Chapter Summaries

Ling Chu and her allies fought the tower’s Netherworld creatures while Squid Ball fitted weapons into the wall. After Ling Chu killed the Fierce Spear Rider, A Silly Bird warned that more than a hundred Executioners were attacking the city.

• You Jiali froze the flail soldier’s hammerhead, stabbed it in the neck, and watched it dissolve back into the wall.
• Squid Ball fitted two matching spears into the first-level wall, while Lingering Wind and Fading Moon’s group accidentally summoned an axeman that Emily and Titch led away.
• Ling Chu turned invisible, used Undead Empathy to make Raphael hit the Fierce Spear Rider with Frost Arrows, then attacked the distracted rider from behind and cut off his head.
• A halberd wielder and a twin-blade fighter emerged from the wall after the Fierce Spear Rider vanished.
• A Silly Bird messaged Ling Chu that over a hundred Executioners were attacking the city and said a livestream had begun.

Ling Chu and her allies fought silhouettes in the tower while Engineering Men Have No Love used a candle-covered bait ship to destroy a swarm of Executioners. Smiley sailed toward Hope Island, hoping to seize it after the Executioners weakened it, until Chen Piaopiao spotted a light ahead that looked like a lighthouse.

• Ling Chu charged the Fierce Spear Rider after candlelight frightened it, while You Jiali and Huang Xiaowen used paralysis and freezing effects to fight a trident-wielding silhouette.
• Engineering Men Have No Love sent Little Li to light red candles on an empty ship, drawing the Executioners away from Mechanical Fortress Ship.
• Engineering Men Have No Love bombarded the bait ship with Hydraulic Howitzers, destroying it and the Executioners aboard.
• Smiley watched Silly Bird's livestream and hoped the Executioners would weaken Hope Island enough for him to capture it.
• Chen Piaopiao floated ahead of Smiley's ship to scout for reefs, then spotted what looked like a lighthouse in the fog.

Smiley found the Whispering Lighthouse and sent five crewmen inside to attempt its riddle challenge, hoping to turn it into a safe zone. Meanwhile, Zhen Qingshan learned Hope Island was under attack and set the Qingshan Ship on course to help Ling Chu.

• Chen Piaopiao guided Smiley and the Circus crew to the Whispering Lighthouse, where a crewman learned that a failed riddle challenge would release a Wanderer.
• Smiley sent five ordinary crewmen into the lighthouse to gather information, then hoped to claim it and use a Plunder Card on Hope Island.
• The Qingshan Ship's formations burned the attacking Executioners and Drowned to ash, and its crew collected their loot.
• After seeing Hope Island overwhelmed by Executioners on Silly Bird's livestream, Zhen Qingshan ordered his crew to buy a Teleportation Ticket.
• Zhen Qingshan rallied the Qingshan Ship's crew to repay Ling Chu for freeing them, and they headed for Hope Island.

Ling Chu's group fought the silhouettes inside the Whispering Lighthouse while Hope Island struggled against the Executioners. The Executioners dwindled to a scattered few, but Star River Enters Dream sensed the attack was not over.

• Clumsy Bear discovered he could turn a silhouette back into mist by taking its weapon and helped clear monsters inside the lighthouse.
• Ling Chu watched Silly Bird's livestream and worried as Executioners overwhelmed Hope Island's citizens and defenders.
• Star River Enters Dream fought the Executioners while Silly Bird defended Ling Chu against viewers who claimed she had abandoned the island.
• Silly Bird urged the defenders to hold on, saying Ling Chu had promised the monsters would disappear within an hour and a half.
• The Executioners became fewer and appeared only sporadically, but Star River Enters Dream suspected the monster tide had not ended.

Star River Enters Dream and Silly Bird discovered Zhen Qingshan’s ship using a formation to destroy Executioners and support Hope Island. As Ling Chu focused on the tower’s silhouettes, Lingering Wind and Fading Moon placed the wrong flying sickles, which attacked and killed Peter.

• Star River Enters Dream stopped Give You a Dalieba from collecting Nether Pearls, then went with Silly Bird toward the shore and killed several Executioners along the way.
• Star River Enters Dream and Silly Bird found Zhen Qingshan waving a red candle from the Qingshan Ship as Executioners swarmed its hull.
• Silly Bird’s livestream revealed that banners and talisman-covered swords formed a barrier that destroyed any Executioner entering its bounds.
• Ling Chu recognized that Zhen Qingshan had brought the Qingshan Ship to help Hope Island and decided to focus on the silhouettes.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon began placing weapons for the tower’s seventh level, but the flying sickles sprang from the wall and struck Peter, reducing him to bones.

