Recaps

After returning to the Ancient Castle, Xu Huo read reports about the Suitcase Man and the Ghastly Sound Knights, then opened his Spiritual World for Madam Butterfly to explore. Madam Butterfly entered a maze of shifting rooms and doors but could not reach its true depths.

• Xu Huo returned to the Ancient Castle, helped Mr. Dong finish planting flowers, and raised his bounty for a ticket from E27 to District 001.
• Xu Huo learned that the Suitcase Man was a notorious Super Player ranked third on the most-wanted list, and recognized him as the man whose puppet he had encountered before.
• Xu Huo read that the Ghastly Sound Knights were suspected of stealing firearms from the Platinum Eye and reviewed the group's strength and members.
• Madam Butterfly tested Xu Huo's Spiritual World, and Xu Huo chose to open his own rather than explore hers.
• Madam Butterfly searched through Xu Huo's shifting gateways but found false depths and a multiplying maze of rooms and doors.

Xu Huo learned that He Pu had chosen him as an heir and discovered Bai Kou’s name and connection to V before she left during the night. He then reviewed Dr. Wu’s records, considered whether V had left behind the Perfect Evolution Potion, and received Dr. Deng’s news about a job at a Rongxin Group pharmaceutical subsidiary.

• Madam Butterfly broke through Xu Huo’s Spiritual World, and he spoke with her about He Pu’s choice, V, and her borrowed name, Bai Kou.
• Xu Huo invited Bai Kou to listen to music, but Mr. Dong told him the next morning that she had left during the night.
• Xu Huo reviewed records showing Dr. Wu had used multiple identities and considered whether V’s legacy in District 001 might include the Perfect Evolution Potion.
• Mr. Dong said He Pu had searched for the Perfect Potion without finding it, and Xu Huo continued reading Dr. Wu’s files.
• Dr. Deng messaged Xu Huo that he had found a room-and-board job at a Laboratory connected to Rongxin Group’s largest pharmaceutical subsidiary.

Xu Huo tested the Ghost Shadow and then visited a Welfare Institute, where he found two children making crafts instead of attending a gathering for a noblewoman’s visit. He challenged the institute’s Director and urged the noblewoman to replace him, leaving the Director’s response unresolved.

• Xu Huo confined the Ghost Shadow in a sealed room and discovered it could not use its abilities outside the Deep Blue Laboratory, then ordered Mr. Dong to keep it locked up.
• Bai Kou returned with shopping, showed Xu Huo the bright red formal suit Duke Tar had chosen for him, and heard his plan to visit the Welfare Institute.
• Xu Huo visited the Welfare Institute and found Yang Qing and Lu Sihao hiding in their dormitory, where they were making handicrafts and questioning whether they could return home.
• The Director showed a noblewoman the dormitory, but Xu Huo challenged him and urged the noblewoman to replace him rather than leave the children at risk of retaliation.

Xu Huo tested the Ghost Shadow he had brought back from the Deep Blue Laboratory and later attended a gathering with Bai Kou at A1 Time, where she explained the club’s name and its connection to game time. The chapter left them discussing how Districts synchronized their clocks with the A1 wormhole point.

• Xu Huo decided to postpone meeting Dr. Deng and took the Ghost Shadow into a sealed room to test it.
• Xu Huo discovered that the Ghost Shadow avoided him and could not use its full strength outside the Deep Blue Laboratory, so he had Mr. Dong lock it away.
• Bai Kou gave Xu Huo a bright red formal suit that Duke Tar had chosen for him.
• The Duchess dismissed the Welfare Institute’s Director and offered Xu Huo a chance to interview at her company.
• Xu Huo encouraged Yang Qing to study and then left the Welfare Institute.
• Xu Huo wore Duke Tar’s suit and went with Bai Kou to A1 Time, where she explained the club’s name and the game system’s timekeeping.

Xu Huo left the Club after watching a starving Black Panther kill a woman player in a staged fight, and Ran Ying explained the Club and the Nobles’ player selection to him. The chapter left Xu Huo outside the spectacle, learning that the guests he had met were not true Elite Players.

• VIP No. 17 chose Lockdown Chamber No. 3, where a Black Panther attacked and killed a woman player as the Club guests watched.
• Palada and the other guests applauded the killing, while Bai Kou criticized the uneven fight.
• Xu Huo left the room, went to the smoking room, and told Ran Ying he was not used to the Club.
• Ran Ying said the Club’s players were often Cannibal Players or Wanted Criminals, and that true Nobles selected players by aptitude while discarding those with average aptitude.

