Chapter Summaries

Bo Shuo, a terminally ill young man, agreed to work with system 007 after learning it could give him a healthy body. 007 explained that he must conquer the SSS-Rank Dungeons in Dream Awakening to stop its Deities from breaking into reality.

• 007 promised Bo Shuo a healthy body and other benefits if he completed its missions.
• Bo Shuo agreed to cooperate because he desperately wanted to live.
• 007 gained 50 Emotion Points from Bo Shuo’s feelings and cried as it sensed his suffering.
• Bo Shuo asked what the missions and Emotion Points involved.
• 007 revealed that the Deities of Dream Awakening had escaped control and that Bo Shuo must conquer every SSS-Rank Dungeon to protect the world.

Bo Shuo arrived at a deadly exam venue and pretended to be a powerful, seasoned player to make the other examinees fear him and earn Emotion Points. The exam was about to begin as 007 coached him on maintaining his intimidating act.

• A rule-breaking examinee left the venue and melted into Blood Water, after which the system announced that everyone had arrived and the exam would begin in ten minutes.
• Bo Shuo entered the room, and the examinees—including Wang Yong—mistook his calm, practiced movements and imposing appearance for signs of a dangerous veteran.
• Bo Shuo revealed that he had rehearsed his intimidating demeanor to appear like a Big Shot, hoping to earn Emotion Points and avoid being targeted.
• The system awarded Bo Shuo Emotion Points from other examinees, while 007 coached him to refine his pose.

Wang Yong offered to lead the Newcomers through the assessment in exchange for their newbie Points, while Bo Shuo openly mocked the deal. Wang Yong threatened Bo Shuo, and their hostility escalated.

• Huang Yousheng praised Wang Yong and disparaged Bo Shuo, while Wang Yong claimed he would lead the group safely through the newbie instance.
• Wang Yong demanded that the Newcomers hand over all their Points in exchange for his protection.
• Xu Yi stopped Gu Baiyu from confronting Wang Yong and warned him that Wang Yong could easily kill him.
• Huang Yousheng transferred his Points to Wang Yong, and other Newcomers prepared to follow.
• Bo Shuo called the group idiots, earning Emotion Points from Wang Yong and prompting Wang Yong to threaten him.

Bo Shuo began a difficult short-answer exam about a mysterious fire just as a grotesque Nurse entered and demanded that one examinee accompany it for treatment. The Nurse started searching the group for someone to take, while Bo Shuo and the others remained wary.

• Bo Shuo bluffed Wang Yong with his Big Shot act, then heard the Proctoring System announce the exam.
• Bo Shuo read the short-answer questions about a fire and worried that the exam was far too difficult for beginners.
• A rotten Nurse burst through the door, and 007’s blinding brightness briefly left Bo Shuo unable to see.
• The Nurse announced that one person had to accompany it for treatment, and the examinees refused to volunteer.
• The Nurse grew impatient and began scanning the group to choose an Unlucky Person.

Bo Shuo used 007’s background-distortion ability to pass himself off as a doctor at the Seventh Mental Sanatorium. After the monster recognized him as Doctor Bo, it attacked Li Xiao for questioning his credentials and offered to arrange a private room for him.

• Bo Shuo spent 2,000 Emotion Points to obtain a name badge and an appointment report, then entered the Performance State.
• Bo Shuo remained calm as the monster approached, while Wang Yong expected it to kill him.
• The monster greeted Bo Shuo as Doctor Bo and treated him with reverence after seeing his credentials.
• Li Xiao denied that Bo Shuo was a doctor, so the monster seized her, crushed her chest, and dragged her away.
• The monster apologized to Bo Shuo and offered him compensation and a new private room.

After the examinees were taken to the Temporary Ward, Bo Shuo avoided dangerous medication by using his fabricated Doctor identity to persuade the Pink-clothed Nurse to let him take his own pills. Huang Yousheng watched jealously as the other examinees faced threats from the “orderlies.”

