Arc 2Tongren Road Showdown

Ren Ye pursued the Bell Society after its members targeted his family, while the New Year's Watchers fought to uncover who had hidden Ren Daguo. The arc ended with Yan Duoduo forcing Limp to surrender and ordering Tongren Road secured.

  • Ren Ye learned from Xu Ye that Ren Daguo had only revised the historical-transmigration story, then dismissed the manuscript and Qingliang Town links as likely coincidence.
  • Mr. He and the Bell Society pursued the Former Dynasty Princess's Tomb clue, murdered witnesses, and targeted Ren Qingning, but a shadow woman killed Fat Dragon and Skinny Monkey before Ren Ye could reach her.
  • After Ren Daguo disappeared, Ren Ye traced Li Feng to the same apartment building and joined Huang Wei as the Bell Society attacked, and Huang Wei and the New Year's Watchers fought to stop Ren Daguo from being taken.
  • Little War Wolf killed Prisoner Woman and returned Ren Daguo to the stage, while Ren Ye used the Nine-Story Buddhist Pagoda against the Bell Society's fighters and a mysterious shadow challenged Mr. He.
  • Ren Ye and Huang Wei learned that the Hunter and an unidentified Soul Body may have concealed Ren Daguo and Editor Xu, while Yan Duoduo returned to Shanghai and prepared a response to the Bell Society.
  • Yan Duoduo rejected Zhou's offer to exchange Limp for Mr. He and mobilized New Year's Watchers across Shanghai to arrest Limp and Mastermind.
  • Ren Ye led the arrest team to the Roadside Dogs bar as hundreds of Chaos Faction players gathered to defend Limp, and Yan Duoduo sealed Tongren Road with Wordless Steles.
  • Yan Duoduo opened his Star Gate and challenged Limp to resist arrest, and Limp surrendered, and Yan Duoduo ordered the Roadside Dogs members taken in for questioning.
Chapters 26–50 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 26A bloody transaction

Ren Ye used his Charm Skill to question Xu Ye about the manuscript Dad was revising, but Xu Ye was not a player and gave no evidence linking it to the Qingliang Town scenario. After surviving Xu Ye’s uncontrollable advances and returning to Huang Wei’s group, Ren Ye concluded he had likely been overthinking the connection, while a man identified as Mr. He learned that Wang Hong was dead and her daughter and a boy had arrived.

  • Ren Ye charmed Xu Ye in an old-district grove and learned that Xu Ye had devised the historical-transmigration story’s concept with a short-drama company, while Ren Daguo only revised it.
  • Ren Ye discovered Xu Ye was not a player and tried to make him forget their conversation, but Xu Ye’s desire overcame the charm and the two fought.
  • Ren Ye returned to Huang Wei, Gu Nian, Xu Peng, and the others battered and exhausted, then reminded Huang Wei that his dad was nearby.
  • Dad found Xu Ye bruised and disheveled; Xu Ye blamed a streetwalker for beating him and said he had left his purchases by the Insole Factory.
  • Ren Ye reconsidered the evidence in the car and decided the manuscript and Qingliang Town scenario were probably coincidental, while Huang Wei stopped Xu Peng from offering him medicine.
  • At a theater in Xiangjiang City, a young man told Mr. He that Wang Hong was dead and her daughter and a boy had arrived, and Mr. He told him to let them in.

Ch. 27An initial look at the Star Gate

Mr. He planned to capture Prince Huai, whom he suspected was a New Year's Watcher, while Ren Ye learned about Star Gate inheritances and the Bell Society from Xu Peng. The chapter ended with Mr. He traveling to Shanghai to investigate Prince Huai and arrange an information deal.

  • Mr. He told Guo Caier and Xing Tao that they should focus on clearing Qingliang Prefecture, then planned to capture Prince Huai and bring him back for Guo Caier to kill.
  • Guo Caier linked Prince Huai's Imperial Brush to a New Year's Watcher, and Mr. He arranged to take eight Copper Bells to Shanghai to find him.
  • Ren Ye met Xu Peng, who explained class systems, stage titles, inheritances, and how players developed their abilities through Star Gates.
  • Xu Peng told Ren Ye that New Year's Watchers opposed evil players such as the Bell Society, which they called the Chaos Faction.
  • On the way to Shanghai, Mr. He ordered his companions to arrange an information deal and ask local comrades about Prince Huai.

