Recaps

Tang Shiba exposed the boss’s secret illness and his corpse-based scheme for attracting wealth, prompting him to lock the newcomers in the Small Black Room. There, she explained the corpse’s role to the group while the boss left to seek a medical examination.

• Su Chen humiliated the boss by flinging away his hand and wiping his own, so the boss ordered his people to seize the newcomers.
• Tang Shiba challenged the boss to a fortune-telling bet, then revealed that he had itchy dark spots and was infected by a dangerous virus.
• Tang Shiba hinted that she knew the boss slept with a corpse, and he ordered Xiao to take the group to the Small Black Room.
• The boss went to the hospital for a full examination and warned his managers to stay away from the newcomers.
• Tang Shiba told the group that the boss slept with a revered abbot’s corpse to draw wealth from the offerings made to it.

Tang Shiba shared gossip about the people running the dungeon while her companions were trapped in a dark room. When Director Wang was taken away to dance for vicious dogs, Tang Shiba handed him a sachet containing a redeemed item and promised to visit him.

• Fang Cheng panicked when Tang Shiba made him think he was standing beside a ghost, while Tang Lin and Han Feng tussled in the darkness.
• Tang Shiba explained that a recently deceased corpse had been bought before it could be embalmed, and Fang Cheng and Shanshan vomited at the story.
• Six managers entered, and a woman tried to take Su Chen away; Tang Shiba revealed that the woman tortured men by whipping them and making them crawl and bark.
• A second woman grabbed Director Wang, who fled until he learned the managers meant to make him dance for vicious dogs.
• Tang Shiba redeemed Peach Blossom Madness Powder and Soul-Transferring Incense, then gave Director Wang a sachet as he was taken away.

Tang Shiba and Shanshan were taken to the women-only Zone Two of the scam compound, while Su Chen and Si Wuyu stayed behind and waited for a chance to act. Tang Shiba remained confident as she prepared to explore the new zone and find food.

• Tang Shiba sent Director Wang away with the woman, then Su Chen agreed to leave and received a lighter from her.
• At Cloud City Police Station, the captain learned that Tang’s eldest brother had donated a hundred million and ordered preparations to attack the compound.
• Tang Shiba stopped Si Wuyu from acting before they had the layout map, then left with Shanshan after telling Tang Lin that Han Feng would protect him.
• Tang Shiba jabbed a manager with a needle when he tried to put his arm around her, and the managers took her and Shanshan to Zone Two.
• The managers assigned Tang Shiba and Shanshan to a six-person dorm and warned them not to run; the two decided to visit the convenience store for food.

Tang Shiba and Shanshan returned hungry to their dorm, where their roommates refused to let them in. Tang Shiba kicked the door down and helped Shanshan overpower the women inside, leaving the dorm in chaos.

• Tang Shiba and Shanshan failed to find food at the convenience store and returned to find their dorm door locked against them.
• After Shanshan's kick failed to open the door, Tang Shiba kicked it off its hinges, pinning one of the women beneath it.
• Shanshan entered the dorm and traded insults with the woman, then grabbed and bit her when four women moved to attack.
• Tang Shiba pulled the other women away from Shanshan and slapped them until they backed down.
• Tang Shiba stopped Shanshan from continuing to bite the woman, warning that her eyes were rolling back.

Tang Shiba and Shanshan fought off the supervisors who tried to drag them to confinement, then settled into the dorm and shared instant noodles with the other women. Tang Shiba promised the women they could go home in a few days and startled Xiao Xin by claiming her husband was cheating on her.

• Shanshan panicked after seeing blood on her hand, and Tang Shiba reassured her that the woman she had bitten would survive.
• Two supervisors arrived and tried to take Tang Shiba and Shanshan to the confinement room, but Tang Shiba fought them off with a slipper and drove them away.
• Tang Shiba told the other women to fix the broken door, and they tightened its loose screws while she and Shanshan made their beds.
• Xiao Mei shared her instant noodles with Tang Shiba and Shanshan, who ate while Tang Mother and Tang Dad worried about their children watching the show.
• Xiu'er cried because she missed home, and Tang Shiba said the women would be able to go home in a few days.
• Tang Shiba told Xiao Xin that her husband was cheating on her and had a child, leaving Xiao Xin unable to sleep until late in the night.

