Chapter Summaries

Lin Baici led the group through the apartment building, knocking on doors to summon the Knocking Ghost and obtain a universal key. He left the ghost’s fight to the others, then used the key to open a nearby room.

• Lin Baici finished showering and set out to search the floors for God's Taboo Objects, while several survivors chose to follow him.
• Lin Baici knocked on doors as he went, and Jesus warned the group that the Knocking Ghost would appear and could only be harmed with Divine Grace.
• When the Knocking Ghost emerged, Lin Baici ordered the others to fight it, and Gao Heng and Jesus led the group into a room while Lin Baici waited with his companions.
• The group killed the Knocking Ghost, and Gao Heng brought its universal key to Lin Baici.
• Lin Baici took the key and used it to unlock a nearby door.

Lin Baici persuaded Little Cutie to turn her deadly game into a group draw and became the group’s representative. He drew a Hell-difficulty game called Death Bumper Cars, leaving everyone facing an unknown danger.

• Lin Baici hugged Little Cutie and agreed to play, prompting the monster to invite the others to join its games.
• Little Cutie grew two extra arms, produced a deck of game cards, and explained that losing could mean death, crippling injury, or a minor punishment.
• The group argued over who should represent them, and Lin Baici ended the debate by volunteering to draw for everyone.
• Lin Baici drew the eighth card, which revealed Death Bumper Cars at Hell difficulty.

After Lin Baici’s first draw revealed a Hell-level game, Little Cutie admitted she had used the wrong deck and let him draw again. He drew the Difficult-level Animal Amusement Park game, and the group chose him to represent them after learning about his remarkable God Hunter record; Little Cutie began explaining the rules.

• Little Cutie revealed that Lin Baici’s first card came from the wrong deck and offered him another draw because he had approached her to play.
• Little Cutie announced that Lin Baici had drawn Animal Amusement Park at Difficult difficulty and said she would reveal the rules only after they chose a representative.
• Jesus volunteered to play, but Jin Yingzhen, Working Uncle, and others backed Lin Baici instead.
• Lin Baici said he had nineteen Divine Graces after only half a year as a God Hunter, and Jin Yingzhen, Hua Yueyu, Pogba, and the others described his past achievements.
• The group settled on Lin Baici as their representative, and Little Cutie chose him because she liked playing games with impressive people.
• Little Cutie explained that the game required players to talk to every animal they encountered at the zoo, then pulled a wooden box from her underwear.

Lin Baici used his Divine Graces to imitate the animal calls in Little Cutie’s deadly amusement-park game, advancing steadily while protecting the others from the whale song’s effects. Near the finish, Little Cutie chose an audience member to play, and Lin Baici selected Hua Yueyu as the next imitator.

• Little Cutie started the Animal Amusement Park game, and Lin Baici caught the die and took the first turn.
• Lin Baici used Eidetic Memory and Parrot's Tongue to imitate the eagle, swan, tiger, and other animals, while his sightseeing car advanced across the map.
• At the whale attraction, the song left the onlookers dazed, but Lin Baici recovered in time to imitate it and then woke the others.
• Little Cutie announced that an audience member would take the next turn, and Lin Baici chose Hua Yueyu despite others warning that she might have to imitate the dolphin.

Lin Baici’s group cleared the zoo challenge after Hua Yueyu used her Divine Grace to imitate a dolphin, and Lin Baici won the first round. Little Cutie then began a Nightmare Rank Old Maid game, and Lin Baici chose Jesus as the third player.

• Hua Yueyu used Parrot’s Tongue to imitate the dolphin well enough to clear the challenge.
• Lin Baici rolled a five, won the first round, and received a tiger model, while Hua Yueyu received a dolphin model from Little Cutie.
• Little Cutie drew an Old Maid card and announced that the next game was Nightmare Rank.
• Little Cutie explained that three players would draw matching pairs from the deck, leaving one card hidden, while a dagger and silver box waited on the table.
• Lin Baici tested whether Little Cutie could access his sealed Black Altar Bowl, and she returned it after saying the apartment administrator had to be killed to use it.
• Lin Baici chose Jesus to join the game, and Jesus sat in the third chair.

Lin Baici and Jesus began Little Cutie's Ghost Card game, where drawing the wrong card meant losing a finger. After Jesus paid the first punishment, Lin Baici attacked Working Uncle while pretending to light a cigarette, leaving the others stunned.

