Chapter Summaries

Mu Yan and Xu Huo heard District 001 news about a stolen experiment-data batch and discussed ways to strike at the Game Government Base and Stellar Group. Xu Huo challenged the group to name the city they planned to attack.

• Mu Yan said she had little attachment to District 001, while the others discussed Kailuoer Field's wives, a mermaid auction, and personnel changes at the Game Government Base.
• The glasses man said data from a Game Government Base and Stellar Group experiment had been stolen, and the group speculated that internal power struggles followed.
• Mu Yan said she wanted Stellar Group and the Game Government Base to go bankrupt, prompting the bearded man to propose a job against them after the Dungeon.
• The glasses man suggested poisoning District 001's water reservoirs, but Mu Yan objected that ordinary people would suffer first.
• Xu Huo explained that reservoir monitoring would limit the damage and suggested stealing an aircraft to drop poison or colored powder, then asked which city the group planned to attack.

Xu Huo and the other Players discussed possible card types and the dangers of causing trouble in District 001 before settling in for the night. After the glasses man treated a hallucination caused by poison, the group arranged a watch, and the bearded man’s head suddenly fell off.

• Xu Huo suggested scattering flower petals over Flower City as an intimidating attack, then said he had only been joking.
• Mu Yan warned that District 001’s surveillance and powerful Players made a raid extremely dangerous, and the others admitted they had been joking too.
• The Players discussed the number cards and reasoned that there might be at least six or seven types beyond the ones they knew.
• The glasses man saw a figure in the fog, tested positive for hallucinogens, and took Antidote with Mu Yan’s help.
• Xu Huo agreed to take the second half of the night watch, and the bearded man’s head suddenly fell off.

Xu Huo and the others discovered invisible, deadly lines around them after the lines killed two people. Mu Yan and the glasses man escaped beneath the lines, but when Xu Huo stood, the lines rose and converged on him.

• Xu Huo warned everyone not to move, but the big-bellied man stepped back and was sliced in half by an invisible line.
• Xu Huo spotted four lines enclosing the group in a 井 shape and used his mental power to reveal them to Mu Yan and the glasses man.
• The glasses man tested a line with an Artifact, which was cut in two, while Xu Huo admitted he did not know how to escape safely.
• Mu Yan sent a Paper Man through the gap beneath the lines, then crawled out herself, and the glasses man followed.
• When Xu Huo stood to leave, the four lines rose and drew together around him.

Xu Huo confronted the masked follower who had been testing him throughout the maze Dungeon and deduced that the follower was Xue Lang. Xue Lang revealed a connection to Dr. Zhang and threatened Xu Huo, leaving them poised for a fight.

• Xu Huo refused to flee after the beam attack, arguing that the hidden pursuer was too cautious to confront them openly.
• Xu Huo and Mu Yan moved to a new resting place, where the glasses man introduced himself as Xue Lang.
• After Mu Yan fell asleep, Xu Huo caught Xue Lang approaching the shelter and teleported in front of him despite Xue Lang’s attempts to extend the distance.
• Xu Huo accused Xue Lang of acting suspiciously and demanded that he remove his Mask.
• Xue Lang mocked Xu Huo for being unable to guess his identity, and Xu Huo linked him to Dr. Zhang.
• Xue Lang threatened to kill Xu Huo, who challenged him for repeatedly testing his abilities.

Xu Huo and Xue Lang fought inside the maze, trading attacks with powerful items and mental abilities. Their battle paused as they discussed their shared past with Dr. Zhang, then resumed when Xue Lang unleashed four rays across the Cube Space.

• Xue Lang attacked Xu Huo with nearly invisible Space Rays, while Xu Huo countered with items including Holder's Death, Cake Cutter, and Eye of the Deceased.
• Xue Lang trapped Xu Huo inside the Circle of Life and Death and attacked his eye, but Xu Huo revealed that he had escaped the circle.
• Xu Huo and Xue Lang traded attacks with their A-class items and abilities, with Xue Lang using a spinning top to disrupt Xu Huo's changing positions.
• Xue Huo and Xue Lang exchanged accusations about their shared history as students of Dr. Zhang, and Xue Lang said he had waited ten years to meet Xu Huo again.
• Xu Huo dismissed Xue Lang's fixation on him, and Xue Lang answered by sending four rays through the Cube Space, severing its Space Rays.

