Chapter Summaries

Feng Ling asked Forum user Weasel01 for advice after revealing that she had signed up to deal with a Xenomorph, and he urged her to take precautions and offered financial help. After discovering that Weasel01 was Daoist Priest Li Qing, Feng Ling suspected he could see the Player Forum and became intrigued by him.

• Weasel01 recognized Feng Ling from her Forum posts and advised her to head to Yunhai City, where Supervision Warriors were concentrated.
• Feng Ling said she could not leave because she needed to find the Maze and deal with her 29% Corruption Value, so Weasel01 suggested she mislead others by claiming she was going to Yunhai City.
• Weasel01 asked what the Xenomorphs knew about Feng Ling and offered to lend her money, then sent her 1,350 yuan through WeChat.
• Feng Ling learned that Weasel01’s contact was named Daoist Priest Li Qing and listened as he advised her to stay indoors, stock up, and consider applying for a Supervision Bureau clerical job.
• Feng Ling concluded that Daoist Priest Li Qing might be able to see the Player Forum and became eager to learn more about him.

Feng Ling told Su Yuqing and the Special Forces that she wanted to enter the Maze, despite their plans to keep her safe after learning she was a Hidden Boss. She left them facing the danger of her unexplained decision and the possibility that she might not return.

• Su Yuqing called Feng Ling after the Supervision Bureau traced Bean Paste's Forum post to Xiuyuan Mansion, then rushed over and ordered her to stay inside.
• Feng Ling put flowers she had salvaged from the trash into a vase before Su Yuqing, Zhou Diao, Qin Liang, Xiao Li, and Cao Hongyi arrived.
• Feng Ling explained that her mutated Hive Card had made the system label her a Hidden Boss to lure Xenomorphs into killing her.
• Su Yuqing warned that Headquarters would investigate and proposed keeping Zhou Diao and the Special Forces with Feng Ling until they decided what to do.
• Feng Ling said she could not wait for their arrangements and revealed that she wanted to enter the Maze.

Feng Ling revealed that her Corruption Value had reached 29% and proposed entering a Maze to find Idols that could reduce it. The discussion ended with Feng Ling asking Su Yuqing to give her his apartment, only to learn it had been prepared as his wedding apartment.

• Feng Ling disclosed her 29% Corruption Value, prompting the Special Forces members to raise their guns before Su Yuqing explained the Bureau's observation rules for highly corrupted Inspectors.
• Feng Ling asked why the Supervision Bureau did not search Mazes for Idols, and Su Yuqing and Zhou Diao described how rare and dangerous Mazes were.
• Feng Ling offered to report her situation and a Maze lead to the Supervisor General Bureau if Su Yuqing agreed to give her the apartment.
• Su Yuqing left angrily after Feng Ling made her request, and Zhou Diao and Qin Liang revealed that the apartment was Su Yuqing's failed wedding apartment.
• Feng Ling asked Qin Liang to tell her more about Su Yuqing's romantic history.

Feng Ling learned why Su Yuqing was reluctant to return to his apartment, then went out with Huangfu Miaomiao and Zhou Diao to search the amusement park for the Frog in a Top Hat and the lone White Bird. They boarded the Ferris Wheel and began looking for the White Bird as the cabin climbed.

• Zhou Diao explained that Su Yuqing’s girlfriend, Ye Zheng, had rejected his public proposal, leaving him embarrassed about the apartment.
• Zhou Diao told Feng Ling that Su Yuqing wanted her to post on the Exo-Star Forum that she had arrived in Yunhai City, while he and the others stayed to protect her.
• Feng Ling ignored Su Yuqing’s order to stay indoors and left with Huangfu Miaomiao and Zhou Diao, followed by Qin Liang, Xiao Li, and Cao Hongyi.
• Feng Ling took Huangfu Miaomiao to Qingjiang City’s amusement park and identified the green Ferris Wheel cabin as the Frog in a Top Hat.
• Feng Ling, Huangfu Miaomiao, and Zhou Diao boarded the Ferris Wheel, and Feng Ling urged Huangfu Miaomiao to find the lone White Bird.

Feng Ling searched for the White Bird in the Maze riddle and concluded it referred to Qingjiang Bridge No. 1, though she still could not explain the clue about a Salivating Kiss. She and her companions set out for the bridge during evening rush hour.

• Feng Ling and her companions rejected the Big White Goose pedal boats as the White Bird left alone.
• From the Ferris Wheel, Feng Ling spotted Qingjiang Bridge No. 1 and thought it resembled a white bird spreading its wings.
• Feng Ling used perfume to calm her rising irritation and returned to the Ferris Wheel after seeing several similar boats by the lake.
• Feng Ling examined the view again and decided that Bridge No. 1 stood alone among the bridges, matching the riddle.
• Feng Ling, Huangfu Miaomiao, and Zhou Diao agreed to go to Bridge No. 1, where heavy evening traffic had come to a standstill.