Ch. 28Good and evil

Ren Ye learned why the New Year's Watchers tolerated powerful Chaos Faction groups, while Xu Peng suffered a disturbing reaction to his medicine. Little War Wolf sold information about the Former Dynasty Princess's Tomb to Mr. He, but the Bell Society ambushed him, killed witnesses, and drew the New Year's Watchers to the scene.

  • Xu Peng explained the Star Gate factions and the fragile balance between Order, Free, and Chaos players, then vomited two worms and ate them in front of Ren Ye.
  • Mr. He paid Little War Wolf ten white crystals for information about the Former Dynasty Princess's Tomb, which Guo Caier confirmed could be crucial to the mission.
  • Mr. He's companions attacked Little War Wolf in an alley, but discovered he was already a corpse and had no items or star source to recover.
  • A Bell Society member found a young couple who had witnessed the killing, and Mr. He ordered his group to deal with them.
  • Little War Wolf's ghost headed toward a crematorium or morgue, while Huang Wei received word that a player had killed ordinary people on Fuyuan Street.

Ch. 29A horrific murder

Ren Ye witnessed the aftermath of a brutal murder committed by players and saw the New Year's Watchers begin investigating. Meanwhile, Mr. He paid Old Yin for information about four dead Watchers and the mysterious person Huang Wei had taken out of prison, then stayed with Old Yin after making an unusual request.

  • Huang Wei brought Ren Ye to an apartment where players had brutally killed a couple and their dog, and Xu Peng failed to revive either victim long enough to question them.
  • Huang Wei ordered the Watchers to examine the crime scene and search for the perpetrators and possible wanted fugitives.
  • At a Tongren Road mahjong parlor, Mr. He paid Old Yin for details about four Watchers who had died on a Star Gate mission and Huang Wei’s prison extraction.
  • Old Yin said the extracted person had no records and agreed to find information about him by noon the next day for ten crystals.
  • Mr. He offered Old Yin two more crystals and asked him to provide a personal service, leaving Old Yin flustered as the lights went out.

Ch. 30A hasty romance

Ren Ye learned about the Star Gate advancement system while Mr. He used information from Old Yin to target Ren Qingning. Ren Qingning recognized the threat and reached a police station, where Fat Dragon and Skinny Monkey attacked her before a New Year's Watcher intervened.

  • Ren Ye asked Xu Peng about the investigation into the murdered couple, and Xu Peng began teaching him about the Star Gate's seven-stage advancement system.
  • Old Yin gave Mr. He a file on three people and agreed to keep searching for identities tied to two prerequisite-task Star Gates.
  • Mr. He identified Ren Qingning as the easiest target and sent Fat Dragon and Skinny Monkey to capture her.
  • Ren Qingning noticed Fat Dragon following her and led her friends toward a nearby police station.
  • Skinny Monkey ensnared Ren Qingning with chains as Fat Dragon rushed the station, but a New Year's Watcher cut the chain and wounded Fat Dragon with playing cards.

Ch. 31The shadow on the wall

Gu Nian and the New Year's Watchers thwarted an attempt to abduct Ren Qingning, while a mysterious shadow woman killed Fat Dragon and Skinny Monkey. Ren Ye learned that his sister had been attacked and called her, ending the chapter as she answered.

  • Gu Nian used the Wordless Stele and her magic to trap Fat Dragon, but rats distracted her and he escaped with Skinny Monkey; she prioritized protecting Ren Qingning over pursuing them.
  • At the police station, Ren Qingning discovered wounds on her waist, and Gu Nian arranged for backup and police coordination.
  • Huang Wei told Ren Ye that an attack on his family had occurred, and Ren Ye demanded to know what had happened to Ren Qingning.
  • A shadow woman killed Fat Dragon and Skinny Monkey, leaving Skinny Monkey's body hanging with a blood-written warning for the Bell Society.
  • Ren Ye called Ren Qingning at the police station, and she answered as a New Year's Watcher stood nearby.

