Chapter Summaries

After Window 33 won the cafeteria’s review ranking, Ling Chu arranged to buy air conditioners in preparation for the coming heat disaster. Just as she was about to sleep, she and You Jiali heard someone picking the lock to their dormitory.

• Ling Chu and her crew counted their sales and reviews, and she discovered that eating the cheesy shrimp cutlet rice permanently increased her Strength.
• Window 33 took first place with 254 positive reviews, while the player at Window 1 blamed Ling Chu and planned to cause her trouble.
• Squid Ball told Ling Chu that Huang Xiaowen’s group had entered a castle and that Huang Xiaowen was gambling with its NPC residents.
• Star River Enters Dream found a seller of finished mana air conditioners, and Ling Chu paid him forty thousand Sea Shells to buy as many as the seller could make.
• Ling Chu and You Jiali heard someone quietly trying to pick their dormitory lock.

Ling Chu and You Jiali stayed inside their locked dormitory while two Window 1 players impersonated the Quality Inspector and disturbed the corridor during rest hours. The real Meerkat Quality Inspector appeared, and a tall fox-like creature killed the pair; the next day, one of their teammates confronted Ling Chu and demanded to know what happened to them.

• Ling Chu and You Jiali refused to open the dormitory door when two players pretending to be the Quality Inspector demanded an inspection.
• The Meerkat Quality Inspector caught the two players making noise, deducted five good reviews from each, and ordered them back to their rooms.
• After one player threatened the Inspector, a tall, furry creature killed both players and dragged their bodies past Ling Chu and You Jiali’s door.
• Ling Chu and You Jiali saw the creature warn them not to wander or make noise, then closed the door and went back to bed.
• At noon on the third day of the cafeteria challenge, a haggard Window 1 player confronted Ling Chu and You Jiali about his missing teammates.

Ling Chu gathered Mactra sea urchins for the cafeteria after deciding her team had enough ingredients for the day. During the evening service, yesterday’s customers returned, and Er tus demanded another twenty Family Feast Set Meals without paying his previous bill.

• Ling Chu admitted that she and her companions had killed the missing players, and the surviving player backed down and left.
• Ling Chu told Clumsy Bear to help You Jiali prepare food while she went diving to look for ingredients.
• Ling Chu found and collected about two hundred Mactra sea urchins, which You Jiali planned to add to the menu the next day.
• Returning customers crowded Window 33 when the evening service began.
• Er tus demanded twenty Family Feast Set Meals, and Ling Chu reminded him that he had not paid for his order the day before.

Ling Chu endured Er tus’s disruptive behavior while worrying that Huo Ke had taken her rare materials and disappeared. Huo Ke arrived battered but delivered the legendary Crimson Fire Gloves, and Ling Chu stored them safely before packing him food to take home.

• Ling Chu served Er tus twenty Family Feast Set Meals despite his unpaid bill and endured him falling asleep at his table.
• Ling Chu feared Huo Ke had run off with the Fire Element Magic Rune Stone and King Spotted Mantis Shrimp carapace after he failed to arrive on time.
• Huo Ke arrived shortly before closing with the Crimson Fire Gloves, bruised and battered, and insisted he had kept his promise.
• Ling Chu inspected the gloves, saw their legendary burning and ignition effects, and confirmed she could store them outside the Public Challenge.
• Ling Chu packed Huo Ke a bento of cheese shrimp cutlet omelet rice and Pan-fried Skate Liver as he hurried to leave.

Ling Chu’s team stayed in first place in the restaurant challenge, while she learned that You Jiali had concealed the location of the Mixed-blood Sea Monsters’ island. You Jiali offered to take her there after they escaped the Public Challenge.

• Hawk thanked Ling Chu for the meal and left, saying he had run out of meal tickets and would not return.
• Er tus shoved Clumsy Bear aside and escaped without paying for his meals, while a Mixed-blood Sea Monster left pearls as a tip.
• The fox-monkey Quality Inspectors ranked Ling Chu’s team first, with more than twice as many positive reviews as the second-place team.
• Ling Chu privately asked You Jiali about the Sea Monster he had met, and he confirmed it had been a Mixed-blood Sea Monster.
• You Jiali admitted he had remembered the island’s coordinates all along and offered to take Ling Chu there after the Public Challenge.

Ling Chu, You Jiali, and Clumsy Bear searched for new ingredients after Ling Chu gave Clumsy Bear Legendary Crimson Fire Gloves. Clumsy Bear found Flame Conches beside underwater volcanoes, unaware that a huge creature in a nearby cave was watching him.

