Recaps

Feng Ling and the others took shelter in a Jewelry Shop, where they watched a Wandering Deity Procession led by the major monster Jade Emperor - False God pass through the street. When rats returned and attacked the shop after the procession left, Feng Ling agreed to let Huangfu Miaomiao follow it to investigate.

• Li Qing explained that the shop's wealth deity was not unusual, and the group settled in to rest behind its secured door.
• Feng Ling used Xu Yiming's phone to watch a solemn procession of Rat Monsters carrying a masked deity in a sedan chair approach the shop.
• Huangfu Miaomiao scouted the procession and identified its leader as Jade Emperor - False God and its rat attendants as Attendant Officers.
• After the procession passed, Feng Ling saw Humanoid Rat Monsters emerge and rush into nearby buildings, then lowered and locked the shutter as they attacked it.
• Feng Ling reasoned that the procession's Mental Pressure had driven the rats away, and agreed to let Huangfu Miaomiao follow it and report back.

Feng Ling and the others waited in the Jewelry Shop while Huangfu Miaomiao followed the Wandering Deity Procession, but she did not return. After hearing the procession's distant music, Feng Ling led the group to investigate and found no sign of Huangfu Miaomiao.

• Huangfu Miaomiao slipped out of the Jewelry Shop, while Feng Ling judged the shutter could hold against the Rat Monsters for half an hour.
• Li Qing advised Xu Yiming on improving his Four-Horned Sheep Card, and their conversation angered Ye Zheng.
• Feng Ling and Xu Yiming fought off Rat Monsters as the shutter warped, and Feng Ling grew anxious when Huangfu Miaomiao remained away.
• Feng Ling heard the Wandering Deity Procession's distant music, subdued the Rat Monsters outside, and led the group toward it.
• Feng Ling surveyed the procession from a rooftop but could not find Huangfu Miaomiao.

Feng Ling and the others followed a Wandering Deity Procession led by the Golden Flower Lady while searching for clues about Little Skeleton. They discovered that Rats were joining the procession, and Li Qing suspected the procession was headed toward a dangerous place in the Maze.

• Li Qing identified the procession's deity as the Golden Flower Lady rather than the Jade Emperor, prompting Feng Ling to question whether it could lead them to Little Skeleton.
• Ye Zheng and Xu Yiming argued over whether the team should prioritize its mission or search for Little Skeleton, and Feng Ling silenced them before the group pursued the procession.
• Feng Ling, Ye Zheng, Xu Yiming, and Li Qing followed the procession across rooftops, noticing that its presence made them feel peaceful and protected from the Rats.
• Feng Ling and the others saw Humanoid Rats enter the procession, while Li Qing reasoned that the Rat pack had abandoned the weak and that Rats might predict and avoid the procession's route.
• Feng Ling concluded that if Li Qing's theory was right, the procession might be heading for the Maze's most dangerous place.

Feng Ling and Ye Zheng followed the Wandering Deity Procession toward the Maze’s center, hoping to learn what happened to Huangfu Miaomiao and identify the Mountain. Feng Ling left Li Qing and Xu Yiming behind for safety, then saw the procession’s Rat Monsters walk into and disappear inside the enormous mass of flesh.

• Feng Ling decided to keep following the Wandering Deity Procession despite fearing Little Skeleton might be dead.
• Feng Ling recognized that the group was nearing the Mountain at the center of the Maze, and Li Qing warned that the Maze’s missing features suggested it had collapsed.
• Feng Ling sent Li Qing and Xu Yiming to hide while she and Ye Zheng went ahead, telling Xu Yiming to call her in twenty minutes and leave with Li Qing if she did not answer.
• Feng Ling and Ye Zheng reached the end of the procession and saw the Mountain’s flesh-covered bodies, limbs, mouths, and eyes.
• The Rat Monsters lost all order and walked into the Mountain, sinking into its flesh.

Feng Ling and Ye Zheng discovered a towering mass of flesh that had absorbed creatures throughout the Maze, including a Xenomorph. As they prepared to return for explosives, the Cat Owl found Huangfu Miaomiao's mask and led Feng Ling to a glimpse of her clothes beneath the corpses.

