Chapter Summaries

Ling Chu and her crew celebrated Squid Ball's arrival with dancing, then two days later Ling Chu used her triple Luck effect and began drawing from the legendary gacha pool. The chapter ended as she fed ten Soul Orbs into the machine for her first of four legendary draws.

• Ling Chu harvested cherries and bananas, and decided not to hire a cook after the poisoning incident.
• Titch welcomed Squid Ball with a rose and a dance, then switched the music to a paso doble.
• Squid Ball revealed her dance experience, danced with Hemlock, and encouraged Lingering Wind and Fading Moon to join in.
• Ling Chu and the others enjoyed a cheerful evening of dancing and drinks on deck.
• Two days later, Ling Chu activated her triple Luck effect and fed ten Soul Orbs into the legendary gacha machine.

Ling Chu obtained four powerful rewards from the Grim Reaper Gashapon Machine, including three permanent skills and a Legendary dagger. As she left the Captain's Cabin, the Death God whispered to her, urging her to kill and sacrifice souls in exchange for greater power.

• Ling Chu used forty Soul Orbs to obtain Omni Reset, Overload Life Drain, Curtain of the Dead, and the Legendary Blade of White Bones.
• Ling Chu bound the Blade of White Bones to herself and kept her Ice Crystal Dagger for its freezing effect.
• The Death God's statue grew more defined as black mist gathered around its face, though Ling Chu did not notice.
• As Ling Chu turned to leave, she heard the Death God urging her to hunt, kill, and offer souls for more power.

Ling Chu rejected the Death Reaper inheritance offered by the Death God, refusing its soul imprint and curse. She then partnered with Mickey Meow Witch to produce shark leather armor and found Squid Ball engrossed in a Tarot reading.

• Ling Chu refused the Death Reaper inheritance after learning it required her to kill players and would leave her weakened by day, dependent on Soul Orbs, and under the Death God's control.
• The Death God grew furious at Ling Chu's refusal, argued with her, and vanished after she challenged him to kill people himself.
• Ling Chu inspected the rare shark leather armor made by Mickey Meow Witch and agreed to sell hundreds of sets through a System Contract.
• Ling Chu gave shark leather armor to Lingering Wind and Fading Moon and Huang Xiaowen, then went to the Divination Room to find Squid Ball studying Tarot Cards.

Squid Ball’s divination warned Ling Chu that their trip to a Level Four Island would bring delays, destruction, and danger from fire, though hope remained. Ling Chu also saw a fiery vision of a Mermaid in the crystal ball, then left with a warning about her spending and encountered a frightened Hemlock.

• Squid Ball read the Tarot cards for Ling Chu and warned that the island mission could face chaos, a violent threat associated with fire, and sudden destruction, but the Star promised hope.
• Ling Chu and Squid Ball saw a fiery vision containing a shadow resembling a Mermaid in the crystal ball and agreed to be cautious on the island.
• Squid Ball discussed gods as possibly higher-dimensional beings or advanced civilizations, and Ling Chu asked her to read her finances instead of her love life.
• Ling Chu learned that she would earn plenty but struggle to save, gave Squid Ball sharkskin armor, and blamed her many Captain's expenses.
• Ling Chu encountered Hemlock in the stairwell, where he recoiled after noticing the Bone Dagger at her waist.

Ling Chu gained the Farming Prodigy buff, doubled her harvest of rare crops and Space Spores, and practiced with her new Legendary Dagger. The Ghost Ship then approached the Level Four Island, where a busy pier and peaceful village came into view.

• Ling Chu used her triple Luck to win ten Primary Mana Stones and the Farming Prodigy buff.
• Ling Chu harvested Red Nose Peppers and Creamy Golden Pumpkins, gaining double the amount of each.
• Ling Chu harvested six Space Spores and brought her total to seven.
• Ling Chu practiced archery and tested her new Legendary Dagger before resting for the island landing.
• The Ghost Ship reached the Level Four Island, where Ling Chu and her crew saw a bustling pier and a quiet village.

Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen landed on the eerie island, where an unseen force separated them into worlds they could see but not affect. Ling Chu set out for the village inn after learning it was tied to the island’s repeating loop.

• Ling Chu, Huang Xiaowen, and seven disguised Skeleton Henchmen landed on the Level Four Unclaimed Island, while the rest of the group stayed aboard the Ghost Ship.
• An invisible barrier prevented the Skeleton Henchmen from landing, and Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen found they could see the same villagers but could not see each other.
• Huang Xiaowen cut a branch in her world, but the tree remained untouched in Ling Chu’s, confirming that they occupied separate spaces.
• Ling Chu gave a crying boy Coconut Custard Pastries and asked him where the village inn was.
• The boy eagerly offered to lead Ling Chu to the inn, where Squid Ball had previously awakened at the start of the loop.

Ling Chu followed Barneke to the village inn, where Hans gave her a discounted room. She learned about the dangerous Red Algae Forest and checked into Room 201, only to find Huang Xiaowen was staying there too.

• Barneke told Ling Chu that Stephen had discovered the Red Algae Forest, where dangerous harvesting yielded red algae that could make people stronger.
• Barneke led Ling Chu to the inn and said goodbye before she went inside.
• Hans introduced himself as the innkeeper and village chief, then gave Ling Chu a room for two Sea Shells.
• Ling Chu went to Room 201 and told the Fleet channel where she was staying.
• Huang Xiaowen messaged Ling Chu that she was also in Room 201 after promising to teach a boy to use a Shuriken.

Ling Chu explored the village and accepted Martha’s request to retrieve tripods from the Blacksmith Shop. After buying bread at the bakery and feeding a dog, she followed Little Yellow toward the shop.

• Ling Chu noticed a family photo of Hans, Martha, and their absent daughter, then asked Hans why his daughter did not help at the inn.
• Martha asked Ling Chu to collect tripods from the Blacksmith Shop before dark, and Ling Chu accepted the task.
• Ling Chu visited the bakery, learned that Stephen might know where to find fresh red algae, and bought Honey Bread and Apple Pies.
• A dog named Little Yellow approached Ling Chu for food, and after she fed it, it led her toward the Blacksmith Shop.

Ling Chu collected Aunt Martha’s tripods from the Blacksmith Shop and noticed Lucas’s uneasy reaction to a dripping quenching trough. When the village’s day repeated, she searched the shop again and found an axe blade marked with what looked like dried blood.

• Ling Chu picked up Aunt Martha’s tripods from Lucas and heard him explain that his master, Andrew, was resting after straining his back.
• Ling Chu returned to the inn, where Martha described Little Yellow’s history, then learned that Stephen was out at sea and would not return for two days.
• Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen compared notes and found that collecting the tripods had produced no unusual results.
• The next morning, Ling Chu recognized that the day had looped and went straight to the Blacksmith Shop to investigate.
• Ling Chu searched the shop and found dark red marks on an axe blade that appeared to be dried blood.

Ling Chu discovered blood and a hidden corpse in the Blacksmith Shop, but Lucas killed her before she could investigate. She revived in Room 201 and told the Fleet channel about Lucas, the island’s restrictions, and her dwindling revival count.

• Ling Chu spotted blood dripping from the fireplace flue and realized a corpse was hidden inside it.
• Lucas attacked Ling Chu with an Iron Sword after noticing she had discovered the blood, while her skills and Bone Blade failed to work.
• Ling Chu died from Lucas’s sword strike and woke again in Room 201, where a black-mist number changed from 3 to 2.
• Ling Chu messaged Huang Xiaowen and Squid Ball that Lucas had killed her and that she suspected the corpse was either Andrew or the innkeeper’s daughter.
• Ling Chu warned the others that their skills and weapons might be restricted on the island, and Huang Xiaowen suggested searching for a book by its author instead of its title.

Ling Chu gathered clues about Lucas and realized that island-made weapons might be able to hurt him. She recruited Barneke to bring strong village youths to the Blacksmith Shop, preparing to confront Lucas with their help.

