Chapter Summaries

Shen Ru woke in a ruined convenience store inside the Eternal Life Game and learned that players faced deadly instances where laws no longer applied. After a veteran player threatened him, Shen Ru attacked, but Mo Yu stopped him from killing the man and said he wanted to keep him alive for trial and error.

• Shen Ru woke in the convenience store and pretended to remain asleep while secretly assessing the other players.
• A girl screamed as the others woke, and a veteran player explained that they were in the Eternal Life Game, where clearing instances supposedly granted eternal life.
• Shen Ru asked whether the law could be ignored, then attacked the veteran after the man made a sexual threat.
• Mo Yu threw a stone at Shen Ru to interrupt him and said he wanted to keep the veteran alive for trial and error.

Shen Ru took control of the first clues in the Good Review Convenience Store assessment, which required players to repair the shop and earn 500 positive reviews in seven days. After the phone warned that a repairman would arrive at midnight, the players feared an advanced-level threat, and the chapter ended as someone knocked at the shattered door.

• The game announced the store’s opening in three days, the seven-day review target, and its ban on clearing stages through violence.
• Shen Ru threw a shard past Mo Yu, then answered the ringing phone and heard that a repairman would come at midnight to paint the wall.
• Shen Ru relayed the warning, and Qi Liang explained that midnight was unusually dangerous in a beginner instance and suspected an advanced player was among them.
• Du Xiaomei begged Shen Ru for protection, but he pulled away her hand and told her to kneel and kowtow if she wanted him to consider saving her.
• When a girl objected to Shen Ru’s cruelty, he pointed her toward Mo Yu and called him a lab rat; then someone knocked on the shattered glass door.

Shen Ru negotiated with three monsters to repair the Good Review Convenience Store, then killed them to fulfill the agreed payment and completed his side quest. The store was repaired and gained thirty good reviews as the others began cleaning up the bodies.

• Three tall, black monsters entered the damaged store and asked for its manager, and Mo Yu identified Shen Ru.
• Shen Ru triggered a side quest to keep repair costs low and bargained the monsters down from three heads to one and a half.
• Shen Ru offered to round their payment up to two heads in exchange for good reviews, and the monsters agreed to the deal.
• The monsters repaired the wall and left good reviews, raising the store's total by thirty.
• Shen Ru killed the three monsters and paid them their original price, completing the side quest.
• Du Xiaomei panicked as Qi Liang led the others to clean up the bodies, while Shen Ru went to the restroom.

After Shen Ru tricked Qi Liang into believing he was a high-level player, he learned how the eternal life game worked and decided to help Mo Yu. The mirror in the bathroom then shattered, and enormous wet footprints appeared as something unseen emerged.

• Shen Ru left the bathroom after killing the ghost and noticed the others had cleared away the bodies.
• Qi Liang mistook Shen Ru for a high-level player, pledged to help him, and explained that a veteran player’s arrival had disrupted the beginner instance.
• Shen Ru used Qi Liang’s misunderstanding to make him reveal what he knew about survival days, rest areas, points, and guilds.
• Shen Ru decided to help Mo Yu, but the bathroom mirror began to shatter and footsteps approached the door.
• The bathroom door opened, revealing huge wet footprints despite no one else being in the room.

After the phone demanded that the players find its owner’s feet, Shen Ru argued that the call was an optional side quest and accused Mo Yu of pushing them to answer it. Mo Yu turned the accusation back on Shen Ru by implying that he was a high-level player, leaving the two men locked in a wary contest.

• Du Xiaomei answered the ringing phone, which demanded that the group find its owner’s feet within fifteen minutes, then smashed the receiver in terror.
• The wet footprints stopped while Du Xiaomei answered and rushed toward her after she broke the phone, prompting Shen Ru to suspect that the phone was instructing the monster.
• Shen Ru told the group that repairing the store was their only system task and argued that they could ignore the phone’s side quest without dying.
• Du Xiaomei accused Mo Yu of trying to get the group killed, and Shen Ru watched with satisfaction as the others turned against him.
• Mo Yu implied that Shen Ru was a high-level player, suggesting that Shen Ru had raised the game’s difficulty and forcing him to confront the accusation.

