Recaps

Huang Yi entered the abandoned Gold Mine with Old Hassan and a small group to search for four missing Rescue Team members, while Li Qing warned him that the Grulu guides might be dangerous. Underground, Old Hassan described the Giant Devouring Earthworm as a source of wealth and a guardian god, while Huang Yi remained intent on finding the missing people and killing the creature if it was responsible.

• Old Hassan led Huang Yi's group to the Mine Cave and explained that the abandoned workings had no electricity.
• Li Qing told Huang Yi that Old Hassan carried a Swordsman Card and warned him to be wary of the Grulu guides.
• Huang Yi sent Xu Yiming to take temporary command and entered the Mine Cave with his secretary, followed by Old Hassan, two Grulu Hunters, Ye Zheng, Li Qing, and the Contaminants.
• The Human-faced Crows flew into the maze of branching passages as Old Hassan suggested the missing people might already be dead.
• Old Hassan called the Giant Devouring Earthworm a nightmare and guardian god, while Huang Yi said they would kill it if it had caused the disappearances.

Huang Yi confronted Old Hassan over the missing team members and the stolen Cards in Grulu's Mine, where the locals worshipped the Giant Devouring Earthworm. The two Grulu Hunters attacked Huang Yi, but his lightning whip rendered their Card Abilities unusable.

• Old Hassan warned Huang Yi that the Giant Devouring Earthworm devoured everything, while Li Qing explained that it was likely an overlooked Zone Quest Boss.
• Old Hassan described the Hassan family's history in the Mine and claimed there were seven, eight, or perhaps nine Hunters who helped support the people hiding underground.
• Huang Yi challenged Old Hassan over whether the Giant Devouring Earthworm had eaten his missing team members, and Old Hassan insisted that humans and Xenomorphs were equally its food.
• Huang Yi threatened to take Old Hassan away unless he returned the missing team members and Cards, prompting Hamid and Ali to attack him.
• Huang Yi struck Hamid and Ali with his lightning whip, and they discovered they could no longer use their Card Abilities.

Huang Yi confronted Old Hassan over the Grulu Hunters’ Cards and their claim to the Mine, but the approaching Giant Devouring Earthworm threatened to trap everyone underground. The expected monster did not appear, and Feng Ling emerged from a tunnel, having found the exit.

• Huang Yi used his whip to seal the Grulu Hunters’ Cards and restrain their bodies, then Old Hassan argued that the Cards and everything in the Mine belonged to Grulu.
• Old Hassan defended the Grulu Hunters’ need to protect themselves and claimed the Giant Devouring Earthworm was approaching to eat them all.
• Huang Yi and Ye Zheng prepared to retreat and fight the monster, while Old Hassan boasted that the creature would bring Grulu more Cards and power.
• Dust and gravel spilled from a tunnel, and Feng Ling crawled out, relieved that she had finally found the exit.

Feng Ling reunited with Huang Yi and revealed that Grulu Hunters had trapped and attacked her, prompting Huang Yi to promise they would be punished. Huang Yi planned to seize every Card holder among the Grulu People and hand them over to the United Nations, though Feng Ling warned that this could leave the underground residents without food or water.

• Feng Ling emerged from an underground tunnel and explained that she had killed the Giant Devouring Earthworm blocking her escape.
• Feng Ling told Huang Yi that two Grulu Hunters had lured her into a deep hole, stabbed her, and tried to kill her with a Grenade; she showed him the daggers as evidence.
• Huang Yi promised Feng Ling that the Grulu People responsible would be punished and assured her that no one would blame her for acting in self-defense.
• Feng Ling taunted Old Hassan by saying she had liked his sons and would gladly accept their Cards, making him and his nephew erupt in rage.
• Huang Yi said he intended to find every Grulu Card holder and hand them over to the United Nations to appease England, Lorias, and Bax.
• Feng Ling questioned the plan because the underground residents relied on Hunters for clean food and water, while Huang Yi said the political consequences outweighed their fate.

After the Eshia army rounded up the Grulu People, Feng Ling learned about the Ring Conference and discussed Gene Locks with Ye Zheng and Li Qing. As the seven Card holders faced execution, the Grulu People sang their familiar song.

• Huang Yi ordered the Eshia army to arrest the Grulu People and reported the situation to the United Nations Security Council.
• Ye Zheng told Feng Ling about Huang Yi’s history as one of the first Inspectors and explained how the Ring Conference shared power.
• Li Qing reported that the Grulu People had absorbed Gene and Lisa’s Cards and that the seven Card holders were to be executed without a trial.
• Feng Ling revealed that she had incubated three Cards, and Li Qing explained how Gene Locks stabilized creatures and limited growth.
• Ye Zheng warned Feng Ling to be cautious about digesting Cards because her Corruption Value remained at 26%.
• The seven Grulu Card holders stood in a row as the Grulu People began singing before the execution.

