Recaps

Zhang Yuanqing went to a hospital hoping to gain experience, while the Kangyang District team fought the dangerous Bewitching Demon Ou Xiangrong and failed to capture him. After seeing a wanted notice for Ou Xiangrong, Zhang Yuanqing decided he could use the Red Dancing Shoes to track him.

• At dinner, Jiang Yu'er told Grandmother about rumors of a ghost at her hospital, and Zhang Yuanqing dismissed the story as nonsense.
• Zhang Yuanqing left home for a nearby hospital to devour spirits and gain experience, but found no relevant information about the dangers of the practice on the Spirit Realm Walker forum.
• The Kangyang District team ambushed Ou Xiangrong, but despite wounding him, they could not stop him from escaping.
• Zhang Yuanqing saw the newly posted wanted notice for Ou Xiangrong and realized he could use the Red Dancing Shoes to track him by following blood or tissue left at the fight.

Zhang Yuanqing went to Songhai Pulmonary Hospital to absorb spirits and gain experience, but each spirit’s memories and emotions affected him in unexpected ways. After a fourth spirit’s memories nearly overwhelmed him, he woke in the emergency department and fled to wash his face.

• Zhang Yuanqing chose to keep the Red Dancing Shoes secret and went to the hospital to improve his strength by absorbing spirits.
• Zhang Yuanqing absorbed an old man’s spirit, learned of his regret over smoking, and gained 0.5% experience.
• Zhang Yuanqing absorbed an overworked father’s spirit and was overwhelmed by the man’s grief and confusion about his life.
• Zhang Yuanqing absorbed a woman’s spirit, experienced her affair and death, and noticed her memories had influenced his thoughts and desires.
• Zhang Yuanqing absorbed a young man’s spirit and cut off the memory after discovering the man’s friend was his lover; he awoke in fear and rushed to the restroom.

After Fu Qingyang ordered a citywide hunt for the corrupted Bewitching Demon Ou Xiangrong, Zhang Yuanqing spotted him at the university with Xu Yingying. The chapter left Zhang recognizing that Xu Yingying appeared to be held under duress.

• Zhang Yuanqing reflected on the spiritual contamination and gains he had received from devouring spirits.
• Fu Qingyang reprimanded the search team for failing to capture Ou Xiangrong and ordered them to find him within three days, while revealing he would join the hunt.
• Li Dongze explained that Fu Qingyang’s threat to send the team back to training camp was also a promise to take responsibility for the failure.
• Guan Ya rejected the prospect of an arranged marriage and considered transferring teams, but said she wanted to keep watching a new team member.
• Zhang Yuanqing agreed to attend a weekend mixer with Li Lesheng and heard classmates discuss public order officers questioning Xu Yingying.
• Zhang Yuanqing spotted Ou Xiangrong at the university with Xu Yingying and realized the man seemed to be holding her against her will.

Zhang Yuanqing followed Ou Xiangrong into Songhai University’s underground garage and attacked to stop him from killing Xu Yingying. After being badly outmatched, Zhang Yuanqing brought out the Red Dancing Shoes, which challenged Ou Xiangrong to dance.

• Zhang Yuanqing found that Li Dongze and Guan Ya were unreachable, so he called Wang Tai and learned that Ou Xiangrong was wounded but still dangerous.
• Zhang Yuanqing followed Ou Xiangrong and Xu Yingying into the underground garage using Night Roaming after Ou Xiangrong began choking Xu Yingying and demanded information about the Holy Grail and the Roster.
• Ou Xiangrong sensed Zhang Yuanqing’s attack, threw Xu Yingying aside, and struck Zhang Yuanqing with a knee before Zhang Yuanqing escaped into Night Roaming again.
• Ou Xiangrong threatened to find and kill Zhang Yuanqing’s family, while Zhang Yuanqing hid and planned to use the Red Dancing Shoes against him.
• Zhang Yuanqing summoned the Red Dancing Shoes, and Ou Xiangrong saw a prompt asking him to march in place to dance.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Red Dancing Shoes defeated Ou Xiangrong in the underground parking garage, and Zhang Yuanqing collected the killer’s weapon and learned the shoes demanded a dance each time he used them. He finished dancing before Li Dongze, Guan Ya, and a group of armed Spirit Realm Walkers arrived.