Ch. 32A single stone stirred a thousand waves

Ren Ye learned that his sister had been targeted by Chaos Faction players, then investigated the ritualistic deaths of her kidnappers and arranged for his father to be moved to headquarters for safety. When New Year's Watchers entered his father's apartment, they found something that left them frozen.

  • Ren Ye reunited with Ren Qingning at the Police Station, learned she had been wounded during an attempted kidnapping, and told her he was working on an unresolved border case.
  • Old Yin heard that a player had snatched someone under the New Year's Watchers' noses, while Ren Daguo noticed a message on his phone and led Old Xu downstairs.
  • Ren Ye, Huang Wei, and Gu Nian examined the bodies of Skinny Monkey and Fat Dragon, and reasoned that their killer had deliberately left a warning for other players and the New Year's Watchers.
  • Gu Nian said the dead men were likely Bell Society members who had murdered a couple, and Ren Ye decided to have his father brought to headquarters for protection.
  • Two New Year's Watchers broke into Ren Daguo's apartment after he failed to answer the door, then froze when they saw what was inside.

Ch. 33The locked-room disappearance

Ren Ye learned that his father and an editor had vanished from a locked apartment despite six New Year's Watchers guarding the scene, and he demanded that the Bell Society be found before anyone tried to use his father to pressure him. Huang Wei mobilized help and took Ren Ye to seek information from the Fraud Merchants' Association.

  • Ren Ye confronted the New Year's Watchers after they reported that Ren Daguo and the editor had disappeared from apartment 601 without signs of a break-in or supernatural activity.
  • Huang Wei reasoned that the Bell Society's forceful abduction elsewhere made it uncertain whether they had taken Ren Daguo, but Ren Ye warned that he would prioritize rescuing his father over the Star Gate mission if necessary.
  • Huang Wei called Yan Duoduo, who ordered elite personnel sent to reinforce Qingfu District and arranged citywide cooperation while postponing his briefing.
  • Huang Wei told Ren Ye they would gather information from Shanghai colleagues and the Fraud Merchants' Association, an organization known for operating in the gray area between legal and illegal.

Ch. 34A deal sealed by moral persuasion

Huang Wei and Ren Ye pressured Dandan into helping them investigate the Bell Society players involved in the University Town case. Ren Ye protected his worried sister while awaiting the lead, and the chapter ended with Huang Wei announcing that Dandan’s information had arrived.

  • Huang Wei and Ren Ye met Dandan in a sauna and asked him for information about Fat Dragon, Skinny Monkey, and the University Town incident.
  • Dandan refused to help until Huang Wei threatened to detain him, then agreed to provide information for twelve thousand essence.
  • Dandan secretly contacted his boss, who told him to investigate the criminal players and report any findings first.
  • Ren Ye returned to headquarters and reassured Ren Qingning that their father was safe, though he concealed that their father had disappeared.
  • Gu Nian arranged a secure room for Ren Qingning as extra New Year's Watchers arrived to strengthen security.
  • The next evening, Huang Wei told Ren Ye that Dandan had sent someone with information.

Ch. 35Hunter

Ren Ye and the New Year's Watchers moved to arrest Yin Hai, but a masked woman from the Shanghai Fraud Merchants' Association reached his mahjong parlor first. After killing Yin Hai, she learned that Mr. He and the cripple were targeting Ren Ye and called Mr. He to begin a deadly game.

  • Huang Wei briefed the New Year's Watchers on Yin Hai's suspected role in hiding the University Town criminals, and the team set off to arrest him.
  • At the Fight to the End parlor, Yin Hai attacked a black-robed woman who asked about the companions of two bloodstained bells, but she escaped his bite as a shadow.
  • Yin Hai and the other Chaos Faction players plunged the parlor into darkness and fought the woman and her ally, who killed them in less than a minute.
  • A young woman in a red dress questioned Yin Hai and learned that Mr. He and the cripple had taken seven surviving players into hiding and planned to target Ren Ye's sister.
  • The woman in red left with her shadow and called Mr. He, challenging him to a game in which the loser would die.

Ch. 36Bull Terrier, who lost his good buddy

Ren Ye's search for the Bell Society criminals led the New Year's Watchers to a parlor where Old Yin and three others had been murdered. After Ren Ye attacked Bull Terrier and was driven back by a refined man, he slipped away from the group, leaving his next move unknown.

