Recaps

Xu Huo fought Xue Lang in the maze and discovered that Xue Lang’s rays could cut through Cube Space. After Xu Huo provoked Xue Lang by setting the maze ablaze and calling him Xiao Liang, Xue Lang collapsed the corridor around them and increased his rays to sixteen, leaving Xu Huo scrambling to defend himself.

• Xu Huo realized Xue Lang’s rays could slice through Cube Space, then dodged Xue Lang’s attacks while studying how he used his abilities.
• Xu Huo inferred that Xue Lang was stronger than an ordinary C-class player and questioned why he had come to District 001 to do Dr. Zhang’s business.
• Xu Huo set fires around the maze and threatened to use the Little Mushroom Cloud, then detonated it to damage the maze’s core plants and ignite them.
• Xu Huo called Xue Lang “Xiao Liang,” prompting Xue Lang to unleash eight rays that sliced the maze corridor and brought its walls crashing down around them.
• Xue Lang forced Xu Huo back into the collapsing passage and multiplied his rays to sixteen, while Xu Huo used Eternal Time, spatial barriers, and Space Artifacts to defend himself.

Xu Huo used the maze and his Spiritual World to evade Xue Lang, then summoned a shadow resembling his childhood self to distract and restrain him. Xue Lang destroyed the shadow repeatedly but could not get rid of it, and ended the chapter pinning its pieces to the ground while raging at Xu Huo.

• Xu Huo dodged Xue Lang’s rays through the maze and analyzed their limited effective range.
• Xue Lang combined his rays into a whip that cut through maze walls and collapsed Xu Huo’s Spiritual World.
• Xu Huo tested whether a mental Manifestation door could interfere with the rays, but Xue Lang closed in and attacked him through a Mental Portal.
• Xu Huo sent a short shadow through the portal, and it clung to Xue Lang while calling him “Xiao Liang.”
• Xue Lang used a spinning top to peel the shadow away, but it reformed and repeatedly reached for his rays until one vanished from his hand.
• Xue Lang attacked the shadow and pinned its scattered pieces to the ground, declaring that he should have killed it long ago.

After Xue Lang left, Xu Huo explored the Space Rays and made a breakthrough in his spatial Evolution. He learned to manipulate and break down certain objects from a distance, though his new ability still had limits.

• Xu Huo's shadow personality reached for Xue Lang, who teleported away, then received an urgent Communicator call and left through a portal.
• Xu Huo reopened his Spiritual World and realized he could sense the Space Rays that Xue Lang had used as blades.
• Xu Huo tested his control over the Space Rays, extending his spatial travel and tugging leaves from a distant tree branch.
• After repeated attempts, Xu Huo connected Space Rays to the lines inside a branch and shattered it into fragments.
• Xu Huo discovered he could manipulate and break down some objects from a distance, but could not affect precision-made or sufficiently durable materials.

After his second spatial Super Evolution, Xu Huo tested his improved Space Ray abilities and escaped the shifting maze before reuniting with Mu Yan. They traveled toward the endpoint, but while Xu Huo rested at dawn, a new passage opened beside Mu Yan.

• Xu Huo discovered that his Space Rays could control distant objects and destroy them, and that his range had expanded to around five hundred meters.
• The maze repaired its damaged walls and changed its layout, so Xu Huo crossed space to return to Mu Yan.
• Xu Huo told Mu Yan that Xue Lang had left, and they continued through the maze as other Players headed toward the scene of the fight.
• The passages shifted throughout the night, but Xu Huo led Mu Yan onward until the fog cleared at dawn.
• Xu Huo went into the shelter to sleep while Mu Yan kept watch, and several groups of Players passed without confronting her.
• After the latest group left, the maze wall opposite Mu Yan parted and formed a new passage.

The maze’s passages began changing violently, trapping Xu Huo, Mu Yan, and several other players as corrosive plants attacked. Xu Huo found White Jade Fruit growing in the maze and suspected its owner was protecting the vines to harvest and sell them.

• Mu Yan told a group of five players that the maze passages had changed, and they stopped to rest near the shelter.
• The maze sealed a passage and thrust out corrosive vines, forcing the players to flee toward the only open route.
• The walls slammed together, burying two players and badly injuring Xiao Qing, whom Xu Huo identified as poisoned.
• Xu Huo told Mu Yan the maze had changed and should soon settle, then reached into a wall and picked White Jade Fruit.
• Mu Yan identified the fruit as a rare, valuable variety, and Xu Huo concluded that someone was tending the vines for harvest.

Xu Huo and the others waited as the maze corridors shrank, then escaped when a passage reopened, finding two players dead in the walls. They encountered a Cannibal Player who had gone berserk, and Xu Huo saw two more being driven toward them.

