Chapter Summaries

Lu Bai investigated the failed search for the deathmatch contestants while guarding Yao Yi at the hospital. After the elimination rate reached 60%, Lu Bai unlocked the second Ability Pool and chose Ink Dye.

• Lu Bai ate breakfast with Xu Qiang, who warned him to be careful amid pressure over the mayor and online opinion.
• Lu Bai learned that surveillance cameras in key hospital locations had been deliberately destroyed, leaving the investigators without useful footage.
• Lu Bai returned to Yao Yi’s room and considered Changhu’s apparent strength and how he might have jumped from the sixth floor.
• Lu Bai received a notification that the deathmatch contestant elimination rate had reached 60% and that the second Ability Pool had opened.
• Lu Bai reviewed the three Rainbow-tier abilities and selected Ink Dye.

Lu Bai realized that [Ink Dye (Color)] could blacken objects on a massive scale, while other fighters gained abilities and made moves elsewhere. As Lu Bai prepared to claim the hospital Node’s Double Points Reward, an agent reported a possible Parasitic Organism in the emergency department.

• Lu Bai tested [Ink Dye] on an apple and reasoned that blackening glaciers, clouds, or other large targets could cause devastating effects.
• Changhu killed a fighter in an office building restroom and learned that the kill had opened the second Ability Pool, then vowed to find 'Smiling Face.'
• Xiaomei used invisible force to kill the Little Punk Girls who had surrounded and taunted her.
• Yao Yi shared articles supporting the Press Conference while Lu Bai remained wary and decided to claim the Node’s Double Points Reward before its timer ran out.
• A field agent told Lu Bai that a Parasitic Organism might have appeared in the emergency department.

Lu Bai learned that a news story had turned his decision not to investigate a reported Parasitic Organism into a public scandal, and suspected Deathmatchers had coordinated with the mayor’s forces. He called Xu Qiang and offered to accept a suspension, leaving Xu Qiang’s response unresolved.

• Lu Bai dismissed a report of a possible Parasitic Organism and asked an agent to question the janitor instead of investigating the restroom himself.
• Yao Yi showed Lu Bai a news story accusing him and the Special Affairs Bureau of neglecting the report while praising the police response.
• Lu Bai realized the publicity campaign likely involved Deathmatchers who knew he would not leave the hospital over a minor matter.
• Lu Bai called Xu Qiang during his press conference, and Xu Qiang assured him he would not suspend him.
• Lu Bai told Xu Qiang to let him take the suspension first.

Lu Bai recognized that public opinion surrounding him was being manipulated and asked Xu Qiang to fire him, but the higher-ups rejected a suspension. After acquiring the Deathmatch Arena Node, Lu Bai left the hospital to avoid staying in a known location as other participants began to target him.

• Lu Bai told Xu Qiang that the Special Affairs Bureau should fire him before public resentment escalated further.
• Lu Bai and Yao Yi discussed the situation, and Tong Shujuan brought them lunch and tried to comfort Lu Bai.
• The countdown ended, and Lu Bai acquired the current Deathmatch Arena Node, with 32 points and first place among 187 participants.
• Xu Qiang told Lu Bai that the higher-ups had rejected his suspension, so Lu Bai asked him to issue a resignation letter in the Special Affairs Bureau's name.
• Lu Bai left the hospital to get out of the way and told Yao Yi to call if anything happened.

Lu Bai killed the Parasitic Organism Yu Wenjin and took refuge in Yu Wenjin’s apartment, where he waited for Dead Fighters to come after him. Across the street, Changhu confronted two men watching the apartment and attacked them.

• Yu Wenjin stalked a high-school-aged boy through deserted back roads, but Lu Bai turned and blocked its bone-blade attack with Long Fang.
• Lu Bai used Flash Time to break Yu Wenjin’s bones, then cut off its flesh tendrils and searched its pockets for keys, a phone, and a wallet.
• Lu Bai used Yu Wenjin’s keys to enter its spotless apartment and settled in to wait for pursuers.
• Two men in work clothes watched the apartment from a barbecue stall, and Changhu joined them despite their objections.
• Changhu flipped the men’s table and kicked one of them in the chest as Brother Changshun sprang up to challenge him.

