Chapter Summaries

Xu Huo questioned Old Mr. Yue about Xia Xi Duolai Ti, then pursued leads connected to Master Suolan and the Tiantianle Group. After a technician revealed where the aircraft accident survivor had secretly moved her sons’ ashes, Xu Huo learned the trail led to Sanhui City.

• Xu Huo persuaded Old Mr. Yue to let him keep the U disk and promised to return it.
• Xu Huo asked the crew cut woman and the big man to investigate whether Master Suolan had ever left Dingding Flower Town, and learned that a wealthy fan was arranging the deaths of Players seeking the painting.
• Xu Huo tried to hypnotize two Tiantianle technicians, but armed robots arrived after he found a tracking chip in one technician, forcing him to flee with the other.
• Xu Huo met the second technician in a hospital, where the technician admitted that Tiantianle Group’s young master had ordered him to alter aircraft data.
• The technician told Xu Huo that the blind survivor’s two sons had died in the mines and that she had secretly moved their ashes to Sanhui City.

Xu Huo uncovered how Tiantianle Group and the government had silenced survivors of an illegal mining scandal, then learned a young woman in the psychiatric hospital was undercover to expose an organ-harvesting operation. He arranged for the technician to take her place and sabotaged the hospital’s preparations, leaving the operation unable to proceed the next day.

• Xu Huo forced a technician to reveal that Tiantianle Group’s young master had covered up illegal mining and that the old woman’s family and other witnesses had suffered for trying to expose it.
• The technician described the surviving victims and explained that fear of Tiantianle Group and the government had kept him silent.
• A young woman told Xu Huo she was undercover to expose the hospital’s organ harvesting and was scheduled for surgery the next day.
• Xu Huo persuaded the woman to hide under the bed and arranged for the technician to take her place, using a disguise mask to make him appear younger.
• Xu Huo checked the planned operation, visited the doctors involved, and tampered with hospital equipment so the surgery could not go ahead.

Xu Huo investigated the blind old lady’s alibi and concluded she might still be connected to Xia Xi Duolai Ti’s disappearance, possibly through being a Player. He left for Jiushang City to pursue the lead, while his partners discussed the danger of exposing District 019’s past crimes.

• Xu Huo learned that the blind old lady had been hospitalized during Xia Xi Duolai Ti’s disappearance, while Master Suolan had visited her daily and remained in Dingding Flower Town.
• Xu Huo considered whether the blind old lady could have been a Player, since traveling between the relevant locations would otherwise have been nearly impossible.
• Xu Huo reviewed the old lady’s medical records, found no usual signs of Evolution, and decided to continue investigating despite the lack of direct evidence.
• Xu Huo promised the crew cut woman and the bald big man rewards for their help, then set off for Jiushang City.
• The crew cut woman and the bald big man discussed Xu Huo’s promise and the risks of revealing District 019’s crimes.

Xu Huo joined a tour in Jiushang City, where struggling businesses used the Enbel Maiden and the city's amber heritage to attract customers. The tour brought him to an amber museum, where he saw rare specimens and learned how genuine amber differed from fakes.

• Xu Huo hired a tour guide and rode with two visitors who had come to Jiushang City seeking opportunities.
• The tour guide explained that Jiushang City's economy had declined after its amber deposits ran out, prompting locals to use the Enbel Maiden to draw visitors.
• The tour guide claimed he had met Master Suolan and taken her to a meal, though Xu Huo and the other passengers doubted him.
• At the museum, the tour guide's supposed back-door arrangement failed, and Xu Huo paid a thousand White Cash to get the group inside.
• Xu Huo viewed the museum's colorful amber specimens and its prized purple amber containing two entwined white snakes.
• The tour guide showed Xu Huo pictures of fake amber and explained that it could be made to preserve various objects and animals.

Xu Huo investigated Jiushang City's accounts of how it got its name and found no evidence of the rumored “Enbel Maiden.” Comparing the town's history with Old Mr. Yue's information, he suspected Enbel Town's former residents were connected to Xia Xi Duolai Ti's disappearance and a conspiracy involving deliberately caused mining disasters.

• The guide explained that Jiushang City was first called Enbel after Enbo discovered amber, then renamed after Jiushang found purple amber, though public records omitted the alleged naming error.
• Xu Huo and the others visited elderly witnesses, who described Enbel Town's history but knew nothing about an “Enbel Maiden” or Master Suolan.
• The witnesses said adults handled the amber trade, the mines had few serious accidents, and Enbo had died long ago.
• Xu Huo compared the town's timeline with Old Mr. Yue's account and reasoned that people from poor Enbel Town might have left to work in more dangerous gemstone mines.
• Xu Huo connected “Enbel” to Enbel Town and “Maiden” to Xia Xi Duolai Ti, suspecting the town's people and other avengers had joined forces around deliberately caused mining disasters.