• Xu Huo discussed growing fruit with Mu Yan, then joined the others in shelter as the maze corridor steadily shrank.
• The Black Shirt Player reassured the group, and Xu Huo played cards with them while they waited for the maze to change.
• A corridor reopened, revealing that the short-haired woman's two companions had been crushed to death in the maze wall.
• Mu Yan told the Black Shirt Player that Card City produce was grown with recycled fertilizer, and the group came across a Cannibal Player eating a corpse.
• Xu Huo and Mu Yan dodged the berserk Cannibal Player, then saw two more Cannibal Players being driven toward them.

Xu Huo and Mu Yan escaped the Cannibal Players, found the maze’s eastward orientation, and gathered cards by claiming them from other players. They still lacked clues to the finish line’s direction when Big Tiger appeared nearby.

• Xu Huo led Mu Yan away from the Cannibal Players while other players fled or trapped them.
• Mu Yan identified a purple companion plant whose leaves pointed east, establishing the maze’s orientation.
• Xu Huo and Mu Yan began claiming cards from other players, leaving Mu Yan with two Position Cards, one Cancel Card, one Draw Card, and three Clue Cards.
• Xu Huo inferred that the clues suggested additional card types, while Mu Yan agreed to keep seeking cards.
• The maze wall opened, and Big Tiger greeted Xu Huo from the other side.

Xu Huo and Mu Yan joined Big Tiger’s group in the maze, sharing food and clues while Xu Huo concealed his real face cards. After a day of fruitless searching, the group gathered to cook, and Mu Yan brought Xu Huo a bowl of soup.

• Big Tiger welcomed Xu Huo and Mu Yan to his group, and Xu Huo claimed his face card was a trap card.
• The group agreed to search the maze together and share the clues they found.
• Big Tiger questioned Xu Huo about his face card, but Xu Huo kept its identity to himself.
• Xu Huo injured his arm while triggering maze walls, and Mu Yan urged him not to push himself.
• The group returned to their meeting spot and cooked together as night approached.
• Mu Yan brought a bowl of soup to Xu Huo while he rewrapped his wound.

Xu Huo and Mu Yan watched as rival players fought over a flower card after Big Tiger tried to drug and question Mu Yan. Xu Huo subdued all the players and left them bound outside the Underground Passage, unable to use their items.

• Big Tiger and his companion used truth serum on Mu Yan to learn that Xu Zhi's flower card was tied to the White Throne.
• White Face and another player confronted Big Tiger, and their fight drew two more players into the struggle over the flower card.
• The female player refused to join either side, but the short-haired player blocked her from leaving and urged her to cooperate.
• Xu Huo and Mu Yan revealed they had been watching, and Xu Huo declared the opposing players were outnumbered.
• Xu Huo summoned chairs that bound and lined up the players, then blocked their items from working and silenced Big Tiger.

Xu Huo forced the players to reveal their cards and arranged an exchange for Big Tiger’s Black Throne. After Big Tiger attacked and was killed, Xu Huo obtained the Black Throne and used another Exchange Card to request Black Card 2.

• Xu Huo made the players disclose their cards, and Big Tiger explained how his Exchange Card worked.
• The players revealed their cards and clues, including that pairs of cards helped clear the Dungeon.
• Xu Huo ordered Big Tiger to exchange his Black Throne for Black Card 1, then released the buzz-cut player to carry out the exchange.
• Big Tiger broke free, shattered Xu Huo’s barrier, and attacked, but Xu Huo cut off one of his hands and feet and stopped his Micro Bomb.
• The buzz-cut player finished off Big Tiger, received his cards, and exchanged the Black Throne for Black Card 1; Xu Huo then used Black Card 17 to exchange White Card 6 for Black Card 2.

Xu Huo forced the players to exchange cards, spared the survivors, and inferred a numbering pattern that could reveal the effects of the maze's cards. He tested Black Card 2 and continued searching the maze with Mu Yan and Li Cheng, but its shifting paths still made it difficult to identify the exit.

• Xu Huo exchanged Black Card 17 for Black Card 2, then had the female player and the white-faced brother choose whether to kill their companions; the white-faced brother revealed that Black Card 1 canceled effects.
• Xu Huo let the female player and the two brothers leave, explaining that he had killed the short-haired player for breaking the rules, and the female player joined Xu Huo and Mu Yan.
• Xu Huo explained his theory that the numbered cards followed a seven-category cycle, and he and Mu Yan and Li Cheng discussed whether cards 2, 9, and 16 belonged to a separate category.
• Xu Huo tested Black Card 2 in dead-end passages and found that it sometimes activated there but did not reliably warn them about wrong routes.
• Xu Huo asked the female player her name, and Li Cheng introduced herself before Mu Yan reported that the maze's shifting paths made the area's old routes unreliable.

