Chapter Summaries

Xu Huo and Xin Hui escaped Yuan Cun by falling into the fungus-covered underground beneath Clown City. Lang Lang joined them there as the collapse began spreading, and she explained the fungi’s role in the underground world.

• The Chief Political Officer ordered his Players to kill Lang Lang and Xin Hui, but Xu Huo intervened and cut through the airborne building’s floor.
• Xu Huo saved Lang Lang and Xin Hui during the fall, while 179 was killed by an unknown attack.
• Yuan Cun pursued Xu Huo, but the ground collapsed to reveal a vast underground area covered in A-class fungi.
• Xin Hui pushed Xu Huo into the fissure to escape Yuan Cun, who retreated after discovering the fungi could infect him.
• Xu Huo and Xin Hui clung to a ledge underground, and Lang Lang appeared in the passage and explained that different fungi balanced one another and could torment people without killing them quickly.

Xu Huo learned that Xin Lang and her allies had spent nearly twenty years preparing to unleash the fungal nest beneath Clown City, and he agreed to a temporary deal with her. As chaos spread across the city, Xin Lang demonstrated that she could cure fungal infections and offered this ability as the “good thing” she had promised.

• Xu Huo deduced that Xin Lang's political schemes had distracted the city while her real plan was to release the fungal nest, and Xin Hui explained how their families discovered the fungi spreading beneath Clown City.
• Xin Lang revealed that the fungi could coexist inside her body, and Xu Huo realized she might spread infection herself if the underground nest failed.
• Xin Lang asked Xu Huo to help damage Clown City's protective wall and offered him something valuable; he demanded proof before trusting her.
• Xu Huo left the underground nest with Xin Lang and Xin Hui in a rescue vehicle as citizens fled through the city and Xin Hui declared that Clown City's residents deserved to pay for the cleanup zone's suffering.
• Xin Lang transferred fine white threads from her blood into an infected young man, curing his fungal symptoms within minutes and showing Xu Huo what she had offered.

Xu Huo learned that Xin Lang could use a fungus in her body to neutralize infections and toxins, and she offered to help him in exchange for his assistance. They escaped the chaos in Clown City, leaving Xu Huo to consider the fungus as a powerful defense against contaminants.

• Xu Huo warned Xin Hui that the General Administration could stop her group's revenge, but Xin Lang showed that she could control the fungi within her body.
• Xin Lang asked Xu Huo to help destroy the metal beneath Clown City, and he agreed to consider her offer after she promised him something valuable.
• Xin Lang and the others escaped the underground in a rescue vehicle as residents fled Clown City.
• Xin Lang used fine white threads from her blood to cure the fungal infection of the young man driving the vehicle.
• Xin Lang explained that her fungus could neutralize fungal infections, other poisons, and A-grade and S-grade contaminants.

Xu Huo and Xin Lang faced soldiers sent to capture them beneath Clown City’s protective wall, but they split up as the army searched the underground nest. Xin Lang was captured and revealed that she had spread a fungal infection throughout the city before releasing more spores, leaving Clown City’s fate uncertain.

• Xu Huo said Clown City needed more Players to challenge its corrupt government, and Xin Lang agreed that their numbers would grow.
• When soldiers descended into the underground nest, Xin Lang drew them after her while Xu Huo escaped in the opposite direction.
• A Player captured Xin Lang, dragged her aboveground, and brought her before the Chief Political Officer, who showed her the bodies of Xin Hui, 179, and the others.
• Xin Lang revealed that she was infected with nearly a hundred kinds of fungi and had already scattered her blood throughout Clown City.
• After the Chief Political Officer shot her, black-green liquid from Xin Lang’s wound grew into fungus, and white spores poured from her body and spread toward the protective wall.

Xu Huo rescued Xin Lang and drove away from the collapsing protective wall, while she explained how the Nuwa Stone and King Fungus had sustained Clown City’s fungi. Xin Lang died after giving Xu Huo the Stone, and he cleared the Evil Contest with an S-rank Super rating.

• The Chief Political Officer ordered his team to seize Xin Lang, but a sandstorm made her disappear and a narrow gap appeared in the protective wall.
• The protective wall collapsed, burying much of the army and shaking Sunrise Clown City awake.
• Xu Huo drove Xin Lang away and told her about the extra task, while she urged him to kill her and spread her body throughout the city.
• Xin Lang revealed that King Fungus had transferred to Xu Huo and gave him the Nuwa Stone, explaining how it had enabled King Fungus to grow and the fungi to evolve.
• Xin Lang said the Stone and King Fungus might have suppressed the emergence of Players in Clown City, then died as her body melted away.
• Xu Huo received an S-rank Super rating for clearing the Evil Contest and rewards for completing three Dungeon tasks and one extra task.

