Recaps

Li Qing watched a stunt double die during filming and learned that the King of Hell had originally come for Yu Xiaohe. He suspected Yu Xiaohe was the Dungeon Instance’s intended final boss, a Vengeful Ghost, rather than Bai Cha.

• Gong Yao told Li Qing that a voice in his head urged him to watch Li Qing closely, while Li Qing said a voice warned him to stay away from Gong Yao.
• At the Rooftop, Yu Xiaohe grew too frightened to perform the fall scene, so the production chose her stunt double instead.
• The safety air cushion failed, and the stunt double died after falling onto the concrete below.
• The King of Hell told Li Qing that he had meant to take Yu Xiaohe, who could have become the world’s only Vengeful Ghost.
• Li Qing concluded that Yu Xiaohe, not the suspicious Bai Cha, might be the player identity tied to the Dungeon Instance’s anomaly and its final boss.

After a stunt double’s death, filming continued while Li Qing watched the players’ livestreams and noticed Bai Cha’s unusual attention to him and Gong Yao. The King of Hell returned to claim He Li for his performance quota, but Bai Cha halted the dangerous car scene and Director Li sent Li Qing to inspect the props.

• The cast filmed the aftermath of Yu Xiaohe’s death, then moved on to scenes set five years later.
• Li Qing monitored the players’ livestreams and saw that Bai Cha’s channel was unavailable while the other players’ streams were active.
• Gong Yao and Bai Cha came to watch He Li and Meng Tian’s scene, and Li Qing noticed Bai Cha repeatedly watching him and Gong Yao.
• The King of Hell appeared beside Li Qing and insisted that He Li counted toward his performance quota.
• As He Li prepared to drive at Meng Tian, a girl’s voice came through the car speakers, and Bai Cha stopped filming to request a prop check.
• Director Li agreed and ordered Li Qing to inspect the props.

Li Qing narrowly escaped an explosion when Gong Yao pushed him out of danger, and the King of Hell collected another soul instead of his intended target, He Li. After the shoot was halted, Li Qing went into the city to eat and monitor the players, where the King of Hell appeared to urge him back.

• Gong Yao called Li Qing over to talk, while Meng Tian went to check on He Li.
• Gong Yao shoved Li Qing out of the way as the prop car exploded, injuring crew members and killing another person.
• The King of Hell admitted the dead person had not been his target and said He Li had been in danger; Li Qing submitted an urgent request for the Technical Team to investigate Bai Cha's history.
• Director Li halted filming, but he and the investors decided to publicize the fatal accident and continue the shoot.
• Li Qing went into the city, ordered a restaurant's entire menu, and watched the players' livestreams while arguing with viewers in the chat.
• The King of Hell emerged from Li Qing's plate and told him to return because he was close to meeting his quota.

He Li became convinced that An Ya had taken Meng Tian’s leading role and secretly poisoned a cup of coffee, while Li Qing watched without intervening. After Bai Cha accused Li Qing of knowing about the poison, Li Qing questioned how Bai Cha knew, then wondered why Bai Cha seemed so hostile toward him.

• Meng Tian sat with He Li and let him look at her annotated script, prompting him to realize An Ya had taken her leading role and to turn against An Ya.
• Li Qing watched He Li secretly pour something into a cup of coffee while the King of Hell circled him.
• He Li collided with Bai Cha and spilled hot coffee, then hurried away with the poisoned cup among the broken ones.
• Bai Cha accused Li Qing of seeing He Li poison the coffee, and Li Qing asked how Bai Cha knew about it.
• Gong Yao suggested Bai Cha might be jealous of Li Qing, but Li Qing dismissed the explanation and left.

Li Qing realized the King of Hell had targeted him after a rigged cleaver nearly killed him, but he dodged and survived. When Gong Yao became trapped in a rapidly descending elevator, Li Qing ran toward the control room and found Yu Xiaohe there.

• Gong Yao told Li Qing he suspected He Li had tampered with An Ya's coffee, and Li Qing admitted he had noticed something wrong with it.
• During filming at the Family Supermarket, a cleaver flew toward Li Qing, who shifted aside and avoided being struck.
• Li Qing learned the King of Hell had intended to kill him because the actors had been difficult targets.
• Gong Yao entered an elevator to film a claustrophobia scene, but it shot to the forty-fourth floor and began plunging downward.
• Li Qing ran toward the elevator control room and saw Yu Xiaohe close its door.

