Chapter Summaries

Xu Huo guided the Special Defense Department members and others through Ability Evolution in the Chaos Space, where one player learned to touch a distant stone with Space Power. The group made few other breakthroughs before Xu Huo prepared to send them out, and he told Zhou Ning he was leaving soon.

• A Special Defense Department player sensed a Space Ray and used Space Power to touch a small stone ten meters away.
• Xu Huo asked Zhou Ning, Wang Chaoqing, and Jing Qing to use their Abilities, then pushed Zhou Ning to explore the powers behind her snake-like hair and eyes.
• Jing Qing practiced swapping places with Xu Huo and stones, while Wang Chaoqing's shadow walked around a coil of wire.
• Yu Qingqing admitted she had made no progress, and Xu Huo reassured the group that experience might help their Abilities evolve later.
• Zhou Ning asked Xu Huo to rest and invited him to eat together, but he said he was leaving soon; Yu Qingqing then asked him about the Central Temple.

Xu Huo arranged the next group’s entry into the Evolution site and sent Yu Qingqing, Zhou Ning, and others away, while news spread that a Special Defense Department player had successfully evolved. As players gathered at the site, Wang Chaoqing and Jing Qing found a forum post praising “X” and wondered who had written it and why.

• Zong Lanzhi gave Xu Huo his guesthouse card, and Xu told Yu Qingqing and Zhou Ning to go home after announcing the next session would begin in two hours.
• The first group emerged with two injured Super Evolvers, while a Special Defense Department player had successfully evolved, prompting Yu Qingqing to arrange transport home for herself and the others.
• The Special Defense Department expanded its security as news of the Evolution site spread and unaffiliated players began entering the primeval forest.
• Wang Chaoqing complained that the Special Defense Department was relying on Xu Huo, while Jing Qing said he wanted to document the unsung heroes.
• Wang Chaoqing and Jing Qing read a Vanguard Forum post titled “X—The Man I'd Call a Legend” and speculated about who was publicizing Xu Huo’s accomplishments.

Wang Chaoqing and Jing Qing discussed a viral post portraying Xu Huo as the mysterious player “X,” and the stories prompted widespread speculation about his influence and loyalties. Xu Huo led a second group through the Evolution Grounds, but none evolved, and he denied knowing X when asked.

• Wang Chaoqing argued that Zong Lanzhi had posted about X to test Xu Huo’s stance toward the Special Defense Department and player organizations.
• Stories about X spread across forums and media platforms, drawing debate over Xu Huo’s strength, character, identity, and the poster’s motives.
• Xu Huo took a better-equipped group of eleven into the Evolution Grounds and used the Spacetime Ray along with a special Time Ray.
• None of the eleven evolved, and Xu Huo told a player that he had never heard of X.

Xu Huo ended his Evolution-site arrangement with the Special Defense Department and waited in Chaos Space for the Tracker, but the Golden-Eyed Player arrived and attacked him. The Golden-Eyed Player’s abilities gave him the upper hand as their fight continued among the spatial entities.

• Xu Huo inspected Yan Jiayu’s returned metal chest, then brought several groups of Super Evolvers into Chaos Space before ending the deal with the Special Defense Department.
• Xu Huo waited near the residential buildings for the Tracker, while the Special Defense Department decided to collect samples and conduct experiments instead of sending in more people.
• On Xu Huo’s final planned night in Chaos Space, the Golden-Eyed Player appeared on a watchtower, and the two immediately attacked and retreated.
• Xu Huo drew spatial entities into the Golden-Eyed Player’s path, but the Golden-Eyed Player dodged them, controlled his Big Scissors, and cut through Xu Huo’s Space Ray.
• The Golden-Eyed Player used “Tailor Clothes” to freeze the surrounding space briefly and attacked Xu Huo, who countered with his items and punched a spatial entity into the others.
• The Golden-Eyed Player threw a luminous blue item that outlined the spatial entities, helping him navigate the battlefield as the fight continued.

Xu Huo fought the Golden-eyed Player over the box, using spatial tricks and his companion to keep it out of reach. After the Golden-eyed Player forced him out of the collapsing Chaos Space, they both landed at a Station and survived Xu Huo’s close-range explosion, leaving them wary of each other.

