Chapter Summaries

Che Quan searched Zhang Bei’s convenience store for evidence and identified the murderer through a repeated mark on the pickup lists, though he still lacked proof. As he anticipated, someone opened the store’s glass door behind him.

• Che Quan asked the residents to lend him a fridge, and Jin Jiang offered his.
• Che Quan went to Zhang Bei’s convenience store and found its doors loosely chained rather than locked.
• Che Quan reasoned that the native Zhang Bei may have discovered the murderer’s identity and been killed for it.
• Che Quan searched the store’s pickup lists and noticed Zhang Bei had repeatedly marked one user ID differently from all the others.
• Che Quan checked the marked account’s address, identified the murderer, and heard someone open the store’s glass door behind him.

Che Quan questioned Zha Jia and the police about Kang He’s history, learning that Zha Jia had been the girl Kang He’s son assaulted. He returned to room 201 and found Jiang Cong lounging on his sofa.

• Che Quan met Zha Jia at the convenience store, where she explained that she and Kang He had feuded because Kang He’s son had tried to grope her.
• Zha Jia said Kang He’s son had raped a girl, but she concealed that she herself was the victim.
• Che Quan asked Yuan Rong and Wu Yi about the case and learned the assaulted girl had lived in room 102, while Kang He had blamed and harassed her.
• Che Quan realized the residents were hiding secrets, returned to room 201, and found Jiang Cong watching television in his apartment.

Che Quan spared Jiang Cong from a knife attack, then agreed to let him cook dinner in exchange for seeing something interesting. Jiang Cong led Che Quan through a hidden passage to a surveillance room beneath Che Quan’s bedroom, where he revealed that he had been watching him from every angle.

• Che Quan threatened Jiang Cong with a kitchen knife but tossed it aside, deciding he had no interest in killing someone who would not fight back.
• Jiang Cong offered to cook Che Quan a feast if Che Quan went to see something in his room, and Che Quan accepted.
• A stranger knocked on the door at regular intervals for about five minutes, but Che Quan ignored the sound and stayed in the living room.
• Jiang Cong served six dishes and soup, and Che Quan ate dinner with him before Jiang Cong cleaned up.
• Jiang Cong led Che Quan from the study through a hidden passage to a surveillance room beneath Che Quan’s bedroom and showed him the cameras watching him.

In the hidden surveillance room, Jiang Cong restrained Che Quan and confessed that he liked him, then revealed himself to be a vampire by biting Che Quan. Che Quan escaped and returned to Room 201, where a scream sounded from the hallway.

• Che Quan discovered that the surveillance system showed Room 201, while Jiang Cong admitted he had destroyed the bathroom camera.
• Jiang Cong trapped Che Quan in the dark and explained that he had tampered with Che Quan’s medicine to weaken him temporarily.
• Che Quan asked why Jiang Cong targeted him, and Jiang Cong confessed that he liked him and demanded that Che Quan like him in return.
• Che Quan rejected Jiang Cong, who revealed his fangs and bit Che Quan’s shoulder, showing that he was a vampire.
• Che Quan regained his strength, escaped the hidden room, and returned to Room 201 as his flashlight went out and a scream came from the hallway.

Che Quan found Yu Yan’s body parts in the refrigerator in Room 302 and identified Jin Jiang as the person who had broken into the sealed apartment. At the police station, Jin Jiang was detained, and he told Che Quan that Yu Yan, Fu Na, and Xuan Shuhui had all studied medicine and specialized in dissecting corpses.

• Che Quan entered Room 302 and found Yu Yan’s body parts preserved in the refrigerator.
• Wu Yi and Yuan Rong arrived, and Che Quan told them the missing woman was inside the refrigerator.
• Che Quan told Yuan Rong that Jin Jiang had broken into the apartment, and the police took them both to the station.
• Che Quan learned Jin Jiang would be detained for five days and asked him which women in the building he liked.
• Jin Jiang told Che Quan that Yu Yan, Fu Na, and Xuan Shuhui had studied medicine and specialized in dissecting corpses.

Che Quan bargained with Wu Yi over what they knew about Zhang Bei’s connection to Yu Yan’s killer, then led him upstairs to find the suspected killer. On the fifth floor, they discovered Liao Zhiming murdered and heard a young woman crying for help inside Cui Tang’s apartment.