Director Wang entered Zone One, where disabled prisoners were forced to beg and punished with vicious dogs. When he was ordered to dance, he used Tang Shiba’s sachet, but the dogs attacked him in a bizarre and sexual way, leaving everyone stunned.

• Director Wang learned from his roommate that Zone One’s disabled prisoners were forced to beg and made to dance for vicious dogs if they brought in too little money.
• The overseer arrived with two vicious dogs and announced that the three lowest earners, including newcomers, had to dance or face the dogs.
• Director Wang poured the sachet’s contents over himself before dancing on the platform.
• The dogs became frenzied as Director Wang danced, and the overseer released them despite their not barking.
• Director Wang shielded two terrified prisoners, but the dogs knocked him down and began acting sexually toward him.

Director Wang killed the supervisor’s vicious dogs, was beaten, and was sent to the isolation room. The story then shifted to Su Chen, who used his charm to persuade another supervisor to talk instead of whipping him.

• Director Wang secretly stabbed both vicious dogs, angering their owner, who ordered her subordinates to take them to the hospital.
• The woman attacked Director Wang, had him beaten, and sent him to the isolation room.
• The woman threatened the crowd, but Director Wang’s defiance inspired some prisoners to believe the supervisors could be challenged.
• News of the incident reached Su Chen, and a woman took him to her isolation room with a whip.
• Su Chen smiled, told the woman he would listen, and invited her to sit and talk.

After leaving the Small Black Room, Si Wuyu, Han Feng, Tang Lin, and Fang Cheng fought their way through the Fourth District’s guards and demanded better food. The chapter ended as they surrounded the four managers upstairs, preparing to confront them.

• Su Chen charmed the female sadist while Si Wuyu, Fang Cheng, and Tang Lin emerged from the Small Black Room with Xiao.
• Tang Lin and Fang Cheng provoked Xiao until she attacked Fang Cheng, and Si Wuyu stepped in and defeated her.
• Si Wuyu and Han Feng identified themselves as proud citizens of Dragon Country, and Xiao reluctantly took them to the cafeteria.
• Tang Lin and Fang Cheng rejected the watery rice, drove Xiao away, and learned that the managers ate upstairs.
• Han Feng and Si Wuyu flanked the four managers while Tang Lin and Fang Cheng approached them, demanding to know why they could not eat upstairs.

Fang Cheng, Tang Lin, Si Wuyu, and Han Feng raided the managers’ meal, then were taken to the Detention Room. There, Si Wuyu mapped the Compound and identified the boss’s room as the route to the other districts, while the group realized one of their companions was in the First District.

• Fang Cheng, Tang Lin, Si Wuyu, and Han Feng knocked out four managers, ate their lavish meal, and called the hungry people downstairs up to share what remained.
• The group slipped away from the cafeteria, but Ladyboy found them and ordered them to the Detention Room, revealing that their effeminate companion was in the First District.
• In the Detention Room, Fang Cheng worried about Director Wang, while Han Feng suggested escaping through the ventilation opening.
• Si Wuyu explained that the Compound had six districts arranged in a six-pointed star and deduced that a passage between districts was in the boss’s room.
• The four decided to stay and question the managers about the boss’s location, but when the managers returned with a weapon and ropes, the newcomers stood their ground.

Tang Lin, Fang Cheng, Si Wuyu, and Han Feng subdued the guards and learned that their target was in basement room six. Tang Lin and Han Feng hid beneath the bed as the boss entered to pray to a rotting corpse for riches.

• Tang Lin and Fang Cheng distracted three guards while Han Feng disarmed their armed supervisor and Si Wuyu took down the others.
• The group tied up the four guards and learned that the boss's room was basement room six and the two girls were in section two.
• Tang Lin helped Han Feng climb into the ventilation duct, and the two searched the basement until they found room six.
• Tang Lin opened the iron door, and he and Han Feng slipped inside when they heard the boss and his assistant approaching.
• Tang Lin and Han Feng hid under the bed as the boss entered, knelt, and begged a rotting corpse for a windfall of riches.

Tang Shiba and her companions escaped the boss’s compound while Han Feng suffered a gunshot wound. After Tang Shiba removed the bullet and used a smoke bomb to delay their pursuers, they reunited with Director Wang, whose face had been badly beaten.