• Ye Zheng spotted a Xenomorph's half-body fused to the flesh mountain and accused the Crow of lying about Xenomorphs entering the Maze.
• Feng Ling refused to let Ye Zheng kill the Crow or blame Li Qing, and Ye Zheng vented her anger by tearing into the mountain.
• Ye Zheng's claw lost its skin after touching the mountain's flesh, and Feng Ling realized its blood could stick to and absorb living creatures.
• Feng Ling concluded that Huangfu Miaomiao was probably beyond saving and decided they needed to retrieve explosives to destroy the mountain.
• The Cat Owl brought Feng Ling Huangfu Miaomiao's mask, and Feng Ling spotted part of her clothes under a pile of Rat Monster corpses.

Feng Ling tried to free Huangfu Miaomiao from the Meat Mountain, whose flesh had fused with her legs, while Ye Zheng urged her to limit the risks. After agreeing to sacrifice no more than three tentacles, Feng Ling intensified her attack, but the mountain seized her and dragged her upper body inside.

• Feng Ling cut Huangfu Miaomiao's fused legs free from the Meat Mountain while Ye Zheng fetched water and Huangfu Miaomiao injected herself.
• Ye Zheng warned Feng Ling that further attempts could injure her without saving Huangfu Miaomiao, and proposed setting a limit on their efforts.
• Huangfu Miaomiao agreed that Feng Ling could sacrifice three tentacles before giving up on rescuing her.
• Feng Ling attacked the flesh around Huangfu Miaomiao's left leg with her Bone Blades and Fangs and Claws, tearing away chunks.
• The Meat Mountain convulsed and sucked Feng Ling's tentacles inward, dragging her upper body inside as Ye Zheng shouted and Huangfu Miaomiao begged her to stop.

Feng Ling and Ye Zheng risked being absorbed by the Meat Mountain as they tried to free Huangfu Miaomiao by cutting the tendons binding her leg. They took turns going inside the mountain, leaving Huangfu Miaomiao still trapped as the rescue continued.

• Ye Zheng pulled Feng Ling away from the Meat Mountain, and Feng Ling explained that Huangfu Miaomiao's tendons had to be severed to free her leg.
• Feng Ling tied herself and Ye Zheng together with a rope, then went into the mountain and cut one of the tendons before Ye Zheng pulled her out.
• Feng Ling emerged with much of her skin and flesh dissolved, but Huangfu Miaomiao remained trapped by several tendons.
• Ye Zheng tore into the mountain in a frenzy and was sucked inside, so Feng Ling hauled her out with the rope.
• Feng Ling regrew her scales and entered the breach with her Bone Blade, while she and Ye Zheng took turns trying to cut the remaining tendons.

While Xu Yiming and Li Qing waited in a bedding store, Li Qing learned from Crow that every Player who had entered the Maze had disappeared and that Crow had concealed this danger. Feng Ling returned with Huangfu Miaomiao and Zhengzheng, all bloodied after escaping a Mountain that devoured people, and asked Li Qing what was wrong with the Maze.

• Xu Yiming hid Li Qing and the injured Cat Spider in a bedding store and waited for Feng Ling while Li Qing lamented his inability to help.
• Crow told Li Qing that Players had entered the Maze before and disappeared, admitting he had hidden this because he feared Li Qing would refuse to enter.
• Li Qing urged Xu Yiming to call Feng Ling early, and Feng Ling answered, saying she had found Huangfu Miaomiao and would return soon.
• Feng Ling, Zhengzheng, and Huangfu Miaomiao arrived covered in blood; Huangfu Miaomiao explained that the Mountain sucked people inside and had badly injured her legs.
• Feng Ling said they had dug Little Skeleton and a treasure chest out of the Mountain, planned to bring explosives to destroy it, and asked Li Qing what was wrong with the Maze.