• Ou Xiangrong tried to suppress the Red Dancing Shoes with his blood but was unable to harm them, while Zhang Yuanqing waited for a chance to ambush him.
• Zhang Yuanqing struck Ou Xiangrong with the Demon Subduing Pestle, and they shattered the Bronze Waist Token that had shielded him.
• Ou Xiangrong used Bewitch on Zhang Yuanqing, but the Red Dancing Shoes forced Zhang Yuanqing into a split to evade the Willow Blade, and the pestle’s purification broke the spell.
• Zhang Yuanqing stabbed Ou Xiangrong in the chest, then returned from Night Roaming to deflect the Willow Blade aimed at Xu Yingying as the Red Dancing Shoes killed Ou Xiangrong.
• Zhang Yuanqing received Moral Value and Reputation, searched Ou Xiangrong’s body, and claimed the Bloodthirsty Blade without adding it to his Inventory.
• Zhang Yuanqing danced when the Red Dancing Shoes warned they would hunt him if he refused, then saw Li Dongze and Guan Ya arrive with armed Spirit Realm Walkers.

Zhang Yuanqing revealed that he had killed Ou Xiangrong, astonishing the team leaders who arrived at the underground parking garage. As the officials took the corpse for Spirit Inquiry and the team leaders left, Guan Ya drove Zhang Yuanqing away to delete the surveillance footage and warned him to protect his rule-based item and watch for rivals trying to recruit him.

• Li Dongze, Guan Ya, and the other Spirit Realm Walkers arrived and found Zhang Yuanqing alive beside Xu Yingying, who was unconscious.
• Zhang Yuanqing told the team leaders that he had killed Ou Xiangrong, and Tang Guoqiang retrieved Ou Xiangrong's corpse from behind a car.
• White Dragon confirmed the corpse's identity, while Li Dongze praised Zhang Yuanqing and redirected questions about the kill.
• Tang Guoqiang warned that Ou Xiangrong's contaminated spirit could be dangerous, but Li Dongze decided Zhang Yuanqing should help with Spirit Inquiry.
• Green Vine offered to treat Zhang Yuanqing, and the team leaders exchanged contact information before Li Dongze took them away with Ou Xiangrong's body.
• Guan Ya drove Zhang Yuanqing to delete the surveillance footage and advised him to conceal his rule-based item, while Li Dongze called Centurion Fu to report Ou Xiangrong's death.

After Yuanshi Tianzun killed Ou Xiangrong, he devoured the Bewitching Demon's spirit and discovered memories linking the Fallen Holy Grail and the Roster to the Spirit Energy Society. Li Dongze recognized the revelation as a major incident and alerted the squad leaders.

• Li Dongze told Fu Qingyang that Yuanshi Tianzun had killed Ou Xiangrong, earning praise and a promise of merit for the squad.
• Li Dongze explained the mental contamination caused by devouring spirits, and Yuanshi Tianzun used the Demon Subduing Pestle to purify himself while absorbing Ou Xiangrong's memories.
• Yuanshi Tianzun saw that Judge of Ghostly Eyes had given Ou Xiangrong wine from the Holy Grail, then learned that Black Impermanence had escaped with the Fallen Holy Grail and the Roster.
• Yuanshi Tianzun experienced Ou Xiangrong's painful memories of being bullied and realized how they had shaped the man's violence.
• Li Dongze explained the origins of Evil Profession users and the protection reputation could offer against attacks from allied Spirit Realm Walkers.
• Yuanshi Tianzun reported the revelations from Ou Xiangrong's memories, and Li Dongze ran out of the morgue shouting that they had a major incident.

