Chapter Summaries

Heibai, a skilled but easily frightened streamer, was urged by his viewers to try the new horror game "Outlast" on the Huangtu Game Platform. He started the game despite disliking recent horror games, leaving the stream ready to see whether it would surprise him.

• Game Producers and players noticed "Outlast" among the new games released on the Huangtu Game Platform.
• Passerby A watched Heibai win a promotion match while viewers praised his gameplay.
• A viewer told Heibai about "Outlast," and the chat urged him to stream it because he was known to be scared of horror games.
• Heibai checked the cover, found it creepy, and explained that recent horror games had not interested him.
• Heibai gave in to his viewers, bought "Outlast," and prepared to begin playing.

Streamer Heibai began playing Outlast, entering Jushan Mental Hospital at night with only a DV camera and limited batteries. After spotting a strange figure outside, he climbed into the hospital and switched on night vision when the lights went out.

• Heibai dismissed the idea of playing another horror game, then started Outlast on Normal difficulty as journalist Miles.
• Heibai drove to Jushan Mental Hospital and found its gate deserted, with only a camera, a battery, and a folder to rely on.
• Heibai discovered that the camera's night vision used limited batteries and entered the dark hospital courtyard.
• Heibai saw a shadowy figure appear at a lit window and run away, then paused the game to use the bathroom.
• Heibai found a hole beneath a side gate, climbed scaffolding into a second-floor window, and entered the hospital.
• The ceiling light went out, so Heibai activated the camera's unsettling night vision.

Heibai explored Jushan Mental Hospital in a defenseless horror game and was badly startled when a television and a patient’s voice disrupted the silence. After escaping down the corridor, he approached the bathrooms, where something unexpected happened.

• Heibai searched a wrecked room and found a battery after leaving the room where he had begun.
• A television abruptly turned on with static and a scream, while a man shouted from the room next door.
• Heibai grabbed the battery and fled past a fallen shelf until the sounds behind him faded.
• Heibai steadied himself, encouraged himself not to be afraid, and continued down a corridor toward the bathrooms.
• A sharp click sounded as Heibai reached the bathroom entrance.

Heibai and streamer Bolin faced the terrifying aftermath of a massacre in a psychiatric hospital as they tried to progress through the horror game. Bolin forced himself onward after a corpse ambushed him, only to hear another corpse warn him to run.

• Heibai found the right restroom wrecked, with an open vent and a blood trail, and dreaded crawling through it again.
• Bolin hesitated at the restroom but agreed to keep playing after viewers urged him on and donated.
• Bolin crawled through a ventilation duct safely, then opened the only accessible door and was startled by a mangled corpse dropping onto him.
• After calming down, Bolin used his DV camera to see piles of corpses and blood, then crept toward the archive room.
• A corpse beside Bolin suddenly came to life and shouted, "Run!", leaving him frozen in fear.

Bolin fled the psychiatric hospital after a bloody attack in the records room, then panicked when a monster threw the game’s protagonist from the second floor and his wardrobe seemed to move. Meanwhile, Heibai recovered from hiding in a wardrobe and set off for the basement, unaware that the worst was still ahead.

• Bolin found a dying special operations officer impaled on rebar, who warned him to run from the people who had killed everyone.
• Bolin ran through the records room toward a lit passage, while viewers spotted a figure in the hallway and warned him in the comments.
• A bloody creature grabbed the protagonist and hurled him from the second floor, frightening Bolin so badly that he quit after his wardrobe moved.
• Heibai recalled how the game had repeatedly frightened him, including a wheelchair-bound patient who attacked him when he returned.
• Heibai emerged from the wardrobe and read his notes, then headed to the basement to restore power.

Heibai searched the asylum basement for two air pumps and the power switch, finding both pumps while evading a madman. After activating the second pump, he opened the door and came face-to-face with the waiting attacker, who struck him with a club.