Li Qing explained that the Maze in Guangshan City had once been a Point-farming site, but Players stopped returning after its creatures vanished and Rats multiplied. After resting, the group saw the Wandering Deity Procession return, and Li Qing began investigating why it featured Pseudo-Gods and where the real gods were.

• Li Qing told Feng Ling that the Star Society planned to spread Maze genes into the city so Players could farm Points by killing Contaminants.
• Feng Ling questioned Li Qing about the missing Players, the Labyrinth Master, and the Safe Zone, while Huangfu Miaomiao accused him of covering for Crow.
• Feng Ling and Ye Zheng rested as their bodies regrew skin and fur or Scales, while Huangfu Miaomiao fell asleep and Xu Yiming guarded the shutter.
• The Rats stopped scratching at the shop, but drums announced the Wandering Deity Procession, whose sedan carried the South Sea God · False God.
• Xu Yiming resisted the procession's mental influence and held Li Qing back as Li Qing wondered where the real gods were and woke Huangfu Miaomiao to look for an Idol.

Li Qing persuaded Huangfu Miaomiao and the others to worship the Idols in local shops, discovering that the ritual granted a temporary Luck Stat bonus. The group began searching for City God and Earth God Idols to find the Safe Zone, and Huangfu Miaomiao worshipped Guan Yu at another shop.

• Li Qing convinced Huangfu Miaomiao to leave the shop and worship the Maneki-neko Idol in a neighboring clothing store.
• Huangfu Miaomiao received a buff that multiplied her Luck Stat by 2.5 for 30 minutes, and Xu Yiming gained the same effect after worshipping.
• Feng Ling and Li Qing reasoned that worship might guide them to safety and decided to search for City God or Earth God Idols.
• The group searched several shops, found an Idol of Guan Yu, and Huangfu Miaomiao worshipped it while Feng Ling asked Li Qing what effect she received.

Feng Ling and her companions worshipped idols throughout the Maze, eventually awakening eight Safe Zones at a shrine to Lady Xian. They rested in a supermarket and prepared to fetch explosives, with Huangfu Miaomiao and Ye Zheng volunteering to go to the truck.

• Feng Ling, Ye Zheng, Xu Yiming, and Huangfu Miaomiao worshipped various idols and received different buffs as they traveled through streets overrun by Rat Monsters.
• Feng Ling worshipped Lady Xian at a supermarket shrine, triggering a system message that eight Safe Zones had awakened.
• Huangfu Miaomiao identified the supermarket building as a Safe Zone, and the group rested while discussing their next move.
• Feng Ling planned to retrieve explosives from the nearby truck and told Huangfu Miaomiao to clear her Grid Backpack and bring back as many explosives as she could.
• Huangfu Miaomiao volunteered to go alone, but Ye Zheng insisted on accompanying her because the group had gone to great trouble to save her.

Feng Ling tracked a Marked Rat Monster and found it sleeping among Humanoid Rats after it had visited a bloodstained table. When Huangfu Miaomiao returned with explosives and weapons, Feng Ling set out with her and Ye Zheng to bomb the Mountain before nightfall.

• Xu Yiming, Li Qing, and Feng Ling organized the supplies Huangfu Miaomiao had left in the Safe Zone and discussed how Rat Monsters might get food.
• Feng Ling used Mother's Longing to follow the fading Mark on a Rat Monster and found it sleeping beside Humanoid Rats after it circled a bloodstained table.
• Huangfu Miaomiao returned and scolded Xu Yiming for eating beef jerky she had saved for Feng Ling.
• Ye Zheng warned the group that they still had not found the Game Idol or the Labyrinth Master.
• Feng Ling took an axe and left with Huangfu Miaomiao and Ye Zheng to bomb the Mountain before nightfall, while Xu Yiming and Li Qing stayed behind.

Feng Ling, Ye Zheng, and Huangfu Miaomiao gathered worship buffs before using explosives to blast the Mountain. After detonating charges on both sides, Feng Ling noticed the surrounding fog turning red.

