Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xun evacuated residents from the collapsing Underground City, completed his side quest, and refused to support the people he had rescued. After surviving the rest of the dream game in the snowfield, he left when his three days were up.

• Zhao Xun used his gun and fire abilities to organize residents into groups and send them up from the Underground City.
• Zhao Xun left the Underground City as it collapsed, and the final group fled while one person was swallowed by the sinking ground.
• Zhao Xun received 150 points and 150 hours of survival time for completing the side quest to liberate the Underground City’s prisoners.
• A former resident demanded that Zhao Xun share his food, so Zhao Xun burned him to ash and warned the crowd to stay five meters away.
• Zhao Xun used primates and a dome of fire to protect himself from the cold while the others struggled to survive the snowfield.
• On December 8, Zhao Xun declined to renew his Safety Barrier and chose to leave the dream game after three days.

After freeing A Le from Demon, Zhao Xun returned her body to Whistle, who promised him a favor in return. Zhao Xun asked Whistle to investigate Death God's whereabouts, suspecting he might have found a way to become the Train Conductor or leave the Endless Train, and the chapter ended with that possibility unresolved.

• Zhao Xun gave Whistle A Le's body and told him she had been glad Whistle was alive and had thanked him for freeing her.
• Whistle thanked Zhao Xun and promised to help him with anything except taking his own life.
• Zhao Xun asked Whistle to check whether Death God was on the Endless Train and to investigate his movements from the first through the fifth.
• Whistle confirmed that Death God was on the train, and Zhao Xun explained that he suspected Death God had been away without entering a platform game.
• Whistle wondered whether Death God had become the Train Conductor, but Zhao Xun noted that no announcement had been made and questioned why Death God would return if he had.

Zhao Xun discussed Death God’s return and his mother’s body with Whistle, then revealed that he had killed Demon through sheer strength. After recovering and checking the new schedule, Zhao Xun decided to enter the next platform game despite its tight timing.

• Zhao Xun asked Whistle to investigate whether players could leave the Endless Train by means other than becoming the Train Conductor and whether the Conductor had to return.
• Zhao Xun told Whistle he would honor his adoptive mother’s last wish by bringing her body home, cremating it if necessary.
• Whistle reported that Demon’s Proxy Body had vanished in a dream game, and Zhao Xun said he had killed Demon through sheer strength.
• Su Tiantian congratulated Zhao Xun on surviving, and Zhao Xun went back to sleep.
• On December 10, Zhao Xun checked his new ranking, moved into Bunk One, and greeted Zhaozhao when she arrived.
• After the train announced its arrival at the Third Station, Zhao Xun judged the schedule tight but decided to take part in the next platform game.

Zhao Xun entered the Harmony Hospital Platform Game as a restrained psychiatric patient with a heart condition, studied his medical records and the hospital’s routines, and prepared to follow his duties and survive. The chapter ended as he hypnotized a care aide who had brought breakfast early, intending to question him.

• Zhao Xun arrived at the Harmony Hospital game, where 113 players were assigned roles and patients were warned that more than three episodes would make their illness irreversible.
• Zhao Xun was assigned the patient role, freed himself from his restraints with the Ring-Tailed Lemur, and read his medical chart and daily schedule.
• Zhao Xun learned that he had a psychiatric condition and a heart condition, both of which required medication, and that he was not allowed to leave his room during rest periods.
• Zhao Xun observed the nurse making nighttime rounds, then went to sleep with the Pygmy Marmoset keeping watch.
• The next morning, a care aide arrived with breakfast before the scheduled time, and Zhao Xun used his Hypnosis ability to make the man answer his questions truthfully.

Zhao Xun learned that patients at the hospital frequently developed sudden, unrelated illnesses while carefully avoiding suspicious medication from player doctor Lin Sheng. After Zhao Xun reassured two NPC doctors that he was stable, they asked how he had broken free of his restraints.

• Zhao Xun questioned the orderly about the hospital, but a nurse interrupted before the orderly could share what he had heard.
• Player doctor Lin Sheng gave Zhao Xun a bag of mixed pills, and Zhao Xun hypnotized Lin Sheng and the nurse before comparing the pills with his medical record and taking the correct ones.
• The orderly told Zhao Xun that many patients suddenly developed serious illnesses unrelated to their original conditions, sometimes suffering from several at once, while staff remained unaffected.
• Zhao Xun sent the orderly away after asking about other strange events, then Lin Sheng and two NPC doctors hurried into his room to check on him.
• The two NPC doctors relaxed when Zhao Xun appeared calm, then cautiously asked whether he had hidden a sharp object and how he had broken his restraints.