Li Qing confronted Yu Xiaohe about her identity as Qin Lian and the revenge she was struggling to pursue, then affirmed that the choice was hers. After they encountered Gong Yao, his manager suspected Yu Xiaohe of causing the elevator accident and demanded security footage.

• Li Qing revealed that Yu Xiaohe had once been Gong Yao's classmate, Qin Lian, and learned that she was torn between revenge and her feelings about who Gong Yao had become.
• Li Qing told Yu Xiaohe she was free to choose whether to be kind, then helped her to her feet.
• Li Qing and Yu Xiaohe encountered Gong Yao, who thanked them for saving him, while Li Qing clarified that Gong Yao had simply been lucky.
• Gong Yao's manager questioned Li Qing and Yu Xiaohe about the empty elevator control room and suggested Yu Xiaohe might have caused the malfunction.
• Gong Yao proposed checking the security footage to determine whether Yu Xiaohe had been in the control room.

Li Qing helped conceal Yu Xiaohe’s role in the production incidents while Gong Yao accepted that the broken surveillance cameras meant the incidents might have been caused by people rather than ghosts. After filming, Li Qing received the Technical Team’s report that Bai Cha had a normal identity and was in his first Dungeon Instance, along with advice to pursue a goal as production assistant Li Qing.

• Li Qing signaled Yu Xiaohe that the surveillance system would probably be broken, and Gong Yao later confirmed that the cameras had indeed failed.
• Gong Yao explained that he had used his sturdy dagger to pry open the elevator doors and escape with the cameraman.
• Gong Yao suggested that the filming incidents might have been man-made, arguing that people were easier to deal with than ghosts.
• Li Qing left the filming group to eat and read the Technical Team’s message about Bai Cha’s normal identity and first Dungeon Instance.
• Technician Zhang Qin advised Li Qing to create a goal for himself as a production assistant and integrate into the players’ story.

Li Qing decided to pose as someone with a secret crush on Yu Xiaohe so he could move around the dungeon and help her take revenge. After telling Bai Cha that Yu Xiaohe was his target, Li Qing saw his own face appear in Gong Yao's livestream.

• Li Qing settled on acting as Yu Xiaohe's secret admirer and watched He Li's livestream to study how to behave.
• Li Qing noted He Li's violent fixation on An Ya and his spying on Meng Tian as examples of secret-crush behavior.
• Li Qing watched Bai Cha dine with a middle-aged man, then confronted him about his reluctance and his interest in Gong Yao.
• Bai Cha questioned Li Qing's identity and asked why Gong Yao had changed around him.
• Li Qing told Bai Cha that he was not targeting Gong Yao and claimed to have a secret crush on Yu Xiaohe.
• A hooded passerby stared at Li Qing in surprise as Li Qing saw his own face in Gong Yao's livestream.

Li Qing sought Gong Yao’s advice on pursuing Yu Xiaohe, then tried to comfort her when she questioned her actions in the control room. The next day, a dangerous scene began with Bai Cha choking An Ya, and the chapter left An Ya struggling for breath while the director urged them to continue filming.

• Gong Yao gave Li Qing a long list of ways to pursue Yu Xiaohe, and Li Qing immediately used his phone to watch her hotel room.
• Yu Xiaohe told Li Qing that she felt unlike herself in the control room and could barely remember what had happened there.
• Li Qing tried to comfort Yu Xiaohe, but she remained confused before her manager took her to the morning shoot.
• Bai Cha and An Ya began filming a scene in which Bai Cha attacked her, and he choked her while the director called the performance realistic and told them to keep going.

Gong Yao interrupted Bai Cha strangling An Ya, but the crew’s excuses and An Ya’s violent retaliation left the room in chaos. Li Qing suggested Bai Cha was jealous of An Ya, and Bai Cha reacted with visible hatred.

• Li Qing watched as the crew stood by while Bai Cha strangled An Ya, until Tao Lele and Gong Yao returned and Gong Yao pulled Bai Cha away.
• Meng Tian and He Li claimed a ghost had possessed them, while Li Qing remained silent and Gong Yao questioned why no one had intervened.
• An Ya slapped Bai Cha repeatedly and attacked him with a lamp, accusing him and Meng Tian of conspiring against her.
• Gong Yao asked why Bai Cha would try to kill An Ya, and Li Qing asked whether Bai Cha was jealous of her.
• Bai Cha glared at Li Qing and trembled in response to the accusation.