• Ye Zheng taught Feng Ling how to place explosives inside the Mountain for greater damage, and Feng Ling suggested stopping at nearby shrines for buffs.
• At the Mahjong Parlor, Feng Ling killed three Rat Monsters and marked the fourth before letting it escape so she could track where it carried corpses.
• The three women prayed at the Guan Yu, He Xiangu, and Maneki-neko idols, receiving buffs before heading to the Mountain.
• Feng Ling threw Grenades into a mouth on the Mountain, then followed Ye Zheng’s advice and filled craters on both sides with explosives.
• Feng Ling detonated the explosives from a distant rooftop and noticed that the nearby fog had turned red.

Feng Ling, Ye Zheng, and Huangfu Miaomiao investigated the bloodied Mountain after their explosives failed to kill it, and a procession of Rat Monsters forced them to flee. Feng Ling glimpsed the Labyrinth Master’s glossy scales and realized the voices inside the Mountain were expressing desires.

• Ye Zheng told Feng Ling that the red mist reminded her of the mist she encountered after killing Koschei, while Huangfu Miaomiao warned that the Labyrinth Master was nearby.
• Feng Ling led Ye Zheng and Huangfu Miaomiao toward the collapsed Mountain, where they found it still alive and learned that they had too few explosives to destroy it easily.
• The three heard countless voices from the Mountain expressing wishes, and bodies crawled out to form a hateful Wandering Deity Procession.
• Ye Zheng used Mental Pressure to suppress the hatred and pulled Feng Ling away as they escaped through a building toward the Safe Zone.
• Feng Ling told Ye Zheng she had seen glossy scales inside the Mountain and concluded that the voices were desires.

Feng Ling and Ye Zheng returned to the Safe Zone after bombing the Mountain and learned that the Labyrinth Master had Marked them. Feng Ling concluded that it was trapped inside the Mountain, though Ye Zheng warned that the damage they caused might have freed it.

• Feng Ling, Ye Zheng, and Huangfu Miaomiao returned to the Safe Zone without encountering any rats.
• Li Qing told Feng Ling and Ye Zheng that the Labyrinth Master had Marked them, while Huangfu Miaomiao had not been marked.
• Li Qing explained that the Mark could locate its targets and might carry resentment that affected their emotions.
• Feng Ling described hearing wishes from the Mountain’s flesh and seeing a glossy black, scaled part of the Labyrinth Master.
• Feng Ling reasoned that the Labyrinth Master had been trapped inside the Mountain and Marked her and Ye Zheng to seek revenge later.
• Ye Zheng warned that the Labyrinth Master might have escaped after they blew up the Mountain.

Feng Ling and the others discussed the Labyrinth Master, the Meat Mountain, and how the Maze’s language shaped Hunters’ attitudes toward killing. That night, Feng Ling tracked a Marked Rat Monster and discovered the Pseudo-God feasting on a corpse before returning with its procession, leaving her to suspect the Rats and deity were caught in a cycle.

• Feng Ling reasoned that the Meat Mountain was part of the Labyrinth Master and asked Li Qing whether it could help locate the Labyrinth Master’s Card, but he said the information was too vague.
• Xu Yiming suggested bombing the Mountain again, while Li Qing explained that Hunters called Players Monsters to lessen the psychological strain of killing human bodies.
• As night fell, Feng Ling agreed that the group would stay inside the Safe Zone and search for the Game Idol after dawn, and Xu Yiming asked to join her.
• Feng Ling used her Mark to track a Rat Monster through the fog and found the Wandering Deity Procession, where the Rat Monsters knelt before an empty sedan chair.
• Feng Ling followed her target’s gaze and saw the Pseudo-God ravenously eat a corpse before climbing into the sedan chair and being carried away by the Rat Monsters.
• Feng Ling suspected the Rat Monsters and Pseudo-God were returning to the Mountain as part of a cycle and concluded that the being was only a Pseudo-God.

Feng Ling deduced that Rat Monsters carried corpses as tribute to the Labyrinth Master and proposed destroying the altar tables. After a disturbing dream about her childhood, she woke to find Ye Zheng roaring at a Squirrel.