Li Dongze revealed that Ou Xiangrong and Zhao Yingjun had served Judge of Ghostly Eyes, whose death left Black Impermanence hiding in Songhai with the Fallen Holy Grail and a roster of enslaved Spirit Realm Walkers. After the squad leaders prepared for the fallout, Yuan Ting told Fu Qingyang that the Demon Lord was dead and asked to question Zhang Yuanqing, who finished his report on Ou Xiangrong and looked forward to attending meetings.

• Li Dongze told the squad leaders that the Fallen Holy Grail belonged to Judge of Ghostly Eyes and could enslave Spirit Realm Walkers.
• Li Dongze explained that Judge of Ghostly Eyes had died, while Black Impermanence hid in Songhai with the Holy Grail and a roster of the fallen.
• Fu Qingyang canceled leave, ordered the squad leaders to stay ready, and praised Zhang Yuanqing for killing Ou Xiangrong.
• Yuan Ting told Fu Qingyang that the Demon Lord was dead and asked permission to question Zhang Yuanqing as a possible successor.
• Zhang Yuanqing wrote his report by emphasizing Ou Xiangrong's impaired state, planned to use the Bloodthirsty Blade, and eagerly agreed to attend future meetings after Guan Ya mentioned Bunny Girls.

Yuan Ting reported Judge of Ghostly Eyes's death and Black Impermanence's disappearance, while a masked subordinate received orders to help the Five Elements Alliance search for Black Impermanence. Zhang Yuanqing recovered and joined his family for dinner, where the evening ended with a baby clinging to Jiang Yu'er's leg.

• Yuan Ting told Jian Ji that Judge of Ghostly Eyes had died and Black Impermanence had gone into hiding with the Holy Grail and the Roster.
• A masked subordinate used a blood ritual to report that the Five Elements Alliance was searching for Black Impermanence, and the voice ordered him to assist secretly.
• Zhang Yuanqing woke after recovering from his exertion and joined his family for dinner.
• Zhang Yuanqing's uncle joked about his cousin bringing a boyfriend home, prompting Grandmother to threaten him.
• Chen Yuanjun told the family about a criminal entering Zhang Yuanqing's school, and Jiang Yu'er arrived home with a baby clinging to her leg.

Zhang Yuanqing discovered that an Infant Spirit had followed Aunt-in-law home and learned that it was a valuable Spirit Servant with the ability to affect people’s senses. He named it Little Doubi and tested its ability on his uncle, ending the family dinner in laughter and confusion.

• Zhang Yuanqing spotted an Infant Spirit clinging to Aunt-in-law and saw it wake, crawl toward the food, and wail when it could not grab any.
• Zhang Yuanqing fed the Infant Spirit Lunar Power and learned from the Five Elements Alliance forum that it was likely a refined Spirit Servant with a special ability.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized the Infant Spirit had caused Aunt-in-law to lose her sense of smell and taste, and suspected that its former master was connected to her hospital.
• Zhang Yuanqing decided to tell his Squad Leader about the Spirit Servant and named it Little Doubi.
• Zhang Yuanqing placed Little Doubi on his uncle to test its ability, and his uncle unexpectedly started making baby sounds while Little Doubi joked about jianbing guozi.

Zhang Yuanqing tamed Little Doubi and learned that its Exchange ability could trade physical functions between people, while he could also redirect negative effects to it. At work, he met Yuan Ting, a Taiyi Sect captain who wanted to speak with him privately, but the chapter ended before their interview began.

