Chapter Summaries

After a rainy encounter, 007 offered Bo Shuo a brief return to the Real World, but he refused because he feared leaving his family with another loss. Back in the Exam Venue, Bo Shuo comforted Xiao Mu with a story before Madam Golia summoned him, while 007 warned that she had grown suspicious.

• A Youth shared a sausage with 007 while they waited for the rain to stop, then left after the weather cleared.
• 007 told Bo Shuo it could send him back to the Real World to see his younger sister, but Bo Shuo declined.
• Bo Shuo read Snow White to Xiao Mu and tucked him into bed when he grew sleepy.
• A servant summoned Bo Shuo at Madam Golia's request, and 007 warned that she suspected him after he returned Xiao Mu unharmed.
• Bo Shuo reasoned that Xiao Mu's death was destined because changing it would disrupt the Exam Venue and prevent later exams from existing.

Bo Shuo faced Golia’s demand to torture Zhao Lin as a sacrifice and bluffed that her method was inefficient. He left Golia questioning him after asking what pain and fear were.

• Zhao Lin was bound to the Iron Frame while Golia savored his fear and invited Bo Shuo to take part in the sacrifice.
• Bo Shuo accepted Golia’s Iron Rod but dropped it, provoking her anger as the shadow at her feet twisted.
• Bo Shuo remained calm and called Golia’s torture method an inferior, low-efficiency sacrifice.
• Golia questioned whether Bo Shuo knew another way to gather fear, and he responded by asking what pain and fear were.

Bo Shuo used cryptic talk to calm Madam Golia and stop the shadow beneath her from attacking him. Zhao Lin was taken down from the torture frame and dragged away, leaving him hoping to contact the Black Robe Priest, whom he had identified as another examinee.

• Bo Shuo acted mysterious and spoke vaguely until Madam Golia called his words profound.
• The shadow beneath Madam Golia quieted, and the room fell silent as Zhao Lin waited for her verdict.
• Zhao Lin recalled using his detection talent to discover that the Black Robe Priest was an examinee, and he hoped the Priest could help him survive.
• Madam Golia clapped, and her attendants removed Zhao Lin from the iron frame and cleared away the torture instruments.
• As attendants dragged Zhao Lin away, he kept watching the young Priest and used a Communication Tool.

Bo Shuo used a fake magic circle and a wisp of Deity aura to convince Lady Golia that he was an exalted being, forcing him to leave. Afterward, Bo Shuo checked the room and turned his attention to the exhausted Zhao Lin.

• Bo Shuo's staged magic circle and apparent divine response made Lady Golia believe he was someone powerful and dangerous.
• Lady Golia recalled rumors about God's black hair and violet eyes and feared Bo Shuo might be God's incarnation.
• 007 helped Bo Shuo maintain the illusion with special effects while Bo Shuo spent 500,000 Emotion Points to simulate a faint Deity aura.
• Bo Shuo ordered Lady Golia to get out, and Lady Golia and his shadow hurriedly fled the room.
• Bo Shuo had 007 inspect the room, then looked at Zhao Lin as he lay on the floor gasping for breath.

Zhao Lin explained the failed priest mission and the deaths spreading through the town near Mrs. Golia’s castle. After 007 provided more details, Bo Shuo realized Mrs. Golia had turned the town into a hunting ground, and the chapter left him confronting the danger she posed.

• Zhao Lin told Bo Shuo that two different Xiao Mus were in the exam venue and that Mrs. Golia had imprisoned the participants after discovering they were playing priests.
• Zhao Lin recounted how a townsman who said Mrs. Golia’s soul had been devoured by a demon suddenly died and became a dried corpse.
• 007 explained that the town’s residents feared Mrs. Golia’s power and that unexplained deaths had escalated into mass fatalities.
• 007 reported that an Exorcist who warned people to avoid the castle died painfully before reaching the city gate.
• Bo Shuo concluded that Mrs. Golia was using the town as a hunting ground and considered the threat her world posed.