• The “orderlies” escorted the examinees into the Temporary Ward, where Bo Shuo chose a bed near the door.
• The Pink-clothed Nurse distributed f893g, and 007 warned Bo Shuo that it caused hallucinations and intensified Negative Emotions.
• Bo Shuo asked to change his medicine, and the Pink-clothed Nurse believed his claim that the prescription was unsuitable.
• Bo Shuo said he had brought his own medicine, calming the Pink-clothed Nurse and avoiding the ward’s treatment threat.
• Huang Yousheng grew jealous of Bo Shuo’s special treatment as an “orderly” struck the bed beside him and demanded that he take his medicine.

Bo Shuo watched Sun Mengmei mutate after being forced to take a double dose of medicine, then learned that the Doctor and the Pink-clothed Nurse might turn against each other. As the medicine’s hallucinations began to fade, the examinees searched for a way to regain their senses and prepare for the Submit Paper deadline.

• Wang Yong forced Sun Mengmei to swallow a pill, and she mutated before the orderlies carried her away.
• Bo Shuo insulted the Pink-clothed Nurse, earning the Doctor’s approval and learning from 007 that the Doctor and the nurse hated each other.
• 007 admitted that it had borrowed the Training Space from system 223 without returning it, before Bo Shuo turned his attention back to the medicine inspection.
• After the monsters left, Gu Baiyu and the other examinees experienced hallucinations from the medicine, which gradually weakened.
• Gu Baiyu discovered that pain eased the hallucinations, and Xu Yi gave him a razor blade, which Gu Baiyu used to cut himself.

Bo Shuo found a patient’s notebook that appeared to match the Exam Question and gave it to Xu Yi after she offered to trade for it. As Bo Shuo, Xu Yi, and Gu Baiyu left the room, Wang Yong and Huang Yousheng decided to pursue the clue.

• With 007’s help, Bo Shuo found a hidden notebook and cleaning agents beneath a bed.
• Bo Shuo read the notebook, which described the patient’s worsening despair and later belief that the Deity would save them, and noticed that the fourth page number, P4, had been circled in red.
• Xu Yi offered two low-tier items for the notebook, and Bo Shuo tossed it to her after 007 had copied its contents.
• Xu Yi followed Bo Shuo, and Gu Baiyu joined them as they left the room.
• Wang Yong and Huang Yousheng left the room too, and Huang urged Wang to make Bo Shuo reveal the clue.

Bo Shuo cleared a path through the Ghosts, and Xu Yi and Gu Baiyu followed him as he gathered Emotion Points. Near the stairway, they heard Huang Yousheng screaming while Wang Yong struggled to protect him from the Patrol Ghosts.

• Bo Shuo slaughtered the Ghosts along the route with his scalpel, leaving Xu Yi and Gu Baiyu stunned by his strength.
• Xu Yi asked to follow Bo Shuo, and he agreed; she and Gu Baiyu helped deal with the remaining Patrol Ghosts as they advanced.
• Bo Shuo regarded Xu Yi and Gu Baiyu as useful sources of Emotion Points and felt pleased by their reactions.
• Near the stairway, the group heard Huang Yousheng screaming as Wang Yong struggled against a swarm of Patrol Ghosts.

Bo Shuo and the others searched the treatment room for clues and found that the patient’s signature matched the handwriting in the diary. The group mistook Bo Shuo’s distracted pause for proof that he had noticed the match, while he was actually dealing with 007 and Training System 223’s argument.

• Bo Shuo led Xu Yi and Gu Baiyu back into the treatment room to search for the patient’s treatment record.
• Bo Shuo broke the locked drawer open and retrieved Zhang Mingjie’s treatment record.
• Xu Yi had Gu Baiyu compare Zhang Mingjie’s signature with the handwriting in the diary, revealing they matched.
• Xu Yi concluded that Bo Shuo had spotted the matching handwriting, though Bo Shuo had been distracted by 007 and Training System 223 arguing.
• Bo Shuo realized 007 had stolen System 223’s Training Space as revenge, while Xu Yi interpreted his irritated expression as a sign that something was wrong.

