Chapter Summaries

You Fei's Empathy trapped her in a series of horrifying visions, leaving her unconscious after she confronted Fan En and Yi Sha in the museum. As Fan En and Yi Sha tried to revive her, a parasite leapt into her mouth and the museum began shaking again.

• You Fei used Empathy on Fan En and was overwhelmed by visions of an unseen presence, a Blood Moon, and a monstrous beach ritual.
• You Fei found herself chasing a cage-headed man through a foggy building and became trapped in an endless pursuit.
• Back in the museum, You Fei collapsed, and Fan En asked Yi Sha to give her a Healing Potion.
• Yi Sha poured the potion into You Fei's mouth while Fan En watched the nearby flesh balls.
• A parasite leapt from the shadows into You Fei's mouth, and the museum began shaking again.

Fan En and Yi Sha tried to rescue You Fei from the parasite-infested museum, but the Worm king parasitized her and took control of much of her body. Fan En told You Fei to hold out while they ran together toward the dungeon, which he called the parasite’s final stop.

• Fan En carried the unconscious You Fei toward the museum exit while he and Yi Sha fought through attacking parasites and mutants.
• Fan En and Yi Sha used a Pungent Blood Cocktail, oil, and Fire Paper to lure the parasites into a blazing trap.
• You Fei woke with a parasite covering part of her face, and the Worm king revealed it had escaped the fat mutant and taken over her body.
• The Worm king explained that it had lured Fan En and Yi Sha to steal You Fei’s powerful body, while You Fei resisted its control and apologized for putting them in danger.
• Fan En asked You Fei to hold out for five minutes, then announced that they would flee to the dungeon.

You Fei raced to the dungeon while resisting the parasite that was taking over her body, trusting Fan En’s promise that it could cure her. Inside, strange treatment and memories of parasites being mixed into the Red capital’s wine unsettled her, and when the mutant surged in strength, Gong Qiying intervened by sending the Doll to confront it.

• Fan En explained that the dungeon had cured the survivors’ parasitic infections, and You Fei followed him toward its portal while restraining the mutant.
• You Fei outran Fan En, reached the portal, and launched herself inside despite one leg losing responsiveness.
• At Yharnam Clinic, strange liquid was injected into You Fei, quieting the parasite as she saw memories of someone adding tiny parasites to wine supplied to the Red capital’s nobles.
• The mutant abruptly awakened and fought You Fei for control, while Gong Qiying noticed her blood treatment was insufficient and ordered the dungeon to help her.
• You Fei was transported from Yharnam Clinic to the Hunter’s Dream, where the Doll turned toward her and produced a weapon that split apart with a flash.

You Fei watched the parasite controlling her body fight Maria of the Star Clock Tower, who deliberately held back until the parasite became deeply fused with its host. After Maria shot the parasite down, she stabbed herself with her twin blades, releasing a powerful pressure and leaving You Fei stunned.

• Maria transformed her appearance and aura, then attacked You Fei, whose body the mutant parasite controlled.
• Maria revealed her skill and strength as she fought the parasite, wounding You Fei while keeping it from escaping.
• The parasite adapted quickly to You Fei’s body and grew more deeply fused with it as Maria continued to suppress it.
• Maria shot the parasite when it drew a Repeating Crossbow, but its wound began healing.
• Maria suddenly stabbed herself with her twin blades, releasing rich blood and an overwhelming pressure.

You Fei watched Maria defeat the parasite controlling her body, then received blood healing from Maria and awoke safely in Hunter's Dream. She wondered if her father would ever have a grandchild, while Gapar hurried toward her, troubled by a bad feeling.

• Maria stabbed herself to summon a blood aura, then used powerful attacks to overwhelm the parasite controlling You Fei.
• Maria destroyed the parasite's swarm and wounded it with a blood blade, while You Fei feared she would die in the dungeon.
• Maria pierced You Fei with Fallen Leaves and sent blood into her body, freeing her from the parasite and healing her.
• You Fei collapsed against Maria as Maria comforted her, then woke fully recovered among the white flowers of Hunter's Dream.
• You Fei met the Doll and worried that her father might never have a grandchild, while Gapar sneezed and urged his horse onward after sensing something was wrong.

You Fei recovered in Hunter's Dream and left to help clear Savis City, while Gong Qiying learned that the insect king was in Red's capital and began preparing reinforcements. The chapter ended with him planning to send veteran adventurers to Red.

