Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin killed Yuan and joined the others in breaking the barrier while Zhang Tie and Hu Jia struggled to save the Mother and her fetus from infection. Hu Jia sacrificed himself to draw the zombies away, and Zhang Tie escaped with the Mother as her baby began to cry.

• Ye Lin shattered Yuan's protective barrier with his Plasma Cannon, killed him, and absorbed his ability.
• Ye Lin and He Zheng attacked the Black Barrier while Huang Liang recovered, racing to reach Zhang Tie before time ran out.
• Zhang Tie learned Hu Jia had no medicine, but Hu Jia used his blood to revive the Mother and strengthen the fetus.
• A zombie horde flooded Underground Level Four, and Zhang Tie carried the Mother away as Hu Jia, weakened by blood loss, fell behind.
• Hu Jia charged into the horde to distract the zombies, begging Ye Lin to deliver his belongings to his mother before dying.
• Ye Lin broke free of the confinement and saw Zhang Tie arrive with the Mother as their baby cried.

Ye Lin chose to leave the fourth exam round with his team, and they returned to the Death Exam Space, where their rewards and Hu Jia’s death weighed on them. Zhang Tie asked Ye Lin to retrieve Hu Jia’s belongings, but He Zheng warned everyone not to look inside his room.

• As zombies attacked and the system opened a fourth exam round, Ye Lin chose to return with the others, and all five teleported away.
• The system announced that the Giant Spirit, Tree Demon, Wyvern, and Stellar Alliance factions would enter future exams.
• Back in the Death Exam Space, the team healed and rested before checking their rewards; He Zheng, Huang Liang, and Zhang Tie received C-rank ratings, while Ye Lin received 153 points, an A-rank rating, and a D-rank rating.
• Zhang Tie asked Ye Lin to retrieve Hu Jia’s belongings using the passcode Hu Jia had given him.
• He Zheng grabbed Ye Lin and warned that none of them should look inside Hu Jia’s room.

Ye Lin and the others witnessed Hu Jia’s mother die in the fire that reset his room, unable to save her because she was only a phantom. Afterward, An Ke said she wanted to find the letters to understand why the Death Exam did this, revealing her absolute hatred of it.

• The group entered Hu Jia’s room and found that he had exchanged all his points for gold and silver to save money for his sick mother.
• He Zheng warned the others not to meet Hu Jia’s mother, while An Ke explained that she had lost her sense of time after Hu Jia died.
• After they removed the belongings, the room caught fire, and Hu Jia’s mother called for him as she tried to escape.
• Huang Liang and Zhang Tie rushed into the burning room but could not touch or save Hu Jia’s mother, who died in the flames.
• Ye Lin saw that An Ke wanted to find the letters to learn why the Death Exam did this, and recognized the hatred in her eyes.

After the exam, Ye Lin investigated how to strengthen his perfected one prototype and tyrant gene, then asked An Ke about grade A clearance. The chapter ended with An Ke receiving his demand that she repay him 20 points and reacting angrily.

• After the cleanup, Ye Lin considered the dangers ahead and decided to prioritize questions about gaining strength over uncovering the identity of the person in the grave.
• Ye Lin spent one point to learn that the perfected one prototype evolved by absorbing the wills of his own kind, but warned that doing so could cause mental collapse.
• Ye Lin learned that the prototype did not interfere with upgrading his tyrant gene and reduced the cost of completing its grade B enhancement to 40 points.
• Ye Lin declined to spend three points querying grade A clearance and messaged An Ke to come to his room and repay him 20 points.
• An Ke, who had been grieving over a photograph, became furious when she read Ye Lin's repayment demand.

Ye Lin asked An Ke about ratings, team battles, and the blood-red key, then decided to formally establish the team so he could access special exchanges. An Ke suggested using Ye Lin’s Grade D rating to learn what relic the key led to, and he considered the option.

• An Ke repaid Ye Lin and explained that ratings could buy special abilities and equipment, but those exchanges became visible only to a team captain.
• An Ke warned Ye Lin that team battles could begin after a member survived three exams and argued that weak teammates could put the whole team at risk; Ye Lin recognized she wanted him to replace some of them.
• An Ke said she would accept dying if she could not keep up with Ye Lin, because she wanted someone to discover why the exams existed and take revenge.
• Ye Lin decided to formally establish the team and examined the blood-red key, which would lead to a scenario containing a letter and a relic.
• An Ke suggested Ye Lin could spend his Grade D rating on an exchange that might reveal the relic and help them infer what scenario the key opened.

