Ch. 21I Didn't Go Bald, but I Got Stronger Anyway

Chen Feng completed a week of System training and became strong enough to crush a brick, while preparing to help Li Guolong, Fatty, and Yellow Hair escape the Academy. He learned his Imposter transformation had reached 50% and stopped training before it could interrupt the escape plan.

  • Chen Feng completed his daily exercises, and the System permanently increased his physical constitution, restoring his strength despite his exhaustion.
  • Chen Feng kept training for a week as Fatty and Yellow Hair watched, and his growing strength made the hard work addictive.
  • Li Guolong, Fatty, and Yellow Hair told Chen Feng their escape plan: Chen Feng would use the office key while they handled the security room and distracted the Pig Instructor with wine.
  • Chen Feng realized the Imposter patrols were likely what had caused their earlier escape attempt to fail, and resolved to protect the group with his strength.
  • Chen Feng completed the C-rank Hero Training plan, learned he could crush a brick and that his Imposter transformation had reached 50%, then stopped training.

Ch. 22Moved, Then Turned Down

Chen Feng found the sheep-headed key and led Li Guolong, Fatty, and Yellow Hair to the Academy gates, but the key would not open the lock. Li Guolong prepared to risk the sanatorium for another way out until Chen Feng broke the gate lock by force, leaving the group free to escape.

  • Chen Feng reopened the professor's office with his own key and found a sheep-headed key in a desk drawer.
  • After night fell, Chen Feng and the others used the key to cross the foggy field and reached the Academy gates, where the key failed to open the lock.
  • Chen Feng searched the sleeping Pig Instructor's guardhouse for another key but found nothing.
  • Yellow Hair suggested cutting power to the Academy from the sanatorium, and Li Guolong volunteered to go there alone.
  • Li Guolong revealed that Captain Li was his father, prompting Chen Feng to realize Li Guolong was Old Li's missing son.
  • Chen Feng broke the gate's iron lock by force, ending Li Guolong's plan to sacrifice himself at the sanatorium.

Ch. 23White Coat Again

Chen Feng and the others escaped the Academy, but discovered the world had forgotten them and called the police for help. Before officers arrived, White Coats attacked them, and Chen Feng killed three before the Professor emerged from the van.

  • Chen Feng knocked out a convenience-store owner and took his phone, and Yellow Hair learned that his mother no longer recognized him.
  • Li Guolong told the police that the four had escaped kidnappers and that about fifty others remained captive at the Academy.
  • A van arrived, and three White Coat Imposters attacked the group as they waited for help.
  • Chen Feng killed the three White Coats with his fists and flying kick.
  • The Professor stepped out of the van, and Chen Feng and the others recognized him.

Ch. 24Dead Save

Chen Feng and the others were captured after the police sided with Professor Sheep, who brought them back to the Fourth Mental Hospital. When the Rabbit Nurse turned Chen Feng into an Imposter, his Save-Load System could not help him, but he later found a way to use his other system.

  • Professor Sheep revealed that villagers had reported the escapees and used electricity to subdue Chen Feng, Li Guolong, Yellow Hair, and Fatty.
  • Police Officer Hu believed Professor Sheep’s claim that the four were runaway patients and sent them back to the hospital.
  • Professor Sheep transformed into a goat-faced monster at the hospital, where the Rabbit Nurse said a captured person had agreed to join them.
  • The Rabbit Nurse drew circles in her Logbook, and Chen Feng lost consciousness before waking on the sports field unable to control his body.
  • Chen Feng activated Lu Xun’s Blessing, but it did not free him because becoming an Imposter was not an abnormal status.
  • A few days later, a blurry figure entered the dormitory and snapped Chen Feng’s Imposter body’s neck.

Ch. 25Check-In System

After escaping the Pig-Headed Man’s solitary room, Chen Feng activated a check-in system and learned he needed to explore two dangerous areas of the Fourth Mental Hospital. He chose to enter the sanatorium by following the Senior’s advice and pretending to be insane.

  • Chen Feng used his preserved strength to defeat the Imposter Trainees and resist the Pig-Headed Man, earning another seven days of solitary confinement.
  • Chen Feng reviewed his system rewards and activated the quest system, which turned out to be a check-in system.
  • Chen Feng checked in at the Professor's Office and Instructor Guard Room, then discovered the Basement and Nurses' Station remained unexplored.
  • Chen Feng recalled the Senior’s advice that feigning madness could let him enter the sanatorium safely.
  • Chen Feng stripped down to his underwear and ran toward the Mental Hospital, shouting that he was insane.