Zhao Xun used Hypnosis to question Lin Sheng and learned that the extra pills could cause gastric bleeding, while his prescribed psychiatric medication weakened his mental power and made him dangerously sleepy. After waking, he heard that a player had died and sent Pygmy Marmoset to investigate; Pygmy Marmoset reported that a pregnant player with diabetes and her baby had died, and Zhao Xun asked how the hospital handled them.

• Zhao Xun hypnotized Lin Sheng and learned that taking the red and black pills together could cause gastric bleeding after three doses, while missed medication doses cost Lin Sheng points.
• Lin Sheng explained that Zhao Xun's psychiatric medication caused sleepiness and mental sluggishness, and Zhao Xun felt his mental power and abilities weakening.
• Zhao Xun told Orangutan to guard him and sent Pygmy Marmoset to gather information before he fell into a deep sleep.
• Zhao Xun woke at lunchtime and learned from Orangutan that a patient, probably a player, had died outside the ward.
• Pygmy Marmoset returned and reported that a pregnant player with diabetes had died from acute diabetic complications, along with her baby.
• Zhao Xun praised Pygmy Marmoset and Orangutan, then asked how the hospital had handled the deceased patient.

Zhao Xun investigated the death of a pregnant player and questioned the two other players in her ward, learning that the deceased had received different meals and finished them. The women disagreed about whether the Orderly could be responsible, leaving Zhao Xun to weigh the meal delivery against the other suspicious possibilities.

• The pygmy marmoset told Zhao Xun that the pregnant player had died after surgery, and he inferred that her player doctor had been distressed because her death would cost him points.
• Zhao Xun learned that the hospital director was checking surveillance footage and decided to question the deceased woman's two wardmates himself.
• The two pregnant players told Zhao Xun that the deceased had been visited by the Orderly, a player doctor, and a nurse, and that all three patients had taken their medication.
• The women said the deceased had received different meals because of her diabetes, and the short-haired woman confirmed that she had finished them.
• The short-haired woman defended the Orderly as considerate, but the ponytailed woman suggested that he might have been pretending to be kind.

Zhao Xun investigated the death of the patient next door and learned that disgruntled orderlies might be targeting patients to get revenge on the hospital. He identified Wang Xin as a likely threat and asked Zhang Wei to help him recognize the other dangerous orderlies.

• Zhao Xun concluded that an orderly had likely caused the diabetic patient's death and visited the nurses' station, where he learned the patient had supposedly died of heart problems without anyone being held responsible.
• Zhao Xun returned to his ward, let the Pygmy Marmoset keep watch, and slept until his Mental Power had mostly recovered.
• Zhao Xun questioned the meal-delivering orderly, Zhang Wei, using an earlier hypnosis command, and learned that some orderlies planned to retaliate against the hospital for refusing better pay and benefits.
• Zhang Wei told Zhao Xun that Wang Xin had been the wealthy patient's exclusive orderly and was among the resentful workers who might harm patients.
• Zhao Xun asked Zhang Wei to identify the other orderlies who might be acting on their revenge.

Zhao Xun investigated threats among the hospital staff, learned how medication was supervised, and prepared to investigate the other player roles. After screams woke him during the night, his pygmy marmoset found a dead doctor and cleaner on the third floor, then was chased back to the ward by two security guard players.

• Zhao Xun memorized the faces of six orderlies who wanted to poison patients and two others who planned to sabotage the security guards.
• Zhao Xun hypnotized Lin Sheng and learned that an NPC nurse and pharmacists supervised medication preparation, then took only the pills he could safely use.
• Zhao Xun concluded that the patient role faced unusual danger and planned to investigate nurses, cleaners, and security guards the next day.
• At 2:30 a.m., Zhao Xun sent his pygmy marmoset to investigate screams and learned that a doctor and a cleaner had died near the third-floor stairwell with finger marks on their necks.
• Two security guard players chased the pygmy marmoset, which escaped into Zhao Xun's ward.

Zhao Xun investigated two pairs of murder victims and concluded that the same strong killer had struck on both the third and fourth floors. After learning that guards had triggered a cooperative hidden mission to find the killer, he discovered it had appeared when they entered the records room, while the guards wondered whether a ghost was responsible.

• The Pygmy Marmoset told Zhao Xun that a doctor and a cleaner had been found dead on the third floor with broken arms and marks on their necks, and that two guards had chased it away from the bodies.
• After another scream, Zhao Xun sent Orangutan out wearing the [Chameleon's Cloak], and Orangutan reported that a doctor and a cleaner had been killed on the fourth floor in a similar manner.
• Zhao Xun concluded that the same killer had attacked both pairs and learned from Orangutan that the guards were investigating the murders as part of a hidden mission.
• Orangutan relayed that the guards had triggered the mission upon entering the records room, and one guard speculated that a ghost might be the killer.