Bo Shuo used his power to kill two E-class Ghosts that attacked the patients’ room, leaving Xu Yi stunned and Gu Baiyu eager to become his follower. The threat outside was gone, but the group’s escape from the instance remained unresolved.

• The two nurse-like Ghosts battered the iron door while Xu Yi proposed breaking a window and escaping.
• Bo Shuo spent Emotion Points to raise his strength, while Gu Baiyu tried to barricade the door.
• Bo Shuo opened the door and killed both E-class Ghosts with a single strike of his Silver White scalpel.
• Xu Yi was shocked by Bo Shuo’s overwhelming strength, and Gu Baiyu offered himself as Bo Shuo’s useful accessory.

After Huang Yousheng returned badly injured, he revealed that the Dean had attacked him and Wang Yong in the basement. The Dean then summoned Bo Shuo, leaving Xu Yi and the others alarmed about the danger he faced.

• Bo Shuo and the others returned to the ward and found Huang Yousheng gravely injured, with his right hand severed.
• Xu Yi used a Recovery Potion to stop Huang Yousheng's bleeding and asked how he had been hurt.
• Huang Yousheng explained that Wang Yong had sent him into the Dean's Office, where the Dean returned and cut off his hand; Wang Yong escaped using an item.
• The Pink-clothed Nurse arrived during rounds and told Bo Shuo that the Dean wanted to see him.
• Xu Yi worried that the Dean was above D-rank and that meeting him alone was dangerous for Bo Shuo.

Bo Shuo met the hospital dean in a normal-looking office and claimed Xu Yi and Gu Baiyu had rare neurological conditions. He left the dean impressed by his medical knowledge after Gu Baiyu acted out a fit and Xu Yi pretended to be witless.

• The Pink-clothed Nurse led Bo Shuo, Xu Yi, and Gu Baiyu through the damp basement corridor to the dean's office.
• The dean welcomed Bo Shuo into his bright office and offered him tea, but Bo Shuo refused to be drawn into pleasantries.
• The dean asked about Xu Yi and Gu Baiyu, and Bo Shuo claimed their brain nerves malfunctioned intermittently, making them mad or witless when stimulated.
• Gu Baiyu threw himself onto the floor and acted out a violent fit while Xu Yi pretended to be witless.
• The dean praised Bo Shuo for identifying the rare illness and admitted that his own medical knowledge was lacking.

Bo Shuo confronted the dean over his experiment, provoking the powerful Ghost with insults before identifying errors in the research data. The dean's rage partly subsided, but Bo Shuo remained in grave danger as he prepared to defend his claim.

• The dean became enraged when Bo Shuo called his experiment impractical and insulted him and his research.
• The dean released a terrifying killing intent, but Bo Shuo faced him with a mocking smile and called the experiment trash.
• Bo Shuo pointed out that items nine and ten were wrong because the initial data had been checked incorrectly.
• The dean's anger faltered as he questioned how Bo Shuo could know the experiment was wrong, while Bo Shuo hid his trembling hand and refused to back down.

Bo Shuo impressed the Dean with seven pages of calculations, leading the S-class Ghost to offer him a contract and a valuable Ghost Artifact. After Bo Shuo accepted, the Dean tried to reveal the exam contents, but the Proctoring System warned him against helping an examinee cheat.

• Bo Shuo finished seven pages of calculations while the Dean watched, and the Dean read them in awe.
• The Dean apologized to Bo Shuo and asked him to continue, then offered to support him as a disciple.
• 007 revealed that the Dean was an S-class Ghost whose current projection was only C-class, and urged Bo Shuo to accept his contract.
• The Dean offered Bo Shuo an S-class Ghost Artifact scalpel, and Bo Shuo signed the contract after 007 checked it for loopholes.
• The Dean offered to tell Bo Shuo the exam contents, but the Proctoring System warned that examinees could not cheat.

Wang Yong entered the cafeteria and failed to get information from the other patients before noticing Bo Shuo had returned unharmed from the Dean's Office. His resentment toward Bo Shuo intensified, while Huang Yousheng grew wary of Wang Yong after realizing he had been used as a human probe.