Changhu attacked Brother Changshun at an open-air food stall while Lu Bai killed a deathmatch fighter who ambushed him at home. Meanwhile, the mayor’s secretary obtained evidence meant to frame Lu Bai, and a bespectacled man killed the caregiver who provided it.

• Changhu revealed his ruthless nature by chopping off his own hand and offering his wrist to the Parasitic Organism, then attacked Brother Changshun at the food stall.
• A young deathmatch fighter ambushed Lu Bai with an extending dagger, but Lu Bai dodged with Flash Time and killed him using Long Fang.
• Lu Bai dragged the attacker’s body inside and anticipated that more deathmatch fighters might come after him.
• The caregiver handed the mayor’s secretary a USB drive containing supposed evidence that Lu Bai had colluded with Parasitic Organisms and killed civilians.
• A bespectacled man shot the caregiver, and the mayor’s secretary drove away with the USB drive.

Lu Bai continued killing Deathmatch Arena contestants while a viral video portrayed him as an antihuman murderer, prompting Xu Qiang to demand that he surrender. After killing another contestant at his door, Lu Bai went into the hallway and found that many contestants had gathered nearby.

• Lu Bai killed a fourth contestant and rested while waiting for more challengers to come to his door.
• Xu Qiang called Lu Bai after videos accusing him of murdering civilians went viral, and Lu Bai realized the authorities would hunt him.
• Xu Qiang confronted Lu Bai and urged him to surrender to the Special Affairs Bureau, but Lu Bai said he would prove the truth and then blocked him.
• Lu Bai checked escape routes in case police or special forces arrived, then killed a contestant who had hidden beside his door.
• Lu Bai went into the hallway and saw that numerous contestants had gathered nearby, waiting for others to test him first.

Lu Bai killed a Deathmatcher in the apartment stairwell, then fled into a maze of alleys as other Deathmatchers pursued him. He spotted a figure moving across the rooftops with a web-like strip and suspected it was a Parasitic Organism.

• Changhu fought two Deathmatchers at an open-air food stall and planned to use the police response to retaliate against Lu Bai.
• A Deathmatcher transformed into the Wolf Head Coach and attacked Lu Bai in the stairwell, but Lu Bai used Flash Time to kill him.
• Lu Bai left the apartment building and drew pursuing Deathmatchers into an alley by provoking them with a smile.
• Lu Bai raced through the winding backstreets and saw a dark figure swinging across the rooftops with a strip-like object.
• Lu Bai suspected the rooftop figure was a Parasitic Organism.

Lu Bai fought Changhu and several deathmatch contestants in the alleys, killing a high-ponytailed woman and earning two points. He continued hunting contestants while anticipating that the remaining opponents might be organizing against him.

• Lu Bai stopped to face Changhu, who threatened him and repeatedly tried to intimidate him while Lu Bai interrupted with thrown Long Fang attacks.
• A high-ponytailed woman arrived and distracted Changhu, allowing Lu Bai to wound his arm before Changhu drove bone-bladed flesh strips into the concrete.
• The woman used her invisible Stand to pull Changhu from a utility pole, but he escaped to a rooftop and fled.
• The woman approached Lu Bai and sent her Stand toward him, but Lu Bai vanished and killed her, gaining two points and reaching 52 points at rank 1/138.
• Lu Bai hunted contestants through the alleys, where nearly ten separate opponents had tried to kill him in half an hour, and suspected the others were forming teams.

Lu Bai killed a three-man team of Deathmatch fighters and reached first place as the deathmatch objective activated. He chose Harmonious Coexistence without intending to complete it, then left two frightened middle schoolers unharmed.

• Two middle schoolers hid after one of them witnessed a killing near the trash cans, then secretly watched Lu Bai confront a team of Deathmatch fighters.
• Lu Bai activated [Flash Time] and killed two fighters with Long Fang, then chased down their fleeing leader and cut off his head.
• A notification announced that the deathmatch elimination rate had reached eighty percent and presented participants with two objectives.
• Lu Bai chose Harmonious Coexistence, intending instead to end the round by killing all the Deathmatch fighters.
• The two middle schoolers stumbled out of their hiding place, and Lu Bai told them to get back in bed before walking away.

