Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xun used his abilities to kill wave after wave of monsters through the night, reducing their numbers to fewer than a quarter before daylight brought stronger third forms and real-time tracking. He countered the monsters’ acid attacks and fought off several new threats, while the chapter left him facing three rubber monsters rescued from his fire serpents by sludge.

• Zhao Xun killed the vine monster and rubber-band monster with a fire dragon, then trapped the remaining monsters in water spheres while fighting newcomers with fire.
• The Scale Monster suffocated in a water sphere, and Zhao Xun continued fighting until dawn, killing most of the amusement park’s monsters.
• The game announced that monsters had gained third forms and that Zhao Xun’s location would be displayed in real time, so he waited on a roof for the next wave.
• Zhao Xun seized control of the monsters’ corrosive acid and used it to kill flying monsters and a newly arrived wave before striking survivors with lightning.
• Five rubber-bodied monsters survived the lightning; Zhao Xun burned two with fire, then sent three fire serpents after the others.
• Sludge dragged the three fleeing rubber monsters away just before the fire serpents could reach them.

Zhao Xun survived the monsters’ massive assault by using [Nullification] and [Teleportation], then counterattacked with his abilities while carefully avoiding damage to the amusement park rides. After nearly an hour, he defeated the monsters and collected the metal, but was left with very little mental power.

• Roughly fifteen thousand monsters surrounded Zhao Xun and attacked him with poison, sludge, vines, and other abilities, collapsing the house around him.
• Zhao Xun escaped in frog form with [Nullification] and [Teleportation], then used a scythe, needles, a fire dragon, and other abilities to slaughter monsters in the east and north.
• Zhao Xun ate part of [Unyielding Bone] to restore his mental power, then fused the needles into a Dead-Angle Dart and redirected acid attacks against the monsters.
• Zhao Xun eliminated the remaining monsters over nearly an hour, using hypnosis and controlled attacks to avoid damaging the amusement park rides.
• Zhao Xun returned to human form, collected the remaining metal, and sat down exhausted with little mental power left.

After completing the amusement park game, Zhao Xun returned to the Endless Train, gained a new special item, and entered another dream game. The new game began in a church, where his quest was to become a believer.

• Zhao Xun burned his adoptive mother's body, saved her ashes, and waited until the pursuit-mode game ended, earning 1,000 points and the Gun of Truth for completing his hidden mission.
• Zhao Xun returned to the Endless Train, learned that Su Tiantian had entered the platform game, and later discovered his rank had risen six places to 113.
• In his new compartment, Zhao Xun remotely closed the door with Metal Control and examined the Gun of Truth, which could kill a target after striking the same spot twice.
• Zhao Xun purchased supplies and three days of Safety Barrier protection, then entered another dream game on the morning of the twenty-first.
• Zhao Xun found himself in a church with a main quest to become a believer, and asked a long-bearded man how to do so.

Zhao Xun pretended to embrace the church’s faith so he could complete his main quest, but the baptism forced hypnotic water into his brain. He removed and burned the water, then checked the new side quest, which warned that every gain came with a loss.

• Zhao Xun persuaded John to introduce him to the priest and learned that believers received rewards for bringing in converts.
• During the service, Zhao Xun noticed the church’s bizarre sculptures and felt the altar statue watching him.
• Zhao Xun told the priest he wanted the Lord’s protection and underwent baptism, resisting the water’s dizziness and hypnotic whispers with his mental strength.
• After the baptism completed his main quest and awarded him 50 points and 50 hours of survival time, Zhao Xun extracted the darkened water from his brain and burned it with his fire ability.
• Zhao Xun read his side quest to survive until the game ended, along with hints that there was no correct choice and every gain came with a loss.

Zhao Xun analyzed the risks of his survival quest and accepted John’s offer to stay at his apartment while investigating the church’s influence. He learned that John’s baptism seemed to involve mind-control liquid, then settled into the guest bedroom as John went out to pursue his fortune and girlfriend.

• Zhao Xun decided to avoid risky investigations and prioritize surviving the game over uncovering its full story.
• John welcomed Zhao Xun into his home, crediting him with the gold coins the Lord had rewarded him for bringing in a new believer.
• Zhao Xun inspected John’s shabby apartment and, after John returned with lunch, hypnotized him to check that the food was safe and contained no baptism liquid.
• John said the Lord protected believers’ gifts from theft, but he seemed confused when Zhao Xun asked about his baptism, strengthening Zhao Xun’s suspicion that the liquid controlled believers’ minds.
• John gave Zhao Xun the guest bedroom and left to meet his girlfriend, while Zhao Xun stayed home and inspected the room.