Xu Huo spoke with the Duchess about her family, the Club’s violent show, and his plans to support orphans in District 011. The Duchess accepted his Lady’s Fan and responded positively to his wish to help children.

• Ran Ying met the Duchess in the smoking room, then left Xu Huo behind with her.
• Xu Huo revealed that he had inherited Rose Castle from He Pu and spoke with the Duchess about Duke Tar and her family.
• The Duchess explained that powerless spectators watched the Club’s show for excitement and revealed that fewer than a third of her fourteen brothers and cousins had survived.
• Xu Huo gave the Duchess his Lady’s Fan, and his panel confirmed that she had sincerely accepted it.
• Xu Huo told the Duchess he wanted to do charity work for orphaned children, and she agreed that the Newborn were the future.

Xu Huo sabotaged the Club by spreading a foul potion through its ventilation system, freeing captives and creating chaos so he could escape. After slipping past the Black-Clad Player, he rejoined Bai Kou, who said the perpetrators would not get away.

• After speaking with the Duchess, Xu Huo placed bottles of Soul-Bewitching Good Stuff in the building's ventilation ducts, forcing the Club to evacuate guests.
• Xu Huo disguised himself as a maintenance worker, entered the control room, freed the Players and two Aliens, and cut the building's power.
• Xu Huo feinted against a Black-Clad Player, escaped through a shattered window, and returned to the first floor as an explosion and a falling elevator unleashed an Alien.
• The Black-Clad Player tried to stop people leaving, but Xu Huo passed him in a red suit without being recognized.
• Xu Huo found Bai Kou waiting in his car, and she told him the Club's people would not get away with what they had done.

Xu Huo set the Club building ablaze while he and Bai Kou watched, then learned from Mr. Dong that Bai Kou was connected to the Platinum Eye and might be waiting for the hijacked weapons shipment. The Club incident sparked a Mechanical Parade, while Xu Huo suspected Bai Kou’s plans could put Rose Castle in danger.

• Xu Huo used his Lighter to ignite the Club building, and he and Bai Kou watched as fires and explosions spread.
• Bai Kou filmed the captured Aliens, and Xu Huo uploaded the video before they returned to Rose Castle.
• Mr. Dong told Xu Huo that Bai Kou was connected to the Platinum Eye and had used its Heavy Cannon to bombard the castle.
• Xu Huo suspected Bai Kou was waiting for the people delivering the stolen weapons and warned Mr. Dong that Rose Castle could be wrecked again.
• The Black Shoulder Badge investigation blamed the Club for the Alien attack, and residents began a Mechanical Parade to protest.

The Mechanical Parade sparked a government response and a scandal that turned public anger against Rongxin Group, while Xu Huo discussed weapons, Items, and his profession with Bai Kou. The chapter ended with Xu Huo asking whether she had come to his place because of the Ghastly Sound Knights.

• The Mechanical Parade grew rapidly, prompting the District 011 Government to deploy security forces and announce compensation and penalties for the Club.
• A hacker exposed the Club's owner and connections, and accusations linked Rongxin Group to the deaths of former Players, drawing a Mechanical Parade to its headquarters.
• Dr. Deng told Xu Huo he was trapped inside the Rongxin building, and Xu Huo reassured him that the parade would soon be dealt with.
• Xu Huo found Bai Kou assembling a B-class energy cannon and asked her about weapons, Items, and the Stone He Pu had left him.
• Xu Huo revealed that his profession was Passerby A, and Bai Kou questioned his choice before he asked whether she had come for the Ghastly Sound Knights.

As the Mechanical Parade disrupted District 011, Xu Huo returned to the Study Room and found Bai Kou modifying an energy cannon. Their talk about New Energy and item-making led to Xu Huo agreeing to join Bai Kou against the Ghastly Sound Knights, though he remained a D-level player.