  • Huang Wei and the New Year's Watchers arrived at the parlor and found Old Yin and three other Chaos Faction players dead.
  • Bull Terrier taunted Huang Wei and denied knowing about Old Yin's dealings with the Bell Society.
  • Ren Ye seized Bull Terrier, cut off his ear, and demanded to know where the Bell Society members were.
  • A refined man entered, knocked Ren Ye back, and made the New Year's Watchers leave; he then ordered Bull Terrier to stay out of trouble and take a Star Gate mission.
  • Ren Ye slipped away while the group stopped on the road, and Gu Nian persuaded Huang Wei to give him time before pursuing him.
  • An hour later, Bull Terrier sought a Light System player to heal his ear, then stopped beside a construction site and looked behind him.

Ch. 37I Saw God

Ren Ye used the Spring Breeze Wish-Fulfilling Painting to distract Bull Terrier with a Divine Gate illusion, then killed him and learned that Mr. He's lackeys were following webnovel author Li Feng to find Ren Daguo. After leaving with Bull Terrier's items and hiding the body, Ren Ye continued toward his father, while Mr. He began to suspect their pursuit of Ren Ye had angered the Hunter from the Fraud Merchants' Association.

  • Ren Ye's Charm Skill briefly controlled Bull Terrier, but Bull Terrier recognized him and trapped him in a sandstorm that tore his body apart.
  • A giant Startrace Gate appeared, and Ren Ye used the Spring Breeze Wish-Fulfilling Painting to make Bull Terrier believe God had summoned him and promised him the Sword of God.
  • Bull Terrier revealed that two of Mr. He's lackeys were following webnovel author Li Feng because they believed Li Feng could find Ren Daguo.
  • Ren Ye struck Bull Terrier's head off as Bull Terrier knelt, then found fifteen star source stones, a Nine-Story Buddhist Pagoda pendant, and cash on the body.
  • Ren Ye hid Bull Terrier's corpse in an abandoned well and limped onward, while in Shanghai Mr. He realized the Hunter might be targeting them because they had pursued Ren Ye.

Ch. 38Smile no matter what

Mr. He mourned Old Yin while the Copper Bell Society pursued Li Feng, and Ren Ye watched Li Feng while recovering from his fight with Bull Terrier. Yan Duoduo learned Ren Ye had gone missing, while a corpse escaped from a Shanghai morgue and left the night watchman convinced he had solved its disappearance.

  • Mr. He explained that other players might be targeting Ren Ye through Li Feng and decided the Copper Bell Society had to take a gamble before Guo Caier and Xing Tao entered the gate.
  • Mr. He burned Hell Money for Old Yin, then argued with a police officer who fined him for burning it in public.
  • Ren Ye watched Li Feng's supermarket from a stairwell and inspected Bull Terrier's pagoda, discovering its sealed demon spirit had one use remaining.
  • Yan Duoduo's flight was delayed, and he learned that Ren Ye was missing.
  • An old man walked out of the Shanghai hospital morgue, prompting the night watchman to report that he had identified the corpse thief.

Ch. 39An old-school trendsetter

Little War Wolf returned to the real world in an elderly corpse while Ren Ye followed Li Feng through a storm to the apartment building where Ren Daguo had disappeared. Li Feng arrived to meet Ren Daguo, while Mr. He set out separately with a clue about the Tomb of the Eldest Princess of Jing.

  • Little War Wolf stole clothes from a balcony and dressed the elderly corpse in trendy clothes before following a faint voice east.
  • Ren Ye spotted Li Feng waiting for a ride, bought a delivery rider’s motorcycle and raincoat, and followed Li Feng through the rain.
  • Mr. He learned that the shut-in writer was on the move, left the Bell Society hideout with four Copper Bell members, and headed separately toward a theater with the Tomb of the Eldest Princess of Jing clue.
  • Ren Ye recognized the neighborhood where his father had disappeared and watched Li Feng enter the same apartment building.
  • Ren Daguo worked on his manuscript while Old Xu asked why he had invited Li Feng, and Ren Daguo reminded them not to exchange contact details.

