Chapter Summaries

Su Bai and his companions exposed the Route 666 Bus’s monstrous heart and destroyed it, bringing the bus to a stop. With the rear door open, Su Bai ordered Feng Yan and the surviving passengers to get off.

• Su Bai had Little Black and Kai Xin tear open the dashboard, revealing a huge heart wrapped in black tentacles.
• Su Bai recognized the red spreading across the heart as Qi-Blood the bus had absorbed and warned that it could become dangerous if fully red.
• Little Black ripped through the tentacles and pierced the heart, causing the bus to skid and crash into a roadside shop.
• The heart stopped beating and shriveled, the bus lights went out, and Su Bai kicked open the rear door.
• Su Bai ordered everyone to get off, and Feng Yan and the passengers who could walk began evacuating.

The passengers escaped the Route 666 Bus after Wu Heng took a crimson crystal from its dead heart, which restored some of their strength. As Feng Yan led them away from the crash site, he confronted Su Bai after learning the authorities had been unable to locate or rescue him.

• Su Bai opened the bus’s rear door, while Wu Heng secretly extracted a crimson crystal from the dead heart.
• Wu Heng carried the crystal past the weakened passengers, and its glow restored some of their qi-blood before he said it might help Mother.
• Su Bai and Wu Heng left the bus as the heart’s death dispersed the fog, and the passengers emerged into the Real World beneath the moonlight.
• Feng Yan helped the exhausted passengers move away from the crash site after reporting the incident to the Relevant Authorities.
• Feng Yan told Su Bai that his team had received a distress signal but could neither locate nor reinforce him, then asked who he really was.

After the Route 666 Bus wrecked in Qingliu City, Su Bai and Wu Heng vanished while Feng Yan reported the incident to the Special Operations Team and resolved to become stronger. Half a month later, Su Bai was pulled into another nightmare game and awakened in Hospital No. 666’s neonatal department, also known as the Reverse Birth Corridor.

• Su Bai told Feng Yan that his family owned a grocery store and that he would soon enroll at Qingliu University, leaving Feng Yan unsettled by the pressure he sensed from him.
• Onlookers gathered around the wrecked bus, and Feng Yan avoided answering their questions before discovering that Su Bai and Wu Heng had disappeared.
• Feng Yan reported the bus incident to Special Operations Team staff, who promised to contact Captain Qin Ge and handle the aftermath.
• Feng Yan reflected on his reasons for joining the team and resolved to train harder so he could protect himself and others.
• Half a month after Wu Heng began studying qi-blood in the Doll's body, Su Bai was drawn into a new nightmare game.
• Su Bai heard infants crying in darkness and was welcomed to the neonatal department of Hospital No. 666, the Reverse Birth Corridor.

Su Bai remembered the human resistance that began after the Nightmare Game ended and why he had traveled alone rather than join the human camp. The Administrator then introduced the Newborn Ward at Hospital No. 666, where Su Bai and the other patients would undergo a seventy-two-hour treatment under strict rules.

• Su Bai recalled how veteran players fought to protect newcomers from the strange creatures beneath the Red Moon after the battlefield opened.
• Su Bai remembered that he had traveled alone partly because strange creatures gathered around him and people often treated him with suspicion.
• Su Bai recalled that some of his Puzzle Pieces resented humans for excluding or undermining him, though the Vengeful Ghost Puzzle sometimes helped the human camp.
• The Administrator welcomed Su Bai and the other patients to Hospital No. 666's Newborn Ward and announced that they would stay there for seventy-two hours.
• The Administrator warned the patients not to let all four limbs touch the ground, consume liquids, accept hugs from medical staff, or remain alone in the building.

Su Bai recognized that he had entered the deadly Hospital No. 666 and learned that its rule against admitting healthy patients had left him blind. As he tried to sense whether he could undo the affliction, someone approached and asked if he was feeling unwell.

• Su Bai recalled surviving Hospital No. 666 before and recognized that he was now in its Newborn Ward.
• The Administrator told the Players to reach the nurses' station within thirty minutes and warned them to follow the ward's rules after admission.
• The lights briefly revealed a bright, welcoming corridor before Su Bai's vision went dark again.
• Su Bai realized the hospital had made him blind and began searching his body for a way to reverse the affliction.
• A nearby person approached and timidly asked Su Bai if he was feeling unwell.

