Recaps

Bo Shuo and Ding Chengyun finished checking Room 202, but a violent quake shook the corridor and a crowd of Raincoat Monsters charged toward them. Bo Shuo realized their enemies were only D-rank at strongest and stopped 007 from fleeing, leaving them ready to face the monsters.

• Ding Chengyun safely checked Room 202, completing the room check while Bo Shuo watched.
• Ding Chengyun asked whether they should continue, but a powerful tremor shook the corridor and threw him to the ground.
• Ding Chengyun recovered and saw oil lamps light up as a crowd of towering Raincoat Monsters rushed toward them with Great Cleavers.
• 007 panicked and urged Bo Shuo to run, but Bo Shuo noticed the monsters' ranks were mostly F- and E-rank, with only a few D-rankers.
• Bo Shuo reminded 007 that they were B-rank Big Shots, and 007 stopped fleeing and resumed eating melon seeds.

Bo Shuo and Ding Chengyun were confronted by a swarm of Raincoat Monsters, but the monsters dropped their cleavers and knelt to beg Bo Shuo for forgiveness. The Raincoat Monsters feared him because their leader had shown them memories of their kind dying at his hands.

• Ding Chengyun braced himself as the Raincoat Monsters approached, while Bo Shuo prepared to draw his weapon.
• The Raincoat Monsters stopped, dropped their cleavers, and knelt before Bo Shuo to beg for forgiveness.
• Bo Shuo put away his scalpel as he and Ding Chengyun stared in confusion.
• The Raincoat Monsters’ memories revealed that their entity had warned them to avoid Bo Shuo after showing them how he had killed their kind.
• The Raincoat Monsters explained their surrender by recalling that Bo Shuo had been inspecting rooms and was about to find them.

Bo Shuo returned to the hotel reception area after finishing the ward rounds and found the examinees battered, injured, and terrified. His presence silenced them, while Yan Shun'an and another examinee were caught after provoking a Flowerbed.

• Bo Shuo assigned Ding Chengyun to check the remaining Raincoat Monsters, and Ding Chengyun hurriedly completed the ward rounds before fleeing after him.
• Bo Shuo returned to the Lounge Area and found that many examinees had been injured or killed during their work assignments.
• 007 showed Bo Shuo the long list of examinee deaths and explained that it had muted their death notifications.
• The examinees fell silent when Bo Shuo told them to continue, and 007 blamed their bald heads on a supposed special preference.
• Yan Shun'an and another examinee tried to hide by a Flowerbed, shoved a rag into its large mouth, and were caught when Bo Shuo turned to look at them.

Bo Shuo and the examinees at the inn were engulfed by a sudden Black Mist, which 007 identified as the aura of Bo Shuo’s archenemy. The mist found Bo Shuo and wrapped around him with unexpected fondness, leaving him with nowhere to escape.

• Bo Shuo told Yan Shun'an that many E-rank exam venues were about to appear in the East District without anyone garrisoning them.
• A bell rang outside as the Black Mist descended, turning the sky dark and destroying everything in its path.
• 007 recognized the mist as the aura of Bo Shuo’s archenemy and reminded him that he had deceived and provoked Him before leaving.
• Bo Shuo searched the inn for an escape route, but the Black Mist surged toward him and curled around him affectionately.

Bo Shuo tried to keep the Silver Haired Man, Yi Rong, from recognizing him, while learning from 007 that Yi Rong was only a derivative rather than the Deity’s main body. The chapter ended with 007 unsettled by how closely this derivative resembled the original.

• Bo Shuo asked Yi Rong what kind of room he wanted, and Yi Rong requested a first-class room.
• Yi Rong asked Bo Shuo whether they had met before, but Bo Shuo denied remembering him.
• Yi Rong restrained the black mist as it struggled toward Bo Shuo, then remarked that it seemed to like him.
• 007 relayed the World Consciousness’s message that Yi Rong was not the Deity’s main body and explained how derivatives were formed.
• 007 said it had never encountered a derivative so similar to its main body.

