Chapter Summaries

After dying once in the Happiness Internet Cafe, Chen Feng loaded his save and returned to the moment he first met landlady He Ting. With nowhere else to go, he took a job at the cafe and decided to stay awake to discover what had killed him.

• Chen Feng realized his Save-Load System showed eight remaining loads and recalled that He Ting had invited him into the Happiness Internet Cafe before his previous death.
• He Ting brought Chen Feng inside, where he met cashier She Qingqing, cashier Zhu Xianxian, and two police officers leaving the cafe.
• Chen Feng helped prepare drinks, and He Ting offered him a job with room and board, which he accepted despite suspecting the cafe was dangerous.
• He Ting warned Chen Feng not to enter the third floor, lower the air conditioning too much, or approach people wearing white coats.
• He Ting gave Chen Feng a room on the second floor and told him to rest, but Chen Feng stayed awake, determined to find out what had killed him.

Chen Feng witnessed a monster kill customers in the Internet Cafe and fled to the forbidden third floor, where he discovered the skins of dead transmigrators and inherited their systems. The Landlady, He Ting, appeared to be involved in their deaths, and Chen Feng seemed to die again before awakening in a rainy scene outside the Internet Cafe.

• A blackout and shattered entrance glass preceded an invisible monster twisting a tattooed customer's head around, sending the Internet Cafe into chaos.
• Chen Feng fled upstairs, where the monster killed a young man in the restroom and drove the remaining customers toward the third floor.
• Chen Feng found flayed human skins hanging from the third-floor ceiling, and the skins turned toward him as multiple systems bound themselves to him.
• Chen Feng realized the skins belonged to dead transmigrators whose systems he had inherited, then saw the Landlady, He Ting, emerge from the Skin Forest.
• Chen Feng's legs withered and his vitality drained away as He Ting approached, and he remembered that this was how he had died before.
• Chen Feng opened his eyes in a hot, humid scene as a beautiful woman walked out of the Internet Cafe and told him to find shelter before the rain.

Chen Feng activated the Great Benefactor System and learned that its mission was to destroy the power behind Happiness Internet Cafe, where He Ting killed people and turned them into human skins. After getting into a police car with Old Li and Zhang Ruobing, he heard they were responding to another suicide attempt at Cihang Bridge, where Old Li blamed the deaths on a water ghost.

• Chen Feng chose the first system box and activated the Great Benefactor System, which offered System Points for charitable missions.
• Chen Feng saw a mission to destroy Happiness Internet Cafe and decided he would rather report He Ting than fight her himself.
• Chen Feng asked Old Li and Zhang Ruobing for food and shelter, and Old Li invited him into the police car.
• Chen Feng heard Zhang Ruobing say that their investigation of Happiness Internet Cafe had turned up no clues, despite He Ting's crimes.
• Old Li received a report of another attempted suicide at Cihang Bridge and told Chen Feng that a water ghost caused the deaths there.

Chen Feng learned that a Water Ghost haunted Cihang Bridge, then watched Old Li dive into the river to save a woman who betrayed him. As the woman was dragged underwater, something invisible began climbing the rescue rope toward the bridge.

• Old Li told Chen Feng the story of a businessman who became a Water Ghost beneath Cihang Bridge, and the Great Benefactor System assigned Chen Feng a mission to eliminate it.
• Chen Feng recognized the Water Ghost as possibly connected to the invisible being that had broken into the Internet Cafe.
• A person plunged from the bridge, and Old Li jumped into the river to rescue her while Zhang Ruobing and Chen Feng prepared a rescue rope.
• The woman shoved Old Li underwater after he reached the rope, then stopped struggling and floated as if she could swim.
• The woman screamed that something had grabbed her foot before she was pulled underwater, and the rescue rope began jerking as an unseen presence climbed it.

After dying to the Water Ghost, Chen Feng used a save to return to the start, chose the Great Villain System, and set out to complete its quest involving Zhong Jielian. He joined Old Li and Zhang Ruobing on their way to Cihang Bridge, where he warned them about the Water Ghost.