Ch. 40Gods and demons run wild

Li Feng, Ren Daguo, and Editor Xu were caught in a Bell Society attack while Ren Ye and Huang Wei raced to intervene. The New Year's Watchers sealed off the surrounding area, and Huang Wei unleashed his scarlet power as Ren Ye went to find Gu Nian.

  • Li Feng visited Ren Daguo and met Editor Xu while Bell Society members gathered outside the apartment building.
  • Ren Ye watched the building from Heartsource, called Huang Wei for help, and learned that Huang Wei had been secretly following him.
  • The Bell Society used the dwarf's silkworms to put Li Feng, Ren Daguo, and Editor Xu to sleep, then advanced on apartment 501.
  • Huang Wei and Ren Ye left Heartsource as New Year's Watchers sealed the area with four Wordless Steles.
  • A white pigeon exploded in the corridor and struck the Bell Society members approaching apartment 501.
  • Huang Wei ordered Ren Ye to find Gu Nian, then erupted with scarlet baleful energy and declared that Red Dog was invincible.

Ch. 41I went over, then came right back

Bell Society players attacked the fifth floor to capture Ren Daguo, but Huang Wei killed the Qigong Master and the battle drew in more New Year's Watchers. Mr. He then transformed the fifth floor into a theater stage and entered as Zhao Zilong, leaving the assembled fighters facing his performance.

  • Dwarf ordered Qigong Master to block the stairwell and Prisoner Woman to seize the target while he fought Gu Nian.
  • Little War Wolf left his elderly body at Xinyuan Spa and sent his soul toward the apartment, while Mr. He sensed the fighters and waited in the shadows.
  • Huang Wei endured Qigong Master's Qi Explosion and killed him with Blood Sacrifice-Annihilation, while the other attacker fled upstairs and Ren Ye was injured.
  • Prisoner Woman used Spatial Penetration-Thievery to pull Ren Daguo into the sealed space and carried him toward the window as Mr. He redirected the Bell Society to target Ren Ye.
  • Little War Wolf reached Room 501, recoiled from the people inside, and fled, while Prisoner Woman prepared to leave with Ren Daguo.
  • Mr. He expanded his Theater Stage Model across the fifth floor, summoned the New Year's Watchers onto the stage, and entered as Zhao Zilong.

Ch. 42Peking Opera Grand Stage: Come If You Dare

Ren Ye and the New Year's Watchers fought Mr. He on a supernatural opera stage while Prisoner Woman tried to escape with Ren Daguo. Little War Wolf killed Prisoner Woman and returned Ren Daguo to the stage, where the battle continued and Mr. He's fallen envelope mysteriously changed.

  • Xu Peng healed Ren Ye, then withdrew from the fight as Mr. He charged the New Year's Watchers and Huang Wei collided with him.
  • Prisoner Woman escaped onto the rooftop with Ren Daguo while two Chaos Faction players held off the remaining New Year's Watchers.
  • Little War Wolf sent his ghost to drain Prisoner Woman, killed her with an archaic hammer, and kicked Ren Daguo over the rooftop wall; Ren Daguo then appeared on the stage.
  • Little War Wolf returned to Xinyuan Spa, where the old man woke after the attendants thought he had died.
  • The New Year's Watchers' attacks battered Mr. He but failed to stop him, and he charged into another fight alongside Dwarf and the Predator Type player.
  • The fallen envelope twitched and glowed, and its recorded contents were replaced.

Ch. 43The Song Switched Shows Midway

Gu Nian, Ren Ye, and the New Year's Watchers struggled against Mr. He and his allies as their strongest attacks left them exhausted. Just as Mr. He nearly killed Ren Ye, a mysterious girl sent a powerful shadow fighter to confront him, forcing Mr. He to retreat through a supernatural door.

  • Gu Nian realized their first-tier players could not defeat Mr. He directly, while Red Dog’s reckless attacks left him vulnerable.
  • Red Dog’s Blood Sacrifice-Annihilation shattered the opera stage, and Gu Nian used Levitation to suspend the enemies so Ren Ye could have the Nine-Story Buddhist Pagoda devour the plunder-class player.
  • The New Year's Watchers badly injured the suspended dwarf, but Gu Nian and Ren Ye exhausted their abilities and items.
  • Mr. He trapped Ren Ye with his spear, but a shadow resembling Mr. He emerged and challenged him, speaking as Zhao Zilong of Shanghai through a mysterious girl.
  • The shadow transformed into Sun Wukong and multiplied into a host of fighters, prompting Mr. He to seize the injured dwarf and open a Performers' Entrance door with Curtain call-Enter the Role.

