Chapter Summaries

Song Ren played through Ezio’s return to Florence, where he reunited with Cristina before helping Leonardo and the thieves fight the Templar Knights and the Pazzi family. After reaching Venice, Ezio met Rosa and Antonio, while his flirtations with Caterina and Rosa left Song Ren wondering whether the Assassin was a lecherous old creep.

• Ezio returned to Florence, learned Cristina was engaged, and helped her fiancé escape debt collectors before leaving Cristina behind.
• Leonardo made Ezio a pair of Cuff Blades, and Ezio helped uncover and foil the Templar Knights’ and Pazzi family’s plot against the Medici family.
• Ezio and Leonardo traveled toward Venice, and Ezio rescued Caterina, who used her authority to secure them passage on a ship.
• Desmond saw Altair’s memories with Maria while outside the Animus.
• In Venice, Ezio rescued the thief Rosa, met the Thieves Guild leader Antonio, and joined their plan to kill Emilio Barbarigo.

Song Ren played through Ezio’s adventures in Venice, Forlì, and Florence, witnessing Ezio join the Assassin Order and pursue the stolen Golden Apple. In Florence, Ezio reached Cristina too late to save her, and she confessed that her heart had never left him before she died in his arms.

• Song Ren enjoyed exploring Assassin’s Creed, then watched Ezio foil the Templars’ plan in Venice and learn that they sought the Golden Apple.
• Ezio joined the Assassin Order and took the Golden Apple to Forlì, where an ambush left him badly wounded and the artifact was stolen.
• Ezio tracked the thief to Florence, where he decided to overthrow Savonarola and free the city from his rule.
• Ezio met the dying Manfredo, who begged him to rescue Cristina, but Ezio arrived too late and Cristina died after confessing her love for him.
• Song Ren mourned Cristina’s fate and imagined Chen Xu appearing as the Warrior of Love with a familiar blade.

Players compared Assassin's Creed with Medieval: Salvation and reacted to Assassin's Creed's immersive story and repeated character deaths. As players flooded Chen Xu's Official Blog with complaints, Chen Xu wanted to assure them there would be no more blades, but Ruan Ningxue doubted they would believe him.

• Players compared Assassin's Creed's varied, accessible combat and historical science-fiction story with Medieval: Salvation's realistic, hardcore gameplay and historical detail.
• Ezio defeated Rodrigo in the Vatican and learned of a future disaster, then returned to Monteriggioni, where Cesare attacked, captured Caterina, killed Mario, and left Ezio unconscious.
• Players mourned the deaths of Ezio's family, Cristina, and Mario, and posted angry comments beneath Chen Xu's Official Blog.
• Chen Xu said he wanted to reassure players that no more members of the Assassin Brotherhood would die, while Ruan Ningxue thought players would not believe him.

The chapter followed Ezio’s journey from Rome to Constantinople and his search for Altair’s library, while revealing Altair’s past through the keys. In the library, Ezio discovered that he was a messenger reaching Desmond across the ages, and Song Ren understood that Ezio’s life had prepared Desmond to learn about the Precursors.

• Juno controlled Desmond and forced him to kill Lucy, while players followed Ezio’s growth from a revenge-driven young man into a wise Assassin Mentor.
• Ezio rebuilt the Assassin Brotherhood in Rome, then traveled to Masyaf and Constantinople to find the keys to Altair’s library.
• As Ezio gathered the keys, he learned how Altair’s arrogance led to his downfall, and how Altair later defeated his mentor and reconsidered the Creed.
• Ezio entered Altair’s library with Sophia, found Altair’s remains and another Golden Apple, and chose not to touch it.
• The Golden Apple revealed Ezio’s connection to Desmond, and Ezio spoke to him as a messenger whose story crossed generations.
• Song Ren realized Ezio’s experiences had helped Desmond learn about the Precursors through a conversation spanning three eras.

Song Ren watched Ezio's peaceful death and reflected on how Altair, Ezio, and Desmond had grown through Assassin's Creed's story. At Nebula Games, Chen Xu announced plans for a Halloween and Double Eleven event game aimed at surprising PC players.