Xu Huo reasoned backward from the painting “Enbel Maiden” to reconstruct the likely kidnapping of Xia Xi Duolai Ti and identify where the painting might have been made. He concluded that the blind old lady had an accomplice, probably a local in Ember Town, but the culprit remained unknown.

• Players searched Enbo’s past for clues about the “Enbel Maiden,” but found no useful connection to a woman or the painting.
• Xu Huo considered Xia Xi Duolai Ti the likely “Maiden” and reasoned that he had last been in Ember Town after disappearing from Funiu Village.
• Xu Huo inferred that the blind old lady had planned the abduction and relied on an accomplice to track Xia Xi and hide him.
• Xu Huo concluded that the kidnappers likely kept Xia Xi’s fate unknown to damage Mattelidoreti and the District Government, contributing to Mattelidoreti’s early departure from office.
• After ruling out the blind old lady’s son’s grave, Xu Huo identified Ember Town as the likeliest place for the painting and suspected the accomplice was a local connected to the victims.

Xu Huo identified Embo as a possible culprit behind the Ember Maiden disappearances and visited Amber Square to investigate. There, he resisted a woman’s seductive Ability and stopped her as she tried to leave.

• Xu Huo reasoned that the culprit likely lived alone and could hide victims underground, leading him to suspect Embo.
• Xu Huo went with the guide and the other travelers to see places associated with Master Suolan, and the guide took them to Amber Square.
• At Amber Square, Xu Huo bought pink amber and had it tested to confirm it was genuine.
• A beautiful woman tried to take Xu Huo’s amber and used her Ability to charm the people nearby, but Xu Huo resisted her.
• The woman turned to leave, and Xu Huo reached out and pressed a hand to her shoulder.

Xu Huo forced a Player from the “Enbel Maiden” Dungeon to help him gather people near Ember City’s observation tower, using a rapidly spreading toxic fungus to secure her cooperation. He left her with a deadline and went to the crowded mining district to look for clues about the Dungeon’s painting.

• Xu Huo took the wary woman to a barbecue restaurant and learned that she was in the “Enbel Maiden” Dungeon and worked with Players from other Dungeons.
• Xu Huo told the woman he was also in the “Enbel Maiden” Dungeon and offered to help her clear it, then poisoned her with a toxic fungus when she doubted him.
• The woman agreed to help Xu Huo after he promised her an Antidote, and he ordered her to draw everyone to the observation tower and stall them until one o’clock that night.
• Xu Huo walked through the repurposed amber mines, where tourists and fake clues made it harder for Players to find the real painting, then stopped at an amber-making stall.

Xu Huo secretly dug beneath Amber Square, searching for the Enbel Maiden while distracting the players and authorities. He found a metal box containing a young woman tortured and preserved in amber, along with a tablet condemning the government and mining conglomerate.

• Xu Huo rented a shop near Amber Square and used a mechanical pangolin and 114 to dig underground toward Enbo’s residence.
• When two players broke into the shop, Xu Huo killed them, then sent a woman and her companions to cause a disturbance at the observation tower.
• Xu Huo returned underground as the disturbance drew attention away, and the robots continued digging through rock to a depth of 150 meters.
• At five in the morning, 114 found a metal box buried in rubble, and Xu Huo opened it.
• Xu Huo discovered a young woman sealed in amber with steel spikes through her hands and feet, beside a tablet accusing the government and mining conglomerate of slaughtering miners.

Xu Huo found Master Suolan’s painting “Continuance” hidden beneath the amber containing Xia Xi Duolai Ti and uncovered its depiction of Fragrance, Xia Xi, and the powerful figures tied to District 019’s tragedy. After securing the painting and body, he approached the female Player and her companions to recruit them, and his Player nickname drew attention to his leaderboard standing.

• Xu Huo discovered the oil painting “Enbel Maiden” beneath the amber and found that Master Suolan had titled it “Continuance.”
• Xu Huo studied the painting’s depiction of Xia Xi Duolai Ti and Fragrance bound amid gemstones bearing the faces of powerful officials and mining-group leaders.
• Xu Huo packed away the painting and stored Xia Xi Duolai Ti’s body in the Staff Dormitory before returning to the surface at dawn.
• The female Player confronted Xu Huo for the Antidote, and he gave her the King Fungus extract that cleared the black veins from her body.
• Xu Huo offered the female Player and her companions a chance to help him clear the Dungeon, then revealed his nickname, Passerby A, as proof of his identity.
• Nearby Players recognized Passerby A as a Player on the E-class wormhole point leaderboard.