Zhao Xun learned that refusing religious activities or killing a believer could bring the Lord’s retaliation, while the church services seemed to strengthen the Lord’s control over believers. After attending the evening service, he discovered the coming schedule included a public performance, a wedding, and a Sacrificial Ritual, then met Lilith when she came to see John.

• Zhao Xun questioned John about refusing church activities and learned that the Lord would punish disloyal believers and obliterate anyone who killed one.
• Zhao Xun used Hypnosis to question John about the Lord, then concluded that the Lord could control and watch believers through the liquid in their brains.
• Zhao Xun attended the evening service and felt Sculpture’s gaze eroding him, though he resisted it more easily than the liquid’s influence.
• John told Zhao Xun about an upcoming town-square performance, a church wedding, and a Sacrificial Ritual with a priest selection competition.
• Zhao Xun returned to the apartment with John, opened the door to Lilith, and watched John greet and kiss her.

Zhao Xun discovered that John’s nightly prayers involved a strange Scripture and liquid used to cleanse believers of evil thoughts, and he wondered whether the Lord could be killed. On the morning of the 22nd, John prepared to take Zhao Xun to the Church, while Lilith declined to join them.

• Lilith arrived at John’s home after her parents kicked her out, ignored Zhao Xun, and demanded that he move out so she could be alone with John.
• At 2:30 a.m., John led Zhao Xun to a hidden altar and explained that believers used its copper jar and silk to wash away evil thoughts.
• Zhao Xun found the Scripture’s writing and recitation disturbing, noticed the altar Sculpture seemed to watch him, and considered whether killing the Lord might be the game’s hidden mission.
• After the prayers, John said he had memorized much of the Bible and invited Zhao Xun to pray whenever he felt unwell.
• On the morning of the 22nd, Zhao Xun ate breakfast and reminded John about the Morning Meeting; John planned to leave for the Church at nine, but Lilith refused to go.

Lilith stole John's gold coins while he and Zhao Xun attended church, prompting John to request a curse ritual. Zhao Xun watched the ritual and felt the Lord’s attention touch his mind, leaving him uncertain whether the altar Sculpture had moved.

• John urged Lilith to become a believer before he would marry her, and she said she needed time to think.
• Zhao Xun suspected Lilith intended to steal John's gold coins and chose not to warn him, hoping to learn how the Lord punished thieves.
• After Zhao Xun and John returned from church, they found Lilith gone and John's gold coins missing.
• Zhao Xun accompanied John to church, where the pastor gathered four other believers to perform a curse ritual against Lilith.
• During the ritual, black vapor gathered into a boiling liquid that flew out of the church after John asked the Lord to punish Lilith.
• Zhao Xun felt something tug at his cerebral nerves and thought the Sculpture's eyes might have shifted, while John said the Lord had answered him.

Zhao Xun watched the Lord grow stronger after John sacrificed Lilith, then used a Mimicry Doll to cover his absence while he headed to the Church. He hypnotized two passersby and sent them inside, beginning his attempt to investigate or destroy the Sculpture.

• Lilith returned the stolen Gold Coins and begged John to lift her curse, but John lured her to the altar, where she melted into blood that the Sculpture absorbed.
• Zhao Xun noticed the Lord's presence grow stronger after the sacrifice and suspected the Lord used the curse rituals and believers to increase its power.
• John recovered from his sorrow over Lilith and took Zhao Xun to the town square, where believers performed and distributed religious flyers to passersby.
• Zhao Xun left a Mimicry Doll disguised as himself at the square, used his transformed legs to reach the Church, and confirmed that only two elderly believers guarded it.
• Zhao Xun hypnotized two burly passersby and followed them into the Church, where the elderly believers greeted them as potential visitors drawn by the flyers.

Zhao Xun used two hypnotized men to question the church elders and test the altar sculpture, learning that believers’ rituals strengthened the Lord’s power. When Zhao Xun’s Samadhi True Fire damaged the sculpture, a hidden mission appeared, directing him to merge all the sculptures.

• The two burly men toured the church with the elders, and Zhao Xun learned that the grotesque sculptures had fallen from the sky and inspired the first pastor to establish the faith.
• The elders revealed that the first pastor had been punished after trying to replace the Lord, and they identified the altar sculpture as the most important one.
• Following Zhao Xun’s instructions, the tall man attacked the altar sculpture while the short man knocked out and bound the elders, but ordinary tools could not damage it.
• Zhao Xun closed the church doors and observed that the Lord’s black vapor stopped increasing when the elders lost consciousness, leading him to conclude that the Lord’s powers depended on rituals.
• Zhao Xun struck the sculpture with Samadhi True Fire, making tiny pits in it, and a hidden mission appeared instructing him to merge all the sculptures.