Feng Ling’s group left the Grulu People behind and continued toward the Maze, while Huangfu Miaomiao searched for a way to contact the Star Society. She overheard the Clinic’s Doctor treating a Maze survivor and learned that the Doctor was Starlight, but the chapter ended before the man’s invitation to join his next Maze run received an answer.

• Feng Ling, Li Qing, and Ye Zheng watched the Eshia Soldiers execute the seven Grulu People and collect the Cards from their bodies.
• Feng Ling declined to interrogate the Grulu People, and her group set off to meet the Rescue Team near the Maze.
• Huangfu Miaomiao stayed near the Clinic and browsed Forum posts, hoping to join a team and reach the Maze.
• A Player arrived at the Clinic with a mortally wounded teammate and demanded treatment from the Doctor, whom Huangfu Miaomiao recognized as Starlight.
• Huangfu Miaomiao listened outside as the Doctor treated the surviving Player, who said he planned to enter the Maze again and invited her to join his next run.

Huangfu Miaomiao was caught eavesdropping at the Clinic and talked the Doctor out of punishing her. The Doctor offered her a safer way to earn Points by working as her assistant, leaving Huangfu to watch over a sleeping patient who was the Doctor’s ex-boyfriend.

• Huangfu Miaomiao overheard the Doctor say that the poisoned patient was asleep and tried to leave the Clinic unnoticed.
• The Doctor summoned snakes to surround Huangfu Miaomiao and forced her to enter the Clinic.
• The Doctor questioned Huangfu Miaomiao, who claimed she had been waiting near the Clinic for a chance to join a Maze and earn Points.
• The Doctor warned Huangfu Miaomiao that she was too weak for most Abyss Labyrinths and offered her a job as an assistant instead.
• The Doctor told Huangfu Miaomiao to watch the sleeping patient while she went to sleep, explaining that he was her ex-boyfriend.

Huangfu Miaomiao remained under the Doctor’s watch at the Clinic, torn between escaping and proving she could uncover useful information. Meanwhile, Feng Ling arranged a possible retreat route through the Quarantine Zone as she approached the Maze where the Locust had escaped.

• The Doctor kept Huangfu Miaomiao at the Clinic after dealing with a corpse, and Huangfu Miaomiao secretly reported her situation to Li Qing.
• Xiao Shu returned and was pleased to learn that Huangfu Miaomiao had become the Doctor’s assistant, while the recovered patient left without asking about his missing companion or Card.
• After a quiet day at the Clinic, Huangfu Miaomiao told Li Qing about her fears, and he advised her to escape because the Doctor, known as Starlight, was dangerous.
• Huangfu Miaomiao decided to stay long enough to uncover something rather than retreat immediately.
• Li Qing warned Feng Ling that Huangfu Miaomiao might expose herself, so Feng Ling planned for her to enter the Quarantine Zone through Molian River Bridge with Pei Xianjue’s permission.
• Feng Ling’s call to Pei Xianjue failed near the Maze, where the Locust had escaped and spread pollution, so she went to find Huang Yi and make a call before the signal worsened.

Feng Ling called Pei Xianjue to arrange help for Miaomiao’s return, then contacted Ling Feiran to check on her new Card and upcoming volunteer assignment. Feng Ling promised to bring Ling Feiran a souvenir, and Ling Feiran asked for a Card.

• Feng Ling called Pei Xianjue and asked her to watch for Miaomiao at Molian River Bridge when she returned from Mogu.
• Pei Xianjue explained that the bridge was closed and advised Miaomiao to cross alone and quietly at night.
• Pei Xianjue asked Feng Ling to bring back a souvenir, and Feng Ling agreed to find her a strangely shaped stone.
• Feng Ling called Ling Feiran, learned that Ling Feiran had received a Wraith Card with a Corruption Value of two percent, and heard that she would leave for the Quarantine Zone on Friday.
• Feng Ling offered to bring Ling Feiran a souvenir, and Ling Feiran said she wanted a Card.

Huangfu Miaomiao cleaned the Clinic and watched the Doctor heal injured Players, learning that the Doctor could regrow limbs and cure poison. The Doctor then healed a macaque’s broken leg, leaving Huangfu Miaomiao to accuse her of lying about her limits.