• Jin Jiang recalled finding a dissected stray cat in Yu Yan’s bathroom and praised her appearance despite his disgust.
• On the drive back, Che Quan asked Wu Yi about the investigation and traded his deduction about Zhang Bei’s threat for Wu Yi’s account of a torn note reading, “I know you killed Yu Yan.”
• Che Quan told Wu Yi he was taking him to the killer and continued past his own floor to the fifth floor.
• Che Quan and Wu Yi found Liao Zhiming dead in a pool of blood, with a knife wound across the back of his neck.
• Wu Yi heard a young woman calling for help from room 501, where Cui Tang lived, and cautiously approached its ajar door.

Che Quan and Wu Yi confronted Fu Na in the darkened Room 501 after Che Quan recognized her as the murderer. Fu Na revealed several surviving residents she planned to kill, while Che Quan began to expose her plan to frame someone else.

• Che Quan kicked Wu Yi away from an axe attack hidden above Room 501's doorway, and Wu Yi discovered the apartment's power had been cut.
• Che Quan refused to retreat and called out Fu Na as the murderer, leaving Wu Yi confused about how he had figured it out.
• Fu Na emerged from the darkness covered in blood and asked Che Quan how he knew she was the culprit.
• Che Quan asked who else in the building was alive, and Fu Na named the old woman, Zha Jia, Xuan Shuhui, Jin, and the two men as people she intended to kill.
• Che Quan said Fu Na had planned to use one more person as a scapegoat.

Che Quan exposed Fu Na as the killer, and she attacked him and Wu Yi before he kicked her down the stairs. Police arrested Fu Na, while Che Quan returned to Room 201 to recover from using his abilities, where a familiar voice suddenly spoke in the dark.

• Che Quan explained how the pickup-list check marks and other clues pointed to Fu Na, and revealed that she had hidden Cui Tang and used a mechanism to control the axe.
• Fu Na stabbed Wu Yi through the gun hand, kicked his gun away, and attacked Che Quan with a scalpel.
• Che Quan dodged Fu Na's attack and kicked her down the stairs, where she was injured by the fall and her own knife.
• Police arrived, arrested Fu Na, and took Wu Yi away for treatment, but he could not find Che Quan afterward.
• Che Quan returned to Room 201, exhausted from using his abilities, and heard a familiar young man's voice in the dark.

Che Quan recovered after Jiang Cong kissed him and let him taste his blood, while the police arrested Fu Na for the murders. As the apartment residents gathered to learn what had happened, Cui Tang recognized Che Quan from an auction room.

• Jiang Cong reminded Che Quan that the instance’s hint described a pervert who only laid hands on his beloved treasure, then kissed him despite Che Quan’s warning.
• Che Quan’s fangs pierced Jiang Cong’s lips, and he drank the blood before Jiang Cong kissed him back and assured him he would not be hurt.
• Che Quan left Room 201 and saw that Fu Na had been arrested and Cui Tang had been found bound and gagged in Room 501.
• Xuan Shuhui explained to Cui Tang that Fu Na had murdered a resident, tried to frame him, and been defeated by Che Quan.
• Cui Tang recognized Che Quan after Xuan Shuhui mentioned bidding on a life-saving treasure in his auction room.

Che Quan explained how Fu Na disguised herself as the strange man and used the murders to mislead the residents. Cui Tang began piecing together how Fu Na had killed Kang He, but Xuan Shuhui still did not understand the final clue.

• Cui Tang told Xuan Shuhui and Che Quan about the Heaven Ranking, and Che Quan found that he was tied for first place with Jiang Cong.
• Che Quan asked Xuan Shuhui whether Fu Na had approached her, and learned that Xuan Shuhui had refused to walk Fu Na home.
• Che Quan revealed that someone dressed like the strange man had pounded on his door, explaining that Fu Na had disguised herself to mislead the residents.
• Xuan Shuhui recalled seeing the disguised figure and realized Fu Na had intended to use her as a misleading witness.
• Cui Tang recalled being locked inside Fu Na's apartment after fixing her computer and asked Xuan Shuhui about the scene when Kang He fell, but she remained confused.

Cui Tang explained how Fu Na arranged Kang He's fall and accidentally gave Xuan Shuhui an alibi, but a newspaper revealed that the apartment's residents and two officers had been murdered years ago. As the building's ghosts emerged, Che Quan and the others prepared to fight, and Xuan Shuhui struck the charging Kang He with a frying pan.

