Vol. 5The Deep Blue and Seaweed

Xu Huo survived the Deep Blue Laboratory Dungeon, escaped with the S-Series Syringe, and returned to District 011. After exposing the Noble Club’s crimes, he boarded a seaweed-trapped ship and left his fight with Jiang Feng unresolved.

  • Xu Huo killed Brother Tu and the Wooden Sword Player in Madam Butterfly’s Spiritual World, then traveled with Chu Yuan to the Deep Blue Laboratory Dungeon.
  • Xu Huo and the other Players discovered corpses beneath Mutated Plants and found that an invisible force kept them trapped on the island.
  • Xu Huo trapped the Ghost Shadow and learned that Dr. Deng was searching for the S-version Evolution Potion on behalf of the Bo Lun family.
  • Dr. Deng asked Xu Huo to help him leave the Sair Coast, and Xu Huo agreed to consider it if he proved his worth.
  • Xu Huo escaped the flooded Laboratory with the S-Series Syringe and survived a deadly train journey with Dr. Deng before reaching District 011.
  • Xu Huo prepared for Duke Tar’s Noble Club gathering, arranged for Madam Butterfly to accompany him, and bought several new items.
  • Xu Huo and Bai Kou exposed the Noble Club’s killings, freed its captives, and set the building ablaze.
  • Xu Huo fought Jiang Feng aboard the seaweed-trapped ship and pulled him through a window into the seaweed.
Chapters 401–500 Read from Ch. 401

Arc 17The Deep Blue Laboratory

Xu Huo navigated a crackdown in District 011, battled Madam Butterfly in her Spiritual World, and then traveled to the Sair Coast bound to Chu Yuan. They entered the Deep Blue Laboratory Dungeon, where the players began a deadly ghost game and discovered they could not leave the island.

  • Xu Huo and Wan Tingfang clashed with Blan over equipment at the Enforcement Department, but Ran Ying intervened and sent them back to the base.
  • Xu Huo disguised himself as a clown to sell toys and encourage Lower City children to attend school, then learned Madam Butterfly had killed Fake He Pu.
  • Xu Huo lured Brother Tu and the Wooden Sword Player into Madam Butterfly’s Spiritual World and killed them, while she escaped through a zipper.
  • Xu Huo and Madam Butterfly watched a shipment ambush at sea, where Ran Ying exposed herself and fought the Players before City Hall’s crackdown left the Lower City deserted.
  • Madam Butterfly gave Xu Huo a Star Binding Ball before he departed, and he became bound to Chu Yuan by an item on the train to the Sair Coast.
  • Xu Huo and Chu Yuan prepared for the Deep Blue Laboratory trip, then joined Miao Yu and other Players on the island as the Dungeon began.
  • The Players drew lots for the Human Catches Ghost Game, found He Chunsheng dead, and discovered that two ghosts remained.
  • Xu Huo and the Players explored the Laboratory’s lower levels, found corpses beneath white Mutated Plants, and learned an invisible force prevented them from leaving.
Chapters 401–42525 summaries Read

Arc 18The Deep Blue Laboratory

Xu Huo and the Players fought the Kong siblings and uncovered the Bo Lun family’s search for an Evolution Potion while the Ghost Shadow haunted the Laboratory. Xu Huo trapped the Ghost Shadow, but the Potion remained missing and Dr. Deng asked Xu Huo to help him leave the Sair Coast.

  • The Players failed to identify the Ghost Shadow’s host, explored the lower Laboratory, and clashed with Dr. Deng’s armed group and the Kong siblings.
  • Xu Huo and Chu Yuan survived attacks from the Kong siblings’ players, and Xu Huo killed Mao Wei after Mao revealed himself as a ghost.
  • Xu Huo’s group joined forces with Wan Yunrong and Ge Pan, then exposed Ge Pan as an infiltrator working for the Kong siblings and killed him.
  • The Kong siblings hunted the Players as the Ghost Shadow killed Zhu Ruomin, and Xu Huo’s group fought back while trying to reach Dr. Deng and the Potion.
  • Xu Huo captured Kong Cheng in a coffin and seized Dr. Deng, who admitted he was searching for the S-version Evolution Potion on behalf of the Bo Lun family.
  • Qiu Xiangdong and Wu Xiaonan returned, and Xu Huo’s group searched the corpse pile for Androids that might contain the Potion but found none.
  • Xu Huo deduced that the Ghost Shadow had targeted Zhu Ruomin, provoked it in a sealed room, and trapped it with adhesive and Kite String.
  • Xu Huo found that the expansion passages were sealed, then heard Dr. Deng’s request for help leaving the Sair Coast and said he would consider it if Dr. Deng proved his worth.
Chapters 426–45025 summaries Read