• Ling Chu and her Fleet contacts discussed exposing or killing Lucas, and she agreed to try bringing villagers to the Blacksmith Shop to catch him in the act.
• Ling Chu accepted Aunt Martha's request to collect triangular brackets and asked her about Lucas and his master, Andrew.
• Martha explained that Lucas's mother abandoned him as a baby and that Andrew raised him with great care.
• Ling Chu reasoned that weapons produced on the island might harm Lucas because her own weapons had failed.
• Ling Chu gave Barneke Apple Pies and asked him to gather strong youths aged at least sixteen at the Blacksmith Shop within half an hour.

Ling Chu tried to kill Lucas at the Blacksmith Shop, but he blocked her attack and escaped after villagers witnessed the confrontation. The villagers found the murdered blacksmith Andrew hidden in the chimney, and Hans arrived as they demanded justice.

• Ling Chu went to the Blacksmith Shop to collect tripods and questioned Lucas about having a weapon made.
• Ling Chu attacked Lucas with a scimitar, but he blocked the blow with an Iron Sword and overpowered her.
• Barneke arrived with a group of boys, and Lucas fled through the backyard after they saw the fight.
• Ling Chu told the boys that Lucas had killed someone and directed them to the body hidden in the fireplace.
• Hans and the villagers found Andrew's corpse in the chimney, and the village doctor estimated that Andrew had been killed around dawn the previous day.

Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen tried to expose Lucas, but he escaped the villagers’ search. When fires broke out across the village, Ling Chu saw shadowy sea monsters drag villagers beneath the water, leaving the island in chaos.

• Ling Chu told Hans how she found the corpse in the fireplace and fought Lucas, and Hans ordered the pier sealed while villagers searched for him.
• Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen exchanged news and realized Lucas fled whenever groups approached the Blacksmith Shop.
• After the villagers failed to find Lucas, a fire suddenly engulfed the village, and Ling Chu escaped the burning inn using tied bedsheets.
• Ling Chu went to the pier to help fight the fires, but shadowy sea monsters dragged villagers into the seawater as they drew water.
• A terrified villager called the creatures Sea Monsters and ran toward the flames, saying he would rather burn than be eaten.

After the village fire and sea monster attack caused Ling Chu’s remaining chances to drop, she planned to stop Lucas from starting another disaster. She recruited Valen to help her catch Lucas at the Blacksmith Shop, where the chapter left them about to go inside.

• Ling Chu woke in Room 201 and saw that the black number on the window had changed from 2 to 1.
• Ling Chu told Huang Xiaowen that Lucas had probably started the fire to escape and proposed preventing the fire or killing Lucas.
• Ling Chu decided to enlist Valen, who was expected at the Blacksmith Shop to pick up a hoe.
• Ling Chu brought Little Yellow Dog with her and stopped Valen near the Blacksmith Shop.
• Ling Chu claimed Lucas and Andrew owed her money and persuaded Valen to help hold Lucas down.

Ling Chu’s attempt to kill Lucas at the Blacksmith Shop failed when he escaped after Little Yellow raised the alarm. The villagers discovered Andrew’s body, then found evidence in Lucas’s room suggesting he had prepared to set a fire.

• Ling Chu paid Uncle Valen ten Sea Shells to help restrain Lucas, then attacked him with a red-hot Iron Sword.
• Lucas escaped after burning his arm and flinging Little Yellow aside; the dog barked until villagers gathered.
• Ling Chu showed the villagers Andrew’s body hidden in the fireplace, and Hans led them to search for Lucas.
• Ling Chu persuaded Hans to search Lucas’s room, where villagers found fish oil and tinder beneath his bed.
• Ling Chu climbed into the loft and found an oil-soaked hemp rope leading to two large sacks of tinder.

Ling Chu uncovered Lucas's hidden fire-starting devices and helped the villagers avert a plan to burn down the village, but Lucas remained at large. That night, he broke into Ling Chu's inn room, leaving her hiding beneath the bed as she warned Huang Xiaowen.