Su Bai entered Hospital No. 666 and discovered that he had lost his sight, then spoke with a young player named Xiao Ya. The two agreed to rely on each other as they prepared to explore the hospital.

• During the players’ thirty minutes of free exploration, Su Bai stood in a corridor with clouded, pupil-less eyes and adjusted to being blind.
• Xiao Ya mistook Su Bai for a big sister because of his appearance, and Su Bai corrected her that he was a big brother.
• Su Bai considered how his prolonged contact with Red Moon Power and his Puzzle Pieces might affect him in Hospital No. 666.
• Xiao Ya said she had briefly felt dizzy but was now fine, and Su Bai concluded her illness might not be immediately apparent.
• Xiao Ya offered to guide Su Bai, and the two agreed that meeting could be useful since players often avoided teaming up with children or blind people.

Su Bai weighed Xiaoya’s request to team up and agreed after she explained that his apparent lack of supplies and his questions convinced her he was capable. After they exchanged names, Su Bai sensed someone approaching and asked Le Shiya to inspect them carefully.

• Su Bai met Xiaoya, a human Player with weak Qi-Blood and an ability she said would help him in the game.
• Xiaoya argued that Su Bai’s lack of visible equipment and his perceptive questions showed he was capable.
• Su Bai cautioned Xiaoya to be mindful of her safety, then accepted her offer to team up.
• Su Bai introduced himself as Su Bai, and Xiaoya gave her full name as Le Shiya.
• Su Bai sensed someone approaching and asked Le Shiya to examine the newcomer closely.

Su Bai and Le Shiya encountered Tian Yue and Feng Xuelan in the Newborn Ward’s looping corridor, where Feng Xuelan kept blurting out hurtful remarks about her friend. Su Bai suspected Feng Xuelan had been afflicted with a condition like his own, while Tian Yue urged them to find the Nurses’ Station together.

• Su Bai realized the Newborn Ward was likely a vast loop called the Reverse Birth Corridor, making escape from danger difficult.
• Le Shiya used her ability to describe two approaching women to Su Bai and secretly report what she observed.
• Tian Yue angrily confronted Feng Xuelan over insulting comments about her marriage and accused her of speaking badly about her.
• Feng Xuelan mocked Su Bai’s blindness and Tian Yue’s handsome companion, then insisted she could not control her words and blamed Strange Creatures.
• Su Bai suspected Feng Xuelan had been given an ailment, while Tian Yue told him and Le Shiya to join them in searching for the Nurses’ Station.

Su Bai, Le Shiya, Tian Yue, and Feng Xuelan met Chi Yan and Xie Ying in Hospital No. 666’s loop corridor. Chi Yan revealed that Xie Ying had lost her hearing after entering the game and questioned whether Su Bai’s blindness had begun there too, leaving the group to consider a possible connection.

• Le Shiya sensed two veteran players ahead: the white-haired Chi Yan and the woman in white, Xie Ying.
• Tian Yue asked Chi Yan and Xie Ying whether they had found the Nurses' Station, and Chi Yan said the corridor loop would eventually lead them to it.
• Su Bai recognized Chi Yan’s voice, and Chi Yan noticed Su Bai and asked whether he had lost his sight after entering the game.
• Tian Yue introduced herself and Feng Xuelan, while Le Shiya introduced herself and Su Bai; Chi Yan then explained that he and Xie Ying had only just met.
• Chi Yan said Xie Ying had lost her hearing shortly after entering the game and suggested that Su Bai’s blindness might also have begun after entering Hospital No. 666.

Chi Yan, Feng Xuelan, and Tian Yue discussed the bodily abnormalities they had noticed since entering the game, and Xie Ying explained that Hospital No. 666 altered everyone who entered it. The group reached the nurses’ station, where two other Players were waiting.

• Chi Yan asked whether anyone had noticed anything wrong with their bodies, and Feng Xuelan realized her speech had been out of her control.
• Chi Yan suggested that at least three of the six Players had developed physical abnormalities and said Xie Ying might know more.
• Xie Ying told the group that Hospital No. 666 had been tampering with their bodies since they entered the game.
• Xie Ying explained Rule One: Hospital No. 666 did not admit healthy patients, and said hidden illnesses could be more dangerous than visible disabilities.
• Xie Ying argued that the Nightmare Game might have started before the supposed thirty-minute safety period and led the group to the nurses’ station, where two Players were waiting.

