Recaps

Xu Huo escaped the chaos in Flower City and traveled to District 023, where he uncovered the persecution of its residents. After agreeing to leave them alone, he reached Gemini City and entered the C-class instance New Hope.

• Xu Huo failed to escape the Spiritual World until the Book Tower appeared, where he freed Xin Rong from a stone form and asked him to open a door for several people.
• Xu Huo and Xin Rong entered Flower City’s Direct-Administered District, where Xu Huo ambushed Han Yi and killed him after trapping him in his Spiritual World.
• Xu Huo was forced to fight Han Yi’s pursuers, killed the old man with Holder's Death, and escaped the A-class Player by using his Ticket to reach the Station.
• Xu Huo traveled by train toward Sub-district E19-023, learned of attacks across District 001, and later boarded another train for the Twin City Station instance.
• After the train threw Xu Huo into Tallwood Forest, he crossed the dangerous wilderness and rescued Cao Qinglin and Qiu Ming from a swamp.
• Xu Huo and his companions fought off groups of Zone 023 Players in the ruined city, then agreed to a wager that allowed them to pass without further trouble.
• Xu Huo learned from Mr. Chi that Zone 023 residents had been branded and used as test subjects, and promised not to cause them trouble.
• Jian Li guided Xu Huo, Qiu Ming, and Cao Qinglin to Gemini City, where Xu Huo leaped over the defensive wall into Point A and entered New Hope.

Xu Huo escorted Dr. Dorr across Heaven’s Ladder while rival groups and dangerous Aliens pursued them, and the mystery around Dr. Dorr’s identity and research remained unresolved. After Bai Jing challenged Dr. Dorr’s motives, Dai Song disappeared, and the story ended with a strange clash involving a dummy Player and a golden-booted Player.

• Xu Huo and Qiu Ming found Dr. Dorr hiding in a basement and persuaded him to travel with them toward Second City.
• Xu Huo’s group crossed Heaven’s Ladder, fighting mutated plants and beasts while Dai Song guided them along the route.
• Xu Huo suspected that their Dr. Dorr might be a fake, and Dai Song revealed that the Laboratory had sent substitute doctors with genuine maps.
• Fan Zhigang, Gou Wu, and Wei Dong joined the group after claiming Dr. Dorr had vanished during an attack, and the travelers rested at Tiantian Orchard.
• Dai Song described the conflict between Zone 023’s residents and the Ya tribe, while Xu Huo questioned why Ya tribe members were being captured alive.
• Seven Players attacked the vehicle and seized a Dr. Dorr, but Xu Huo hid his own Dr. Dorr in a painting as both sides fought off Aliens.
• Xu Huo confronted Bai Jing and the Ya tribe Players, who accused Dr. Dorr of using Ya tribe genes in experiments, while Dai Song insisted Dr. Dorr was trying to save Second City.
• Xu Huo let the Ya tribe Players leave after inspecting an item, then Dai Song disappeared, and a white dummy Player was struck by a pigtail-wearing Player and caught by a golden-booted Player.

Xu Huo uncovered the truth behind the New Hope Dungeon, then joined an operation headed for Government City. The group was drawn into the Bauhinia Restaurant instance, where Xu Huo investigated its nighttime hunters and the rules behind choosing Today’s Best.

• Xu Huo stopped Number 3 from bombing the Winter Wind Laboratory, exposed its human experiments, and learned that Fangcao Laboratory had sent staff to collect Dr. Dorr’s data.
• Xu Huo argued that the Dungeon’s setup was targeting the Ya tribe, then earned an S-level rating for delivering Dr. Dorr and uncovering the truth.
• Xu Huo joined the Players preparing to rob the new District Government and agreed to escort Dr. Dorr there for medicine, sending him into World in the Painting.
• Xu Huo’s group traveled toward Government City and was pulled into the Bauhinia Restaurant C-class Random Instance, where Players had to choose a dish for Today’s Best.
• After the restaurant closed, Xu Huo claimed Room 172 and tracked the Raincoat Cleaner and other hunters as they attacked Players in the shifting corridors.
• Xu Huo helped Maris and the others investigate the restaurant’s voting rules, while Zhou Donghe revealed that guests who ordered meat during the day could return to vote at night.
• Xu Huo urged the group to try and discuss several dishes rather than coordinate around a single choice, and the Players noticed the restaurant had gained many more customers.

Xu Huo survived the Bauhinia Restaurant Dungeon, then followed the trail of a Gentleman Player and the city’s killings to a pharmaceutical factory. He killed the Gentleman Player and turned toward the Laboratory beneath the factory to rescue the children.

• Xu Huo and his group survived the restaurant’s nightly hunts, organized the diners to vote for a coordinated dish, and cleared the instance with Li Kun retaining the purifier’s core component.
• Xu Huo and Li Kun fought off robot attacks and entered the burning city, where a mysterious man’s sonic assault killed the infant Xu Huo had rescued.
• Xu Huo confronted the Gentleman Player over the restaurant and the fireworks killings, then pursued him as the city’s factory crisis escalated.
• The Gentleman Player attacked Xu Huo near the factory, and Xu Huo opened the Seventeenth Hospital instance, drawing the Gentleman Player and District Government fighters inside.
• Xu Huo and Moth Art trapped the Gentleman Player in a sealed pyramid, where an A-class pathogen overcame him despite his Antidotes.
• The dying Gentleman Player gave Xu Huo an S-level Jammer and speculated that the restaurant owner might be from the Platinum Eye before Xu Huo killed him.
• Xu Huo asked Moth Art to locate the Laboratory beneath the pharmaceutical Factory, rescue the children, and turn the mechanical people against the Government Players and clones.