Xu Huo and his companions were followed through the foggy maze by a Player with an unusual concealment ability. After capturing and questioning him, Xu Huo let him escape, then pursued him with a trick of his own, leaving the chase unresolved.

• Xu Huo, Mu Yan, and Li Cheng rested until dawn, but the maze stayed dim, so they continued through the fog.
• Xu Huo noticed a concealed Player repeatedly following them and determined that his concealment could evade their items and disrupt Xu Huo’s perception.
• Xu Huo opened a doorway and kicked the stalker through it, while Li Cheng slapped him after he lunged at her.
• The Player vanished again, but Xu Huo and Mu Yan tracked and captured him; Xu Huo questioned whether his concealment was an item or an Ability.
• The Player broke free and ran, but Xu Huo’s voice appeared behind him, and an unseen hand touched his shoulder as the pursuit continued.

Xu Huo caught the Player who had secretly followed him and pressured him into handing over his Dead Heart item. After learning the man had followed them to ogle Mu Yan and Li Cheng, Xu Huo took him along.

• Xu Huo tormented the Player who had followed him, then revealed himself with Mu Yan and Li Cheng.
• The Player begged for his life and offered Xu Huo his invisibility item and a flower card in exchange for mercy.
• Xu Huo accepted the Player's Dead Heart, a special item that made its user invisible to the living and their detection methods for up to half a minute.
• Mu Yan confronted the Player, who admitted he had followed them because he wanted to look at the women.
• Xu Huo held the Player in place and told him to come with them.

Xu Huo and a woman fought amid alarms and a chaotic transformation, while the woman’s condition and the danger around them remained unclear. The chapter ended with the conflict still unfolding and someone approaching through the door.

• Xu Huo encountered a woman as alarms sounded and blood was spilled.
• The woman transformed and attacked, while Xu Huo tried to restrain her and get through the surrounding chaos.
• The pair fought through the room as the woman’s body changed and others appeared to be injured or killed.
• Xu Huo and the woman continued struggling as the situation grew more dangerous.
• A voice warned of danger as someone arrived at the door.

Xu Huo fought and survived a series of dangerous encounters with a strange, bloodthirsty woman and other creatures, while his body and abilities continued to change. The chapter ended with the woman asking Xu Huo to follow her, apparently drawn to his scent or taste.

• Xu Huo searched through a dangerous building and confronted a woman amid signs of violence and bloodshed.
• He was injured during the encounters but used his abilities and supplies to recover and keep moving.
• Xu Huo discovered that his body and a strange bead had changed, and he continued to experience intense hunger and unusual sensations.
• He fought more creatures and escaped through the surrounding chaos, encountering a woman whose behavior shifted between hostility and attraction.
• The woman approached Xu Huo, asked him to follow her, and seemed increasingly certain that she liked his taste.

Ming entered a carriage compartment, while Xu, Chen, and Li appeared amid movements, transformations, and violent actions around vehicles. Xu later went down, and a body grew taller near the end.

• Ming followed the carriage and appeared in its compartment.
• Xu and Chen joined together.
• Li opened the compartment and urged the others.
• Xu paused and later went down.
• A body transformed and grew taller.

Xu and a woman appeared amid a violent confrontation involving blades, gunfire, and bloodshed. The fragmented account left the sequence of actions and the outcome unclear.

• An unidentified speaker directed strength toward Wenshan Mountain.
• Xu appeared amid fighting involving blood, ice, and electrical force.
• A woman survived danger and attempted to rescue herself.
• Xu appeared again as the confrontation continued among wounded people and corpses.

Xu and several others traveled in a car amid warnings about danger and exchanges about the compartment. Xu later looked toward a tense woman beside the car, while the passengers continued discussing where to go.

• San Fei sat up in the vehicle.
• Han looked up as a woman returned to the door.
• Xu looked toward a woman beside the car who had clenched her fists.
• A speaker told the others to wait in front.

The chapter follows a disjointed series of events involving Xu, Zhao, Nian, and others trapped amid strange dangers, hunger, and changing surroundings. They reach a crowded city, but the group remains in danger and struggles to understand what is happening.

• Xu and the others stayed in the car while they waited for help, despite hunger, injuries, and a failing machine.
• The group encountered strange changes involving smoke, water, an altar, and objects that attacked or shifted.
• Nian and the others headed toward the city, where guards were overwhelmed and people reported that a family was trapped.
• Xu and his companions faced further dangers, including an ambush, while trying to gather supplies and keep the group together.
• Zhao held Xu's hand as they realized that someone had framed him and leaked his name.