• The Mechanical Parade grew and blocked Rongxin Group's headquarters after accusations tied the company to the Club and the deaths of former Player employees spread online.
• Dr. Deng told Xu Huo he was trapped inside the Rongxin building, and Xu Huo assured him the parade would be handled soon.
• Xu Huo found Bai Kou assembling a B-class energy cannon and learned that weapons and items relied on New Energy and rare materials.
• Bai Kou explained that the Stone He Pu had left Xu Huo was a material for making items, though becoming an Artificer required a special Ability.
• Xu Huo admitted he planned to face the Ghastly Sound Knights because Bai Kou was in danger, and Bai Kou let him choose a weapon and taught him how to use her modified guns.

Xu Huo boarded a luxury ship with Ran Ying and explored its entertainment decks after she left to greet an acquaintance. He met Serin, who suspected the ship’s seaweed patterns were an ominous warning, and the chapter ended with Serin hiding silver spikes he had driven into a wall.

• Xu Huo boarded the ship as Ran Ying’s companion and received a white wristband that restricted access to the ninth and tenth floors.
• Ran Ying showed Xu Huo their suite, then left to greet an acquaintance and warned him not to wander around the ship.
• Xu Huo contacted Bai Kou and explored the fifth floor, where he noticed fishy-smelling seaweed patterns carved throughout the decor.
• Serin, a man from District 009, warned a server that the Sea Demon seaweed pattern could invite disaster and drove three silver spikes into a wall.
• Xu Huo introduced himself as Xu Zhi from District 011, and Serin covered the spikes with a painting after asking him to keep quiet about them.

Xu Huo explored the ship and met Serin, who suspected the Sea Demon patterns were a sign of misfortune. In the restaurant, Xu Huo encountered District 011 Players who mocked White Bracelet guests, and a woman challenged their assumptions.

• Xu Huo left his room for the fifth deck after contacting Bai Kou and ignoring Ran Ying's request that he stay put.
• Xu Huo watched Serin drive three silver nails into a wall patterned with Sea Demon seaweed, then introduced himself to the man from District 009.
• Xu Huo went to the restaurant, where a slick-haired Player recognized him as Ran Ying's guest and mocked him for hiding his White Bracelet.
• A woman wearing a White Bracelet confronted the slick-haired Player, explaining that she had come with her fiancé and condemning Players who lived off others.

Xu Huo investigated the ship’s suspicious new Servers and told Ran Ying that someone aboard was eating people. Disguised as a Server, he entered Palada’s room and killed one Noble before attacking the others, who began to fight back.

• Xu Huo heard passengers praise Captain Matt, then discovered every Server aboard had been newly hired that year.
• Xu Huo knocked out a Server, took his bracelet and uniform, and messaged Ran Ying that someone on the ship was eating people.
• Xu Huo delivered a drink to Room 609 and found Palada and two other Nobles with a dead woman.
• The brown-haired Noble tried to break Xu Huo’s neck, but Xu Huo killed him instead.
• Xu Huo attacked Palada and the other two men with his Strings and rope, slicing one in half.
• Palada smashed through the window and escaped as the remaining man freed himself from the Strings and attacked Xu Huo.

Xu Huo investigated the suspicious Servers aboard the ship and discovered that Noble guests were killing and eating people. He killed two of the Nobles in Room 609 and found a mutilated woman’s body, while Palada escaped through the window.

• Xu Huo heard that Captain Matt was a celebrated retired player and learned that all the Servers aboard the ship were new hires.
• Xu Huo knocked out a Server in the fifth-floor Locker Room, took his bracelet and uniform, and messaged Ran Ying that people were eating people on the ship.
• Xu Huo delivered a drink to Room 609, where he found Palada and two other Noble men beside a dead woman.
• When the brown-haired Noble tried to attack him, Xu Huo broke his neck and fought the remaining men, killing one while Palada escaped through the window.
• Xu Huo killed the last Noble and lifted the blanket from the woman’s body, revealing severe mutilation and bruises.

Xu Huo killed Palada after refusing to save him, then fought off a Red Bracelet Player in the elevator during the slaughter aboard the ship. After killing his attacker, he encountered two White Bracelet Players chasing a wounded woman.

• A Red Bracelet man left Xu Huo's room, and Xu Huo refused Palada's pleas for help.
• Palada tried to flee and attack Xu Huo, but Xu Huo killed him and left his body under a lamp.
• Xu Huo found the ship filled with corpses and Players feeding as the slaughter spread through its corridors.
• A Red Bracelet Player attacked Xu Huo in the elevator, but Xu Huo killed him with a hidden Metal Thin Rope across the doorway.
• A wounded woman being chased by two White Bracelet Players called to Xu Huo for help.