Ch. 44The Hunter who hid her deeds and fame

After the shadow pursued Mr. He across the stage, she remotely detonated the marks she had left in his body, gravely wounding him, while the little dwarf carried him away to seek help. The shadow challenged Ren Ye to grow stronger and disappeared; Ren Daguo woke as Huang Wei told him he might be a player.

  • Mr. He escaped the stage with the little dwarf through the Actor's Passage, but the shadow tracked the marks she had left in him and detonated them at the Minhuang Grand Theater.
  • The little dwarf carried the badly wounded Mr. He away and called for someone to save him, while Mr. He urged him to keep searching for two missing players from the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate.
  • The shadow told Ren Ye to grow stronger so they could fight, then vanished; Red Dog and Gu Nian believed she had been helping Ren Ye.
  • Huang Wei and the New Year's Watchers cleared the corridor, and Ren Ye took his unconscious father away as Little War Wolf left Xinyuan Spa.
  • Ren Daguo woke in the car, and Huang Wei told him he suspected Ren Daguo was a player.

Ch. 45Who was hiding their scent

Ren Ye and Huang Wei investigated why Ren Daguo and Editor Xu had vanished from the New Year's Watchers' perception, while the captured Bell Society members were interrogated. The Liar confirmed Ren Daguo had told the truth, and the group suspected two mysterious allies had concealed the pair to draw out the Bell Society; meanwhile, Yan Duoduo arrived in Shanghai to confront the fallout.

  • Huang Wei ordered Gu Nian to interrogate the two captured Bell Society members and learned that Old Yan had been seriously injured by venomous insects.
  • Ren Ye agreed with Huang Wei to question Ren Daguo, and the Liar found that Ren Daguo's account of working with Editor Xu and moving apartments was truthful.
  • Ren Ye told Huang Wei that his Enchantment ability had confirmed Ren Daguo and Editor Xu were not players.
  • The Liar suggested that the Hunter from the Fraud Merchants' Association and an unidentified Soul Body had concealed Ren Daguo and Editor Xu's scents and blocked the Watchers' perception.
  • Ren Ye and Huang Wei reasoned that the two mysterious figures may have hidden Ren Daguo to lure the Bell Society into attacking, while Ren Ye wondered whether they were friends or enemies.
  • Shanghai headquarters ordered Huang Wei to go to Pet Paradise because Yan Duoduo had arrived, while a woman in a Green Vine Dress and an old man in the Capital discussed the trouble awaiting Shanghai.

Ch. 46How the Little People Survived

Yan Duoduo returned to Shanghai and heard how Huang Wei had let Ren Ye act alone during the apartment-building operation, while the captured Bell Society members revealed information about the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate. As Lame Boss prepared to flee Tongren Road and Yan Duoduo headed to confront the Mystical Tribunal, Huang Wei gathered Ren Ye and his team for a move against their enemies.

  • Lame Boss learned that the Bell Society operation had failed and decided to stay on Tongren Road until his allies came to collect him, while Mastermind agreed to help him stir up trouble before dawn.
  • Yan Duoduo returned to Shanghai, learned that one New Year's Watcher was critically injured, and told Chen Hannian to keep watch on Tongren Road while they waited for news from Qingfu.
  • Huang Wei explained to Yan Duoduo that he had allowed Ren Ye to draw out the local organization, reported the casualties and arrests, and revealed that an envelope contained information about the Former Dynasty Princess's Tomb.
  • Yan Duoduo ordered Huang Wei to obtain statements from the two captured Bell Society members before midnight, and Huang Wei left confident that Yan Duoduo would not punish him.
  • Chen Hannian warned Yan Duoduo that Zhou from the Mystical Tribunal was waiting by the roadside, but Yan Duoduo decided to meet him and notified the units.
  • Gu Nian told Huang Wei that Xu Peng's pills had made the captured Bell Society members answer questions, and Huang Wei summoned Ren Ye to join a move for revenge.

