Chapter Summaries

Feng Ling lured the Headless Giant toward Yongshan Tunnel while He Xing Luo and Huangfu Miaomiao pursued in a patrol car, and Sang Yin, Douzi, and Li Qing set out after them. Feng Ling believed a xenomorph was secretly watching for Bai Shuang’s Card, and she planned to destroy the Cursed Puppet and its Parasitic Eyes in the tunnel.

• He Xing Luo survived the Headless Giant’s attack, took grenades from the iron box, and drove Huangfu Miaomiao after Feng Ling.
• Sang Yin urged Douzi to chase the monster for a livestream, and Li Qing joined them, saying he knew where Feng Ling was headed.
• Feng Ling warned Jingnan City’s residents to take shelter as she lured the Cursed Puppet onto less populated roads.
• Li Qing told Feng Ling that the Eye of Horus’s blessing had strengthened Bai Shuang’s Card and suggested removing the Puppet’s eyes to dispel it.
• Feng Ling said she would instead lure the Puppet into Yongshan Tunnel and detonate a bomb, while warning that a hidden xenomorph was waiting to seize the Card if Bai Shuang or Feng Ling died.

Feng Ling lured the rampaging Cursed Puppet toward Yongshan Tunnel while authorities and citizens watched the chase unfold. Meanwhile, White Cat told Fang Ye that the Corpse Man could set off, and Fang Ye relayed the message to Starlight.

• Feng Ling suspected an unseen, Mental Power-immune Player was tracking her and chose Yongshan Tunnel as a trap for the Cursed Puppet.
• Feng Ling told Li Qing she would handle the chase alone, then sprinted toward the Tunnel with a severed head tied to her waist.
• A helicopter contacted Feng Ling, and she asked the police to evacuate the area around Yongshan Tunnel before she led the monster there.
• Drones livestreamed the chase across Jingnan City as residents and viewers reacted with alarm.
• White Cat called Fang Ye and told him that the Corpse Man could set off.
• Fang Ye entered the Timber Mill workshop and relayed White Cat's message to Starlight.

Starlight, Fang Ye, and Corpse Man headed for Yongshan Tunnel to deal with the Puppeteer and secure the Cursed Puppet. On the way, He Xing Luo discovered that her body felt no pain and was falling apart, and she blamed Bai Lu as she drove toward the Tunnel to stop her.

• Starlight told Fang Ye to drive them to Yongshan Tunnel and said he might give Fang Ye the Puppeteer Card if they retrieved it.
• Starlight promised Corpse Man the remaining half of his Points for helping keep control of the Cursed Puppet, and Fang Ye drove them toward the Tunnel.
• He Xing Luo noticed two fingers were missing but felt no pain or bleeding, then accidentally crashed Huangfu Miaomiao’s head into the windshield while braking.
• He Xing Luo shot at her palm and tore off a patch of skin, leading her to suspect she had died and been made into something neither dead nor alive.
• He Xing Luo blamed Bai Lu for transforming her and sped toward the Tunnel, while Feng Ling rested as the Headless Giant’s movements and Ice Cone attacks weakened.

Feng Ling watched Bai Lu emerge from the Headless Giant and suspected she had inherited the Card of the child behind the Corpse Dismemberment Case. As Hunters claiming to be from Star Hunter International drove into the Tunnel, Li Qing recognized them as Players and warned Feng Ling that Eye of Horus had finally arrived.

• Bai Lu crawled out of the Headless Giant, and Feng Ling connected her emergence to the child in Bai Shuang and Bai Lu’s combat footage and the Corpse Dismemberment Case.
• Feng Ling cautiously approached the motionless giant, saw the severed heads and bodies of He Yue Ning, Fan Ze, and a special forces member, and stayed back from Bai Lu.
• Li Qing called Feng Ling from the south entrance while Sang Yin and Douzi prepared to livestream the situation; Feng Ling hung up when Sang Yin began asking questions.
• A white car arrived, and a man showed Fang Ye’s identification and claimed the occupants were Hunters before driving into the Tunnel.
• Li Qing told Sang Yin and Douzi that the people in the white car were Players, then called Feng Ling and warned her that Eye of Horus had arrived.