Su Bai, Le Shiya, Xie Ying, and Tian Yue reached the Nurses' Station, where they met Xu Rui and Xiang Feiyu, two players affected by strange bodily changes. The group turned to completing the admission paperwork, with no other participants or Strange Creatures detected nearby.

• Le Shiya described the dim Nurses' Station and the two players waiting there, while Xie Ying noticed that the bespectacled man seemed to be in pain.
• Tian Yue asked what had happened, and Xu Rui explained that walking made the soles of his feet feel as if knives were stabbing them.
• Xu Rui revealed that Xiang Feiyu had lost his memory and could not remember Xu Rui's name, though he understood that the game was dangerous.
• Xiang Feiyu asked the others to remind him when he became confused and offered to help however he could.
• Xie Ying urged everyone to complete the admission paperwork before the deadline, while Su Bai sensed no Strange Creatures or other participants nearby.

At the Nurses' Station in Hospital No. 666, a nurse unleashed a powerful surge of Red Moon's Power and began assigning the Players to wards. Su Bai felt the strange power overwhelm him, then heard the nurse list each Player's ward and condition.

• Xie Ying approached the Nurses' Station and touched its counter, causing the corridor lights to flicker violently.
• A powerful surge of Red Moon's Power spread through the corridor as the nurse welcomed the Players to the Newborn Ward of Hospital No. 666.
• Su Bai felt the power overwhelm the other auras around him and wondered why it had appeared so suddenly.
• The nurse assigned Le Shiya and Su Bai to Ward 1406 with conditions of somnolence and blindness.
• The nurse assigned Feng Xuelan and Tian Yue to Ward 1407, Xie Ying and Chi Yan to Ward 1408, and Xiang Feiyu and Xu Rui to Ward 1409, each with a listed condition.

Su Bai and Le Shiya entered Hospital No. 666’s Newborn Ward, where Su Bai remained blind and Le Shiya revealed that her condition could leave her unable to move. After the nurse announced the ward’s rules, Chi Yan began organizing the group to discuss how to proceed.

• Chi Yan handed Su Bai his medical records, and Su Bai realized he could no longer hear or locate Le Shiya.
• Le Shiya told Su Bai that her condition caused bouts of sleep and immobility, but he reassured her that they would help each other as partners.
• Tian Yue questioned whether Su Bai and Le Shiya were really siblings, and Su Bai said that they were brother and sister.
• The nurse announced that patients could use the thirteenth and fourteenth floors, must stay in their rooms during rest time, and were forbidden from entering the fifteenth floor.
• Le Shiya described the nurse as resembling the mother in a photograph and said the Nurses’ Station lights went dim after the announcement.
• Chi Yan proposed discussing the game and noted that Xie Ying might know the most about Hospital No. 666, though communicating with her was difficult.

The Players gathered supplies and used Le Shiya’s ability to communicate with Xie Ying, who warned that she had troubling suspicions about the hospital. Xiang Feiyu carried the injured Xu Rui as the group followed Xie Ying to Room 1408, where she opened the door.

• Xiang Feiyu took pens and notebooks from the Nurses' Station, and Le Shiya revealed that she could send her thoughts to Xie Ying.
• Xie Ying understood the group's plans and led them toward a room, saying she had suspicions that did not bode well for them.
• Xu Rui struggled to stand, so Xiang Feiyu carried him and remarked that they might have been close before his memory loss.
• Xie Ying stopped at Room 1408 and opened the door while the others watched nervously.

Xie Ying reviewed Hospital No. 666’s rules and warned the players that the dark corridor might bring danger even though leaving their rooms would not count as breaking a rule. The corridor lights suddenly went out, leaving the group to face the danger she had anticipated.

• Xie Ying described the childlike Newborn Ward room and summarized the hospital’s rules for the players.
• Xie Ying explained that the players had to survive seventy-two hours while following the rules, and noted that the nurse’s warning made the game seem more difficult.
• Xie Ying read Xiang Feiyu’s note that corridor lights marked activity and rest time, and advised the players to remain in their rooms when the lights were off.
• Xie Ying warned that the rooms might not be safe and that the corridor lights could flicker unpredictably, making it unclear when danger would appear.
• The corridor lights outside Room 1408 suddenly went out.