• Xu Huo used spatial entities and Space Sharp Blades to slow the Golden-eyed Player, who tried to capture him with "Tailor Clothes."
• Xu Huo showed the box to the Golden-eyed Player and transferred it to Yan Jiayu through Dimension Below, disrupting the Player’s tracking.
• The Golden-eyed Player exploded an Artifact, collapsing the Chaos Space and forcing Xu Huo to escape with a Ticket.
• The Golden-eyed Player reached the same Station shortly afterward, where Xu Huo used the "Little Mushroom Cloud" and blasted them and five other Players against the Station’s wall.
• The Station remained intact, and the other Players berated Xu Huo and the Golden-eyed Player while the two faced each other warily.

Xu Huo and the Golden-eyed Player avoided another fight after a hat-wearing Player tried to intervene, then boarded the same train in separate carriages. Xu Huo wondered whether the Golden-eyed Player had a Temporary Pass, while a female Player approached him for a light.

• The hat-wearing Player stepped between Xu Huo and the Golden-eyed Player and offered to referee, prompting both men to activate their abilities.
• Xu Huo avoided provoking the likely B-class hat-wearing Player and suggested that he referee the Golden-eyed Player instead.
• The Golden-eyed Player used a fine needle threaded through the bowler hat to pull it toward him, but the train arrived before the dispute escalated.
• Xu Huo boarded one carriage while the Golden-eyed Player boarded the next, and Xu Huo shut the door before they could clash again.
• Xu Huo rented a room and watched the other Players socialize or keep to themselves as he considered whether the Golden-eyed Player had a Temporary Pass.
• A female Player came from the Transfer Carriage, offered Xu Huo a cigarette, and then asked him for a light.

Xu Huo watched the players aboard the Dimensional Train while strange rainfall caused liquids to float inside the carriage. A paper doll announced that robbers had taken control of the train from the VIP lounge backward and were about to begin their robbery.

• Xu Huo declined a female player's request for a light, then rested alone in his room while other players socialized and drank.
• Xu Huo watched the players and observed the nearly motionless rainfall outside the train as a player called it Tremor Rain.
• The vest woman spotted water droplets floating inside the carriage, and the players discovered that liquid was rising throughout the train.
• A paper doll announced that it and its companions controlled the train from the VIP lounge backward and would rob the passengers.
• The burly player stomped on the paper doll, but it swelled back to life and began explaining the robbery rules.

After the sticker doll was destroyed, the Players aboard train C590 learned that the train had been hijacked and debated how to respond before lights out. Xu Huo proposed covering the carriage with blackout film to reveal any hidden hijackers if they tore it down.

• The shirt woman stomped the sticker doll and pinned it to the floor, and the burly player cut off its mouth when it tried to speak.
• An announcement warned passengers that train C590 had been hijacked, and the Players learned that the situation was similar in the neighboring carriages and the Transfer Carriage.
• The Players argued about whether to investigate or hold their carriage, while worrying that the hijackers might exploit Aliens after lights out.
• Xu Huo suggested using blackout film to cover the carriage so they could identify anyone who destroyed it, and the shirt woman agreed to help.

Xu Huo and the players faced a deadly attack from droplets of water, and two players died after drinking tampered liquor. The players tried to identify the threat and revived the sticker doll to hear the hijacker’s remaining message.

• Xu Huo’s careless helper touched a floating droplet, triggering a burst of water needles that the vest woman player stopped with a sound wave.
• The burly man and the vest woman died when frozen liquid burst from their stomachs, and the fire-borrowing woman and the spiky braid threw their bodies into the Transfer Carriage.
• The players suspected the spiky braid’s liquor had been tampered with, and most of them made themselves vomit to remove anything they had eaten or drunk.
• Xu Huo went to the Restroom, then returned and replaced the damaged strip of tape while the other players were distracted.
• The players reassembled the sticker doll, which sprang up and complained about being mistreated, and the fire-borrowing woman demanded that it reveal the rest of the hijacker’s message.

A sticker doll delivered the hijackers’ demands and threatened to expose one carriage to Aliens if the passengers did not pay before lights out. As the passengers argued over whether to pay or find the hijacker among them, Xu Huo persuaded the doll to grant them one more night.

• The sticker doll demanded two B-class items, four C-class items, and one million White Cash from each carriage, and threatened to send a randomly selected carriage near Aliens if the passengers refused.
• The passengers debated paying the hijackers or searching their carriage for a conspirator, and the shirt woman accused the spiky braid man.
• The lights went out, and the passengers watched one another as the sticker doll waited for payment.
• The Player in a hat tested the doll by tossing in a nut, but the doll rejected it as payment.
• Xu Huo returned from covering the windows and asked the sticker doll for more time, securing an extension until the following night.