Ling Chu’s group fought two seventh-tier silhouettes on the tower’s upper floors and discovered that each could be defeated by destroying its weapon’s weakness. Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen began a coordinated attack on the Flying Sickle Silhouette, leaving the fight unresolved.

• A Flying Sickle Silhouette emerged from the wall and knocked Titch’s skull off before Raphael and Emily distracted it with Frost Arrows.
• Squid Ball assembled a Thousand Mechanisms Casket Silhouette, which fired a barrage of arrows that the group blocked or endured without injury.
• Ling Chu used Rending Wind Arrow Rain to thin both silhouettes’ black mist, then Keen Eye revealed the Flying Sickle Silhouette’s chain and the casket’s clasp as their weaknesses.
• Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen attacked the Flying Sickle Silhouette together, and Huang Xiaowen used Let’s Swap after one of her throwing knives flew past it.

Ling Chu and her team defeated the seventh- and eighth-floor shadows and assembled all seven weapons on the ninth floor, but the cleared lighthouse produced a new enemy. The Grudge Aggregate Sphere formed from the seven silhouettes’ black mist and confronted the exhausted group.

• Ling Chu cut the Flying Sickle Shadow’s chain while You Jiali used Charm Control to let Raphael and Emily destroy the Thousand Mechanisms Box Shadow.
• Ling Chu’s group kept assembling weapons and fighting the shadows, with Huang Xiaowen’s cigar smoke boosting Raphael and Emily’s Frost Arrow casting speed.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon, Squid Ball, and the others assembled the remaining ninth-floor weapons, causing the entire lighthouse to blaze with light.
• Clumsy Bear revealed that he had gained Glutton’s Fur and Glutton’s Roar after advancing to Tier 4.
• Ling Chu noticed black mist emerging from the seven highest-floor silhouettes and recognized the resulting three-meter sphere as the Grudge Aggregate Sphere.

Ling Chu and her companions faced the Black Mist Ball, a Tier 8 monster armed with seven weapons, after expecting the stage to be over. They struggled to damage it, and the chapter ended with Clumsy Bear nearing exhaustion as the monster continued attacking.

• The Black Mist Ball swallowed Titch, and Ling Chu used Undead Empathy to discover he was trapped in endless darkness but unharmed.
• The Black Mist Ball caught Clumsy Bear and attacked him with its weapons, while You Jiali blocked a battle axe with his sleeve blade.
• Ling Chu dodged the monster's attacks and struck one of its arms, but Blade of White Bones barely marked its skin.
• You Jiali's lightning briefly stiffened an arm, but the monster quickly recovered and knocked him into the tower wall with a meteor hammer.
• Huang Xiaowen used Let's Swap to reach and stab an arm with her Ice Crystal Dagger, but the freezing effect soon wore off and the monster struck her into the wall.
• Raphael cast Ice Armor on Huang Xiaowen, while Clumsy Bear continued to block the monster's attacks and grew increasingly exhausted.

Ling Chu used Undead Empathy to make a Skeleton Henchman fire the Ghost Ship’s Hydraulic Howitzer through the Whispering Lighthouse roof, letting Squid Ball draw starlight and destroy the Black Mist Ball. The seven weapons returned to their silhouettes, but a new system chime sounded before the crew could confirm they had cleared the challenge.

• Ling Chu realized the crew could not damage the Black Mist Ball and used Undead Empathy to take control of a Skeleton Henchman aboard the Ghost Ship.
• The Skeleton Henchman aimed the Hydraulic Howitzer at the Whispering Lighthouse and blasted a hole in its roof, letting starlight enter the tower.
• Squid Ball initially failed to use Star Drawing Technique, then calmed herself and drew a powerful beam of starlight through her Prism Shield.
• Ling Chu, You Jiali, Huang Xiaowen, and Clumsy Bear held off the Black Mist Ball while Squid Ball struck it with the beam and vaporized it.
• The seven weapons rose from the ground and returned to their corresponding silhouettes as Clumsy Bear and Ling Chu collapsed from exhaustion.
• Squid Ball asked whether they had cleared the challenge, and a system chime sounded.

Ling Chu and five other players cleared Whispering Lighthouse, permanently removing the Executioner and turning the lighthouse into a temporary safe zone. At the same time, Zhen Qingshan and Star River Enters Dream fought to defend Hope Island, with Zhen rallying his crew to hold out for ten more minutes on Ling Chu’s word.

• The System announced that six players, including Ling Chu, had cleared Whispering Lighthouse and deducted ten Nether Pearls from Ling Chu for damaging Whispering Tower.
• The System told the public that the Executioner had been permanently removed and the lighthouse had become a safe zone for up to 2,000 players.
• Zhen Qingshan used Red Candles and formations to draw and fight Executioners attacking the Qingshan Ship, while Star River Enters Dream rescued a crewman from falling into the sea.
• As the formations failed and the crew suffered injuries, Star River Enters Dream told Zhen Qingshan that Ling Chu expected the Executioners to disappear in ten minutes.
• Zhen Qingshan trusted Ling Chu’s promise and urged his crew to hold on for ten more minutes.

