Chapter Summaries

Ling Chu and her allies fought Adrian while she planned to counter his immobilizing skill, as players across the server searched for news about the crisis in Bright City. Silly Bird defied Crispy Shark and secretly livestreamed the battle to show players what was happening.

• Adrian immobilized You Jiali and Huang Xiaowen, but Autumn Snow wounded his arm with Holy Light Slash and forced him to release Huang Xiaowen.
• Ling Chu shielded You Jiali and Huang Xiaowen, warned the group to spread out, and privately told Autumn Snow to draw Adrian's attention while she worked out how to counter his skill.
• Huang Xiaowen and You Jiali recovered, then took separate positions with Ling Chu and Autumn Snow around Adrian.
• Players flooded the Public Channel with questions about Bright City, while Crispy Shark refused to livestream the battle and planned to publish edited footage after a winner emerged.
• Silly Bird rejected Crispy Shark's approach and secretly started a livestream, which appeared at the top of the Public Chat Channel.

Ling Chu’s group fought Adrian on Bright City’s High Platform while Silly Bird secretly livestreamed the battle. As Adrian vanished into black mist, Ling Chu tasked Squid Ball with striking his belly using Star Drawing Technique, and Squid Ball set out to find a clear vantage point.

• Silly Bird began livestreaming the battle and viewers identified Ling Chu, You Jiali, Autumn Snow, and Stay Away From Gambling, Drugs, and Vice fighting Adrian.
• Autumn Snow held Adrian’s attention while Huang Xiaowen tried to stab him, but a mouth on the back of his head nearly bit her wrist.
• Adrian summoned the scattered Black Mist Balls and disappeared inside a dense cloud of mist, leaving Ling Chu’s group unable to see him.
• Ling Chu privately instructed Squid Ball to use Star Drawing Technique on Adrian’s belly and encouraged her to use the Prism Shield.
• Squid Ball chose a stack of crates as an elevated position and asked Star River Enters Dream and Clumsy Bear to escort her there.

Squid Ball used the Prism Shield to amplify the Star Drawing Technique and help Ling Chu fight Adrian on the High Platform. After her beam badly burned Adrian’s transformed arm, Ling Chu dodged his immobilizing skill, which struck Autumn Snow instead.

• Clumsy Bear and Star River Enters Dream escorted Squid Ball through the Doll Soldiers to a platform made from storage boxes.
• Squid Ball successfully drew down starlight and refracted it through the Prism Shield, but her first shot missed Adrian.
• Squid Ball practiced her aim while Ling Chu held Adrian off with the Blade of White Bones.
• You Jiali staggered Adrian with Blood Burst, allowing Squid Ball to hit his Mushroom Shield with a starlight beam and burn his right hand.
• Adrian focused on Ling Chu and tried to immobilize her, but Ling Chu used Ghostly Steps to evade and Autumn Snow was frozen in her place.

Ling Chu used the Music Box to stop time and destroy three of Adrian’s belly-eyes, giving You Jiali and Squid Ball an opening to attack. Squid Ball’s amplified starlight beam pierced Adrian’s abdomen and weakened him, but he remained alive and convulsing on the High Platform.

• Ling Chu activated the Music Box’s Time Stop and stabbed three of Adrian’s belly-eyes with her Bone Dagger.
• When time resumed, Adrian screamed in pain, and Ling Chu called to Squid Ball to attack.
• You Jiali used Charm to distract Adrian while Squid Ball channeled a silver beam through the Prism Shield.
• The amplified beam blasted a hole through Adrian’s belly, burst his remaining eyes, and dispersed the black mist around him.
• Adrian broke free of Charm from the pain, stumbled into a stone pillar, and convulsed as black blood poured from his wound.

Ling Chu, You Jiali, and Squid Ball wounded Adrian, but he ate a hidden Spider Queen limb remnant and evolved into a powerful human-spider hybrid. Adrian trapped Ling Chu and the others beneath a gigantic web, leaving them facing an even more dangerous fight.

• Ling Chu, You Jiali, and Squid Ball combined their abilities to pierce Adrian's abdomen with starlight.
• Autumn Snow confronted the dying Adrian, who revealed a spider limb remnant and began eating it.
• Ling Chu tried to stop Adrian, but he blocked her and swallowed more of the limb remnant.
• Adrian evolved into a human-spider hybrid with six hooked arms, a spider abdomen, and the ability to spin webbing.
• Adrian declared the group his prey and cast a gigantic web over Ling Chu, You Jiali, Huang Xiaowen, and Squid Ball.

