Chapter Summaries

Xu Huo forced the bearded man to accept cooperation, then proposed a risky plan to meet the dungeon’s clearance conditions by reducing the group and emptying the Small Compartment. The group prepared to face the Dungeon Boss that night, while Xu Huo insisted they could not simply wait to be rescued.

• Xu Huo used the Mirror World to control the bearded man briefly, and the bearded man agreed to cooperate rather than continue fighting.
• Xu Huo put the group in his container item to test whether reducing the survivors to three would clear the dungeon, but no clearance notice appeared.
• Xu Huo proposed leaving ten people outside the Small Compartment after eight o’clock while the rest entered the container item, and reducing the number of people further if the dungeon remained uncleared.
• Xu Huo said they would break the rules and use Space Portals to distract the Dungeon Boss, while taking turns drawing its attention and reducing the group.
• The bearded man objected that the Bailin Association could be wiped out, but Xu Huo warned that the disappearing Space Portals could leave them trapped and declared he had no intention of dying there.

Xu Huo organized the players into groups and prepared them to test whether surviving the Dungeon Boss’s attacks would clear the instance. As they rested in the central courtyard, he learned that the bearded Bailin Association player’s evolved Ability concealed him with an energy barrier.

• Xu Huo demanded that the players cooperate, assigned them to groups, and required those entering container artifacts to contribute life-saving artifacts.
• The bearded man agreed that the Bailin Association would cooperate, while Cong Lei, Xiong Xiaoxin’s group, and Wang Xin’s group supplied artifacts.
• Xu Huo ordered the groups to stay out of the Small Compartment during the first half of the night and to choose Space Portals before splitting up.
• The players dispersed to rest in the central courtyard, anxious about facing the Dungeon Boss before eight o’clock.
• The bearded man told Xu Huo that he was a White Player whose evolved spy Ability concealed him inside an energy barrier, improving on his former invisibility cloak.

Xu Huo and the other Players waited for the Dungeon Boss, which appeared only after hours and began hunting anyone who moved. After the surviving Players retreated to the Small Compartments, Xu Huo ordered the remaining Bailin Association members into his container item, leaving them to choose whether to obey.

• Xu Huo and the bearded man opened Space Portals to check other spaces, where Xiong Xiaoxin confirmed that no group had encountered the Dungeon Boss.
• Xu Huo and the others waited in silence until footsteps and dust appeared in his space shortly before eleven.
• The Dungeon Boss approached Xu Huo and the bearded man, but it chased the bearded man after he broke stillness and killed him despite his life-saving items.
• The bearded man released a Bailin Association member, and the opened Small Compartment doors prompted Players to scatter and hide as the Dungeon Boss killed several more.
• After midnight, Xu Huo came out of a Small Compartment and ordered the remaining Bailin Association members into his container item, threatening to kill anyone who refused.

Xu Huo contained the remaining Bailin Association members and prepared to test his method for clearing the Dungeon again. When two new players entered the research facility, Xiong Xiaoxin’s group captured them, and Xu Huo ordered everyone to search the other spaces together.

• Xu Huo trapped and stored the remaining Bailin Association members, Shen Ling'er, and the purple-haired man in container items.
• Xu Huo told Xiong Xiaoxin and the bearded man that everyone else would be put in his container item the next day, then explained that the Dungeon Boss had attacked only after the bearded man escaped and released his companions.
• Xiong Xiaoxin agreed to keep her group contained if needed, and Xu Huo took the last Bailin Association member’s life-saving items before locking him away.
• Two players from another Sub-district entered the research facility, and Xiong Xiaoxin’s companions restrained them with a spider Lock and put them in a container item.
• Xu Huo told the group to search the other spaces together while the Space Portals were still open.

Xu Huo, Xiong Xiaoxin, and the bearded man stayed outside the Small Compartments to test whether they could stop the dungeon’s rules from operating. They survived the Dungeon Boss’s appearances, cleared the dungeon, and emerged to meet the waiting Players.

• Xiong Xiaoxin explained that they had found a way to clear the dungeon by reducing the number of Players, and Xu Huo refused a newcomer’s offer to help in exchange for keeping two life-saving items.
• Xu Huo chose Xiong Xiaoxin and the bearded man to stay outside the Small Compartments with him when the dungeon began.
• The Dungeon Boss confronted Xu Huo, Xiong Xiaoxin, and the bearded man but moved on without killing them, suggesting the dungeon had stopped operating.
• At three in the morning, the Dungeon Boss rushed at Xu Huo, who held his position until it vanished.
• Xu Huo, Xiong Xiaoxin, and the bearded man received the dungeon-clearance notice, then Xu Huo released the captured Players and returned their items.
• Cong Lei welcomed Xu Huo outside the research institute and offered to treat him.

