Vol. 1Instance City Reckonings

Che Quan cleared a series of deadly instances, exposing the people responsible for cruelty, murder, and cover-ups while growing closer to Jiang Cong and recovering fragments of his past. The stretch ended with Yue Li revealed as an impostor who transformed into a monster as Jiang Cong arrived.

  • Che Quan uncovered how Qiao Qiao had been bullied to death and helped her confront the offenders in a replay of Yunliang Academy.
  • Che Quan relied on Jiang Cong’s touch to ease his skin hunger as Miao Rouning grew suspicious of those around her.
  • Che Quan investigated murders in his apartment building, exposed Fu Na as the killer, and helped secure her arrest.
  • Jiang Cong revealed that he was a vampire and kissed Che Quan, while Cui Tang disclosed that the Heaven Ranking tied them for first place.
  • Che Quan and the players survived the amusement park’s deadly attractions and uncovered evidence of its negligence and cover-ups.
  • Che Quan set the park ablaze, and Cheng Yangze gave stolen documents to Zhou Zi’s newspaper, which exposed the park’s safety failures.
  • Che Quan uncovered the Death Hospital’s abuse of patients, recovered memories of his family’s plot against him, and confronted Kang Cheng over his crimes.
  • Che Quan accused Yue Li of being an impostor, and she transformed into a monster that recoiled when Jiang Cong arrived.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Haunting Instance

Che Quan entered the Haunting instance and uncovered how Qiao Qiao had been bullied and driven to her death. After Qiao Qiao trapped the players in a school replay of the past, Che Quan and his allies tried to expose the offenders while his skin hunger drew him closer to Jiang Cong.

  • Che Quan entered the haunted villa, met the other players, and learned that ghosts would attack after midnight.
  • Che Quan discovered Jiang Cong on the third floor, where Jiang Cong’s touch eased Che Quan’s skin hunger syndrome.
  • Che Quan and the players questioned the villa’s ghosts and pieced together Qiao Qiao’s connection to the guests and their bullying.
  • Che Quan found Qiao Qiao’s diary and used Ghost Shadow to read how her teacher and classmates had mistreated her before her death.
  • Che Quan offered to help Qiao Qiao take revenge, and Qiao Qiao transformed the villa into Yunliang Academy.
  • Che Quan confronted Teacher Chang’s abuse of Qiao Qiao, while Principal Zheng investigated the students and teacher involved in the bullying.
  • Che Quan learned that Principal Zheng had softened the offenders’ punishments, then joined Ning Dantong and Chen Yuxiang in frightening Miao Rouning with Ying Jiajia’s story.
  • Che Quan visited Jiang Cong to relieve his worsening skin hunger, while Miao Rouning grew suspicious of the people around her.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Pervert in Apartment 201

Che Quan cleared [Haunting] and entered a new instance, where he investigated murders in his apartment building and exposed Fu Na as the killer. He learned that Jiang Cong was the instance’s pervert, while Fu Na’s arrest left questions about the building’s residents unresolved.

  • Jiang Cong and Che Quan confronted the skin hunger syndrome, while Che Quan remembered how young Che Quan’s gift had saved Jiang Cong’s family and inspired his love.
  • Che Quan and the other players escaped [Haunting], then Che Quan received his rewards and entered a city beneath a vast translucent barrier.
  • Che Quan entered an apartment-building murder instance, met Xuan Shuhui, and discovered a dead woman’s severed leg as the residents gathered.
  • Che Quan traced Zhang Bei’s marked pickup list to a suspect, questioned residents about Yu Yan’s disappearance, and found Jiang Cong secretly watching him.
  • Jiang Cong showed Che Quan the surveillance room, confessed that he had weakened Che Quan and bitten him, and revealed himself as a vampire.
  • Che Quan found Yu Yan’s body parts in a refrigerator, then identified Fu Na as the killer after discovering Liao Zhiming dead and Wu Yi nearly attacked.
  • Che Quan explained the clues against Fu Na and defeated her, allowing police to arrest her and free Cui Tang from Room 501.
  • Jiang Cong kissed Che Quan, while Cui Tang revealed the Heaven Ranking tied Che Quan and Jiang Cong for first place and the residents reconsidered Fu Na’s disguises.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3Eerie Shadow Amusement Park

Che Quan and the other players survived the Eerie Shadow Amusement Park’s deadly attractions and uncovered the park’s history of negligence and cover-ups. They exposed its crimes and set the park ablaze, leaving the public informed of its serious safety failures.

  • Che Quan helped Xuan Shuhui and Cui Tang escape the Murder Apartment, then returned to Instance City and entered the Eerie Shadow Amusement Park with Jiang Cong and the other players.
  • The group survived the carousel and Ferris wheel, where riders faced spectral children, Wraiths, and terrifying hallucinations.
  • The players endured the roller coaster and underwater tunnel, and Che Quan saved them from a monster after Ke Yue was possessed.
  • The group crossed the swings and Drop Tower, where Zhou Zi vanished, then discovered records revealing the park’s hazards, Zhou Zi’s death, and the young couple’s tragic history.
  • Che Quan used a digital clock to alter the past, and Cheng Yangze helped Zhou Zi survive the Drop Tower before she and her newspaper exposed the park’s dangerous practices.
  • Cheng Yangze found evidence that the owner had arranged Zhou Zi’s death and concealed the fire’s cause, while Che Quan reset time to the eve of the park’s opening.
  • Che Quan set the park ablaze under Jiang Cong’s Invisibility Cloak, and Cheng Yangze reported the stolen documents to Zhou Zi’s newspaper.
  • The next day, newspaper headlines exposed the park’s serious fire-safety failures and turned public opinion against it.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Death Hospital

Che Quan entered the Death Hospital instance and uncovered its abuse of patients, while his connection with Jiang Cong stirred fragments of an older life. After confronting the hospital’s perpetrators, he exposed Head Nurse Yue Li as an impostor just as the instance’s countdown ended.

  • After clearing the amusement park instance, Che Quan received his reward and entered the Death Hospital, where Jiang Cong pulled him from danger and claimed responsibility for treating him.
  • Che Quan joined the patients’ hide-and-seek challenge, protected the other players, and clashed with hospital staff while Jiang Cong repeatedly intervened on his behalf.
  • Che Quan rescued Cheng Kong from an operating machine and learned from Chen Mengxue that Dr. Kang had taken her mother, Meng Ting, for treatment.
  • Che Quan found records of Meng Ting’s abuse and Kang Cheng’s rise, while Jiang Cong offered clues about Che Quan’s past in exchange for a date.
  • At the family visit, Che Quan recovered the original Che Quan’s memories and learned Feng Sheng and Rong Yuanyuan had arranged his commitment to seize his inheritance.
  • Che Quan and the players retaliated against their families and medical staff, then discovered Meng Ting’s skull and confronted Kang Cheng over his experiments and murders.
  • Che Quan let Chen Mengxue hear Kang Cheng’s pleas as he died, then urged Yue Li to burn down the hospital before the instance timer ran out.
  • Che Quan accused Yue Li of being a dead doctor’s impostor, and her body transformed into a monster that recoiled when Jiang Cong arrived.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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