• Ling Chu and Hans found oil-soaked ropes and tinder bundles hidden throughout the village, and Hans destroyed them and increased security while searching for Lucas.
• Huang Xiaowen told Ling Chu that she had also found fire-starting devices and that Lucas had fled when Hans confronted him at the Blacksmith Shop.
• Martha warned Ling Chu that sea monsters came out at night near the Red Algae Forest and docks, and Ling Chu stayed inside the inn after dark.
• Ling Chu heard someone unlock her room, hid beneath the bed, and recognized Lucas by the dog bite on his ankle.
• Ling Chu realized Lucas could open the inn's locks because the Blacksmith Shop had made them, and she messaged Huang Xiaowen to warn her.

Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen were killed by Lucas in another failed loop, leaving Ling Chu with no resurrections and one final life. Huang Xiaowen reported Lucas’s ambush and Aunt Martha’s murder in the Fleet channel, asking Ling Chu what they should do next.

• Lucas found Ling Chu hiding under the bed, pinned her down, and cut her throat.
• Huang Xiaowen received Ling Chu’s warning and fled downstairs, where she found Aunt Martha dead in the kitchen.
• Lucas attacked Huang Xiaowen, overpowered her with his inhuman strength, and stabbed her in the chest.
• Ling Chu woke in Room 201 and realized the loop had not ended, while the window’s countdown changed from one to zero.
• Huang Xiaowen messaged the Fleet channel that Lucas had killed her and Aunt Martha, and asked Ling Chu and I Really Have No Moves what to do.

Ling Chu prepared another attempt to stop Lucas by buying strength-boosting Red Algae Sandwich Bread and feeding the last loaf to Uncle Valen. She entered the Blacksmith Shop with Valen, ready to carry out her plan against Lucas.

• Ling Chu told Huang Xiaowen her plan to make sure Valen subdued Lucas, and they agreed to try it as their last chance.
• Ling Chu bought three loaves of Red Algae Sandwich Bread and fed one to Little Yellow, then ate another herself.
• Ling Chu persuaded Valen to help hold Lucas down and gave him the final loaf, which made him feel stronger.
• Ling Chu promised Valen a hundred Sea Shells if he subdued Lucas, and Valen agreed to do his best.
• Ling Chu and Valen entered the Blacksmith Shop, where she asked Lucas about the hoe and tripod orders.

Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen escaped the repeating Blacksmith Shop scenario after Ling Chu killed Lucas with the help of Valen and Little Yellow. In the flooded ruins, Ling Chu found evidence of two sets of remains and used Bone Revival on the bones.

• Valen tackled Lucas while Ling Chu pulled the heated Iron Sword from the forge.
• Little Yellow bit Lucas's ankle, giving Ling Chu a chance to stab him through the heart.
• The Blacksmith Shop scenario shattered, revealing the flooded ruins beneath it, where Ling Chu reunited with Huang Xiaowen.
• Ling Chu and Huang Xiaowen realized they had been sleeping in the ruins and that a devastating fire had truly occurred there.
• Ling Chu found two skulls and an excess of bones in the fireplace, then used Bone Revival on the remains.

Ling Chu resurrected Andrew and learned that Lucas had murdered him after Andrew found a diary describing a planned sacrifice of the villagers in exchange for power. As Ling Chu explored the ruined blacksmith shop and saw the wandering souls of Valen and Barneke, her fleet contacted her about the transformed island and asked for help.

• Ling Chu used Bone Revival to resurrect Andrew, who recognized her as his captain and asked whether she knew him.
• Andrew recounted finding Lucas's diary, which described a fire signal, the villagers as sacrifices, and a precious treasure; Lucas then killed him with an axe.
• Ling Chu inferred that Lucas had made a deal with the Sea Monsters to gain power by sacrificing the villagers.
• Andrew recognized the ruins as his burned blacksmith shop and was shocked to discover another skeleton nearby.
• Ling Chu saw Valen and Barneke's souls drifting past, while Huang Xiaowen felt a chill but could not see them.
• Squid Ball messaged Ling Chu that the dock had vanished and asked her to pick up the fleet, which was surrounded by buried bones.