Recaps

Feng Ling returned to Qingjiang, learned about the Scarecrow plan, and mourned Feng Shao with Ling Feiran, who gained a Card and joined her at Hive Ecopark. After discovering that her Hive Card made her a Hidden Boss, Feng Ling decided to hunt the Players who had killed the Abyss as Huangfu Miaomiao set out to infiltrate the Star Society.

• Feng Ling returned to Qingjiang with the Labyrinth Divine Statue, and Ye Zheng used it to draw away her Royal Moth Card.
• Feng Ling told her friends about Scarecrows and the protection Card holders could offer ordinary people, while Su Yuqing began arranging support for Qingjiang.
• Han Xu covered up Duan Fei’s accidental killing of Feng Shao, but the Bureau officially blamed a Xenomorph, and Ling Feiran later told Feng Ling that Feng Shao had died on a mission.
• Feng Ling and Ling Feiran buried Feng Shao, then tracked a Xenomorph that had hidden an infected child in a suitcase, and Ling Feiran absorbed its West Wind Demon Card and drew viruses from the child and her mother.
• Feng Ling brought Ling Feiran to Hive Ecopark, where Ling Feiran challenged the unequal protection of guardian cities and Su Yuqing explained the limits of the Bureau’s efforts.
• Li Qing revealed that Feng Ling’s blood-red Hive Card was an Abyss Card and that the game had designated her a Hidden Boss, making her a target for Players seeking a Ticket to Upper City.
• Feng Ling rejected making Qingjiang into a Maze and resolved to find the Players who had killed the Hive’s Abyss Form, while Huangfu Miaomiao searched for a Star Society team to join.
• Huangfu Miaomiao departed for Mogu Country through Guangshan City to gather intelligence, while Ling Feiran considered the Quarantine Zone and Feng Ling stayed with her after seeing Miaomiao off.

Feng Ling joined the international effort against the Locust swarm while Huangfu Miaomiao infiltrated the Star Society to find its headquarters. As Feng Ling pursued missing Hunters into the underground tunnels, she fought Grulu Hunters and a Giant Earthworm, while Ye Zheng and Li Qing entered the Mine to search for her.

• Huangfu Miaomiao and Xiao Shu traveled to Mogu, entered the Abyss Labyrinth with the Star Society, and later followed Blind Man toward a Star Society clinic.
• Feng Ling joined Huang Yi’s international rescue operation, fought Locusts, and agreed to guard the valley while the teams worked near the Grulu Mine.
• Feng Ling learned that Miaomiao had found Blind Man and gave her intelligence tasks, while warning her to remain undercover and escape underground if discovered.
• After Lisa, Gene, and Kairi disappeared, Feng Ling explored the tunnels with Human-faced Crows and found a pit filled with remains before a Big Mouth Monster swallowed one of her scouts.
• Feng Ling suspected the underground Monster had taken the missing Hunters, and her Human-faced Crows found Grulu Hunters near sinkholes as the Rescue Team moved camp.
• Feng Ling fell into a sinkhole with two Grulu Hunters, was stabbed, then found Gene’s earpiece and forced the wounded men to guide her through the tunnels.
• A Giant Earthworm devoured one hunter, and Feng Ling survived a grenade blast before killing the remaining hunter.
• Ye Zheng and Li Qing reached the Mine Cave, where Ye Zheng used Mental Pressure against the Grulu Hunters and their old leader led the group toward another entrance.

Huang Yi’s forces uncovered Grulu’s crimes, while Huangfu Miaomiao became entangled with Doctor, Meteor, and the Star Society. Feng Ling advanced through the Maze, killed the White Dragon, and the arc ended with Li Qing identifying the Stone Gate’s carvings as part of Zahhak’s story.

• Huang Yi confronted Old Hassan over the missing people, subdued the Grulu Hunters, and learned from Feng Ling that they had tried to kill her after she escaped the Giant Devouring Earthworm.
• Huang Yi ordered the arrest and execution of seven Grulu Card holders, while Feng Ling revealed she had incubated three Cards and Li Qing warned her about her Corruption Value.
• Huangfu Miaomiao became Doctor’s assistant, followed her into the Underworld Labyrinth, and met the imprisoned Meteor, who recognized her Cards and refused to read her memories.
• White Cat accused Huangfu Miaomiao of helping cause Starlight’s death and offered her a high-tier Card in exchange for killing ten people, so she fled into the Maze with Sirius’s Hounds pursuing her.
• Meteor helped Huangfu Miaomiao evade Sirius’s Hounds, revealed that Bishop had muted her, and offered her five days to consider joining her against him.
• Feng Ling and the Rescue Team crossed the Canyon, where the Bats overwhelmed the Drones and the Cat Owl and Third Child helped drive them back.
• Feng Ling entered the Temple beyond the Stone Gate and killed the White Dragon, then found a steaming object in its chest that appeared to be a Crystal.
• Ye Zheng found Feng Ling inside the Stone Gate, and Li Qing recognized its carvings of two Great Serpents as part of Zahhak’s story and concluded that the gate had a special mechanism.

Feng Ling strengthened her forces and began a Global Tour while Huangfu Miaomiao and Meteor exchanged identities to evade the Star Society. After Feng Ling found Miaomiao’s watch and learned she was trapped in the Underworld Labyrinth, she set out to find her.

• Feng Ling and her allies incapacitated the two Serpent Monsters, then she used one corpse to hatch the White Dragon into Kite.
• Feng Ling left the Maze with Ye Zheng and Li Qing, refused Leland’s romantic offer, and announced a Global Tour while planning to enter the Abyss Labyrinth.
• In the Underworld Labyrinth, Huangfu Miaomiao agreed to swap identities with Meteor for five days in exchange for Meteor’s promise to help her escape.
• Meteor used Huangfu Miaomiao’s body to kill Mountain Crow and Sirius, took Huangfu’s cage, and left her behind with Doctor.
• Meteor killed White Cat, took her Cards, and forced the Blind Man toward them as Doctor warned Huangfu Miaomiao that the Bishop planned to transfer his consciousness into her body.
• The Witch took Huangfu Miaomiao out of the Maze while Meteor absorbed her stolen Cards and drew attention with a rampaging Fish Monster.
• Feng Ling and Ye Zheng attacked Players who had trapped the Fish Monster, but Feng Ling let it escape after it called her by name.
• Feng Ling found Xiao Shu with Huangfu Miaomiao’s watch, read Miaomiao’s notes, and learned she was trapped in the Underworld Labyrinth.