• After the credits, Ezio reunited with Sophia and their daughter in Florence, then died peacefully while reflecting on love, freedom, and time.
• Song Ren left the game pod and considered the lives and legacies of Ezio, Altair, and Desmond.
• Meng Zuo told Chen Xu that testing for the Uncharted DLC trilogy was complete, and Chen Xu scheduled its release for the following week.
• Yang Xin asked about the studio's next project, and Chen Xu said he would lead a team in making a game for Halloween and Double Eleven.
• Chen Xu said the event would bring a major surprise to PC players, leaving Meng Zuo, Qin Yi, and Yang Xin wary of what he had planned.

Chen Xu outlined Nebula Games’ plans for a Halloween event and a later project inspired by Lovecraft, alarming his team with the prospect of more horror. Meanwhile, Assassin’s Creed earned a 9.5 aggregate score, and the announcement of an Uncharted DLC trilogy sent players into a spending frenzy.

• Chen Xu told the team that Nebula Games was preparing a Halloween game with a little horror and asked them to read Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Whispers in the Dark for inspiration for a later project.
• The team panicked after learning about the stories’ horror elements, but Chen Xu assured them the later game would be satisfying to play rather than frightening.
• Assassin’s Creed received an aggregate media score of 9.5, with GameSpot awarding it 9.7 and praising its historical settings and characters.
• Chen Xu reflected that the game’s strong reception came from combining the best elements of several Assassin’s Creed games while preserving the series’ distinctive historical appeal.
• Nebula Games announced an Uncharted DLC trilogy, leaving players worried about the state of their wallets.

Players celebrated the Uncharted trilogy DLC and Nathan Drake’s completed life story, while Medieval: Salvation earned strong reviews despite being overshadowed. Chen Xu prepared Halloween and Double Eleven events, then began planning a supposedly heartwarming game about a family welcoming their son-in-law home.

• Players played the Uncharted trilogy DLC and discussed Nathan Drake’s adventures, relationships, and life with Elena.
• Nathan Drake’s story concluded with him living an ordinary life with Elena and sharing tales of his past with their daughter.
• Medieval: Salvation received a 9.3 score but was overshadowed by Assassin’s Creed and Uncharted, while still helping Zeus gain market share.
• Chen Xu prepared Halloween and Double Eleven updates for Nebula Games’ titles and continued developing VR themes for the Nebula Games Universe.
• Chen Xu wrote a new game concept about a family warmly welcoming their son-in-law after three years apart.

NetDragon’s Shadow Ops: Blackout failed while Zeus’s Undercover became a hit, prompting game designers to reconsider the appeal of open-world games. At the end of October, Nebula Games announced a generous Halloween and Double Eleven event featuring discounts, cashback, and a mysterious game with completion rewards and a treasure hunt.

• NetDragon’s Shadow Ops: Blackout received failing scores and negative player reviews for its pacing, storytelling, and open-world gameplay.
• Undercover launched on Zeus’s VR platform, earning strong reviews and sales with its action, Bullet Time mechanics, and crime story.
• Undercover’s success and Shadow Ops: Blackout’s failure led game designers to question whether open-world games were always superior.
• Nebula Games announced a Halloween and Double Eleven event with platform discounts, 10% cashback in Tokens, and a mysterious game available in VR and PC versions.
• Nebula Games offered players who completed the mystery game a refund in Tokens, a chance to receive another game, and prizes for finding treasure first.
• Players celebrated the event and said they planned to buy both versions of the mystery game.

Song Ren began Nebula Games’ mysterious Resident Evil and learned that Ethan was driving to Dulvey, Louisiana, to find his wife Mia, who had disappeared three years earlier. After Mia’s cheerful message gave way to a terrified warning, Song Ren realized the game was a horror story as Ethan approached the isolated location.

• Song Ren waited for Resident Evil to unlock, expecting that it might be a Souls-like game.
• Song Ren watched Mia’s loving recording to Ethan, in which she said she was coming home.
• Song Ren saw a second recording where Mia apologized for lying and warned Ethan not to get involved.
• Ethan drove toward Dulvey after learning Mia had returned, despite his friend reminding him she had been missing for three years.
• Song Ren realized Ethan was heading into a horror game and hoped he would turn back.

Song Ren explored the grounds and house in Resident Evil, following clues from Mia’s belongings and a videotape. He entered a flooded hidden passage, where a decomposed head suddenly appeared and terrified him.

• Song Ren followed a path to a villa, found Mia’s Handbag and Driver’s License, and discovered a Treasure Map Fragment inside.
• Song Ren entered the dark house, found its filthy rooms unbearable, and watched a Videotape recorded by Peter, Andre, and Clancy three years earlier.
• Following the Videotape’s hint, Song Ren opened a Hidden Chamber behind the fireplace and climbed down into a flooded passage.
• Song Ren waded through the rising murky water until a decomposed, maggot-covered head appeared directly in front of him, making him scream.