After a deadly night at the hospital, Zhao Xun questioned staff and learned that one patient had died from a mysteriously sudden illness. Suspecting the patients might be involved, he set out for the Records Room to investigate and possibly trigger a hidden mission.

• Zhao Xun learned from the Orangutan that security guards had taken the bodies to the crowded Morgue, then spent the night waking to more deaths across the hospital.
• Zhao Xun questioned Zhang Wei, who had heard no screams, and learned that the Records Room was on the fifth floor.
• Zhao Xun questioned Lin Sheng, who had lost forty points, heard the night’s screams, and believed the dead doctors had likely been on night duty.
• Zhao Xun questioned an NPC nurse, who said most patients had died when their existing illnesses worsened, but one had developed a sudden, unusually serious illness.
• Zhao Xun learned that the Head Nurse visited the Nurses’ Station at noon and seven in the evening, then left for the fifth-floor Records Room to investigate.

Zhao Xun discovered that patients could trigger a hidden mission by infecting other patients with their diseases, then tested the process on several ward occupants. He left two patients dead and a third infected, with his mission still incomplete.

• Zhao Xun questioned the Records Room attendant, learned security guards had triggered a different hidden mission, and concluded that missions varied by player role.
• Zhao Xun hypnotized the head nurse and learned that saliva or blood could transmit diseases, then triggered the mission to infect and kill three patient players.
• Zhao Xun used his blood to infect a goateed patient, randomly passing on heart disease, then hypnotized him into a fatal heart attack.
• Zhao Xun infected a bald middle-aged man with mental illness and a young man with a buzz cut with heart disease, then caused the buzz-cut man to die of fright.
• Zhao Xun left the bald middle-aged man alive because he was unsure whether a hypnotically induced suicide would satisfy the mission.

Zhao Xun completed a hidden mission by infecting and killing a patient, then woke from unconsciousness to stop Wang Xin from poisoning him and killed the orderly. After covering up the shooting, Zhao Xun restored his mental power with [Unyielding Bone] so he could investigate the cleaners.

• Zhao Xun infected two patients, used Hypnosis to frighten the heart patient to death, and completed the hidden mission, earning 100 points, 100 hours of survival time, and [Ability Injector].
• After Zhao Xun lost consciousness, the Pygmy Marmoset warned him of Wang Xin's attack, and Zhao Xun evaded the syringe with [Chameleon's Cloak].
• Zhao Xun questioned Wang Xin about the security guards' secret ritual, confirmed his account with Hypnosis, and shot him dead.
• Zhao Xun pretended he had slept through the killing, and the hospital staff accepted his explanation while the other players kept silent.
• When Zhao Xun's mental power faltered as he prepared to use [Psychic Ability] on the cleaners, he ate a piece of [Unyielding Bone] and recovered.

Zhao Xun questioned cleaners, a security guard, and the Eyebrowless Man to uncover the hospital’s threats and learn why the orderlies summoned an evil spirit. After organizing the dangers facing each role, he suspected that doctor players were hiding another undiscovered risk.

• Zhao Xun hypnotized two cleaners and learned that a cleaner’s hidden mission involved finding a medical-supply thief with a doctor, while cleaners could be attacked by Wanderers if they failed to dispose of recyclable waste.
• Zhao Xun questioned a security guard, who said his teammate suspected the killer was not human, reinforcing Zhao Xun’s belief that the orderlies had summoned an evil spirit.
• After resting until five, Zhao Xun found an orderly, used the orderly’s group chat to summon the Eyebrowless Man, and hypnotized him into answering questions.
• The Eyebrowless Man revealed that the evil spirit could not yet approach security guards because of their righteous aura, but would be strong enough to kill them all the following night.
• Zhao Xun learned that the orderlies summoned the spirit to avenge injuries they blamed on security guards, then reviewed the threats facing each player role and suspected doctor players faced an undiscovered danger.

Zhao Xun learned why Lin Sheng risked death without a hidden mission, killed an orderly who broke into his ward, and survived the hospital’s chaotic night. On the final night, the Evil Spirit wiped out the security guards and attacked the Inpatient Department, where Zhao Xun spotted it gathering above his ward.

• Zhao Xun dismissed Lin Sheng’s NPC nurse and learned that Lin Sheng would be killed if all three of his patients died or were discharged.
• An orderly entered Zhao Xun’s ward to poison patients, but Zhao Xun shot him and had the Orangutan throw his body out the window.
• A cleaner arrived to remove the blood, and Zhao Xun slept until dawn while the Orangutan hid beneath the bed.
• On the final day, Zhao Xun rested, then used [Chameleon's Cloak] to watch the Evil Spirit kill the security guards outside.
• The Evil Spirit entered the Inpatient Department and began attacking players in their wards.
• After screams and a ten-minute lull, Zhao Xun looked up and saw a dense mass of black mist hovering over the ceiling.