After clearing the A-class "Small Compartment" dungeon with an SS rating, Xu Huo inspected his rewards and tested the Lucky Dice. The dice appeared to bring small luck when used on himself and great misfortune to a suspicious Player outside his hotel room.

• Xu Huo left the institute, checked into Yongxing Hotel, and reviewed his dungeon rewards, including the hidden item Evil One's Gaze and the extra game item Black Piece.
• Xu Huo examined his new items and instruments, and his upgraded Ability, Storyteller, which could compel people within range to listen to his story.
• Xu Huo tested Lucky Dice and rolled Average, then Small Luck; the hotel subsequently offered him a complimentary premium fruit platter.
• Xu Huo noticed an unfamiliar Player outside his door and rolled the dice for that person, first getting Average and then Great Misfortune.
• The suspicious Player left and returned disguised as hotel staff, carrying a fruit platter.

Xu Huo used his new items and the Lucky Dice to capture a Bailin Association player who had tried to poison him with tampered fruit. He learned the Bailin Association had sent thirteen people after him and threatened to visit them if they continued, then used Home Field Advantage Perspective to begin recording his reflections on the recent instance.

• Xu Huo tested the Lucky Dice and determined it gave clearer predictions about nearby events, then used Dream Come True and Black Room on a disguised intruder.
• Xu Huo used Dreamy Dentures to make the intruder return and answer, learning that Bailin had sent him, before trapping him in Mirror Space.
• Xu Huo questioned the player about the Bailin Association and the Holy Sword Society, and the hotel manager apologized and replaced the tampered fruit.
• Xu Huo told the captive he would kill one of their people and visit the Bailin Association if it continued pursuing him, then rolled Great Luck and put the player into his inventory.
• Xu Huo finished his meal, entered the item room, and activated Home Field Advantage Perspective to write about his decision to enter the A-class instance and kill the old man who had tried to manipulate him.

Xu Huo reviewed his notes, weighed the risks surrounding Dr. Zhang and the Lucky Dice, and caught up on his messages. Bookworm sent him outdated leads to Perfect Potions, and Xu Huo discovered that the S-version potion ranked as high as P10S.

• Xu Huo decided not to use the Perfect Potion Dr. Zhang had sent and suspected the person who had briefly approached him after the instance might be connected to the Ghastly Sound Knights.
• Xu Huo considered whether the Lucky Dice predicted the future or used Curved Time to reveal events after rewinding them.
• Xu Huo checked his messages and learned that Bai Kou had prepared a Transport Ship and space-channel device, while Unpolished Jade had arranged some of the large equipment.
• Bookworm offered Xu Huo a Ticket to search for Stellar Pharmaceutical's secret Laboratory or an alternative lead at a high-difficulty A-class instance, but Xu Huo declined the Ticket.
• Xu Huo asked Bookworm for leads on the Perfect Potion, received a file of possible locations, and saw that the S-version potion ranked as high as P10S.

Xu Huo learned that Dr. Zhang was a highly wanted mental Super Evolver and agreed to investigate a Game Government technician at the Holy Sword Society’s upcoming gathering in exchange for more information. While looking into the Society in District 033, he saw a notice announcing Nain’s execution and discovered from Bai Kou that Nain was He Pu’s nephew.

• Xu Huo asked Bookworm about Dr. Zhang, and Bookworm identified him as an S-class Wanted Criminal and the game’s strongest known mental Super Evolver.
• Bookworm asked Xu Huo to expose a Game Government technician attending the Holy Sword Society’s gathering in A49-033, and Xu Huo agreed to the deal.
• Suspecting Bookworm knew more about his movements than he should, Xu Huo decided to remain in District 033 and investigate the Holy Sword Society.
• Xu Huo searched local information channels and learned that the Society operated from a weapons industrial park and maintained an office in the capital.
• A public notice announced that Nain would be executed, and Xu Huo noticed his resemblance to He Pu.
• Bai Kou told Xu Huo that Nain was He Pu’s nephew and that the Fanxiao family were notorious killers.

Xu Huo watched Nain’s public execution and read updates about the Fanxiao family and the Holy Sword Society on the Jixin Terminal. He then went to a nearby Tea Hall to look for A-class instruments or props that could speed things up.

• Xu Huo entered the execution chamber through the Jixin Terminal and watched Nain threaten the people watching before the execution began.
• The executioners injected Nain repeatedly, torturing him while keeping him alive, as some viewers left and emotional-monitoring alerts sounded across the city.
• People discussing the Holy Sword Society outside its office debated whether it punished its own members as strictly as it punished others in District 033.
• Xu Huo read a public bounty listing Fanxiao family members, including infants, then contacted two dealers about A-class instruments or props that could speed things up.

Xu Huo attended an auction and bought the special item "Authority" for 250 million White Cash. After a buyer of "Unhearable Melody" died violently, the exchange was sealed, and Xu Huo returned to Yongxing Hotel, where Players from the Bailin Association confronted him again.