• Chen Feng drove into the invisible Water Ghost after it killed Zhang Ruobing, but it survived and strangled him inside the car.
• Chen Feng returned to the Internet Cafe with six saves remaining and found that the Great Benefactor System’s quests had persisted.
• Chen Feng chose the DS-01-DER box and activated the Great Villain System, which tasked him with letting Zhong Jielian die on Cihang Bridge.
• Chen Feng rode with Old Li and Zhang Ruobing, anticipated the call about the threatened jump, and urged Old Li to leave for the bridge.
• Chen Feng warned Old Li and Zhang Ruobing that a Water Ghost lived beneath Cihang Bridge, prompting Old Li to question how he knew.

Chen Feng, Old Li, and Zhang Ruobing confronted a water ghost at Ciheng Bridge after Zhong Ruobing jumped into the river. They escaped the invisible creature, but it left an unseen trail of footprints behind their car.

• Chen Feng stopped Old Li from jumping into the river and helped him and Zhang Ruobing use a rescue rope to reach Zhong Ruobing.
• Zhong Ruobing sank beneath the water, completing Chen Feng’s task and earning him one System Point.
• Old Li shot at the taut, invisible rope, drawing blood from the water ghost before severing the rope and sending the creature back into the river.
• Chen Feng warned the others that the water ghost was still alive, and the three fled in Old Li’s car.
• Old Li told Zhang Ruobing not to report the supernatural encounter, while she insisted they had to stop the ghost; unseen footprints appeared on the road after they left.

Chen Feng helped Old Li and Zhang Ruobing defeat the Water Ghost by setting its oil-coated body on fire, then collapsed after completing his mission. As he fell asleep in the police car, he dreamed of He Ting and died again, leaving Old Li and Zhang Ruobing to discover his lifeless body.

• Old Li and Zhang Ruobing fired at the approaching Water Ghost, but their bullets could not stop it.
• Chen Feng drove the police car into the Water Ghost, and it threw Old Li aside when his baton failed to hurt it.
• Chen Feng realized the Water Ghost was coated in oil, lit Old Li's windproof lighter, and burned the creature to ash.
• Chen Feng received three system points for completing the Water Ghost elimination mission, then fell asleep in the car.
• Chen Feng dreamed of He Ting repeating a scene from his first crossing-over and died in the dream.
• Old Li and Zhang Ruobing found Chen Feng lifeless in the back seat.

Chen Feng chose the Strongest Ghost-Catching System and temporarily subdued the Water Ghost by setting it on fire, then persuaded Old Li to investigate the Happiness Internet Cafe. The chapter ended with Chen Feng and eight officers storming the cafe to confront the landlady.

• Chen Feng realized the landlady could kill him through dreams and chose the Strongest Ghost-Catching System, which let him subdue ghosts after defeating them and fulfilling their wishes.
• Chen Feng set the Water Ghost ablaze at Cihang Bridge and temporarily subdued it by offering to help it take revenge on the landlady.
• Chen Feng told Old Li and Zhang Ruobing that the landlady was behind the homeless people's disappearances and urged them to bring backup.
• Old Li agreed to act despite Zhang Ruobing's doubts, and eight officers entered the Happiness Internet Cafe in the rain to investigate.

Chen Feng discovered that a key could lead to the Internet Cafe’s real third floor, but an Imposter attacked before he could use it. When the lights went out, Zhu Xianxian and a swarm of spiders overwhelmed Old Yang’s team on the first floor.

• Chen Feng realized the real third floor required a key and found a staff key on an attendant.
• The attendant broke its handcuffs and attacked Chen Feng, but the officers restrained it as its skin peeled away and it died.
• The Ghost-Catching System identified the creature as an Imposter, and Chen Feng warned the first-floor team over the radio.
• The Internet Cafe lost power, and spiders covered and bound Old Yang and the other officers on the first floor.
• Zhu Xianxian appeared supported by a swarm of spiders wearing scraps of skin, and the spiders overwhelmed the first-floor team.

Chen Feng and the surviving officers encountered several deadly monsters in the Happiness Internet Cafe. After She Qingqing killed Zhang Ruobing and petrified Old Li, Chen Feng summoned the Water Ghost, which tore off She Qingqing’s head.

• Old Li shot a disguised attendant and realized the imposters died when their human skin was damaged.
• Old Li found Zhu Xianxian, who revealed she had swallowed his colleagues, then unleashed a swarm of spiders that killed an officer and drove the survivors upstairs.
• She Qingqing turned two officers into stone and killed Zhang Ruobing before petrifying Old Li.
• Chen Feng escaped to a bathroom, opened the tap, and called for the Water Ghost as She Qingqing pursued him.
• The Water Ghost emerged from the sink, overpowered She Qingqing, and tore off her head.

