Recaps

Gao Linzhi sensed a trap in the Huai Tree Forest and confronted the Fourth Elder, who admitted to betraying him to seize his talent for Lin Qing. Gao Linzhi killed him, leaving the gathered players shocked by his strength and Xu Qi wondering about the secret behind it.

• Gao Linzhi stopped outside the Huai Tree Forest after his Minimap and Heavenly Sight, Earthly Hearing, Person-Judging Art warned him of danger.
• The Fourth Elder revealed that he planned to sacrifice Gao Linzhi and give his talent to Lin Qing, and Gao Linzhi realized that a West Wolf Village spy had exposed the plot.
• The Fourth Elder attacked Gao Linzhi with a blue jade talisman, but Gao Linzhi dodged and struck him into the air.
• The Fourth Elder urged Gao Linzhi to sacrifice himself for the village and humanity, but Gao Linzhi rejected his demands and pummeled him until he died.
• Rogue Players, Corporate Players, the four remaining elders, and the West Wolf Village caravan leader witnessed Gao Linzhi's strength, while Xu Qi suspected he had a major secret.

Gao Linzhi fought East Wolf Village’s elders after they tried to steal his talent, using fire magic to overwhelm the Great Elder’s Huai Tree Forest. The Great Elder realized his arrogance had led him into a deadly fight and prepared to flee.

• The Rogue Players reacted to Gao Linzhi killing Fourth Elder, then rallied around him as the Great Elder defended the elders’ plan to take his talent.
• Gao Linzhi said the elders had broken their Guard Contract by plotting to kill him, while the Second Elder apologized and the Great Elder threatened to attack.
• The Great Elder retreated into the Huai Tree Forest and used his wood magic to spread the trees through part of the village as Gao Linzhi and the Rogue Players withdrew.
• Zheng Dong watched the conflict from his courtyard and blamed the elders’ plan to steal the players’ talents for destroying the village’s trust.
• Gao Linzhi cast repeated fireballs that set the Huai Tree Forest ablaze, forcing the Great Elder to spend mana extinguishing the flames.
• The Great Elder recognized Gao Linzhi as a deadly threat, admitted his arrogance had caused his mistake, and decided he had to flee.

Gao Linzhi killed the Great Elder and Fourth Elder, then took control of East Wolf Village and announced equal opportunities for all players. The Rogue Players hoped he would give them access to village resources, but he offered no free favors as they considered how difficult leveling up would be.

• Gao Linzhi stomped on the Great Elder’s remains after killing him with a basic Fireball Spell.
• The Second Elder, Third Elder, and Fifth Elder knelt before Gao Linzhi, praised him for saving the village, and gave him the Guard Contract.
• Gao Linzhi accepted the elders’ support and took the jade talisman to the Elder Council House, his new residence.
• Rogue Players and Corporate Players gathered outside the stone house, and the Rogue Players asked Gao Linzhi to lead them.
• Gao Linzhi promised equal chances for everyone in the village to study, work, earn money, and grow stronger, disappointing players who had hoped for free resources.
• The players considered how leveling up could help Rogue Players survive independently, though reaching level 10 would require substantial experience.

Gao Linzhi took control of East Wolf Village and questioned its elders about the village’s people, industries, players, and defenses. He learned that the village’s forces were far below his own strength.

• Gao Linzhi announced that East Wolf Village would continue operating as before until he introduced new rules in half a month, while Rogue Players worried he might target them.
• The Second Elder reported that East Wolf Village had 2,520 villagers and relied on trade with Corporate Players for many necessities.
• The Fifth Elder described the village’s specialty industries, and the elders identified Xu Tianlang as the strongest Corporate Player and Jiangnan1912 as the strongest Rogue Player.
• The Second Elder told Gao Linzhi that Jiangnan1912 had ties to the Liang family, whose territory was West Wolf Village.
• The Second Elder described East Wolf Village’s four Patrol Teams, and Gao Linzhi concluded their strength was no match for his own.

After becoming Great Elder, Gao Linzhi arranged funerals for the elders who died and moved to take village control of nearby monster nests and BOSSes. He confronted the Xu Corporation and demanded its unpaid taxes in gold, including the hundred kilograms it had tricked him into promising before.

