Recaps

Li Xian identified Xu Loubai as a possible match for the name in the recording, then faced the danger of Xie Zhi sitting in front of him during class. He and Jiang Qiuyue avoided meeting her gaze, but Xie Zhi eventually stood up.

• Li Xian replayed the recording, realized the sound might be part of a given name, and identified Xu Loubai as the only student whose name fit.
• Li Xian and his group attended a lecture, where Xie Zhi sat in the seat directly in front of him just as class began.
• When Xie Zhi turned around during the lecture, Li Xian dropped his pen and ducked beneath the desk to avoid looking at her.
• Li Xian nudged Jiang Qiuyue, who spilled her pencil case and joined him in gathering the scattered objects without looking up.
• Xie Zhi tried to hand Jiang Qiuyue an eraser, then left it on her desk when Jiang Qiuyue avoided taking it directly.
• After Li Xian and Jiang Qiuyue pretended to fiddle with their pens until Xie Zhi faced forward, Xie Zhi stood up.

After He Tongtong died from encountering Xie Zhi, Li Xian reconsidered the clues about Xie Zhi’s resentment and suspected Deng Hanyu had lied. He went to Ji Xie’s office for Teacher Shang’s contact information, while an unseen watcher followed him.

• Xie Zhi asked why everyone ignored her, and He Tongtong froze and died just as Jia Ruiyao had.
• Zhai Shu told Li Xian and the others that He Tongtong was dead and recounted what Xie Zhi had said.
• Li Xian suspected Xie Zhi’s resentment targeted her classmates and concluded Deng Hanyu’s account might contain deliberate lies.
• Li Xian changed into women’s clothes and headed to the teaching building to get Teacher Shang’s contact information from Ji Xie.
• A furtive gaze followed Li Xian to Ji Xie’s office, where Ji Xie asked where Li Xian would put the number without any pockets.

Li Xian and Ji Xie staged an intimate scene to make Deng Hanyu believe they were flirting, but Ji Xie took the act too far. Li Xian hurried to meet Deng Hanyu at the sports field, arriving late and apologizing.

• Ji Xie tucked Teacher Shang's contact information into Li Xian's neckline and warned him that Deng Hanyu was outside the office.
• Li Xian sat on Ji Xie's lap to put on an act for Deng Hanyu, who filmed them through the door.
• Ji Xie turned their staged kiss into a deep kiss and slipped his hand beneath Li Xian's clothes before Deng Hanyu left.
• Li Xian stormed out of the office, wiped away his smudged lipstick, and realized he was late.
• Li Xian reached the sports field at 13:35 and apologized to Deng Hanyu, who said he had not waited long.

Deng Hanyu lured Li Xian into a secluded path and confronted him about his relationship with Teacher Ji, using a suggestive photo as leverage. He then showed Li Xian that a revealing picture of him had spread across the school forum and threatened to expose him.

• Li Xian tried to learn the identity of Xie Zhi's college best friend, but Deng Hanyu refused to discuss her further.
• Deng Hanyu led Li Xian onto a wooded path, grabbed his wrists, and demanded to know his relationship with Teacher Ji.
• Deng Hanyu showed Li Xian a suggestive photo of him sitting on Ji Xie's lap and accused him of pretending to be innocent.
• Deng Hanyu showed Li Xian a revealing photo posted on the school forum, where it had drawn widespread attention.
• Deng Hanyu warned Li Xian that exposing what kind of person he was could have consequences now that he had become famous at school.

Li Xian baited Deng Hanyu into revealing that he had helped ruin Xie Zhi by spreading rumors and planting a final exam paper in her bag. Deng Hanyu demanded Li Xian cooperate, but Li Xian’s question about his motive left the reason for his cruelty unexplained.

• Deng Hanyu threatened to destroy Li Xian’s reputation unless he did as he was told.
• Li Xian pretended to be frightened and asked whether Deng Hanyu had threatened Xie Zhi the same way.
• Deng Hanyu admitted he had stirred suspicion among their classmates and planted a final exam paper in Xie Zhi’s bag.
• Li Xian asked why Deng Hanyu had framed Xie Zhi, and Deng Hanyu said she had simply had bad luck.
• Deng Hanyu asked Li Xian for his answer after explaining himself.

Li Xian and his companions connected Xie Zhi’s crying to Xu Loubai and began searching for her, while Li Xian’s attempt to call Teacher Shang failed. The search led them to Room 312, whose door opened after they knocked.

