Chapter Summaries

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.

Two enormous Serpent Monsters emerged from the Stone Gate and attacked after Feng Ling killed the Labyrinth Master. Ye Zheng and Feng Ling struggled to fight them, while the Crystal drew their attention from one target to another.

• Li Qing explained that the Serpent Monsters had awakened because Feng Ling skipped the dungeon mechanism, and Leland proposed using bombs against them.
• The Two Serpent Monsters tore free of the Stone Gate, and Leland stayed behind to hold them off while Evelyn went to alert the Commander.
• Ye Zheng used Grenades to blast away the Serpent Monsters' Scales, but her claws could not penetrate their tough bodies, and Feng Ling's Bone Blade only scratched one.
• Feng Ling discovered the Serpent Monsters were drawn to her Crystal, threw it to Ye Zheng, and escaped as the serpents turned to pursue Ye Zheng.
• Feng Ling returned in her Second Form and pinned down one serpent, while Ye Zheng threw the Crystal to Leland and sent the other serpent charging after him.

Feng Ling and the others fought two enormous Serpent Monsters, using the Crystal and Grenade-carrying Human-faced Crows to bring them down. With both serpents incapacitated, Feng Ling reassured the group, though she was exhausted and had spent most of her stored energy nurturing four lifeforms.

• Feng Ling clung to the first Serpent Monster, wounded its face, and sent Human-faced Crows carrying Grenades into its mouth, knocking it unconscious.
• Leland threw the Crystal toward Ye Zheng, but the Cat Owl snatched it and lured the Serpent Monster away from the group.
• Feng Ling attacked the second Serpent Monster, but it smashed her tail against a rock wall and injured her.
• Feng Ling used the Cat Owl and the Crystal to draw the second serpent into position, then sent Human-faced Crows with Grenades into its mouth.
• Feng Ling incapacitated the second serpent, checked that both monsters were down, and told Ye Zheng, Li Qing, and Leland that the fight was over.
• Feng Ling noticed that nurturing four lifeforms had consumed most of her stored energy and admitted to herself that she was tired.

Feng Ling mourned the Cat Owl’s death and absorbed energy from the Serpent Monster while worrying about Huangfu Miaomiao’s silence. She decided to prepare for a possible trip to Paradise by hatching all four eggs, and ordered everyone else to withdraw from the Canyon.

• The Cat Owl died from the poison, and Feng Ling said its kind could be killed again and again by Players.
• Feng Ling began absorbing energy from the Serpent Monster and told Li Qing she had killed the White Dragon and taken its Card.
• Li Qing said Huangfu Miaomiao had sent a location the previous day but had not replied since, and Feng Ling worried something might have happened to her.
• Ye Zheng warned Feng Ling against entering Paradise without more information, and Feng Ling said she would prepare before going.
• Feng Ling revealed that the Serpent Monster’s energy could speed up hatching the four eggs and told Ye Zheng to order everyone but her and the Taoist priest out of the Canyon.

Feng Ling hatched the White Dragon life-form from a Serpent Monster corpse, and it emerged as a strange flying creature she named Kite. As Kite took to the sky, Feng Ling wondered whether the Hive was changing her by filling her with a desire to love and protect every living thing.

• Feng Ling concentrated her energy on accelerating the White Dragon embryo and used the fresh Serpent Monster corpse to hatch it.
• The creature emerged as a huge, black, winged hybrid with no claws or feet, then grew soft white scales and began to float.
• Li Qing explained that the creature was Tyrant Zahhak, one of the White Dragon's forms; Feng Ling sensed that it could fly, resist toxins, and use her Mental Pressure.
• After Zahhak breathed pale blue fire and fell, Feng Ling explained that its combustible-gas sac was empty, then fed it a Crystal that let it fly higher.
• Feng Ling named the creature Kite, and Ye Zheng argued that it deserved a name; Feng Ling wondered whether the Hive had made her want to love and protect every living thing.

Feng Ling reflected on how her growing attachment to life had changed her, then cremated Cat Owl and left the Canyon with the Rescue Team. After the team reached the Eshia Army, she said goodbye to Huang Yi and prepared to continue conquering Mazes, while Leland asked to speak privately with Aisha.

• Li Qing and Ye Zheng reassured Feng Ling that Cards could strengthen existing traits without overriding her own will, and Li Qing explained his ideas about motherhood.
• Feng Ling used Kite's Blue Flame to cremate Cat Owl's body, then told Li Qing that motherhood encompassed both life and death.
• Feng Ling, Ye Zheng, and Li Qing left the Temple and joined the Rescue Team, which had cleared the remaining Contaminants around the Canyon.
• The Rescue Team left the Maze, regained device signals, and rendezvoused with the Eshia Army for a brief rest before dawn.
• Feng Ling told Huang Yi she would not return with the Rescue Team and planned to keep conquering Mazes to grow stronger against the Star Society.
• Leland asked Huang Yi to open a private channel so he could speak to Aisha alone.