Zhao Xun fused the church’s Sculptures into a single sphere, convincing two elderly believers that he was acting on the Lord’s orders. The hidden mission did not appear complete, and Zhao Xun realized that the believers’ household Sculptures might also be needed; the chapter ended as the pastor and other believers discovered the ruined church.

• Zhao Xun melted and fused the church’s Sculptures, telling the awakened elderly believers that the Lord had ordered him to combine them.
• Zhao Xun recalled his stand-in and fused the main altar Sculpture with the others, forming a large sphere, but no hidden-mission completion notice appeared.
• Zhao Xun asked whether household Sculptures came from the deep pit, then learned that ordinary believers did not know where unused Sculptures were stored.
• Zhao Xun persuaded the two elderly believers to fetch their household Sculptures, while the Pygmy Marmoset waited outside.
• The believers entered the devastated church and questioned the elderly men about the missing Sculptures and the marble-like sphere until the pastor ordered everyone to be quiet.

Zhao Xun convinced the Church’s believers that the Lord had ordered him to fuse the Sculptures, while the Pastor tried to discredit him. The Pastor’s inquiry ritual confirmed Zhao Xun’s claim, leaving the believers ready to trust him.

• The Pastor learned that Zhao Xun had fused the Sculptures after saving two elderly believers from attackers, and Zhao Xun claimed the Lord had instructed him to do it.
• When the Pastor and other believers doubted him, Zhao Xun conjured a fireball and argued that the Lord had chosen him over the Pastor.
• Zhao Xun challenged the Pastor to ask the Lord whether the Sculptures should be fused, proposing a public coin toss to reveal the answer.
• The Pastor performed the inquiry ritual, and the silver coin landed heads up, confirming that the Lord wanted all the Sculptures fused together.
• The believers accepted Zhao Xun’s claim and smiled at him, while the Pastor looked grim.

Zhao Xun convinced the believers that fusing the Sculptures was the Lord’s will, then gathered their Sculptures and began combining them with his fire. He left the Church’s remaining Sculptures and the final fusion unfinished, with the Pastor due to bring the rest by the next day.

• The Pastor asked the Lord to confirm Zhao Xun’s fusion method with the Silver Coin, which first showed tails before flipping to heads, convincing the believers that Zhao Xun was following the Lord’s will.
• Zhao Xun ordered the believers to bring every Sculpture to the evening gathering and told the Pastor to retrieve the remaining unused ones, while John followed him home and offered him a celebratory dinner.
• At the gathering, Zhao Xun collected the believers’ Sculptures, checked that none had been missed, and persuaded the Pastor to hand over his own Sculpture.
• Zhao Xun told the Pastor to bring the remaining Sculptures by noon the next day and insisted that other believers tidy the Church while he worked on the fusion.
• Zhao Xun used fireballs to melt the small Sculptures and fuse them into the large sphere as the believers watched.

Zhao Xun fused the Church’s small Sculptures as the Lord’s power grew, then used his leverage over the fusion to refuse becoming Pastor and nominate John instead. The Lord accepted the change, leaving the believers unsettled by how much influence Zhao Xun seemed to have.

• Zhao Xun fused the Church’s small Sculptures while warning the Pastor to protect the hidden supply, then endured John’s usual midnight prayer.
• On the morning of the twenty-third, Zhao Xun kept fusing Sculptures through a wedding and watched the bride become a devoted believer during her baptism.
• Zhao Xun sensed the growing Lord watching him, melted a patch in the large spherical Sculpture, and secretly sent three metal needles inside it.
• During the evening Sacrificial Ritual, Zhao Xun forced his candle to light after the Lord failed to approve his offering.
• The Lord chose Zhao Xun as the next Pastor, but Zhao Xun refused and threatened to stop fusing the Sculptures unless the Lord changed its decision.
• Zhao Xun nominated John, whose candle flame grew, and the believers were left uneasy after seeing the Lord appear to follow Zhao Xun’s wishes.

Zhao Xun gathered the remaining small sculptures and delayed fusing the last ten until the spherical Sculpture tried to absorb them on its own. He stopped the sculptures, fought off the mind-controlled believers, then returned the fused mass to the spherical Sculpture, which absorbed it.

• The former Pastor transferred his authority to John, who gained the knowledge of where the remaining small sculptures were stored.
• John brought the sculptures to Zhao Xun, who fused some, slept while John guarded the rest, and resumed work the next morning.
• During the Morning Meeting, Zhao Xun waited until ten twenty-five to approach the final ten sculptures, but they flew toward the spherical Sculpture and he blocked them with fire.
• John and the believers accused Zhao Xun of obstructing the Lord and attacked him, so Zhao Xun killed the approaching believers with lightning while melting the sculptures.
• Zhao Xun fused the last ten sculptures inside his flames, then carried the softened mass above the spherical Sculpture and let it absorb the piece.