Ling Chu and her allies struggled against Adrian after his evolution raised him close to the Eighth Tier, while his Spider Silk trapped Autumn Snow and You Jiali. Clumsy Bear and Star River Enters Dream arrived to help, and Ling Chu discovered that fire weakened the web as the fight continued.

• Ling Chu confirmed that Adrian remained in the Seventh Tier, though his strength had increased considerably after feeding.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon stayed behind to treat Holy Army players and hold back the Doll Soldiers while Clumsy Bear and Star River Enters Dream rushed to support Ling Chu.
• Adrian trapped Autumn Snow and You Jiali in Spider Silk, and Ling Chu found no weakness with Keen Eye.
• Star River Enters Dream blocked an attack on Autumn Snow while Clumsy Bear caught Adrian's strike at You Jiali and drove him back with his Crimson Fire Gloves.
• Ling Chu noticed that sparks from Clumsy Bear's gloves made the Spider Silk lose its adhesiveness and ordered him to free Autumn Snow and You Jiali.

Ling Chu arranged for A Silly Bird to recruit players to Bright City with Autumn Snow’s Teleportation Tickets, hoping reinforcements could save the city. As Adrian’s attack continued and Clumsy Bear was wounded, Ling Chu urged her team to hold out until the players arrived.

• Huang Xiaowen, Star River Enters Dream, Ling Chu, and Clumsy Bear worked together to restrain Adrian and free You Jiali and Autumn Snow, while the Holy Army’s line below struggled against the Doll Soldiers.
• Ling Chu spotted A Silly Bird livestreaming and asked Autumn Snow how many Teleportation Tickets she had; Autumn Snow traded her remaining 852 tickets to Ling Chu, who passed them to A Silly Bird.
• A Silly Bird announced that players who came to Bright City would receive free protected accommodation for three months and pay no island-landing fees, prompting players to claim the tickets.
• Adrian wounded Clumsy Bear and attacked You Jiali and Star River Enters Dream, forcing the team to defend while they replenished their dwindling Mana and weapons.
• A Silly Bird told Ling Chu that all 852 tickets had been claimed, and Ling Chu ordered her teammates to hold their ground until the arriving players could reach them within fifteen minutes.

Ling Chu and the others defended the High Platform against Adrian while waiting for reinforcements, and Lingering Wind and Fading Moon’s healing skills helped them endure his assault. The reinforcements arrived at the Sea Lantern Festival plaza as the group’s defenses came under mounting pressure.

• Adrian attacked the defenders with his six spider-like arms, and Ling Chu took a blow meant for Clumsy Bear.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon healed Clumsy Bear with Junior Healing Technique, allowing him to return to the front line.
• Adrian’s assault injured You Jiali and Huang Xiaowen, while Ling Chu saw that only a minute remained until the reinforcements were expected.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon activated Healing Aura, easing the group’s injuries and removing the black mist’s effects.
• Ling Chu spotted countless armed players arriving at the plaza as reinforcements.

Players joined Ling Chu’s defense of Bright City, turning the battle against the Doll Soldiers in her favor. As Adrian attacked, Ling Chu spotted the Ghost Ship and realized Titch had brought it within range to bombard him.

• Players who had watched the livestream attacked the Doll Soldiers’ limbs, stabilizing the defense line and pushing the enemy back.
• Autumn Snow wondered whether Ling Chu had summoned the players with Teleportation Tickets, while players criticized her island-entry fee in the Public Channel.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon healed the defenders as Ling Chu, You Jiali, and the others recovered, shifting the battle’s momentum against Adrian.
• Adrian lunged at Ling Chu, but she, Star River Enters Dream, Autumn Snow, and three others blocked his six arms.
• Give You a Dalieba told Ling Chu that he and Titch had brought the Ghost Ship and its Skeleton Henchmen as reinforcements.
• Ling Chu realized Titch had brought the Ghost Ship within range of Adrian, where its six Ballistae and two Magician signal cannons were loaded and ready to fire on her command.

Ling Chu defeated Adrian and revealed that she had taken the real Elven Stone Slab from his Storage Bag. After the battle, Ling Chu challenged Autumn Snow’s plan to take Adrian into Holy Army custody, suspecting she wanted the Island Core’s whereabouts.

• Ling Chu showed Adrian the real Elven Stone Slab, and he discovered it had vanished from his Storage Bag.
• Ling Chu’s group won the battle as players suppressed the Doll Soldiers, while Crispy Shark’s plans to sell headlines were exposed in the Public Chat Channel.
• Ling Chu stored the Stone Slab and asked her companions whether they were all right and what should be done with Adrian.
• Autumn Snow insisted that the Holy Army should take Adrian and promised to punish him and help accommodate the trapped players.
• Ling Chu accused Autumn Snow of wanting the Island Core’s location, and Squid Ball criticized the Holy Army’s fees and unequal treatment.