Xu Huo and the Players reasoned that the train robbers lacked the manpower to control every carriage, while suspicion and accusations spread among the passengers. Xu Huo returned to his private compartment, leaving its door slightly open as the group expected the night to pass without incident.

• Brother Yang and the other Players discussed the train robbers’ demands and concluded that the robbers probably lacked enough people to control all seventeen carriages.
• Shirt Woman found that the two bodies had disappeared from the Transfer Carriage and accused Spiky Braid of helping the train robbers.
• Spiky Braid accused Shirt Woman, the Player with the lighter, Brother Yang, and Big Ear, intensifying the quarrel in the carriage.
• Xu Huo suspected that the burly man had only pretended to die and had walked away while the Players were distracted.
• Xu Huo returned to his private compartment and left the door slightly ajar.

Xu Huo confronted the Golden-eyed Player, who had been hired to retrieve an item worth fifty million White Cash. Their fight was interrupted by the Hat Player, who created an arena where neither combatant could attack the referee.

• Small scissors and needles attacked the carriage, trapping the Fire-Lending Player and the Buzz-Cut Player in their compartments.
• Xu Huo attacked the Golden-eyed Player through the Transfer Carriage, but the man dodged and countered with a barrier that Xu Huo blocked.
• The Golden-eyed Player revealed he had been hired to retrieve an item from Xu Huo for fifty million White Cash and threatened to target his friends.
• Xu Huo struck the Buzz-Cut Player with invisible Space Sharp Blades after the player tried to sneak up on him.
• The Hat Player filled two carriages with red and black smoke and set up barriers that stopped Xu Huo and the Golden-eyed Player from attacking each other or him.

The Hat Player imposed an arena across the train, preventing the passengers from attacking one another while Xu Huo and the Golden-eyed Player were designated as its contestants. Xu Huo avoided a fight and discovered that his Space Power could still injure someone under the arena’s rules, leaving the train in an uneasy peace through the night.

• The Hat Player declared an arena match between Xu Huo and the Golden-eyed Player and blocked the other players from interfering or attacking.
• Xu Huo and the Golden-eyed Player refused to fight, and Xu Huo claimed he was injured and wanted the arena to last through the night.
• Xu Huo warned the Golden-eyed Player and the Fire-Borrowing woman to stop tearing down his wallpaper, then used Space Power to cut the Fire-Borrowing woman's neck.
• Xu Huo concluded that the arena could not fully constrain Space Power and thanked the Hat Player.
• The arena remained in effect through the night, keeping the train's players from fighting.

Xu Huo exposed Spiky Braid and the Kindling Woman Player as train robbers while the Hat Player’s arena barrier kept them trapped in the Transfer Carriage. He learned that the Golden-eyed Player had followed him using a special ticket-copying reward, and prepared for their arrival at Green Sunshine Station in District 019.

• Xu Huo warned Spiky Braid and the Kindling Woman Player not to interfere with him and revealed that their companion had controlled water and killed a female player.
• The other players turned against Spiky Braid and the Kindling Woman Player, who tried to leave but found the arena barrier blocking the Transfer Carriage.
• The Hat Player told the two players they had to watch the match from the black side, while Xu Huo ate and spoke with the Golden-eyed Player.
• The Severed Finger Player explained that a special reward could copy a nearby player’s ticket, and Xu Huo realized that the Golden-eyed Player had used one to follow him.
• Xu Huo reviewed information about D03-019, Green Sunshine Station, where his Ticket in Chaos Space would take him and the Golden-eyed Player.

Xu Huo learned about District 019’s wealth, strict security, and generous welfare before discussing a familiar puzzle ball with the Player in the hat. He received an address connected to the Doctor who made it and was invited to watch a ranked Player competition.

• The chapter described District 019 as a wealthy tourist sub-district with strict security, generous welfare, and tight restrictions on immigration.
• Xu Huo closed his Personal Panel and took out Dr. Zhang’s puzzle ball, which the Player in the hat recognized.
• The Player in the hat said a Doctor had made a similar puzzle ball for children at a school and had died three years earlier.
• Xu Huo asked for the Doctor’s address, and the Player in the hat gave him one at a C-class Wormhole Point.
• The Player in the hat invited Xu Huo to watch a ranked Player competition where he would serve as a referee.