Ch. 26Basement

Chen Feng entered the sanatorium, learned its rules and how its patients could become Imposters, then secretly left his room after lights-out to explore. The chapter ended with him approaching the basement, where a weak half-human, half-snake demoness lay curled in a corner.

  • Chen Feng let two orderlies escort him into the sanatorium and confirmed that he could avoid Rabbit Nurse's suspicion by following the rules.
  • Over three days, Chen Feng learned the sanatorium's strict schedule, Rabbit Nurse's Logbook ability, and the different kinds of patients and Healed Ones.
  • Chen Feng failed to Check-In at the Nurses' Station and was bitten by a patient who imagined he was a dog.
  • Chen Feng realized that prolonged treatment could turn patients into Imposters and decided he could not remain in the sanatorium for long.
  • After pretending to swallow his sleeping pill, Chen Feng disguised his face, broke his door's lock, and entered the dark corridor after lights-out.
  • A weak half-human, half-snake demoness lay in the basement at the corridor's end.

Ch. 27The Impassable Barrier

Chen Feng tried to free She Qingqing from the isolation room, then fought the Rabbit Nurse at the Nurses' Station. After discovering her powerful barrier and being identified, he slit his own throat to avoid becoming an Imposter for several days.

  • She Qingqing recalled how Chen Feng had deceived her and resented him, but accepted his apology when he claimed the Landlady had used her as bait against the Water Ghost.
  • Chen Feng tried to break open She Qingqing's isolation-room door but learned that a barrier required two keys, one in Professor Sheep's office and one at the Nurses' Station.
  • Chen Feng promised She Qingqing he would return with a key, then went to the Nurses' Station to check in and confront the Rabbit Nurse.
  • The Rabbit Nurse's barrier stopped Chen Feng's attacks, and she identified him through the Logbook.
  • Chen Feng slit his own throat to avoid spending several days as an Imposter and vowed to kill the Rabbit Nurse next time.

Ch. 28Cyberpunk Exchange System

Chen Feng planned to escape the Fourth Mental Hospital by freeing She Qingqing and killing Rabbit Nurse, and he installed a Sandevistan to improve his chances. After secretly recruiting She Qingqing, he waited for the seventh day to put his plan into action.

  • Chen Feng worked out how to obtain the Sheep-Face Key from Li Guolong and the Rabbit Face Key from the Nurses' Station, while keeping She Qingqing alive until the seventh day.
  • Chen Feng spent one System Point to raise his Save-Load Count and activated the Cyber Ascension System.
  • Chen Feng installed an ordinary Sandevistan despite its risk of physical damage, memory loss, and becoming a Cyberpsycho.
  • Chen Feng secretly told She Qingqing his escape plan, and she agreed to help him kill Rabbit Nurse.
  • The seventh day arrived.

Ch. 29Killing You Takes Just One Second

Chen Feng secured the Sheep-Face Key with Li Guolong’s help, stole the second key, and freed She Qingqing from the isolation room. Rabbit Nurse then confronted two figures in the corridor, and one of them attacked her as the chapter ended.

  • Chen Feng convinced Li Guolong that he worked for Captain Li, obtained the Sheep-Face Key, and asked him to lure Rabbit Nurse away from the Nurses’ Station.
  • Li Guolong drew Rabbit Nurse out while Chen Feng slipped into the Nurses’ Station and stole the other key.
  • Chen Feng used both keys to open the isolation room, checked in at the Fourth Mental Hospital, and freed She Qingqing.
  • Rabbit Nurse caught Li Guolong, but he survived by rolling around on the lawn and acting like a lunatic.
  • Rabbit Nurse faced two figures as the corridor lights came on; one figure petrified her, another appeared beside her, and her head burst.

Ch. 30Free of the cage

Chen Feng used the Sandevistan and the Rabbit Nurse’s Logbook to turn her into an immobile Imposter, then collapsed after telling She Qingqing and Li Guolong how to escape. He woke in the Happiness Internet Cafe and learned that the authorities were searching for five escaped patients while Dean Ox vowed to return them to the hospital.

  • Chen Feng attacked the Rabbit Nurse with the Sandevistan, but she revived and blocked his next assault with a barrier.
  • Chen Feng used the Sandevistan a third time to take the Rabbit Nurse’s Logbook and drew five circles on her page, turning her into an expressionless Imposter.
  • Chen Feng told She Qingqing and Li Guolong to release the students and patients as a distraction and hide at the Happiness Internet Cafe, then passed out.
  • Chen Feng woke in the cafe’s staff dormitory and learned that the group had escaped there after releasing the students and patients.
  • Li Guolong showed Chen Feng a news report announcing that five patients remained at large, and Dean Ox promised to recapture them.