• Cui Tang explained Fu Na's murder plan and why her call to the police gave Xuan Shuhui an alibi.
• Xuan Shuhui found a newspaper reporting that the residents of Building 4 and two officers had been murdered ten years earlier.
• Che Quan confirmed that Yuan Rong and Wu Yi were ghosts and asked Xuan Shuhui and Cui Tang whether they had weapons.
• Xuan Shuhui gave Che Quan and Cui Tang frying pans that could stun ghosts, while eerie sounds came from Room 202 and the floors above and below.
• Che Quan threw his frying pan into Room 202, and Xuan Shuhui swung hers at the charging, fatally injured Kang He.

Che Quan emerged from Room 202 after tearing apart the Weirdo Ghost, frightening the building’s ghosts into retreat. He found Yuan Rong and Wu Yi’s souls in Room 401, and the players cleared the Murder Apartment instance as dawn approached, with Xuan Shuhui receiving an astonishing 300,000 points from Che Quan.

• Xuan Shuhui and Cui Tang fought off the building’s ghosts until their strength began to fail and Yu Yan’s ghost lunged at Xuan Shuhui.
• Che Quan walked out of Room 202, and the ghosts froze and backed away after he had torn apart the Weirdo Ghost.
• Che Quan led Xuan Shuhui and Cui Tang to Room 401, where Yuan Rong’s and Wu Yi’s souls protected them from the surrounding ghosts.
• Police sirens sounded as pale light appeared in the sky, and the Instance System announced that the players had cleared the Murder Apartment and would soon be transported out.
• Che Quan apologized for losing Xuan Shuhui’s frying pan and sent her 300,000 points, astonishing her, Cui Tang, and the chat viewers.

After clearing the instance, Che Quan received his rewards, upgraded his dagger, and returned to Jiang Cong’s courtyard after Jiang Cong offered him his blood. A dream led Che Quan to suspect that he had met Jiang Cong as a child, and he confronted Jiang Cong about it when he came to feed him.

• Che Quan accidentally sent Xuan Shuhui 3,000,000 points, then returned from the instance and discovered his Inventory was full of rewards.
• Che Quan used ten Upgrade Crystals to upgrade his Bloodstained Silver Dagger into a Sharp Silver Dagger and remembered Jiang Cong’s gentle smile and kiss after he stabbed him.
• Che Quan returned to Jiang Cong’s courtyard after Jiang Cong offered to come whenever Che Quan wanted his blood.
• Che Quan dreamed of meeting a half-vampire silver-haired boy in a snowy carriage and realized the boy might have been Jiang Cong as a child.
• Che Quan summoned Jiang Cong for blood and asked whether he had seemed different when he was little, prompting Jiang Cong to ask if Che Quan remembered.

After Che Quan drank Jiang Cong's blood, he entered the Eerie Shadow Amusement Park Instance with a new group of players. The gates opened onto darkness, and the players began entering the park.

• Che Quan drank Jiang Cong's blood, then pushed him away when Jiang Cong's hands wandered; Jiang Cong left after Che Quan told him to go.
• The Instance System notified Che Quan that he would enter a new Instance, and ten minutes later he appeared before a strange double gate.
• Che Quan met the other players, including a couple, a resolute woman with a backpack, a camera-carrying young man, a confused girl, and a silver-haired man.
• The Instance System announced the start of the Eerie Shadow Amusement Park Instance, and the gate swung open to reveal darkness.
• The woman with the backpack entered first, followed by Che Quan and Jiang Cong; the boyfriend led Yueyue inside, while the young man hurried after them with the confused girl.

Che Quan and the group entered the Eerie Shadow Maze, received a park guide, and introduced themselves before the park opened. As the maze grew freezing cold, Ke Yue disappeared during a clothing change, then returned through a concealed door in the wall.

• A towering clown handed the group park guides listing seven attractions within the Eerie Shadow Maze and warned visitors to leave the maze alive.
• Ge Yue, Ke Yue, Cheng Yangze, Zhou Zi, Qu Yan, Che Quan, and Jiang Cong introduced themselves before the park entry time arrived.
• The lights changed to a cold white glow, and the group realized ice was forming as the temperature dropped.
• Qu Yan gave warm clothes to Ke Yue and Zhou Zi, and the group discussed what it might mean to leave the maze alive.
• Zhou Zi called for help when Ke Yue vanished, and Ge Yue accused her of causing Ke Yue's disappearance.
• Ke Yue emerged from a concealed door in the wall and explained that she had found it after losing her balance.

The group entered the hidden carousel attraction in the Eerie Shadow Amusement Park Instance and prepared to ride after reading its instructions. As the ride began, hidden ghosts appeared to the viewers, and Che Quan revealed that he could see and strike one of them.

