Chapter Summaries

Liang Zhengjie stole medicine from an injured newcomer, accidentally suffocated her, and then spent all the points on her stolen Points Card. With the park closing soon and no points of his own, he faced elimination that day.

• Liang Zhengjie sprang from a roadside bench and stole medicine from a female player who had just left the Carousel.
• Liang Zhengjie pinned the injured woman beneath him as he used the medicine, accidentally suffocating her.
• Liang Zhengjie finished treating his own wounds, searched the dead woman's body for her Points Card, and spent all her points at a food cart.
• The watching players realized Points Cards could be stolen, but reconsidered targeting Mitian after seeing his sharp gaze.
• The players saw that the amusement park would soon close, leaving Liang Zhengjie with zero points and certain to lose the day's elimination.

Players gathered at the Central Plaza for the nightly rankings after buying food and saving enough points to survive elimination. Bo Yi noticed an inconsistency in the Carousel’s player count and questioned where the extra player had come from.

• Hungry players bought meals and water from the food cart, while Bo Yi declined Mitian’s offer to eat before the ranking ceremony.
• Mr. "Clown" summoned the visitors to the Central Plaza, where the electronic screen showed fifty-two players remaining and ten players due to be eliminated.
• The players realized that deaths during the day had left fewer than half of the original hundred alive.
• Bo Yi calculated that forty-one players from the second batch had entered the Carousel, even though it could only take ten players at a time.
• Bo Yi asked where the extra player among those forty-one had come from.

Bo Yi realized that Liang Zhengjie had earned points without riding an attraction after killing a player and taking the dead player's Points Card, revealing that players could gain points by preying on one another. As the Clown began eliminating the lowest-ranked players, Bo Yi understood that the morning rankings had been shown to encourage this violence.

• The players compared the rankings and noticed that someone in the second group had gained points without apparently riding the Carousel or pirate ship.
• Liang Zhengjie excitedly announced that he had points, and the players realized he had gained 50 without taking part in a game after killing a newcomer and taking the Points Card.
• Bo Yi concluded that the Instance was tempting players to kill each other rather than risk deadly attractions.
• The Clown selected ten lowest-ranked players for elimination while the others watched without intervening.
• Bo Yi realized the Clown had gathered everyone that morning to show the rankings and set this plan in motion.

Players discovered that Safe House prices had doubled to 40 points, leaving many who had spent points on food and water unable to afford shelter. As night began, Bo Yi and Mitian anticipated a more dangerous hunt because players could now earn points by killing one another.

• A player’s attempt to enter Safe House 013 failed because he had only 30 points, and another player paid 40 points to open its door.
• Players at other Safe Houses discovered that the nightly price had risen from 20 points to 40, and many regretted spending points during the day.
• Bo Yi and Mitian stayed in their previous Safe House, where Bo Yi watched the distressed players from a window.
• Bo Yi warned that the night would be dangerous because more dead players had become pursuers and players could now gain points by killing other players.

After the latest ranking update, Bo Yi and the other players realized that more eliminations—and possibly betrayal—were imminent. Bo Yi led the first group toward the Haunted House, where five players were turned away by its capacity limit and set off to find a team, hearing a commotion ahead.

• Bo Yi saw that the number of players had fallen from 42 to 33, with five players from the second group dead and all four players from the third group gone.
• Mr. "Clown" hinted that the players would soon meet him, while suspicious players began eyeing others for points.
• The first-group players asked Bo Yi which attraction to try, and he chose the Haunted House.
• Five players were denied entry when the Haunted House reached capacity, so they left to look for other players to team up with.
• The five players heard a commotion nearby and raised their heads, surprised by what they seemed to find.

Five players discussed how to survive while the lower-ranked players hunted for points, and the bespectacled player explained that killing transferred a victim’s points to the killer. He proposed a new target, leaving the group poised to act.

• Five players watched a lower-ranked player pursue and attack another player, then discussed the growing threat from players hunting for points.
• The group worried that the bottom ten players might target them after running out of lower-ranked victims.
• The bespectacled player explained that players inherited the points held by anyone they killed, citing Liang Zhengjie as an example.
• The bespectacled player urged the group to avoid killing players below them and instead overtake the ten players already inside the attractions.
• The bespectacled player claimed he had a suitable target in mind.

A bespectacled player persuaded a group to target Bo Yi, whom he saw as an easy way to gain points, but killed the muscular player when he refused to join the plan. He took the dead player’s Points Card and led the remaining three toward Bo Yi.

• The bespectacled player proposed targeting Bo Yi, arguing that Mitian had protected him and that his points would make a valuable prize.
• The muscular player refused, suspecting the bespectacled player had ulterior motives and warning that he could act alone if the plan were so safe.
• The bespectacled player stabbed the muscular player, then called on the other three players to help kill him by warning that he might tell Mitian.
• The four players killed the muscular player, and the bespectacled player took his Points Card.
• The bespectacled player led the remaining three players to find Bo Yi as their chosen prey.