Ch. 31It's Heating Up

Chen Feng hid with the others in the Internet Cafe and began a month of training, but the Imposters tracked them down and a supernatural chant set them on fire. He killed four White Coats, yet the flames and chant persisted, and he burned to death.

  • Chen Feng told the others to stay hidden for a month and promised Li Guolong he would go after Professor Sheep and Dean Ox afterward.
  • She Qingqing left for her temple after she and Chen Feng acknowledged they would follow different paths.
  • Chen Feng activated the B-Rank Hero Training Plan, but four White Coats arrived and forced him and the others to flee to the third floor.
  • Chen Feng discovered Li Guolong had posted warnings about the Academy online, and the group began chanting about sins and the Holy Cow as the temperature rose.
  • The fat guy and Chen Feng burst into flames, so Chen Feng slowed time and ran downstairs to attack the four White Coats.
  • Chen Feng killed all four White Coats, but the chant and flames continued, and he burned to a heap of charcoal.

Ch. 32Memory Contamination

After the Director’s chant contaminated Chen Feng’s memory, he repeatedly died whenever he recalled it and searched for a way to break the curse. He erased the memory by overusing his Sandevistan, then stopped Li Guolong from registering on the forum.

  • Chen Feng realized the chant had contaminated his memory, causing him to recite it and burn even after loading a save.
  • Chen Feng tried to stop chanting with a gag and Lu Xun’s Blessing, but flames returned when he remembered the chant or the Blessing faded.
  • Chen Feng activated the Super Avatar System and acquired Liu Xiaohu, but the new system could not stop his immediate death.
  • After loading his save, Chen Feng overused the Sandevistan to trigger memory loss and erase the chant from his mind.
  • The fat guy found Chen Feng collapsed in the hallway, and Chen Feng recovered and smashed the monitor as he ordered Li Guolong to stop registering on the forum.

Ch. 33Hextech System

Chen Feng chose the Hextech System’s AFK Augment and learned about the world’s supernatural threats through Liu Xiaohu’s memories. He discovered that Liu Xiaohu had died investigating the five-star Horror Amusement Park and hurried to activate the Incarnation.

  • Chen Feng activated the Hextech System and received a choice of three Augments: AFK, Recombobulator, and Warrior’s Treasure.
  • Chen Feng chose AFK, which required his original body to remain in the Happiness Internet Cafe for three weeks in exchange for 10 Temporary Points.
  • Chen Feng summoned Liu Xiaohu’s Incarnation and learned that Liu Xiaohu had been a trainee agent in the P.E.A.C.D. organization.
  • Chen Feng learned that monsters were classified as Phantasms, Extraterrestrials, Apparitions, Creatures, or Demons, and recognized several monsters he had encountered.
  • Chen Feng discovered that Liu Xiaohu had died investigating Horror Amusement Park, a five-star Check-In location, and rushed to activate the Incarnation.

Ch. 34Why Am I Such a Simp?

Chen Feng awoke in Liu Xiaohu’s body inside Horror Amusement Park and learned that Liu Xiaohu had died after giving away his Game Coin to impress Meng Chengcheng. He recovered the coin and met the rest of the mission squad, whose members had entered the park to collect a valuable souvenir.

  • Chen Feng woke on a bench, mistook an inflatable monster for a real one, and recognized Meng Chengcheng from Liu Xiaohu’s memories.
  • Chen Feng found the Visitor Guide and learned that Liu Xiaohu had secretly given Meng Chengcheng his Game Coin before dying.
  • Chen Feng took the Game Coin back from Meng Chengcheng’s bag and asked where the rest of the squad was.
  • Meng Chengcheng pointed out Lin He, Haman, and captain Wu Changshan, and Chen Feng learned about their roles and agent ranks.
  • Chen Feng realized Liu Xiaohu had paid to join the dangerous mission just to stay near Meng Chengcheng.

Ch. 35You Call Those Goldfish?

Chen Feng joined Captain Wu’s team at Horror Amusement Park and advised them to try attractions where they could control whether to engage with danger. At Goldfish Catching, a visitor’s net tore, triggering a deadly attack that revealed the goldfish were monsters.

  • Captain Wu told the team that five escapees had killed the Nurse and fought their way out of the Mental Hospital, while Chen Feng kept quiet about being the one who killed her.
  • As Horror Amusement Park opened, the team discussed which attractions to attempt, and Chen Feng recommended Ring Toss, Goldfish Catching, and the air rifle game while avoiding the maze, Haunted House, and roller coaster.
  • Captain Wu accepted Chen Feng’s advice and led the team to Goldfish Catching, where the rules required each visitor to catch one goldfish without damaging the net.
  • A curly-haired girl caught a goldfish, but it revealed sharp teeth and chewed through her net.
  • After the net tore, the girl plunged into the river, where a swarm of goldfish attacked her and left a cloud of blood mist.