Shen Ru deduced that a mirror shard had triggered the footless monster’s attack and bargained with it to get its feet back. He pressured Mo Yu into helping, and Mo Yu agreed and gave Shen Ru his name.

• The footless monster killed Du Xiaomei after she cried for help, then announced that ten minutes remained.
• Shen Ru found a mirror shard near the broken receiver and deduced that the monster had emerged from a mirror and that someone had set Du Xiaomei up.
• Shen Ru offered to help the monster find its feet in exchange for payment, and the monster let him choose what it would give.
• Shen Ru privately threatened Mo Yu into helping locate the monster’s feet while the newcomers mistook him for a victim.
• Mo Yu agreed to help, pulled Shen Ru close, and introduced himself as Mo Yu.

Shen Ru persuaded Mo Yu to help the newcomers complete the side mission, then used the monster’s recovered feet to secure a positive review for the store. He left Mo Yu assigned as store manager, potentially forcing him to obey the instance’s rules longer than planned.

• Shen Ru used his charm to persuade Mo Yu to assist with the mission, and the others mistakenly thought he had begged for help.
• Shen Ru realized Du Xiaomei’s death had suppressed the monster’s rage and suspected high-level players had sacrificed her to protect the newcomers.
• Mo Yu identified the monster’s missing feet as being behind the restroom mirror, completing the side mission.
• The monster recovered its feet, which were made from three adults’ feet joined together, and danced with joy.
• Shen Ru asked the monster for a positive review and assigned Mo Yu to collect payment as the store manager.
• The monster gave the store ten positive reviews, while the livestream viewers speculated that Mo Yu would need an S-rank item to evade the system’s role restrictions.

Shen Ru used his S-rank Time Stop talent to steal the S-rank card Mo Yu had taken from the monster, but Mo Yu revealed he could plunder abilities and turned Shen Ru’s own power against him. Mo Yu trapped Shen Ru with his shadow ability and demanded the card back, leaving Shen Ru under pressure to give it up before time resumed.

• Mo Yu killed the monster with his black blade, leaving behind a pair of feet that became the S-rank card The Missing Feet.
• Shen Ru stopped time, stole the card from Mo Yu, and learned that it could summon nearby monsters and might grant an invitation to the Secret Garden Tea Party.
• Shen Ru resumed time and taunted Mo Yu, who revealed that he could also use Time Stop and had plundered Shen Ru’s talent.
• Mo Yu used his black shadows to restrain and torment Shen Ru, then warned that his plundered ability would last only ninety seconds.
• Mo Yu demanded that Shen Ru hand over the card before the others could see him when time resumed.

Shen Ru forced Mo Yu to leave the instance after securing a promise that he would find him afterward, then faced a sinister announcement seeking two new convenience store employees. Six grotesque applicants bearing Du Xiaomei’s face arrived, and Shen Ru began their interview by asking for a good review.

• Shen Ru threatened Mo Yu with the damage their encounter could do to his guild’s reputation and persuaded him to take Shen Ru to the Secret Garden Tea Party.
• Mo Yu vanished when the time stop ended, leaving Qi Liang, Wei Lingling, and Cheng Lin to wonder what would happen next.
• A crackling announcement called for two convenience store employees to report before seven the next morning.
• Urgent knocking sounded at the entrance, and Cheng Lin and Wei Lingling opened the door for six identical, stitched-together versions of Du Xiaomei.
• Shen Ru welcomed the applicants and asked whether they would leave the convenience store a good review before their interviews.

Shen Ru made six eerie applicants compete for two convenience-store jobs by putting their skills to work, then discovered that his actions were being livestreamed to more than a thousand viewers. He charmed the audience and received tips, ending the chapter delighted by the attention and points.