Fang Ye and the Xenomorphs reached a web-filled tunnel to retrieve Cards, while Feng Ling’s group faced He Xing Luo’s attack on Bai Lu and the Headless Giant. The arrival of the Star Society Players and the revelation that Yue Ning’s body had brought He Xing Luo back to life left Feng Ling’s group facing a dangerous, escalating confrontation.

• Fang Ye stopped the car at dense spiderwebs, and Starlight said the group would retrieve the Cards before White Hair took Fang Ye and the White Cat to Paradise.
• The Corpse Man rejected Starlight’s invitation to join the Star Society and revealed that he could control collected corpses, saying he would regain control of Bai Lu’s Cursed Puppet.
• He Xing Luo arrived badly injured and used her Bone Chain to pierce and restrain Bai Lu, demanding that Bai Lu return her sister and explain what happened to her body and the others.
• Feng Ling learned from Li Qing that Star Society Players, including the Eye of Horus and Corpse Collector, had entered the Tunnel.
• Bai Lu told He Xing Luo that she had given Yue Ning back to her and that this was how He Xing Luo had returned to life.
• The Headless Giant attacked He Xing Luo, and Bai Lu briefly froze its arm before it broke free; Li Qing explained that the Corpse Collector could control corpses and had likely compromised Bai Lu’s Puppet.

Feng Ling, He Xing Luo, and Bai Lu fought the Cursed Puppet as it rebuilt its body from corpses and revealed that its curse limited who could safely face it. After He Xing Luo survived a risky grenade attack, Feng Ling planned to lure the Puppet and the Xenomorphs into the Tunnel and destroy them together.

• The Cursed Puppet rebuilt its limbs and chest from corpses while Feng Ling prepared to attack, and she discovered a Parasitic Eye beneath its ribs.
• Feng Ling struck the Puppet with her Spikes and Bone Blade, but Bai Lu stopped her with a blast of icy air and explained that only she and He Xing Luo were immune to its curse.
• He Xing Luo swept the Puppet's severed limbs away with her Bone Chains, then attacked it with Ghost Fire and a Grenade as it advanced on her.
• Feng Ling pulled He Xing Luo clear before the Grenade exploded and knocked the Puppet down.
• Feng Ling proposed luring the Puppet and the three Xenomorphs into the Tunnel before detonating explosives, and ordered Bai Lu and He Xing Luo to go together.

Feng Ling and the others struggled to stop Bai Lu’s Cursed Puppet as He Xing Luo confronted Bai Lu over turning people into Puppets. Ye Zheng arrived at the Tunnel, where spiderwebs blocked her path, and the Puppet charged toward them to rescue its controller.

• The Cursed Puppet recovered from the explosion and rebuilt itself from corpses, while He Xing Luo lured it toward the Tunnel and Huangfu Miaomiao healed Bai Lu.
• Bai Lu offered to turn Huangfu Miaomiao into a Puppet, prompting He Xing Luo to confront her and flee deeper into the Tunnel when the Puppet attacked.
• Bai Lu fought the Puppet with ice, and Feng Ling tried to restrain it; Bai Lu warned that Feng Ling would be cursed and revealed that Bai Shuang had died that way.
• A roar from farther inside the Tunnel slowed the Puppet, and Bai Lu warned that the Xenomorphs might turn a defeated Contaminant into a weapon.
• Ye Zheng arrived, but spiderwebs trapped her moth wings and hindered her movement; the Cursed Puppet then charged toward the webs to save its controller.

Feng Ling and Bai Lu entered the Tunnel to lure the Xenomorphs toward the explosives while Fang Ye’s group fought the Cat Spider from the other entrance. Fang Ye wounded the spider, but Feng Ling struck him down after finding him poised to attack it.