Ch. 36You have your schemes, I have my ways

Chen Feng and his teammates tried to catch deadly river fish for Game Coins, and Chen Feng devised a way to use fishbowls instead of nets. The chapter ended as he reached into the river with a fishbowl, surprising the others.

  • Meng Chengcheng concluded that the team did not have to use the fishing nets, and Lin He used his Coin Sword to kill a goldfish.
  • Captain Wu shot a goldfish with Holy Judgment, then passed the handgun to Meng Chengcheng and the pastor, who struggled to hit their targets.
  • Chen Feng fumbled with the handgun because he lacked Liu Xiaohu's firearm skills, then said he had another way to catch fish.
  • Chen Feng reasoned that the fishbowls must be sturdy enough to contain the fish and picked one up.
  • Chen Feng reached his arm into the river with the fishbowl, surprising his teammates.

Ch. 37Medium

Chen Feng completed the Goldfish Catching attraction, then joined his team at the Air Rifle stall, where Meng Chengcheng tried to use Spirit Communion to uncover a way through. She finally made contact with a spirit despite interference from a ghost that had not died at the park.

  • Chen Feng pulled a goldfish from the river and completed the Goldfish Catching attraction, while the other visitors followed and earned Game Coins.
  • Lin He suggested the Air Rifle attraction, and Chen Feng agreed to go with the team despite Lin He's apparent intent to make him look foolish.
  • The team reached the Air Rifle stall, read its rules, and noted that players had to defeat ten monsters with ten bullets while others were forbidden to watch.
  • As visitors fled the line, Captain Wu urged Meng Chengcheng to use her Medium abilities, and she began performing Spirit Communion.
  • Meng Chengcheng struggled to make contact because a ghost that had not died at the park interfered, then announced that she had connected with a spirit.

Ch. 38I'll go first

Meng Chengcheng learned that balloon monsters ambushed players in the forest, and Captain Wu, Pastor, and Lin He each returned injured or with a broken artifact. Captain Wu tried to keep Meng Chengcheng and Liu Xiaohu from playing, but Liu Xiaohu had already entered the forest.

  • Meng Chengcheng used Spirit Communion to learn that balloon monsters lured players into looking away before ambushing them from above.
  • Pastor entered the forest first and returned with his right arm severed, though his Prayer stopped the bleeding.
  • Captain Wu played next and returned with a long gash across his chest, while Pastor treated his wound.
  • Lin He emerged with his Bagua Mirror shattered, leading Chen Feng to suspect the players had been caught by an ambush.
  • Captain Wu ordered Meng Chengcheng and Liu Xiaohu not to play, but Lin He revealed that Liu Xiaohu had already gone into the forest.

Ch. 39One Step Short of Perfection

Chen Feng entered a deadly balloon-shooting game and figured out how its pellets and stunning effect worked as he hunted the monsters. He survived until time ran out, but then realized something was wrong just as the owner ended the game.

  • Chen Feng entered the forest with an air gun and ten steel pellets, then shot and killed a grinning balloon monster after its first charge startled it.
  • He discovered that a missed pellet could be recovered and that a gunshot froze a balloon monster, letting him test how long the effect lasted and confirm he could repeat it.
  • Chen Feng worried that he would have no pellet left to stun the final monster, and considered surviving by firing at the ground and reloading until time ran out.
  • He used his gunshot to stun two balloon monsters hiding above and below a tree, after remembering Meng Chengcheng's warning about their ambush.
  • Chen Feng waited for the silent final monster, but the owner ended the game before it appeared; as he accepted missing the Game Coin, Chen Feng suddenly realized something was wrong.

Ch. 40The Simp Strikes Back

Chen Feng discovered that the Air Rifle attraction’s owner was the tenth monster, defeated it, and earned a Daily Check-in. After warning Meng Chengcheng and returning to his hotel, he left her waiting while he resumed his real body’s training.

  • Chen Feng realized the Air Rifle attraction’s owner counted as a monster, shot it, and found a Game Coin.
  • Chen Feng received the Air Rifle attraction’s Daily Check-in after defeating the owner.
  • Chen Feng warned Meng Chengcheng that the owner was one of the ten monsters, then let the Game Coin disappear to avoid drawing suspicion.
  • Captain Wu concluded that Chen Feng was Liu Xiaohu after Chen Feng acted like a foolish simp, and Meng Chengcheng entered the forest to play.
  • Chen Feng left for the hotel before Meng Chengcheng could talk to him, then ignored her knocking while exercising at Happiness Internet Cafe.
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