• Heibai entered the basement and found the first air pump, then hid in a locker when a madman broke in and searched nearby lockers.
• Heibai escaped the locker after the madman left and later discovered the second air pump in another room.
• Heibai activated the second air pump despite having nowhere to hide, and the madman did not appear inside the room.
• Heibai opened the door to leave and found the madman waiting outside, who swung his club at him.

Heibai played Outlast and fled a club-wielding madman through a dark corridor, where his camera battery died and he was struck again. He escaped into a locker and hid until the madman left, then sat shaken and in pain while viewers urged him to stop playing.

• Heibai charged past the madman and ran through the enclosed area as the attacker chased him with a club.
• Heibai entered a dark corridor and turned on his camera’s night vision, but its battery died while he was running.
• Heibai changed the battery in the darkness, restarted the camera, and was struck by the madman when the attacker appeared beside the lens.
• Heibai found a wooden door, shut himself inside a room, and hid in a locker until the madman searched nearby lockers and left.
• Heibai emerged shaken, rubbing his temples and complaining that his hands were numb, while viewers expressed concern and suggested he stop playing.

After finishing Outlast, Heibai praised its atmosphere and recommended it to Brother Zhang, who responded with an angry message after playing. Horror-game fans then tried the game, got frightened at the same points, and decided to spread the word about it.

• Heibai messaged Brother Zhang that Outlast was thrilling and recommended he play it, then ended his stream.
• Brother Zhang replied, “Fuck your mother!”, and Heibai laughed as he imagined him getting scared.
• Heibai reflected on how Outlast’s sound, shifting environments, and DV camera’s night vision created constant psychological pressure.
• Players who had watched Heibai and Bolin discuss Outlast in group chats and compared where they had gotten stuck.
• Players who had challenged the game returned frightened, praised it as one of the best horror games in years, and agreed to promote it by making posts.

Players who tried Outlast spread it across gaming forums, drawing more curious players into the terrifying game. At Huangtu Game Company, Wang Chuan reported that it had sold 110,000 copies in just over a day and planned to give it better placement on the platform.

• Players who were frightened by Outlast posted jokes and warnings recommending it to others on gaming forums.
• Curious players bought Outlast to test the claims, but many fled at Jushan Mental Hospital, at their first sight of a patient, or in the dark basement.
• Players who endured or quit the game added their own forum posts, helping Outlast gradually gain popularity.
• Gong Yingnan, Wei Wei, and the others asked Wang Chuan about sales, and he said Outlast had sold 110,000 copies after refunds in just over a day.
• Wang Chuan said Huangtu Game would give Outlast better recommendation slots, expecting its reputation and popularity to surge.

After Heibai and Bolin streamed Outlast, their frightened reactions made the game spread across livestreaming platforms and drew a surge of curious players. Outlast’s popularity and sales skyrocketed, though many players were too scared to continue and requested refunds.

• Heibai and Bolin’s Outlast streams attracted new followers and prompted viewers to recommend the game across livestreaming platforms.
• Streamers’ terrified reactions became popular clips, encouraging more viewers to buy and try Outlast themselves.
• Players discussed Outlast’s combination of visual, jump, and psychological horror, along with its defenseless journalist protagonist and dark asylum setting.
• Outlast’s online popularity, reviews, and sales surged on the Huangtu Game platform as many curious players bought it, while some frightened players requested refunds.

“Escape” sold one million copies on the Huangtu Game platform within ten days, convincing game producers that its users were willing to pay. Penguin Games manager Ding Ke, alarmed by the game’s success, ordered his staff to identify and poach its producer.

• “Escape” reached one million sales on the Huangtu Game platform by its tenth day and maintained a player rating around 9.2.
• Game producers discussed “Escape’s” sales and considered releasing their own games on the Huangtu Game platform.
• The success of “Escape” eased developers’ doubts that the platform had paying users.
• Ding Ke played “Escape” and reprimanded his operations chief for failing to identify MJ Studio sooner.
• Ding Ke ordered his staff to find and poach the producer behind MJ and “Escape” to Penguin Games.