Xu Huo fought Xue Lang in the maze and discovered that Xue Lang’s rays could cut through Cube Space. After Xu Huo provoked Xue Lang by setting the maze ablaze and calling him Xiao Liang, Xue Lang collapsed the corridor around them and increased his rays to sixteen, leaving Xu Huo scrambling to defend himself.

• Xu Huo realized Xue Lang’s rays could slice through Cube Space, then dodged Xue Lang’s attacks while studying how he used his abilities.
• Xu Huo inferred that Xue Lang was stronger than an ordinary C-class player and questioned why he had come to District 001 to do Dr. Zhang’s business.
• Xu Huo set fires around the maze and threatened to use the Little Mushroom Cloud, then detonated it to damage the maze’s core plants and ignite them.
• Xu Huo called Xue Lang “Xiao Liang,” prompting Xue Lang to unleash eight rays that sliced the maze corridor and brought its walls crashing down around them.
• Xue Lang forced Xu Huo back into the collapsing passage and multiplied his rays to sixteen, while Xu Huo used Eternal Time, spatial barriers, and Space Artifacts to defend himself.

Xu Huo used the maze and his Spiritual World to evade Xue Lang, then summoned a shadow resembling his childhood self to distract and restrain him. Xue Lang destroyed the shadow repeatedly but could not get rid of it, and ended the chapter pinning its pieces to the ground while raging at Xu Huo.

• Xu Huo dodged Xue Lang’s rays through the maze and analyzed their limited effective range.
• Xue Lang combined his rays into a whip that cut through maze walls and collapsed Xu Huo’s Spiritual World.
• Xu Huo tested whether a mental Manifestation door could interfere with the rays, but Xue Lang closed in and attacked him through a Mental Portal.
• Xu Huo sent a short shadow through the portal, and it clung to Xue Lang while calling him “Xiao Liang.”
• Xue Lang used a spinning top to peel the shadow away, but it reformed and repeatedly reached for his rays until one vanished from his hand.
• Xue Lang attacked the shadow and pinned its scattered pieces to the ground, declaring that he should have killed it long ago.

After Xue Lang left, Xu Huo explored the Space Rays and made a breakthrough in his spatial Evolution. He learned to manipulate and break down certain objects from a distance, though his new ability still had limits.

• Xu Huo's shadow personality reached for Xue Lang, who teleported away, then received an urgent Communicator call and left through a portal.
• Xu Huo reopened his Spiritual World and realized he could sense the Space Rays that Xue Lang had used as blades.
• Xu Huo tested his control over the Space Rays, extending his spatial travel and tugging leaves from a distant tree branch.
• After repeated attempts, Xu Huo connected Space Rays to the lines inside a branch and shattered it into fragments.
• Xu Huo discovered he could manipulate and break down some objects from a distance, but could not affect precision-made or sufficiently durable materials.

After his second spatial Super Evolution, Xu Huo tested his improved Space Ray abilities and escaped the shifting maze before reuniting with Mu Yan. They traveled toward the endpoint, but while Xu Huo rested at dawn, a new passage opened beside Mu Yan.

• Xu Huo discovered that his Space Rays could control distant objects and destroy them, and that his range had expanded to around five hundred meters.
• The maze repaired its damaged walls and changed its layout, so Xu Huo crossed space to return to Mu Yan.
• Xu Huo told Mu Yan that Xue Lang had left, and they continued through the maze as other Players headed toward the scene of the fight.
• The passages shifted throughout the night, but Xu Huo led Mu Yan onward until the fog cleared at dawn.
• Xu Huo went into the shelter to sleep while Mu Yan kept watch, and several groups of Players passed without confronting her.
• After the latest group left, the maze wall opposite Mu Yan parted and formed a new passage.

The maze’s passages began changing violently, trapping Xu Huo, Mu Yan, and several other players as corrosive plants attacked. Xu Huo found White Jade Fruit growing in the maze and suspected its owner was protecting the vines to harvest and sell them.