• Huangfu Miaomiao cleaned the Clinic, freed a chained Coconut Monkey, and gave it jelly.
• Seven or eight bloodied Players arrived and asked the Doctor to treat three injured teammates, but she said she could only treat two.
• The Players chose the poisoned teammate and the one with a severed leg, abandoning the female Player with a severed arm.
• The Doctor used her snakes to detoxify one Player and regrow the other’s leg, then sent them away to recover.
• The Doctor found the macaque in the Clinic and regrew its broken leg, prompting Huangfu Miaomiao to ask whether she had lied to the Players.

Doctor healed the Macaque’s severed leg, then took Huangfu Miaomiao to a Player gathering spot and explained the sleep-inducing side effect of her healing ability. After hearing Huangfu Miaomiao describe the Star Society as a guiding force for Players, Doctor invited her to meet the Society’s former spiritual leader.

• Doctor explained that she had chosen to heal only two Players earlier, then regenerated the Macaque’s leg, which grew back with fused toes.
• Doctor wandered around a nearby Player gathering spot with Huangfu Miaomiao, who noticed Doctor calling several male Players affectionate names.
• Doctor told Huangfu Miaomiao that using Dream Incubation healing made her sleepy and lamented being stuck in the same place.
• Huangfu Miaomiao described the Star Society as a Lighthouse for Players and said she hoped it could help dismantle the Points system.
• Doctor told Huangfu Miaomiao to come with her the next day to meet the Star Society’s former spiritual leader.

Huangfu Miaomiao eagerly accompanied Doctor and Blind Man to a remote meeting place, hoping to uncover the Star Society’s secrets. Doctor opened an entrance to the Abyss Labyrinth and invited Huangfu Miaomiao inside, while Blind Man watched her with concern.

• Huangfu Miaomiao learned that Doctor traveled to meetings every five days and excitedly waited for the pickup car.
• Blind Man arrived to collect Doctor, and Doctor let Huangfu Miaomiao ride with them despite Blind Man’s doubts.
• After a long drive into the mountains, Huangfu Miaomiao secretly sent Li Qing their coordinates.
• White Cat met them in the forest with a caged animal, and Doctor took the cage and criticized White Cat for neglecting it.
• Doctor accepted a Maze mission, opened the Abyss Labyrinth entrance, and invited Huangfu Miaomiao to follow her inside.

Doctor led Huangfu Miaomiao through the strange, empty Underworld Labyrinth, where passing its gates stripped away Cards or senses. After they crossed the Second Gate, Doctor revealed they were going to meet someone special and asked Huangfu what the Star Society called a traitor.

• Huangfu Miaomiao learned from Doctor that the Underworld Labyrinth had no Contaminants and that its Labyrinth Master waited at the bottom.
• Doctor explained that the labyrinth had seven gates and that each gate stripped away one Card or, if none remained, one of the traveler's senses.
• Huangfu Miaomiao passed the First Gate and lost access to one of her Cards temporarily.
• At the Second Gate, Doctor held Huangfu Miaomiao's hand as they crossed, and Huangfu claimed she had lost her sense of taste.
• Doctor told Huangfu Miaomiao they were going to meet someone special and asked what the Star Society called a Traitor of the Star Society.

Doctor brought Huangfu Miaomiao to the Third Gate to meet Meteor, the imprisoned former spiritual leader of the Star Society. Meteor revealed that she could see Huangfu Miaomiao’s Cards, but declined to read her memories, leaving Huangfu Miaomiao’s secret about Feng Ling safe for now.

• Doctor told Huangfu Miaomiao that Meteor had named the Star Society and was now considered a traitor.
• At the Third Gate, Doctor treated the emaciated Meteor in a crude cage and explained that prolonged time in the Underworld weakened the body.
• Doctor said she visited every five days to keep Meteor alive, while Meteor remained imprisoned without logging out.
• Meteor woke and identified Huangfu Miaomiao’s Cards, including Blood Worms, which Huangfu Miaomiao had hidden.
• Doctor asked Meteor to read Huangfu Miaomiao’s memories, but Meteor refused, saying she lacked the energy to spend on someone irrelevant.

Doctor and Huangfu Miaomiao left the Maze, where White Cat publicly accused Huangfu Miaomiao of helping the Hidden Boss. Doctor defended her against the accusation, and White Cat proposed a Demon Contract that would require Huangfu Miaomiao to kill ten humans, leaving her to decide whether to agree.

• Meteor and Doctor argued about whether Meteor had a plan, while Huangfu Miaomiao listened anxiously and feared they would inspect her memories.
• Doctor ended her visit with Meteor, then returned to the surface with Huangfu Miaomiao and abandoned the Maze mission.
• Outside the Maze, Doctor encountered White Cat, Blind Man, and several Star Society Players, including the Bishop, Messenger, and Sirius.
• White Cat accused Huangfu Miaomiao of serving the Hidden Boss and helping cause Starlight's death, while Doctor questioned whether White Cat had evidence.
• White Cat offered Huangfu Miaomiao a high-tier Card through a Demon Contract if she agreed to kill ten humans, and asked whether she agreed.