• Zhang Yuanqing used Lunar Power to make Little Doubi his Spirit Servant and discovered its Exchange ability and his power to transfer harmful effects to it.
• Zhang Yuanqing tried to teach Little Doubi about brushing its teeth, but the Infant Spirit did not understand him.
• Li Dongze called Zhang Yuanqing to work because Yuan Ting, a Level 3 Night Wanderer from the Taiyi Sect, wanted to question him.
• Zhang Yuanqing met Yuan Ting, exchanged pleasantries with him, and agreed to speak privately in the conference room.
• After Guan Ya joked about his horoscope, Zhang Yuanqing went to the conference room and knocked on the door.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that the Taiyi Sect was searching for the Demon Lord’s successor and realized his own Role Card matched the successor’s traits. He concealed the truth from Yuan Ting, passed the screening, and prepared to report to Li Dongze without revealing his Spirit Servant.

• Yuan Ting told Zhang Yuanqing that the Demon Lord was a notorious fallen Night Wanderer and described the two traits that identified his successor: a full-moon mark and an exclusive Role Card reward.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized that his Role Card had both traits, but used the Infant Spirit to resist Yuan Ting’s command flag and claimed his mark was a crescent and that he had no exclusive reward.
• Yuan Ting accepted Zhang Yuanqing’s answers, warned that the Taiyi Sect might conduct more checks, and asked him to report anyone who matched the successor’s traits.
• Yuan Ting exchanged contact details with Zhang Yuanqing, explained that he would soon enter another Spirit Realm dungeon, and confirmed that Solar Power was a later Night Wanderer skill.
• Zhang Yuanqing went to Li Dongze’s office to report on his aunt’s hospital situation while planning to conceal Little Doubi and his Spirit Servant.

Zhang Yuanqing asked Li Dongze to investigate Lei Yibing and reported the Infant Spirit case, then joined Guan Ya at Pingtai Hospital to search for the person who had been refining spirits. He used Little Doubi as bait, but it crawled toward his aunt while Guan Ya was speaking with her.

• Zhang Yuanqing asked Li Dongze to investigate Lei Yibing’s case and college connections, and Li Dongze agreed to contact colleagues in Jiangnan Province.
• Zhang Yuanqing reported the Infant Spirit haunting while concealing Little Doubi’s existence, and Li Dongze assigned Guan Ya to accompany him on the investigation.
• Guan Ya outlined a plan to investigate Pingtai Hospital’s haunting reports and pregnancy records while Zhang Yuanqing searched for spirits.
• Guan Ya began questioning a doctor in the obstetrics and gynecology department while Zhang Yuanqing summoned Little Doubi in a stairwell to lure the culprit out.
• Zhang Yuanqing discovered that the doctor speaking with Guan Ya was his aunt, then watched Little Doubi crawl toward her.

Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya investigated the hospital hauntings and discovered that the Infant Spirit was the deceased nephew of Wang Qian, a Musician affiliated with Stop-Killing Palace. After agreeing to verify Wang Qian’s account, Zhang Yuanqing secretly kept the spirit with him, then received a call from Li Dongze asking him to stay for another assignment.

• Zhang Yuanqing followed the Infant Spirit to Wang Qian’s consultation room and identified him as the suspected source of the hospital hauntings.
• Guan Ya and Zhang Yuanqing confronted Wang Qian, whose song briefly overwhelmed Zhang Yuanqing before Guan Ya knocked him down and announced his arrest.
• Wang Qian explained that the Infant Spirit was his sister’s baby, who died after an emergency C-section and became a spirit through an item he had borrowed from Stop-Killing Palace.
• Guan Ya checked Wang Qian’s identity and said the Five Elements Alliance would verify his story; she and Zhang Yuanqing then left, and Zhang Yuanqing secretly returned the Infant Spirit to his body.
• At the office, Zhang Yuanqing filed a deliberately padded report and decided to keep the Infant Spirit rather than let him disappear.
• Li Dongze called Zhang Yuanqing near quitting time and told him to stay because he needed his help with something.

Zhang Yuanqing performed Spirit Inquiry on a dead Voodoo Master and uncovered the Spirit Energy Society’s plan to find Black Impermanence. The memory ended as the dead man’s Deacon began revealing the identities of Black Impermanence’s hidden subordinates.