Bai Cha and An Ya's fight exposed the resentment and secrets simmering among the film crew, while Gong Yao and Li Qing overheard Meng Tian directing Yu Xiaohe to fuel their conflict. Gong Yao warned Li Qing to be careful, but avoided asking why Li Qing had watched Bai Cha attack An Ya.

• An Ya accused Bai Cha of using his looks and wealthy patrons to advance, and Bai Cha attacked her until Gong Yao and Tao Lele separated them.
• Director Li asked Li Qing to clear the set, while Gong Yao followed him and tried to get him to offer comfort.
• Gong Yao pulled Li Qing into the Tool Room to hide from Yu Xiaohe, and they overheard Meng Tian order Yu Xiaohe to collect evidence linking An Ya and Gong Yao and show it to Bai Cha.
• Gong Yao concluded that the film crew members were not as simple as they seemed and warned Li Qing to be careful.
• Gong Yao admitted he had considered asking why Li Qing watched Bai Cha attack An Ya, but said he did not want to test his own heart.

During filming, Li Qing was injured when a ladder collapsed, and the police identified He Li as the culprit behind the switched prop jars. Li Qing realized the jars had targeted An Ya, while the broken ladder had been meant for him.

• An Ya filmed a supermarket scene in which Li Qing dropped a jar of jam, but he fell when the ladder's screw snapped and the shelves crashed down.
• Gong Yao rushed to Li Qing, and An Ya demanded an investigation after discovering the jars were real glass.
• Gong Yao agreed to call the police, who identified He Li from surveillance footage.
• He Li admitted switching the jars to avenge Meng Tian, and the police took him away.
• Li Qing told Gong Yao that the jars were meant for An Ya, but the broken ladder had been intended to hurt him.

Li Qing watched Meng Tian’s final scene turn deadly when the ghost Yu Xiaohe appeared and Meng Tian was electrocuted in the bathtub. The King of Hell collected the ghostly figure as Li Qing watched the livestream go dark.

• Gong Yao comforted An Ya after her argument with Meng Tian, while Li Qing noticed Meng Tian and Yu Xiaohe secretly taking a photo of them.
• The group learned that He Li had gone mad in detention, and Meng Tian worried about the consequences of having incited him.
• Gong Yao asked Li Qing to watch over the set, and Li Qing agreed before Meng Tian filmed her final scene.
• Yu Xiaohe’s ghost appeared to Meng Tian during the bathtub scene, frightening her into pulling a power cord into the water.
• Meng Tian was electrocuted and sank beneath the water as the crew mistook the scene for a successful take.
• The King of Hell emerged from the bathroom dragging a white figure while Li Qing watched the livestream go dark.

After Meng Tian was electrocuted, the crew suspended filming and the players left the hotel, leaving Li Qing unsure how the dungeon would continue. While he waited there, an urgent system message summoned him to resolve the players’ departure and restore the plot.

• The investigation found that an electrician had connected the dummy outlet and a broken voltage tester failed to reveal the danger that killed Meng Tian.
• Gong Yao confronted the director and assistant director for wanting to cover up the deaths, and Tao Lele persuaded the investor to suspend filming.
• Bai Cha, Yu Xiaohe, and Gong Yao left the hotel after speaking with Li Qing, while Yu Xiaohe said she had not decided about the matter Li Qing had raised.
• Li Qing checked the dungeon status, saw that the film shoot remained in progress, and stayed at the hotel while the other players were gone.
• An urgent system message told Li Qing that the players had gone beyond the dungeon script and asked him to bring the plot back on track.

Li Qing received an assignment to fix the dungeon instance bug by getting the players back to filming, and used the Admin Backend to send warnings that the game was not over. The warnings reached the actors as Bai Cha tried to flee, while Yu Xiaohe realized she still had to face her past as Qin Lian.

• Li Qing read Zhang Qin's urgent request to get the players back before the dungeon instance erased their data, then checked the actors' livestreams and learned Bai Cha had booked an international flight.
• Li Qing used the Admin Backend to send messages telling the actors that the game was not over and urging them to return.
• Gong Yao heard a sinister voice through his speakers and received a call from Tao Lele asking whether he had gotten Meng Tian's Ghost Calls.
• An Ya smashed her phone, saw a blood-red message accusing her of killing Meng Tian, and heard the voice tell her to come back.
• Yu Xiaohe realized she could not put her past as Qin Lian behind her while two people remained to remind her of it.
• Bai Cha rejected his assistant's demand to return for filming and packed to escape, while a mechanical voice in his head ordered him back to the set.

