Chapter Summaries

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.