Chapter Summaries

Ling Chu's team settled into a secluded camp while Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball went to gather firewood. Team 5's Boss tried to lure them into a trap, but a real Icefield Wolf appeared, and Boss fell into his own pit as the women came upon the scene.

• Ling Chu and Passerby A carved out a shelter while Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball built camp furniture and a windbreak.
• Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball went to collect firewood after Ling Chu warned them to stay together and nearby.
• Boss and his teammates prepared a concealed stake trap and planned to lure Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball into it with a fake wolf howl.
• Third Brother imitated a wolf, but his howl attracted a real Icefield Wolf that approached the men's hiding place.
• Boss fell into his own trap while fleeing the wolf, and Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball arrived to find him injured and the wolf poised to attack.

Ling Chu caught a rare Ice Sea King Crab worth 113 points while Passerby A prepared it for dinner. Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball returned with a dead Icefield Wolf, leaving nearby teams stunned and Ling Chu's team with an extra feast.

• Huang Xiaowen chased the Icefield Wolf after it fled, while Ling Chu kept fishing at the new ice hole.
• Ling Chu hauled up an 11,300-gram Ice Sea King Crab, earning Team 13 113 points and drawing attention from nearby teams.
• Ling Chu handed the king crab to Passerby A, who agreed to cook it for dinner.
• Second complained that the seized fishing hole yielded nothing and suspected Ling Chu had moved because her rod had a Luck bonus.
• Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball returned to camp dragging a dead Icefield Wolf, and Huang Xiaowen announced that they would have extra food.

Ling Chu's team cooked a feast from a King Crab after trading wolf meat for missing ingredients, and Mickey Meow Witch approached to trade for the wolf skin. Ling Chu recognized her as a familiar trading partner and confirmed her identity in secret.

• Huang Xiaowen helped Passerby A process the wolf while Ling Chu revealed the King Crab had earned 113 points.
• Passerby A proposed trading wolf meat for tofu, eggs, and breadcrumbs, and Huang Xiaowen returned with all three ingredients.
• Passerby A cooked Crab Roe Tofu Soup and Typhoon Shelter crab legs, and the group enjoyed a lavish meal.
• Squid Ball asked about Passerby A's cooking background, and he revealed that he had been the head chef of a Michelin Three-Star restaurant.
• Mickey Meow Witch offered zongzi and hawthorn berries for the wolf skin, and Ling Chu recognized her as a fellow player she had traded with several times.
• Ling Chu confirmed she was Ling Chu and gestured for Mickey Meow Witch to keep her identity secret.

Ling Chu and Passerby A fished together, and their conversation led them to reveal each other’s identities: Passerby A was You Jiali, while Ling Chu was the Number One on the Four Lists. The chapter ended with Ling Chu asking You Jiali why the Holy Army Legion had placed a bounty on him.

• Mickey Meow Witch recognized Ling Chu as her first major client and later gave her warm knee pads made from wolf skin.
• Ling Chu and Passerby A continued fishing, catching more fish and several useful resource cards.
• While keeping watch by the bonfire, Passerby A told Ling Chu that he had once owned a cat named Fluffball.
• Ling Chu asked why You Jiali had a bounty of seven thousand Sea Shells from the Holy Army Legion, and Passerby A recognized her as Ling Chu.
• Ling Chu explained that she had entered the recreation-themed Public Challenge to give her crew a less difficult challenge, then asked You Jiali to answer her question.

Ling Chu and You Jiali uncovered and foiled an attempt by Second Brother and Third Brother to steal their fishing rods, then resumed their conversation about You Jiali’s past. Ling Chu used Ghost Revival to bring the soul kitten back into full form, and You Jiali recognized it as Fluffball.

• Ling Chu questioned You Jiali about whether he had once belonged to the Holy Army, while Second Brother and Third Brother secretly plotted to rob their camp.
• Ling Chu and You Jiali noticed the intruders and planted sharp spikes around the fishing rods to trap them.
• Second Brother and Third Brother tried to steal the rods, wounded their hands on the spikes, and fled in pain.
• Ling Chu and You Jiali returned to the campfire, and You Jiali said he could never join the Holy Army.
• Ling Chu used Ghost Revival to restore the soul kitten, which joyfully leapt at You Jiali as he recognized it as Fluffball.

Ling Chu revived Fluffball as a ghost, allowing You Jiali to see his beloved cat again. You Jiali explained that he killed Mosang Bai, Xia Chunying’s fiancé, and said he would do it again despite the Holy Army’s pursuit.