• Shen Ru had the six monsters give the convenience store five-star reviews and asked each to name their strengths.
• After the monsters listed their abilities, Shen Ru ordered them to demonstrate their skills, planning to choose the top two employees.
• The livestream audience exceeded one thousand viewers, and the system informed Shen Ru that viewers could help him earn points and glory.
• Realizing the game had broadcast his actions, Shen Ru greeted the viewers and teased them about liking to kill people.
• Viewers sent Shen Ru tips worth hundreds of points, and he smiled at the unexpected entertainment.

Shen Ru hired two of the six monster applicants as permanent cleaners and kept the others on an unpaid probation, then learned the convenience store would open early and need to earn five hundred positive reviews. He warned the players not to seek a review from the supplier, leaving them to await the delivery and prepare for the four-day operation.

• Shen Ru praised the six Du Xiaomeis, hired two cleaners, and told the others they could stay as unpaid probationary workers or leave.
• The monsters stayed despite their hostility, and the system announced that the store would open at seven the next morning after the supplier delivered stock.
• The system set the store's operating period at four days and required five hundred positive reviews for the players to clear the task.
• Shen Ru received 10,000 in starting funds and considered how to stock the store despite uncertainty about the products and prices.
• Qi Liang offered to get a positive review from the supplier, but Shen Ru warned that provoking the supplier could jeopardize the goods and their prices.

Shen Ru inspected a truckload of living mud masks and negotiated the supplier down from 100 each to 40. The supplier accepted, leaving Shen Ru and the players with the masks intended for their convenience store.

• A faceless, mud-covered supplier arrived at the convenience store, and Shen Ru asked to inspect its goods.
• Shen Ru and the others found the truck packed with lifelike masks sculpted from yellow mud.
• Shen Ru pointed out cracked masks and implied that several were broken, using his talent to damage them.
• The supplier lowered its price from 100 per mask to 80 for the whole order, but Shen Ru countered with 40.
• The supplier accepted Shen Ru's offer.

Shen Ru stocked the convenience store with yellow mud face masks and prepared for its opening, while Cheng Lin discovered that people saw the masks’ expressions differently. The chapter ended with Shen Ru delighted by the eerie phenomenon as the others stood frozen in fear.

• Shen Ru paid the supplier for two hundred face masks, put the six NPCs to work, and resolved to investigate the deliveries and kill the yellow mud supplier on the final night.
• Cheng Lin saw a mask crying yellow sludge and hurried to tell Shen Ru, but the mask and his cleaning rag appeared normal when they returned.
• Shen Ru asked Qi Liang and Wei Lingling what expressions they saw, and their descriptions of the masks did not match.
• Shen Ru laughed with fascination as the store fell into a fearful silence.

Shen Ru gave the six NPCs Human Face Masks and explained how the masks reflected each viewer’s mental state. When the first customer, a Black Goldfish creature, demanded a different mask and threatened a bad review, Shen Ru smashed its skull with an iron rod, leaving his staff stunned.

• Shen Ru let the six NPCs choose Human Face Masks, warning them to prove their worth or he would remove the masks.
• Shen Ru explained that the masks changed appearance according to the viewer’s mind, and Wei Lingling realized the NPCs had each chosen a different face.
• As the first customer arrived, Shen Ru wondered whether human heads were the instance’s currency.
• A Black Goldfish creature entered the store, tried on a Human Face Mask, and demanded another while threatening a bad review.
• Shen Ru struck the goldfish customer in the head with an iron rod and declared that he would kill anyone who caused trouble in his store.

Shen Ru subdued the black goldfish and persuaded it to work as a shill in exchange for a new face each day. As the store’s masks sold out, he discovered that customers paid with human heads while the supplier required yuan, leaving the shop with a looming currency-conversion problem.

• Shen Ru dragged the unconscious black goldfish into the storeroom and revealed that it was obsessed with obtaining a new, beautiful face.
• Shen Ru promised the goldfish a fresh mask each day if it helped customers make purchases, and the creature agreed to work as a shill.
• Shen Ru learned that customers used human heads as currency, while the shop had to pay its supplier in yuan.
• The black goldfish left a positive review and guided customers to buy masks, drawing a growing line to the register.
• Shen Ru organized the players and NPCs as the shop sold out of masks and accumulated a mountain of bloody human heads.