The remaining cast resumed filming after Meng Tian's death, while Li Qing spoke with Yu Xiaohe about her decision not to act against Gong Yao. The chapter ended with Bai Cha returning to the hotel after trying to flee the set.

• Tao Lele was arrested and revealed that Yu Xiaohe had confessed her feelings to Gong Yao before her death, while An Ya learned the news and went to tell Gong Yao.
• The four actors discussed the messages from Meng Tian and agreed to keep filming until they understood what their enemy wanted.
• Yu Xiaohe met Li Qing and said she could not bring herself to act against Gong Yao or remind him of the past.
• Li Qing reassured Yu Xiaohe that she could choose what to do, then noticed Bai Cha arriving at the hotel.
• Bai Cha removed his sunglasses and looked toward Li Qing through the café window.

As filming reached its final scene, a car’s brakes failed while Gong Yao and An Ya were driving across a bridge. Li Qing confronted Bai Cha about his repeated involvement in the film and predicted Gong Yao would survive, while Gong Yao and An Ya jumped from the speeding car and a dump truck bore down on him.

• After Tao Lele died in jail, An Ya told Gong Yao that Tao Lele had fabricated Yu Xiaohe and caused the recent deaths, and Gong Yao saw the white-dressed ghost vanish.
• Gong Yao and An Ya began filming their road trip, but their car’s brakes failed and it accelerated toward a blocked road.
• Li Qing challenged Bai Cha about having worked with Gong Yao on The King of Hell Is Here repeatedly, and Bai Cha demanded to know who Li Qing was.
• Gong Yao told An Ya to jump from the car and assured her they would both survive, then counted them down as they leapt out.
• An Ya landed safely and warned Gong Yao as a dump truck roared toward the spot where he was about to land.

After the film wrapped, Gong Yao and the cast gathered at a banquet, where Li Qing exposed An Ya and Bai Cha’s roles in the scandal targeting Gong Yao. Bai Cha hinted that everything would start over as a burning smell reached the hall.

• The cast watched the completed film, and Gong Yao recalled narrowly escaping a dump truck during filming and fracturing his arm.
• At the wrap party, Gong Yao joked that he could see the demons in people’s hearts as news arrived that He Li had jumped from a building and public backlash was growing.
• Gong Yao’s manager showed him a scandalous photo of him with a white-haired young man, and Li Qing deduced that An Ya had sent it to Bai Cha.
• Yu Xiaohe admitted she had taken photos under Meng Tian’s threats, while An Ya acknowledged using Yu Xiaohe and Bai Cha.
• Bai Cha said that if he could not have what he wanted, he would destroy everything and start another round, just as the smell of burning spread through the banquet hall.

As fire trapped the banquet guests, Li Qing confronted Bai Cha, whose plan to kill everyone unraveled when An Ya attacked him. Director Li announced the film’s wrap, activating several systems, and An Ya escaped through a window while Gong Yao stayed with Li Qing.

• Bai Cha revealed that he had started the fire to end the game and kill everyone, while the guests found the exits locked and the safety equipment broken.
• Bai Cha attacked Li Qing, who deduced that Bai Cha had spent system points on his revenge, but An Ya kicked Bai Cha away and beat him.
• Li Qing told Gong Yao that the fire would reach them before the Dungeon Instance settled, then asked whether filming had officially wrapped.
• Gong Yao and An Ya urged Director Li to announce the wrap, and he did so as the fire continued to spread.
• The wrap announcement activated several systems, and An Ya revealed a ruthless side before smashing a window and jumping out.
• Gong Yao went to Li Qing, who remained by the window as the trapped crowd faced the fire.

Li Qing helped Gong Yao and the others stop a fire in the building by repairing the fire suppression system while Tao Lele and Yu Xiaohe opened its control valves. After the survivors escaped immediate danger, Yu Xiaohe resolved to keep trying to be kind, and Li Qing was left alone with Bai Cha.

• Gong Yao asked Li Qing to help the people trapped in the banquet hall, and Li Qing used the office computer to identify the disabled fire-control valves.
• Tao Lele descended by safety rope and Yu Xiaohe flew down with Butterfly Wings to open the valves, while Gong Yao dramatically slid down the building with two Black Longswords.
• Li Qing restored the fire suppression system, and sprinklers throughout the building doused the flames and soaked the people in the banquet hall.
• Tao Lele and Yu Xiaohe returned to the banquet hall, then Yu Xiaohe thanked Li Qing and decided to keep holding on to her kindness like Gong Yao.
• Yu Xiaohe left to find Gong Yao as firefighters arrived, and Li Qing turned to face the numb, despondent Bai Cha.

