Chapter Summaries

Lynn revealed himself as the intruder he had been hunting for and captured Doctor Ryan with his curses and Miss Doll’s Puppet Threads. With Ryan bound and unable to alert the Doctor, Lynn began searching the laboratory’s potions.

• Doctor Ryan explained how the chamber concealed his murders and described dissolving his victims in acid.
• Lynn exposed himself as Night Doctor Lynn and bound Ryan with the Death-Binding Curse.
• Lynn threw a briefcase that released Miss Doll, who pinned Ryan with Puppet Threads and snapped his legs.
• Ryan realized Lynn had infiltrated the Plague Doctors and gained authority over Leviathan’s military departments.
• Lynn thanked Ryan for bringing him to the laboratory and picked up a potion.

Lynn looted Doctor Ryan’s laboratory and its potions, then began brewing a strange mixture from slime secretions, flesh tissue, and other foul ingredients. He left Ryan bound as the first intended test subject for the potion he was making.

• Lynn stuffed Doctor Ryan’s potions, cabinets, laboratory equipment, and other belongings into his system space while Ryan protested and cursed him.
• Lynn taunted the bound Ryan about the missing laboratory contents, increasing Ryan’s hatred and anger toward him.
• Lynn took out his oversized boiler and said Ryan could witness his plan to go undercover.
• Lynn heated slime mucus in the boiler, then added Filth Slime secretions, Root-Level flesh tissue, and other strange ingredients.
• Lynn stirred the foul-smelling mixture while Ryan watched in horror and Zuo Zuo and Miao Miao reacted with disgust.

Lynn brewed several unusual potions and mixed four legendary potions into an unstable concoction that grew a writhing tentacle. Ryan realized Lynn might use the unknown potion for identity verification, but the chapter ended before Lynn revealed his plan.

• Lynn brewed Slime Final Form, Flesh Regeneration, Catgirl, and other unusual potions.
• Lynn combined the Catgirl Potion and Slime Final Form Potion, then added drops of Flesh Regeneration Potion and Lewd Potion.
• A tentacle burst from the mixture, and Lynn knocked it down with a frying pan and the Night Demon Blade.
• Lynn squeezed the tentacle’s fluid into a container and created an unidentified potion with unknown effects.
• Ryan feared Lynn planned to inject everyone with the potion for identity verification.

Lynn injected Doctor Ryan with an unstable mixed potion, then used its spreading mutation and escalating pain to pressure him for information about the Plague Doctors. Ryan refused to talk, and Lynn resumed the mutation as part of his interrogation.

• Lynn mass-produced bottles of the mixed potion and asked Doctor Ryan to be his first test subject.
• Lynn injected Ryan, whose arm mutated into grotesque, meowing growths as the potion began spreading through his body.
• Lynn stopped the mutation from spreading and told Ryan he could avoid becoming a monster if he answered questions honestly.
• Ryan accused Lynn of planning to kill him regardless, and Lynn admitted it while asking about the Plague Doctors and their origins.
• When Ryan stayed silent, Lynn withdrew his hand and let the mutation and intensifying pain spread again.

Lynn tortured Ryan until he revealed dozens of potion formulas, then questioned him about a family shown in a cursed photograph. Ryan denied knowing them as the Cat-Eared Girl watched him.

• Lynn amplified Ryan’s pain and suppressed his Calamity until Ryan agreed to talk.
• Lynn made Ryan dictate the formulas for his plagues and potions, recording dozens of them in his notebook.
• Ryan tried to falsify some formulas, but the system detected the mistakes, and he eventually disclosed what he knew.
• Lynn showed Ryan a family photograph that revealed the family’s horrific transformations through Cursecraft.
• Ryan denied knowing the family as the Cat-Eared Girl appeared beside Lynn and watched him.

Lynn tortured Ryan for information about Miao Miao’s mother, who escaped after awakening mind-warping powers but may have suffered fatal backlash. As Miao Miao struggled to accept what she heard, Black String Moon recognized the photograph from a memory of her mother’s manor.