Bo Shuo let Zhao Lin go, then investigated whether the Xiao Mu he knew was one of Madam Golia’s twins. He discovered that the child in front of him was a boy who denied having a brother or sister and insisted that he was Xiao Mu.

• Bo Shuo canceled his simulated aura effects after noticing they were rapidly costing him Points, then told Zhao Lin to leave.
• Bo Shuo exchanged Emotion Points for a Fear Stone to show Madam Golia if she asked about the sacrifice.
• Bo Shuo visited Xiao Mu and asked where his older brother was, but Xiao Mu insisted that he had no brother.
• 007 scanned Xiao Mu and told Bo Shuo that the child did not seem to be a girl.
• When Bo Shuo asked where Xiao Mu’s sister was, the child panicked, denied having a sister, and repeatedly insisted that he was Xiao Mu.

Bo Shuo learned that Xiao Bu was being forced by Golia to impersonate his missing twin sister, Xiao Mu, and suspected Golia had orchestrated Xiao Mu’s disappearance. After discovering that the exam venue had once ended in a total wipeout, he planned to ask Xiao Bu about Xiao Mu’s last wish once the boy recovered, while the others dug beneath the room and Jiang Xiuyi carefully sensed the ground.

• Xiao Mu confessed that she had disappeared during a game of hide-and-seek, and Bo Shuo learned that she and Xiao Bu were fraternal twins.
• Bo Shuo pieced together how Golia had made Xiao Bu impersonate Xiao Mu and subjected him to abuse, and he suspected Golia had been involved in Xiao Mu’s disappearance.
• 007 found that the exam venue had first opened as a C-rank mission to protect Xiao Mu and that every examinee had died, causing the venue to become B-rank.
• Bo Shuo decided to wait until Xiao Bu recovered before asking him about Xiao Mu’s last wish.
• The group pried up the room’s floor and began digging, while Jiang Xiuyi cautiously sensed the ground below.

The examinees found a diary whose portraits revealed that Bo Shuo was connected to the game’s past, while the final little girl remained uncaught. The factions swapped, and Bo Shuo continued caring for Xiao Bu in the room as the others faced the prospect of being trapped in the game.

• The examinees read a child's diary and recognized its portraits of a younger Bo Shuo, leading them to suspect he was not a real examinee.
• Zhang Jiamu noted that Bo Shuo had stopped sending news, but Zhao Li suggested he might still encounter them.
• Jiang Xiuyi's group failed to find the last little girl before search time ended, and the factions swapped.
• Ni Zi confirmed their search and detection skills had found no girl near the Waiting Room, so Zhao Li concluded she was impossibly fast.
• Zhang Jiamu feared the group would die if they could not finish the game, and Jiang Xiuyi said they could only proceed one step at a time.
• Bo Shuo finished telling Xiao Bu a bedtime story and continued their routine, while Golia remained too afraid to disobey him.

Bo Shuo followed Xiao Bu’s sense of his sister to Golia’s room and demanded the jar containing Xiao Mu. Golia handed it over without hesitation, leaving Bo Shuo holding the chilling, sealed jar.

• Bo Shuo suspected Xiao Mu’s appearance in Xiao Bu’s dreams might be part of a setup, then followed Xiao Bu’s sensed direction to Golia’s room.
• Golia greeted Bo Shuo nervously and tried to work out whether she had done something to offend him.
• Bo Shuo pressured Golia and told her to hand over the jar.
• Golia quickly retrieved the sealed jar containing Xiao Mu and gave it to Bo Shuo.
• Bo Shuo took the jar and felt an intense chill through his hand.

Bo Shuo completed Xiao Mu's Wish and returned to the Waiting Room, where the other candidates were shaken by what they had learned about him. As they tried to hide their fear, Jiang Xiuyi admitted it directly and passed it off as respect for his strength.