• Wang Yong collected his lunch but chose not to eat, then tried unsuccessfully to speak with a numb patient.
• An orderly warned Wang Yong with an Iron Rod, forcing him to stop talking.
• Huang Yousheng spotted Bo Shuo returning unharmed with medical staff clearing a path for him.
• Wang Yong seethed with hatred toward Bo Shuo and crushed his iron tray, cutting his palm.
• Huang Yousheng realized Wang Yong had used him as a flesh detector probe and became afraid that Wang Yong might sacrifice him again.

Bo Shuo endured an elaborate meal staged for him in the cafeteria while the patients watched, then the furious Dean arrived and addressed him respectfully as “Teacher.” The chapter ended with the Dean announcing that he had finished researching Bo Shuo’s manuscript.

• The Pink-clothed Nurse set out a lavish meal for Bo Shuo, while the Doctor forced the other patients into the cafeteria’s corners and warned them not to disturb him.
• Bo Shuo ate a few bites despite feeling embarrassed by the patients’ hungry stares, then stopped because he could not bear eating under their gaze.
• The Dean entered the cafeteria, and Huang Yousheng and Wang Yong hid among the patients as the Dean headed straight for Bo Shuo.
• Wang Yong expected the Dean to attack Bo Shuo, but the Dean waited respectfully until Bo Shuo finished his meal and called him “Teacher.”
• The Dean told Bo Shuo that he had finished researching the manuscript Bo Shuo had given him.

Bo Shuo stopped the Dean from killing Wang Yong after Wang Yong offered his Points and items, then exposed that Wang Yong had held some back. The chapter ended with Bo Shuo holding a scalpel to Wang Yong’s neck and demanding the rest.

• The Dean recognized Huang Yousheng and Wang Yong as the intruders from his office, crushed Huang Yousheng’s head, and turned on Wang Yong.
• Wang Yong begged Bo Shuo to save him, offering his 1,000 Points and all his items in exchange.
• 007 told Bo Shuo that Wang Yong’s Points could be converted into 10,000 Emotion Points, and Bo Shuo ordered the Dean to stop.
• Wang Yong placed items on the table, but Bo Shuo rejected the offer and accused him of holding back Points and an item.
• Bo Shuo revealed Wang Yong still had 500 Points and one mid-tier item, then threatened him with a scalpel until he handed them over.

Bo Shuo and the others discovered that dead examinees became nurses, just as the exam began its final stage and the monsters converged on them. After Li Xiao attacked and Bo Shuo killed her, someone threw an alarm to lure the nurses toward them, so Bo Shuo used Emotion Points to strengthen himself and rushed after the culprit.

• Bo Shuo and the others found Li Xiao transforming into a nurse, and 007 explained that dead examinees became nurses.
• 007 warned that the identity cards were failing as the exam began collecting papers early and the nurses gathered around them.
• Li Xiao lunged at the group, and Bo Shuo split her monster form with his surgical knife.
• Several glass bottles rolled across the ward as the patients sat up and muttered prayers; someone then threw an alarm through the window, drawing the nurses away.
• Bo Shuo recognized the alarm as a deliberate attack, spent 150,000 Emotion Points to strengthen himself, and leaped away to confront the culprit.

Bo Shuo solved the exam about the sanatorium fire, earned a perfect score, and entered Lost Paradise. At the Points Exchange Center, he tried to accept the ten-thousand-Point bounty mission.

• After escaping the sanatorium, Bo Shuo began the exam and identified Zhang Mingjie as the person in the material.
• Bo Shuo used clues about phosphorus and cleaning supplies to conclude that Zhang Mingjie and another patient had swallowed white phosphorus and set the conversion camp ablaze.
• Bo Shuo submitted his answers and received a perfect score, Official Examinee ID 10069, and 2,000 Points.
• Bo Shuo arrived at Lost Paradise and went to the Points Exchange Center to accept the pinned ten-thousand-Point bounty mission.
• The employee looked up at the customer in a red robe and hat, surprised that he wanted to accept the mission.