• Lynn accused Ryan of capturing and torturing Miao Miao’s family centuries earlier, then stabbed him to force him to remember what happened to her mother.
• Ryan admitted that Miao Miao’s mother escaped and killed those sent after her, but claimed her powers’ backlash likely shattered her mind and left her near death.
• Miao Miao was devastated by Ryan’s account, while Lynn continued torturing him and demanded every detail of the pursuit.
• Black String Moon watched Miao Miao grieve and recognized the photograph from a distant memory at her mother’s manor.

Lynn learned that Miao Miao’s father and brother might have been turned into puppets, then killed Ryan after extracting all he knew. Black String Moon recognized a photograph of Miao Miao’s mother from Madam’s room at Doll Manor, leaving Lynn to realize Madam might be connected to the experiments.

• Lynn interrogated Ryan about Miao Miao’s family, and Ryan said her father and brother might have been made into puppets at the puppet factory.
• Lynn killed Ryan and promised Miao Miao he would help her find her family and bring the Plague Doctor to justice.
• Lynn suggested they search the puppet factory for Miao Miao’s father and brother, but Black String Moon stayed behind to study the photograph.
• Black String Moon told Lynn and Miao Miao that she had seen a similar photograph in Madam’s bedroom at Doll Manor.
• Lynn connected Madam to the experiments after recalling that the researchers had tried to turn Miao Miao’s mother into a controllable puppet.

Lynn and Black String Moon uncovered evidence that the cursecraft sigils carved into Miao Miao’s mother matched the runes Madam Doll had copied onto her adopted dolls. Miao Miao fainted at the revelation, and Lynn left with a lead to investigate by meeting Madam Doll.

• Black String Moon explained that Madam Doll had copied the dolls’ protective spell sigils from patterns already marked on her own body.
• Lynn asked Black String Moon to remove the illusion spell from the photographs, revealing scenes of the family’s torture at the Plague Doctors’ base.
• Lynn found a photograph showing a Plague Doctor carving the same intricate sigils into Miao Miao’s mother that Black String Moon had seen on her eldest sister.
• Black String Moon confirmed the sigils matched, and Miao Miao fainted as Lynn realized her mother might be Madam Doll.
• Black String Moon invited Lynn to return to the manor and meet Madam Doll, while Lynn carried the unconscious Miao Miao away.

Lynn deceived the Plague Doctors in Leviathan into injecting a delayed-acting mixture of toxic potions, putting them under his control as he prepared the next stage of his plan. He ordered Alice to use the Mechanical Maiden and raise her affection for him so he could strike the Night Doctor at a decisive moment.

• Black String Moon watched Lynn leave and realized he had come to Leviathan chiefly to help Miao Miao.
• Lynn emerged from Doctor Ryan’s laboratory with potions, claimed Ryan was still inside, and announced the new identity-testing injections.
• Lynn forced the Plague Doctors around him to inject a mixture of toxic potions whose effects he had delayed.
• Lynn used Leviathan to deliver syringes to Plague Doctors throughout the facility and ordered them to inject themselves and report anyone who hesitated.
• Lynn told Alice to prepare the Mechanical Maiden and raise her affection for him so he could deliver a fatal blow to the Night Doctor.

Alice used a Root-Level weapon to cut through the door to Silver Fantasy while Lynn coordinated her escape and manipulated the Plague Doctors. Lynn persuaded Doctor 315 to let him deploy puppets against Silver Fantasy and the approaching Night Doctor, leaving him free to choose from the puppet factory.

• Alice reached the door to Silver Fantasy’s area and began cutting through it with the Root-Level weapon her brother had given her.
• Silver Fantasy fought the Aberrant while the Flesh Plague, M-Power, and Bio-Armor attacks disrupted her mind.
• Lynn warned Alice that an elite squad would reach her in three minutes and told her to meet the Mechanical Maiden as soon as she broke in.
• Lynn showed Doctor 315 footage of the battle and claimed the Night Doctor was planning a direct assault alongside the Mechanical Maiden.
• Lynn proposed using stored puppets instead of core personnel, and Doctor 315 granted him access to the puppet factory.

Lynn arranged for Alice to rescue Silver Fantasy while keeping his identity hidden. Alice escaped with Silver Fantasy, who followed her believing she was Lynn but remained confused about the earlier Desire Strike.