Bo Shuo discovered that Yi Rong’s Black Mist was a restrained SS-class Demigod whose presence was tearing the Exam Venue apart. As candidates died and the Proctoring System failed to appear, Bo Shuo watched Yi Rong remain untouched at the center of the collapsing space.

• Bo Shuo saw spatial rifts open throughout the Exam Venue, killing many candidates and causing widespread panic.
• 007 revealed that Yi Rong was an SS-class Demigod, and Bo Shuo realized the Black Mist was Yi Rong’s true body.
• The Black Mist fixed its gaze on Bo Shuo and generated a huge emotional response, while the Proctoring System failed to intervene.
• Bo Shuo dodged the multiplying rifts as Ding Chengyun ran through the collapsing venue and more candidates died.
• Bo Shuo saw that the void left Yi Rong untouched, despite the destruction spreading around Him.

Bo Shuo approached Yi Rong as the Black Mist’s fury destroyed West Zhou and the Exam Venue. With 007 losing contact and Yi Rong seeming to invite his own death, Bo Shuo was left in the darkness searching for answers about the missing Proctoring System.

• Bo Shuo discovered that Yi Rong showed no emotion, while the Black Mist erupted when he approached the silver-haired derivative.
• The Black Mist expanded uncontrollably and swallowed West Zhou, causing the space to collapse into a black void.
• Bo Shuo cut Yi Rong’s neck, and Yi Rong’s golden blood was absorbed by the black-red patterns on Bo Shuo’s wrist.
• 007 warned Bo Shuo that the World Consciousness would maintain the Exam Venue and urged him to gain Emotion Points before losing contact.
• Yi Rong asked whether Bo Shuo wanted to kill him, producing a small amount of emotion and seeming to anticipate his own death.
• Bo Shuo questioned Yi Rong’s identity and the Proctoring System’s disappearance as they remained in darkness.

Bo Shuo realized that Yi Rong’s seemingly weak F-rank derivative was a spore that transformed into new derivatives when killed. As countless golden eyes appeared and fixed their gaze on him, mental pollution began consuming his Emotion Points to keep him sane.

• Bo Shuo stabbed Yi Rong, whose golden blood turned into black smoke as the Black Mist tried to pull him away.
• Bo Shuo saw that the Black Mist had complicated emotions toward him and no apparent intention to harm him.
• Bo Shuo watched Yi Rong’s body transform into black fog while his rank shifted from F-rank through higher ranks.
• Bo Shuo realized Yi Rong had deliberately let himself be killed so he could hatch into many new derivatives.
• Countless golden eyes opened in the void and focused on Bo Shuo, triggering mental pollution that consumed his Emotion Points.

Bo Shuo used the derivatives’ possessive fixation on him to keep the black mist at bay, then amplified his Cedar Fragrance to provoke them. The Yi Rong abandoned their attacks on him and began fighting one another for the chance to get close.

• The Yi Rong attacked the black mist surrounding Bo Shuo, weakening it with repeated blows.
• Bo Shuo realized the derivatives shared the Silver Haired God’s possessive desire for him and decided to use that fixation to his advantage.
• Bo Shuo asked the Yi Rong if they liked him, causing them to stop fighting and stare at him.
• Bo Shuo used Emotion Points to amplify his Cedar Fragrance, stirring the derivatives’ cravings.
• The Yi Rong rushed toward Bo Shuo and began battling one another for a place beside him.

Bo Shuo provoked the Black Mist into slaughtering rival derivatives by claiming they wanted to take its place and promising it could have him alone. After the battle abruptly stopped, he sensed that powerful beings called the Twisted had gathered around him.

• Bo Shuo told the Black Mist that the derivatives wanted to seize its position and urged it to kill them so it could have him to itself.
• The Black Mist spread through the void and slaughtered the surrounding derivatives, while more golden-eyed beings kept rushing toward Bo Shuo.
• Bo Shuo leaned toward and touched the other approaching derivatives, intensifying their jealous attacks and the cycle of slaughter.
• The battle suddenly stopped, and the golden eyes closed as their attention shifted away from Bo Shuo.
• Bo Shuo sensed countless covetous presences around him and realized that the newcomers were the Twisted.