Ye Lin considered redeeming a Q&A item that could answer questions about objects in the Death Exam Space, hoping it might reveal information about the tomb. After lending An Ke a point for her Grade B Bloodline, he tested the Mutation ability and was overwhelmed by visions of cosmic destruction, ending in darkness.

• An Ke explained that the Q&A item could answer three questions about an object inside the Death Exam Space, but its answers were vague and it could only be used once per exam.
• Ye Lin decided to redeem the item and wondered whether it could answer questions about living people, including himself.
• An Ke asked Ye Lin to lend her one point so she could redeem a Grade B Bloodline, and Ye Lin transferred it without hesitation.
• Ye Lin examined the stored Mutation ability and chose to activate it before its 72-hour storage period ended.
• Mutation caused Ye Lin intense pain and filled his mind with visions of black chains, a cosmic eye, a man atop corpses, a shattered planet, and an enormous face before he lost consciousness.

After waking from a six-hour blackout with a splitting headache and dried blood on the floor, Ye Lin formed the Soul Peace Team with An Ke, He Zheng, Huang Liang, and Zhang Tie, unlocking team benefits and special exchanges. He used a D-grade rating to obtain a question-and-answer book, hoping it would reveal who was in the grave.

• Ye Lin emerged from his room after six hours unconscious, unable to explain why his absorbed mutation ability had vanished.
• Ye Lin and the others formed the Soul Peace Team, with Ye Lin as captain.
• The system unlocked team member inspection, special exchanges, and team battles for the group.
• An Ke explained that ability exchanges complemented bloodlines but were costly substitutes for them.
• Ye Lin passed on the ability options and exchanged a D-grade rating for a question-and-answer book to investigate the grave.

Ye Lin used the Book of Questions and Answers to ask who was buried in the last grave he entered, but it named the Species Emperor, En Gu, and unlocked the hidden Origin of the Godkind scenario. He then searched the real-world grave by its coordinates and learned that the person buried there was Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin used his hand as the object for a question and asked the Book of Questions and Answers who had been buried in the last grave he entered.
• The Book of Questions and Answers answered that the buried being was the Species Emperor, En Gu, and the system unlocked the Origin of the Godkind hidden exam scenario.
• Ye Lin realized he had mistaken Venus for the grave and decided not to risk asking the damaged book another question.
• Ye Lin used the system's search function to identify the person buried at the grave's coordinates.
• The system revealed that the person buried in the grave was Ye Lin.

Ye Lin discovered that the person in the grave the organization sought was named Ye Lin, but the system denied him access to the classified information he needed to confirm whether it was him. As he resolved to survive and seek answers later, He Zheng and An Ke urgently called him outside because something had gone wrong with the vortex.

• Ye Lin saw that the grave's occupant was named Ye Lin and received repeated system notifications that related information required S-Rank clearance.
• Ye Lin used Observer State to consider whether the grave belonged to him, another person given the same name, or a version of himself, but could not reach a conclusion.
• Ye Lin decided to pursue S-Rank clearance and considered asking Little Crewcut what the Military knew about the grave and his file.
• He Zheng called Ye Lin outside and warned that something was wrong with the vortex, while An Ke stared grimly at its rapid spin.

Ye Lin and his teammates discovered that the Vortex was spinning abnormally fast, prompting An Ke to explain that similar changes had preceded especially difficult Examinations. The group tried to steady their nerves while they waited for the next Examination type to be announced, and Ye Lin wondered whether they would face ghosts.

• Huang Liang told Ye Lin that the Vortex had been speeding up for about half an hour, and Ye Lin confirmed he had received no system notification.
• An Ke said she had last seen the Vortex change shortly before her seventh Examination, then explained that the fourth, seventh, and ninth Examinations could bring sharp increases in difficulty.
• Ye Lin reassured the group that they could use their points to prepare or replace an option, and he showed them a key without revealing the examinee who had chosen suicide.
• At Huang Liang's suggestion, the five teammates went to Zhang Tie's home for a meal, while Ye Lin planned to speak privately with Huang Liang after making his exchanges.
• Ye Lin checked the time and wondered what ghosts were as he considered the possibility that the next Examination would be Paranormal.