• Lynn told Doctor 315 to leave the attacks on the intruders to him and focused the surveillance feed on Silver Fantasy.
• Lynn released the last canister of Flesh Plague mixed with M, disrupting Silver Fantasy's attack and letting the Aberrant strike her down.
• Lynn ordered Alice to rescue Silver Fantasy, and Alice warped in with the Blood Scythe to block the Aberrant's killing blow.
• Alice forced the Aberrant back, grabbed Silver Fantasy, and warped them both out through the broken door.
• Alice impersonated Lynn and urged Silver Fantasy to flee, and Silver Fantasy followed while trying to make sense of the apparent contradiction.

Lynn entered the Puppet Factory intending to seize its puppets as weapons against the Plague Doctors in the First Chamber. He learned how many powerful puppets the factory held and discovered that its earliest Hellwalker prototype resembled a Demon Association creation.

• Lynn told Alice to provoke the Mechanical Maiden and persuade her to cooperate by claiming the Plague Doctors were plotting to undermine their alliance.
• At the Puppet Factory, the supervisor showed Lynn a list of 524 stored puppets, including 130 Transcendent Tier units, 51 Lords, and five Death Omen Rank units.
• The supervisor explained that the factory erased the wills of its Lord-rank and stronger puppets, controlled them through neural links, and secretly supplied organizations across the Dark World.
• Lynn recognized a Lord-rank Hellwalker prototype in a flesh container and asked whether the factory had traded with the Demon Association.
• The supervisor confirmed the factory maintained secret partnerships with major organizations, and Lynn realized the Demon Association's advanced flesh creations had involved the Plague Doctors.

Lynn and his companions searched the puppet factory for Miao Miao’s family but found no trace of her father or brother. He then began marking the puppets to free them from Leviathan’s control, while Black String Moon examined the strange sigil and found that only Lynn could activate it.

• Lynn took control of the puppet factory’s surveillance and released Miao Miao and Black String Moon to search for Miao Miao’s family.
• Lynn and Miao Miao searched every puppet but found no sign of her father or brother, and Lynn comforted her.
• Lynn promised Miao Miao they would uncover the truth after he subdued the Doctor, then began inscribing a Puppet Mark on a puppet.
• Black String Moon recognized Lynn’s sigil as an advanced Puppet Mark and explained that its hidden mechanism was bound specifically to Lynn.

Lynn prepared the puppets in the factory to resist Doctor 315’s control, while Alice and Silver Fantasy fought through Leviathan disguised as Lynn and tried to reach the First Chamber. The real Lynn appeared on the corridor screens and exposed Alice’s disguise, leaving Silver Fantasy to decide which Lynn to trust.

• Black String Moon showed Lynn the two puppet nodes connected to Leviathan, and he carved marks on them to destroy any attempted connection.
• Lynn carved a Puppet Mark onto every puppet in the factory and prepared to lead Silver Fantasy to a decisive battle.
• Alice, disguised as Lynn, fought alongside Silver Fantasy through Leviathan and claimed a Plague Doctor had stolen her identity.
• Silver Fantasy doubted Alice’s explanation that the impostor had used the desire Bio-Armor to copy her Desire Strike.
• The real Lynn appeared on the corridor’s mucosal screens, called Alice an impostor, and reminded Silver Fantasy that he would never willingly fight alongside her.

Lynn used Alice and Silver Fantasy’s staged battle against Leviathan’s puppets to strengthen his cover and earn Doctor 315’s trust. He intended to turn himself into a weapon that could strike Doctor 315 when the two women were sent to face him.

• Alice, disguised as Lynn, threatened the enemy before a horde of puppets emerged, including five at the Death Omen rank.
• Lynn told Alice to fight convincingly and lose so he could arrange for her and Silver Fantasy to be sent to Doctor 315.
• Alice and Silver Fantasy charged the puppets, with Silver Fantasy unleashing a nuclear bombardment while protecting Alice.
• Lynn watched the battle being broadcast across Leviathan and planned to use a victory to deepen Doctor 315’s trust.
• Doctor 315 watched from the First Chamber, still convinced Lynn was Luo Shi, while Lynn’s bribes and staged actions had dispelled suspicion about his identity.

Lynn used M-Power to help subdue Silver Fantasy, while Alice was captured in disguise as Lynn. Doctor 315 praised Luo Shi (Lynn) but remained suspicious of the Night Doctor and ordered that he not be killed because the Mother Goddess was interested in him.