• Xu Huo bid on two auction items but gave up when other bidders outbid him.
• The auctioneer demonstrated that "Authority" could fulfill spoken commands for three minutes by manipulating space and gravity, and Xu Huo won it for 250 million White Cash.
• Xu Huo examined the white seal, whose carved flower bore the inscription "Summer Solstice," then prepared to leave without bidding on the Fox.
• The researcher who bought "Unhearable Melody" died violently, and enforcement sealed the exchange as Xu Huo hurried back to Yongxing Hotel.
• Players from the Bailin Association appeared at the hotel again, having seemingly made their decision overnight.

Xu Huo attacked the Bailin Association headquarters after its members ambushed him, fighting through their Players and killing many of them. He left the association’s remaining leaders facing him after asking why they expected to attack him without risking retaliation.

• Xu Huo escaped the Bailin Association’s ambush and told its members he would visit its president, then used Mirror Space to reach their headquarters.
• Xu Huo collapsed the headquarters’ villa district by removing its metal foundations and used the Authority seal to force the association’s Players down.
• Xu Huo fought the association’s vice presidents and other Players, using his Artifacts, devices, and abilities to kill and injure many of them while sustaining only minor wounds.
• Xu Huo escaped a spreading Rainbow Light attack, froze its controller with String of Destiny, and killed him with a Spatial Cutline.
• A young Player demanded to know why Xu Huo had killed so many association members, and Xu Huo asked whether they had expected to attack him without being killed in return.

Xu Huo faced the District Government enforcement team and the Holy Sword Society after the Bailin Association fight, while investigators suspected him of killing a researcher at the Exchange. When the authorities and Bailin Association refused to back down, Xu Huo drew them into his Spiritual World and began stripping away their equipment.

• The enforcement team questioned Xu Huo about the dead researcher and suspected him of belonging to the Fanxiao family, but Xu Huo challenged them to produce evidence.
• Xu Huo warned the enforcement team to leave and offered the Bailin Association members a chance to withdraw, but the team stayed and the association sent A-class players to assist them.
• Xu Huo spread his mental energy across the area, summoned Little Dog Bell, and used Sky Light Domain to cover half the capital, including the villa district.
• Xu Huo opened Mirror Space, killing several players, then used his Book Tower and additional ring-shaped towers to trap everyone in his Spiritual World.
• Xu Huo's eyes watched the trapped players as their artifacts and devices vanished, leaving many of them unsure whether they could trust their senses.

Xu Huo overwhelmed the Holy Sword Society, Bailin Association, and enforcement team in the Book Tower district, then held off the reinforcements with his spatial abilities. The newcomers discovered he was a B-class player and hesitated to kill him, until Young Master Shui arrived and condemned the District Government’s rash arrest.

• Xu Huo killed the Holy Sword Society and Bailin Association players he could reach, while leaving injured enforcement team members a chance to survive.
• Xu Huo surrounded the Villa district with Spatial Bands and Space Ray blades, killing several Holy Sword Society players who failed to escape.
• Holy Sword Society reinforcements used interference devices and spatial attacks against Xu Huo, but The Never-Dying Passerby protected him from a surprise strike.
• A player shattered Xu Huo’s concealment item, revealing that he was B-class and prompting the Holy Sword Society and District Government to hesitate over killing him.
• Young Master Shui arrived with a group, asked about the cost of rebuilding, and criticized the District Government for arresting someone before investigating the case.

Xu Huo avoided arrest after Shi Sanjiu’s arrival revealed his ties to the Shui family, and Young Master Shui protected him from the Holy Sword Society’s accusations. Xu Huo suspected Jin Feixue had engineered the murder to frame him and learned Jin might possess an instrument capable of countering his Temporal Evolution.

• Young Master Shui promised to investigate the Exchange murder and compensate Xu Huo if he was cleared, while warning the accusers to produce evidence.
• Xu Huo used a jade badge to summon Shi Sanjiu, who vouched for him as a trusted friend; Young Master Shui apologized and ordered the law enforcement team to resolve the case within three days.
• Young Master Shui brought Xu Huo and Shi Sanjiu to a Shui family estate, where Xu Huo explained that someone had likely used the Holy Sword Society to frame him.
• Young Master Shui promised Xu Huo protection and left to speak with the Holy Sword Society, while the Bailin Association’s remaining vice-chairmen worried about the fallout.
• Xu Huo told Shi Sanjiu that Jin Feixue was probably behind the plot, and Shi Sanjiu warned that Jin might obtain a Super Dimensional Instrument designed to counter Xu Huo’s Temporal Evolution.