• Cheng Yangze led the group through the hidden doorway and announced that the first check-in attraction was a carousel.
• In the dark passage, Jiang Cong kissed the back of Che Quan's neck, and Che Quan struck him with an elbow.
• Qu Yan read the carousel instructions, and Jiang Cong suggested that the group watch for changes in temperature.
• Cheng Yangze photographed the carousel, and the picture later revealed a white-eyed child sitting on every horse.
• The carousel warned Ke Yue and Ge Yue that only one person could ride each horse, forcing Ge Yue to take a nearby seat while a ghost clung to Ke Yue's back.
• Che Quan slapped a spectral child sitting backward on his horse, exposing its long tongue wrapped around the horse.

The group discovered that they could make the Eerie Shadow Children leave by handling them like misbehaving children, but each rider had to deal with the child on their own horse. After Ke Yue drove off the last child, the shortened Carousel ride began, leaving Jiang Cong watching Che Quan with interest.

• Che Quan frightened the Eerie Shadow Child on his horse into fleeing, and Jiang Cong advised the others to treat the children like ordinary children.
• Zhou Zi persuaded her child to leave, while Qu Yan lifted hers off and scolded it until it disappeared.
• When Ge Yue tried to remove the child clinging to Ke Yue, Cheng Yangze stopped him, warning that each rider had to deal with their own child.
• Ge Yue reminded Ke Yue of a time she had been mistreated, and she found the courage to grab the child and slam it against the horse until it vanished.
• The announcement shortened the Carousel ride to three minutes, and the group rode as it began moving.
• Jiang Cong watched Che Quan riding with a flicker of interest and ran his tongue over the corner of his lips.

The group completed the carousel check-in and crossed a glass walkway to reach the Ferris wheel, where they found ride rules warning them not to open their eyes or make sounds at the highest point. Qu Yan’s thermometer showed the temperature had risen six degrees, leaving the group to consider how they would handle the warning.

• After the carousel check-in, Qu Yan led the group toward the Ferris wheel, and Jiang Cong summoned a white-clad ghost to frighten the hesitant players across a glass walkway.
• Cheng Yangze spotted a nearby roller coaster, but Jiang Cong persuaded the group to stick to their route while Zhou Zi secretly signaled toward the tracks.
• The group arrived at the starry-themed Ferris wheel and read instructions stating that the ride lasted an hour and warning them to keep their eyes closed and make no sounds at its highest point.
• Qu Yan checked her thermometer and told the group that the ambient temperature had risen to six degrees.
• The group discussed why they might open their eyes or make sounds at the Ferris wheel’s highest point and considered how to follow the rule.

The group rode the Ferris wheel, using Jiang Cong’s hourglasses to know when it was safe to open their eyes. Cheng Yangze survived an encounter with the Wraiths and exited, while Ke Yue remained stopped at the top of the wheel, still waiting for her timer to run out.

• Jiang Cong gave the group hourglass timers and secretly gave Che Quan a rare purple one after Che Quan tried to refuse.
• The group boarded separate Ferris wheel cabins, and Cheng Yangze saw a crowd of Wraiths staring up at the riders.
• Cheng Yangze noticed his hourglass sand speeding up, sensed danger, and shut his eyes and mouth as a shrill cry sounded beside him.
• After the amusement park announcement told him to exit, Cheng Yangze left his cabin and waited for the others, relieved that the Wraiths had disappeared.
• Ke Yue’s cabin stopped at the top, and she sat motionless with her eyes shut, clutching her hourglass and listening for the sand to run out.

Ke Yue and the others survived the Ferris wheel ride, while Che Quan faced and easily defeated two Wraiths in his cabin. After Ke Yue recalled seeing something terrifying at the top, the group moved on to the roller coaster, where the brightly lit attraction greeted them with unsettling music.

• Ke Yue resisted opening her eyes when the Ferris wheel stopped at the top, and the hourglass bottle’s vibration helped her ignore frightening hallucinations until her cabin descended.
• Che Quan kept his eyes open at the top, where a Wraith mother and son attacked him; his blood-red flames drove them off and made them dissolve.
• Qu Yan told the group that the hourglass bottle had snapped her out of hallucinations, while Che Quan stored his unused purple hourglass in his virtual Inventory.
• Ke Yue crouched down trembling and said she thought she had seen something terrifying at the top, as Ge Yue comforted her and the others watched with concern.
• The group headed to the roller coaster, where colorful lights and cheerful but eerie music came on as they arrived.