• Li Xian avoided Deng Hanyu’s touch, asked for a day to think, and returned to the Dormitory after making sure he was not followed.
• Qian Chen played a recording in which Xie Zhi appeared to say “Loubai,” and Jiang Qiuyue identified Xu Loubai as a living student from their class.
• Li Xian told Jiang Qiuyue and Qian Chen about Deng Hanyu’s threat and suspected Xu Loubai had informed him about Xie Zhi’s feelings for a teacher.
• Li Xian tried calling Teacher Shang using the number Ji Xie had given him, but heard that the number was not in service.
• Li Xian, Jiang Qiuyue, and Qian Chen checked the missing dormitory keys, narrowed their search to six rooms, and knocked on Room 312.
• Someone opened the door of Room 312 after the three waited in the corridor.

Li Xian told Xu Loubai that Deng Hanyu had admitted to framing Xie Zhi, prompting Xu Loubai to reconsider what she had suspected about him. She began recounting how she had become close friends with Xie Zhi and why she had mistakenly thought Xie Zhi liked Teacher Shang.

• Xu Loubai initially tried to turn Li Xian and the others away, assuming they had come to ask her to stop Xie Zhi.
• Li Xian explained that they wanted to talk about Deng Hanyu, and Xu Loubai let them into her dormitory.
• Li Xian said he had overheard Deng Hanyu threaten a girl and admit that he had planted the exam paper in Xie Zhi's bag.
• Xu Loubai became agitated and said she had suspected Deng Hanyu was responsible, then urged Li Xian to tell her more.
• Xu Loubai recalled that Xie Zhi had struggled financially, worked hard, and become her close friend, and explained that her belief Xie Zhi liked Teacher Shang had only been an assumption.

Xu Loubai revealed how rumors and ostracism against Xie Zhi spread, and Li Xian uncovered signs that Deng Hanyu had helped set up the sightings that fueled them. As the group considered possible motives and unanswered questions, Li Xian noticed blood on Jiang Qiuyue’s hand and found it on Qian Chen too.

• Xu Loubai confessed that she had stayed silent while classmates ostracized Xie Zhi and even doubted her after exam papers were found in her bag.
• Li Xian learned that two boys who had witnessed Xie Zhi with Teacher Shang were Deng Hanyu’s roommates and had gone out with him before seeing her.
• Xu Loubai recalled that Deng Hanyu had missed his preferred major by one point, leading Li Xian to wonder whether Xie Zhi’s improved grades threatened his chance to transfer.
• Li Xian asked whether Xie Zhi and Teacher Shang had been involved and why Deng Hanyu had framed her, but Xu Loubai could not answer.
• Li Xian grabbed Jiang Qiuyue’s wrist, pointed out blood on her hand, and then found blood on Qian Chen’s hand as well.

Li Xian realized that invisible students might be spreading blood through the dormitory and persuaded Xu Loubai to stay alive until she could speak with Xie Zhi. After someone eavesdropped on them, Li Xian and the others fled, but their escape was not as clear as they had hoped.

• Li Xian noticed fresh blood on Jiang Qiuyue and Qian Chen and suspected that invisible students had stained them.
• Xu Loubai's face and hand became smeared with blood, and she said it was about time for her to die.
• Li Xian persuaded Xu Loubai to wait for a chance to explain things to Xie Zhi and agreed to watch over her that night.
• Li Xian and Xu Loubai decided to gather Xie Zhi and the others so they could confront what had happened together.
• After someone opened the dormitory door and disappeared, Li Xian concluded that a classmate had overheard them and led the group toward the exit.
• The group reached the first floor without seeing anyone chase them, but Qian Chen's relief proved premature.

Li Xian and his companions tried to escape the dormitory but were surrounded by classmates who called them traitors. Li Xian used his own blood to scare the crowd into releasing Xu Loubai, and they fled, while Zhai Shu warned that students were preparing to break into their room and had taken the spare keys.

• A student from Room 218 alerted the class group chat that Li Xian and his companions were traitors, and Li Xian, Qian Chen, and Jiang Qiuyue fought their way past two students guarding the entrance.
• Xu Loubai was caught as the group tried to escape, and a crowd arrived carrying weapons and accusing the four of betraying the class.
• When the crowd tried to tie them up, Li Xian cut the rope, slashed his palm, and smeared blood across a student's face.
• Li Xian threatened the short-sleeved student with his bloody hand until he released Xu Loubai, and the four escaped the dormitory.
• After they left, Li Xian read Zhai Shu's messages warning that students planned to smash the lock on their room and had taken all the spare keys to Room 103.