After completing the Dungeon, Xu Huo reviewed his updated panel and tested his new ability, Completed Script. The script revealed clues about his recent escape and someone watching him from a clock tower, leaving him to wonder how the watcher had evaded his ability.

• Xu Huo opened his Personal Panel and examined his new defensive and extended abilities, along with his rewards.
• Xu Huo used Completed Script on a blank sheet and read details about his escape with Xin Lang that he had not known.
• Xu Huo inferred that Completed Script recorded events connected to his experiences, including unnoticed events, but did not explain their hidden effects.
• The script revealed that someone had watched Xu Huo from the clock tower while he used his ability.
• Xu Huo looked toward the clock tower and wondered whether the watcher had avoided Good Friends Score with an ability or a special item.

Xu Huo escaped Yuan Cun’s pursuit through the underground nest, then used an item to teleport back to the clock tower. The mysterious man inside killed Yuan Cun and several Players, leaving Xu Huo fleeing the tower as well.

• Xu Huo released fungi into the city, gathered specimens and an encyclopedia, then fled underground as Yuan Cun and other Players pursued him.
• Xu Huo found the Awakening Doll and Little Pink Hat beyond the collapsed protective wall, then used Five or Five Open Air Window to teleport away.
• The window deposited Xu Huo back at the clock tower, where he encountered the bearded man folding paper birds and tried to leave quietly.
• Yuan Cun’s group blasted the clock face, but the tower remained unharmed and black shapes shot out, killing four Players and driving the survivors to flee.
• Yuan Cun entered the clock tower, and Xu Huo ran from the front door when something crashed down; he saw Yuan Cun dead in the street.

Xu Huo escaped Clown City as a fight between High-level Players threatened to flood it, then investigated the King Fungus in the underground nest and discovered it could neutralize toxins. He rescued Zhuo Wangsun and went to retrieve Siming and the female Player.

• Several High-level Players attacked the clock tower, and their battle created a growing water bubble that sent Clown City into chaos.
• Xu Huo used the Life Core to dissolve underground fortifications and crossed the damaged defensive wall and Cleansing Zone.
• Xu Huo found the King Fungus in the nest and confirmed that its hyphae could digest poisonous fungus without leaving toxins behind.
• Xu Huo collected hyphae and fungus samples, then found Zhuo Wangsun infected with fungus and led him out of the nest.
• Xu Huo took Zhuo Wangsun to retrieve Siming and the female Player, who remained trapped in the nest.

Xu Huo returned to Clown City with Zhuo Wangsun and two infected Players as a battle between High-level Players destroyed Sunrise Clown City. He rescued the underground survivors and reunited them with the soldiers, while Master Tu and his companions faced the consequences of concealing the truth.

• Xu Huo told Zhuo Wangsun and the other Players that a High-level Player had ended the Dungeon early, then traded them Antidotes for money and items in exchange for their help bringing two children into Clown City.
• Xu Huo and the others saw a water sphere collapse over Sunrise Clown City, then hurried toward Sunset Clown City as soldiers abandoned the quarantine-zone mission and searched for separated teammates.
• Xu Huo reunited with Master Tu, Sister Shan, and the surviving soldiers, while Master Tu and his companions fell silent when they saw him.
• Zhuo Wangsun collected Fish Ball and the snow-cone child as Xu Huo distributed water mixed with King Fungus threads to the infected white-haired people underground.
• The white-haired people recovered and were pulled up by Sister Shan and the others, then reunited with the soldiers; Xu Huo gave the two children Antidotes and sent them back to their parents.

Xu Huo reached Sunset Clown City as revolts and crackdowns shook both cities, while Paper Puppeteer killed the last opposing Player and vowed to target the Holy Sword Society. Sunset Clown City’s uprising had been brutally suppressed by the time Xu Huo entered, leaving him to face its aftermath.

• Xu Huo left Zhuo Wangsun and the others and hurried toward Sunset Clown City as evacuees fled Sunrise Clown City.
• Paper Puppeteer defeated the wounded Player who had attacked with a water sphere and declared he would visit the Holy Sword Society’s strongholds.
• Xu Huo crossed Sunset Clown City’s defensive wall after dismantling its metal structure.
• Xu Huo found that the city’s revolt had spread revelations about the reality show, but Players and soldiers had suppressed it by killing residents who had learned the truth.

Xu Huo destroyed Clown City's protective wall, exposing the buried fungal nest and the bodies of people who had left the city, then confronted and killed the Chief Political Officer. He left the government building as the city's fate began to shift, and turned to face a bearded man who appeared behind him.