Huangfu Miaomiao fled through the Underworld Labyrinth while Sirius’s Hounds hunted her, refusing to log off despite her injuries. She reached the Third Gate after injecting Potions into her legs, with the Hounds close behind.

• White Cat demanded that Huangfu Miaomiao kill a human, but she ran into the Maze instead.
• The Bishop ordered Sirius to pursue Huangfu Miaomiao, and Doctor questioned why White Cat was so determined to kill her.
• Huangfu Miaomiao raced downward through the Maze as Sirius’s twelve Hounds followed her through the gates.
• At the Second Gate, the Labyrinth stripped away Huangfu Miaomiao’s Cards and forced her back into human form, leaving her badly injured.
• Huangfu Miaomiao considered logging off but chose to keep fleeing and injected two Potions into her legs.
• Huangfu Miaomiao reached the Statue Holding Inscription near the Third Gate, with two Hounds still pursuing her.

Huangfu Miaomiao fled into the Third Gate and lost her sight, where she learned from Meteor that Sirius’s Hounds could not enter. As she feared for her life, she realized Doctor may have deliberately directed her into the Maze and heard more about Sirius’s pursuit and cruelty.

• Huangfu Miaomiao rushed through the Third Gate before she could use her Grenade, and the gate stripped away her sight.
• Meteor told Huangfu Miaomiao that Sirius’s Hounds could not cross the gate, and Huangfu Miaomiao stayed inside while they snarled outside.
• Huangfu Miaomiao considered logging off but decided she first wanted to regain her sight and send word about what was happening.
• Meteor explained that angering Sirius could bring retaliation, and Huangfu Miaomiao realized Doctor had pointed her toward the Maze as she fled.
• After Huangfu Miaomiao described the Players outside, Meteor explained Sirius’s howl and Messenger’s tracking skills, and warned that Sirius tortured his opponents and could prevent them from logging off.

Trapped near Meteor and two Hounds, Huangfu Miaomiao was tricked into revealing her memories, but Meteor promised she could help her escape. The Hounds left sooner than Meteor predicted, and Huangfu Miaomiao was left wondering what bad news Meteor had to tell her.

• Meteor explained that Sirius hid his heart inside one of twelve Hounds and could only be killed with a fatal blow.
• Meteor guided Huangfu Miaomiao through a fake Grenade throw, then grabbed her and read several recent memories.
• Meteor recognized Huangfu Miaomiao’s connection to Feng Ling and offered to help her escape, but Huangfu Miaomiao refused to trust her.
• Meteor predicted the Hounds would leave in ten minutes, and Huangfu Miaomiao waited while listening for them.
• The Hounds ran off after Huangfu Miaomiao counted past five hundred seconds, and Meteor asked whether she wanted to hear the bad news.

Huangfu Miaomiao learned that Bishop was an Administrator and that she had been muted, leaving her unable to report what she knew. Meteor offered to cooperate against Bishop, while Feng Ling and the International Rescue Team continued clearing Contaminants from the Maze.

• Huangfu Miaomiao discovered that the Administrator had muted her in both chat and the Player Forum.
• Meteor explained that Bishop was an Administrator, warned Huangfu Miaomiao about the danger ahead, and revealed that the Maze had once produced an Abyss Card called Hive.
• Meteor offered to help Huangfu Miaomiao oppose Bishop and gave her five days to consider the proposal.
• The International Rescue Team advanced through the Maze as Soldiers supported the Hunters and Third Child fed on the remaining Contaminants.
• Li Qing identified Feng Ling’s three new young, and Feng Ling chose to hatch the Giant Devouring Earthworm first.
• Huang Yi approached Feng Ling and announced that the team had found something new ahead.

Feng Ling sent Third Child and Drones into the Canyon to fight the giant Bats, but the Bats adapted and drove the Human-faced Crows away. Enraged, the crows rallied around the Cat Owl and returned toward the Canyon to settle the score.

• Huang Yi showed Feng Ling Drone footage of the Canyon and explained his plan to use metal nets against the giant Bats.
• Feng Ling sent the Little Third Children to cling to the Bats’ wings and absorb their energy while the Rescue Team advanced.
• The Bats overwhelmed the Drones and learned to use their wings and airflow to knock the Human-faced Crows out of the sky.
• The Human-faced Crows withdrew from the Canyon, cawing that they wanted to become stronger.
• The Human-faced Crows flew to the Cat Owl, which led them back toward the Canyon to settle the score.