Song Ren found Mia imprisoned in the basement and freed her, but she insisted she had not contacted Ethan and warned him about a mysterious “Daddy.” As Mia led Ethan through the house, her behavior grew increasingly strange, leaving Song Ren unsure whether his wife could be trusted.

• Song Ren cautiously explored the damp basement, found Mia behind a chained gate, and picked up Wire Cutters to free her.
• Song Ren cut the chains and woke Mia, who warned Ethan that he should not have come and denied sending him the emails.
• Mia pulled Ethan away, asking whether “he” had seen him and saying they had to leave before “Daddy” arrived.
• Mia led Ethan to a brightly lit room and became distressed when a door she remembered was missing.
• After Ethan looked at a photograph, Mia abruptly calmed down and said they would soon be a family, making Song Ren wary of her behavior.

Song Ren guided Ethan through the house to search for Mia, only to be attacked by her after she transformed and crawled up the stairs. When Mia collapsed, Song Ren refused to approach and decided that Ethan and Mia had to divorce.

• Ethan left Mia to rest while he searched the room, but Mia disappeared after a hole was smashed through the wall.
• Song Ren guided Ethan through the hole and up the dark basement stairs into a stormy corridor.
• Ethan found First Aid Medicine in the bathroom before frantic knocking sounded at the corridor door.
• When Ethan opened the door, Mia crawled up the stairs, attacked him with a knife, and wounded his hands.
• Mia recovered her senses, struck her head against the wall, and collapsed unconscious.
• Song Ren backed away from Mia and declared that she and Ethan needed a divorce.

Song Ren and other players tried Resident Evil and found its immersive horror overwhelming, while the game’s generous Halloween rewards and misleading chatter drew more players toward the experience. By morning, many players had received the game as a gift and were being pushed toward the same frightening ordeal.

• Song Ren exited Resident Evil, bought four copies, and gifted them to Zhang Yi, Wang Han, Qiao Yi, and Wang Yifan.
• Players who tried the game complained in the Nebula Games community about its oppressive scares and terrifying scenes.
• Resident Evil became a major topic as players described being frightened by the house, the corpse in the sink, and Mia.
• Players who had not yet tried the game grew curious after some players downplayed its horror and others misleadingly discussed its features.
• Some players woke up to find friends had gifted them Resident Evil and suspected the game was a trap.

Song Ren resumed Resident Evil 7 and tried to escape Mia’s attacks, but the game’s brutal violence and VR force feedback overwhelmed him. After Mia sawed off Ethan’s hand, Song Ren quit the game in terror.

• Song Ren restarted the game, used First Aid Medicine to heal Ethan, and tried to leave Mia behind, but she attacked him again.
• Song Ren grabbed a Fire Axe and struck Mia, then found she had vanished after he answered a mysterious woman’s call about escaping through the attic.
• Song Ren found a fuse with Wire Cutters and headed upstairs, where Mia appeared to apologize before pinning Ethan’s hand to the wall with a screwdriver.
• Mia started a chainsaw and sawed off Ethan’s left hand, prompting Song Ren to quit the game pod in panic.

After uninstalling Resident Evil in fear, Song Ren watched Peppa Pig to calm down while players flooded Chen Xu with complaints. Chen Xu announced upgraded rewards and crossover content, and players who pushed through the horror began enjoying the game’s combat and family-centered story.

• Song Ren uninstalled Resident Evil from his gaming pod and PC, then watched two episodes of Peppa Pig to recover from the game’s scares.
• Players blamed Chen Xu for Resident Evil’s terrifying moments, while Chen Xu laughed at their complaints in Nebula Games’ break room.
• Chen Xu announced game rewards based on players’ progress and crossover content with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Rainbow Six: Siege.
• Players rushed to claim the rewards, despite joking that Chen Xu was trying to scare them to death.
• As players advanced through Resident Evil, they found its combat entertaining and its story focused on family happiness.

Zhang Yi and Wang Han pieced together how Eveline infected and controlled the Baker Family, then Zhang Yi pushed through the mines toward her. He reached the basement where the journey began and prepared to confront Eveline, suspecting Ethan had been infected too.