• Mu Yan told a group of five players that the maze passages had changed, and they stopped to rest near the shelter.
• The maze sealed a passage and thrust out corrosive vines, forcing the players to flee toward the only open route.
• The walls slammed together, burying two players and badly injuring Xiao Qing, whom Xu Huo identified as poisoned.
• Xu Huo told Mu Yan the maze had changed and should soon settle, then reached into a wall and picked White Jade Fruit.
• Mu Yan identified the fruit as a rare, valuable variety, and Xu Huo concluded that someone was tending the vines for harvest.

Xu Huo and the others waited as the maze corridors shrank, then escaped when a passage reopened, finding two players dead in the walls. They encountered a Cannibal Player who had gone berserk, and Xu Huo saw two more being driven toward them.

• Xu Huo discussed growing fruit with Mu Yan, then joined the others in shelter as the maze corridor steadily shrank.
• The Black Shirt Player reassured the group, and Xu Huo played cards with them while they waited for the maze to change.
• A corridor reopened, revealing that the short-haired woman's two companions had been crushed to death in the maze wall.
• Mu Yan told the Black Shirt Player that Card City produce was grown with recycled fertilizer, and the group came across a Cannibal Player eating a corpse.
• Xu Huo and Mu Yan dodged the berserk Cannibal Player, then saw two more Cannibal Players being driven toward them.

Xu Huo and Mu Yan escaped the Cannibal Players, found the maze’s eastward orientation, and gathered cards by claiming them from other players. They still lacked clues to the finish line’s direction when Big Tiger appeared nearby.

• Xu Huo led Mu Yan away from the Cannibal Players while other players fled or trapped them.
• Mu Yan identified a purple companion plant whose leaves pointed east, establishing the maze’s orientation.
• Xu Huo and Mu Yan began claiming cards from other players, leaving Mu Yan with two Position Cards, one Cancel Card, one Draw Card, and three Clue Cards.
• Xu Huo inferred that the clues suggested additional card types, while Mu Yan agreed to keep seeking cards.
• The maze wall opened, and Big Tiger greeted Xu Huo from the other side.

Xu Huo and Mu Yan joined Big Tiger’s group in the maze, sharing food and clues while Xu Huo concealed his real face cards. After a day of fruitless searching, the group gathered to cook, and Mu Yan brought Xu Huo a bowl of soup.

• Big Tiger welcomed Xu Huo and Mu Yan to his group, and Xu Huo claimed his face card was a trap card.
• The group agreed to search the maze together and share the clues they found.
• Big Tiger questioned Xu Huo about his face card, but Xu Huo kept its identity to himself.
• Xu Huo injured his arm while triggering maze walls, and Mu Yan urged him not to push himself.
• The group returned to their meeting spot and cooked together as night approached.
• Mu Yan brought a bowl of soup to Xu Huo while he rewrapped his wound.

Xu Huo and Mu Yan watched as rival players fought over a flower card after Big Tiger tried to drug and question Mu Yan. Xu Huo subdued all the players and left them bound outside the Underground Passage, unable to use their items.

• Big Tiger and his companion used truth serum on Mu Yan to learn that Xu Zhi's flower card was tied to the White Throne.
• White Face and another player confronted Big Tiger, and their fight drew two more players into the struggle over the flower card.
• The female player refused to join either side, but the short-haired player blocked her from leaving and urged her to cooperate.
• Xu Huo and Mu Yan revealed they had been watching, and Xu Huo declared the opposing players were outnumbered.
• Xu Huo summoned chairs that bound and lined up the players, then blocked their items from working and silenced Big Tiger.

Xu Huo forced the players to reveal their cards and arranged an exchange for Big Tiger’s Black Throne. After Big Tiger attacked and was killed, Xu Huo obtained the Black Throne and used another Exchange Card to request Black Card 2.

• Xu Huo made the players disclose their cards, and Big Tiger explained how his Exchange Card worked.
• The players revealed their cards and clues, including that pairs of cards helped clear the Dungeon.
• Xu Huo ordered Big Tiger to exchange his Black Throne for Black Card 1, then released the buzz-cut player to carry out the exchange.
• Big Tiger broke free, shattered Xu Huo’s barrier, and attacked, but Xu Huo cut off one of his hands and feet and stopped his Micro Bomb.
• The buzz-cut player finished off Big Tiger, received his cards, and exchanged the Black Throne for Black Card 1; Xu Huo then used Black Card 17 to exchange White Card 6 for Black Card 2.