Feng Ling and the Rescue Team entered the Canyon, where hidden Bats and explosive piles of feces forced Huang Yi to order a retreat. After the Cat Owl and Third Child returned furious from a fire attack at an enormous Stone Gate, Feng Ling went to settle the score.

• The Cat Owl used Mental Pressure to weaken the Bats while the Little Third Children attacked and drove them to their deaths.
• Feng Ling joined the Rescue Team as it advanced into the Canyon and fought off Bats hiding along the cliff walls.
• A Hunter's fireball ignited the dried feces, injuring several Hunters, so Huang Yi ordered the team to withdraw.
• Feng Ling told Huang Yi that the Daoist might find Maze information, while Huang Yi confirmed a huge cavity lay beyond the Canyon path.
• The Cat Owl and Third Child returned and told Feng Ling that a fireball from an enormous Stone Gate had burned many Human-faced Crows and Little Third Children.
• Feng Ling headed toward the Stone Gate to settle the score.

Feng Ling discovered a White Dragon imprisoned inside the Stone Gate and decided she wanted to hatch it as a mount. After the dragon burned her claw, she considered how to overcome its fire breath and remained outside, pondering her next move.

• With Feng Ling backing them, the Cat Owl, Third Child, and Human-faced Crows charged through the Canyon and reached the enormous Stone Gate.
• Feng Ling sent a Human-faced Crow bearing her Parasitic Eye through a breach and spotted the White Dragon inside a vast Temple.
• The White Dragon attacked the scouting crow with blue flame, destroying Feng Ling’s shared vision, and Feng Ling decided the dragon was the Contaminant she wanted to hatch.
• Feng Ling climbed the Stone Gate in her Second Form, but the White Dragon’s flames burst through a breach and blackened one of her claws.
• Feng Ling stayed outside the gate and pondered how to subdue the White Dragon without waiting for its fire to run out.

Feng Ling lured the White Dragon away from the Temple entrance and killed it with a surprise attack. After claiming its Card, she investigated a glowing object in its chest and found a Crystal.

• Feng Ling sent Third Child's Human-faced Crows into the Temple to harass the White Dragon and draw it away from the Stone Gate.
• Feng Ling entered the Temple, climbed to the ceiling, and struck the White Dragon as it pursued her, bringing it crashing to the ground.
• Feng Ling wounded the White Dragon's neck and snapped its jaw, killing it while Third Child's flock gathered around the corpse.
• Feng Ling chose not to digest the dragon-wing Card because of her Corruption Value, and the new silver ring rearranged the rings on her wrist.
• Feng Ling cut open the White Dragon's chest and found a steaming object that appeared to be a Crystal.

After the Rescue Team withdrew from the Canyon, Li Qing learned that Feng Ling had gone deeper inside and that the Human-faced Crows were calling for help. Ye Zheng and Leland led a group of Hunters back into the Canyon to search for her, while Commander Huang Yi watched their decision.

• The returning Rescue Team reported that Contaminant excrement had exploded in the Canyon, and Xu Yiming said Feng Ling was missing.
• Li Qing identified an injured Hunter’s blindness as a temporary Blinding Effect and learned Feng Ling had gone deeper into the Canyon to settle a score.
• Human-faced Crows tugged at Li Qing and led him toward the Canyon, making him suspect Feng Ling was in trouble.
• Ye Zheng sprinted into the Canyon, and Leland and Xu Yiming offered to follow and look for Feng Ling.
• Leland declared he would search for Aisha, and all uninjured Hunters stepped forward to join him as Huang Yi watched without responding.

Huang Yi limited who could enter the Canyon, while Ye Zheng found Feng Ling safe behind the Stone Gate and brought her clothes. As the Red Mist appeared and Bat Monsters crashed into the gate, Li Qing realized the Maze followed Zahhak’s story and the gate had a special mechanism.

• Huang Yi warned the Hunters about the risks of entering the Canyon and required those who went to record the operation, leaving Leland and Tidal Wave Squad to continue alone.
• Ye Zheng reached the Stone Gate and discovered Feng Ling was inside but needed clothes after using her Second Form.
• Ye Zheng met Li Qing and Tidal Wave Squad on the way back, and Cat Owl carried Feng Ling’s clothes to the gate.
• Red Mist appeared as Bat Monsters began smashing themselves against the Stone Gate, revealing carvings of two Great Serpents covered in Ancient Persian Script.
• Li Qing recognized the Maze as being based on Zahhak’s story and concluded that the Stone Gate had a special mechanism.