• Ling Chu gave Clumsy Bear the Crimson Fire Gloves, and he tried them on and thanked her.
• Ling Chu headed east to search for ingredients, while You Jiali went to collect Mactra Sea Urchins and Clumsy Bear swam south to test his new gloves.
• Clumsy Bear discovered the gloves could char a small silverfish even underwater.
• As the seawater grew hotter, Clumsy Bear spotted several glowing underwater volcanoes and found Flame Conches scattered across the seabed.
• Clumsy Bear began digging up the Flame Conches, while a huge creature in a nearby cave watched him enter its territory.

Ling Chu used the Gambler Coin to boost her luck, then rushed to rescue Clumsy Bear from a Deep Sea Beltfish. She killed the monster and asked You Jiali whether she knew how to cook it.

• Ling Chu activated the Gambler Coin after finding no ingredients in a reef cave, and a spotted manta ray appeared.
• Clumsy Bear messaged Ling Chu for help while a Deep Sea Beltfish chased him, so she hurried to his coordinates.
• Ling Chu identified the Beltfish as a fifth-tier monster with strong heat resistance and learned Clumsy Bear had encountered it while digging for snails.
• A school of small fish confused the Beltfish, allowing Ling Chu to sneak behind it and kill it with her Bone Blade.
• Ling Chu messaged You Jiali to ask whether she knew how to cook Beltfish.

Ling Chu and Clumsy Bear brought the Beltfish she had swiftly defeated to the cafeteria, where You Jiali prepared a menu centered on braised Beltfish. As the cooking filled the cafeteria with its aroma, a player from Window 32 traded a bowl of crab for a taste, and he and his teammates eagerly sampled the fish.

• Ling Chu used Keen Eye and a series of skills to defeat the Beltfish before it could unleash Ghostly Flame Eruption.
• Ling Chu and Clumsy Bear dragged the Beltfish to the cafeteria, where You Jiali cut it up and planned a menu of braised Beltfish, seafood dishes, and orange cheesecake.
• You Jiali, Clumsy Bear, and Ling Chu prepared the meal as the scent of braised Beltfish spread through the cafeteria.
• A player from Window 32 asked Ling Chu to trade a bowl of Stir-fried Crab with Typhoon Shelter Style Bread for some Beltfish, and she agreed.
• The player returned to Window 32, where his two teammates joined him in sharing the braised Beltfish.

Ling Chu confronted Er tus when he cut the line and demanded thirty meals despite owing four thousand Sea Shells for two days of unpaid food. Pressured by the waiting guests, Er tus offered a heavy object as payment and demanded service.

• Three players from Zone 234 praised Ling Chu’s braised beltfish after it increased their resistance to fire and burning.
• Great Strength Creates Miracles introduced himself to Ling Chu as captain of the Miracle Fleet and promised to treat her well if they met again.
• Midnight Canteen opened, and Ling Chu’s window drew a long line of eager customers.
• Er tus cut in line and demanded thirty Family Feast Set Meals, but Ling Chu refused and told him to pay his four-thousand-Sea-Shell debt first.
• Er tus faced the angry guests in line and, unable to pay in Sea Shells, tossed a heavy object onto the counter as payment.

Ling Chu accepted Er tus's legendary animal-hide collar to cover his meal debt and received the fifty air conditioners from Star River Enters Dream. After a profitable day at the cafeteria, she promised to pay Clumsy Bear while You Jiali declined wages.

• Ling Chu appraised Er tus's animal-hide collar, discovered it was legendary equipment, and took it as payment for his meals.
• Ling Chu showed the collar to Clumsy Bear, who was shocked by its legendary quality, and ordered ten Family Feast Set Meals for Er tus.
• Ling Chu received fifty Mana Air Conditioners from Star River Enters Dream and offered him one, but he insisted on paying for it in installments.
• Ling Chu and Clumsy Bear washed dishes, ate You Jiali's staff meal, and found that the braised Beltfish increased fire resistance by one percent.
• Ling Chu calculated that the cafeteria had earned 12,700 Sea Shells, promised Clumsy Bear his wages, and heard You Jiali say she did not need payment.

On the final day of the Public Challenge, Ling Chu fled back to the Midnight Canteen as an underwater volcanic eruption sent deadly currents across the seabed. The players inside learned they were protected, but several of their teammates had been swept away.