Xu Huo forced the players to exchange cards, spared the survivors, and inferred a numbering pattern that could reveal the effects of the maze's cards. He tested Black Card 2 and continued searching the maze with Mu Yan and Li Cheng, but its shifting paths still made it difficult to identify the exit.

• Xu Huo exchanged Black Card 17 for Black Card 2, then had the female player and the white-faced brother choose whether to kill their companions; the white-faced brother revealed that Black Card 1 canceled effects.
• Xu Huo let the female player and the two brothers leave, explaining that he had killed the short-haired player for breaking the rules, and the female player joined Xu Huo and Mu Yan.
• Xu Huo explained his theory that the numbered cards followed a seven-category cycle, and he and Mu Yan and Li Cheng discussed whether cards 2, 9, and 16 belonged to a separate category.
• Xu Huo tested Black Card 2 in dead-end passages and found that it sometimes activated there but did not reliably warn them about wrong routes.
• Xu Huo asked the female player her name, and Li Cheng introduced herself before Mu Yan reported that the maze's shifting paths made the area's old routes unreliable.

Xu Huo and his companions were followed through the foggy maze by a Player with an unusual concealment ability. After capturing and questioning him, Xu Huo let him escape, then pursued him with a trick of his own, leaving the chase unresolved.

• Xu Huo, Mu Yan, and Li Cheng rested until dawn, but the maze stayed dim, so they continued through the fog.
• Xu Huo noticed a concealed Player repeatedly following them and determined that his concealment could evade their items and disrupt Xu Huo’s perception.
• Xu Huo opened a doorway and kicked the stalker through it, while Li Cheng slapped him after he lunged at her.
• The Player vanished again, but Xu Huo and Mu Yan tracked and captured him; Xu Huo questioned whether his concealment was an item or an Ability.
• The Player broke free and ran, but Xu Huo’s voice appeared behind him, and an unseen hand touched his shoulder as the pursuit continued.

Xu Huo caught the Player who had secretly followed him and pressured him into handing over his Dead Heart item. After learning the man had followed them to ogle Mu Yan and Li Cheng, Xu Huo took him along.

• Xu Huo tormented the Player who had followed him, then revealed himself with Mu Yan and Li Cheng.
• The Player begged for his life and offered Xu Huo his invisibility item and a flower card in exchange for mercy.
• Xu Huo accepted the Player's Dead Heart, a special item that made its user invisible to the living and their detection methods for up to half a minute.
• Mu Yan confronted the Player, who admitted he had followed them because he wanted to look at the women.
• Xu Huo held the Player in place and told him to come with them.

Xu Huo and a woman fought amid alarms and a chaotic transformation, while the woman’s condition and the danger around them remained unclear. The chapter ended with the conflict still unfolding and someone approaching through the door.

• Xu Huo encountered a woman as alarms sounded and blood was spilled.
• The woman transformed and attacked, while Xu Huo tried to restrain her and get through the surrounding chaos.
• The pair fought through the room as the woman’s body changed and others appeared to be injured or killed.
• Xu Huo and the woman continued struggling as the situation grew more dangerous.
• A voice warned of danger as someone arrived at the door.

Xu Huo fought and survived a series of dangerous encounters with a strange, bloodthirsty woman and other creatures, while his body and abilities continued to change. The chapter ended with the woman asking Xu Huo to follow her, apparently drawn to his scent or taste.

• Xu Huo searched through a dangerous building and confronted a woman amid signs of violence and bloodshed.
• He was injured during the encounters but used his abilities and supplies to recover and keep moving.
• Xu Huo discovered that his body and a strange bead had changed, and he continued to experience intense hunger and unusual sensations.
• He fought more creatures and escaped through the surrounding chaos, encountering a woman whose behavior shifted between hostility and attraction.
• The woman approached Xu Huo, asked him to follow her, and seemed increasingly certain that she liked his taste.