Lu Bai slipped through an old-city district while police, Parasitic Organisms, and death fighters searched for him. Two death fighters ambushed each other in a shop, then joined forces to attack Lu Bai when he appeared.

• Two middle schoolers recognized Lu Bai and followed him into the alley despite their fear.
• Police and special agents sealed off the district as Pu Guangrong questioned whether Lu Bai had entered the alley.
• The police, Parasitic Organisms, and death fighters searched for Lu Bai, but none could quickly locate him.
• A buzz-cut high schooler and a repairman fought over an ambush spot, then agreed to team up when they realized Smiling Face was nearby.
• Lu Bai entered the shop, drew Long Fang, and faced the two death fighters as they launched their attack.

Lu Bai used [Ink Dye] to kill two deathmatchers, then encountered two middle schoolers who wanted to become his disciples. As hurried footsteps approached, he pretended to scold the boys and escaped with [Flash Time].

• Lu Bai blinded two deathmatchers with [Ink Dye] and killed them, raising his points to 78 and remaining rank 1/95.
• Two middle schoolers watched Lu Bai from behind a car, and one decided to ask him to teach him despite Chicken Neck's warnings.
• Lu Bai told the eager middle schooler that spreading out his intestines across an athletic field would kill him, leaving the boy stunned.
• As a group approached and called out search orders, Lu Bai loudly pretended to threaten to call the boys' parents and escaped using [Flash Time].

Lu Bai rested in an evacuated house after evading police and killing Parasitic Organisms, then used [Flash Time] and [Ink Dye] to eliminate four Gold-level deathmatchers. Outside the police line, two mothers stopped fighting when they noticed something in the sky.

• Pu Guangrong urged officers to evacuate residents while the police searched the old district for Lu Bai and other killers.
• Lu Bai hid from a police squad, entered an evacuated house, set a bell as an alarm, and fell asleep.
• A woman and three muscular deathmatchers entered the house, and Lu Bai killed all four with Long Fang before they could use their abilities.
• Lu Bai checked the sky and decided to get started as residents gathered outside the police line, fearing for their missing relatives.
• Two distraught mothers fought over whose child had led the other astray, but they and the crowd froze when they looked up at the sky.

Lu Bai addressed the world through enormous text in the sky, then made the sun appear to vanish for thirty seconds to demonstrate his power. He left the crowd terrified and continued mocking the accusations against him while speaking with Xu Qiang.

• Black text introducing Lu Bai appeared across the sky, shocking people throughout the city and the old city.
• The sky displayed Lu Bai’s response to people comparing him to a serial killer, and Yao Yi continued toward the old city despite Wang Ting’s warning.
• Lu Bai threatened to erase the sun, blackened it for thirty seconds, then brought the daylight back and called it a joke.
• Lu Bai removed Xu Qiang from his blacklist and answered his call, teasing him about the injustice of the accusations.
• Lu Bai joked to Xu Qiang about destroying the world, and his words appeared in the sky for everyone to see.

After making a cosmic-scale threat to deter the authorities and Parasitic Organisms, Lu Bai watched the city panic and the Parasitic Organisms choose to appease him. He then encountered detectives, who lowered their guns and let him go about his business.

• Lu Bai told Xu Qiang that his threat was meant to match people's impression of him and ended the call.
• People panicked across the streets after witnessing the sun disappear, while police leaders abandoned plans to arrest Lu Bai and focused on keeping order.
• Mayor Shi and two Parasitic Organisms decided to contact Lu Bai and show goodwill to avoid provoking him further.
• Lu Bai left his house and encountered a team of detectives, who hesitated to point their guns at him.
• Lu Bai asked the lead detective if he had seen anyone suspicious, took the detective's gun, and told the officers to return to their jobs.

After the sky-shaking display, Lu Bai continued hunting Deathmatch contestants in the old district while Glasses Man tried to unite the survivors against him by claiming he retained a Color-level ability. The chapter ended with Lu Bai leaving a house after killing two contestants, confident he could identify others by their faces.