• Fluffball floated over You Jiali’s palm, and he recognized her as his deceased cat.
• Ling Chu confirmed that her Ghost Pirate skill had revived Fluffball, and You Jiali thanked her.
• You Jiali said Fluffball had come with him when he was pulled into the game and revealed that the Holy Army hunted him for killing Mosang Bai.
• You Jiali explained that Mosang Bai was Xia Chunying’s fiancé and that Autumn Snow, the Holy Army’s leader, was Xia Chunying’s sister.
• Ling Chu inferred that You Jiali entered Public Challenges to evade the Holy Army, and he admitted it.
• You Jiali said killing Mosang Bai was worth it and that he would kill him again to avenge Fluffball.

Ling Chu woke to You Jiali making candied hawthorn skewers, while Squid Ball noticed he was unusually friendly toward her. Team 5 gave up on stealing Team 13’s fishing rods for now, and the chapter ended when Huang Xiaowen spotted a livestream showing the Qingshan Ship and the Holy Army fighting.

• You Jiali made candied hawthorn skewers and gave the first one to Ling Chu, prompting Squid Ball to suspect something was off between them.
• Ling Chu went fishing and saw Team 5’s injured players; their leader decided to stop targeting Team 13 until after the challenge.
• You Jiali cooked steamed lionfish and tomato, egg, and tofu dough-drop soup for the team.
• Huang Xiaowen saw in the public chat that Silly Bird was livestreaming a fight between the Qingshan Ship and the Holy Army.

Ling Chu watched the Holy Army overwhelm Zhen Qingshan’s Qingshan Ship in a livestream, destroying most of its fleet. Zhen Qingshan escaped by using a card and vowed to take revenge on the Holy Army.

• Ling Chu opened A Silly Bird’s livestream and saw the five ships of the Qingshan Ship facing twenty Holy Army vessels led by Xia Chunying and Holy Light Shines Upon the Earth.
• The Holy Army’s rune-engraved cannons damaged a Qingshan Ship vessel, while the Qingshan Ship’s ballistae struggled to pierce the enemy ships’ reinforced hulls.
• Zhen Qingshan used talismans to immobilize Holy Army fighters, but Xia Chunying dispelled them with Holy Purification.
• Holy Light Shines Upon the Earth charged the Qingshan Ship’s fighters with his shield, and the Holy Army nearly wiped out the fleet within twenty minutes.
• Zhen Qingshan cursed the Holy Army and vowed revenge before using a card to vanish in white light.

The Holy Army Legion destroyed Zhen Qingshan’s ship, and Ling Chu recognized that the Legion’s light magic could threaten her Ghost Ship. You Jiali then provoked Xia Chunying and exposed Holy Light Shines Upon the Earth’s alleged role in Mosang Bai’s death, leaving the Holy Army’s feud with him unresolved.

• Xia Chunying defeated Zhen Qingshan, and the Holy Army Legion looted the Qingshan Ship as its crew and Wealth Ranking position collapsed.
• Ling Chu watched the livestream and worried that the Holy Army’s light magic would be especially dangerous to her Skeleton Henchmen and Ghost Ship.
• Huang Xiaowen wondered how You Jiali had escaped the Holy Army’s siege, unaware that he was sitting beside her.
• You Jiali criticized the Holy Army in Public Chat, and Xia Chunying threatened him after he mocked her grief for Mosang Bai.
• After Squid Ball suggested a sharper insult, You Jiali taunted the Holy Army and accused Holy Light Shines Upon the Earth of betraying Mosang Bai and pursuing Xia Chunying.

Ling Chu noticed Youjia Li's unusually small appetite and followed him when he slipped away during his watch. She found him kneeling over a dead Icefield Wolf, apparently drinking from its wound.

• Xia Chunying confronted Holy Light Shines Upon the Earth after Youjia Li accused him of betraying Mosang Bai, then decided Youjia Li was lying and warned the man not to pursue her.
• Youjia Li finished eating and volunteered to wash the dishes while Ling Chu returned to fishing for supplies.
• During the final night of the Ice Lake Fishing Challenge, Huang Xiaowen ended her watch and went back to the ice house, waking Ling Chu.
• Ling Chu heard quiet footsteps, saw Youjia Li leave camp for the deadwood slope, and followed him.
• Ling Chu found Youjia Li beside a dead Icefield Wolf, kneeling with his head near its broken neck as a faint sucking sound came from him.