• Xu Huo blasted the protective wall with Bai Kou's energy cannon, and underground water and fungal-thread bodies surged through the new fissures.
• The Chief Political Officer recognized Xin Lang among the bodies and ordered them destroyed, then spotted Xu Huo and tried to flee Clown City.
• Xu Huo pursued the Chief Political Officer through the government building, where the crowd's panic and destroyed helicopters blocked the official's escape.
• The Chief Political Officer tried to bargain with Xu Huo and sent nearby Players to attack, but Xu Huo used Truth Transcends All to reach him and snap his neck.
• Xu Huo used Forced Forgetfulness and left the building, placed a red rose on a drifting fungal-thread body, and turned to face a bearded man who had appeared behind him.

Xu Huo questioned the Paper Puppeteer about the Field Battle Angel and learned that its core could perceive fate and guide him toward its scattered pieces. The Paper Puppeteer gave Xu Huo a tracking-capable letter and offered help in E27, leaving Xu wary of the connection between his Angel’s Teeth and the Super Artifact.

• Xu Huo denied mourning the dead woman out of personal affection, and the Paper Puppeteer recognized the Life Core he had used.
• The Paper Puppeteer described the spreading fungi as a balance of death and opportunity, then revealed he had visited Building Block Fairy Tale Town and found Granny Bai alive.
• The Paper Puppeteer explained that the Field Battle Angel’s core could see through fate and gave Xu Huo a paper plane that the game identified as a B-class positioning letter that could also track him.
• Xu Huo learned that the Field Battle Angel had been scattered, that its pieces could be combined, and that the Paper Puppeteer believed fate had drawn him to Xu Huo.
• The Paper Puppeteer offered help in E27 if another player carrying a Field Battle Angel piece found Xu Huo, but warned him not to seek him out soon.

Xu Huo returned to District 014 and learned that the country was facing Player violence and spreading Alien Toxin. Team Leader Wu asked whether he had obtained an Antidote, as the available treatments could only delay the toxin’s effects.

• Xu Huo left Clown City and returned to Ting City, where he defeated two Players who had been tailing him.
• Xu Huo read messages and news about worsening unrest, border battles, terrorist attacks, and conflicts across District 014.
• Xu Huo learned that Hu Wenhu had contracted Alien Toxin and that Lichun had been tricked away by Yu Qingqing.
• Team Leader Wu called Xu Huo and explained that Players had spread upgraded Alien Toxin through reservoirs and that transformed Players were attacking at the border.
• Team Leader Wu asked Xu Huo whether he had brought back any Antidote from a Dungeon.

Xu Huo gave the Special Defense Department King Fungus mycelium that might counter Alien poison, then went to rest while officials and experts gathered to study it. The chapter ended with Team Leader Song challenging Team Leader Wu over keeping the potential antidote secret.

• Xu Huo contacted Team Leader Wu and offered the King Fungus sample, then told Liu Jia he could treat Alien poison if she found Professor Han.
• Xu Huo tested the mycelium and found that it survived in Nutrient Agent but died in ordinary soil, so he packed the remaining samples for collection.
• Jiang Qiao and Sima Xiao Er collected the samples, and Sima Xiao Er stayed behind to help Xu Huo while he rested.
• Jiang Qiao flew to Capital City and briefed experts on the King Fungus as Minister Fan, Team Leader Song, Team Leader Wu, Team Leader Chang, and Team Leader Lu arrived at the research base.
• Team Leader Song accused Team Leader Wu of keeping the possible antidote secret, while Jiang Qiao defended Wu for securing the samples.

The Special Defense Department confirmed that the fungus Xu Huo brought back could destroy Alien toxins, prompting debate over how to deal with powerful players. After waking in the third day, Xu Huo received a call from Dai Wenqian, whom he warned against provoking him again.

• Team Leader Wu and Team Leader Song clashed over recruitment and the losses Team Leader Song's intelligence had caused.
• Jiang Qiao told Minister Fan that Xu Huo had returned with a fungus that could break down A-grade contaminants and S-grade toxins.
• Researchers confirmed that the fungus killed Alien toxins, and Minister Fan ordered them to test Potions for ways to cultivate it.
• Team Leader Lu urged the Special Defense Department to win players over rather than try to control them.
• Xu Huo woke to find Sima Xiao Er waiting outside, then received a call from Dai Wenqian and threatened to deal with him if he kept provoking him.

Xu Huo rejected Dai Wenqian’s offer to work together and learned from Sima Xiao Er about strange newcomers using missing people’s identities to open expensive shops. He wondered whether the shops were connected to players and their ability to manipulate property and government records, but Sima Xiao Er asked if he planned to stir up trouble.