• Little Cutie started the Ghost Card game and explained that matching cards could be discarded in pairs, while drawing the wrong card brought a punishment.
• Jesus drew the Dark Princess card and failed to make a pair, so the black-clad Little Cutie appeared on his back and ordered him to cut off a finger.
• Jesus cut off his little finger and put it in the silver box as the players watched.
• Hua Yueyu and Jin Yingzhen offered to take Lin Baici's place, but Lin Baici refused and prepared for his turn.
• Lin Baici asked Working Uncle for a cigarette and a light, then struck him in the temple with a pipe wrench and repeatedly attacked him.

Lin Baici used the God-Asking Tortoise Shell to gain an advantage in Little Cutie’s card game against Jesus, while hiding the shell’s curse behind its apparent divination. Jesus lost a finger in the second game, and Little Cutie eagerly prepared for the final round.

• Lin Baici took the never-ending Hao You Cigarettes from Working Uncle’s corpse and gave Little Cutie a phone as a gift.
• Lin Baici used the God-Asking Tortoise Shell to draw a matching card and win the first game against Jesus and Little Cutie.
• Little Cutie explained that the players had to win the best of three, with Jesus risking his eyes and missed pairs costing fingers.
• Lin Baici won the second game’s first pair with the shell, while Jesus accused him of cheating and continued playing.
• Lin Baici tricked Jesus into grabbing the shell, causing its curse to worsen Jesus’s luck; Jesus drew a nonmatching King and broke off his finger.
• Little Cutie started preparing for the third game and eyed Lin Baici’s fingers as prizes.

Lin Baici used Buddhist scripture and the Bodhi Messenger Kasaya to expose and destroy the ghosts secretly changing the cards, keeping Little Cutie from taking his fingers. The game continued, and Jesus began considering a desperate move against Lin Baici.

• Jesus continued the Ghost Card game after losing a round, while Little Cutie dealt the cards and Lin Baici used the God-Asking Tortoise Shell to choose.
• Little Cutie admitted she was changing the card pictures so Lin Baici would lose his fingers, and she demanded he put them in her silver box.
• Lin Baici chanted scripture that calmed the others and then used the Bodhi Messenger Kasaya to summon Muscle Buddha.
• Muscle Buddha battered the Ghost Cards, killing the ghosts inside them and restoring the Saintess card's original image.
• Lin Baici made a pair and kept playing as Jesus feared losing his eyes and resolved not to accept his fate.

Little Cutie chased Jesus after he fled, killing Pogba when he blocked her path, while Lin Baici stayed behind and took the Administrator Key from Gao Heng. Little Cutie returned carrying Jesus’s head, then rushed after the people who had left; Lin Baici remained with his group and shared food as they prepared to continue.

• Jesus fled the Ghost Card game and used Hot Dog Balloon on Pogba, whose swollen body blocked Little Cutie’s way.
• Little Cutie tore Pogba apart and chased Jesus, while Lin Baici collected the Ghost Cards and chose to stay in the apartment.
• Gao Heng tried to leave with the Administrator Key, but Lin Baici made him hand it over before letting him go.
• Several people left despite Lin Baici’s warning, and the Red-haired Woman eventually joined them.
• Little Cutie returned carrying Jesus’s severed head, then ran after the people who had fled.
• Lin Baici stayed with his group, shared food, and asked Che Zhengshuo whether he wanted some.

Little Cutie forced Lin Baici into a darts game against it, using five captured escapees as targets and threatening to turn the loser into a human-skin doll. Lin Baici began scoring points with help from his dart-related abilities, but the contest was still underway.

• Little Cutie returned with five living sheets of human skin, including Gao Heng and the Red-haired Woman, and said its sister had torn apart the other escapees.
• Little Cutie gave Lin Baici the Cheating Ghost Card, then drew Rainbow Pony Darts as their next game and inflated the five captives into targets.
• Little Cutie explained that players earned points by hitting glowing spots on the targets, and that the loser would be peeled and made into a doll.
• Lin Baici hesitated to hit a target between a captive’s eyebrows, allowing Little Cutie to score ten points, and learned that missing a shot caused pain in his eye.
• Lin Baici hit Gao Heng’s nose for ten points after something redirected his dart, while Jin Yingzhen tried to distract Little Cutie from noticing his apparent cheating.

Lin Baici defeated Little Cutie in the dart game by using the Champion Dart to score exactly 100 points, then learned that Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu were alive on the fifth floor. After Little Cutie warned them to kill the shut-in, Lin Baici led the survivors toward the lobby, where they encountered a group coming down the stairs.