• You Fei realized Maria had saved her, grew eager to meet her again, and left Hunter's Dream through a portal after asking Doll for a way out.
• Gong Qiying dissected the Hidden Blood Parasite but failed to add it to his Available Monster list.
• Gong Qiying learned from the mutant that the insect king was in Red's capital and that parasitized humans were being transported there through tunnels.
• Gong Qiying planned to use You Fei and Fan En's group to reclaim Savis City and guide them toward the capital.
• Gong Qiying opened the Kindred module and decided to send veteran adventurers to Red as reinforcements.

After Savis City was cleared of parasites, You Fei and Fan En left for the capital to investigate the parasite king and the disaster’s connection to King Red. Yi Sha led the survivors’ cleanup until a pack of riders on giant wolves emerged from the dungeon portal.

• Gong Qiying assessed Zane Dungeon’s Spirit Power and found that Zane had still gained a modest amount despite the evil god’s interference.
• You Fei and Fan En confirmed that Savis City was mostly cleared, and You Fei marked locations where parasites remained hidden.
• You Fei told Fan En about the parasite king and set out with him for the capital to investigate the disaster.
• Yi Sha organized the survivors to remove the remaining parasites and burn the museum nest, eventually confirming the city was free of bugs.
• Da Er and a group of riders on giant wolves emerged from the portal, prompting Yi Sha to hurry over and see who had arrived.

Da Er and the Farron Guards entered Yharnam through a Small Music Box, then joined Yi Sha and the survivors of Savis City. After learning that King Ruide had abandoned his people, Da Er vowed to intervene, while the group began plotting to capture and beat the King.

• Da Er entered Zane Dungeon to get a Little Warrior Pot flower crown for a child, but a Small Music Box sent him and the Farron Guards to Yharnam.
• Da Er and the others explored Yharnam, transformed their giant wolves into werewolves, and later met Yi Sha and her companions.
• In Savis City’s survivor shelter, Yi Sha told Da Er that abominations had ravaged the land while King Ruide did nothing.
• Da Er promised to help Ruide’s survivors and said the Farron Guard would act as envoys from Arnor Kingdom.
• Wesker called for the Farron Guards to capture King Ruide and beat him, leaving Yi Sha doubtful that they would use conventional methods.
• In Ruide’s capital, You Fei and Fan En emerged from an underground space filled with flesh balls.

You Fei and Fan En fought through the Hidden Blood Parasites’ underground lair, while Ull Rede tried to protect the Insect King’s Egg and stop them. As controlled Warrior Country soldiers and wyverns confronted the pair, You Fei reached for a Blood Vial hidden against her chest.

• You Fei and Fan En entered the parasite-filled underground space and fought their way through swarms of enemies.
• You Fei used her Weapon Skill to locate a powerful red-lit presence, while Ull Rede learned that the pair were threatening the Insect King’s Egg.
• Ull Rede revealed that he had submitted to Hidden Dim Star, used parasites to control Warrior Country’s soldiers, and planned to make them nourishment for the Insect King.
• You Fei and Fan En continued fighting as Ull Rede ordered his forces to stall them, unaware that the You Fei he had watched earlier had been a soldier disguised with magic.
• Two controlled wyverns and their armed riders burst into the underground space, and You Fei reached for a Blood Vial concealed against her chest.

You Fei used Blood Vials to free some of her parasitized soldiers and then attacked the Insect King’s Egg, but the damaged egg hatched prematurely and swallowed her. The newborn insect king opened its eyes as Ur King’s prayers to the evil god went unanswered.

• You Fei injected Blood Vials into parasitized Dragon Transformation Warriors, briefly restoring their clarity, while Fan En helped subdue and treat the fallen soldiers.
• You Fei raced through the soldiers, using regular and Yousefka’s Blood Vials to suppress the parasites, but Ur King made the remaining soldiers mutate and summoned more than a hundred Elite Monsters.
• You Fei attacked the mutated soldiers, then revealed that her talk of freeing her subordinates had been a deception and broke through a rock wall to stab the Insect King’s Egg.
• Ur King ran to the observation platform and begged the evil god for help, but received no answer as the egg began to die.
• The damaged egg blossomed and swallowed You Fei, and the premature insect king opened its eyes.