Silly Bird nearly died when an Executioner attacked him, but the Executioners vanished exactly ten minutes after Ling Chu’s plan began. Ling Chu’s group restored the Whispering Tower, rescued Flying Mouse, and headed back to the ship before the tower gate closed.

• An Executioner cornered Silly Bird and shattered his camera, but it vanished just before its blade struck his neck.
• The other Executioners turned into black mist, and Zhen Qingshan confirmed that ten minutes had passed as Ling Chu had predicted.
• Inside the Whispering Tower, the Nether Pearls disappeared, the tower repaired itself, and Lingering Wind and Fading Moon healed the injured.
• Titch reappeared, while Peter asked Ling Chu to reassemble his scattered skeleton.
• A hidden door opened, and Flying Mouse emerged, relieved that Ling Chu had completed the challenge.
• After the system announced that the tower gate would close in five minutes, Ling Chu collected the token and Nether Pearls, repaired Peter, and led the group back to the ship.

After clearing the Whispering Tower, Ling Chu and the others returned to Reef Island, where Flying Mouse rebuilt her ship and joined them aboard the Ghost Ship for a meal. The group celebrated their rewards and checked the Public Chat Channel, where players discussed Silly Bird's narrow escape and the Executioner's mounting casualties.

• Everyone emerged from the Whispering Tower on Reef Island, and Titch retrieved his thigh bone from beside the iron gate.
• Flying Mouse rebuilt her ship with materials from the Trading Post, then accepted Ling Chu's invitation to visit the Ghost Ship.
• A Skeletons Henchman delivered six System Blind Boxes earned by the challengers, and Ling Chu told him to store them in the warehouse.
• Ling Chu treated Flying Mouse and the others to wontons, dumplings, fruit, and fruit wine in the Ghost Ship's dining hall.
• Squid Ball asked about the server-wide announcement, so Ling Chu projected the Public Chat Channel for everyone to read.
• The players' messages revealed that Silly Bird had nearly been killed by an Executioner and that the region had lost over ten thousand people in two days.

As a new fog monster called the Wanderer appeared, Ling Chu confirmed that Hope Island had survived the attacks and welcomed Zhen Qingshan’s group into her alliance. She then equipped the “Come Here” title, revealing her coordinates to players within five hundred kilometers as she sought a way to guide them to the lighthouse safe zone.

• Ling Chu considered brewing Life Potions for profit after seeing medicine shortages and rising Ship Repair Kit prices.
• Five Circus crew members failed to crack the Whispering Lighthouse, causing the fog monster to update to Wanderer and triggering panic in the Public Chat Channel.
• Ling Chu found no monsters near the Ghost Ship because it remained protected inside the lighthouse safe zone.
• Silly Bird told Ling Chu that Hope Island was safe, Zhen Qingshan had been slightly injured, and the Qingshan Ship’s crew had entered the city walls.
• Ling Chu invited Zhen Qingshan to her alliance, and he accepted.
• Ling Chu equipped the “Come Here” title, making her coordinates visible to players with radar devices and maps within five hundred kilometers.

Ling Chu’s light appeared on the Marauder’s Map, drawing ships trapped in danger and fog toward her. As they sailed toward the glowing coordinate, she became a beacon of hope for the lost ships.

• Players within five hundred kilometers saw a bright point appear on their Marauder’s Maps and began steering toward it.
• A man whose ship was sinking with Drowned attacking it learned of the light and embraced his wife, believing they had been saved.
• Great Strength Creates Miracles encountered Wanderers whose mental assault nearly drove him and his crew overboard, but a white candle helped him resist.
• After his candle burned out, Great Strength Creates Miracles bought another, spotted the light on the map, and ordered his ship toward it.
• Ships caught in the fog from across the five-hundred-kilometer radius turned toward Ling Chu’s glowing coordinate.

Ling Chu announced a free, protected safe zone at the Whispering Lighthouse and invited nearby players to come there. After learning that Flying Mouse had the supply-growing Hoarding Mouse profession, Ling Chu prepared to welcome the arriving players before continuing her search for the Elven Stone Slab and Lucas.

• Ling Chu broadcast the lighthouse coordinates, set rules against attacking or robbing others, and said she would remain for three days.
• Great Strength Creates Miracles reported that he could see the coordinates and was sailing toward the lighthouse.
• Flying Mouse revealed her Tier 3 Hoarding Mouse profession and its skills for storing Sea Shells, growing supplies, and transforming into a hamster.
• Huang Xiaowen proposed using Flying Mouse's Portable Bank to earn interest, but Flying Mouse explained that it only worked on Sea Shells she had earned herself.
• Ling Chu told everyone to join her on deck after eating, then took the Fierce Spear Rider's token from her Storage Ring to inspect it.