Chen Feng used She Qingqing's petrifying gaze to defeat Zhu Xianxian and reach the Landlady's real third floor. The Water Ghost appeared to snap the Landlady's neck, but her severed head opened its eyes and smiled at Chen Feng.

• Zhu Xianxian's spider swarm overwhelmed the Water Ghost, so Chen Feng fetched She Qingqing's head and used its petrifying gaze to turn Zhu Xianxian into stone.
• Chen Feng checked the Water Ghost's injuries, found a key on the fallen internet café attendant, and used it to reach the real third floor.
• The Landlady appeared in the Skin Forest, and Chen Feng revealed She Qingqing's head to petrify her face.
• The Water Ghost ambushed the Landlady and snapped off her head, but the severed head opened its eyes and spoke to Chen Feng.

Chen Feng’s first attempt to defeat the landlady failed, and he reset with the Water Ghost restored. He prepared for another fight, warned Old Li away from the water, and activated the Mythic Three Kingdoms System instead of the Immortal World quest system.

• Chen Feng struck the landlady, but her human skins drained his strength and healed her; a tear-gas grenade briefly knocked her unconscious before she teleported away and her skins subdued the Water Ghost.
• The landlady’s skins drained the Water Ghost until he vanished, and she killed Chen Feng, triggering his fourth save-load.
• After resetting, Chen Feng joined He Ting’s team and warned Old Li not to go into the water, while deciding to face the landlady with only the fully recovered Water Ghost.
• Chen Feng rejected the Immortal World Quest System and activated the Mythic Three Kingdoms System.

Chen Feng learned how the Mythic Three Kingdoms System’s Blessings worked and prepared to deal with the Landlady by cutting off her support. His staged rescue of She Qingqing won her trust, but she warned him that he was cursed and urged him to leave with her.

• Chen Feng discovered that he could spend System Points to summon Three Kingdoms Heroic Souls and selected Ma Chao’s [Iron Cavalry], Lu Xun’s [Humility], and Diaochan’s [Discord] as useful Blessings against the Landlady.
• Chen Feng learned that the Water Ghost had arrived outside and planned to use it to attack She Qingqing, then use her head to turn Zhu Xianxian to stone.
• Chen Feng secretly moved the lemons so She Qingqing would cancel a drink order, then recruited a tattooed man to feign anger and give him a chance to defend her.
• Chen Feng offered the tattooed man free Internet time to end the staged confrontation, and She Qingqing thanked him for stepping in.
• Chen Feng flirted with She Qingqing and tried to lure her outside, but she abruptly warned him to leave because a monster had targeted him and his curse would kill him if he fell asleep.

Chen Feng refused She Qingqing’s offer to escape and prepared to defeat Zhu Xianxian by exploiting her weakness to caffeine and pesticide. With the Water Ghost’s help, he killed Zhu Xianxian and the Imposter attendants, but a nearly invisible thread nearly struck Chen Feng before the Water Ghost crushed Zhu Xianxian’s true body.

• Chen Feng ordered the Water Ghost to knock out She Qingqing, then left the Internet Cafe to buy potent pesticide.
• Chen Feng mixed instant coffee into juice for Zhu Xianxian and had the Water Ghost cut the power so the customers would leave.
• Zhu Xianxian became agitated after drinking the coffee, and the Water Ghost helped Chen Feng open the pesticide bucket.
• Chen Feng doused Zhu Xianxian with pesticide, causing her to split into spiders, while the Water Ghost killed the four Imposter attendants.
• Zhu Xianxian’s hidden true body attacked Chen Feng with a fine thread, but the Water Ghost pulled her from the pile and crushed her.

Chen Feng defeated the Landlady and destroyed the Happiness Internet Cafe, earning a perfect mission rating and permanent control of the Water Ghost. When he went outside to look for She Qingqing, a group of White Coats rushed toward him.

• Chen Feng returned to the third floor, where the Landlady confronted him in the Skin Forest.
• Chen Feng used Discord to make the human skins attack one another and Humility to block the Landlady's life-draining ability.
• The Landlady teleported away, but Chen Feng's Iron Cavalry Blessing ensured the Water Ghost's strike hit her heart and killed her.
• The system declared the mission complete with a perfect rating, rewarded Chen Feng 9 System Points, and granted him permanent control of the Water Ghost.
• Chen Feng saved his progress and went outside to find She Qingqing, but she was gone and a group of White Coats rushed toward him.