Fan En fought the insect horde underground while You Fei remained trapped inside the insect egg and Ur King disrupted the insect king’s control. As parasites overwhelmed Red, the Farron Guard arrived at the city gates to attack them.

• The insect egg swallowed You Fei, leaving Fan En surrounded by elite enemies underground as the insect king’s birth triggered a parasite disaster across Red.
• Fan En embraced his hunter instincts and charged into the swarm, drawing the monsters away from the surface while his body began to grow more beastlike.
• Ur King realized the evil god had deceived him and used a scroll of Chaotic Magic to send disordered thoughts into the insect king, weakening its control over the swarm.
• You Fei and Ur King’s interference helped Fan En hold the parasite army underground as the people of Red fled without protection from the King’s army.
• As parasites trapped fleeing residents at the city gates, the Farron Guard arrived on giant wolves and attacked the insects with Farron Darts.

The civil service office told the narrator that the candidate ranked ahead had withdrawn from the interview, moving the narrator into the opening. Because the required materials were due that day and were unprepared, the narrator had to take a day off.

• The civil service office called the narrator early that morning.
• The office said the candidate ranked ahead had given up the interview, so the narrator advanced into it.
• The narrator realized the required materials were unprepared and had to be submitted that day.
• The narrator decided to take a day off to prepare the materials.

Da Er, the Farron Guards, and Yi Sha’s hunters rescued survivors from the parasite outbreak in the capital and reached the Royal Palace, where Ur King died in a collapse. Beneath the palace, Da Er found the beastified Fan En and witnessed You Fei emerge as the parasite king.

• Da Er led the Farron Guards in clearing parasites from the city gates and sent the survivors outside the city.
• Yi Sha and the hunters rescued newly infested people by drawing parasites out with dungeon blood and burning them.
• Yi Sha organized the hunters to rescue survivors while Wesker commanded the Farron Guards to suppress the monsters.
• Da Er entered the Royal Palace and tried to save Ur King, but the palace collapsed into an underground space and Ur King died.
• Da Er found Fan En fighting parasites in a beastified state and considered sedating him to bring him back to Zane Dungeon.
• A massive insect egg burst open, and You Fei emerged with compound eyes as the parasite king.

You Fei was swallowed by the insect egg, and the insect king remade itself using her body and spear techniques. Da Er and Fan En fought it, but both were badly injured before a familiar voice called out with an attack order.

• As she lost consciousness, You Fei recalled the unlucky history of spear masters and saw strange figures appear behind the insect king.
• The insect king emerged in a body modeled on You Fei and used her spear techniques to defeat Fan En’s attacks.
• Da Er knocked Fan En unconscious, called the Farron Guards for backup, and fought the insect king while learning that it could copy the skills and memories of its parasitized hosts.
• Fan En’s battle instincts briefly let him restrain the insect king, but he regained consciousness, lost his burst of strength, and was pierced by its spear.
• The insect king grew more grotesque and forced the wounded Da Er to brace for its charge before a familiar voice called, “Si Telan, use Left Bow on the enemy!”

Da Er and the reinforcements fought the insect king in the underground ruins, pushing it to use its body-stealing power. The insect king entered Da Er’s Spiritual World, where it encountered an ancient Gray Wolf atop a grave.

• Si Telan unleashed a prolonged barrage of magic arrows that pinned down the insect king, then collapsed from overexertion and was rescued by Aleya’s vines.
• Leon arrived with the Hasawi Squad and other allies, struck the insect king with a flaming sword, and joined Da Er in choosing to defeat it immediately.
• Aleya’s Giant Plant, Malu, the Curse Frog, Si Telan, Leon, and Da Er attacked the insect king in coordination, and Da Er’s empowered Wolf Leap and Great Carian brought it down hard.
• The insect king recovered and used its body-stealing power on Da Er, entering his Spiritual World to take control of him.
• Inside Da Er’s Spiritual World, the insect king saw an ancient Gray Wolf standing over a grave, and the wolf roared at it.

The insect king invaded Da Er’s Spiritual World but was overwhelmed by the Gray Wolf and Artorias, then suffered similar attacks inside Aleya’s and Leon’s minds. It retreated from Leon and blamed its misfortune on the Lancer’s curse.