• Li Dongze asked Zhang Yuanqing to perform Spirit Inquiry on a Level 3 Voodoo Master because Taiyi Sect’s Night Wanderer refused to take the risk.
• Zhang Yuanqing met Li Yuanfang and the Fenghui District Second Team, then assured them he could handle the dangerous spirit.
• Li Dongze explained the Voodoo Master’s abilities and the circumstances of his death before Zhang Yuanqing summoned and devoured the spirit.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s memories of the dead man revealed that he had been a violent criminal who became a Voodoo Master named Outlaw.
• Outlaw’s memories showed a silver-masked Deacon ordering him to search for Black Impermanence, who had hidden with the Holy Grail and the Roster.
• The Deacon began naming Black Impermanence’s hidden subordinates and was about to reveal their real-world identities.

Zhang Yuanqing used Spirit Inquiry on a Voodoo Master and uncovered a list of the Voodoo King’s subordinates, while officials suspected the Voodoo King was manipulating them to find Black Impermanence. The chapter ended with the Alliance deciding to keep Zhang Yuanqing rather than transfer him to Taiyi Sect and asking Fu Qingyang to meet Ling Jun.

• Zhang Yuanqing recovered from Spirit Inquiry, told Li Dongze about the list of Black Impermanence’s subordinates, and heard that the Second Team would receive credit and compensate him.
• At dinner, Zhang Yuanqing secretly stole his grandfather’s hearing and redirected his grandmother’s scolding toward him.
• An Elder of the Hundred Flowers Society convened district officers, who discussed the list and suspected the Voodoo King was using them to locate Black Impermanence.
• The officers proposed screening everyone at the Songhai Branch and applying to use the Tiger Tally because Spirit Energy Society agents might be hiding there.
• Fu Qingyang learned that Elder Hongying wanted Zhang Yuanqing transferred to Taiyi Sect, but Old Zhang praised Zhang Yuanqing’s willingness to help, and the officials decided to keep him.
• The Elder told Fu Qingyang that Ling Jun would arrive with his team to help hunt Black Impermanence and asked Fu Qingyang to meet him.

Zhang Yuanqing recruited Wang Qian as an informant after Wang Qian learned his identity was Yuanshi Tianzun. Meanwhile, Lady of Three Paths Mountain escaped a pocket dimension, and Mu Qiu entered an unexpectedly S-rank solo Spirit Realm.

• Zhang Yuanqing asked Wang Qian to register as a Spirit Realm Walker and become his informant, and Wang Qian initially declined.
• Great Sage of Love Madness told Wang Qian to accept Zhang Yuanqing’s offer and watch him after revealing Yuanshi Tianzun’s recent accomplishments.
• Lady of Three Paths Mountain failed to break through the pocket dimension’s barrier, then tore open the sky and escaped.
• Elder Sun received Lady of Three Paths Mountain’s warning that the Night Wanderer Spirit Realm had changed and its missions might behave abnormally.
• Mu Qiu entered the S-rank solo Spirit Realm mission Minghu Town and was shocked by its difficulty.

Zhang Yuanqing discovered that becoming a Night Wanderer had eased his old affliction, though triggering it revealed heightened mental processing and left him bleeding after his aunt interrupted him. Meanwhile, Fu Qingyang met Ling Jun, who connected the Ghost-Eyed Judge’s death to the Demon Lord and hinted at a secret hidden in the Demon Lord’s Role Card; Zhang Yuanqing ended the chapter reading a troubling forum post about Night Wanderers disappearing.