• Gao Linzhi ordered lavish funerals and compensation for the Great Elder and Fourth Elder, then proposed a village team to scout and farm BOSSes.
• The Second Elder warned Gao Linzhi that the Xu Corporation monopolized BOSSes and that its players were willing to die, but Gao Linzhi said they had weaknesses.
• Xu Tianlang learned that Gao Linzhi intended to seize control of BOSSes and told Xu Qi to negotiate while he logged off.
• Gao Linzhi arrived at the Xu Corporation compound with the Patrol Team and declared that monster nests belonged to the village, imposing a seventy-percent tax on farming.
• Gao Linzhi demanded the Xu Corporation pay its past taxes in gold, and Zheng Sancai estimated the debt at at least one hundred kilograms.

Gao Linzhi obtained 100 kilograms of gold from the Xu Clan and used it to raise his Noble Privilege to Level 9. He left Rogue Players with a new way to earn money by ordering them to create a village newspaper that covered both in-game and offline news.

• Xu Qi agreed to fetch 100 kilograms of gold for Gao Linzhi, and Xu Tianlang approved the request while ordering Xu Qi to investigate Gao Linzhi's secret.
• Xu Qi delivered the gold, and Gao Linzhi recharged it for 1,000,000 Skyfall Stones, raising his cumulative recharge to 153,000 gold and his Noble Privilege to Level 9.
• Gao Linzhi checked his pet inventory, saw that his purple Wind Wolf King required level 30, and decided not to join the official in-game group.
• Gao Linzhi ordered his assistant to establish the East Wolf Village Daily, with sections for local news and news from players' offline world.
• Rogue Players welcomed the newspaper work as a safe new source of income and discussed bringing offline news into the game.

An online group of high-achieving Skyfall Game players discussed its protections and responsibilities before learning that Gao Linzhi had refused their invitation. Back in his cave, Gao Linzhi spent much of his wealth expanding his skill slots and learning Basic Throwing, but found that he had run out of useful skills to buy and would need Skill Stones.

• Skyfall's Most Handsome announced that a new high-achieving player had been invited to the official group, and members discussed the group's benefits and rules.
• Skyfall's Most Handsome revealed that the player had refused to join, disappointing the group members.
• Gao Linzhi safely logged off in the Great Elder's private Rest Room and returned to his cave.
• Gao Linzhi spent 332,500 Skyfall Stones to raise his skill-slot limit from 35 to 70, then bought Basic Throwing and raised it to level 100.
• Gao Linzhi realized he needed Skill Stones to gain more skills but worried that buying Skill Books in bulk could draw the attention of powerful forces.

Gao Linzhi appointed Zheng Dong as the village’s Fourth Elder and assigned him to train fighters and coordinate with the Descenders. Meanwhile, Jiangnan1912 concluded that Gao Linzhi was the player who had declined an invitation to the official group and considered the danger facing Xu Corporation.

• Gao Linzhi asked the elders about their boss-hunting team, and the Second Elder reported that they had recruited five Patrol Team members and attracted applicants from Xu Corporation.
• The three elders unanimously recommended Zheng Dong as Fourth Elder, and Gao Linzhi approved the appointment.
• Zheng Dong accepted the role, resolved to prevent further conflict between the village and the Descenders, and agreed to lead the Patrol Team and coordinate with players.
• Gao Linzhi told Zheng Dong to alert him if a boss proved too dangerous, then went to sort through the former Great Elder’s belongings as Zheng Dong took over the Fourth Elder’s courtyard.
• Ou Xiaohuang and other Rogue Players complained that Gao Linzhi had ignored them, while Jiangnan1912 inferred that Gao Linzhi had completed the “Capture a Game Village” achievement and worried about Xu Corporation’s prospects.

Jiangnan1912 advised the Xu Clan to appease Gao Linzhi, and the family sent a substitute for Xu Tianlang to apologize. Gao Linzhi spared the substitute, renamed him Xu Gou, and then joined Zheng Dong’s group to hunt a monster boss, killing it effortlessly.