Ling Chu and Autumn Snow clashed over ownership of Bright City’s Island Core, while their crews prepared for a fight. As they argued, Adrian secretly shattered the Island Core while trapped inside the giant slime.

• Squid Ball accused Autumn Snow and the Holy Army of claiming to benefit everyone without providing meaningful aid, and players on the Public Channel criticized them.
• Ling Chu and Autumn Snow refused to give up the Island Core, causing the Ghost Ship’s crew and the Holy Army to split into opposing camps.
• National Server Little Luban mocked the Holy Army for turning against the Ghost Ship after they had defeated Adrian together.
• Ling Chu prepared to fight, while Autumn Snow, injured and out of mana, offered the Ghost Ship a small area in Bright City as a temporary station.
• Adrian secretly produced the Island Core and shattered it in his palm.

Silly Bird left Shark Daily and joined the Ghost Ship, while Crispy Shark and Autumn Snow expected Ling Chu’s rescue of the residents to bring trouble. Autumn Snow questioned Xia Chunying about whether she had helped the Ghost Ship, then vowed to investigate a possible mole. After the rescue, Ling Chu and the exhausted crew celebrated together.

• Silly Bird’s livestream drew praise for the Ghost Ship, and Crispy Shark decided to let him leave, expecting him to return once the Ghost Ship ran low on supplies.
• Autumn Snow told Xia Chunying that the residents would bring the Ghost Ship down and questioned her about contact with Ling Chu’s group.
• Xia Chunying denied betraying the Holy Army, and Autumn Snow said she would investigate whether someone in the fleet had helped the Ghost Ship enter the City Lord’s Office.
• Ling Chu and the Ghost Ship crew gathered with their allies for a meal and toasted their survival and the residents they had rescued.
• National Server Little Luban and Give You a Dalieba praised the meaningful work they had done defeating Adrian and saving people.

Ling Chu learned that Star River Enters Dream had left Bright City and warned her to watch You Jiali, while Silly Bird discussed starting his own newspaper with the group’s support. As Ling Chu headed to rest, a suspicious person in a tiny boat blocked the fleet’s path.

• Ling Chu messaged Star River Enters Dream and learned he had left after the residents were rescued, then received his warning about You Jiali.
• Silly Bird said he planned to work independently and start a daily paper, and National Server Little Luban and Give You a Dalieba offered help and investment.
• After the group finished eating and returned to their ships, a Skeleton Henchman reported that a suspicious person was blocking the fleet ahead.
• Ling Chu went to the Ghost Ship’s deck and saw a tiny canoe-like boat lying across the water two hundred meters away.

Ling Chu encountered Salos, a powerful native who could control the sea, and invited him aboard the Ghost Ship for wine. Salos drank through the ship’s supply while Ling Chu hoped to befriend him and learn about nearby islands.

• Ling Chu spotted Salos alone in a canoe and discovered that her Eyepatch could not identify most of his information.
• The Eyepatch revealed Salos’s wave-controlling skill, which could calm or weaponize the sea without Magic Energy or a cooldown.
• Ling Chu judged that Salos did not seem hostile and invited him aboard the Ghost Ship for a drink.
• Salos praised the fruit wine, ignored Ling Chu’s questions about nearby islands, and asked for more wine.
• Hans brought several bottles, and Salos drank one after another while Ling Chu let him continue in hopes of befriending him.

On the seventeenth day of the extreme heat disaster, a third sun intensified the heat and mosquitoes spread dengue fever among the crowded residents aboard Ling Chu’s ships. Ling Chu organized treatment, quarantine, mosquito protection, and cooling measures, while the public chat lamented the disaster and Bright City’s destruction.

• Ling Chu woke to messages and saw that a third sun had appeared, making conditions aboard the ships even hotter.
• Clumsy Bear reported residents suffering from heatstroke, and Lingering Wind and Fading Moon diagnosed dengue fever spread by mosquito bites.
• Ling Chu bought honeysuckle for Lingering Wind and Fading Moon to prepare medicine, then established a Quarantine Zone and arranged ice and Cooling Potion for patients.
• Ling Chu asked Mickey Meow Witch to rush-produce mosquito netting and learned that Master Wang the Hauler had finished eighty Mana air conditioners and National Server Little Luban had completed the first mini fridges.
• Ling Chu sent Skeleton Henchmen to distribute air conditioners and mini fridges across the ships, prioritizing the Quarantine Zone and areas where elderly people and children gathered.
• Players in the public chat complained about the three suns, the loss of Bright City, and the worsening heat aboard the crowded Ghost Ship.