• Feng Ling decided to enter the Tunnel with Bai Lu to draw the Xenomorphs toward the explosives, while Bai Lu assembled a humanoid creature from Cursed Puppet remains.
• Ye Zheng pulled He Xing Luo out of the Tunnel, and Huangfu Miaomiao followed as Feng Ling and Bai Lu advanced from the north.
• Fang Ye’s group fought the Cat Spider from the south, with White Cat using her Gargoyle Card to hide him from it.
• A Cursed Puppet distracted the Cat Spider, allowing Fang Ye to stab its abdomen while the Puppet tore off its legs.
• Feng Ling pierced Fang Ye’s raised arm with a pedipalp, flung him into a wall, and knocked him unconscious.

Feng Ling was cursed when she damaged Bai Lu’s Cursed Puppet, suffering the same injuries it sustained. Starlight revealed itself and taunted her with a way to lift the curse: kill Bai Lu.

• The Cursed Puppet attacked Feng Ling and Bai Lu, while the hidden Xenomorph eluded their sight.
• Feng Ling tried to destroy the Puppet as it fought the wounded Cat Spider, but Bai Lu warned that its curse reflected damage onto its attacker.
• Feng Ling’s strikes tore off the Puppet’s arm, and the curse caused her own left arm to fall off.
• Bai Lu broke down, revealing she had turned Bai Shuang and the fallen Special Forces Members into Puppets so she could keep them with her.
• Starlight’s Parasitic Eye emerged from the Puppet, and Starlight told Feng Ling that killing Bai Lu would lift the curse.

Feng Ling struggled against Starlight’s coercion and the Cursed Puppet as the Tunnel exploded and collapsed. Starlight found Bai Lu dead and the Puppeteer’s Card materializing, but a bloodied fang revealed that Feng Ling was still alive and struck him from the darkness.

• Starlight urged Feng Ling to kill Bai Lu, but Feng Ling stabbed the Parasitic Eye and refused to be controlled.
• Bai Lu tried to kill herself, and Feng Ling knocked away the broken bone before Ye Zheng and the others arrived.
• The Cursed Puppet charged toward the newcomers and rammed a car, triggering the Bombs and collapsing the Tunnel.
• Starlight found the badly injured White Cat and injected her before squeezing deeper into the rubble to reach Bai Lu.
• Starlight found Bai Lu dead and the Puppeteer’s Card materializing, then spotted a bloodied fang between the concrete and was attacked in the darkness.

White Cat discovered that Starlight had died and that the Hidden Boss Hive had reached its Completed Form, then chose to flee with Fang Ye. Elsewhere, Ye Zheng and Huangfu Miaomiao tried to reach Feng Ling, who had been buried inside the damaged Tunnel.

• White Cat heard cracking sounds in the ruins, confirmed Starlight's death, and received an announcement that the Hidden Boss Hive had advanced to its Completed Form.
• White Cat fled toward the Tunnel exit, found Fang Ye alive, and abandoned her plan to kill him, asking him to escape with her instead.
• Ye Zheng recovered from her injuries after Huangfu Miaomiao gave her a Recovery Potion, while the Human-faced Crows and Cat Owl guarded the Tunnel entrance.
• Huangfu Miaomiao learned that the Hidden Boss had reached its Completed Form and believed Feng Ling had succeeded, but Ye Zheng warned that they still needed to reach her safely.
• Ye Zheng ordered He Xing Luo to contact the Cleaning Team, police, and City Defense Engineering Department because Feng Ling was buried, then sent Huangfu Miaomiao to find Li Qing and have him check whether Feng Ling was alive.

Li Qing found Feng Ling alive beneath the Tunnel’s Collapse, but she was gravely injured after killing Starlight. As he treated her wounds and tried to comfort her, Feng Ling worried that her changing scales had made her ugly.

