing appearance and tricks led Jung to suspect a double deception.
• The First Generation Jung touched the stranger’s shoulder, causing him to vanish, and concluded that the figure had no soul before asking who he really was.

Lin Yu, posing as Zhu Ming, met First Generation Jung on the subway and traded questions with him. Jung explained why Freud killed him over the Mist Island Realm’s Unclaimed Authority, while Lin Yu revealed how he could use Mental Power and interfere with Jung’s cognition.

• Zhu Ming boarded the subway and identified herself as Lin Yu, the Freedom Alliance’s Beast Master, while Jung recognized her.
• Lin Yu proposed exchanging questions with Jung, and Jung explained that his fluent speech while impersonating Schreiber came from using a Soul Puppet.
• Lin Yu revealed that his Tier 3 Exclusive item let him use his Summoned Creatures’ abilities, including Mental Power.
• Lin Yu said he could interfere with Jung’s cognition by borrowing the Director’s quill-like Item, which their Items allowed them to share.
• Jung said Freud killed him because Jung planned to claim the Mist Island Realm’s Unclaimed Authority, then angrily accused Freud of cowardice and lacking conviction.