Chapter Summaries

Li Ze, Guneiweier, and the blond swordsman incapacitated the remaining mercenaries in the plaza without killing them. Fang Ran returned with Shui Lianxin and was startled to find Li Ze there, but Li Ze suddenly rushed toward him with a warning.

• Li Ze and Guneiweier coordinated to take down the mercenaries, while the blond swordsman disabled several others and tossed their pistols to Li Ze.
• Li Ze and the blond swordsman discussed avoiding a gunfight in Beijing when Fang Ran hurried back carrying Shui Lianxin.
• Fang Ran recognized Li Ze as the man he had dragged along during a previous incident while disguised as Night Raven.
• Li Ze raised his gun and rushed toward Fang Ran, shouting for him to watch out.

Fang Ran and the others subdued the kidnappers, but the bald leader injected himself with a strange drug and transformed into a monster. Li Ze recognized it as Demon Dwarf Potion just as the transformed man attacked the group.

• Li Ze, Guneiweier, and Fang Ran defeated the kidnappers and rescued Shui Lianxin.
• Guneiweier confronted Fang Ran over her torn outfit, while Li Ze asked what had happened and sent a mechanical bird to search for Shui Lianxin's pursuers.
• Li Ze explained that the scenario blocked abilities that directly interfered with the outside world, though indirect effects and observation still worked.
• The bald kidnapper injected himself with a metal tube while the others discussed the scenario's ability restrictions.
• The bald man transformed, struck the blond man with enough force to send him flying, and charged at the group as Li Ze identified the drug as Demon Dwarf Potion.

Fang Ran, Li Ze, and Guneiweier fought a bald man transformed by the Demon Dwarf Potion while their abilities remained sealed. When Shui Lianxin stepped in to protect the badly injured Fang Ran, he used a Power Card to rescue her and strike the monster.

• The bald man transformed into a purple-skinned Demon Dwarf, and Guneiweier and Li Ze attacked him with a shotgun and pistol.
• The Demon Dwarf threw Li Ze aside, and Fang Ran caught him while Guneiweier urged them to lure the monster away until their abilities returned.
• The monster battered the group, and Fang Ran was badly injured when it hurled an electric scooter at him.
• Shui Lianxin left her hiding place and stood between Fang Ran and the Demon Dwarf, declaring that she would protect him.
• Fang Ran activated a Power Card, pulled Shui Lianxin away, and punched the Demon Dwarf in the face.

Fang Ran fought the drug-transformed Demon Dwarf after Shui Lianxin protected him, combining his cards and trained combat skills to kill the monster despite his abilities being restricted. Exhausted and shaken by how close he came to losing control, he collapsed beneath the night sky, wondering how he had restrained himself during the Luocheng concert.

• After Shui Lianxin stood between him and the Demon Dwarf, Fang Ran recovered his resolve and hurled the electric scooter back at the monster.
• Fang Ran used his strength and Su Qun’s training to overpower the Demon Dwarf, while Guneiweier moved Shui Lianxin to safety and advised Fang Ran where to strike.
• As the Demon Dwarf charged again, Fang Ran activated the Sword Card and Fight Card, then used the Western Sword and shotgun to kill him.
• Fang Ran noticed his Magic Energy Value nearing The Create’s warning limit and worried that his fury had nearly turned him into the Night Crow again.
• Fang Ran’s abilities faded, and he collapsed on the ground, wondering how he had controlled himself at the Luocheng concert.

After killing the Demon Dwarf, Fang Ran gained The Freeze and reunited with Shui Lianxin, only for Guneiweier and Li Ze to recognize him as Supernova. The chapter ended with Pedro Sylvester formally introducing himself and the participants treating the exhausted Fang Ran with new respect.

• Fang Ran killed the Demon Dwarf with the western sword and received The Freeze, an ability that could freeze people or objects.
• Li Ze and Guneiweier were stunned by Fang Ran's strength and the skill he showed during the fight.
• Shui Lianxin rushed to Fang Ran, checked his injuries, and wiped blood from his face.
• Guneiweier recognized Fang Ran from the Night Web intelligence photo, and Li Ze confirmed that he was Supernova.
• Pedro Sylvester introduced himself as the thirteenth Zero Knight under the Nevernight Palace Queen of Europe and apologized to Fang Ran.