After discussing what they hoped to do if they survived, Ye Lin and the others gathered before the vortex to learn their third exam assignment. The system selected a paranormal escape exam set in a modern horror setting.

• While walking by the river, Zhang Tie said he wanted to find Hu Jia's mother and sister, then start an orchard or canning factory.
• Huang Liang said he might become a soldier and wanted to bring useful technical information back to his country.
• He Zheng said he wanted to marry his woman and destroy schools, while An Ke said she wanted to travel freely.
• Ye Lin said he wanted to find answers, and He Zheng encouraged him to survive and fulfill everyone's dreams.
• The system announced that the third exam was a paranormal escape exam set in a modern horror setting.

Ye Lin used the key on the Book of Questions and Answers to learn what the scenario contained, after the group discovered their next examination involved ghosts. The book revealed powerful equipment and a dangerous hostile being before nearly burning itself apart.

• An Ke explained that ghosts in escape-type examinations could not be fought and would kill them once their mechanisms were triggered, so He Zheng urged Ye Lin to replace the examination.
• Ye Lin placed the key on the Book of Questions and Answers and asked what the strongest item in its scenario was.
• The book answered that the strongest item was Abyss battle armor of grade A, astonishing the group.
• Ye Lin asked about the strongest hostile being in the scenario, and the book erupted in blood-red flames as An Ke urged him to close it.
• The book revealed the name Fengdu Instance before the flaming Blood Script vanished.

After the key revealed a perilous Fengdu world, Ye Lin led the team to abandon it and prepare for the third exam. His teammates settled on their exchanges, while Ye Lin weighed the powerful Grade A options available to him.

• He Zheng recognized the vanished words as referring to the Great Emperor of Fengdu, and Ye Lin realized the key opened a world suited to a seventh exam rather than newcomers.
• Ye Lin decided the team should not enter the Fengdu Instance and urged everyone to prepare for paranormal incidents in the upcoming exam.
• Huang Liang encouraged the team to face the exam together, and Ye Lin approved He Zheng's plan to exchange for Leaping Slash.
• He Zheng upgraded to a thunder berserker, Huang Liang chose ranged abilities and paranormal-damaging bullets, Zhang Tie strengthened his bloodline and gained defensive abilities, and An Ke exchanged for a Grade B paranormal body enhancement.
• Ye Lin considered the many Grade A abilities and equipment he could afford but could not decide what to choose.

Ye Lin weighed his limited points and exchanged a Grade A rating and 60 points for Crimson Impact, choosing its burst speed and power over Storm Flight for the upcoming escape examination. After testing the ability, he was satisfied with its strength and prepared to enhance his Observer Bloodline to Grade B.

• Ye Lin decided to raise his Observer Bloodline to Grade B, reserve 30 points for supplies, and spend 60 points on a Grade A ability.
• Ye Lin compared Crimson Impact with Storm Flight and chose Crimson Impact because it suited sudden dangers in an escape examination.
• Ye Lin exchanged a Grade A rating and 60 points for Crimson Impact, then activated it to test its supersonic movement and powerful shock wave.
• Ye Lin judged that Crimson Impact drained his vitality quickly but that his Tyrant Gene could help offset the cost.
• Ye Lin returned to the system vortex to raise his Observer Bloodline to Grade B.

Ye Lin completed his bloodline enhancement, gaining stronger willpower, faster thinking, and new psychic abilities, then finished preparing for the next exam. He asked Huang Liang whether anyone had entered the tomb after the Military surrounded him and what his file contained.

• Ye Lin advanced his Observer Bloodline to Interferer and tested his telekinesis and Psychic Blast on an empty cigarette pack.
• Ye Lin assessed how the enhancement had improved his willpower and thinking speed, then spent most of his remaining points on survival supplies and a weapon.
• Ye Lin watched He Zheng, Zhang Tie, An Ke, and Huang Liang train before approaching Huang Liang to discuss the tomb.
• Huang Liang sensed Ye Lin's arrival as a threat despite Ye Lin having no killing intent.
• Ye Lin asked Huang Liang whether anyone had entered the tomb after the Military surrounded him and what had been written in his file.