After something attacked the ward door during a blackout, the players waited for it to leave and then began sharing their abilities. Tian Yue demonstrated her electricity-enhanced knife, while she and Feng Xuelan argued, and Le Shiya wondered if the two were closer than they seemed.

• When the corridor lights went out, Xu Rui told Xiang Feiyu to shut the ward door, and Xiang Feiyu immediately braced it against the impacts from outside.
• Su Bai told Le Shiya to turn off the ward lights, and the group listened as the scraping outside gradually receded.
• Xie Ying said the group should keep the lights off and suggested they introduce their abilities while it was safe.
• Tian Yue said she could control electric currents and demonstrated how her ability charged a modified short knife.
• Feng Xuelan teased Tian Yue about her knife and ability, and Tian Yue angrily rejected her explanation for Feng Xuelan's blunt remarks.
• Le Shiya suspected Feng Xuelan was speaking deliberately and wondered whether Feng Xuelan and Tian Yue were closer than they appeared.

Feng Xuelan explained her ability and observed that she improved faster in the Nightmare World, prompting Su Bai to consider revealing what he knew about red moon power and meditation. He remained uncertain whether helping players sooner would save lives or alter the future for the worse.

• Feng Xuelan introduced her ability to harden or soften nonliving objects and described how she used it with weapons.
• Feng Xuelan said her ability improved faster when she practiced in the Nightmare World than in the Real World.
• Su Bai realized Feng Xuelan was nearing an understanding of red moon power and reflected on how it strengthened players.
• Su Bai recalled that uncontrolled red moon power would eventually cause bottlenecks and harmful effects, leading players to develop meditation.
• Su Bai wondered whether he should secretly tell Qin Ge and others about red moon power and meditation, but feared changing the future for the worse.

Feng Xuelan’s changed behavior unsettled Tian Yue, who admitted she did not know her best friend as well as she thought. Chi Yan, Xu Rui, and Xiang Feiyu explained their abilities and histories as players, leaving Le Shiya and Su Bai to introduce themselves.

• Tian Yue told Feng Xuelan that she seemed unlike the quiet, accommodating friend she knew, then admitted she found that version of Feng Xuelan annoying and asked her to explain herself when she was ready.
• Chi Yan said she was an ordinary player with the ability to control humans and Strange Creatures, and that she did not belong to the Special Action Group.
• Xu Rui explained that he and Xiang Feiyu had considered joining the Special Action Group and described his ability to enhance himself or other players.
• Xu Rui said he used his ability to strengthen Xiang Feiyu in nightmare games, but could not cure the illness affecting him.
• Xiang Feiyu said he would do his best to help despite having lost his memory, and the group turned to Le Shiya and Su Bai.

The Players agreed to stay together and explore the Reverse Birth Corridor and Thirteenth-Floor Activity Area while the game remained relatively safe. After they left Room 1408, they found several motionless nurses standing in the corridor.

• Le Shiya explained that she would stay beside Su Bai and try not to cause trouble, while Su Bai and Tian Yue described their abilities.
• Xu Rui said the Players could share a ward, and Xie Ying suggested they explore the corridor and activity area together.
• Chi Yan opened the ward door, and the Players left Room 1408 with Chi Yan and Xie Ying leading the group.
• Le Shiya sensed something wrong and told Su Bai that several silent nurses had appeared along the corridor walls.

Su Bai and the others explored the Reverse Birth Corridor and discovered that its motionless nurses appeared differently to each person, taking the faces of people they were close to or longed for. Su Bai realized the nurses’ changing faces explained the danger behind the fourth rule about refusing hugs from the Newborn Ward’s medical staff.

• Le Shiya described the vast, brightly lit corridors, and the group found a wheelchair in a storage room for Xu Rui.
• Xiang Feiyu tested a motionless nurse by slapping her, but she did not react.
• Le Shiya, Xu Rui, and Chi Yan each said the nurse resembled someone different: Le Shiya’s grandmother, Su Ye, and Chi Yan’s mother.
• Le Shiya and Chi Yan revealed that the nurse at the Nurses’ Station had resembled their mothers and Chi Yan’s late wife, respectively.
• Su Bai concluded that the nurses took the faces of people each viewer was closest to or most wanted to be close to, and connected this to the fourth rule against accepting hugs from medical staff.