Fang Ran concealed his true identity from Li Ze and the others while asking for help with his mysterious mission, then left with Shui Lianxin. On a rooftop overlooking Linfu Block, Shui Lianxin showed him where her music video would play and asked whether he liked her.

• Fang Ran thanked Li Ze, Pedro, and Guneiweier, then asked Li Ze how to complete his mission to find a mysterious creature, but Li Ze could not help.
• Fang Ran hurried away with Shui Lianxin to avoid exposing his cover, while Li Ze said they should surveil Pedro rather than ask Fang Ran to confront the Nevernight Palace.
• Fang Ran struggled to explain the strange events to Shui Lianxin, but she asked whether his injured hand still hurt.
• Shui Lianxin took Fang Ran to a restaurant rooftop and told him that her music video would soon appear on a huge screen nearby.
• Shui Lianxin asked Fang Ran, whom she called Chocolate, whether he liked her.

On the rooftop, Shui Lianxin told Fang Ran about her sheltered childhood, her dream of traveling, and how he had helped her pursue singing. She thanked him for saving her again and asked if she could become his heroine.

• Shui Lianxin asked Fang Ran whether he liked her, and his flustered reaction made her laugh.
• Shui Lianxin described growing up secluded at her family’s estate and dreaming of visiting cities abroad.
• Shui Lianxin reminded Fang Ran that he had helped her in Luocheng, leading her family to let her sing and perform.
• Shui Lianxin apologized for the people hurt while protecting her and thanked Fang Ran for rescuing her again.
• Shui Lianxin promised she would stay quietly in Fang Ran’s arms if he came to save her, then asked whether she could become his heroine.

Fang Ran reflected on why he had chosen to forget his capacity for love and struggled to answer Shui Lianxin’s heartfelt confession. Just as he embraced her and began to speak, the vision ended, leaving him back at dinner with the memory of what might have happened.

• Fang Ran realized he had chosen to forget his feelings of love because guilt over Xia Yao’s near-death made him fear that his desires would lead him to endanger others.
• Fang Ran weighed Shui Lianxin’s sincere confession against their different worlds and the danger his identity as a participant could bring her.
• Fang Ran decided to give Shui Lianxin a clear answer and gently hugged her before beginning to speak.
• A flash of white light interrupted Fang Ran, and he found himself seated across from Shui Lianxin at dinner, with the night’s events apparently only a glimpse of Fate.
• Fang Ran recalled Shui Lianxin asking to become his leading lady and wondered what he had been about to say.

After the reality scene ended, Li Ze and Guneiweier returned to the restaurant rooftop, while Fang Ran found himself back with Shui Lianxin and tried to dismiss what he had experienced. A system notification revealed that he had found the mysterious creature and that another scene was beginning.

• Li Ze told Guneiweier that he had completed his mission and that an A-rank Night Watcher was coming to deal with the man carrying the Demon Dwarf Potion.
• A blurry figure escaped from the Hyperspace Hub's core, restoring the Night Web connection.
• Fang Ran returned to the restaurant with Shui Lianxin and chose to eat rather than dwell on the confession he had experienced in the scene.
• Fang Ran placed a Chocolate Box on the table, causing everyone in the restaurant to fall asleep except him and Shui Lianxin.
• Shui Lianxin asked what was in Fang Ran's hood, and Fang Ran saw a system notice confirming that he had found the mysterious creature and that departure was beginning.

Fang Ran discovered that a black creature had hidden in his hood and devoured his food, then learned the system identified it as the Dark World creature F-233. Shui Lianxin guessed it was hungry, but neither of them knew what it wanted to eat.

• Fang Ran found his dried fish slices missing and watched a black, round creature eat everything in his paper bag.
• The creature bounced onto the table, and Shui Lianxin remarked that it looked cute and might be Fang Ran's pet.
• Fang Ran picked up the creature and received a system prompt confirming he had captured a Dark World creature.
• Fang Ran read that the creature was F-233, an F-Rank being, and realized it was probably the mysterious creature he had been told to find.
• Shui Lianxin said the creature was likely hungry, but she could not identify what it wanted to eat.

Fang Ran fed F-233 a magically created treat, and the creature repaid him by triggering a random ability that transformed him into a silver-haired girl. After F-233 escaped back to the Dark World, Li Ze and Guneiweier prepared to visit Fang Ran, while Ye Sheng hurried toward Linfu Block at Madam’s request to check on Shui Lianxin.