Ling Chu discovered that Wanderers could draw sleeping souls into deadly dreams, then summoned a Netherworld Warhorse with a bronze token. When a battered ship drifted into the safe zone with someone unconscious on its deck, Ling Chu rode out with Lingering Wind and Fading Moon to investigate.

• Ling Chu examined the Wanderers beyond the safe zone and learned that their dream lure could drain a victim's sanity to zero.
• Ling Chu speculated that Wanderers, Drowned, and Executioners might be people transformed after dying lost at sea, drowning, or fighting on a battlefield.
• A battered Level 4 Ship emerged from the fog and stopped inside the safe zone, and the Skeletons lookout spotted someone lying motionless on its deck.
• Ling Chu infused the Fierce Spear Rider's Token with mana and summoned a Netherworld Warhorse.
• Ling Chu mounted the warhorse, brought Lingering Wind and Fading Moon along with a medicine chest, and set out to check the unconscious person.

Ling Chu rescued an unconscious player and welcomed a middle-aged couple into her temporary safe zone, arranging for Andrew to repair their leaking ship. As the couple marveled at her warhorse and skeleton subordinate, the Miracle Ship arrived.

• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon treated an unconscious female player who had suffered a mental attack and was malnourished.
• A middle-aged couple escaped pursuing Drowned and entered the safe zone, where Ling Chu explained its rules to them.
• Ling Chu offered to have Andrew repair the couple’s leaking ship for one hundred Sea Shells, and Li Shufen paid her.
• Andrew arrived by dinghy and began repairing the ship, frightening the couple before they realized he was Ling Chu’s subordinate.
• The Miracle Ship emerged from the mist and sailed into the safe zone.

Ling Chu welcomed the Miracle Ship into the lighthouse safe zone and helped its crew recover after their ordeal in the fog. After resting, the Ghost Ship’s crew prepared a hot pot skewers dinner, and Ling Chu invited Flying Mouse over while considering how to recruit her for Hope Island.

• Ling Chu met Great Strength Creates Miracles aboard the Miracle Ship, heard about its crew’s struggles with Drowned and Wanderers, and directed him to dock beside the lighthouse.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon stayed aboard the Miracle Ship to treat its injured crew, while the ship’s arrival filled a quarter of the safe zone’s capacity.
• After three days of rest, You Jiali prepared hot pot skewers, and Ling Chu’s crew moved dinner out onto the deck.
• Flying Mouse smelled the food from her nearby ship and asked Ling Chu if she could come over and pay for a meal.
• Ling Chu invited Flying Mouse to dinner for free and considered recruiting her as Hope Island’s tax officer, with a System Contract to share the income.

Ling Chu hosted a hotpot meal aboard the Ghost Ship, inviting the Miracle Ship crew and the three other survivors in the safe zone. As they shared food and stories, Wei Baoguo explained how he had reunited with his wife, Li Shufen, in the game.

• Ling Chu invited Great Strength Creates Miracles and his crew to dinner, and he agreed to guard the safe zone during her three-day stay.
• The frail woman struggled with a tiny grilled fish while Andrew repaired Wei Baoguo and Li Shufen's boat, whose stored food had been soaked.
• Ling Chu sent a Skeletons to invite Wei Baoguo and Li Shufen aboard after learning they had not checked the Nearby Channel.
• The frail woman saw Ling Chu's invitation and joined the meal despite feeling embarrassed.
• Over hotpot, Wei Baoguo told Huang Xiaowen how he used a Crew Formation Card named after Li Shufen to find and reunite with his wife.

Ling Chu celebrated her crew’s reunion and gave them Netherworld Warhorse Summoning Tokens, then prepared to open the lighthouse’s blind boxes while her Luck was tripled. The chapter ended with her crew gathering eagerly around six unopened boxes.

• Li Shufen explained how she had found Wei Baoguo through his crew listing, and Coffee and Cat shared how she had been transported into the game after leasing a seaside guesthouse.
• Ling Chu’s crew received Netherworld Warhorse Summoning Tokens, and the members joked together in the Crew Channel.
• Ling Chu used the Fate Table to duplicate tokens and sent five to Give You a Dalieba for himself, Zhen Qingshan, Star River Enters Dream, Silly Bird, and Edmund.
• Give You a Dalieba told Ling Chu that Wanderers had been seen moving across the water near Hope Island, while the island’s residents stayed behind the walls and kept watch.
• Ling Chu invited the crew to bring her their blind boxes, and they gathered in the warehouse around six boxes.