• The insect king attacked Da Er’s mind, but the Gray Wolf struck it with a howl and visions of sword attacks battered it.
• The insect king summoned the strongest opponent in Da Er’s memories, draining its Spirit Power and bringing forth Artorias, who struck it down.
• The insect king’s attack ended in the real world, leaving Da Er mostly unharmed while the insect king screamed in pain.
• The insect king entered Aleya’s Spiritual World, where a masked archer shot its head apart and forced it back out.
• The insect king possessed Leon, encountered three Exquisite Little Knights, and severed the mental connection before blaming its bad luck on the Lancer’s curse.

Leon, Da Er, and their companions weakened the bug king and severed its body, then discovered it had possessed Jia Paer's daughter, You Fei. As they debated how to save her, Ge Man confronted the bug king inside the Hunter's Dream, and You Fei awoke in her body with her legs missing while every parasite in the city stopped moving.

• The bug king recoiled from the group’s strange hearts, then Leon and Si Telan restrained it while Da Er struck it with a buffed Wolf Leap and split its body in two.
• Da Er revealed that the bug king occupied You Fei’s body, so the group attacked cautiously and discussed ways to get her to safety while delaying the parasite’s recovery.
• The bug king entered the Hunter’s Dream to seize You Fei’s spirit and found her asleep beside Ge Man.
• Ge Man summoned his Funeral Blade and attacked the bug king, telling it not to disturb the hunter’s dream.
• You Fei regained control of her body, cried out that her legs were missing, and every parasite in the city stopped moving.

After the bug king’s consciousness vanished, You Fei awakened in a mutated body and learned that beings within Da Er and the others had helped defeat it. The survivors discovered parasites across Reid were fleeing toward Zane Dungeon, where Gong Qiying confirmed that the dungeon had drawn them all in and the crisis was over.

• You Fei woke after a hunter protected her consciousness from the strange beings in her mind, then recovered with the bug king’s consciousness gone and her body still transformed.
• Da Er’s group learned that Sif and Artorias, along with other mysterious protectors, had driven back the bug king when it tried to take over their bodies.
• You Fei and the others reached the surface, where Wesker reported that the remaining parasites had fled toward Savis City and Zane Dungeon.
• Da Er realized the parasites were being drawn to Zane Dungeon, and parasites across Reid began streaming toward it after the bug king’s control disappeared.
• You Lei Sha, Red Fang, and Gladiator arrived at Zane Dungeon to offer support, but Gong Qiying showed them that the parasites had already flooded into the dungeon and declared the incident resolved.

Gong Qiying finished dealing with the Hidden Blood Parasites, while You Fei and the survivors of Red worked to recover from the disaster. As Da Er prepared to lead aid to other cities, a terrifying killing intent approached from the west, and he recognized its source as Teacher Jia Paer.

• Gong Qiying explained how his monsters had dealt with the Hidden Blood Parasites, and Red Fang proposed a celebratory feast at Gladiator's expense.
• Gladiator hinted that he wanted Gong Qiying's help in Warrior Country, and Gong Qiying agreed to visit there after the feast.
• You Fei promised Red's survivors aid from Warrior Country, while Da Er confirmed that Fan En had not regained his sanity.
• You Fei, Fan En, other afflicted people, and Leon's group set out for Zane Dungeon in search of a cure, while Da Er stayed behind to help Red recover.
• Two days later, Da Er prepared to lead Red's people to aid other cities, but sensed a powerful killing intent approaching from the west and identified the arrival as Teacher Jia Paer.

Leon and the others supported Red’s recovery while exploring Yharnam, and You Fei learned that her father, Jia Paer, was coming to find her. When Jia Paer arrived, he mistook You Fei for a monster and kicked her through a building; she recovered and fled into the portal.

• Leon explored Yharnam with the Strategy Team and the Hasawi Squad, gathering supplies to help Red rebuild after the parasite crisis.
• Leon returned to Savis City, where You Fei told him that Fan En was gradually recovering and discussed the trouble caused by her altered appearance.
• Wesker received a call from Da Er, who warned them that Jia Paer had set out for Savis City and was likely already there.
• You Fei attacked a crazed hunter, revealing her monstrous form when her Illusion Magic faded.
• Jia Paer arrived, mistook You Fei for a monster, and kicked her into a dilapidated building.
• You Fei sprang up and escaped through the portal as Jia Paer realized whom he had struck.