With their dorm rooms no longer safe, Li Xian arranged for a classmate whose face he had smeared with blood to help them get a key. He then led the others to the library to look for Deng Hanyu, after learning Deng might have Teacher Shang’s new phone number.

• Li Xian told Zhai Shu to act enthusiastic and offer to lead the Class 32 students to his group’s accommodation, while secretly helping them.
• Zhai Shu reported that the students had smashed the locks and put the keys under someone’s care, then offered the group the two spare beds in her room.
• Li Xian asked Zhai Shu to contact the classmate whose face he had smeared with blood and promised he could keep him from dying.
• The classmate contacted Li Xian and agreed to help him get a key, leaving Jiang Qiuyue, Qian Chen, and Xu Loubai astonished when Li Xian said the problem was handled.
• Li Xian asked Xu Loubai where Deng Hanyu might be, then learned the classmate had overheard Deng speaking by phone with someone who sounded like Teacher Shang.

Li Xian stole Deng Hanyu’s phone to find Teacher Shang’s number and discovered Shang was listed as Deng’s older cousin. After reaching Shang by phone, Li Xian learned that Shang believed Xie Zhi had returned to school and was doing well, leaving Li Xian wondering whether Shang knew she was dead.

• Li Xian distracted Deng Hanyu in the library, took his unlocked phone, and searched the contacts for Teacher Shang without success.
• Li Xian checked Deng Hanyu’s call history and memorized the number he had frequently called during the period before Teacher Shang resigned, saved as “Older cousin.”
• Li Xian returned the phone to the floor beside Deng Hanyu, and he found it and left the library without noticing it had been taken.
• Li Xian called the memorized number, confirmed he was speaking to Teacher Shang, and asked whether he remembered Xie Zhi.
• Teacher Shang apologized for his silence and asked whether Xie Zhi had returned to school and was doing well, prompting Li Xian to wonder if he knew she had died.

Li Xian persuaded Teacher Shang to come to the school and meet Xie Zhi, while keeping the plan secret from Deng Hanyu. At the south gate, Jiang Qiuyue's attempt to distract the guard failed, leaving Teacher Shang crouched outside and the group unsure how to get him in.

• Li Xian told Teacher Shang that Xie Zhi was doing very badly and convinced him to come to the school that day.
• Li Xian asked Teacher Shang not to tell anyone, especially Deng Hanyu, about the visit.
• Jiang Qiuyue questioned whether Teacher Shang could meet Xie Zhi that day, and Li Xian said he would keep him at the school once he arrived.
• Li Xian and Jiang Qiuyue waited near the south gate for Teacher Shang, who arrived by car.
• Jiang Qiuyue entered the guard booth to distract the guard, but he challenged her and refused to let her leave the school.

Li Xian and the others smuggled Teacher Shang into the school, then brought him to an almost-empty dorm room while hiding Xie Zhi’s death from him. Teacher Shang noticed that something was wrong and asked what had happened after he resigned.

• Jiang Qiuyue distracted the guard with a story while Li Xian helped Teacher Shang climb over the retractable gate.
• Teacher Shang fell face-first, drawing the guard’s attention, and Li Xian made it look as though he was trying to escape the school.
• The guard mistook Teacher Shang for a student, lectured the group for twenty minutes, and let them go without reporting them.
• Li Xian took Teacher Shang and Xu Loubai to an empty dorm room and told Teacher Shang they would look for Xie Zhi the next day.
• Teacher Shang noticed the empty building and unfamiliar belongings, then asked what had happened after he resigned.

Li Xian and Xu Loubai told Teacher Shang that Deng Hanyu had helped spread rumors about Xie Zhi, but a sudden power outage interrupted the conversation. Li Xian suspected the outage might be deliberate when he received a panicked message from the student who had gotten blood on himself.

• Teacher Shang took a call from Deng Hanyu, and Li Xian told him not to reveal that he was at the school.
• Li Xian learned that Deng Hanyu was Teacher Shang’s younger cousin, and Teacher Shang said Deng Hanyu was under heavy pressure from his parents.
• Xu Loubai accused Deng Hanyu of helping spread rumors and slander about Xie Zhi.
• The lights went out, and Li Xian determined that the dorm had lost power before considering whether the outage was deliberate.
• Li Xian received a message from the student who had gotten blood on himself, saying he could hear those things and asking what to do.