• Ling Chu planned to gather Flame Conches for Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball while You Jiali and Clumsy Bear prepared the canteen's final menu.
• Ling Chu noticed panicked sea creatures and players fleeing from the Underwater Volcano, so she turned back toward the canteen.
• Ling Chu reached the canteen ahead of the eruption, while several players who had not made it inside were swept away by the currents.
• The meerkat Quality Inspector assured the players that the canteen's protective shield could withstand the eruption.
• A player confronted the meerkat Quality Inspector about his missing teammates, but the inspector dismissed their fate and told everyone to prepare more dishes.

After an underwater volcano erupted, Ling Chu and her team avoided gathering the dead seafood that other players collected, then opened their stall for the final night of business. Their regular customers quickly formed a long line, eager for the familiar braised Beltfish dishes.

• The meerkat Quality Inspector scolded the grieving players, and Ling Chu told You Jiali and Clumsy Bear that the eruption had swept away several players.
• When the tremors stopped, players discovered dead seafood scattered across the seabed and rushed to collect it as free ingredients.
• Ling Chu refused to gather the seafood, and You Jiali explained that it could be spoiled and harm their stall's reviews.
• Clumsy Bear considered warning the other teams about the seafood but decided to focus on helping You Jiali prepare their food.
• At ten o'clock, the players opened their stalls for the final night, and Ling Chu's stall soon drew a long line of regular customers.
• A frequent customer ordered two Family Feast Set Meals after Ling Chu confirmed that braised Beltfish remained their main dish.

When stale seafood served at most canteen windows sparked a violent customer backlash, Ling Chu calmed the crowd by offering discounted fresh meals at Window 33. The chapter ended as the first skeptical customer brought his receipt to try her braised Beltfish over rice.

• Customers discovered that seafood used at nearly every window had spoiled, and their complaints erupted into a canteen-wide melee.
• Meerkat Quality Inspectors tried to placate the furious customers, but the crowd shoved them and continued demanding compensation.
• Ling Chu saw that the chaos was driving new customers away and urged everyone to stop fighting.
• Ling Chu offered a twenty-percent discount at Window 33 to customers who showed receipts from unsatisfactory meals at other windows.
• After Ling Chu pointed to satisfied diners and described the fresh Beltfish dishes, one skeptical customer brought his receipt to Window 33 and ordered a serving.

Ling Chu’s Window 33 drew a huge crowd after customers praised her braised Beltfish, and rival players began buying meals there too. She worked through the final night of business determined to secure first place, then closed at two in the morning, exhausted and ready to haul a train off.

• A customer praised Ling Chu’s braised Beltfish, drawing hesitant customers into an orderly queue and ending the conflict at Window 33.
• The meerkat Quality Inspector scolded the players who had caused the mess, and they cleaned up while Ling Chu rushed to take orders.
• Great Strength Creates Miracles and his teammates bought three Family Feast Set Meals from Ling Chu after their own seafood proved inedible.
• Players abandoned hopes of catching Window 33 in the rankings and joined its queue to enjoy the fifth-tier Deep Sea Beltfish before the challenge ended.
• You Jiali and Clumsy Bear assured Ling Chu that their extra food would last, and the three kept serving customers until closing time at two in the morning.

After the Midnight Canteen rush, Ling Chu and her team received help cleaning from the Meerkat inspectors and grateful players. Team 33 won the Public Challenge, and the chapter ended with the system distributing rewards before the players were removed from the area.

• Clumsy Bear collapsed from exhaustion after four hours of work, while Ling Chu faced the mess left behind by the customers.
• The Meerkat inspectors and grateful players helped Ling Chu's team clean their assigned area, finishing in less than twenty minutes.
• The meerkat team leader passed the cleanliness inspection without deducting positive reviews and gave Ling Chu a legendary badge as thanks for resolving the canteen crisis.
• The system announced that Team 33 had won first place with 1,679 positive reviews and 38,780 Sea Shells, and listed rewards for the top teams.
• The system awarded You Jiali an extra Chef's Red Scarf for being the first-place team's head chef.

Ling Chu, You Jiali, and Clumsy Bear won the Midnight Canteen challenge and returned to the Ghost Ship with rewards and ingredients. They reunited with the others over hot pot and heard about Huang Xiaowen’s team’s second-place finish.