Zhao Xun destroyed the Lord’s sculpture, cleared the dream game, and received an unsettling Unknown Sculpture with no explanation of its function. After resting, he joined the Rabbit Kingdom platform game, where players were assigned hidden faction roles and individual and cooperative missions.

• Zhao Xun burned and blasted the spherical sculpture, destroying it and the church before leaving the dream game with rewards and the Unknown Sculpture.
• Back on the train, Zhao Xun found the sculpture’s description gave no clue to its function and wondered whether it was tied to becoming a Train Conductor.
• Zhao Xun asked Whistle about the item, learned the next platform game would begin on the morning of the twenty-fifth, and went back to sleep.
• After Number Two taunted him, Zhao Xun told him to get lost, and Number Four warned Number Two against making enemies.
• Zhao Xun disembarked at the Rabbit Kingdom with fifteen other players and learned they would be assigned hidden roles in four factions, each with personal and cooperative missions.

Zhao Xun entered Rabbit Kingdom as a Horse Servant and learned that his role was Thief, with a mission to steal the rabbit Princess’s favorite jewelry for the rabbit King’s lover. He arranged to perform before the King to enter the palace and search for his faction, and the chapter ended as the King invited him to begin.

• Zhao Xun learned his Thief mission and used Hypnosis to question the gray rabbit overseeing the stable.
• The gray rabbit told Zhao Xun that sixteen humans lived in the Kingdom and offered to take him to the palace if he performed for the King.
• Zhao Xun reasoned that he needed to find every surviving teammate to start his faction’s cooperative mission and that the players’ palace jobs could help them gather at lunchtime.
• At ten o’clock, Zhao Xun hypnotized the gray rabbit into silence and followed it into the palace’s performance hall.
• The rabbit King invited Zhao Xun to perform, and Zhao Xun agreed as he surveyed those present.

Zhao Xun impressed the rabbit royal family with a Pygmy Marmoset performance, sold it to the Princess for gold, and secured an invitation to lunch. At the meal, he identified several players’ factions but still had not found anyone from his own, so he planned to search the garden for the remaining players.

• Zhao Xun performed tricks with his Pygmy Marmoset, delighting the Princess and the Queen while the Prince refused to watch.
• The Princess asked to have the Pygmy Marmoset, and Zhao Xun agreed to sell it for a large bag of gold coins.
• Zhao Xun used Hypnosis to persuade the King to invite him to lunch, where the Prince insulted humans and the King ordered him to copy the family rules five times.
• The King gave Zhao Xun the gold coins and led the royal family and their servants to the dining room.
• At lunch, Zhao Xun counted eleven players, identified two factions among the servants, and decided to look for the remaining players in the garden.

Zhao Xun used Hypnosis to learn a servant’s personal mission and calm the Rabbit Prince, then went to the Garden to find another player in the [Thief] faction. He and Scarred Man realized that at most one faction member remained unaccounted for, while Scarred Man stayed trapped finishing his pruning work.

• Zhao Xun instructed the Pygmy Marmoset to gather information while staying with the Rabbit Princess, then left lunch at the palace.
• The Rabbit Prince confronted Zhao Xun, who used Hypnosis to learn that the Prince’s human servant had to earn the Prince’s trust and believe in his loyalty.
• When the Rabbit Prince drew his sword, Zhao Xun made him calm down and leave, and the servant decided to avoid provoking Zhao Xun.
• Zhao Xun went to the Garden and met Scarred Man, a fellow player in the [Thief] faction who had found no other faction members among the Garden workers.
• Zhao Xun and Scarred Man counted fifteen players they had encountered, leaving at most one player unaccounted for, while Scarred Man explained he could not leave until he finished pruning.

Zhao Xun learned that the scarred man’s mission involved stealing the Rabbit Queen’s jewelry, then stole the Rabbit Princess’s favorite aquamarine necklace. After hypnotizing the Princess, he learned that a human dancing girl was in the palace and had her take him to the dance studio.

• Zhao Xun hypnotized the scarred man and learned that his personal mission was to steal the Rabbit Queen’s most expensive jewelry for the Rabbit Prince’s fiancée.
• Zhao Xun found the Rabbit Princess’s bedroom, where the pygmy marmoset told him the Princess had tried to eat it and revealed where she kept her favorite necklace.
• Zhao Xun opened the safe, took the aquamarine necklace, and returned the pygmy marmoset to his small millstone.
• When the Rabbit Princess returned, Zhao Xun hypnotized her and ordered her not to check the safe for seventy-two hours.
• Zhao Xun learned that a human dancing girl was practicing in the palace dance studio for a banquet, then hypnotized the Rabbit Princess into taking him there.