Li Xian prepared to use a recording to keep the Fly People away from the dorm, but after the neighboring room fell silent, someone picked his lock and stole his phone. He was left without the recording as the Fly People approached.

• Li Xian told Teacher Shang to hide in bed and sent the neighboring student instructions to play the recording at his door.
• A Fly Person struck the neighboring room’s door, then retreated after hearing the recording.
• Two screams came from next door, and Li Xian received a message saying, “I'm coming to find you now.”
• Li Xian heard buzzing outside his door, but someone picked the lock and seized his phone before he could play the recording.

Li Xian and the others faced a breach by the Fly People after his phone was stolen, while Xu Loubai tried to obtain Jiang Qiuyue’s recording. Li Xian ended up trapped on bed four with Xie Zhi, but stopped her from pushing him off by asking whether she wanted to see Teacher Shang.

• Li Xian braced the dormitory door against the Fly People and told Xu Loubai to get Jiang Qiuyue’s recording and play it.
• As the Fly People battered the door and Li Xian’s mental value fell, Teacher Shang helped him hold it shut while Xu Loubai waited for a reply.
• The Fly People broke in, and Li Xian climbed onto bed four and lay still as they swarmed beneath him.
• Xie Zhi appeared weeping at the foot of bed four, causing the Fly People to scatter and leaving Li Xian unable to move.
• Li Xian asked Xie Zhi whether she wanted to see Teacher Shang, then pointed out that he was below the bed.

Li Xian and Xu Loubai learned that Teacher Shang had helped Xie Zhi find tutoring work, while Xu Loubai told him how Xie Zhi had died. Li Xian revealed that Deng Hanyu might have engineered the rumors that drove her to suicide, but a scream from outside interrupted them.

• Xie Zhi fled the room, and Xu Loubai confirmed to Teacher Shang that Xie Zhi and the other students were dead.
• Xu Loubai told Teacher Shang that Xie Zhi had suffered worsening harassment after returning to school and had died by suicide.
• Teacher Shang denied the rumors and explained that he had arranged tutoring work for Xie Zhi and given her one ride because Deng Hanyu had told him about her financial struggles.
• Li Xian realized Deng Hanyu had set up Teacher Shang's contact with Xie Zhi and had likely orchestrated the rumors that led to her death.
• Li Xian asked Teacher Shang whether the events were connected to Deng Hanyu, and a scream from beyond the half-open door interrupted their conversation.

Li Xian discovered Deng Hanyu had been killing students to cover up the truth and pursued him through the school. Deng Hanyu was knocked unconscious on the stairs by an unseen person, leaving Li Xian to investigate who had intervened.

• Li Xian, Teacher Shang, and Xu Loubai found three dead students in the corridor and identified Deng Hanyu as the likely killer.
• Li Xian recovered his phone and saw Jiang Qiuyue's warning that the Fly People were searching the floor and had killed someone nearby.
• Li Xian photographed Deng Hanyu among the Fly People, then followed him as he tried to break into Jiang Qiuyue's dorm room.
• Li Xian kicked Deng Hanyu's knife away when Deng Hanyu spotted him, but Deng Hanyu escaped and ran downstairs.
• Deng Hanyu suddenly fell unconscious on the stair landing, and Li Xian heard a phone ringing downstairs after calling a number.

Li Xian and the others restrained Deng Hanyu and forced him to confess to framing Xie Zhi and manipulating Teacher Shang. After hearing the confession, Li Xian opened the door to reveal Xie Zhi and Teacher Shang listening outside.

• The others found Deng Hanyu unconscious, tied him to a chair, and questioned him after he woke.
• Deng Hanyu offered to help them get rid of Xie Zhi, but Li Xian and Qian Chen carried him to bed number four and demanded the truth.
• Deng Hanyu cursed at the group when they refused to cooperate with him, then confessed after Li Xian warned that time was running out.
• Deng Hanyu admitted he had arranged for Teacher Shang to tutor Xie Zhi, engineered rumors about them, planted a test paper in her bag, and lied to both of them.
• Li Xian opened the door and revealed Xie Zhi and Teacher Shang standing outside.

Xie Zhi and Teacher Shang apologized to each other, and Xie Zhi’s guilt finally eased. Li Xian realized Deng Hanyu had used Xie Zhi to target Teacher Shang, but when lights-out came, Fly People swarmed Deng Hanyu before he could explain why.