Arc 19The Deep Blue Laboratory

Xu Huo escaped the Deep Blue Laboratory with the S-Series Syringe and uncovered betrayals among the surviving Players. After surviving a deadly train journey with Dr. Deng, he reached District 011 and prepared for a Noble Club gathering while outfitting himself with new items.

  • Xu Huo escaped the flooded Laboratory, earned an A-Level Dungeon clear, and rejoined Gan Qing, Chu Yuan, Dr. Deng, and Miao Yu.
  • Xu Huo trapped Tong Jian and accused Miao Yu of helping him silence Dr. Deng, then traded her a P0 evolution agent for Professor Wu's records and escaped as Kite String killed Tong Jian.
  • Xu Huo and Dr. Deng boarded a train filled with Cannibal Players, and Xu Huo secured passage to the First-Class Carriage.
  • A black bug triggered hallucinations aboard the train, and Xu Huo used a foul-smelling item and a Lighting Lamp to counter them before injecting the P1S Evolution Potion.
  • Lawrence Li and the coffin guards joined the train, which came under attack by hordes of Aliens and Blood Aberrations as the passengers fought to survive.
  • Lawrence Li killed Director Yuan's group with crystalline shards, while Xu Huo fought the Aliens and Blood Aberrations and the train's couriers lost most of their party.
  • Xu Huo and Dr. Deng reached District 011, where Xu Huo found Rose Castle in disrepair and received Duke Tar's invitation to a Noble Club gathering.
  • Xu Huo arranged for Madam Butterfly to accompany him to the gathering, reported to Shi Youzhi, and bought Emergency Shelter No. 101, Harm Not Self, a Water Knife Gun, and Diamond Gloves.
Chapters 451–47525 summaries Read

Arc 20The Seaweed Ship

Xu Huo exposed the Club’s brutality, then boarded a ship where Nobles and Players slaughtered one another as seaweed trapped the passengers. He fought his way toward the Black Bracelet Player Jiang Feng and left their battle suspended with Jiang Feng pulled into the seaweed outside.

  • Xu Huo and Bai Kou exposed the Club’s killings, freed its captives, and set the building ablaze, sparking a public Mechanical Parade against the Club and Rongxin Group.
  • Xu Huo learned that Bai Kou was connected to the Platinum Eye and prepared to face the Ghastly Sound Knights before boarding a ship as Ran Ying’s companion.
  • Xu Huo investigated the ship’s strange seaweed patterns and found Palada and other Nobles beside a murdered woman, then killed them as violence spread through the ship.
  • Xu Huo fought through the ship’s slaughter and encountered Serin, who helped him face a dangerous girl able to control seaweed with her voice.
  • Xu Huo used his Anthropomorphic Doll to draw off the Black Bracelet Player and discovered that the ship’s damage could reverse itself.
  • Xu Huo trapped Jiang Feng near Emergency Shelter No. 101 and attacked him with darts, an Energy Gun, and his abilities, while Jiang Feng fought back with his Slaughter Barrier and other items.
  • Xu Huo altered the ship’s shifting rooms and stairs to separate Jiang Feng from his pursuers, then battled him as seaweed overtook the ship.
  • Xu Huo blocked Jiang Feng’s attacks with the Door of Severed Relations and Weakening Rubber, stopped his Black Leather Glove with Mobile Metal, and pulled him through a window into the seaweed.
Chapters 476–50025 summaries Read
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