Xu Huo learned more about the Ghastly Sound Knights, the Holy Sword Society, and the forces that governed the game while discussing a possible loan of time-related props with Shi Sanjiu. Suspecting Jin Feixue was preparing a larger attack, Xu Huo planned to protect his contacts and move his oversized instruments through Bai Kou and Nie Xuan.

• Shi Sanjiu warned Xu Huo that Jin Feixue was linked to powerful forces, used the Holy Sword Society against him, and might be connected to human trafficking; Xu Huo confirmed that he had killed Dou Shengnan.
• Shi Sanjiu offered to ask his brother for a time-related prop and explained that the Shui family was doing business with the Shi family because the Holy Sword Society had alienated other forces in District 033.
• Shi Sanjiu told Xu Huo that the Game Government restricted sub-district wars and shared what he had heard about the Ticketless Sub-district and the Field family.
• Xu Huo suspected Jin Feixue was planning something big and considered the risks to Bai Kou, He Pu, and the Fanxiao family.
• Xu Huo decided to ask Mr. Huahan to watch Rose Castle, move Dr. Deng and Meng Cun elsewhere, and entrust Bai Kou and Nie Xuan with transporting the oversized instruments.

Xu Huo arranged priority shipping for borrowed simulation equipment to help District 014 prepare for the coming fusion, while coordinating defenses with Nie Xuan and District 011. Jin Feixue exposed Xu Huo’s identity through a public bounty, escalating the threat to him and those connected to him.

• Xu Huo asked Bai Kou to arrange priority transport of the instruments through the Platinum Eye, and offered to lend her the Origin Stone again.
• Xu Huo told Nie Xuan to secure the equipment quickly, prepare traps near likely Dungeon sites, and leave the Safe Zone operating normally.
• Xu Huo warned Nie Xuan that Jin Feixue might target him and his family, then asked Huahan Werner to stop Jin Feixue if he came to District 011.
• A public bounty appeared on Dimension Below with footage linking Xu Huo to Dou Shengnan’s death and Madam Butterfly in District 011.
• The bounty was updated with Xu Huo’s real face and increased from three hundred million White Cash to one billion.

The Ghastly Sound Knights’ bounty led to Xu Huo’s identity and abilities being exposed, while Shi Sanjiu and Unpolished Jade spread rumors that overwhelmed the investigation until the bounty vanished. The chapter ended as an unknown intruder entered a Kenfina family banquet and froze everyone except Oli Kenfina.

• The Special Defense Department and Shi Sanjiu tried to obscure the bounty’s targets and mislead investigators, but Xu Huo told Nie Xuan to prepare for the Ghastly Sound Knights’ arrival.
• People from District 011 revealed Xu Huo’s identity, history, and suspected Super Evolutions as others circulated claims about the bounty’s targets.
• Shi Sanjiu and Unpolished Jade spread more rumors, turning the bounty into a subject of ridicule until it disappeared.
• At a Kenfina family banquet, a gentle breeze and approaching footsteps froze the gathered family members one by one, leaving Oli Kenfina able to move.

Huahan Werner forced Oli Kenfina to keep the Kenfina family away from Jin Feixue and the E27 wormhole point, while Oli ordered his family to abandon Jin and investigate Huahan’s chosen successor. Meanwhile, the bounty on Dimension Below turned the Ghastly Sound Knights into targets for their many enemies, surprising Xu Huo as Shi Sanjiu watched the growing commotion.

• Huahan Werner confronted Oli Kenfina and threatened to kill his descendants unless the Kenfina family stayed away from the E27 wormhole point and Jin Feixue.
• Oli Kenfina agreed to abandon Jin Feixue, rejected retaliation against District 011, and ordered his family to investigate Huahan’s chosen young man.
• Discussion of the bounty on Dimension Below shifted to whether Dou Shengnan was dead and whether the Ghastly Sound Knights had really issued it.
• The Ghastly Sound Knights’ members were exposed online, and their enemies began provoking them after Jin Feixue’s identity was revealed.
• Xu Huo was surprised by the number of people targeting the Ghastly Sound Knights, while Shi Sanjiu monitored the discussion on Dimension Below.

Xu Huo challenged Old Qi’s arguments for the Holy Sword Society while the vice president tried to recruit him. Xu Huo refused to join and asked how the society would treat him now that their interests might put them on opposing sides.

• Shi Sanjiu told Xu Huo that the Ghastly Sound Knights would be occupied with trouble and unable to watch him for a while.
• Old Qi invited Xu Huo for a walk and explained that the Holy Sword Society sought to create peaceful places, even if that meant overlooking some conflicts and accepting Cannibal Players.
• Xu Huo questioned whether the Holy Sword Society’s methods and goals truly served the people it claimed to protect.
• Old Qi argued that opposing sides depended on each other and urged Xu Huo to help improve the game world.
• Xu Huo said he had no interest in the Holy Sword Society’s ambitions and asked how it planned to deal with him after failing to persuade him.