Li Qing and Zhang Qin investigated how Bai Cha, an NPC from instance B0021, had become a player and survived as a system host. As F00023 recounted meeting Bai Cha, Li Qing watched him in a preservation tank, admitted he had enjoyed the assignment, and left after ordering Bai Cha’s memories of him erased.

• Li Qing and Zhang Qin concluded that Bai Cha had escaped his original instance’s fate, become a player, and caused B0021’s player-count error and abnormal deaths.
• Zhang Qin activated F00023, which called him Dad and enthusiastically praised Li Qing before explaining how it had made Bai Cha its host.
• Li Qing watched Bai Cha in the preservation tank and wondered how an NPC had developed emotions beyond his code.
• Zhang Qin teased Li Qing about his interest in Bai Cha, and Li Qing asked for Bai Cha and F00023 to have their memories of him deleted before he left.
• Zhang Qin asked whether Li Qing had enjoyed the assignment, and Li Qing quietly agreed.

Li Qing entered the malfunctioning D0129-Miraculous Healing dungeon instance to investigate an abnormal settlement error and found one player had been trapped there for thirty-one days. After posing as a patient, he encountered Director Yuan Shiyan, and the system identified abnormal energy fluctuations in the director's office.

• Li Qing checked Gong Yao's status before Zhang Qin teleported him to the D0129-Miraculous Healing dungeon instance.
• Li Qing arrived at the run-down clinic, found that its settlement function still could not end, and discovered one player had remained in the instance for thirty-one days.
• Li Qing entered the clinic and followed the security guard upstairs to Director Yuan Shiyan's office.
• Li Qing claimed he had chest tightness, stomach pain, and difficulty breathing, but Yuan Shiyan said he appeared perfectly healthy.
• Li Qing felt revulsion as Yuan Shiyan approached him with a stethoscope, and the system alerted him to abnormal energy fluctuations and located the error source.

Li Qing identified Yuan Shiyan as the source of the Dungeon Instance’s anomaly and learned that he possessed the cheat ability X-Ray Vision. After Li Qing applied to have the cheat confiscated, a woman accused Yuan Shiyan of killing her son, leaving Li Qing questioning how his ability had failed.

• Li Qing confirmed Yuan Shiyan was the anomaly, posed as a medical intern, and learned he was assigned the afternoon shift.
• Yuan Shiyan used his X-Ray Vision to inspect Li Qing, then plotted to devour him and profit from his livestream audience.
• Li Qing’s system analyzed Yuan Shiyan’s X-Ray Vision, and Li Qing submitted a request to confiscate the ability.
• A woman accused Yuan Shiyan of killing her son after treating him, while clinic staff and security guards watched without intervening.
• Yuan Shiyan appeared on the second-floor stairs, exchanged a meaningful look with Li Qing, and returned to his office.

Li Qing treated a patient and examined old medical records, discovering that Gong Yao’s previous team had achieved a perfect survival rate. The Administrator Console loaded a new group of players, and Li Qing saw Gong Yao arrive at the hospital.

• Li Qing prescribed medicine for Granny Liu using the patient information on the computer.
• Li Qing found records showing that earlier players had made many incorrect prescriptions, causing patients to die and become nighttime emergencies.
• Li Qing discovered Gong Yao’s signature on a record with a correct prescription and found that his group’s records showed no incorrect night-shift prescriptions.
• The Administrator Console announced that more players had loaded into the dungeon instance.
• Li Qing watched a medical support bus bring new players to the hospital and recognized Gong Yao among them.

Chen Mo, Gong Yao, and Yan Ming arrived at the hospital and received their work assignments, while Yuan Shiyan tried to assert authority over them. Gong Yao joined Li Qing in the dormitory and asked to trade information, but seemed genuinely confused when Li Qing said he had cleared the Dungeon Instance before.

• Yuan Shiyan introduced himself as the director and told Chen Mo, Gong Yao, and Yan Ming to check their work schedules and report for their shifts.
• Gong Yao learned he had a night shift in Room 201 and asked the security guard to let him share a dorm room with Li Qing.
• Chen Mo sent Yan Ming back to his own room and criticized him for being afraid of the D-Rank Dungeon Instance.
• Gong Yao left to visit Li Qing, while Chen Mo guessed he was going to see his lover.
• Gong Yao greeted Li Qing and asked whether they could trade information, but he denied having cleared the Dungeon Instance before.