Ch. 47Did I agree to that?

Yan Duoduo rejected Zhou’s request to spare Limp and led a major operation to arrest him on Tongren Road. He ordered the New Year’s Watchers across Shanghai to assemble, with Ren Ye summoned to join him.

  • Zhou asked Yan Duoduo to leave Limp, the Roadside Dogs’ leader, alone in exchange for having Mr. He returned to Shanghai to stand trial.
  • Huang Wei told Ren Ye that the New Year’s Watchers were launching a revenge operation and ordered the Huangjiang team to assemble.
  • Yan Duoduo let Zhou believe he accepted the proposal, then revealed that he had come to arrest Limp.
  • Yan Duoduo said he would pursue any players who used supernatural powers to resist the law, regardless of the risks to stability.
  • Yan Duoduo ordered New Year’s Watchers across the city to assemble at both ends of Tongren Road and called for Ren Ye.

Ch. 48Are we doing this or not?

Yan Duoduo assembled more than a hundred New Year's Watchers around Tongren Road and sent Ren Ye to arrest Limp and Mastermind at the Roadside Dogs bar. As rival groups prepared to intervene, Ren Ye confronted the bar’s guards while Limp demanded to know whether his allies would act.

  • Old Zhou gave up trying to persuade Yan Duoduo and contacted the Mystical Tribunal and Risk Committee as the operation began.
  • More than fifty New Year's Watchers gathered behind Yan Duoduo, and Huang Wei arrived with Ren Ye and the teams from Huangjiang and Qingfu Districts.
  • Yan Duoduo identified Limp and Mastermind as the culprits behind the attack on Ren Ye's sister and the attempted kidnapping of his father, then ordered Ren Ye to lead the arrest.
  • Huang Wei assigned Qingfu District's New Year's Watchers to support Ren Ye, while Chen Hannian confirmed that all sixteen districts had secured the perimeter.
  • A Tongren Road faction and the Predator Alliance decided to protect Limp, while a shadow and Dandan watched from a signal tower.
  • Ren Ye's team reached the Roadside Dogs bar, where guards blocked the entrance; Ren Ye drew his Heavy Sword and ordered them to move as Limp demanded to know whether his allies would act.

Ch. 49A gate opened, and all fell silent

Ren Ye and the New Year's Watchers confronted the Roadside Dogs on Tongren Road, where his deliberate provocations brought the opposing factions to the brink of battle. As hundreds of Chaos Faction players converged, Yan Duoduo isolated the street and revealed his Star Gate, leaving the New Year's Watchers to advance under his command.

  • Ren Ye and the New Year's Watchers disarmed the long-haired Roadside Dogs member, cut off his arms, and took him into custody after he blocked their way.
  • Ren Ye read aloud the summons for Qian Zheng, then ordered Limp to squat down, provoking him in front of the gathered spectators.
  • Limp called on his allies, and hundreds of Chaos Faction players silently converged on the bar as Huang Wei prepared the New Year's Watchers to fight.
  • Yan Duoduo ordered the New Year's Watchers to plant more than three hundred Wordless Steles, isolating Tongren Road and summoning his Star Gate.
  • Yan Duoduo rose above the street and commanded silence as the yellow-shirted New Year's Watchers advanced and the Chaos Faction players faltered.

Ch. 50Change began tonight

Yan Duoduo forced Limp to surrender and ordered the Roadside Dogs Organization detained, asserting control over Tongren Road. As the other powers withdrew, Ren Ye and Shadow were inspired to pursue their own Star Gate ambitions.

  • Yan Duoduo opened his Star Gate and challenged Limp to resist arrest, pressuring him to fight one-on-one.
  • Limp weighed the risks, surrendered, and squatted with his hands on his head after Ren Ye called out the arrest order.
  • The Predator Alliance leader concluded that Yan Duoduo intended to take control of Tongren Road, while other powerful figures and Chaos Faction players dispersed.
  • Yan Duoduo declared that Tongren Road would stay quiet, then ordered Chen Hannian to take the Roadside Dogs members in for questioning.
  • Yan Duoduo accepted Old Zhou's invitation to drink, while Huang Wei and Ren Ye discussed the night's events and Shadow anticipated his Stage Star Gate.
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