Dream Thief arrived at the broken Exam Venue Fragment hoping to claim it, but fled after seeing Bo Shuo and mistaking him for an untouchable high-tier anomaly. He escaped through a massive Wooden Door, leaving the Exam Venue Fragment behind.

• Dream Thief arrived late at the Exam Venue Fragment and saw weaker Twisted beings vanish while others fled past him.
• Dream Thief continued toward the fragment until he saw Bo Shuo’s deep-violet eyes and realized why the others had run.
• Dream Thief turned and fled from Bo Shuo, convinced that being caught by him would mean a fate worse than death.
• Dream Thief ran until he believed he was safe, then crossed through a towering Wooden Door that the Twisted feared to approach.

Bo Shuo faced hungry derivative entities in the ruined exam venue while waiting for help. The proctoring system arrived and restored the venue and its dead examinees, leaving Bo Shuo safe as Ding Chengyun recovered and looked toward him.

• Bo Shuo watched the golden eyes emerge after the uninvited guests departed and worried that the derivative entities would attack him.
• The proctoring system announced an unknown error and began calibrating the exam venue.
• A sun, barrier, and shattered venue fragments reappeared as the exam venue rapidly restored itself.
• The examinees who had turned to dust returned, confused and frightened by their deaths.
• Ding Chengyun recovered from his panic and saw Bo Shuo standing unharmed.

The Exam Venue collapsed, but the White Mist Observation Bureau could not determine how it happened or why the examinees had passed. As officials struggled with the deaths and the mystery, a phone call interrupted their discussion.

• The God of Truth appeared in the void and challenged the woman sent by the World Consciousness, who told him he would not succeed.
• The Exam Venue vanished, and the surrounding White Mist began to dissipate.
• Observers reported the apparent success, and the White Mist Observation Bureau began clearing the area, compiling the Death List, and honoring the dead.
• The person in charge asked who had broken the Exam Venue, but the Information Analysis Department said the capital's examinees had not cleared it and knew nothing of what followed their deaths and revival.
• A phone call interrupted the officials as they struggled to understand the unexplained change.

After the exam, Yan Shun'an reported that the venue had collapsed and the dead examinees had resurrected, but the Protection Mechanism blurred key memories. Bo Shuo returned to his rental house in a grim mood, leaving 007 concerned.

• Yan Shun'an struggled to remember the exam and explained that the Protection Mechanism had blurred his memories after he left the venue.
• Yan Shun'an recalled that the space collapsed, killing the examinees, who later resurrected, and identified this as the Proctoring System's irrecoverable error.
• Yan Shun'an reported that a powerful examinee had slaughtered the venue's ghosts and might have caused the collapse, shocking the conference room.
• The person-in-charge thanked Yan Shun'an and said they would test his Corruption Value before acting on his report.
• Bo Shuo returned to his rental house after the exam, and 007 re-established contact with him.
• 007 noticed that Bo Shuo remained silent and seemed unhappy.

While Bo Shuo rushed toward his sister, 007 concealed his speed from surveillance cameras. At Fifth Middle School, Bo Chunzhang remained trapped in an alley by men trying to abduct her, protected by a shield 007 had given her.

• 007 hacked nearby surveillance cameras and replaced their footage as Bo Shuo hurried toward Fifth Middle School.
• Miao Qinghe saw the black-haired youth leap down a steep roadside and mistook his rapid movement for nighttime parkour.
• Miao Qinghe recognized the youth by his scarlet jade earrings, stopped herself from calling the police, and messaged her friends instead.
• At Fifth Middle School, Bo Chunzhang was cornered in an alley by a group of men who attempted to abduct her.
• Bo Chunzhang's Protective Shield, provided by 007, kept the men from reaching her while she waited for help.

Yan Shun'an encountered a dangerous Silver Thread in the alley after discovering that the men surrounding Bo Chunzhang were dead. The thread spared him, then vanished, leaving Yan Shun'an alive but uncertain of its intentions.