Xu Huo learned about player rankings and competitions from the hat-wearing player, who invited him to a tournament in District 019. After a carriage was swallowed by Aliens overnight, the Golden-eyed Player appeared in the aisle but ignored the hat-wearing player’s challenge and looked toward Xu Huo.

• The hat-wearing player explained the leaderboards and described the C-class competitions he planned to referee in District 019.
• Xu Huo said he was also heading to District 019, while the shirt woman asked why the wealthy Sub-district hired outside referees.
• The hat-wearing player explained that refereeing was his side job, and the passengers fell quiet at the thought of a player having ordinary work.
• On the second night, lights appeared in a rear carriage before Aliens swallowed it, while Spiky Braid and the fire-borrowing woman remained silent outside.
• The hat-wearing player's platform Ability disappeared by morning, and the Golden-eyed Player entered the aisle before the referee challenged him to fight.
• The Golden-eyed Player ignored the hat-wearing player and looked at Xu Huo before returning to his seat.

Xu Huo and the other players arrived in District 019’s lavish Green Sun City, where they bought expensive clothes and learned about a Player competition at the Emerald Building. Xu Huo activated the C-class instance “Enbel Maiden,” which required him to find Solan’s lost painting within forty days, and the chapter left him heading toward the competition while someone followed him.

• Xu Huo and the other players arrived safely at Green Sunshine Station and saw Green Sun City’s green-tinted sky and extravagant tourist amenities.
• A guide directed the players to clothing shops, where the player with a severed finger bought a cheap outfit and Xu Huo and the shirt woman bought more expensive ones.
• The guide told them about the Player competition at the Emerald Building and explained that Dungeon-bound visitors should take East Straight Road.
• The shirt woman went sightseeing, the player with a severed finger left for the Dungeon, and Xu Huo traveled along East Straight Road while an unknown player continued following him.
• Xu Huo activated the C-class instance “Enbel Maiden,” whose mission was to find Painter Solan’s lost painting within forty days.

Xu Huo entered the Emerald Building in Dingding Flower Town and bought a seat to watch the Player competitions. The Golden-eyed Player followed him to the sixteenth ring, but could not attack him inside the building.

• Xu Huo learned that the dungeon required him to reach Dingding Flower Town before midnight and headed to the Emerald Building.
• The Emerald Building assigned Xu Huo a green number and directed him to choose a seat on the second floor.
• A floating device explained the building’s seating tiers, competition arenas, ticket prices, and spectator rules to Xu Huo.
• Xu Huo paid twenty-three thousand White Cash for a seat in the sixteenth ring.
• The Golden-eyed Player followed Xu Huo to the sixteenth ring but went to his own seat instead of attacking him.

Xu Huo watched a sub-arena match between Player 6,109 and Player 4,250 after the disguised Golden-eyed Player tried to reach him. The fight remained unresolved as both competitors, injured and exhausted, continued using their Abilities and artifacts.

• The disguised Golden-eyed Player left Xu Huo's door before staff arrived, and Xu Huo asked a staff member about the arena broadcast before buying a seat in the second arena.
• Xu Huo reviewed the profiles of Player 6,109, a meteorologist, and Player 4,250, a professional mourner, then watched Kuang Sen referee their match.
• Player 6,109 filled the platform with mist and struck Player 4,250 with lightning, but he countered with defense artifacts and his wailing Ability.
• The Players traded attacks at close range until Player 4,250 fell and Player 6,109's legs went rigid; both recovered and backed away.
• Player 6,109 formed a powerful tornado that reached the arena ceiling.

Xu Huo used a location-jumping item to reach Dingding Flower Town and entered it disguised as a tourist. He explored the town while evading the Golden-eyed Player, then heard the bakery owner talk about Suolan.

• During the arena match, the Golden-eyed Player spotted Xu Huo cheering and continued tracking him.
• Xu Huo used "Open Door Visit" three times to reach Dingding Flower Town after making sure the Golden-eyed Player had not followed.
• Xu Huo bought a flower-decorated sun hat and entered the town among a group of tourists visiting Suolan's childhood home.
• Xu Huo stopped at a bakery, tasted the owner's flower bread, and learned that Suolan had loved it and continued ordering it after moving away.
• The bakery owner asked Xu Huo whether he had come to look for paintings.