• Captain Jia and his police team fled after encountering Lu Bai and agreed to claim they had never found him.
• Changhu confronted Glasses Man and the triplets after their plan failed, while Glasses Man assessed Smiling Face's ability and urged the contestants to unite against him.
• Glasses Man asked Er Xi to spread the claim that Smiling Face retained a Color-level ability and to warn contestants that the local natives might help him.
• Lu Bai questioned a cat-eared girl and a girl in a floral dress, then killed both when their answers failed to satisfy him.
• Lu Bai left the house with 98 points and rank 1/67, relying on resident records he had memorized to identify contestants in the old district.

Lu Bai accepted the parasitic organisms’ apology and offer of support while keeping his focus on hunting the Deathmatchers. Outside the alley, Xu Qiang failed to persuade Lu Bai to return to work, then agreed to let Yao Yi enter and speak with him.

• Lu Bai left the scene of the two female Deathmatchers and was approached by a parasitic middle-aged couple, who apologized and asked to follow him.
• Lu Bai placated the couple by saying he would visit them when he had time, and the husband gave him contact information.
• Yao Yi and Wang Ting discussed entering the cordoned-off old district, and Yao Yi spotted Director Xu.
• Xu Qiang called Lu Bai and told him public opinion had turned in his favor, but Lu Bai hung up after speaking about humanity as specks of dust.
• Yao Yi told Xu Qiang that the woman Lu Bai killed had tried to use him as a hostage, and Xu Qiang agreed to let him go in.

Lu Bai eliminated three deathmatchers and reached first place as the deathmatch elimination rate climbed toward the third-round Ability Pool. He selected Five Immortals Sealing and wondered how much power it could grant him.

• Lu Bai found the three hidden deathmatchers and killed them with Long Fang after using [Flash Time] in the darkness.
• Lu Bai noticed that nearly ten other deathmatchers had been eliminated in the past hour and suspected a large group was hunting them.
• The system announced that the deathmatch elimination rate had reached 90% and opened the third-round Ability Pool.
• Lu Bai reviewed the three Rainbow-level abilities and rejected Little Magic Fairy Full Body Transformation and Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.
• Lu Bai chose Five Immortals Sealing, intending to test its ability to enhance him through a target's belief.

Changhu and Er Xi gathered Deathmatch Arena fighters to plan an attack on Lu Bai, while Lu Bai wondered where the fighters had gone. Wang Ting brought Yao Yi to meet him, leaving Lu Bai to attach a [Five Immortals Sealing] anchor point to Yao Yi and wish them well.

• Changhu killed a fighter who refused to cooperate, then returned with Er Xi and the recruited Deathmatch Arena fighters.
• Glasses Man proposed that the fighters unite and surround Lu Bai, promising that Changhu and he would attack from the front.
• Xing Chongyi and his team agreed to target Lu Bai first, while planning to turn on Glasses Man's group afterward.
• Lu Bai wondered whether the missing fighters had joined forces and concluded he might have to escape using Battlefield Isolation.
• Wang Ting brought Yao Yi to meet Lu Bai, and Lu Bai attached a [Five Immortals Sealing] anchor point to Yao Yi and wished them well.

Lu Bai tested the flight ability he gained through [Five Immortals Sealing] and searched the old district for a new anchor while avoiding danger to ordinary people. After killing four Deathmatch contestants, he returned toward two middle schoolers, while Changhu and the Glasses Man prepared to approach him.

• Lu Bai demonstrated that he could fly, concluded that [Five Immortals Sealing] depended on an anchor’s genuine belief, and told Yao Yi and Wang Ting to leave the old district.
• Lu Bai spotted two middle schoolers near a convenience store and decided to try one as a new anchor once the ability’s cooldown ended.
• Lu Bai ambushed four Deathmatch contestants in an alley with [Ink Dye] and [Flash Time], killing them and gaining eight points.
• Lu Bai returned to the convenience store to persuade the middle schoolers, while Changhu and the Glasses Man discussed meeting him before the encirclement was complete.