• Sang Yin entered the Tunnel to photograph the Collapse while Douzi stayed outside, and she fainted after seeing Feng Ling’s giant eye.
• Li Qing crawled into the rubble and found Feng Ling in her Flood Dragon form, badly hurt and gasping in pain.
• Li Qing sent his Green Weasel along Feng Ling’s body to inject Recovery Potions into her wounds, but it found Rebar piercing her near the tail.
• Li Qing encouraged Feng Ling by telling her that help would arrive and that she had defeated Starlight and wiped out the Star Society’s local forces.
• Feng Ling worried that her scales had turned her zebra-colored, and Li Qing reassured her that her silver-white scale with black edges was beautiful.

Huangfu Miaomiao and Li Qing tended to the badly injured Feng Ling and the Cat Spider after Starlight’s death. Feng Ling revealed that eating Starlight and Bai Lu had raised her Corruption Value to 39%, leaving the group scrambling for a solution as the Engineering Department arrived.

• Huangfu Miaomiao treated Feng Ling and the Cat Spider inside the Collapse while Ye Zheng carried the frightened Sang Yin back to the car.
• Li Qing and Huangfu Miaomiao discussed Starlight’s death and wondered why he had not fled after discovering Feng Ling survived the explosion.
• Feng Ling revealed that she had eaten Starlight and Bai Lu, whose Cards had caused her Corruption Value to rise from 18% to 39%.
• Li Qing urged everyone to find a way to manage Feng Ling’s dangerous Corruption Value, while Ye Zheng announced that the Engineering Department had arrived.
• Huangfu Miaomiao told Ye Zheng that Feng Ling’s Corruption Value was 39%, and he reacted with shock.

After Feng Ling’s Corruption Value rose to 39%, Ye Zheng and Li Qing organized a rescue while hiding the increase from the authorities. Su Yuqing arrived to oversee the operation and asked whether Bai Lu was trapped in the Tunnel, leaving Ye Zheng, Li Qing, and Huangfu Miaomiao silent.

• Li Qing calmed Ye Zheng and urged everyone to focus on rescuing Feng Ling, while Ye Zheng assigned Huangfu Miaomiao to keep Feng Ling supplied and stood guard outside the Tunnel.
• Rescue teams arrived and began clearing the collapse as Ye Zheng ordered Li Qing and Huangfu Miaomiao to conceal Feng Ling’s Corruption Value, even from Su Yuqing.
• Ye Zheng sent Huangfu Miaomiao to ask Pei Xianjue to keep quiet about Feng Ling’s condition after Baozi was summoned to help.
• Su Yuqing arrived, took temporary charge of the Jingnan Branch, and asked whether Bai Lu was trapped in the Tunnel; the others fell silent.

Feng Ling recovered from her breakthrough by suppressing the emotional effects of her Corruption Value and interpreting the Hive’s evolutionary messages. She discovered new powers from the Eye of Horus and reviewed her growing abilities while rescue workers cleared the Tunnel.

• Feng Ling recognized that digesting three high-level Cards had advanced her and interpreted the Hive’s new message as a sign of its future evolutionary path.
• Feng Ling decided to remove Bai Lu’s Puppeteer and Qing Nu Cards, and she noted that Qing Nu had granted her the minor skill Mom’s Cold Face.
• Feng Ling tested Third Perspective, which let her survey the Tunnel and its surroundings, distinguish life forms by colored lights, and detect Xenomorphs from kilometers away.
• Feng Ling learned that Mother’s Gaze let her share the vision of life forms she had hatched and temporarily enhance their abilities.
• Feng Ling realized that Cat Spider and Third Child had inherited abilities from her Card Deck, then inventoried her powers and concluded that she might be invincible.

Sang Yin regretted missing her chance to film Feng Ling, while the rescuers argued over how to transport Feng Ling in her injured Second Form. Huangfu Miaomiao suggested folding Feng Ling into the truck, and the chapter ended as Feng Ling emerged from the Tunnel.