• Yan Shun'an spotted a Silver Thread above the motionless men and recognized it from an earlier encounter.
• The thread shot toward Yan Shun'an's forehead, and he shouted for Bo Chunzhang to run.
• Bo Chunzhang fled as a heavy object hit the ground inside the alley.
• The thread stopped between Yan Shun'an's eyebrows, nicked his forehead, and then withdrew without killing him.
• The Silver Thread disappeared, while the men at the alley entrance lay dead.

Bo Shuo’s presence triggered severe Pollution in Yan Shun'an, and 007 explained that the real world’s Cognitive Filter could not protect Official Examinees from a powerful High-Rank presence. After Bo Shuo bought a Shielding Buff and Yan Shun'an recovered, Yan Shun'an concluded that Bo Shuo was not human but a powerful Pollution able to travel through Exam Venues.

• Yan Shun'an began mutating as the Pollution Detector turned red and warned of a Pollution Source.
• Bo Shuo questioned 007, who explained that his presence was Polluting nearby Official Examinees because the Cognitive Filter did not protect them.
• Bo Shuo spent 100w Emotion Points on a Shielding Buff, stopping the Pollution and allowing Yan Shun'an's mutation to improve.
• Yan Shun'an regained his senses and watched Bo Shuo pass him without acknowledging him.
• Yan Shun'an realized Bo Shuo's strength and lack of records meant he might be a powerful Pollution that could travel freely through Exam Venues.

Bo Shuo left Yan Shun'an after deliberately keeping Bo Chunzhang away from the dangers of the examinee world. Yan Shun'an interpreted Bo Shuo’s warning as a threat from a powerful being posing as an ordinary person, and recalled a similar incident involving the Skinning Ghost.

• Bo Shuo decided not to involve Bo Chunzhang in the dangerous world of examinees and relied on the cognitive filter to conceal what had happened from her.
• Bo Shuo received a delayed notification showing that Yan Shun'an had contributed 1999 Emotion Points and looked back at him.
• Yan Shun'an asked what Bo Shuo wanted, and Bo Shuo said he was just an ordinary person before leaving the alley.
• Yan Shun'an took Bo Shuo’s words as a warning not to disturb him and concluded that Bo Shuo was disguising himself for amusement.
• Yan Shun'an recalled how the D-rank Skinning Ghost had entered the Real World during the Bloody Casino’s descent and impersonated people by wearing their skin.

Bo Chunzhang returned home after escaping a strange attack and urgently wanted to call the police, but Bo Shuo dismissed her account as unbelievable and got her to calm down. The chapter left her washing up while Bo Shuo served dinner.

• Yan Shun'an tried to recall the youth's name but found that his memory of the youth had become hazy again.
• Bo Shuo followed Bo Chunzhang home and made sure she had left the danger zone.
• Bo Chunzhang arrived home and rushed to call the police, recounting the protective shield, silver-white thread, and crew-cut man who helped her escape.
• Bo Shuo restrained Bo Chunzhang and argued that the police would not believe her account, reminding her of the neighbor family whose strange experiences ended in a fatal fire.
• Bo Shuo told Bo Chunzhang to wash her hands, and she followed his instruction as he served dinner.

Bo Shuo learned that Bo Chunzhang might have a high-level Exam Venue Imprint and could be chosen for a Mid-High Tier Exam Venue when one descended. Meanwhile, Yan Shun'an entered a White Mist zone to take an exam, and a mysterious woman arrived at a dilapidated house in the rain.

• 007 explained that Bo Chunzhang might have been selected by a Mid-High Tier Exam Venue, which could grant her Official Examinee status when such venues returned.
• 007 reassured Bo Shuo that the World Consciousness would protect Bo Chunzhang and that Mid-High Tier Exam Venues would not descend within two years.
• Bo Shuo silently placed another piece of fish in Bo Chunzhang's bowl.
• Yan Shun'an ignored a team member's concern and entered the White Mist zone to participate in the Exam Venue.
• A frail woman in a white dress walked through the rain and stopped before a dilapidated house covered with a tricolor tarpaulin.