Wang Chuan overheard players discussing how terrifying Outlast was and laughed when they teased Bolin about his frightened stream. When Bolin asked Wang Chuan about the game, Wang Chuan insisted it was harmonious and full of positive energy, leaving Bolin bewildered.

• Players at the experience store discussed how scary Outlast was, while Wang Chuan hid his face because he had made it.
• Bolin arrived, and players teased him about his frightened reactions during his Outlast streams.
• Bolin challenged the players to show their playtime and progress, prompting them to dodge his request.
• Bolin asked Wang Chuan whether he had played Outlast, and Wang Chuan said he had.
• Bolin called the game's story unsettling, but Wang Chuan described it as harmonious, friendly, and full of positive energy.

Wang Chuan spun a cheerful version of Outlast’s story, while the game’s popularity fueled curiosity about its mysterious developer, MJ Game Company. Unable to locate the studio, Penguin Games publicly invited horror-game teams to sign an exclusive contract, making its attempt to poach talent clear.

• Wang Chuan described Outlast as a heartwarming story about a worker cared for by Jushan Mental Hospital’s patients, leaving Bolin and nearby players speechless.
• Players spread Wang Chuan’s account online and joked about how the hospital’s patients had actually terrified and harmed them.
• As Outlast grew more popular, players and game-industry figures wondered who was behind MJ Game Company.
• The head of operations told Ding Ke that he could not find the company, so Ding Ke ordered him to recruit its developers publicly.
• Penguin Games issued an invitation for horror-game teams to sign an exclusive contract, and players and Game Producers recognized it as an effort to poach talent.

After Penguin tried to poach the developer behind "Outlast," Wang Chuan revealed that MJ Game Company had joined Huangtu Game, turning Penguin’s move into a setback. The chapter ended with Penguin’s operations chief receiving a message from Ding Ke, leaving the company’s response unresolved.

• Penguin announced its attempt to poach the developer behind "Outlast," prompting Game Producers to speculate about Wang Chuan’s response.
• Wang Chuan posted that players who logged into "Outlast" could claim a free DLC and an unexpected surprise.
• Huangtu Game platform updated "Outlast" with the free "Whistleblower" DLC and changed the game’s icon to Huangtu Game’s, revealing MJ Game Company’s affiliation with the platform.
• Game Producers discussed the apparent acquisition and anticipated Penguin’s reaction.
• Penguin’s operations chief reacted grimly to the announcement, then received a message from Ding Ke.

Wang Chuan revealed that he had secretly developed Outlast under the name MJ Game Company, prompting widespread surprise and discussion among game producers, media, and players. The chapter left players recognizing that Outlast, League of Legends, and other major games had been made by the same person, while Bolin was upset that Wang Chuan had created the horror game that frightened him on stream.

• Penguin announced it would recruit outstanding horror game producers and offer full-channel promotion, but Wang Chuan posted that the terms had almost tempted him.
• Game producers checked Outlast's platform page and discovered its producer was listed as Huangtu Game: Wang Chuan, revealing that MJ Game Company and Huangtu Game Company were the same company.
• Game media outlets reported that Wang Chuan had developed Outlast, and players began discussing his role in the game alongside his other titles.
• Players noted that Wang Chuan had also released an Outlast DLC and joked about the game's frightening and punishing design.
• Bolin learned that Wang Chuan had made Outlast and complained that Wang Chuan kept creating torturous games.

After Wang Chuan revealed that he had developed "Outlast" under an alias to demonstrate Huangtu Game's potential, Ding Ke planned to undermine the platform by casting doubt on its data. Wang Chuan's statement that officials supervised Huangtu Game's operations and that the platform would maintain open, fair terms set off a major response across the gaming industry.