• Ling Chu checked the challenge rewards, including a Charisma-boosting title and badge, while You Jiali received a Legendary red scarf that doubled the attributes of his dishes.
• Ling Chu and Clumsy Bear packed the remaining ingredients and supplies, then said goodbye to Great Strength Creates Miracles and his teammates as they left the instance.
• Ling Chu, You Jiali, and Clumsy Bear returned to the Ghost Ship, where Huang Xiaowen, Squid Ball, and Lingering Wind and Fading Moon had waited with hot pot.
• Clumsy Bear recounted their first-place finish and the dangers they faced, while You Jiali put on his scarf and prepared extra food from their ingredients.
• Squid Ball told Ling Chu that Huang Xiaowen’s team had placed second, described their challenge, and noted their new class tiers before Huang Xiaowen showed the team’s rewards.

Ling Chu returned to the Ghost Ship after the Public Challenge, received rewards, and rested with Xiao Pai before checking on Xia Chunying through a Mental Link. She saw Xia Chunying arriving at the bustling harbor of the Level Seven Island Autumn Snow had discovered.

• Ling Chu examined the Advanced Transformation Potions and Exquisite Oil Painting, and Lingering Wind and Fading Moon said she could not yet replicate the potion.
• The group ate the Shrimp King meat and Flame Conches, with You Jiali gaining extra attributes from food he had prepared.
• Ling Chu returned to her cabin and fell asleep beside Xiao Pai, who had sneaked into her bed.
• The next morning, Ling Chu accidentally pressed down on Xiao Pai, then made coffee and established a Mental Link with the Eyeball Fish.
• Ling Chu saw Xia Chunying's ship arrive at a busy harbor, where Autumn Snow and others waited on shore.

Autumn Snow reunited with Xia Chunying and brought her to Adrian Golden Ear’s castle, where he welcomed them lavishly and announced plans for a statue of the Goddess of Light. After Adrian revealed a series of murders in the city, Autumn Snow and Xia Chunying settled into their palace, where Autumn Snow began to answer her sister’s questions.

• Autumn Snow embraced Xia Chunying when she left the ship, and Xia Chunying wept over what she had suffered.
• Adrian Golden Ear introduced himself as the island’s City Lord and invited Autumn Snow and Xia Chunying to his castle.
• Adrian hosted a lavish banquet and said he had ordered a statue of the Goddess of Light for the city.
• A guard reported recent murders, and Adrian ordered tighter dock inspections and more night patrols.
• A maid escorted Autumn Snow and Xia Chunying to their prepared palace, where the statue from Autumn Snow’s flagship had been placed.
• After the maid left, Autumn Snow took Xia Chunying’s hand and began answering her earlier question.

Autumn Snow explained that she planned to spread the Doctrine of Light in Bright City and raise the island’s level until her faction could establish a permanent base there. After the Goddess of Light accused Xia Chunying of betrayal and ordered Autumn Snow to gouge out her right eye, Autumn Snow struggled between obeying the goddess and protecting her sister.

• Autumn Snow told Xia Chunying that Adrian had renamed Seashell City to Bright City and hoped the Goddess of Light would bless the island.
• Autumn Snow explained that growing the city’s population and prosperity could raise the island’s level and eventually allow a permanent teleportation array.
• Xia Chunying feared Ling Chu could monitor their plans through the Eyeball Fish, then went to bed while Autumn Snow prayed before the Goddess of Light’s statue.
• The Goddess of Light told Autumn Snow that Xia Chunying had betrayed her and ordered her to gouge out Xia Chunying’s right eye because it bore Netherworld corruption.
• Autumn Snow doubted the accusation but feared losing the Goddess’s blessing, her Pilgrim profession, and control of the Holy Army if she disobeyed.

Autumn Snow gouged the Eyeball Fish from Xia Chunying’s eye, then believed Xia’s claim that Ling Chu had planted it and threatened her. Ling Chu lost her connection to the fish and manipulated Xia’s explanation, while the sisters’ reunion left Xia fearful and mistrustful.

• Autumn Snow used a sacrificial dagger to gouge the Eyeball Fish from Xia Chunying’s right eye and crushed it.
• Ling Chu realized the Eyeball Fish was dead or removed, and suspected Autumn Snow had acted after receiving a revelation from the Goddess of Light.
• Ling Chu messaged Xia Chunying, telling her to claim Ling had planted the fish and threatened that it would explode if Xia disobeyed.
• Xia Chunying repeated Ling Chu’s cover story, and Autumn Snow believed her, embraced her, and used divine power to stop the bleeding.
• Xia Chunying leaned against Autumn Snow while privately fearing her sister and grieving their growing distance.