• Alice, disguised as Lynn, was overwhelmed by the puppets, and her mask shattered as they restrained her.
• Lynn activated the Longing Devices in Leviathan and secretly used M-Power to make Silver Fantasy collapse.
• Five Death Omen Rank puppets bound Silver Fantasy, bringing both invaders under control.
• Doctor 315 praised Luo Shi (Lynn) but voiced doubts that the Night Doctor had been subdued so easily.
• Lynn suggested killing the Night Doctor, but Doctor 315 refused because of his hidden power and the Mother Goddess's interest in him.

Lynn learned that Doctor 315 planned to introduce him to the Mother Goddess after appointing him Eighth Steward, and he prepared to exploit the offer to get closer to her. He exposed himself to Silver Fantasy while shackling her and Alice, leaving their infiltration plan still in motion.

• Lynn asked Doctor 315 who the Mother Goddess was, and Doctor 315 promised to take him to meet her after appointing him Eighth Steward.
• Doctor 315 ordered Lynn to bring Silver Fantasy and her companion to him in cursed shackles so two Origins could witness their capture.
• Lynn cut the connection, donned ornate Plague Doctor robes and a Crow Mask, and led his underlings toward the prisoners.
• Silver Fantasy recognized that the Lynn who had confronted them was the real Lynn and suspected he was infiltrating the Plague Doctors for a decapitation strike.
• Lynn arrived before Silver Fantasy and Alice, mocked them, and fastened cursed shackles onto both of them.
• Lynn whispered to Silver Fantasy that even machines should have brains, then shackled her while her anger toward him rose.

Lynn brought Silver Fantasy and Alice to the First Chamber, where Doctor 315 tried to recruit him to the Plague Doctors by offering him power and freedom. Lynn appeared intrigued, while Silver Fantasy rejected the offer and the prisoners waited for the signal to attack.

• Lynn secretly told Alice to watch for his signal and target Doctor 315 once he unlocked her shackles.
• Lynn escorted Silver Fantasy and Alice into the First Chamber and presented them to Doctor 315.
• Doctor 315 revealed that he had sent Moriichi to test Lynn and had learned of Lynn's curse-related abilities.
• Doctor 315 praised Lynn as a natural Plague Doctor and offered him power, status, and freedom if he joined their faction.
• Silver Fantasy rejected Doctor 315's offer, suspecting Lynn might be tempted by it.

Lynn disguised himself as Luo Shi while Alice posed as Lynn, but Doctor 315 tested Luo Shi’s loyalty by ordering him to kill Alice. After Doctor 315 stopped the attack and injured Luo Shi’s hand to verify his identity, Luo Shi revealed his eerie smile and warned the Doctor to be more careful.

• Alice, disguised as Lynn, refused Doctor 315’s offer to recruit her, and Doctor 315 questioned why Lynn had fought so poorly against his puppets.
• Doctor 315 ordered Luo Shi to kill the restrained Lynn, and the disguised Lynn raised his sword against Alice.
• Doctor 315 stopped Luo Shi’s strike with a tentacle and tested him by gripping and breaking his left wrist.
• Doctor 315 accepted Luo Shi’s claim that the restrained Lynn was dead and dismissed him, believing he had passed the test.
• Luo Shi turned back with an ominous smile and warned Doctor 315 to be more careful.

Lynn revealed himself as the Night Doctor and led a sudden assault on Doctor 315 inside the Leviathan. Doctor 315 survived the attack, but the Plague Doctors recognized Lynn as the intruder as the battle outside continued.

• Lynn unleashed a Root-Level curse on Doctor 315, and Alice and Silver Fantasy attacked him after their shackles opened.
• The Leviathan thrashed as Doctor 315 was severely injured, while the God of Ten Thousand Machines and Sir Awen stopped the Flesh Dominator from invading it.
• Doctor 315’s body surged with power and hurled Lynn, Alice, and Silver Fantasy back, but the black chains kept him bound.
• The senior Plague Doctors recognized Lynn as the Night Doctor, and Lynn revealed that Luo Shi was already dead.
• Lynn explained that Doctor 315 had suspected him because of what he knew about Lynn, then said he understood what could and could not be done.