Xu Huo fought his way through the bloodshed aboard the ship, killing Palada and two other players. He took a Red Bracelet from one corpse and continued toward the fourth floor with a woman who had fled into the elevator.

• Palada tried to escape, but Xu Huo restrained him and watched him die.
• Xu Huo encountered a Red Bracelet Player in the elevator and killed him with a thin rope across the doors.
• Xu Huo ignored a White Bracelet woman's first call for help and took the dead Red Bracelet Player's bracelet before heading to the fourth floor.
• The woman escaped her pursuer with a sound-wave item and squeezed into the elevator as its doors closed.
• Xu Huo cut the pursuer's hands and neck in the closing elevator doors, leaving his head and fingers inside.

Xu Huo used a hallucination to lure a Red Bracelet Player into a trap and killed him after a fierce fight. Bai Kou reported that two hours remained on the countdown.

• The Black Bracelet Player used a rain-like attack to kill four White Bracelet Players, then ordered his group to kill everyone aboard the ship.
• Xu Huo lured three Red Bracelet Players deeper into the ship and released gas in the dining room as a distraction.
• A Red Bracelet Player found Xu Huo and fought him, eventually believing he had beaten him to death.
• Xu Huo revealed that the fight had been shaped by a hallucination, then used a line to distract the Red Bracelet Player and cut his throat.
• Xu Huo noted that the Star Binding Ball had reached its daily limit, and Bai Kou messaged him that two hours remained on the countdown.

Xu Huo joined Serin and several White Bracelet Players after the ship transformed into a seaweed-covered wreck trapped inside a giant item. They took shelter from the attacking seaweed and a disguised little girl, whose deception Xu Huo exposed, leaving her facing him and Serin.

• Xu Huo encountered Serin, who had killed several Red Bracelet Players, and rode the elevator with him and a group of White Bracelet Players.
• The elevator stopped on the fifth floor, where they discovered the ship covered in seaweed and apparently trapped inside a giant item.
• Seaweed dragged a player and Serin through a window, killing the player before Serin returned with the body.
• Xu Huo and the others retreated to a guest room as seaweed spread through the ship and strange laughter sounded nearby.
• Serin let a little girl into the room and offered to protect her as a believer, but Xu Huo recognized her as dangerous and pointed his sword at her.
• The little girl lunged at Xu Huo, Serin caught her by the ankle, and she broke free, taunting them as she landed.

Xu Huo and Serin fought the Red Bracelet Players who had trapped them in a smoke-filled room, while the little girl used the chaos to kill another player. The little girl revealed that she could control Seaweed with her voice as the remaining players blocked her escape.

• Serin tried to recruit the little girl, but two Red Bracelet Players rushed into the room and filled it with blinding smoke.
• A Red Bracelet Player used Seaweed and a leech-like worm to restrain and attack Xu Huo, who fought back with his items and abilities.
• Xu Huo killed one Red Bracelet Player with Kite String, then severed the limbs of another before Serin crushed the man's throat.
• The players blocked the little girl's way out after discovering she had killed one of them during the fight.
• The little girl repelled the female player's whip with Seaweed, and Xu Huo realized she controlled Seaweed through her voice.

Xu Huo and Serin fought the Red Bracelet Players while the girl used her voice to control the Seaweed. After the girl’s ability overwhelmed the room, Xu Huo and the others were left surrounded and struggling to escape.

• The girl brought two Red Bracelet Players into the room, where one used a Smoke Bomb and Seaweed to restrain Xu Huo.
• Xu Huo fought off a Red Bracelet Player, used his items to wound him, and killed him with Kite String.
• Serin sent another Red Bracelet Player flying, and Xu Huo severed his limbs before Serin crushed his throat.
• The girl tried to escape after the Red Bracelet Players died, but the remaining Players blocked the door and confronted her for killing one of their companions.
• Xu Huo realized the girl could control Seaweed with her voice as she made it attack and ensnare everyone in the room.

Xu Huo used the Anthropomorphic Doll to lure the Black Bracelet Player away while he hid aboard the ship and investigated the strange Time Reversal. The doll drew the Player’s attention, but its taunts left it trapped in the air as Xu Huo watched through Micro Monitors.