• Shui Lianxin tried to feed the affectionate F-233 roast duck, and Fang Ran revealed that the creature was named 233.
• Fang Ran used The Create to make food F-233 liked, losing half his Magic Energy Value before the creature ate the treat and repaid him.
• F-233 pounced on Fang Ran, triggering a randomized Phantom ability that transformed him into a silver-haired girl, then opened a rift and returned to the Dark World.
• Li Ze and Guneiweier captured a bald brute in a metal cocoon, and Li Ze said they would question him before visiting Fang Ran.
• Madam called Ye Sheng while she drove toward Linfu Block and asked her to check on Shui Lianxin, who was still out late.

Fang Ran became trapped in Night Raven’s appearance after F-233’s repayment made the Illusion Card impossible to alter, and he tried to keep Shui Lianxin from discovering his identity. With cameras recording the live show and no way to change his clothes, he realized his only available outfit was a Lolita dress as the Maserati arrived at Linfu Block.

• Fang Ran transformed into his silver-haired Night Raven appearance, and Shui Lianxin mistakenly thought he was a girl before accepting his explanation that it was an illusion.
• Shui Lianxin revealed that she knew about Participants because a kind older sister had been one, and Fang Ran asked her to keep his identity and appearance secret.
• Shui Lianxin told Fang Ran the show was being broadcast live, and he realized his Night Bureau coat and Night Raven appearance could expose him.
• Fang Ran tried to change his clothes with the Illusion Card, but F-233’s repayment prevented him from altering the illusion, so he hid from the cameras with Shui Lianxin.
• When Shui Lianxin offered to take off her clothes for him, Fang Ran remembered he had a Lolita dress in his storage space, while the Maserati reached Linfu Block.

Fang Ran put on the Lolita dress to keep his Night Crow identity hidden, then called Spellcaster to tell him he had reached D-rank. Shui Lianxin recognized him as the silver-haired figure from her last concert.

• Fang Ran reluctantly took out the Lolita dress Spellcaster had given him and asked Shui Lianxin to turn around while he changed.
• Shui Lianxin admired Fang Ran in the dress, while Fang Ran lamented that he was wearing real womenswear.
• Fang Ran called Spellcaster and announced that he had reached D-rank, startling him before hanging up.
• Shui Lianxin recognized Fang Ran as the silver-haired figure who had appeared at her last concert.

Fang Ran, still disguised as Night Raven, admitted to Shui Lianxin that he had saved her with the Sleep Card and arranged for her to conceal his identity. After Shui Lianxin signed her name and learned his, a Magic Book appeared and gave him a card, which he quietly hid.

• Fang Ran admitted to Shui Lianxin that he had used the Sleep Card to save her, and she thanked him warmly.
• Fang Ran chose to stay with Shui Lianxin despite the risk of being discovered and asked her to claim that Night Raven had felt dizzy and left.
• Shui Lianxin agreed to keep Fang Ran's identity secret, then signed her name for him and learned that he was Fang Ran.
• A Magic Book appeared before Night Raven and placed a card in her hand, which she hid after realizing it had not been the card that went berserk.

Ye Sheng arrived at Linfu Block to find Shui Lianxin and learned from Li Ze that Fang Ran had appeared in a recent real-world scenario and killed a Demon Dwarf. After Fang Ran escorted Shui Lianxin out, she reunited with Ye Sheng, and Night Crow took her hostage while greeting Ye Sheng.

• Ye Sheng met Li Ze at Linfu Block, and he told her that Fang Ran had helped his team and killed a Demon Dwarf during a restricted scenario.
• Ye Sheng set aside her questions about Fang Ran and followed her sense of Shui Lianxin's pendant to find her.
• Fang Ran climbed out of the restaurant window and escorted Shui Lianxin through Linfu Block, joking with her before they parted ways.
• Shui Lianxin told Fang Ran that her older sister was coming to meet her and asked if they would see each other again; Fang Ran promised they would.
• Ye Sheng and Li Ze arrived, and Shui Lianxin excitedly greeted Ye Sheng as Sheng-jie.
• Ye Sheng recognized Night Crow, who pulled Shui Lianxin close and pretended to hold her hostage while greeting Ye Sheng.