Xu Huo recruited players to prepare identical dolls and resin, then gathered players in Dingding Flower Town to coordinate the search for the Enbel Maiden and complete the instance's ascension. He promised to reveal the painting's location and its story before a final clear, while delaying team formation to avoid a dispute over shared rewards.

• Xu Huo asked three players in Ember City to find a factory that could make at least a hundred identical dolls within three days and to prepare resin so he could turn the dolls into amber.
• Xu Huo gave the players the doll specifications and a photograph, then left for Dingding Flower Town and asked the crew cut woman and her companion to spread a rumor about the Enbel Maiden's hiding place.
• Nearly fifty players gathered in Dingding Flower Town, and Xu Huo told them he knew the painting's location but had not cleared the instance because its story could improve their ratings.
• Xu Huo asked the players to cooperate in completing the instance's ascension and promised to arrange a later meeting to team up for the final clear.
• Xu Huo explained that he was postponing team formation because players could stall the distribution of shared rewards or fight over them.

Xu Huo forced the Players to accept his plan by killing five attackers and began preparing to make the Enbel Maiden Dungeon transcend. In Green Sun City, an unknown object suddenly fell into a crowded square.

• Xu Huo killed the five Players who attacked him, and about thirty Players agreed to cooperate with his plan.
• Xu Huo set the password "Human Puppet Factory" and arranged a meeting point in case their communications were interrupted.
• Xu Huo showed the Players a headless puppet modeled on Xia Xi Duolai Ti and explained the tasks they needed to complete.
• Xu Huo sent some Players to take action in Dingding Flower Town while he continued receiving amber puppets.
• A mysterious object appeared above Green Sun City's crowded central square and fell into its fountain despite the armed robots' response.

Mannequin parts sealed in amber and slabs accusing District 019’s government and mining conglomerate of murdering miners sparked public unrest, while a signature linked to Master Suolan’s missing painting deepened the mystery. As authorities searched for the Players behind the incidents, an anonymous masked man asked the public whether they still remembered Xia Xi Duolai Ti.

• Amber containing mannequin body parts and accusatory stone slabs appeared in several cities, and the Jixin Terminal Control Center blocked related information.
• Residents questioned the old mining disasters, gathered to demand access to the truth, and shared records alleging officials had hidden the death toll and mistreated victims’ families.
• Governments blamed Outer District Players and urged residents to wait, but new amber appeared alongside a signature attributed to Master Suolan.
• An expert and Suolan’s son confirmed the signature appeared genuine, while the account that posted a photograph of the painting vanished.
• Government Players searched for the amber distributors and mannequin factories, but the Players evaded them.
• A masked man’s video reached the top of the trending list and asked whether people still remembered Xia Xi Duolai Ti.

District 019’s leaders debated how to respond after a video revealed puppets resembling the long-missing Xia Xi Duolai Ti and stirred public demands for answers. Mattelidoreti warned that the district’s buried crimes had become a generational curse, but most officials favored concealing the truth and delaying accountability.

• The appearance of Xia Xi Duolai Ti’s apparent remains drew attention to the Duolai Ti family and renewed demands for the District Government to explain the past.
• The Secretary told the emergency meeting that the government had found no trace of the culprits and risked losing public support if it failed to respond quickly.
• An elder proposed treating the puppets and stone slab as a deception and catching the Outer District Players responsible.
• Mattelidoreti argued that District 019’s victims and their descendants had never forgotten the mining disaster and warned that someone might eventually seek revenge.
• The current Chief Executive’s advisers rejected revealing the bone gemstones and urged the government to stall until those involved in the old crimes had died.

Xu Huo tried to force Mattelidoreti into an open conversation about Xia Xi Duolai Ti, while District 019 investigated the Players behind the unrest. After his recruited Players were captured and their group chat vanished, Xu Huo went to Qingcheng to seek help from Teacher Tian Tian Zai Gou Li.

• Mattelidoreti declared that Xia Xi Duolai Ti did not exist in the Duolai Ti family, while the District Government waited to see what evidence the Outer District Players had.
• District 019 reopened the Jixin Terminal and investigated Mannequin Amber, tracing its production to a Factory but failing to find the female Player and her group.
• Xu Huo publicly demanded a conversation with Mattelidoreti by the following morning and claimed he had kept Xia Xi Duolai Ti's corpse.
• District 019 arrested ten Players who had helped distribute Mannequin Amber, but they knew little about Xu Huo's wider plan.
• The Players' group chat disbanded and its creator disappeared before the government could use it to track Xu Huo.
• Xu Huo traveled to Qingcheng and offered White Cash to a short man at Teacher Tian Tian Zai Gou Li's door, asking for a favor.