Zhao Xun killed the black mist in Harmony Hospital, completed the game, and returned to the Endless Train. The next day, Whistle told him that White Cat was using suspicions about Demon’s death to pressure him, delaying Whistle’s investigation into Death God.

• Zhao Xun burned the black mist to nothing with samadhi true fire, then rested while other players continued dying in the hospital.
• Zhao Xun examined the Ability Injector, which could temporarily transfer a chosen ability using blood, and waited for the game to end.
• Zhao Xun cleared Harmony Hospital, earning points and survival time plus a bonus for unlocking every storyline, then returned to Compartment 9 and fell asleep.
• Whistle told Zhao Xun that White Cat suspected Whistle had discovered how to kill Demon and was threatening to expose him as a danger to other players.
• Whistle explained that White Cat had demanded free information, and Zhao Xun warned him that giving in could lead to further demands.
• Whistle said he needed to investigate White Cat’s request first, so his investigation into Death God would be delayed.

Zhao Xun entered an amusement park dream game, solved the entrance puzzle, and chose to hide from the NPCs rather than risk blending in. After spending the first day concealed in a tree, he faced a new threat when workers began cutting down the grove.

• Zhao Xun accepted Whistle's plan to help White Cat once, but warned that he would kill White Cat if he made another demand.
• Zhao Xun entered the amusement park game, identified the correct entrance, and received 30 points and 30 hours of survival time.
• Zhao Xun studied the NPCs' gestures, concluded that blending in would be too complicated, and decided to hide until the third day before exposing his identity.
• Zhao Xun found a grove where he could rest out of camera view and spent more than a day hiding in a tree with the pygmy marmoset watching over him.
• A family released a squirrel beneath Zhao Xun's tree, then a lumberjack arrived and began cutting down the grove to make room for a new ride.

Zhao Xun delayed the Lumberjack until the game entered pursuit mode, then killed him and triggered a hidden mission to survive until the deadline without damaging any amusement rides. He fought off waves of NPCs before concealing himself in the Ghost House's Control Room to recover Mental Power.

• Zhao Xun hypnotized the Lumberjack into slowing his work and rested in the grove until the Lumberjack began sawing the last tree.
• Zhao Xun killed the Lumberjack with Samadhi True Fire, exposing his identity and triggering pursuit mode and a hidden survival mission.
• Zhao Xun flew above the approaching NPCs and burned multiple waves while blocking their attacks with fire.
• Zhao Xun killed a gun-carrying wave of NPCs, melted their bullets with a fire barrier, and continued burning those who advanced.
• Zhao Xun drew a crowd of NPCs beneath him, then used [Chameleon's Cloak] and [Teleportation] to vanish from the sky.
• Zhao Xun hid in the Ghost House's Control Room while the NPCs scattered to search for him.

After night fell, Zhao Xun waited in the Control Room and used his fire abilities to kill several transformed NPCs who discovered him. He escaped to another location before a group of monsters tried to flush him out with water.

• Night fell, and Zhao Xun waited in the Control Room while the NPCs transformed into more dangerous monsters.
• A towering monster, a two-headed monster, and a bone-spurred monster found the Control Room, and Zhao Xun killed all three with [Fire Control].
• Zhao Xun teleported to the rooftop and watched more than a dozen monsters search the Control Room and Ghost House without finding him.
• A six-winged birdman detected Zhao Xun on the rooftop, but Zhao Xun killed him with a barrage of flames before his companions arrived.
• The monsters decided to use water to reveal Zhao Xun, but he had already teleported away, and the group argued over who had failed to notice his escape.

The monsters tried to counter Zhao Xun’s fire with water, but he revealed that he could also use lightning and drove them back. They resumed hunting him, and when they found him at the Ferris Wheel, the Scale Monster sent eight monsters with restraining abilities to attack while he waited for Zhao Xun to exhaust his powers.

• The Scale Monster and the other monsters planned to restrain Zhao Xun in shifts while others sprayed him with fire-hydrant water, but they struggled to find him.
• When monsters sprayed Zhao Xun’s fire barrier with water, he used the conductive jets to send lightning through the hoses and knock down a large group.
• The monsters retreated, and Zhao Xun left using [Teleportation]; the Scale Monster and Antenna Monster speculated that his abilities had limits, while the Long-Haired Monster slipped away to seek a safer strategy.
• After searching for over forty minutes, the Scale Monster’s group found Zhao Xun in a Ferris Wheel cabin and waited nearby as he fought other monsters with fire and lightning.
• The Scale Monster signaled the eight monsters with restraining abilities to move in, believing Zhao Xun might have used up his abilities.