• Dai Wenqian asked Xu Huo to sell him spare items and proposed joining forces, but Xu Huo asked whether Dai had watched his family.
• Xu Huo contacted Team Leader Wu, who promised to have Team Leader Song rein in his people.
• Xu Huo questioned Sima Xiao Er about his training and explained that players could suspend their status after reaching D-class by working for a government.
• Sima Xiao Er told Xu Huo that strange magnetic fields had appeared in remote forests and that District 014 might eventually merge with the game.
• Sima Xiao Er described people using missing individuals’ identities to buy property and open expensive repair shops and toy stores that accepted White Cash.
• Xu Huo wondered whether the shop owners were players who could use government property records to influence their items, and Sima Xiao Er asked if he meant to stir up trouble.

Xu Huo and Sima Xiao Er traveled to meet the First Association, whose Players had been antagonizing the Special Defense Department. After Xu Huo took a sports car from Wang Meng, Bao Jiali confronted him at a service area, and Xu Huo called Tan Yang.

• Xu Huo explained how Artificers worked and discussed the Game Government's control of their craft with Sima Xiao Er as they drove toward the First Association.
• Wang Meng blocked their car and taunted Sima Xiao Er, but Xu Huo suddenly appeared in Wang Meng's car and made him hand it over.
• Sima Xiao Er said the First Association's Players had repeatedly harassed the Special Defense Department without consequences.
• Wang Meng returned with Bao Jiali while Xu Huo and Sima Xiao Er ate at a service area, and Bao Jiali used an Ability to freeze Sima Xiao Er in place.
• Bao Jiali identified himself and threatened Xu Huo, who called Tan Yang.

Xu Huo confronted First Association players Bao Jiali and Wang Meng over their abuse of a woman, then killed Bao Jiali and the players who attacked him. He let Wang Meng live and had him take the woman to a hospital in Yang City, where Xu Huo and Sima Xiao Er continued their journey.

• Xu Huo called First Association chairman Tan Yang and challenged him to control Bao Jiali and Wang Meng, while Huang Junjie persuaded Xu Huo to let the dispute end with an apology.
• Xu Huo spotted an injured woman chained in Bao Jiali's car as he and Sima Xiao Er prepared to leave the service area.
• Bao Jiali and the other players attacked Xu Huo, who killed them all except Wang Meng.
• Wang Meng revealed that Bao Jiali had tortured the woman after she rejected him, and promised to take her to the hospital and turn himself in.
• Xu Huo agreed to let Wang Meng drive ahead to Yang City, and Wang Meng took the woman to the hospital after receiving Xu Huo's approval.

Xu Huo took ore he had collected to Master Craftsman Handmade Shop, where the shopkeeper valued a piece from Clown City as Grade A and offered him items in exchange. The chapter ended with Xu Huo browsing the shop as the old man explained the kinds of items he could buy.

• Sima Xiao Er asked Xu Huo how other Sub-districts controlled lawless Players, and Xu Huo explained that governments used capable Players, advanced weapons, and Dungeons to restrict them.
• Xu Huo and Sima Xiao Er arrived at Master Craftsman Handmade Shop, where the shopkeeper examined Xu Huo's Justice Umbrella and said it worked fine.
• The shopkeeper told Xu Huo that he preferred to trade items for ore, and Xu Huo laid out ore he had gathered from Deep Blue Island and Clown City.
• The shopkeeper identified the Clown City Stone as Grade A ore and offered up to four hundred thousand White Cash worth of merchandise for it and the other ore.
• Xu Huo asked whether ore was used to make items, and the shopkeeper explained that his wares included offensive, defensive, storage, everyday-use, and entertainment items.

Xu Huo traded ore for a D-level item and considered the Game Government’s interest in resources before contacting Team Leader Wu about buying items. Meanwhile, the First Association debated Xu Huo’s threat as he stayed in Yang City.

• Xu Huo haggled with the Toy Store owner and traded his ore for the D-level item Same-Sex Repulsion.
• Xu Huo told Sima Xiao Er that the price was fair and kept his knowledge of the Nuwa Stone from the game platform.
• Xu Huo decided to ask the Special Defense Department about buying items, messaged Team Leader Wu, and checked into a hotel overlooking the Master Craftsman Handmade Shop.
• Huang Junjie called Xu Huo to apologize for the First Association’s actions, and Xu Huo dismissed the matter before hanging up.
• The newly appointed vice president questioned whether the First Association should tolerate Xu Huo, while Huang Junjie worried that Xu Huo had arrived in Yang City to carry out his threat.