• Lin Baici used the Clay Figure to disrupt Little Cutie's final throw and scored exactly 100 points, winning the dart game as Little Cutie finished with 99.
• Little Cutie released Lin Baici and his companions, then told them Xia Hongyao was playing games with Gu Qingqiu on the fifth floor.
• Little Cutie warned Lin Baici that a Female Office Worker was after him and said they could escape the apartment by killing the shut-in.
• Hua Yueyu gave Lin Baici the Barbie Doll, and Che Zhengshuo asked to join Lin Baici's group.
• Jin Yingzhen hacked into the human-skin sacks, and Lin Baici led the survivors toward the lobby to retrieve God's Taboo Objects.
• Lin Baici and the survivors met a group of people coming down the stairs.

Lin Baici reunited with Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu, collected his team, and used the administrator’s key to move freely through the apartment while searching for Azhai. They found Johnny and other God Hunters arguing over a television that might be a God's Taboo Object, and Johnny provoked Lin Baici with threats from Captain Jesus.

• Lin Baici reunited with Kwon Sang-in, Xia Hongyao, Gu Qingqiu, and the others, and learned that Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu had survived the little monster’s games.
• Lin Baici retrieved the Dog-headed Man’s body and used the administrator’s key to bring everyone to the tenth floor without badges.
• Lin Baici’s companions explained that the key let them bypass the Knocking Ghost while they searched for Azhai.
• Gu Qingqiu suggested looking on the first floor or in a room with a good view, and Lin Baici found Johnny’s group watching a television beside a taiko drum.
• Johnny taunted Lin Baici, invoked Captain Jesus, and tried to negotiate a share of the possible God's Taboo Object with Akunya.

Lin Baici’s group killed Johnny and his companions after learning Jesus was dead, then gathered supplies and treated the injured. Akunya abandoned his failed alliance with the Statue of Liberty and tried to ingratiate himself with Lin Baici, while Kim Jin-soo confirmed that Lin Baici had killed Jesus.

• Golden Xiang told Johnny that Jesus was dead, and Akunya distanced himself from Johnny’s group.
• Johnny and two of his companions attacked Lin Baici’s group, but the Muscle Buddha, Xia Hongyao, and Li Yintong killed them.
• Lin Baici let Akunya and Pasong leave, then collected the TV, taiko drum, and oven in his alms bowl and gave aspirin to the injured.
• Akunya decided to follow Lin Baici’s group and tried to curry favor by smashing a TV, but Golden Xiang sent him away.
• Kwon Sang-in asked Kim Jin-soo whether Jesus was dead, and Kim Jin-soo confirmed that Lin Baici had killed him.

After Lin Baici killed Jesus, Kim Jin-soo and the others realized how powerful he was and how much he had already looted from Busan God's Ruins. Lin Baici continued exploring the apartment building floor by floor, treating it as a trove of God's Taboo Objects, while Akunya grew unusually eager to befriend him.

• Kim Jin-soo warned Kwon Sang-in and Zheng Zhonggen not to offend Lin Baici, and explained that he might be able to purify Busan God's Ruins.
• Kwon Sang-in and Zheng Zhonggen listed the many valuable items Lin Baici had collected and worried that Sejongjeong would resent his gains.
• After showering, Lin Baici accepted a Hair Dryer from Akunya and offered him a Hao You Cigarette, which made Akunya feel eager to become his friend.
• Lin Baici told the group he would explore downward from the eighth floor, and refused to hurry toward the shut-in when Dorrisan urged him to leave.
• Lin Baici offered the Administrator Key to the group, and Gu Qingqiu used it to open a room and enter, followed by Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao.
• Kwon Sang-in, Zheng Zhonggen, and Kim Jin-soo watched Lin Baici begin searching rooms and feared he would take every valuable item in the building.

Gu Qingqiu and the others searched room after room on the eighth floor without encountering Rule Pollution, while Lin Baici explained why he was avoiding his hunger-sense radar. Their search ended when Jin Yingzhen opened a room packed with giant cockroaches, and Lin Baici warned the group not to kill them as a huge black figure burst through the doorway.

• Gu Qingqiu and Hua Yueyu each opened ten rooms without finding Rule Pollution, and Xia Hongyao joked with Lin Baici about facing contamination and slaying gods together.
• Lin Baici told the group that a bandaged monster had left lipstick on his face, and he stopped Gu Qingqiu from touching it after Xia Hongyao warned the monster might return.
• Lin Baici felt his hunger-sense radar react as Jin Yingzhen opened the next room, revealing a swarm of walnut-sized cockroaches piled more than two meters high.
• The cockroaches flooded into the hallway, and Lin Baici warned everyone not to kill ten of them because doing so would trigger Rule Pollution.
• Lin Baici told the group to slide their feet as they retreated, but Akunya and Pasong swung their machetes and crushed cockroaches beneath their feet.
• A huge black figure smashed through the room's door and charged into the hallway.