• Tang Lin and Han Feng hid from the boss, who repeatedly entered his bedroom to kowtow to a corpse, while Fang Cheng learned there was a surveillance camera and knocked the four guards unconscious.
• Tang Shiba treated Han Feng’s bleeding gunshot wound in the passage as their pursuers closed in.
• Tang Lin refused to leave Tang Shiba behind, but she ordered him and the others to hurry ahead while she covered their retreat.
• Tang Shiba used a peach blossom frenzy smoke bomb to throw the boss and his men into chaos, then ran to join the others.
• Tang Shiba’s group met Director Wang at the vent, and Tang Lin and Shanshan saw that Director Wang’s face was swollen from a beating.

Tang Shiba and her companions used a map of the Scam Compound to plan to capture Boss Ming while the Dragon Country police and Special Forces prepared to intervene. As they crawled through the vents toward Boss Ming, Han Feng collapsed from blood loss and fever, leaving Tang Lin and Director Wang to carry him onward.

• Tang Lin helped Han Feng and Tang Shiba climb into the air vent, and the group discussed how to escape after their pursuers exposed them.
• Tang Shiba gave Director Wang a detailed map of the Compound, prompting the Cloud City police to send it to the Special Forces, who sought a way to cross into Jade Country.
• Tang Shiba and the others planned to capture Boss Ming, learned that he had a brother in the Third District, and reunited with Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng in the vent.
• The group learned that Boss Ming was unconscious in his room with a corpse nearby and decided to take advantage of the situation to capture him.
• Han Feng collapsed from blood loss and fever, so Tang Lin and Director Wang dragged him through the vent toward Boss Ming's private doctor.

Fang Cheng, Si Wuyu, and Tang Shiba seized the chance to infiltrate Boss Ming's bedroom, overpower his guards, and bring the doctor in to treat Han Feng. They captured the doctor and left Boss Ming's condition and the rotting corpse hidden, then Shanshan explained how she and Doudou had found the others.

• The group waited in a dark vent while Zone Four managers argued with Zone Five managers about Boss Ming and the captured newcomers.
• After a false shout made the visitors leave, Fang Cheng, Si Wuyu, and Tang Shiba entered the bedroom and tied up Boss Ming's four confidants.
• Tang Lin and Director Wang helped Han Feng out of the vent, and the group moved him to another bedroom.
• Boss Ming's personal doctor arrived, examined Han Feng, and started an IV before Tang Lin tied him up beside the rotting corpse.
• Shanshan told Fang Cheng that she and Doudou had escaped Zone Two's meager meals and found the others after wandering into a secret passage.

After the group survived the Compound’s dangers, Tang Shiba and the others rested while Director Wang cooked and the livestream fans teased the family. Tang Shiba then visited the awakened Boss Ming and mocked him for keeping his dead partner’s corpse, leaving the livestream audience to play along with her claim that they were married.

• The livestream platform muted Director Wang for soliciting gifts by pretending to be starving, but later lifted the mute as fans laughed and complained.
• Shanshan offered to cook, but Tang Lin repeatedly changed his mind after Tang Shiba’s thoughts revealed he could not cook; Director Wang went to make food instead.
• Si Wuyu clung to Tang Shiba while Fang Cheng went with Tang Lin to check on Han Feng, and Tang Shiba said the managers should be left to fight among themselves until the rescue team arrived.
• Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu entered the bedroom to see the corpse and found Boss Ming awake but still too weak to move, while Tang Lin and Fang Cheng were already there.
• Tang Shiba teased Boss Ming by claiming he had married his dead partner, and the livestream fans joined in with her joke about their supposed eternal love.

Tang Shiba exposed Boss Ming’s maggot-infested corpse, while the group waited out managers trying to poach Fourth District workers. At the Jade Country border, Dragon Country’s special forces commander took the stalling official into his car, leaving their destination unclear.

• Tang Shiba pulled the blanket off Boss Ming’s corpse, revealing it was crawling with maggots, and she and her companions fled the room in disgust.
• Tang Lin brought food to Han Feng, fed him because he could not use his hands, and ate the rest of the bowl himself.
• Managers from other districts knocked on the door and considered taking Fourth District’s workers, but left after no one answered.
• The Dragon Country commander rejected the Jade Country official’s attempt to stall him with a meal and got into a car with the official and two special forces soldiers.
• The commander said they would pass through several checkpoints as the car set off.