• Sang Yin mourned passing out before she could film Feng Ling, then cheered up when Douzi reminded her about her exclusive interview and dashcam footage.
• Su Yuqing brought a twelve-and-a-half-meter Heavy Truck, but Ye Zheng argued it was too short to carry Feng Ling safely.
• Ye Zheng and Su Yuqing debated whether Feng Ling should remain near the Tunnel or be transported despite her injuries and high Corruption Value.
• Huangfu Miaomiao suggested that Feng Ling fold herself up to fit in the truck, and Su Yuqing sent Ye Zheng to ask whether she could do so.
• The Heavy Truck approached the Tunnel as Feng Ling slowly poked her head out under the moonlight.

Feng Ling emerged from the Tunnel in her Flood Dragon form and removed the Rebar from her wound herself, leaving the medical team to stop the bleeding. Ye Zheng and Su Yuqing watched her closely, and Su Yuqing suspected her unusually cheerful mood might mean she was losing control.

• Feng Ling emerged from the Tunnel in her Second Form, startling the rescue personnel and prompting the military to aim their guns at her.
• Su Yuqing explained the options for removing the Rebar, while Feng Ling insisted she could maintain her form for half a month.
• Feng Ling ignored the proposed plans, bit down on the Rebar, and pulled it out, causing heavy bleeding.
• The medical team rushed to treat Feng Ling as Ye Zheng felt relieved that the pain had not made her lose control.
• Su Yuqing told Ye Zheng that Feng Ling seemed overly happy and might be emotionally out of control.

Feng Ling traveled from Jingnan City with Ye Zheng and Baozi while in an unusually excited state, prompting Baozi to use her ability to calm her. The convoy continued toward Qingjiang City, but Feng Ling suddenly detected Xenomorphs nearby, attacked them, and returned with two people who became Cards.

• Su Yuqing arranged for Feng Ling, Ye Zheng, and the rescued Cat Spider to leave Jingnan City in a covered truck, while Baozi and several dozen Hunters joined the convoy.
• Baozi sensed Feng Ling’s strange delight and told Huangfu Miaomiao that Feng Ling’s emotions were stable enough to manage.
• As the convoy passed cheering crowds, Feng Ling wagged her tail so hard that the truck swayed, and Baozi used Kichijoten’s ability to suppress her excitement.
• Feng Ling warned Ye Zheng that Xenomorphs might still be nearby, then waited quietly as the convoy continued down the highway.
• Feng Ling suddenly pierced the tarp with her horn, leapt toward nearby buildings, and returned with two half-dead people, which turned into Cards on a Patrol Car’s roof.

Feng Ling stayed in her Second Form while drunk, ignored Ye Zheng’s attempts to make her turn human, and hunted three Xenomorphs after spotting their Marks. She gave the kills to Wen Xiuyan and the other Hunters, who showered her with praise as she promised to give everyone something.

• Feng Ling returned to the truck after killing two Xenomorphs, and two Hunters accepted the Cards they had dropped.
• Ye Zheng demanded that Feng Ling turn back into human form, but she refused, insisting she had not lost control.
• Feng Ling spotted three more Marks and directed the convoy onto a detour, then leaped from the truck to hunt them.
• Feng Ling intimidated and killed the three Xenomorphs, then gave them all to Wen Xiuyan.
• The Hunters praised Feng Ling, and she happily promised to give something to everyone.

Feng Ling’s rampage against Xenomorphs drew public attention and alarmed Ye Zheng, who worried that the Supervision Bureau would discover Feng Ling’s Corruption Value had reached 39%. The truck continued toward Qingjiang as Feng Ling considered what the Bureau might do if it learned the truth.

• Feng Ling hunted Xenomorphs along the route, prompting nearby Players to flee and news of her actions to spread online.
• Ye Zheng confronted Feng Ling about the public damage caused by her hunt and showed her news reports and reactions.
• Feng Ling noticed both praise and criticism online, including concern that her appearance had endangered ordinary people and damaged a breakfast shop.
• Ye Zheng told Feng Ling that Su Yuqing had repeatedly called to ask about her Corruption Value, and admitted she had lied to him.
• Feng Ling asked what the Supervision Bureau would do if it learned her Corruption Value was 39%, and Ye Zheng said they would confine her in the Observation Room and might destroy her if she became disobedient.