Xu Huo interacted with passengers amid arguments and disturbances in a train carriage. The passengers remained caught up in disputes inside the train.

• Xu Huo said that something rose higher the more someone cursed.
• Xu Huo examined a woman and approached her.
• Passengers argued as disturbances continued inside the carriage.

Xu and the other Players fought to survive a dangerous journey in a car haunted by a Taoist woman and a child, while the rules and the identities of the people inside remained unclear. The car finally reached its destination, but the group was left facing further danger and unanswered questions.

• Xu and the other Players gathered in the car and tried to understand the review’s rules as the Taoist woman and child threatened them.
• The Players fought the apparitions and struggled to keep the car and its passengers safe as the journey grew more violent.
• Chen and the others worked with Xu to defend the group, but the car jolted and the danger continued to escalate.
• The Taoist woman’s presence and the shifting situation confused the Players, who tried to identify who was real and who was a threat.
• The car reached its destination, and the survivors climbed out while remaining wary of the Taoist woman and the dangers ahead.

Xu Huo investigated Liang Shuang’s belongings after the card game, hoping to learn why Liang Shuang had brought him to the Dungeon. He found Liang Shuang’s records for a fortune-reading item and concluded that game items could offer limited glimpses of the future, though their reliability depended on the user.

• Li Cheng killed the unconscious Player, then traded cards with Mu Yan to become a member of the Black Faction.
• Xu Huo questioned why Liang Shuang had invited him to the Dungeon and suspected Liang Shuang had planned to exploit a conflict before the game ended.
• Li Cheng handed over Liang Shuang’s belongings, and Xu Huo found the special item A Thread of Fate Across a Thousand Miles.
• Xu Huo read Liang Shuang’s diary, which described how the item’s changing line colors had predicted benefits and dangers, and found detailed records about Xu Huo.
• Xu Huo concluded that the item’s predictions were limited and that game items could briefly predict the future.

Xu Huo and the others escaped the maze after Jiang Zifeng and Ye Bingxin opened the door marked 1, while Chen Chou remained trapped in the dungeon. Xu Huo told Chen Chou where to find him after the dungeon and entered the passage himself.

• Xu Huo divided the stored items and supplies among Li Cheng and Chen Chou, who accepted only two bags of compressed biscuits.
• Jiang Zifeng opened the door marked 1, and he and Ye Bingxin entered as their playing cards disappeared.
• Xu Huo concluded that Jiang Zifeng and Ye Bingxin had cleared the game, and Mu Yan and Li Cheng left the maze.
• Xu Huo told Chen Chou to hide for the remaining five days and said he would stay at Yongxing Hotel after leaving the dungeon.
• Xu Huo promised to return Chen Chou's Dead Heart if Chen Chou came to find him, then entered the passage marked 1.

Xu Huo cleared the maze dungeon by drawing the Crown Card and received an S-rank rating with a set of rewards. He examined his new abilities and items, including a combat card crafted by the Magician.

• Xu Huo chose the middle of three cards and revealed the Crown Card, which lit up above the maze as Card City's residents celebrated.
• The maze declared that Xu Huo had cleared the dungeon with an S-rank rating and awarded him the hidden Crown Card, a B-class item, and a grand prize pack.
• Xu Huo received an upgrade to his forgetting ability, renamed Forget Switch, and gained the extended ability Talented at Playing Dead.
• Xu Huo inspected his B-class Fireworks and Nail Clippers and confirmed they were not trap items.
• Xu Huo examined the maze's extra reward, Magician Person, a card that could summon a combat figure to fight for one minute each day.

After winning the maze Dungeon, Xu Huo returned to Card City during the crown card celebration and prepared to search for what He Pu had left behind. He sold unwanted items at the Spade Five Exchange and began looking for a suitable defense artifact.

• Xu Huo emerged from a restaurant in Card City, where monitors began converging on him.
• A passerby explained that the crown card's appearance marked a maze victory and brought a week of free maze produce and citywide discounts; Xu Huo watched the festivities before leaving the crowd.
• Xu Huo told Jiang Zifeng that he had a free pass, and Jiang agreed to meet him at Yongxing Hotel with Ye Bingxin.
• Xu Huo sold unwanted maze Dungeon items at the Spade Five Exchange and deposited thirty million White Cash to browse A-level items.
• Liu Ye and Huai Ye introduced themselves as Exchange staff, and Xu Huo described the kind of defense item he wanted.