After the store’s first day, Shen Ru and his coworkers counted their earnings and took turns resting while awaiting the next delivery. During Shen Ru’s final watch, Sheng Ziyao emerged from the black fog and called him “Sister-in-law,” prompting Shen Ru to demand to know who his brother was.

• Wei Lingling tallied 115 positive reviews from the store’s first day, bringing their total to 215, and counted 906 human heads in earnings.
• Shen Ru, Qi Liang, and Wei Lingling discussed the low balance in their account and worried that the supplier might demand yuan again.
• The staff took rotating shifts to sleep, and Shen Ru took the final watch alone at the store.
• Shen Ru noticed a figure emerge unharmed from the black fog and prepared to attack, but recognized the approaching person as a normal-looking young man.
• Sheng Ziyao rushed into the store, called Shen Ru “Sister-in-law,” and received an angry demand to identify his brother.

Shen Ru recognized that Sheng Ziyao had sneaked into the instance and recruited him to help with a scheme against the supplier. At the 3 a.m. delivery, Shen Ru bought all 500 masks and ordered Sheng Ziyao to chop off the mud creature’s head in exchange for positive reviews.

• Sheng Ziyao introduced himself as Mo Yu’s brother, and Shen Ru realized he had entered the instance without the system noticing.
• Shen Ru persuaded Sheng Ziyao and the livestream audience to keep his presence secret.
• At 3 a.m., the supplier arrived with 500 human-face masks and demanded 70,000 for the whole shipment.
• Shen Ru asked the supplier to leave a positive review, then gave Sheng Ziyao a blade and ordered him to chop off the creature’s head.

Shen Ru completed the Good Review Convenience Store Instance, earned rewards, and was promoted from D-rank to B-rank. His name appeared at the top of the B-rank leaderboard, astonishing the Living Area.

• Shen Ru ordered the NPCs and Players to unload the Human-Skin Masks, then triggered the system to erase Sheng Ziyao for illegally interfering with the Instance.
• The store completed its positive-review task, and the system opened the Exit Portal for the Players.
• Shen Ru received 5,500 Points, the Black Goldfish and The Missing Feet Cards, and a final rank increase from D to B.
• Shen Ru learned that B-rank Players gained automatic livestreaming and access to the shop feature.
• The Living Area's leaderboard placed newcomer Shen Ru first among B-rank Players, shocking the crowd.

Shen Ru emerged from his beginner instance and drew the attention of the Dark Night Guild, whose leader, Mo Yu, had already heard his message. Shen Ru met Mo Yu in person and greeted him with deliberately intimate words.

• Mo Yu learned from Sheng Ziyao that Shen Ru had sent his regards and wanted Mo Yu to find him.
• Mo Yu told Sheng Ziyao to focus on leading Team Three through A-rank instances before leaving to meet Shen Ru.
• After arriving in the living zone, Shen Ru was approached by Gu Changming, who apologized for his rudeness and invited him to the Dark Night Guild.
• Shen Ru threatened to entertain invitations from other guilds until Mo Yu arrived and said that Shen Ru wanted to see him.
• Shen Ru touched Mo Yu's lips and throat and told him, "Yes, I missed you so much."

Mo Yu publicly revealed Shen Ru as the top B-rank player and made it appear that Shen Ru was close to the Dark Night Guild, then used his ability to take Shen Ru’s S-rank card. The card activated an invitation to the Secret Garden Tea Party in three days, addressed to Mo Yu and his lover.

• Mo Yu congratulated Shen Ru in public, exposing his B-rank ranking and encouraging rumors about his ties to the Dark Night Guild.
• Mo Yu kissed Shen Ru’s hand in front of onlookers and invited him into the guild, while Gu Changming explained that the display was meant to warn the guild’s enemies and protect Shen Ru.
• Shen Ru confronted Mo Yu in his room, but Mo Yu used his ability to control Shen Ru and take his S-rank card.
• The card activated an invitation to the Secret Garden Tea Party in three days for Mo Yu and his lover, and Shen Ru accepted the invitation with a malicious smile.