• Xu Qi brought Jiangnan1912 to a meeting with the Xu Clan branches, who discussed Canxue’s growing power in East Wolf Village.
• Jiangnan1912 advised the Xu Clan to yield to Canxue and let his arrogance lead to his downfall, and Xu Zongxin ordered the family to keep a low profile.
• The Xu Clan sent a substitute pretending to be Xu Tianlang to kneel before Gao Linzhi with two bags of gold; Gao Linzhi identified him and made him his slave for three years under the name Xu Gou.
• Gao Linzhi took Xu Gou to Fox Slope, where Zheng Dong, the Five Tigers, and hired players were fighting a two-tailed fox boss.
• Gao Linzhi killed the level-10 fox with a single slap and gained experience and Fox Hide.

Gao Linzhi began uniting Wolf Snake Island and claimed its monster lairs, while the West Wolf Village Old Leader secretly brought Lin Qing back to his village. There, Corporate Players demanded Lin Qing and threatened war, leaving the Old Leader facing a new conflict.

• Xu Gou smashed his face with a rock and vowed to take revenge on the Xu Clan.
• Gao Linzhi surveyed Wolf Snake Island, noted its four villages and central Panlong Town, and decided to unite the island.
• Gao Linzhi told the West Wolf Village Old Leader he would claim the island’s BOSSes and monster lairs, then sent him to notify the other villages.
• The Old Leader’s deputy revealed that Lin Qing was hidden in the caravan, and the Old Leader welcomed her as a valuable talent.
• Corporate Players blocked the caravan at West Wolf Village and demanded Lin Qing; the Old Leader seized their leader’s spear as the knight threatened war.

The Old Leader fought Liang Corporation to keep Lin Qing in West Wolf Village, while Gao Linzhi watched from nearby. When Liang Corporation sent knights into the spreading mist, a Faceless Man used their corporate hierarchy to kill all fifteen, revealing the anomaly’s rules.

• The Old Leader attacked Liang Corporation’s cavalry with Red and Blue Jade Talismans while his caravan tried to flee toward East Wolf Village.
• Liang Corporation surrounded the caravan, threatened West Wolf Village with explosives, and demanded Lin Qing, but the Old Leader refused and declared the village would worship her as its king.
• Gao Linzhi arrived to observe the standoff and moved away when the Old Leader summoned aberrations by blowing his whistle.
• The Knight Captain sent fifteen knights into the mist to disperse it, and Gao Linzhi watched a Faceless Man appear before their leader.
• The Faceless Man asked the lead knight which corporate position it resembled, took the form of Liang Corporation’s president, and ordered the fifteen knights to die; all of them fell dead.

Gao Linzhi watched Liang Clan*35 provoke the Faceless Man into a rampage, forcing West Wolf Village to sacrifice an elder and fifty-five young men to calm it. He left to rally the other villages, and a week later formed a four-village BOSS-farming party in exchange for protecting them from Corporate Players.

• The Faceless Man slaughtered Liang Corporation's players after Liang Clan*35 attacked it with a jade talisman, then grew into a giant and rampaged through West Wolf Village.
• West Wolf Village's elders used the Five Elements Sacrifice Method, giving up fifty-five young men and one elder to draw away and appease the aberration.
• The Faceless Man calmed down and vanished, while the mist remained; Gao Linzhi decided to leave for South Wolf Village and North Wolf Village.
• Gao Linzhi chose not to pursue Lin Qing, believing she could serve as a useful shield against the Corporate Players.
• One week later, Gao Linzhi united the four villages in a BOSS-farming party and promised to protect them from Corporate Players in exchange for rare loot.

Gao Linzhi raised his Noble Rank to 17, gained guaranteed BOSS drops, and obtained an Intermediate Defense Stone that greatly increased his physique. Meanwhile, the Xu Clan and Liang Clan formed a union to regain control over Rogue Players, but their meeting ended in an argument over leadership and Xu Tianlang.

• Xu Gou managed Gao Linzhi's BOSS-farming operation, but its first three days yielded few valuable drops.
• Gao Linzhi topped up three tons of gold, reached Noble Rank 17, and gained Fortune bonuses and guaranteed BOSS drops.
• Gao Linzhi killed 49 BOSSes before receiving two Skill Books and an Intermediate Defense Stone, which he learned and raised to level 100.
• Xu Gou began planning Gao Linzhi's daily BOSS-farming routes so he could gain strength and experience efficiently.
• The Xu Clan and Liang Clan met through Jiangnan1912 and agreed to form the union Coolest Is Best to control Rogue Players through guilds.
• Liang Xiong and Xu Zongtong argued over who would lead the union, then Liang mocked Xu Tianlang for supposedly becoming Xu Gou.