• The second round ended without the little girl pursuing the candidates, and the game stalled until its countdown ran out.
• The system announced that Bo Shuo had completed the bonus task, astonishing candidates and viewers in the Broadcast Room.
• The system explained that Xiao Mu's mother had trapped his soul in an urn, and that his dying wish was to escape and let his gege escape.
• Bo Shuo returned to the Waiting Room as the other candidates came back from the game.
• Jiang Xiuyi and the others acted wary after learning Bo Shuo's hidden identity, and Bo Shuo told them he knew they were afraid of him.
• Jiang Xiuyi admitted that they were afraid, then explained that they had never encountered a candidate as strong as Bo Shuo.

Bo Shuo completed the examination, received his rewards, and returned to the Real World, where doctors found his condition had improved. After leaving the hospital, he could not reach 007, but found a message explaining that 007 was recovering and reporting to the World Consciousness.

• Bo Shuo comforted Xiao Bu, obtained Golia's Treasure, and completed the examination with all six items collected.
• A man with gold-rimmed glasses appeared after Bo Shuo vanished and said he looked forward to meeting him again.
• Bo Shuo passed the examination with a score of 100 and received a Job Change Card and Probationary God-blessed status.
• Bo Shuo woke in his hospital ward, and Doctor Wang and an old doctor were astonished that his physical functions had improved.
• Bo Shuo was discharged, searched for 007, and read 007's message saying he was low on energy and reporting to the World Consciousness.

After returning to the Real World, Bo Shuo reunited with his sister Bo Chunzhang and reassured her that he was safe. Meanwhile, an expanding White Mist appeared near Dongling City, swallowing people and buildings as residents began reporting it online.

• Bo Shuo refunded Fu Zerui’s transfer and told him to return the money to the company, then ended the call without answering his father’s question.
• Bo Chunzhang came home, embraced Bo Shuo, and cried as she asked where he had been and whether he was well.
• Bo Shuo told Bo Chunzhang he had worked in a confidential unit and had returned temporarily to see her.
• A post about the White Mist near Dongling City surged onto the trending searches as residents shared reports of people and animals vanishing inside it.
• A video showed a riverside square-dancing group being swallowed by the White Mist, after which all sound disappeared.

After returning to the Real World, Bo Shuo learned that he could earn substantial rewards by helping deal with a newly appeared Exam Venue, and he set off with 007 to find an entrance. Meanwhile, Zhao Chuanshan’s team struggled to contain a vast Mist Zone around Dongling City, where many residents were trapped.

• 007 returned in a white-kitten shell and offered Bo Shuo property and other rewards for helping in the Real World.
• 007 told Bo Shuo that a Low Tier Exam Venue had appeared in the Real World and asked him to work overtime to clear its remnants.
• Zhao Chuanshan reported that the Dongling City Exam Venue had trapped more than three percent of the city’s population, while his team feared the cost of trying to clear it.
• Zhao Chuanshan said he had requested help from Magic City but would still send his own people into the Exam Venue.
• Bo Shuo drove with 007 toward an overlooked entrance, and 007 explained that isolated patches of Mist Zone could serve as gateways to Exam Venues.

Bo Shuo and Qian Rui’s group were trapped when White Mist engulfed the deep mountain and an Exam Venue opened around them. The group learned they had to survive for three days and check into the inn before dark, but they had not yet found a way out.

• Bo Shuo tried to approach Qian Rui’s group, but they mistook him for a killer and panicked.
• Bo Shuo told the group to leave, but before they moved, 007 warned that it was too late and White Mist began spreading.
• A girl with relatives at the Regulatory Bureau said they were inside an Exam Venue and explained what she knew about it.
• The mist vanished, a stone wall blocked the way back, and the Exam Venue announced a three-day survival mission and ordered everyone to check into the inn before dark.
• A boy wearing a Black Skull Top collapsed after finding the wall impassable, while the others reacted to the girl’s explanation.

Yan Shun'an led two team members into the Deep Mountain Inn after warning the crowd to check in before sunset. When Zhang Xiaobai tried to book the highest-level room, the Old Man looked up from the counter.