Ling Chu discovered that You Jiali was a Blood Count who secretly drank animal blood to sate his hunger. After You Jiali revealed his Character Panel and explained that he had only drunk blood from people who attacked him, Ling Chu asked how he handled his need for human blood.

• Ling Chu caught You Jiali drinking from a wolf and watched him transform into a bat to hide.
• Ling Chu called You Jiali out, and he admitted that his Special Profession was Blood Count.
• You Jiali shared his Character Panel, revealing his Blood Count skills and the curse that made normal food taste like wax.
• You Jiali told Ling Chu that he had only drunk blood from Mosang Bai and two Holy Army Legion players who had tried to kill him.
• You Jiali explained that human blood satisfied his hunger longer than animal blood, and Ling Chu asked what he did when he wanted human blood.

Ling Chu learned how You Jiali obtained blood and heard how he became a vampire after the Holy Army killed his pet Fluffball. As they salvaged the wolf, they discussed the Holy Army’s members and possible vulnerabilities.

• Ling Chu offered You Jiali more wolf meat, but he said he was full, and she suggested selling the hide to Mickey Meow Witch.
• You Jiali used concealed Wrist Stings to skin the wolf while Ling Chu asked what he knew about the Holy Army.
• You Jiali explained that the Holy Army had killed Fluffball, prompting him to accept the vampire curse of his Legendary Wrist Stings and take revenge.
• You Jiali recounted how Xia Chunying’s light magic wounded him and forced him to escape with a Public Challenge Card.
• Ling Chu and You Jiali discussed Holy Light Shines Upon the Earth’s apparent feelings for Xia Chunying and how those relationships might be a weakness.

Ling Chu accepted You Jiali despite learning he was a vampire, and the two returned safely to camp. The public challenge ended with Ling Chu’s Team 13 in first place, while Team 5 reacted in shock to seeing her name atop the results.

• Ling Chu told You Jiali she considered the Holy Army more dangerous than a vampire who bought blood, then returned with him to camp.
• Ling Chu checked the traps, left You Jiali on watch, and slept through the night without incident.
• You Jiali served Ling Chu fish porridge in the morning, and she spent the final hours fishing for points.
• The system announced Team 13 had won with 326.5 points, followed by Team 30 and Team 41, and listed the teams’ rewards.
• Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball celebrated first place, while Mickey Meow Witch’s team celebrated its third-place finish.
• Team 5’s members grew grim, and one asked whether the first-place roster really included the top-ranked Ling Chu from Zone 666.

Ling Chu left the Public Challenge with her teammates and their supplies, ignoring Team 5’s panicked pleas for mercy. She invited You Jiali to join her crew, then returned to the Ghost Ship with valuable loot and a new appreciation for his cooking.

• Team 5’s Boss and his men knelt and begged Ling Chu to spare them, but she calmly told them to move aside and went to help You Jiali pack.
• Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball realized You Jiali was the chef with a bounty of seven thousand Sea Shells, and speculated that Ling Chu would choose his cooking over the reward.
• Ling Chu gave You Jiali a Crew Invitation Card and left the Public Challenge with Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball; You Jiali was transported out afterward.
• Ling Chu stored the team’s seafood and supplies aboard the Ghost Ship, then placed three Golden Fishing Rod Trophies in the cabin, raising the ship’s Durability Value by thirty points.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon confirmed that all was well aboard the ship, while Huang Xiaowen found the familiar meals disappointing after tasting You Jiali’s cooking.

You Jiali hesitated to accept Ling Chu’s crew invitation because his wanted status could endanger the Ghost Ship, then discovered that Fluffball had returned to Ling Chu. A fearful player offered Ling Chu supplies as an apology, and she accepted the trade before reading the Shark Daily’s report on the Holy Army’s attack on the Qingshan Ship.

• You Jiali considered joining the Ghost Ship but decided against using the invitation card because his bounty could make the ship a target for the Holy Army.
• You Jiali noticed Fluffball was missing and realized Ling Chu had brought the cat back to the Ghost Ship as her summoned creature.
• Ling Chu told the crew she expected You Jiali to join because Fluffball would draw him to the Ghost Ship.
• Strong Locomotive offered Ling Chu supplies obtained from the Public Challenge and begged her to let his group go, so she accepted the trade.
• Ling Chu read the Shark Daily, which reported that the Holy Army had wiped out the Qingshan Ship and included A Silly Bird’s interview with Xia Chunying.