Jiangnan1912 was made the figurehead of a guild formed by the Liang and Xu clans, then used a Puppet Talisman to turn his abusive Mouse-type spouse into a puppet. A month later, Gao Linzhi prepared to trade Skill Books offline and sent the Corpse Vine to access a player forum, leaving it creeping into a computer engineer’s home in Banyan City.

• Liang Xiong'xiong explained that Jiangnan1912 would lead Coolest Is Best, while trusted Liang and Xu subordinates controlled the guild’s personnel, finances, and forces.
• Jiangnan1912 returned home, kicked his Mouse-type spouse off the bed, and used a Purple Jade Talisman to turn it into an intelligent puppet.
• Gao Linzhi reviewed a month of boss-farming results, rewarded Xu Gou with a Basic Defense Skill Book, and prepared forty Skill Books for offline trades.
• Gao Linzhi learned Intermediate Fire Element Skill and Intermediate Fireball Technique to level 100, then logged off to arrange trades through the Archipelago player forum.
• Gao Linzhi sent the Corpse Vine toward a town to find a computer and post the Skill Book offers; after reaching Banyan City, it entered a computer engineer’s home through a window.

Jiangnan1912 considered trading with a seller of forty Skill Books to advance his planned build, while Gao Linzhi negotiated with Great Benevolence Company and tested its response. Yi Zhi Hong Xing approved Gao Linzhi’s risky trade proposal and argued that companies should protect Rogue Players, as the chapter ended with experts discussing the Rogue Player who had frightened the Liang Clan and Xu Clan heirs.

• Jiangnan1912 saw Gao Linzhi’s post offering forty Skill Books and considered asking the Liang Clan for the Basic Eagle Eye Technique and Skill Stones he needed.
• Gao Linzhi watched Corpse Vine’s location become surrounded by company forces, then exchanged messages with Yi Zhi Hong Xing about trading the Skill Books.
• Gao Linzhi proposed that Great Benevolence Company deliver his requested items first, after which he would reveal where the Skill Books were stored.
• Yi Zhi Hong Xing consulted experts, who judged the trade feasible, and she agreed to proceed on Gao Linzhi’s terms.
• Yi Zhi Hong Xing urged her experts to support Rogue Players and establish fairer mechanisms, citing the Liang Clan and Xu Clan heirs who feared the Rogue Player from the Wolf Snake Island Incident.

Gao Linzhi safely retrieved the traded items after detecting and removing a hidden tracking poison, then publicly exposed Great Benevolence Company and demanded compensation. He gained strength from the new skills and vowed to identify and kill the real culprits to establish his reputation.

• A twelve-person squad buried the deal goods in the jungle while drones monitored the site.
• Canxue retrieved the goods, and Gao Linzhi used a Heavenly Clear Talisman to remove the Heavenly Wolf Spider Venom from his Game Backpack.
• Gao Linzhi accused Yi Zhi Hong Xing and Great Benevolence Company of tampering with the goods, then posted evidence on the player forum.
• Wen Renxing confirmed the company’s failure, announced that Wen Renggan and Wen Renchang had been removed and submitted to the authorities, and Gao Linzhi demanded three tons of gold.
• Gao Linzhi learned the acquired skills, raised his unarmored constitution to 5 + 280, and decided to find and kill whoever had really arranged the poisoning.

Gao Linzhi refined the Corpse Vine to gold quality and sent it to Xu City to investigate the people pursuing Canxue. The investigators identified Gao Linzhi as their likely target and planned a capture, but he had already hidden in a remote mountain cave and learned of their conclusions through the vine.