Chen Feng was captured by the Pig-Headed Man and imprisoned in a dark room, where he discovered his Save had been corrupted and endured hunger and isolation. After an unknown stretch of time, he was taken to an Internet Addiction Rehabilitation School, which the Pig-Headed Man called the Fourth Psychiatric Hospital.

• The Pig-Headed Man ordered Chen Feng to strip, then had four camouflage-clad men overpower him and lock him in solitary confinement for seven days.
• Chen Feng learned that Save 02 had been corrupted and that his new Save began in the room, leaving him unable to escape by dying.
• Chen Feng endured the filthy, airless room, insects, sour rice, hunger, and repeated beatings as he lost track of time.
• The Pig-Headed Man gave Chen Feng camouflage clothes and had two young men escort him out of the room.
• The Pig-Headed Man pointed out the Internet Addiction Rehabilitation School and welcomed Chen Feng to the Fourth Psychiatric Hospital.

Chen Feng learned that the Internet Addiction Rehabilitation Academy erased trainees from the world and turned disobedient people into Model Students. After Li Guolong and his friends secretly escaped, Chen Feng prepared to investigate the clue Li Guolong had left him for morning reading.

• Chen Feng recognized that half the camouflage-clad trainees were Imposters and met Li Guolong, who explained the Academy’s rules and its existence-erasing power.
• Li Guolong showed Chen Feng the dormitory rules and explained that the Imposters had once been trainees who were reconditioned.
• Yellow Hair told Chen Feng that the Sheep-Faced Professor and Rabbit-Faced Nurse were powerful figures overseeing the Academy and convalescent ward.
• Li Guolong told Chen Feng to sit in the last row by the window during morning reading, then left with Fatty and Yellow Hair and failed to return.
• Chen Feng suspected the three had escaped and decided to investigate Li Guolong’s clue the next morning, but the dormitory power went out.

Chen Feng discovered the school's escape routes and learned that following its rules could turn trainees into Imposters. After summoning a Water Ghost during a storm, he ordered it to kill his Imposter roommates.

• Chen Feng found a map revealing the school’s dangerous areas, including a hidden escape route that required the key from Professor Sheep’s office.
• Professor Sheep returned two failed escapees, Yellow Hair and the fat man, transformed into Imposters, while Li Guolong remained unaccounted for.
• Chen Feng considered using Hua Tuo’s Blessing to restore the two transformed trainees but decided to save his Points for Load Save instead.
• Chen Feng realized that obedient trainees could become Imposters, then vowed to get revenge on the people who had imprisoned him.
• During a rainy night, Chen Feng summoned a Water Ghost and ordered it to kill his Imposter roommates.

Chen Feng and the Water Ghost failed to defeat Professor Sheep, so Chen Feng used his save and returned to the classroom. With ten System Points left and no Quest System in sight, he bound the Proficiency System.

• Chen Feng sent the Water Ghost to attack Professor Sheep, but Professor Sheep overwhelmed them with lightning and burned the Water Ghost to death.
• Professor Sheep killed Chen Feng, and Chen Feng woke in the dark room with his Save-Load Count at 3 and 10 System Points.
• Chen Feng obeyed the Pig-Headed Man, put on a camouflage uniform, and returned to class.
• Chen Feng reviewed his remaining abilities and systems, then chose to bind the Proficiency System.

Chen Feng activated the Hero Training Method and tried to use his knowledge of Professor Sheep’s schedule to join Li Guolong’s escape plan. The system’s brutal punishment forced him to continue his exhausting training, leaving Yellow Hair and Fatty to wonder what kind of person he was.

• Chen Feng chose the Hero Training Method, which required daily exercise and threatened severe punishment if he failed.
• Chen Feng reported the bespectacled girl when she tried to lure him into escaping, and the professor took her to the Electric Shock room.
• Chen Feng showed Li Guolong, Fatty, and Yellow Hair the escape map and offered to steal the key in exchange for joining their plan.
• Chen Feng completed his 10-kilometer run but found that Pig Instructor would not let him do push-ups or sit-ups during drills.
• Chen Feng struggled through push-ups after class, and the system whipped him whenever he stopped or used improper form.
• Yellow Hair called Chen Feng a lunatic, and Fatty said he was not a normal person.