Ling Chu read an interview in which Xia Chunying defended the Holy Army’s purge of the Qingshan Ship and reflected on how the organization used its reputation and ideology to build control. After reading about a dangerous deep-sea demon, Ling Chu equipped her upgraded Eyepatch and learned it had become a soul-bound Relic.

• Ling Chu, Huang Xiaowen, and Squid Ball criticized the Holy Army’s promises of order and questioned who would define evil and benefit from its promised safe world.
• Ling Chu compared her personal reputation with the Holy Army’s organizational influence and realized why it wanted to eliminate You Jiali as a threat to its authority.
• Ling Chu read the Daily Demon Field Guide entry on the Deep Sea Seven-Gilled Eel, which was suspected to be a Fourth-Order Demon.
• Aunt Martha brought Ling Chu the upgraded Eyepatch, and Ling Chu bound it to herself after seeing that it had become a Relic with improved attribute-reading abilities.

Ling Chu welcomed You Jiali aboard the Ghost Ship, bringing the crew to five and unlocking new facilities suited to his classes. She decided the ship needed his kitchen and vampire coffin, and considered using the dissection room to harvest blood and bones for the crew.

• Ling Chu learned that her repaired blindfold had become Relic-quality equipment that would remain bound to her if she died.
• A Skeletons Lookout reported an approaching ship, and Ling Chu recognized You Jiali aboard it.
• You Jiali joined Ling Chu's fleet after Fluffball greeted him, and his original ship and supplies were transferred to the Ghost Ship.
• Ling Chu inspected the newly unlocked facilities and decided to build the Multi-functional Kitchen and Bloodline Sleeping Coffin.
• Ling Chu considered using the Dissection and Blood Collection Room to collect blood for You Jiali and bones for summoning Skeletons Henchmen.

Ling Chu built a Multi-functional Kitchen and a Bloodline Sleeping Coffin aboard the Ghost Ship, giving You Jiali a room and a chef’s dream workspace. When You Jiali asked what she wanted for lunch, Ling Chu brought out a colossal octopus tentacle, leaving him stunned.

• Ling Chu installed the Multi-functional Kitchen in the first-floor hall and replaced a crew-room bed with the Bloodline Sleeping Coffin, changing the room’s nameplate to You Jiali.
• Big Gold Tooth, Huang Xiaowen, and Squid Ball explored the new kitchen and admired its magical appliances and three-door refrigerator.
• Ling Chu stored more than three hundred ingredients in the refrigerator, and You Jiali said he had always wanted a kitchen like it but lacked a Primary Mana Stone.
• You Jiali offered to cook lunch, and Squid Ball requested sweet-and-sour pork while Huang Xiaowen asked for peppercorn fish.
• When You Jiali asked what she wanted, Ling Chu took a giant octopus tentacle from her Ring of Bones and dropped it onto the deck.

You Jiali used The Butcher to prepare meat from the enormous octopus tentacle while Ling Chu tested Lingering Wind and Fading Moon’s new potion. The potion proved effective, and Lingering Wind and Fading Moon planned to make more for the team.

• You Jiali used The Butcher, a unique knife that could cut any substance he considered an ingredient, to remove a piece of octopus core meat.
• You Jiali took the meat into the Multi-functional Kitchen and began preparing it while Ling Chu checked on Lingering Wind and Fading Moon’s potion research.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon showed Ling Chu an untested potion made with Storm Jellyfish extract and warned that its lingering paralysis could be dangerous.
• Ling Chu drank the entire potion, and her eyepatch identified it as an Intermediate Life Potion that restored health and reduced lightning damage without obvious side effects.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon learned that her formula worked and planned to make more potions for the team.

Ling Chu asked Lingering Wind and Fading Moon about making preservatives, and she said they would need to experiment. Meanwhile, You Jiali cooked an impressive meal that drew the Skeleton Crewmates, and the crew welcomed him aboard as their chef.

• Ling Chu asked Lingering Wind and Fading Moon whether she could make preservatives, and she said they would need experiments to determine if it was possible.
• You Jiali prepared several dishes while Big Gold Tooth and the other Skeleton Crewmates gathered around the kitchen, captivated by the aromas.
• The Skeleton Crewmates carried You Jiali’s dishes to the table, where the crew admired the meal and Huang Xiaowen brought out a Chocolate Lava Cake.
• Ling Chu, Huang Xiaowen, Squid Ball, and Lingering Wind and Fading Moon welcomed You Jiali to the Ghost Ship, and he accepted their welcome.