• Zhang Yuanqing tested Little Doubi’s intelligence with textbooks, but the Infant Spirit crawled toward his PS5 instead.
• After realizing he had missed two days of medicine without suffering an attack, Zhang Yuanqing deliberately triggered his affliction and found that his mind could process distant sounds and stray observations with unusual clarity.
• Jiang Yu'er interrupted Zhang Yuanqing’s heightened state, and blood suddenly poured from his nose.
• Fu Qingyang confronted Ling Jun for delaying their meeting, and Ling Jun said the Taiyi Sect’s Sect Master suspected a connection between the Ghost-Eyed Judge’s death and the Demon Lord’s death.
• Ling Jun told Fu Qingyang that the Demon Lord had left something representing the ultimate truth of the Spirit Realm in his Role Card.
• While shopping with Jiang Yu'er, Zhang Yuanqing confirmed his affliction had improved and spotted a forum post reporting that new A- and S-rank Spirit Realms had appeared for Night Wanderers as government-employed Night Wanderers began disappearing.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that a Spirit Realm anomaly had transformed several instances into high-difficulty challenges, including multiplayer instances, and Taiyi Sect announced a bounty for clearing them. Li Dongze gave him an old guide for Jinshui Amusement Park as a precaution, then said he had another matter to discuss: Lei Yibing.

• Zhang Yuanqing read a forum post reporting sudden changes to Night Wanderer instances and worried about his upcoming Spirit Realm entry.
• Yuan Ting told Zhang Yuanqing that Night Wanderers were panicking and that the Council of Elders was investigating the changes.
• Taiyi Sect announced that a revived high-level BOSS had altered eight instances and offered merits or money for clearing them.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized that several changed instances were multiplayer challenges that could affect Walkers of other classes.
• Li Dongze told Zhang Yuanqing that Jinshui Amusement Park was a Transcendence Realm instance and provided an old guide, warning him not to rely on it completely.
• Li Dongze said his second reason for calling concerned Lei Yibing.

Zhang Yuanqing investigated Lei Yibing’s disappearance and discovered a coded message hidden among their childhood keepsakes. The message told Yuanzi to find the place where Lei Yibing had left everything, as Zhang Yuanqing faced entering the Spirit Realm.

• Li Dongze told Zhang Yuanqing that Lei Yibing’s college classmates remembered him as withdrawn and that two people who had provoked him had later died, prompting Zhang Yuanqing to conclude Lei Yibing had changed after high school.
• Li Dongze sent Zhang Yuanqing photographs of Lei Yibing’s diary, whose final entry recalled their childhood and games together.
• Zhang Yuanqing visited Lei Yibing’s mother, Aunt Zhou, then searched Lei Yibing’s bedroom and found their old childhood toys beneath the bed.
• Zhang Yuanqing discovered a slip of paper hidden in The Amorous History of Emperor Yang of Sui and decoded Lei Yibing’s message: “Yuanzi, find it. I left everything there.”

Zhang Yuanqing decoded a cryptic clue from Brother Bing and discovered it pointed to Jinshui Amusement Park, the group Spirit Realm instance he was about to enter. The instance opened as an S-rank death-type mission, and he entered before he could tell Guan Ya anything more.

• Zhang Yuanqing decided to investigate Brother Bing's clue alone and focus first on his next Spirit Realm mission.
• Zhang Yuanqing read that a colleague had died in Jinshui Amusement Park and refused Wang Qian's offer to sell the old guide, though he studied it himself.
• Zhang Yuanqing connected the guide's instance number, 6203, to the clue's code, Lu Er Ling San, and wondered whether Brother Bing could predict his missions.
• Zhang Yuanqing received a mission notice confirming Jinshui Amusement Park was an S-rank, group, death-type instance, and its introduction said the spirits were seeking a young man named XXXX.
• Zhang Yuanqing took a blue pill and called Guan Ya to report his mission, but the call cut off after he entered the Spirit Realm.

Guan Ya and Li Dongze learned that Zhang Yuanqing had entered the S-rank Jinshui Amusement Park dungeon, while Fu Qingyang and Ling Jun discussed the danger and the dungeon’s altered difficulty. Inside the park, Zhang Yuanqing introduced himself as Wang Tai and began organizing the seven Walkers, leaving the group to decide whether anyone had an old guide.