Bo Shuo shared a hotpot dinner with Bo Chunzhang, who asked where he had gone for the past half year. After seeing her worry turn to excitement, he told her to speak, and she asked if he had been recruited into a classified unit because of special abilities.

• Bo Shuo and Bo Chunzhang ate a hotpot dinner prepared by 007’s Avatar AI Hosting.
• Bo Chunzhang praised the meal and effortlessly separated the bones from the fish as she ate.
• Bo Chunzhang chatted about school and a gossip novel while Bo Shuo listened.
• Bo Chunzhang asked Bo Shuo where he had gone for the past half year, and he struggled to answer.
• Bo Chunzhang asked whether the state had recruited Bo Shuo for his special abilities and assigned him to a classified unit.

Bo Shuo stopped Puppet Silk from devouring Li Jianguo’s body after it killed the Skinning Ghost that had been wearing him. The sight of the elderly neighbor’s remains reminded Bo Shuo of Li Jianguo’s kindness when Bo Shuo and Bo Chunzhang first moved into the rental house.

• The Skinning Ghost wearing Li Jianguo climbed the stairwell toward a sweet scent, unaware of the danger around him.
• Puppet Silk pierced and restrained the Skinning Ghost, draining its life as it struggled to escape.
• Bo Shuo ordered Puppet Silk to stop, leaving Li Jianguo’s skin largely intact.
• Bo Shuo inspected Puppet Silk’s B-rank profile and wondered how powerful Xi Guici’s true body was.
• Bo Shuo recognized Li Jianguo and recalled how he had helped Bo Shuo and Bo Chunzhang when they moved into the rental house.

Bo Shuo killed the Skinning Ghosts hiding after he dealt with their leader, then buried Li Jianguo’s skin and reflected on how death felt different now that he had returned to reality. He returned home to Bo Chunzhang and left a black velvet box on the table.

• Bo Shuo killed the remaining imposters with his silver thread, despite 007 warning that doing so could attract the attention of an A-Class ghost.
• Bo Shuo buried Li Jianguo’s skin in a nearby cemetery and replaced the old tombstone.
• Bo Shuo told 007 that death felt unreal in Lost Paradise but had become tangible now that familiar people were dying in reality.
• Bo Chunzhang reheated dinner and asked Bo Shuo where he had been when he returned home.
• Bo Shuo gave Bo Chunzhang the salt he had obtained and placed a black velvet box on the table.

Bo Shuo comforted Bo Chunzhang, made arrangements to protect her, and decided to return early to Lost Paradise. He and 007 entered the A-Class Bloody Slaughterhouse exam venue, where ten examinees gathered before the team competition began.

• Bo Chunzhang told Bo Shuo she understood and supported him, asking him to come back soon, and he promised he would.
• Bo Shuo forgave 007 for its earlier actions and said they needed to return to Lost Paradise because more ghosts and Exam Venues were appearing.
• Bo Shuo upgraded the Ruby Jade Pendant for Bo Chunzhang and arranged for his assets to go to her if he did not return for a long time.
• Bo Shuo burned his checklist, left with 007, and entered the Bloody Slaughterhouse A-Class Exam Venue.
• Ten examinees appeared outside the slaughterhouse and eyed one another warily as the Proctoring System announced the team competition rules.

Bo Shuo and the other examinees began a team-competition assessment at a slaughterhouse, where they were assigned security-guard roles and met Security Team Captain Zhang Xiong. Zhang Xiong began leading them through the facility and explaining its rules.

• Bo Shuo examined the examinees gathered for the assessment as they waited for it to begin.
• The Proctoring System announced a team-competition exam about a missing sister and her brother’s experience at a slaughterhouse.
• The assessment began, and Security Team Captain Zhang Xiong approached the examinees and introduced himself.
• Zhang Xiong told the examinees to follow him so he could explain the slaughterhouse’s precautions.
• The group followed Zhang Xiong through the enormous slaughterhouse, passing a filthy pool of stagnant water and dead fish.