• Xu Huo used the Anthropomorphic Doll as a decoy, then escaped the seaweed by cushioning impacts with Strings and moving around the room.
• Xu Huo saw an explosion on the Ninth Floor reverse itself, restoring the damage, and suspected Time Reversal could also restore people.
• Xu Huo searched the ship with Micro Monitors and found many Black Bracelet Players relaxing while Red Bracelet Players fought elsewhere.
• The Black Bracelet Player caught up to the Anthropomorphic Doll and used “Raindrops Pierce Stone” and seaweed to attack it.
• The Black Bracelet Player lifted the Anthropomorphic Doll with a balloon-like item, but the doll, wearing Xu Huo’s face, continued to taunt him.

Xu Huo used Micro Monitors to observe the Black Bracelet holder attacking the Anthropomorphic Doll and assessed the man’s powers and items. When the holder pulled out an Energy Gun, Xu Huo sent a monitor flying into the balloon restraining the doll.

• Xu Huo considered how Time Rewind could restore the ship and searched it for Players with Micro Monitors.
• The Black Bracelet holder used Raindrops Pierce Stone and a balloon item to chase and restrain the Anthropomorphic Doll.
• The Anthropomorphic Doll mocked and spat at the Black Bracelet holder, who battered it with rain despite its ability to recover.
• The Black Bracelet holder produced an Energy Gun, and Xu Huo sent a Micro Monitor flying into the balloon.

Xu Huo used Emergency Shelter No. 101 and the Counting Grid to trap Jiang Feng and attack him. The chapter ended with Xu Huo shooting Jiang Feng in the thigh after discovering a gap in his protective barrier.

• The Black Bracelet Player fought the Red Bracelet Players, killing one and wounding others before the Black Bracelet Noble cut the Anthropomorphic Doll in two.
• The Black Bracelet Player used his item to locate Emergency Shelter No. 101, but his attacks could not damage or lift it.
• A Red Bracelet Player lured Jiang Feng to the shelter's door, trapping him on a square in Xu Huo's Counting Grid.
• Xu Huo emerged from the shelter and attacked Jiang Feng, but Jiang Feng blocked his sword with the Slaughter Barrier and deployed a Balloon.
• Xu Huo circled Jiang Feng with Frequent Movement, landed an anesthetic dart through a gap in the barrier, and shot him in the thigh with his Energy Gun.

Xu Huo used the Counting Grid to trap Jiang Feng and attacked him after he failed to breach Emergency Shelter No. 101. He wounded Jiang Feng through the limited coverage of his Slaughter Barrier and began trying to bind him with Harm Not Self, but the fight remained unresolved.

• The Black Bracelet Player killed a Red Bracelet Player, incapacitated the Anthropomorphic Doll with powder, and noticed Xu Huo hiding in Emergency Shelter No. 101.
• The Black Bracelet Player and Jiang Feng tried to damage or lift the shelter, but their attacks failed.
• A Red Bracelet Player lured Jiang Feng to the shelter’s door, where Xu Huo’s Counting Grid trapped Jiang Feng and the Red Bracelet Player on separate numbered squares.
• Xu Huo emerged from the shelter and attacked Jiang Feng, whose Slaughter Barrier blocked most of the darts and Energy Gun shots, though one bullet struck his thigh.
• Jiang Feng deactivated his Ability and hurled nearby objects at Xu Huo, who dodged them and used Strings to try to bind him with Harm Not Self.

Xu Huo used the Spiritual World to separate the Red Bracelet Player from Jiang Feng, then tried to trap Jiang Feng in an illusion. Jiang Feng woke himself with an Electric Shock Device, and the two fought outside the shelter as Xu Huo pulled him through a window.

• The Red Bracelet Player followed Jiang Feng through doors and pictures, then fell into the shifting Study Rooms while chasing him.
• Xu Huo altered the stairs to lead Jiang Feng into a Study Room, but Jiang Feng pressed his Electric Shock Device and escaped the illusion.
• Jiang Feng's shock restored the rain, and Xu Huo charged him and killed the Red Bracelet Player.
• Jiang Feng attacked Xu Huo with a Tornado, but Xu Huo blocked it with the Door of Severed Relations and Weakening Rubber before slashing at Jiang Feng.
• Jiang Feng blocked Xu Huo's Sword Qi and reached for his throat with a Black Leather Glove, but Xu Huo used Mobile Metal to stop him and pulled him through a window into the Seaweed outside.