Bo Yi and Mitian searched the amusement park for the clown but found no trace of it. When Mitian went to buy food, the bespectacled man and three other players ambushed Bo Yi, who swiftly defeated them all.

• Ten players emerged alive from the Haunted House, and the bespectacled man envied their success.
• The bespectacled man and three players followed Bo Yi and Mitian for two hours, waiting for them to separate.
• Mitian left Bo Yi on a bench to look for food while Bo Yi wondered whether the clown would appear once only ten players remained.
• The bespectacled man and the others attacked Bo Yi, but he disarmed and incapacitated all four within seconds.
• Bo Yi crouched before the bespectacled man and asked who had been riding whose coattails.

After Bo Yi defeated the four players who tried to ambush him, the bespectacled man murdered his injured companion and stole his Points Card to avoid falling to the bottom. At the evening rankings, he could not find his name among the top ten and realized he might be eliminated.

• Bo Yi beat the four players who had tried to ambush him, and they fled without earning any points.
• The bespectacled man blamed the injured player for reminding him that he could fall to the bottom, then stabbed him and took his Points Card.
• The bespectacled man hid until the evening assembly, where he counted only twenty players and worried that the rankings would place him near the bottom.
• Mr. Clown announced the final rankings, and the bespectacled man searched the list but could not find his name among the top ten.

The man in glasses challenged the rankings after discovering his points were lower than he expected, but Mr. "Clown" revealed that the points from the player he and three others attacked had been split among them. The final elimination killed the bottom ten players, leaving the amusement park’s top ten point scorers.

• The man in glasses showed three Points Cards and demanded a recount, revealing that he had killed two players.
• Two players realized the man in glasses had claimed the muscular player’s points for himself, while other players noticed their rankings showed more points than their cards.
• Mr. "Clown" played surveillance footage of the ambush and explained that the muscular player’s points had been divided among the attackers.
• The man in glasses realized that killing the player with the sprained ankle had cost him a chance to escape the bottom ten.
• Mr. "Clown" began the final elimination, and the bottom ten players, including the man in glasses, were killed, leaving the top ten scorers.

After the point-ranking game ended, Mr. "Clown" announced that the final ten players would face a trial game of hide-and-seek, with surveillance feeds of the entire amusement park displayed on screens throughout the grounds. Bo Yi and the other players were left wondering where they could hide while the park was under surveillance.

• Mr. "Clown" celebrated the top ten and gave all players free Safe House lodging for the night, making them suspect the final test would be dangerous.
• The next morning, Bo Yi and the other players found new dark screens installed around the amusement park and gathered in the Central Plaza.
• Mr. "Clown" arrived beneath a huge bunch of balloons, set off a burst of colorful streamers, and congratulated the ten finalists.
• Mr. "Clown" lit the screens to show surveillance footage from across the park and announced that the trial game was hide-and-seek.
• One hot-tempered player swore at the announcement as the players wondered how they could hide with the park under surveillance.

Mr. "Clown" began a park-wide hide-and-seek game, but released dead players to hunt the survivors while they searched for him. Bo Yi and Mitian fled the pursuing horde, and when night fell, the Safe Houses did not appear.

• Mr. "Clown" announced that the players had to find him somewhere in the amusement park and said the previous ranking and elimination rules had ended.
• Mr. "Clown" revealed that dead players were roaming the park and would need nine more playmates before they could return to rest.
• After Mr. "Clown" left to hide, Mitian and Bo Yi decided to search for him, but Bo Yi found that the attractions were closed to players.
• A huge horde of dead players chased Bo Yi and Mitian through the park as Bo Yi used the surveillance screens to guide them toward areas with fewer pursuers.
• When night fell, the Safe Houses failed to appear.

Bo Yi and Mitian realized the Clown had removed the Safe House to pressure the players into killing one another, so they decided to thwart him by keeping everyone alive. The next morning, Bo Yi began recruiting the other players to search for the Clown together and questioned whether finding him would truly earn the amusement park owner's approval.

• Mitian explained that the missing Safe House, closed rides, and surveillance screens were designed to exhaust the players and encourage them to hunt one another.
• Bo Yi declared that he would keep every remaining player alive instead of following the Clown's plan.
• After resting in shifts, Bo Yi and Mitian used the surveillance screens to find the other players the next morning.
• Bo Yi asked all ten players to cooperate and search the amusement park for the Clown, arguing that the park was too large for two people to cover alone.
• Bo Yi pointed out that the task required the players to gain the amusement park owner's approval, but the NPC had never promised that finding him would earn it.

Bo Yi organized the players into teams to search the amusement park for Clown, but they found no clues before nightfall. He realized Clown’s mask pointed to the abandoned theater and discovered a sign advertising a daily show, then asked when the western team had searched there.

• Bo Yi persuaded the players to cooperate, and Mitian helped gather them into a group of ten.
• The players split into four teams, searched their assigned areas, and returned without finding Clown or any clues.
• Bo Yi deduced that Clown’s unchanged mask was a clue and led the group toward the abandoned theater in the amusement park’s western area.
• Bo Yi spotted a hidden sign in the weeds announcing a daily Clown show from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m.
• Bo Yi asked the players who had searched the theater when they had visited it.