• Feng Ling explained that the Wandering Deity Procession fed on rat corpses offered at altar tables, and Li Qing suggested the tributes helped the Rat Monsters avoid disaster.
• Feng Ling reasoned that the altar locations could reveal the procession’s route, and the group agreed to destroy the tables and test whether the rats still carried corpses there.
• The group rested in the Safe Zone, while Feng Ling dreamed of being trapped in the Dark Room with Feng Shao as children.
• Feng Ling awoke from the frightening dream and saw Ye Zheng roaring at a Squirrel on a row of shelves.

A Labyrinth Master's Mark manifested Phantoms of Ye Zheng’s and Feng Ling’s deepest fears, forcing the group to delay their departure. Feng Ling resolved to leave once Ye Zheng recovered, though Mother Feng’s Phantom continued to unsettle her.

• A Phantom squirrel drove Ye Zheng into a frenzy, so Feng Ling restrained her with Mental Pressure and injected her with a sedative.
• Feng Ling saw a Phantom of Mother Feng and learned from Li Qing that the Mark had manifested their fears and that its effects would eventually fade.
• Feng Ling said they could not wait for the Mark to disappear and decided the group would set out after Ye Zheng recovered.
• Li Qing and Xu Yiming cleaned up while Feng Ling moved Ye Zheng, and Mother Feng’s Phantom continued to make Feng Ling feel watched.
• Huangfu Miaomiao and Xu Yiming talked about their own fears, making Feng Ling laugh and briefly distracting her.

Xu Yiming and Feng Ling discussed their changing attitudes toward Xenomorphs while Huangfu Miaomiao and Li Qing argued over whether Players and Administrators could be judged as individuals. Feng Ling recovered from the Phantom’s influence, but Ye Zheng woke, saw the Squirrel, and asked for another sedative instead of continuing the plan.

• Xu Yiming told Feng Ling that Cards had improved his life and brought him closer to Su Yuqing and Ye Zheng, so he did not simply hate the changes Xenomorphs had caused.
• Feng Ling said she and Xu Yiming had gained more than they lost, while acknowledging that people harmed by Xenomorphs could not easily share their perspective.
• Huangfu Miaomiao argued that not every Player hurt people, and Li Qing compared that claim to Players’ hostility toward Administrators.
• Feng Ling calmed down after talking and joked about being afraid of Mother Feng, while Huangfu Miaomiao and Xu Yiming defended her.
• Ye Zheng sat up, saw the Squirrel, and told Feng Ling she could not proceed and wanted another shot of sedative.

Ye Zheng and Feng Ling argued over Ye Zheng’s sedative use and Feng Ling’s reckless plans, until Feng Ling’s taunts pushed Ye Zheng to attack her. Their fight erupted outside as Li Qing tried to stop them, and familiar drum music approached.

• Ye Zheng asked Feng Ling for another sedative shot, and Feng Ling refused, arguing that the sedative would keep Ye Zheng from lowering her Corruption Value and helping find the Idol.
• Ye Zheng and Feng Ling traded accusations, and Feng Ling told Ye Zheng that she had already lost everything.
• Ye Zheng lunged at Feng Ling, and Feng Ling kicked her through the glass doors before charging outside with her Bone Blade Fangs and Claws.
• Ye Zheng and Feng Ling fought, wounding each other as their Mental Power overwhelmed Li Qing and the others.
• Li Qing shouted for them to stop, while familiar drum music drifted closer from a distance.

Feng Ling and the others destroyed an offering table and reasoned that the Maze might contain eight tables, one for each Safe Zone. As the Wandering Deity Procession approached, Xu Yiming offered an idea.

• Feng Ling and Ye Zheng spotted the approaching Wandering Deity Procession and decided to find and destroy its offering tables before the Labyrinth Master regained strength.
• The group found an offering table near the Safe Zone, and Ye Zheng smashed it while the Cat Spider and Cat Owl ate the Tribute.
• Feng Ling proposed that eight Safe Zones meant there could be eight offering tables, then mapped the Maze as an eight-part pattern around the Labyrinth Master.
• With the procession nearing and Feng Ling and Ye Zheng arguing over what to do next, Xu Yiming said he had an idea.