As Dengue Fever spread through the fleet, Ling Chu and her crew treated the sick and comforted a frightened girl whose parents were ill. Ling Chu promised the girl her family would recover and find a new home, while Salos woke up and joined the crew for dinner.

• Ling Chu found that Dengue Fever had spread across many fleets, and the honeysuckle in the Trading Post had already sold out, though her earlier purchase left the fleet with supplies.
• You Jiali carried fish soup toward the Quarantine Zone, found the drunken Salos blocking the passage, and had Skeleton Henchmen move him onto a makeshift bed.
• Ling Chu saw the little girl Silly Bird had rescued crying over her sick parents and assured her they would recover and have a home again.
• Silly Bird comforted the girl, who stopped crying in Ling Chu's arms.
• Salos woke in the dining room, tried Ling Chu's meat bun, and watched the deck as Lingering Wind returned to check on patients.

Ling Chu supplied Governor Edmund with a honeysuckle remedy for the townspeople’s sea rash fever and learned that Seashell City’s Sea Lantern Festival included offering wine to the Sea God. Salos’s interest in the missing wine made her suspect he was connected to the deity, while the Skeleton Henchmen considered sneaking him off the ship because he ate so much.

• Ling Chu learned from Salos and Squid Ball that the refugees came from Bright City, formerly Seashell City, which had sunk after City Lord Adrian destroyed its Island Core.
• Ling Chu gave Edmund honeysuckle and a medicinal soup recipe, explained the symptoms of sea rash fever, and advised isolating the sick and protecting them from mosquitoes.
• Edmund told Ling Chu that Seashell City’s people poured fine wine into the sea as an offering to the Sea God during the Sea Lantern Festival.
• Ling Chu connected Salos’s comments about the missing wine and his control of the waves to the Sea God, and decided to watch him more closely.
• Hans and Big Gold Tooth complained about Salos eating twelve meat buns and considered sneaking him off the ship.

Ling Chu led the fleet to an island found with the Island Locator Card while organizing quarantine areas, but Salos's remark that finding it was terrible luck left her worried that the island was dangerous.

• Big Gold Tooth tried to drive Salos from the Ghost Ship, but Salos trapped him in a ball of water until Hans apologized.
• Ling Chu worked through the night organizing quarantine zones and delivering supplies to the merchant ships.
• The fleet spotted the island indicated by Ling Chu's Locator Card, and the townspeople celebrated their hope of finding a home.
• Ling Chu told the other captains she would investigate the island with a Skeleton squad before letting anyone disembark.
• Salos muttered that finding the island was terrible luck, and Ling Chu wondered whether it concealed a danger.

Ling Chu led a scouting party onto a scorching Level Four island and searched for signs of danger before settling the townspeople there. The party discovered strange springy mounds beneath piles of leaves, and Ling Chu stopped Clumsy Bear from testing them.

• Ling Chu brought Huang Xiaowen, Clumsy Bear, and fifty Skeleton Henchmen ashore while leaving You Jiali, Lingering Wind and Fading Moon, and Squid Ball aboard to care for the townspeople.
• Ling Chu learned that the island was unclaimed, had a ten-day limit for players, and required finding its Island Core to claim it.
• Ling Chu sent Little Yellow, Fluffball, and Hemlock to scout in the shade after Little Yellow was burned by the intense sunlight, while the group noticed a foul, fishy smell from the forest.
• Ling Chu had the Skeleton Henchmen lead the search, and the group found fertile land and no signs of inhabitants.
• A skeleton discovered that a mound covered in leaves bounced like a trampoline, and Ling Chu stopped Clumsy Bear from trying one.

Ling Chu and her group accidentally disturbed a Cobra nesting ground on the island, where giant King Cobras and swarms of snakes attacked them. Titch rescued the Skeleton Henchmen trapped in the pits as the rest formed a defensive line to fight off the snakes.

• Ling Chu recognized the springy piles of leaves as Cobra nests and warned the Skeleton Henchmen to retreat.
• Several piles collapsed into pits, and swarms of Cobras emerged to surround Ling Chu, Huang Xiaowen, Clumsy Bear, and the skeletons.
• Ling Chu explained that the piles were guarded nests, then spotted three King Cobras emerging from the largest dens.
• Ling Chu ordered Titch to use spare ropes to rescue the skeletons in the pits and told the remaining Skeleton Henchmen to form a defensive formation.
• Titch and two Skeleton Henchmen pulled the trapped skeletons out while the others fought the Cobras surrounding them.