Recaps

Xu Huo cleared the Reflection World, then used a mental Dungeon to test District 014’s leaders while the players endured the Seventeenth Hospital’s shifting horrors. After helping District 014 establish contact with the Game Government, he left for Capital City, where Bai Kou and Madam Bai raised the dangers facing her and the Platinum Eye.

• Xu Huo rescued Wang Xiaohui and reunited her with Wei Mang, then cleared the Reflection World instance and returned to his family.
• When warships ignored his warning and attacked District 014, Xu Huo cut them apart and ordered Zong Lanzhi and Xiao Yue’s core members into a mental Dungeon.
• Zong Lanzhi and Xiao Yue’s groups entered the Seventeenth Hospital, where shifting spaces, missing players, hallucinations, and disturbing assessments trapped and weakened them.
• Xu Huo used the Dungeon and his mental abilities to test the players, while Zong Lanzhi struggled with his memories of his father and questioned Xu Huo’s motives.
• The painted woman helped rescue players trapped in the morgue and cells, and Zong Lanzhi and Xiao Yue escaped the Dungeon as District 014 established contact with the Game Government.
• Xu Huo left District 014 for Capital City and congratulated Bai Kou, who warned him that the warships may have come from an A-class wormhole point and advised him to make allies.
• Madam Bai asked Xu Huo to fight for Bai Kou and the Platinum Eye, but he refused to promise help and then visited Old Mrs. Lu and gave gifts to Xiao Yuan and Tan Qi.

Xu Huo entered District 025’s Challenge Island to clear his wanted status and survive its score-based zones. After gathering allies and fighting his way into Little Bear City, he left the group recovering from deadly challenge matches and unsure what awaited in the Wasteland Zone.

• Xu Huo entered District 025 under a false identity, became a Wanted Criminal, and signed up for the Challenge Island project with Ice Shovel and Xiao Deng.
• Xu Huo survived the opening chaos in Fang Snake District, raised his score, and formed shifting alliances with players including Jin Jin Bu Dao, Lao Gao, and Ding Xiang.
• Xu Huo and his companions crossed into Bear Hug Zone, endured ambushes and deadly traps, and fought their way toward Little Bear City.
• Xu Huo reunited with Ding Xiang and gathered Old Duan, Zhang Mi, Marg, and later Yilan as they raised their scores and survived attacks near the city.
• Xu Huo’s group entered Little Bear City after each paid 100 points, then fought the challengers assigned to them.
• Xu Huo killed Gray and Tomorrow I Don't Eat Breakfast, while Ding Xiang defeated Marg and Zhang Mi died in a sealed challenge area.
• Xu Huo’s group bought potions, medical supplies, food, and water, then rested in Little Bear City as they questioned the rules and time limits of the challenges.

Xu Huo led his companions across the Wasteland Zone while surviving arena battles and deadly spatial phenomena. He uncovered Challenge Island’s connection to the Perfect Potion and retrieved Dr. Wu’s ore key, then reached the outskirts of a vast city with Ding Xiang and the white-haired man’s group.

• Xu Huo refused to join the white-haired man’s team, gathered companions, and led them into the Wasteland Zone, where they survived arena matches and were scattered by spatial walls.
• Xu Huo reunited with his companions, and together they crossed the wasteland, fought off armed attackers, and saw Rabbit Eye Star reveal its volcanoes and lava flows.
• Xu Huo used Curved Time to witness the island’s past, including the deaths of Players and an Enforcement Department team searching for the Perfect Potion.
• Xu Huo learned from Ding Xiang that she was an Inspection Department Player investigating Challenge Island, where officials suspected an ingredient for the Perfect Potion might be found.
• Xu Huo connected the island’s red light to the Origin Stone and found Dr. Wu’s mineral key hidden underground, concealing it from Ding Xiang.
• Xu Huo and Ding Xiang entered an arena match against Ice Shovel’s group, and Xu Huo won two rounds while Ice Shovel escaped.
• Xu Huo and Ding Xiang reunited with Old Duan and the white-haired man’s group, followed their map toward the district crossing, and reached the outskirts of a vast city.

Xu Huo uncovered Alton Company’s plan to study degenerate players, escaped Challenge Island, and helped expose the company’s abuses. After leaving District 025 amid public unrest, he traveled to Carmen Field’s hometown and studied the hero’s life and research notes.

• Xu Huo found a P8S Syringe and an Origin Stone beneath Challenge Island, then teamed up with Ding Xiang, Yilan, and Bai Po to investigate the island and its terminal.
• Xu Huo and Ding Xiang escaped Challenge Island and destroyed the underwater Super Dimensional Instrument, ending the blockade and the island’s observation.
• Xu Huo helped expose Alton Company’s experiments and the Inspection Department’s role, while Mrs. Qi took revenge on the men responsible for her son’s death and then killed herself.
• Xu Huo left District 025 and traveled to Carmen Field’s hometown, where he learned about the Field family and visited an exhibition of Carmen’s life.
• Xu Huo studied Carmen Field’s notes on time, space, and cognition, then toured the hero’s garden and theme park and heard how he earned the title Morning Star.