Feng Ling and her companions failed to find White Bird after traffic delayed their trip to the bridge, leaving the Maze’s third riddle unsolved. Back at the apartment, Feng Ling received a warning from Daoist Priest Li and revealed that her two Silver Bracelets had transformed into layered Silver Cards.

• Feng Ling, Zhou Diao, and Huangfu Miaomiao reached the bridge after dark and gave up searching for White Bird.
• Feng Ling and her companions speculated about the meaning of “Snake Moon's Skyfire” but could not solve the Maze’s third riddle.
• Daoist Priest Li transferred Feng Ling 650 yuan and warned her that alliances hunted high-Points targets, so she should be careful.
• Feng Ling ordered a large dinner to feed the two nests on her body and described herself as being metaphorically pregnant with Twins.
• Feng Ling’s two Silver Bracelets transformed into layered Silver Cards, and she warned Zhou Diao not to touch them.

Feng Ling explained her Hive’s Nest Building ability and considered its unexplained differences, while Zhou Diao urged her to stay in Qingjiang and grow strong. The next morning, her search for clues on Qingjiang Bridge stalled, so she decided to head to the Dock.

• Feng Ling told Zhou Diao that Nest Building could turn flesh and blood into new life, and she wondered why her Spider and Bird nests gathered energy at different rates.
• Zhou Diao suggested Feng Ling join the Supervision Bureau so its Research Institute could study her unusual evolution, but admitted he wanted her to remain in Qingjiang.
• Feng Ling said she would grow strong enough that no Xenomorph would dare come to Qingjiang.
• Feng Ling, Huangfu Miaomiao, Zhou Diao, and the three Special Forces members searched Qingjiang Bridge No. 1 but found no new clues.
• Feng Ling concluded that she needed to solve the “Salivating Kiss” clue before finding the Snake Moon and Skyfire, then led the group toward the Dock.

Feng Ling and Zhou Diao searched the river for the Maze, finding the right viewpoint beneath Qingjiang Bridge but failing to solve the remaining clues. As Feng Ling vented to Daoist Priest Li, he suggested that Snake Moon referred to Si Month, not the moon’s reflection.

• Feng Ling realized they needed a low viewpoint on the river to see the Frog in a Top Hat’s Salivating Kiss overlap with the White Bird.
• Zhou Diao arranged for the River Patrol Team to lend them a Patrol Boat, and Feng Ling found the correct position beneath Qingjiang Bridge No. 1.
• Feng Ling’s group searched the river by day and night but could not find Snake Moon or Skyfire, so they ended the search for the night.
• Feng Ling complained to Daoist Priest Li that the riddles were hurting her brain and asked why Xenomorphs had not come for her.
• Daoist Priest Li asked about Feng Ling’s Corruption Value, then explained that Snake Moon could mean Si Month, which Taiyi Yuanchen protected.

Feng Ling used Daoist Priest Li’s explanation to prepare to find the Maze entrance by watching the sunset from the river. Just as she spotted a flash that might mark the entrance, a Xenomorph attacked the Patrol Boat, pierced her chest, and knocked her into the water.

• Feng Ling learned from Daoist Priest Li that Snake Moon meant the previous lunar month and that she should search west at sunset for a door revealed by the Skyfire.
• Daoist Priest Li sent Feng Ling a fifty-yuan red packet for aromatherapy and advised her to meditate, stay vigilant, and avoid going out.
• Feng Ling returned to the river the next evening with Zhou Diao and Huangfu Miaomiao to watch the sunset for the Maze entrance.
• Feng Ling spotted a brief flash in the evening glow, but an underwater Xenomorph pierced her chest as Qin Liang shouted that they were under attack.
• Zhou Diao and Cao Hongyi fought to get the group to shore as the Patrol Boat lurched, and Feng Ling fell backward into the river.

Feng Ling survived the Fishmen's ambush in the river and turned the fight against them. She left one Fishman badly wounded and released another to flee.

• Zhou Diao ordered the Patrol Boat to shore and called for reinforcements after Feng Ling disappeared beneath the water.
• Feng Ling realized the three Fishmen had targeted her and waited underwater until one came within reach.
• Feng Ling killed one Fishman and surfaced briefly for air before confronting the other two.
• Feng Ling bit off the two Fishmen's pectoral fins with her Fangs and Claws, leaving them unable to swim properly.
• Feng Ling mutilated one Fishman and released the other, then let the battered survivor go as well.