Fang Ran disguised as Night Crow held Shui Lianxin hostage to keep Ye Sheng at bay, while Ye Sheng tried to rescue her. When Ye Sheng’s sudden attack coincided with a forced scene transition, she grabbed Fang Ran and both vanished; elsewhere, Ling confronted Pedro after he tried to evade Guneiweier.

• Ye Sheng recognized Night Crow as Fang Ran in disguise and demanded that he release Shui Lianxin, while Fang Ran panicked and maintained his threatening persona.
• Fang Ran used Shui Lianxin as a hostage, and Ye Sheng hesitated to attack because she feared he would hurt her.
• Guneiweier pursued Pedro across the rooftops, but he concealed himself with Nevernight Palace technology until Ling appeared and identified his R6 human-life imitation machine.
• Ye Sheng decided to attack Night Crow despite the danger to Shui Lianxin, but dizziness interrupted her charge as a scene transition began.
• Ye Sheng lunged again and grabbed Fang Ran, and both disappeared as the scene transition took effect.

Ye Sheng dragged Fang Ran into a scenario, leaving Li Ze worried that Guneiweier would lose Pedro’s trail. While speaking with Luo Hanrou, Li Ze discovered a link between the silver-haired woman’s dress and a sales record, then received a mysterious call from a woman who asked to meet him.

• Ye Sheng seized Fang Ran and vanished with him, while Li Ze reassured Shui Lianxin and sent her back with the others.
• Li Ze replayed the footage and wondered why the Wandering Night Angel had acted so differently from the last time he met her.
• Luo Hanrou called Li Ze and recognized the silver-haired woman as the kind person who had advised her to express her feelings to him.
• Luo Hanrou noticed the woman’s Lolita dress was one of her recent designs, and Li Ze searched the sales records.
• Li Ze spotted a young man from the Night Bureau in the sales records, then answered a call from an unknown woman who invited him to meet.

Fang Ran and Ye Sheng were thrown into a new scene, where they crashed through a luxury clothing store and accidentally kissed. Fang Ran fainted when the shock overwhelmed him and his heart stopped, leaving Ye Sheng to mistake his collapse for disgust at the kiss.

• Ye Sheng grabbed Fang Ran's wrist, pulling them both into a new scene and launching them through a high-rise building's window.
• Fang Ran and Ye Sheng crashed into a luxury clothing store and tumbled into a heap of formalwear.
• Ye Sheng accidentally kissed Fang Ran, and both froze in shock as Fang Ran thought his first kiss was gone.
• Fang Ran's Magic Energy Value drained away, The Create stopped sustaining his heart, and he fainted before Infinite Magic Energy revived it.
• Ye Sheng found Fang Ran unconscious and angrily concluded that the kiss had been so devastating to him that he passed out.

Fang Ran woke up after accidentally seeing Ye Sheng changing and panicked as she trapped him with Spirit Abyss. Their awkward confrontation left him convinced that the beautiful women in the Night Battle world were his natural enemies.

• Fang Ran regained consciousness and remembered being pinned down and accidentally seeing Ye Sheng, then tried to pass out again.
• Ye Sheng told Fang Ran to stop pretending and put on a Night Bureau coat from her ring.
• Fang Ran tried to flee, but Spirit Abyss sealed him in place, forcing him to hide his embarrassment and act like Night Crow.
• Ye Sheng mocked Fang Ran's flustered reaction and doubted that this was the same Night Crow she had long regarded as a cunning enemy.
• Fang Ran protested that he had saved everyone aboard the Night Pearl and concluded that the world might not be suitable for him.

Ye Sheng captured Fang Ran and offered to revoke his warrant if he returned what he had taken, but a sudden collapse interrupted their conversation. She rescued him from the building, where they discovered the city was surrounded by monsters.

• Ye Sheng threatened Fang Ran with Lingyuan and demanded that he return the item he had taken, promising to revoke his warrant afterward.
• Ye Sheng began to apologize for her attitude about the Night Pearl, but the building suddenly shook and started collapsing.
• Fang Ran realized he was still sealed and could not move as the debris fell toward him.
• Ye Sheng caught Fang Ran, broke through a wall, and escaped the collapsing building with him.
• Ye Sheng steadied them in midair with Sword Control, and Fang Ran saw monsters surrounding the city above and below.