• Xie Zhi and Teacher Shang apologized, and Xie Zhi broke down in relieved tears.
• Teacher Shang asked Deng Hanyu why he had harmed Xie Zhi, and Deng Hanyu admitted he had been jealous of her.
• Li Xian noticed blood-red handprints covering Deng Hanyu’s skin and realized the marks did not rub off.
• Li Xian deduced that Deng Hanyu had targeted Teacher Shang and used Xie Zhi as a means to do so.
• Xie Zhi asked Teacher Shang to speak with her privately, and he left the room with her.
• At lights-out, Fly People swarmed Deng Hanyu, who screamed and fell from his chair.

Li Xian and the others fled the Fly People's deafening attack on Deng Hanyu, while Ji Xie secretly protected Li Xian and silenced the creatures. After Deng Hanyu recovered, he mistook Li Xian for Lin Yaoyao and threatened to ruin their reputations.

• The Fly People overwhelmed Deng Hanyu with buzzing, so Jiang Qiuyue and the others hurried out while Li Xian stayed behind.
• Ji Xie emerged from Li Xian's pocket, covered Li Xian's ears, and made the Fly People fall silent and retreat to the wall.
• Deng Hanyu freed himself from his loosened restraints and accused Li Xian of being Lin Yaoyao.
• Deng Hanyu threatened to ruin Li Xian and Ji Xie's reputations, and Ji Xie echoed Li Xian's unspoken thought that the beating might have made Deng Hanyu stupid.

Ji Xie forced Deng Hanyu to confess that he had targeted Teacher Shang out of resentment over years of comparisons and had chosen Xie Zhi as an easy scapegoat. Li Xian left before Deng Hanyu could reveal another reason, and after discovering a forum post with an audio recording, Deng Hanyu was left alone as Li Xian completed the clearance objective and encountered Xie Zhi.

• Ji Xie used his terrifying gaze to make Deng Hanyu confess that his parents' constant comparisons with Teacher Shang had driven him to ruin his cousin.
• Deng Hanyu admitted he had chosen Xie Zhi because her poverty and isolation made him think no one would defend her.
• When Deng Hanyu began to reveal another reason for choosing Xie Zhi, Li Xian stopped him and left the Dormitory with Ji Xie.
• Deng Hanyu found a trending school forum post with an audio recording on his phone, then stared at the hemp ropes on the floor.
• Li Xian crossed the dormitory building's threshold and received confirmation that the clearance objective, “Atonement,” was complete.
• Li Xian saw Xie Zhi under the moonlight and met her gaze while the other players backed away.

Li Xian let Xie Zhi decide whether to reveal Deng Hanyu’s motive, and she chose to spare Teacher Shang from feeling guilty. As Xie Zhi disappeared, Ji Xie’s question about liking someone received her answer, and the players cleared Mingyan University with its true ending and earned a fivefold reward multiplier for Li Xian’s streak.

• Li Xian showed Xie Zhi the unreleased recording about Deng Hanyu’s motive, and she deleted it rather than publish it.
• Xie Zhi told Li Xian she had thanked Teacher Shang for looking after her and had not confessed because she did not want to burden him.
• As Xie Zhi faded away, Ji Xie asked what it meant to like someone, and Xie Zhi answered that it meant not wanting him to get hurt.
• The Instance announced that Li Xian, Jiang Qiuyue, Qian Chen, and Zhai Shu had cleared Mingyan University with the true ending, Malice.
• The Instance awarded Li Xian a fivefold points multiplier for clearing five consecutive Instances with their true endings, and warned that the bonus would end if he failed to keep the streak.

Li Xian discovered that the Veil of Eternal Night showed him a memory of his parents discussing a dangerous project and what they should leave behind for him. The vision ended before he learned what the project was or what they planned to leave, and Ji Xie noticed his distress.

• After the Mingyan University instance closed, Jiang Qiuyue and the other players logged out, leaving Li Xian alone.
• Ji Xie sensed a fluctuation in one of Li Xian's inventory items and identified the Veil of Eternal Night as its source.
• The Veil of Eternal Night plunged Li Xian into a vision where he saw his parents, Li Yuanqing and Song Zhi, in an unfamiliar control room.
• Li Yuanqing argued that they should leave something for Li Xian because the project participants would likely die, while Song Zhi objected to burdening their son.
• Song Zhi agreed that Li Xian would seek answers on his own, but insisted he must be allowed to choose whether to take on the responsibility.
• The vision vanished, and Ji Xie asked Li Xian what was wrong.