• Gao Linzhi spent 9,000,000 Skyfall Stones on 10,000 refinements, raising the Corpse Vine from green to gold quality and increasing its Constitution to 320.
• Gao Linzhi learned that the Corpse Vine could be revived after death and returned to level 1 by dying before its first class change, then sent it to Xu City to trace the investigation back to its source.
• Two investigators arrived in Xu City and considered Liang Sheng and Lin Qing as suspects while the Corpse Vine secretly watched them.
• After three days of investigation, the young investigator concluded that Gao Linzhi was behind the events and proposed searching nearby for him.
• Gao Linzhi overheard the investigators through the Corpse Vine and reflected that he had avoided capture by fleeing to a remote mountain range and hiding in a vast cave.

Gao Linzhi watched an impostor massacre the Xu Clan and expose Great Benevolence Company’s scheme, then shared the recorded evidence on the player forum. Wen Renxing quit the company in frustration, leaving Great Benevolence Company facing the fallout.

• Gao Linzhi considered using a Puppet Talisman and learned that players could obtain one through trading, Talisman Skills, or BOSS drops.
• Great Benevolence Company’s team concluded they could not easily find Gao Linzhi, while the young man secretly formed a vicious plan.
• An impostor disguised as Gao Linzhi attacked the Xu Clan’s meeting and killed most of its leaders before Xu Zongyin escaped by logging into the game.
• Gao Linzhi had the Corpse Vine post a recording of the massacre, which sparked an uproar on the player forum by revealing Great Benevolence Company’s involvement.
• Wen Renxing condemned her company’s actions, invited Mr. Canxue to deal with its people as he wished, and resigned as General Manager while relinquishing her shares.

Wen Zhengxun became the target of a massive manhunt after his massacre, but Gao Linzhi captured him with the Corpse Vine and used a Puppet Talisman to turn him into a mindless subordinate. After the Xu Clan apologized to Rogue Players and promised to free its Corporate Players, Gao Linzhi’s elders objected to the plan.

• Companies across Xu City hunted Wen Zhengxun while their leaders condemned his attack and debated how to maintain order among powerful players.
• Abandoned by Great Benevolence Company and his family, Wen Zhengxun hid in a cave and killed Xu Qi and Xu Tianlang when they discovered him.
• The Corpse Vine captured Wen Zhengxun, and Gao Linzhi used a Puppet Talisman to erase his consciousness and make him a loyal puppet.
• Gao Linzhi received three tons of gold and other compensation from Great Benevolence Company, then considered why the Xu Clan had been so vulnerable to Wen Zhengxun.
• Xu Zongyin announced that the Xu Clan would compensate Rogue Players, donate 800 kilograms of gold, and free its Corporate Players.
• The Second, Third, and Fifth Elders urged Gao Linzhi not to let the Xu Clan disband its Corporate Players or grant Rogue Players full freedom.

Gao Linzhi learned that anomalies following monster sieges could be permanently defeated by completing their exclusive story instances, then recharged three tons of gold for Skyfall Stones. As the siege approached, he arranged a new trading hub and chose to defend Wolf Snake Island rather than hide offline.

• The three elders told Gao Linzhi that anomalies followed monster waves and that Rogue Players were often forced to test their rules, while Third Elder explained that gold was said to keep anomalies away.
• Gao Linzhi used Game Help to learn that anomaly story instances could change anomalies into ordinary lair BOSSes, and that opening an instance required a costly ticket priced by tier.
• Gao Linzhi ordered the elders to gather gold, then recharged three tons of it, earning 30 million Skyfall Stones and reaching Noble 19.
• Rogue Players in East Wolf Village debated whether to hide from the siege, while Liang Xiong and Xu Zongyin planned to abandon their clans' operations and let Canxue face the anomaly alone.
• Gao Linzhi arranged for Wen Zhengxun to host a livestreamed sale of Skill Books on a deserted island, then chose to gather resources and fight the siege instead of logging off to hide.

As the Monster Siege began, Gao Linzhi watched East Wolf Village’s defenders face a clever pack of wolves while he held back from fighting the Wolf King himself. The Wolf King escaped a trap by dragging a Patrol Team member off the wall, turning the defenders’ tactic against them.