Feng Ling's group destroyed an Offering Table and discovered that the Wandering Deity Procession detoured toward another Tribute. They discussed how to weaken the Labyrinth Master and decided to seek more explosives, leaving Xu Yiming to ask Han Xu for weapons.

• Xu Yiming placed a Micro Camera at a streetlamp so the group could remotely watch the Wandering Deity Procession.
• Feng Ling led the group along the outskirts, where they encountered and dealt with a few Rat Monsters before finding an Offering Table.
• Ye Zheng smashed the Offering Table, and Feng Ling chopped its legs apart while reflecting on her late mother.
• Xu Yiming's footage showed the Wandering Deity Procession detouring from the table toward another direction.
• Li Qing speculated that the Labyrinth Master used the Tribute's location to redirect the procession, and the group discussed whether destroying tables or killing processions could weaken it.
• Feng Ling suggested splitting up and asked Xu Yiming to request weapons of mass destruction from Han Xu.

Xu Yiming wondered why Feng Ling wanted to send him out of the Maze, while the team continued toward the next altar table. They found the Labyrinth Divine Statue beneath a pile of corpses, and Feng Ling asked Ye Zheng to sit on its bloodstained stone stool.

• Xu Yiming suspected Feng Ling had suggested he leave the Maze because she wanted to send him away for a reason he could not understand.
• Huangfu Miaomiao exhausted herself and rode on Li Qing's back while the team continued toward the next altar table.
• Li Qing warned Feng Ling that Players holding Demon Cards could harbor malice, and Huangfu Miaomiao accused the Administrators of being villains.
• Ye Zheng reached the next altar table and discovered that its stone construction made it impossible to destroy.
• Feng Ling cleared corpses from the table, recognized the Labyrinth Divine Statue, and told Ye Zheng to sit on its stool.

Ye Zheng’s Card Draw reduced her Corruption Value to 40%, but the Undead Spider had fused into her body and could no longer be removed. As Feng Ling drew away the Jellyfish and discussed preparing to digest the Eye of Horus, Ye Zheng warned that Feng Ling’s emotional nature made her unusually dangerous.

• Feng Ling urged Ye Zheng to draw away two high-Corruption Cards, and Ye Zheng selected the Royal Moth and Hyena.
• Ye Zheng’s Corruption Value fell from 48% to 40%, while the Undead Spider remained fused into her body and beyond removal.
• Ye Zheng realized that lowering her Corruption Value let her think more clearly, even as she feared her remaining Cards would eventually become part of her Corruption.
• Feng Ling drew away the Jellyfish, lowering her Corruption Value to 13%.
• Li Qing advised Feng Ling to lower her Corruption Value further before digesting the Eye of Horus, and Ye Zheng warned that individual safe limits differed.
• Ye Zheng described Feng Ling as indulgent and more dangerous than anyone else because she could pursue her desires without restraint.

Feng Ling and her companions prepared to stop delaying and attack the Labyrinth Master, but Ye Zheng insisted they make a detailed plan together. As more Rats approached, they moved to a café Safe Zone, where Li Qing suspected Ye Zheng was preparing Feng Ling to carry on her work while she was still clear-headed.

• Feng Ling considered deleting four Crimson Ghost Centipedes to lower her Corruption Value before absorbing the Eye of Horus, while Huangfu Miaomiao regretted losing useful Cards.
• Xu Yiming spotted approaching Rats, and Feng Ling's Cat Owl and Cat Spider attacked them as the group discussed how the Tributes kept drawing more Rats.
• Feng Ling suggested attacking the Labyrinth Master directly, and Ye Zheng rejected her rough proposal as an inadequate Action Plan and told her to learn to plan with others.
• The group followed Feng Ling's directions to a café Safe Zone, where Ye Zheng took Feng Ling upstairs for a private conversation.
• Li Qing told Huangfu Miaomiao that Ye Zheng might be teaching Feng Ling because she wanted to pass on her beliefs while she was still clear-headed.