Lin Baici’s group faced a powerful Cockroach Man that slaughtered Akunya and Pasong, but Lin used the Pine Torch to burn through its cockroach swarm while Xia Hongyao and the others attacked. The Cockroach Man was badly wounded, and Lin charged toward the remaining cockroaches as the fight continued.

• The Cockroach Man killed Pasong and Akunya, then demanded that Xia Hongyao and Jin Yingzhen become consorts.
• Lin Baici learned the Cockroach Man healed by eating cockroaches and used the Pine Torch to ignite the swarm.
• Xia Hongyao, Li Yintong, Taimai, Yi Jisheng, and Jin Yingzhen attacked the Cockroach Man as Lin burned its offspring.
• Xia Hongyao damaged the Cockroach Man’s face, and Lin Baici broke its lower leg with the Affair Pipe Wrench.
• Lin Baici rushed toward the remaining cockroaches with the burning Pine Torch while Xia Hongyao stayed close to the wounded Cockroach Man.

Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao killed Cockroach Man, and Lin Baici recovered a Meteorite Stone from its ashes. When the group searched the nearby rooms, Zheng Zhonggen was thrown back into the corridor, and four more Cockroach Men emerged.

• Lin Baici used Divine Grace to burn through the cockroach swarm while Xia Hongyao attacked Cockroach Man.
• Xia Hongyao weakened Cockroach Man with Half-life, and Lin Baici pierced and slashed it with the Bronze Sword before Xia Hongyao finished it.
• Lin Baici burned Cockroach Man's corpse with the Pine Torch and found a Meteorite Stone, which he stored to share with the team later.
• Lin Baici led the group to search the rooms, but Zheng Zhonggen was hurled back out after entering one.
• Four more Cockroach Men emerged from the room, and Xia Hongyao ordered everyone to retreat as Golden Xiang urged Lin Baici to escape.

Lin Baici and the others fought four powerful Cockroach Men, with Lin Baici using his Divine Graces and Climbing Boots to kill one. The battle continued as Xia Hongyao also defeated her opponent, while Golden Xiang called for help.

• Lin Baici assigned the team to fight the four Cockroach Men and promised contributors an equal share of the spoils.
• Xia Hongyao wounded her Cockroach Man with a rapid knife combo as the others engaged their assigned opponents.
• Che Zhengshuo used explosive black gloves to overpower his Cockroach Man, while Lin Baici drew his enemy into a punch exchange.
• Lin Baici used his armor-breaking Divine Grace to smash through the Cockroach Man's shell, then killed it with his weapons and fists.
• Xia Hongyao beheaded her Cockroach Man, while Golden Xiang called to Lin Baici for help with his fight.

Lin Baici’s group defeated the Cockroach Men and burned their eggs to prevent the dangerous species from spreading, finding five Meteorite Stones in the ashes. He rewarded several teammates, stored the largest stone, and called for everyone to rest before continuing their exploration.

• Xia Hongyao kicked a Cockroach Man’s head away, and Che Zhengshuo killed the monster with his trench coat and powerful strikes.
• Lin Baici summoned Muscle Buddha to pin down the Cockroach Man fighting Golden Xiang, Kwon Sang-in, and the others, and the group finished it off.
• Lin Baici entered the Cockroach Men’s room and burned their eggs despite Kwon Sang-in and Kim Jin-soo wanting to take them for research or sale.
• Lin Baici searched the ashes and found five Meteorite Stones, then gave one to Che Zhengshuo and one to Li Yintong while promising shares to those who fought hard.
• Lin Baici stored the largest Meteorite Stone and told the group to rest together, while Golden Xiang asked him for food.

Lin Baici shared food with the team, turned down Li Yintong’s advances, and later slept with Jin Yingzhen. After everyone rested, he planned to search the apartment building, though the dangerous monsters and the risk of contamination remained concerns.

• Lin Baici distributed self-heating meals to the team, and Li Yintong followed him to Room 808 and tried to seduce him while he showered.
• Lin Baici rejected Li Yintong’s advances and told her he wanted to visit the Ghost Ship God Ruins off Hong Kong Island.
• Jin Yingzhen entered the bathroom after Li Yintong left, and Lin Baici had sex with her.
• Lin Baici returned to the group, heard Li Yintong describe the honey that protected them from heat and flames, and told everyone to rest before exploring again in five hours.
• Lin Baici planned to search the apartment building for spoils, while Xia Hongyao warned that the newer God Hunters risked contamination and Gu Qingqiu suggested targeting the head-wrapped woman in office clothes.
• Xia Hongyao teased Lin Baici about Jin Yingzhen, embarrassing him into leaving before she could mention Gu Qingqiu.