• Guan Ya called Li Dongze after discovering that Yuanshi had entered Jinshui Amusement Park, and both worried he might not survive.
• Li Dongze notified Fu Qingyang, who reacted with surprise and asked for an update the following morning.
• Ling Jun explained that the Lady of Three Paths Mountain had altered lower-level dungeons, then warned that Jinshui Amusement Park was a death-type dungeon with no way out.
• Zhang Yuanqing arrived at the illuminated amusement park and found six other Spirit Realm Walkers waiting there.
• Zhang Yuanqing introduced himself as Wang Tai and encouraged the group to introduce themselves; the others gave their names as Fire Demon, River God, Xie Lingxi, Ashamed to be a Father, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and Xi Shi.
• Xi Shi asked whether anyone belonged to an official organization or had the amusement park’s old guide.

Zhang Yuanqing and the other Walkers entered the S-rank Jinshui Amusement Park instance, where he received a hidden quest to keep the team from falling below three members and suspected an enemy was among them. They followed Xie Lingxi's advice to ride the roller coaster with their eyes closed, but the ride ended with the River God dead and the Fire Demon holding his severed head.

• Xie Lingxi revealed that she knew part of the old walkthrough, and Zhang Yuanqing received a hidden quest to keep the team at three or more members while concealing his role.
• The group chose the roller coaster after Xie Lingxi said riders could survive by keeping their eyes closed for three loops.
• The Walkers entered the ride and discovered their Inventories and active skills had been sealed, though their passive abilities and physical fitness remained.
• Zhang Yuanqing took the front seat, and the group began the ride with their eyes closed.
• The roller coaster returned to the platform, where Zhang Yuanqing found the River God decapitated and the bloodied Fire Demon holding his head.

After River God was decapitated on the roller coaster, Zhang Yuanqing and the other Spirit Realm Walkers struggled to determine whether the ride’s rules had changed or a hidden killer was attacking them. Zhang Yuanqing’s investigation suggested River God died during the ride, and he feared the killer would target him next.

• The six Spirit Realm Walkers received notice that the next round would begin in five minutes and debated why closing their eyes had not prevented River God’s death.
• Fire Demon said River God’s head had landed in his arms as the coaster passed its second hill, while Xi Shi said she had noticed nothing unusual.
• Zhang Yuanqing assessed which riders could have reached River God and replayed the ride’s sounds in his mind to determine when River God had died.
• Zhang Yuanqing suffered a nosebleed after his mental effort and pretended it was caused by seeing pretty girls.
• Zhang Yuanqing concluded that a hidden Spirit Realm Walker might be killing the group and feared that he, as the smartest person, would be the next target.

Zhang Yuanqing kept most of the team’s eyes closed on the roller coaster and stayed behind to watch, preventing further deaths while hinting that a malicious player had killed River God. After the team completed the attraction, he learned the next stop was an underground parking garage and received a chance to identify and annihilate the malicious player.

• Xi Shi, Fire Demon, Ashamed to be a Father, and Xie Lingxi favored opening their eyes, but Zhang Yuanqing warned that doing so might be dangerous and proposed that one person stay behind to watch.
• Zhang Yuanqing volunteered to leave the roller coaster while his teammates rode with their eyes closed, and nobody objected.
• Zhang Yuanqing watched the ride and saw that nobody died; he told the others he had noticed nothing, prompting them to consider how River God had been killed.
• The team completed the remaining roller-coaster rounds without further deaths, and Zhang Yuanqing learned that the next attraction was the Underground Parking Garage, followed by a haunted house, a detective reasoning hall, and other Heart-Stopping missions.
• Zhang Yuanqing received one opportunity to use his captain’s authority to identify the malicious player within thirty seconds, or forfeit the chance.