• The game announced the seven-day Monster Siege and a contribution leaderboard with rewards, including a Revival Stone for first place.
• Gao Linzhi rejected the idea of organizing the Rogue Players, while Xu Ba’s team and Zheng Dong’s four Patrol Teams reported to defend the village.
• The wolf pack attacked the Stone Wall, and villagers used traps to hold the wolves while Rogue Players killed them for experience and leaderboard points.
• The Wolf King tested the wall’s defenses, then leaped onto it and was caught in a steel-wire net alongside a Patrol Team member.
• The Third Elder wounded the Wolf King with an ice arrow, but it leaped off the wall and dragged the trapped team member away as two others fell with it.

Gao Linzhi defeated the Frost Wolf King and prepared the village for the arrival of a Strange One, then answered the Three-Headed Monster’s questions and entered its exclusive instance. Inside, he met Yang Clan Corporate Players and agreed to work with them.

• Gao Linzhi killed the Frost Wolf King with a supersonic spear throw, and the remaining wolves fled as the villagers celebrated their victory.
• The Second Elder reported heavy losses in the other villages, and Gao Linzhi ordered them to bring their BOSSes to his village while the elders privately discussed keeping their authority.
• Xu Ba warned that a quiz-type Strange One might appear, and the next morning Gao Linzhi faced the approaching Three-Headed Monster as its gaze overwhelmed everyone else.
• Gao Linzhi used a Green Tier Story Instance Ticket to learn and give the answers, opening the monster’s exclusive instance before entering alone.
• Gao Linzhi encountered Yang Clan Corporate Players inside the instance and agreed to team up with Yang Clan*Gentle Breeze.

Gao Linzhi and the Yang Clan players investigated an abandoned village, where a trap petrified them and brought them before a Three-Headed Monster. He answered its three bizarre questions, destroying its heads and earning advanced Skill Stones, while the others remained trapped.

• Gao Linzhi joined Yang Clan*Breeze's group and learned that the abandoned village and its ancestral hall might hold the key to the instance.
• Bright Moon led the group into the village, where Azure Dragon Society members ambushed them with arrows before fleeing.
• Gao Linzhi and the Yang Clan players entered the ancestral hall, where a human-bone wall trapped them with the Petrification Seal and turned them to stone.
• Azure Dragon Society members carried the petrified players into the hall, where the Three-Headed Monster asked three questions and exploded after Gao Linzhi answered each one.
• Gao Linzhi removed his petrification with a Heavenly Clear Talisman and claimed the three Advanced Skill Stones that appeared after the monster's heads exploded.

Gao Linzhi defeated the Yang Clan Players and forced the Azure Dragon Society to surrender their supplies, then learned the dungeon’s history from a village diary. The diary’s monster emerged in the ancestral hall and tried to bewitch him, but Gao Linzhi struck her instead.

• Gao Linzhi killed Qingfeng and the Yang Clan Players who attacked him, then looted their armor and belongings.
• Gao Linzhi knocked down the Azure Dragon Society members, took their supplies, and learned that the Wu Clan had hired them to weaken the Yang Clan.
• Gao Linzhi ordered Azure Dragon SocietyNo. 1 to search for the dungeon exit, and Azure Dragon SocietyNo. 12 found a diary in the village chief’s house.
• Gao Linzhi read that villagers had trapped a beautiful monster in the ancestral hall after it caused a series of deaths.
• The monster emerged from the Three-Headed Monster’s remains and tried to bewitch Gao Linzhi, who slapped her and denounced her as a supernatural monstrosity.

Gao Linzhi defeated the Phantom Union weird in the ancestral hall instance and returned to East Wolf Village, where his arrival ended the panic. After learning that monsters had also appeared in other villages, he logged off to inspect his loot and found three Advanced Skill Stones, including one useful Evasion skill that he planned to learn.

• Gao Linzhi beat the disguised Phantom Union weird to death, collected its loot, and left the instance as the Azure Dragon Society members watched in fear.
• Gao Linzhi returned to East Wolf Village and confirmed to Zheng Dong that the weird had retreated, easing the villagers’ panic.
• Gao Linzhi told the elders to restore order and learned that a question-and-answer monster had killed half the people in West Wolf Village while monsters occupied areas near the northern and southern villages.
• Gao Linzhi returned to the Elder Council Hall, logged off, and inspected three Advanced Skill Stones, setting aside Advanced Evasion to learn later.