• Zhang Yi and Wang Han concluded that Mia had been an agent transporting Eveline, a bioweapon who caused the shipwreck and infected the Baker Family to create a family for herself.
• Zhang Yi worried that Mia might not survive, then checked his equipment and continued through the mines, killing the Molded in his way.
• Zhang Yi passed the Fatty Molded, removed the Wood Planks, and found Eveline's wheelchair and the doll from the basement near the start of the game.
• Zhang Yi recognized the basement and saw Ethan hallucinate Mia crying that something was there.
• Zhang Yi washed his hands, suspected Ethan was infected, and declared that he would kill Eveline after he finished.

Zhang Yi guided Ethan through Eveline’s illusions and injected her with E-Necrotoxin, triggering her transformation into a giant monster. Armed Helicopters delivered a Hand Cannon that let Ethan defeat her, and Redfield arrived afterward.

• Zhang Yi guided Ethan past Mia’s attacks and pushed through Eveline’s psychic force to inject her with E-Necrotoxin.
• Eveline aged into a wheelchair-bound woman, then dissolved into black liquid and transformed into a gigantic fungal monster.
• Ethan’s ordinary weapons failed to hurt Eveline, and she pierced his calf while destroying the old house.
• Armed Helicopters dropped a Hand Cannon for Ethan, whose special bullets caused Eveline to calcify and collapse.
• Redfield approached Ethan after the helicopters landed and introduced himself.

After finishing Ethan and Mia’s escape, Zhang Yi discovered two DLCs and began Zoe’s Ending, which shifted from horror to a punch-filled adventure starring Joe Baker. He eagerly fought Molded as Grandpa Joe, though the DLC still posed dangers such as crocodiles and getting surrounded.

• Ethan and Mia escaped the Baker estate by helicopter, and a short scene showed them discussing a dark fairy tale before the credits rolled.
• Zhang Yi and Wang Han noticed the unlocked DLCs, Not a Hero and Zoe's Ending, and discussed Zoe's fate and the mysterious teaser scene.
• Wang Han persuaded Zhang Yi to try Zoe's Ending, where Joe Baker intercepted the soldiers carrying Zoe to safety.
• Zhang Yi discovered that Joe fought with boxing combos and restored health by eating bugs.
• Zhang Yi and Wang Han were astonished as Joe punched Molded to death, though crocodiles and groups of enemies remained dangerous.

Players discovered that Resident Evil’s two DLCs let them fight the Molded as Joe Baker and Chris Redfield, but many could not access them without finishing the main game. As fans debated the game’s wider lore and unanswered questions, Chen Xu saw that completion rates remained low.

• Players enjoyed Zoe's Ending as Joe Baker and Not a Hero as Chris Redfield, relishing their powerful combat and Chris's unfortunate teammates.
• Zhang Yi recommended the DLCs to Song Ren, who rushed to play before learning they unlocked only after clearing the main game.
• Many players who had been too frightened to finish Resident Evil considered pushing onward to unlock the DLCs, while Chen Xu noted the low completion rates.
• Players examined Chris's DLC and inferred that BSAA, Umbrella, and Blue Umbrella were tied to a larger history of biohazard disasters.
• Fans discussed the unresolved questions surrounding Alliance, Chris's distrust of Umbrella, and Ethan and Mia's ending.

After Resident Evil’s success, Chen Xu confirmed that Ethan might return someday but said no sequel was currently planned. He then discussed Nebula Games’ upcoming headquarters and theme park before turning the team’s attention back to their mysterious new project.

• Players eagerly asked Chen Xu about Resident Evil’s unanswered mysteries and whether the game would get a sequel.
• Ruan Ningxue, Yang Xin, and Meng Zuo questioned Chen Xu about the sequel and his habit of teasing future projects.
• Chen Xu explained that he had begun Resident Evil with Ethan’s story to establish Umbrella, Chris, and the wider setting, and replied online that there were no current sequel plans, though Ethan might return in the future.
• Chen Xu told Qin Yi, Ruan Ningxue, and the others that Nebula Games would begin planning VR theme collaborations and updates, and that the new headquarters was expected to be ready in about two years.
• Chen Xu described plans for the headquarters to house technical research departments and a player-facing theme park featuring Nebula Games’ IPs.
• The team’s excitement shifted back to the new project, whose Cthulhu Mythos setting, stylish character outfit, and varied weapons had sparked their curiosity.