• Players and game producers discussed Wang Chuan's role in "Outlast" and why it had been released under MJ Game Company.
• At Penguin Games, Ding Ke said Wang Chuan's plan was a double-edged sword and ordered the operations department to spread doubts about Huangtu Game's data.
• After receiving a phone call, Ding Ke told the department head to delete the official post and abandon the plan.
• Wang Chuan stated that he had developed "Outlast" to show that Huangtu Game's players would support quality games and that its recommendation system was fair.
• Wang Chuan said officials had been invited to supervise Huangtu Game, promised its revenue share would never increase, and affirmed that it had no exclusivity requirements.
• Wang Chuan's statement triggered a major reaction across the gaming industry.

Wang Chuan’s public post won support from the authorities and players, turning the dispute over game distribution channels in favor of Huangtu Game. As producers and players took a closer look at the platform, Wang Chuan expanded it with new community, collection, discount, and review features.

• After Wang Chuan tagged the authorities, they liked his post, and the topic surged to the top of online trending searches.
• Penguin Games’ operations chief realized Wang Chuan had claimed the moral high ground by supporting the authorities, game producers, and players with Huangtu Game’s lower prices.
• Players and game producers praised Wang Chuan, and more companies began considering or joining the Huangtu Game platform.
• Players discovered that Huangtu Game offered a good user experience and that its developer tools showed real-time game data and transparent recommendation slots.
• Wang Chuan updated the platform with game badges and cards, a game library display, optional discounts, and player-review recommendations.

Huangtu Game's growth and third-party sales persuaded more developers to join, while the channel war settled into three factions. Wang Chuan then discussed League of Legends esports plans and outlined the venue for the first S1 Global Invitational Finals.

• Players praised Huangtu Game's new features as the platform reached ten million users.
• Wang Chuan released sales figures showing multiple third-party indie games had sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
• Game producers submitted titles to Huangtu Game, and the channel war settled into three factions led by Penguin, Huangtu Game, and smaller channels.
• Wang Chuan met with Zhou Yijian and an official minister to discuss League of Legends competitions and the need for regional leagues.
• Wang Chuan proposed holding the S1 Global Invitational Finals in an SH City exhibition hall with space for 80,000 to 100,000 spectators and a customized holographic display.

Wang Chuan proposed a lavish League of Legends international tournament, and Zhou Yijian and an official department head were stunned by its scale and budget. The department head supported the plan, and Wang Chuan announced that next year’s League of Legends Global Finals would be held in SH City.

• Wang Chuan outlined plans for a major tournament with elaborate production, team requirements, and extensive promotional features.
• Wang Chuan revealed that Huangtu Game had allocated 400 million for the next year’s Global Invitational, while he planned to forgo sponsors and broadcasting-rights sales for its first event.
• The official department head agreed to help secure incentives and policies, and Fox Live would also assist with organizing the tournament.
• Wang Chuan set up a ticket lottery with tiered prices, electronic tickets, and identity checks to deter scalpers.
• Wang Chuan announced that the League of Legends Global Finals would take place in SH City next year, sparking a major reaction from players and the gaming industry.

Wang Chuan announced the League of Legends Global Finals, a lavish international tournament with a ten-million-dollar prize pool, custom champion skins, and a share of skin revenue for the winning team. Players and the gaming industry were stunned by the scale, while esports clubs began to take notice.

• Wang Chuan announced that the League of Legends Global Finals would take place next year at the SH City International Sports Exhibition Hall, with top teams from around the world invited to compete.
• Wang Chuan revealed a ten-million-dollar prize pool and promised the winning team custom championship skins and twenty-five percent of the proceeds from their sales.
• Major clubs, Fox Live, and event organizers reposted the announcement, igniting discussion across gaming forums and the industry.
• Players and industry insiders marveled at the event's projected costs, global scope, and potential prestige, while estimating that championship skin revenue could be enormous.
• Domestic esports clubs reacted intensely to the announcement, though some had initially dismissed League of Legends tournaments as insignificant.