Feng Ling killed the surviving Fishman’s human ally aboard a fishing boat and confronted the injured Fishman, who had helped plot against her. She dressed in spare clothes and demanded to know why it had not logged out.

• Feng Ling killed the Fishman that had feigned death and tracked the surviving Fishman to a fishing boat.
• The surviving Fishman told the man aboard that the Hidden Boss had transparency and that their intelligence had been wrong.
• As the boat drifted into the river, the man refused to log out, and Feng Ling appeared behind him and tore off his lower jaw.
• Feng Ling ignored the Silver Card, put on spare clothes, and asked the terrified Fishman why it had not logged out before threatening, “Want to die?”

After interrogating a wounded Fishman, Feng Ling learned that someone at the Mengjia Hotel had sold information about her and sent the Fishman there to demand compensation. Zhou Diao arrived by helicopter to bring her back to shore, but Feng Ling refused to climb the rope ladder until he went up first because he smelled strange.

• Feng Ling questioned the wounded Fishman and learned that a Player named Moon Shadow had sold information about her through the Mengjia Hotel.
• Feng Ling ordered the Fishman to return to the hotel and demand compensation, threatening to kill it if it did not arrive within two hours.
• The Fishman turned back into a fishtail and escaped into the river as a helicopter searched for Feng Ling.
• Zhou Diao spotted Feng Ling on the bloodied fishing boat and descended on a rope ladder after spraying himself with mosquito repellent.
• Zhou Diao warned Feng Ling not to absorb any more Cards because she was already at 29%, then offered to take her back to shore.
• Feng Ling covered her nose and refused to climb until Zhou Diao went up first because he smelled strange.

Feng Ling prepared to attack the Xenomorph information sellers at Mengjia Hotel after recovering from a severe injury. She arranged for Huangfu Miaomiao to enter the hotel with a livestream camera while Su Yuqing deployed personnel nearby.

• Feng Ling told Su Yuqing that she had killed three of the four Xenomorphs who came after her and planned to deal with the rest at Mengjia Hotel in two hours.
• Feng Ling rested in Zhou Diao’s minivan and asked Huangfu Miaomiao to search the Player Forum for information about the Hidden Boss and its sellers.
• Su Yuqing reported that personnel were waiting near Mengjia Hotel, and Feng Ling proposed cutting the power and having Little Skeleton scout the hotel with a livestream camera.
• Feng Ling told Huangfu Miaomiao that she had to kill every Xenomorph who knew about the Hidden Boss, while Su Yuqing and Zhou Diao left to prepare for the operation.
• Zhou Diao said he was excited for the coming fight, and Su Yuqing reflected on the burdens of the operation.

The Fishman returned to Mengjia Hotel and confronted Old Mo and Moon Shadow over the failed intelligence and his dead employer and brothers. Afterward, Feng Ling decided to eliminate the Xenomorphs tracking her and gather flesh and blood to hatch her two Hives, leaving to find food.

• The injured Fishman reached Mengjia Hotel, obtained a spare key card, and went to meet Old Mo instead of entering room 410.
• The Fishman told Old Mo and Moon Shadow that their intelligence about the Hidden Boss was inaccurate and demanded compensation for his dead employer and brothers.
• Old Mo offered 200 Points, but Moon Shadow proposed killing the Fishman, so Old Mo allowed her to do it outside the hotel while promising the Fishman protection for 20 Points per day.
• After the Fishman returned to his room, Feng Ling concluded that she should kill the Xenomorphs, especially the one tracking the Boss, and decided to hatch her two Hives early.
• Feng Ling messaged Daoist Priest Li that she would return the next day, searched for nearby markets, and got out to find food and fresh meat.

Feng Ling struggled to find fresh flesh for incubation until a stray cat led her and Huangfu Miaomiao to its sick kittens. She incubated two dead kittens, creating new creatures, while the others still needed help.

• Feng Ling abandoned her plan to raid a supermarket after realizing its meat lacked blood, and she considered taking the Hive to a hotel instead.
• Huangfu Miaomiao fed a stray orange cat, which led them to four kittens in an alley.
• Feng Ling found that two kittens were dead and promised to seek a Doctor for the living ones and find them owners if they survived.
• Feng Ling used her Silver Ring Cards to incubate the two dead kittens, transforming them into an Eight-Legged Black Cat and a winged White Cat.

After incubating a nest, Feng Ling recovered from her chest wound and created a Cat Spider and Cat Owl. At Mengjia Hotel, Su Yuqing organized a raid on the Xenomorphs and assigned Feng Ling, Zhou Diao, and Huangfu Miaomiao their roles as the operation neared.

