Vol. 1Volume 1

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Chapters 1–50 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Uninhabited Village and School

Ji Xun led the players through the Uninhabited Village, uncovered how its monsters had taken over the villagers, and helped complete the quest. At the Headquarters Base, he entered a school instance with Yuan Ci and Su Rang, where campus ghosts and a growing number of deaths left the players searching for the source of the haunting.

  • Ji Xun joined Tang Cha and the other players on the bus to the Uninhabited Village, where the group found a child’s skeleton and learned that the villagers became monsters at night.
  • Ji Xun discovered A-Fei in the black river and learned that the child’s memories connected the monsters to the villagers’ missing children.
  • After Zhao Fu died from a scorpion sting, Ji Xun helped capture a Man-Snake, whose account revealed that monsters had eaten or taken over villagers.
  • Grandpa Jin led the players to the buried villagers, completing the quest, and A-Fei and the other dead villagers held back the monsters as the survivors escaped by bus.
  • At the Headquarters Base, Ji Xun learned his team had unlocked the village’s true ending, then entered the Jianshe Road Experimental Middle School instance with Yuan Ci and Su Rang.
  • The players encountered a murderous dorm supervisor, a looping staircase haunted by cutting strings, and other ghosts as the school’s supernatural dangers claimed players.
  • After Qian Fang died in the girls’ restroom, Wei Lin warned that a traitor was among the survivors, while Wang Kaile appeared alive and described a ghost in the bathroom.
  • Ji Xun and Yuan Ci warned the players to avoid mirrors, then went with Su Rang to Grade Two Class Three, where they found a red-dressed ghost beside a fan that had shredded students.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Mansion’s Hidden Truth

Ji Xun exposed the crimes at Experimental Middle School and helped the trapped students find rest before joining a mansion instance. He uncovered the mansion’s murders and confronted Deng Tianyu, while the surviving players cleared the instance by naming the Male Host as the killer.

  • Ji Xun freed the Red-Dress Ghost, helped restore Class Twelve’s dead students, and completed the school quest before leaving with Doctor Zhai.
  • Ji Xun returned to the Headquarters Base, declined Yuan Ci’s offer to join Dawn, and rescued Lu Jiancheng from the Temple before boarding the bus to Witch Forest.
  • Ji Xun, Tang Cha, Fang Rui, and Lu Jiancheng entered the mansion, where the system tasked players with identifying the mistress’s killer.
  • Ji Xun’s group avoided the Cook’s food and investigated the household, finding evidence of an affair between the Male Host and the Maid as players died in the mansion.
  • Ji Xun and his companions found seven marriage contracts, discovered that Katherine had outlived several husbands, and identified her disguised likeness in the portraits.
  • Ji Xun and the others rescued players driven into violent or suicidal behavior during the night, then gathered to share clues the next morning.
  • Ji Xun and Deng Tianyu searched a hidden kitchen passage, where Ji Xun encountered a vision of black mushrooms and realized Deng Tianyu had set a trap.
  • Ji Xun accused Deng Tianyu of poisoning Wan Mingfei and misleading Xu Xingfa, found the Maid and Mr. Lin’s bodies with a notebook, and helped players clear the instance by naming the Male Host as the killer.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read