The commander brought the official to the Scam Compound, where a rescue team waited outside while Tang Shiba organized an operation to save the captives. Tang Shiba and her allies began their plan, splitting up to find Su Chen and regroup.

• The commander’s convoy reached the Scam Compound, and the commander waited for an opening while keeping the official under guard.
• Tang Shiba gathered the group and planned the operation, assigning Tang Lin to stay with the injured Han Feng in Room Six.
• Tang Dad and Tang Mother were muted after the Black Treasures reported their livestream accounts, but an administrator restored their access and upgraded their accounts.
• Tang Shiba led one group toward the Compound while Si Wuyu and Director Wang left through a ventilation shaft to find Su Chen.
• Tang Shiba reminded Si Wuyu to meet up with the others after finding Su Chen, and he kissed her forehead before leaving.

Tang Shiba, Fang Cheng, and Shanshan infiltrated the Fifth District while its managers were away and gathered the employees to encourage them to leave. Most employees doubted escape was possible, and fewer than ten chose to stand on the side for leaving.

• Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng planned to incite the Fifth District employees to rise up while its managers were away, and Fang Cheng and Shanshan disguised themselves with masks resembling the managers.
• Fang Cheng and Shanshan entered the dormitories, told employees to assemble, and took weapons from the guards at the district entrance.
• Tang Shiba addressed the assembled employees and asked whether they wanted to leave the Compound.
• A woman declared that she wanted to go home, but most employees were skeptical and warned others that nobody would be allowed to leave.
• Tang Shiba asked the employees to choose between leaving and staying, and after several changed their minds, fewer than ten stood on the side for leaving.

Tang Shiba armed a group of workers and ordered them to guard the Fifth District while the rescue forces moved in. The returning supervisors arrived to find Fang Cheng and Shanshan waiting at the entrance, leaving everyone stunned by the apparent double of a supervisor.

• Tang Shiba persuaded ten workers to join her, then had the guards hand over their weapons and taught the group how to use them.
• Tang Shiba sent the unarmed guards and other workers back to their dormitories and told the armed group to hold the Fifth District until the police arrived.
• A signal flare announced the return of the Fifth District's supervisors as Special Forces prepared to breach the Fourth and Fifth Districts.
• Fang Cheng fired a signal flare when the supervisors arrived, and Shanshan aimed her weapon at them.
• The returning supervisors and entrance guards froze when they saw two identical supervisors.

Fang Cheng and Shanshan helped capture Zone Five’s managers while Tang Shiba disarmed the remaining guards in the Compound. After Tang Shiba returned to wait for rescue, Shanshan fired the last signal flare.

• Fang Cheng and Shanshan confronted two managers, and Fang Cheng shot one in the calf when they tried to flee.
• The guards tied up the managers, and Fang Cheng and Shanshan volunteered to guard the entrance.
• Shanshan stopped Fang Cheng from going to help Tang Shiba because they still had a mission to complete with their signal flares.
• Tang Shiba disarmed two guards she found kissing and sent them to the women’s dormitory.
• Tang Shiba dealt with all the guards in the Compound, returned to the field, and waited for rescue.
• Shanshan fired the last signal flare.

Special forces commander Wen Ze arrived and met Tang Shiba, while Shanshan and Fang Cheng learned from Tang Shiba’s gossip that Wen Ze’s wife had been murdered by Wen Quan. Wen Ze considered recruiting Tang Shiba into the Special Forces, but she angrily rejected the idea.

• Wen Ze led armed special forces soldiers into the building, and Shanshan and Fang Cheng dropped their weapons and surrendered.
• Wen Ze explained that he admired Emperor Si, and Fang Cheng and Shanshan later asked him to pose for a photo as their face masks came off.
• Tang Shiba’s gossip revealed that Wen Ze’s wife had been murdered by his enemy, Wen Quan, and Fang Cheng and Shanshan memorized the name.
• Wen Ze approached Tang Shiba and considered recruiting her into the Special Forces, but she accused him of wanting to hit her and refused.

Wen Ze’s forces reached the Third District as Si Wuyu, Su Chen, and Director Wang faced a siege from the First District and Zone Two. Tang Shiba crawled through a vent to reach them, while the authorities arrived and left the Third District’s allegiance uncertain.