• Feng Ling recovered from her wound, collected the Cat Spider and Cat Owl, and explained that they had been created from the kittens' flesh and blood.
• Feng Ling entrusted the two kittens to the Supervision Bureau Doctors, who agreed to care for them.
• Su Yuqing briefed Feng Ling and Zhou Diao on the hotel layout, evacuation plan, and upcoming power cutoff, while the team spotted a suspicious armless man leaving through a window.
• Su Yuqing assigned Huangfu Miaomiao to scout the Xenomorphs on the upper floors and promised her protection from identity-based trouble in his jurisdiction.
• Su Yuqing told Feng Ling and Zhou Diao to enter through a first-floor window and reach the backup generator, and the three set off toward Mengjia Hotel.

Huangfu Miaomiao entered Old Mo’s hotel room seeking help, but Moon Shadow recognized her and revealed that Old Mo wanted the Idol she was believed to know about. A power outage cut off Su Yuqing’s view as Feng Ling and Zhou Diao began clearing the hotel, and they encountered something on the third floor.

• The dwarf warned Old Mo that the Hidden Boss was approaching, and Old Mo told him to notify the hotel guests.
• Huangfu Miaomiao found the unmarked room 414 and asked Old Mo whether he could hire a Player stronger than the Hidden Boss.
• Moon Shadow recognized Huangfu Miaomiao and restrained her, saying Fatty had claimed she knew the Maze’s location.
• Old Mo’s body transformed and attacked Huangfu Miaomiao, insisting that finding the Idol would solve their problems.
• The power went out, and Su Yuqing told Feng Ling that Huangfu Miaomiao had been captured in room 414.
• Feng Ling and Zhou Diao killed the front desk attendant in the machine room, then headed upstairs as Su Yuqing ordered the Special Forces to evacuate the guests; on the third floor, Feng Ling spotted something on the wall.

Feng Ling discovered the hotel’s upper floors were engulfed by strange mold-like organisms and suspected a Contaminant was present. On the fourth floor, she exposed a group of Xenomorphs lying in wait and used a grenade to attack them before retreating behind the stairwell door.

• Feng Ling found the fifth and sixth floors blocked by thick slime-mold-like growths, photographed them, and reported a suspected Contaminant to Su Yuqing.
• Feng Ling returned to Zhou Diao on the fourth floor, where he noted that no guests had emerged despite the power outage.
• Feng Ling lured a Xenomorph out of a room, killed it, and questioned it about search or tracking abilities.
• Feng Ling caught a small Xenomorph who claimed that Shorty could detect the Boss's location, then saw more than a dozen Xenomorphs emerge into the hallway.
• Feng Ling distracted the Xenomorphs with a promise to share Points, threw a grenade, and retreated through the stairwell door as Zhou Diao complained that she did not fight fair.

Feng Ling fought two armored Knight Xenomorphs in the darkened building and realized she needed a blunt weapon to defeat them. She found Huangfu Miaomiao trapped in a room and demanded a hammer.

• Feng Ling threw a second grenade, then joined Zhou Diao in stopping an armored Xenomorph from escaping downstairs.
• Feng Ling faced a Catfish Monster, two Knight Xenomorphs, and a trapped Bloodsucking Worm Woman in the fourth-floor corridor.
• The Knight Xenomorphs attacked Feng Ling, and she used her Bone Blades and Fangs and Claws to fight back while her Cat Owl and Cat Spider distracted one of them.
• Feng Ling helped bring down one knight, but realized her weapons were too weak against its armor and remembered Little Skeleton could provide a hammer.
• Feng Ling searched the wrecked rooms, found Huangfu Miaomiao hanging upside down among fleshy vines, and asked her for a hammer.

Feng Ling and Huangfu Miaomiao fled as a rapidly growing, eye-covered slime mold engulfed the hotel. Trapped in a room with the mold closing in, Huangfu Miaomiao finished digesting a Silver Card while Feng Ling tried to buy them time.

• Feng Ling and Zhou Diao killed the Knight Xenomorph, then Feng Ling spotted a small figure escaping and warned Su Yuqing that a Xenomorph might have gone downstairs.
• Feng Ling returned to room 414 and found slime mold growing into Huangfu Miaomiao's flesh and spreading across the hotel; the mold swelled and grew eyes as Zhou Diao reported seeing eyes upstairs.
• Feng Ling dragged Huangfu Miaomiao through the mold-filled corridors, used a Grenade to escape a blocked room, and urged Huangfu Miaomiao not to give up and log out.
• Feng Ling found the Bloodsucking Worm Woman's remains and Silver Card, pushed Huangfu Miaomiao to digest it, and brought her and the two creatures into a room at the end of the corridor.
• Feng Ling smashed the window and sent the Cat Spider and Cat Owl outside, then asked Huangfu Miaomiao if she had finished digesting the Card while she cut at the mold closing in overhead.