• The Old Man opened the Deep Mountain Inn and announced that guests needed to pay for a room before sunset.
• Yan Shun'an entered with two team members and urged the crowd to check in if they wanted to survive.
• A Red Haired Man and others stayed outside, insisting the situation was a kidnapping and expecting rescue.
• The Old Man listed the room prices and availability: one first-class room, three second-class rooms, and five third-class rooms.
• Zhang Xiaobai rushed to the counter and requested the highest-level room, prompting the Old Man to raise his head.

At the hotel, the Old Man offered points in exchange for human bodily tissue, leaving the group to search for a way to pay for their stay. Ding Chengyun discovered he could barter hair and other nonessential material, and the Old Man finally agreed to spot him five points.

• The Old Man priced Zhang Xiaobai’s severed arm at ten points while Zhang Xiaobai bled to death.
• Ding Chengyun asked whether other body parts could be exchanged, and the Old Man confirmed that the hotel accepted bodily tissue as barter.
• Ding Chengyun cut off his hair and placed it on the counter, earning one point.
• Ding Chengyun offered more hair and began trimming his body hair and nails, prompting the Old Man to stop him and offer five points.

The group trying to leave the mountains found themselves back at the Deep Mountain Inn and chose to enter it after nightfall. When the Proctoring System announced that they had failed to check in before midnight, an octopus tentacle killed everyone left outside, including Red Haired Man, who was stopped by an invisible barrier at the inn’s door.

• Red Haired Man led his group through the mountains, but they returned to the eerie inn despite walking in one direction.
• As the night grew colder, several people urged the group to spend the night inside the inn.
• The Proctoring System announced that the Stage 1 task had failed because the group had not checked in before midnight.
• An octopus tentacle attacked the people outside, killing several as they rushed toward the inn.
• Red Haired Man used the middle-aged woman as a shield, then was impaled when an invisible Air Wall blocked him from entering.
• The attack subsided, leaving all examinees who had not checked into the inn dead outside its door.

Bo Shuo arrived at the mountain inn, where his presence frightened the Octopus Tentacles and the people inside. After paying 100 Points for a first-class room, he learned that Ding Chengyun was staying next door.

• Bo Shuo approached the inn as the Octopus Tentacles abandoned their food and fled toward the river.
• Bo Shuo booked room 201, paying 100 Points for the inn’s most expensive room.
• Ding Chengyun tried to speak with Bo Shuo and said he was staying next door.
• 007 leapt into Bo Shuo’s arms and warned Ding Chengyun away, leaving him wondering whether the White Cat had been there before.

After Phase Two began, Yan Shun'an urged the examinees to pair up in rooms while warning them not to crowd together. Short on points, Wang Kai and two companions left their room to try to take points from the occupants of Room 206, but the dark corridor unnerved them as they passed a familiar door.

• Yan Shun'an advised the examinees to stay in their rooms in small groups, though a group of five chose to remain together.
• Wang Kai and his two companions in Room 106 realized they had only enough points to pay for that night's room rate.
• The bespectacled man suggested they seize points from other examinees before midnight, and Wang Kai led the group out into the dark corridor.
• The three headed toward Room 206, where they intended to target its two occupants, including a seemingly frail girl.
• The group passed a familiar room door as an unseen presence seemed to follow them through the corridor.

Bo Shuo learned that capturing an exam venue’s boss could make World Consciousness recycle the venue, while Ding Chengyun climbed through a window to confront Wang Kai and his companion. Ding Chengyun pressed Wang Kai for the truth about the bespectacled man’s escape, leaving the room’s occupants alarmed by the monsters outside.

• 007 told Bo Shuo that killing or detaining an exam venue’s boss would let World Consciousness recycle the venue early.
• Ding Chengyun climbed past Bo Shuo’s window, then broke into Wang Kai’s room through a window with his scissors.
• Ding Chengyun said he had come to gather information and asked whether Wang Kai’s bespectacled companion had left.
• Wang Kai denied knowing how the bespectacled man got out, but Ding Chengyun suspected he was lying.
• Ding Chengyun threatened to open the door, and Wang Kai warned that monsters outside would kill them all.
• Ding Chengyun urged Wang Kai to tell him what had really happened.