• Wen Ze told Tang Shiba and Shanshan to stay behind while he went to the other districts, but Tang Shiba escaped through a vent to find Si Wuyu.
• Su Chen told Si Wuyu and Director Wang that he had won over the Third District’s management, while the First District and Zone Two prepared to attack.
• Director Wang was shot in the leg during the fighting, so both sides took defensive positions as they waited for an opening.
• Tang Shiba learned that the Third District’s people had switched sides to use Si Wuyu and the others, and that Director Wang had been injured.
• A guard told the Third District’s manager that more than thirty members of the authorities had arrived, making Su Chen and Si Wuyu fear they could be taken hostage.

Su Chen calmed the female manager with his charm while Tang Shiba learned about his childhood and treated Director Wang’s injured leg. Wen Ze and Su Chen’s forces captured the First District and the Second District, while Si Wuyu grew jealous watching Su Chen with the manager.

• Su Chen took the female manager’s hand and persuaded the group to stop fighting among themselves, temporarily easing the crisis.
• Dumb System revealed that Su Chen’s father had brought many women home when Su Chen was young, and Tang Shiba heard the gossip.
• Tang Shiba bandaged Director Wang’s leg, while his wife grew suspicious of the nickname “Old Wang Next Door” during the livestream.
• Wen Ze helped Su Chen’s forces attack and capture the First District and the Second District after half an hour of fighting.
• The female manager threw herself into Su Chen’s arms and asked him to rub her chest, but he gently pushed her away and promised to do it later.
• Si Wuyu watched Su Chen and the female manager, then possessively took Tang Shiba’s hand.

Wen Ze’s team stormed the Third District, where the managers tried to use Director Wang as a hostage. The managers surrendered, but one armed man turned on Su Chen and the others, leaving Tang Shiba facing a volatile threat.

• After taking the First and Second Districts, Wen Ze led his men to attack the Third District.
• A female manager offered to release three newcomers if the attackers stopped firing, and she had Director Wang brought out as a hostage.
• Wen Ze shot the female manager in the arm, and she abandoned her resistance and urged the others to surrender.
• The managers began dropping their weapons, but one man refused and aimed his weapon at Su Chen and the others.
• The other managers tried to stop the armed man, while guards surrounded them and Tang Shiba watched for an opening.

The authorities dismantled the Scam Compound after its guards surrendered, and Wen Ze arranged for the captured people to be repatriated or handed to local police. Tang Shiba and her companions headed for the airport, while Tang Lin carried the injured Han Feng.

• A guard attacked Director Wang after his wig came off, but Tang Shiba snatched the guard’s weapon and the Compound’s ladyboys pinned and beat him.
• Su Chen and Si Wuyu collected the weapons, and Wen Ze’s men entered the Third District and dismantled the Scam Compound.
• Wen Ze learned that 1,022 people had been detained, including 511 from Dragon Country, and ordered their immediate repatriation while the rest were handed to Jade Country police.
• Fang Cheng and Shanshan reunited with Tang Shiba and the others, then Wen Ze arranged their transport to the airport and told Director Wang and Han Feng they could file for compensation.
• Tang Lin carried the injured Han Feng after Han Feng climbed onto his back, and Han Feng warned him to stop complaining.

Tang Shiba and the others returned safely to Cloud City, where their families and fans welcomed them, and Tang Shiba learned she had gained a hundred million fans. As she headed home with gifts from her supporters, the system revealed that Si Wuyu’s parents were being held as leverage, while Si Wuyu went to investigate their unexpected visit to his company.

• The group landed at Cloud City Airport and reunited with their families, while Han Feng left with his grandparents and Su Chen departed with Susan.
• Su Chen looked at Tang Shiba before Si Wuyu stepped between them, and Su Chen accepted that their relationship was too solid to break apart.
• Fans told Tang Shiba she had surpassed a hundred million followers, and the system announced that her haters had become devoted fans and her stolen fortune had returned.
• Chang Hua told Si Wuyu that his parents had visited the office, so Si Wuyu went to investigate and messaged Tang Shiba that he would not come over that night.
• The system explained that Si Wuyu’s parents were being kept alive as backup leverage, while Tang Shiba’s fans loaded her and the others with snacks before she left for home.