Bo Yi led the players back to the theater during the time they could find Clown, but finding him did not clear the Instance. Clown revealed a face identical to Mitian’s, then said that whoever killed Mitian would earn his acknowledgment.

• Bo Yi and the players returned to the theater near eleven, where Clown congratulated them for finding him but did not acknowledge them.
• Clown invited the players to sit in the front row and removed his mask, revealing a face identical to Mitian’s.
• The players suspected Mitian was an impostor, but Bo Yi argued that Clown was trying to turn them against one another.
• Clown announced that whoever killed Mitian would earn his acknowledgment.

Mitian and Mr. "Clown" fought while Bo Yi and the players tried to keep the NPC’s monsters at bay. Mitian discovered that Mr. "Clown" was targeting the power inside Bo Yi, and Bo Yi realized he might be able to help Mitian regain his Evil God power again.

• The players refused to attack Mitian, so Mr. "Clown" summoned the "visitors" and Mitian launched the first attack.
• Bo Yi persuaded the players to hold off the "visitors" while he helped Mitian fight Mr. "Clown".
• Mr. "Clown" focused his attacks on Bo Yi’s exposed skin, and Mitian realized he wanted to seize the portion of Mitian’s power hidden inside Bo Yi.
• Mitian warned Bo Yi that he was Mr. "Clown"’s true target, and Bo Yi withdrew from the fight.
• As Mitian and the players began losing ground, Bo Yi remembered that he had helped Mitian regain his power several times in the Mist Game.

Bo Yi discovered the Ferris Wheel contained the amusement park’s Instance Core and removed it, restoring Mitian’s power and allowing the players to escape. After Bo Yi returned to the theater, Clown hinted that he knew why Bo Yi had faced even more intensive research after escaping the Scientific Research Institute.

• Bo Yi left Mitian fighting onstage and searched the amusement park for the key to the instance.
• Bo Yi forced his way past the Ferris Wheel’s checkpoint and climbed to its central axle, where he found a beating heart surrounded by attacking runes.
• Bo Yi’s blood carried Mitian’s black mist into the runes, disabling them, and Bo Yi removed the heart, which became black mist and flew toward the theater.
• Mitian defeated Clown, recovered his power as an Evil God, and opened an exit through which the exhausted players left.
• Clown laughed at Bo Yi and hinted that he knew why Bo Yi had undergone more intensive research after escaping the Scientific Research Institute.

Clown revealed that Mitian had strengthened Bo Yi’s self-healing ability as a child for entertainment, which led the Scientific Research Institute to repeatedly capture and experiment on him. The revelation left Bo Yi staring at Mitian, while Mitian lowered his head and searched his memories.

• Bo Yi recalled how the Scientific Research Institute escaped lasting punishment after blaming rogue technicians, while the Anomaly Safety Management Bureau continued monitoring and taking him for checkups.
• Clown said he had seen a memory from the previous Instance and revealed that Bo Yi had forgotten events after becoming seriously ill while escaping the institute.
• Clown told Mitian that the illusions in the previous Instance had really happened and claimed Mitian had granted Bo Yi power for entertainment, not to save him.
• Clown revealed that Mitian had strengthened Bo Yi’s self-healing ability, prompting the institute to recapture Bo Yi to study the change.
• Clown said Mitian had put the person he loved through hell, and Bo Yi turned sharply to look at him.

Bo Yi and Mitian captured the “Clown,” whose attempt to turn Bo Yi against Mitian failed when Bo Yi said Mitian had saved him. Mitian explained that the “Clown” was a portion of his own power that had stolen most of his strength, then apologized to Bo Yi for the harm he had caused.

• The “Clown” tried to expose Mitian’s role in Bo Yi’s suffering, but Bo Yi said Mitian had saved him and pinned the escaping man down.
• Bo Yi complained that the “Clown” was too loud, and Mitian silenced him with black mist and dragged him into his space.
• Bo Yi asked who the “Clown” was, and Mitian explained that he had split off a portion of his power that later stole most of his strength and created the “Mist” Game.
• Mitian apologized to Bo Yi for the harm caused by his mistake, leaving Bo Yi surprised that this was what Mitian had wanted to tell him.

Bo Yi and Mitian confessed their love, then turned their attention to the man behind the Scientific Research Institute. Bo Yi used the Thin Mist Amusement Park to trap the man and his subordinate in a deadly game.

• Bo Yi told Mitian that he had researched Anomalies because he wanted to find him, and Mitian answered by kissing him.
• Bo Yi learned that the man who had protected him after his childhood escape was behind the Scientific Research Institute and had erased the evidence.
• Bo Yi rejected Mitian’s offer to eliminate the man directly and said he had a better plan.
• The man and his subordinate found the Thin Mist Amusement Park surrounding the man’s office.
• Bo Yi welcomed them to the park, announced they had to stay alive, and put on a blank mask.