Xu Huo asked a hidden Storm Factor to protect an important call in which he planned to expose the District Government’s role in a mining disaster staged for human-bone gemstones. The old woman agreed to help after recognizing evidence tied to the dead miner, then recounted how the disaster had destroyed her family and left her disabled.

• Xu Huo told Shorty and the person on the Communicator that he planned to publicly accuse the District Government and mining group of staging the disaster, despite having no hard evidence.
• After Xu Huo showed a photo of Xia Xi Duolai Ti’s body, the old woman came out of the bedroom and offered to help him without strings attached.
• The old woman explained that Tian Tian’s father had died in the mine while trying to earn money for her treatment and Tian Tian’s brain surgery.
• The old woman said she had seen human-bone gemstones uncovered during the rescue, then fought the District Government until she received compensation for Tian Tian’s surgery.
• The old woman recalled that someone robbed her of the compensation and broke both her legs to stop her from returning to the District Government.

Xu Huo arranged for the blind old woman to interfere with District 019’s systems during his public announcement, then began presenting evidence about the people connected to Xia Xi Duolai Ti’s disappearance. He left the district watching as he introduced the first two figures in his account.

• The old woman told Xu Huo about her family’s suffering and gave him a device to help her access intelligent systems near the District Government and the Hels Company.
• Xu Huo asked Old Mr. Yue to let him publish his information, and Old Mr. Yue realized that Master Suolan had likely shared his reluctance to expose the past.
• The next day, Xu Huo attached the device to his terminal, disguised himself, and joined District 019’s public channel as viewers waited for Mattelidoreti to respond.
• Xu Huo said Xia Xi Duolai Ti had not been taken by another Player and presented portraits and records about a blind woman whose child and family died amid mining and aircraft disasters.
• Xu Huo introduced Enbo, an eccentric ordinary person whose hometown was renamed several times and was then called Ember City.

Xu Huo explained how Old Mrs. Mei and Enbo avenged the mining disaster victims by kidnapping and killing Xia Xi Duolai Ti, then challenged Mattelidoreti to speak the next morning. When District 019’s Players closed in, Xu Huo escaped their trap and returned to the retirement home.

• Xu Huo connected Old Mrs. Mei and Enbo to the mining disaster and explained that they had kidnapped and killed Xia Xi Duolai Ti as revenge against Mattelidoreti.
• Xu Huo revealed that the Hels Group’s cemetery records and the rise in human-bone gemstones pointed to the government and mining companies profiting from the deaths of Evolvers.
• Xu Huo called their act the weak’s revenge and said it had shown the District Government and mining companies that they had enemies.
• Xu Huo warned that his interference device had been breached and asked to speak with Mattelidoreti the next morning before shutting the device down.
• Xu Huo used Three Seconds of Life and spatial movement to escape the retirement home, but District 019’s Players trapped him with attacks and invisible barriers.
• Xu Huo returned to the retirement home and asked Old Mr. Yue to let him in.

Xu Huo fought through a Government encirclement around the Nursing Home as A-class Players used interference devices and powerful items to contain him. His return to the residents sparked a conflict between the Players and the Nursing Home’s protective robots, while an aircraft began disabling the city barrier.

• An elderly Storm Factor professional told Xu Huo she had planted a flaw in the District Government’s intelligent system, and Government Players soon attacked him at the Nursing Home.
• Xu Huo endured waves of A-class attacks, destroyed nearby interference devices with Cube Space, trapped five A-class Players in the Book Tower, and escaped the first encirclement.
• Xu Huo failed to break through the second encirclement and returned toward the Nursing Home as its elderly residents were being evacuated.
• Old Mr. Yue refused to board an aircraft and accused the Government Players of trying to kill the residents to cover up their actions.
• The Nursing Home’s robots defended the elderly residents and attacked the Players after one killed an armed robot, while the Players tried to seize the Jixin Terminal.
• An aircraft launched an interference device at the city barrier, and a beam of light struck the barrier until it began to dissolve.

Xu Huo resisted the government Players’ attempt to capture him and demanded that District 019 answer publicly for Xia Xi Duolai Ti’s disappearance and the mining disaster. As evidence and unrest spread, government leaders recognized that the crisis could no longer be contained by silencing him.

• Xu Huo evaded the government Players’ encirclement, and they switched to publicly asking him to cooperate with an investigation.
• Xu Huo challenged the government’s vague accusations and offered to answer questions publicly, leaving the Players unable to respond.
• A government representative told Xu Huo that Mr. Duolai Ti would meet him privately the next morning, but Xu Huo refused to settle the matter behind closed doors.
• The District Government’s intelligent system malfunctioned, armed robots nearly targeted residents, and officials diverted Players to evacuations and security measures.
• Government leaders discussed the evidence linking the mining disaster to past crimes and the growing public unrest, and questioned whether the conflict would continue across generations.