Ye Lin questioned Huang Liang about the tomb and his file, learning that he was suspected in an unknown major homicide. Huang Liang revealed that calls to the real world had connected but received no response, then asked Ye Lin to help contact it; Ye Lin refused.

• Huang Liang told Ye Lin that the military had sealed the tomb and classified what it found, and that much of Ye Lin's file was blacked out.
• Huang Liang read Ye Lin's assessment, including a suspicion that he was involved in a major homicide, which Ye Lin said he did not remember.
• Ye Lin considered whether the organization had framed him for the homicide using his biological samples.
• Huang Liang told Ye Lin that people had contacted the real world but received no response, and argued that the people answering were still alive.
• Huang Liang asked Ye Lin to help make a call once he found a solution, but Ye Lin refused because he felt no obligation to do so.

Ye Lin rejected Huang Liang’s accusations over Hu Jia’s death, insisting he had saved him and owed no further debt. As the third examination approached, the five distributed their ghost-fighting supplies and prepared to enter the red vortex together.

• Huang Liang accused Ye Lin of using the group and questioned whether he was responsible for Hu Jia’s death.
• Ye Lin said he had saved Hu Jia and had no reason to feel guilty, then left Huang Liang behind.
• With two hours until the examination, the five gathered their supplies, including talismans, bullets, Ye Lin’s Thunder Sword and Soul-Calming Bell, and He Zheng’s rooster and anti-ghost gear.
• Huang Liang declined the Soul-Calming Bell and extra protection, suggesting Zhang Tie take the bell instead.
• Ye Lin gave the bell to Zhang Tie, and the five waited for the examination to begin.
• As the countdown ended, Ye Lin led the group toward the red vortex, and He Zheng urged them all to survive.

Ye Lin and his team entered the village examination scenario and recognized that the other group of examinees was probably an ally rather than a threat. The system confirmed cooperative mode and gave both teams 72 hours to find an escape point, leaving them to prepare as the cold wind swept through the village.

• Ye Lin surveyed the abandoned village and inferred that it lay in southeastern Minhai during the warlord era.
• He Zheng and the others woke, spotted the second team, and prepared to fight until Ye Lin and An Ke judged that the teams were unlikely to be enemies.
• Huang Liang recognized the other team's guns as basic Interstellar Squad weapons, and the groups exchanged friendly greetings through their barriers.
• The system announced that the examination had no fixed questions and required examinees to find an escape point within 72 hours, with rewards based on individual performance.
• The barriers vanished, and the other team approached as He Zheng felt the wind growing unnervingly cold.

Ye Lin’s Soul Peace Team met Li Tianyang’s Tianyang Team and exchanged information before entering the examination. As Li Tianyang began describing his team’s previous encounter with a ghost, unseen eyes watched from the village ancestral hall.

• Li Tianyang introduced himself as captain of the Tianyang Team and described his team’s abilities to Ye Lin.
• He Zheng claimed that Ye Lin’s team members were all Grade B, startling Li Tianyang and his teammates.
• Ye Lin clarified that this was their team’s third examination and that he had raised one bloodline to Grade B.
• Ye Lin and Li Tianyang agreed to exchange information about the paranormal examinations they had survived.
• Li Tianyang began recounting his team’s previous ghost encounter as pupil-less black eyes appeared in the ancestral hall doorway.

Li Tianyang recounted how his team survived an Examination about evolution, and Ye Lin deduced the role of ghosts in their dream scenario. As Ye Lin connected the Examination to the Records of the Netherworld, he began to realize what ghosts became after death.

• Li Tianyang told Ye Lin and the others that his team’s second Examination took place at a research base where an invisible ghost hunted them.
• Li Tianyang explained that his team used a research paper about rapid eye movement during sleep to discover that a sleeping person’s moving eyes revealed the ghost’s location.
• Ye Lin correctly guessed that Li Tianyang’s team had cut off one person’s eyelids and used his eye movements to evade the ghost.
• Li Tianyang revealed that the third round required them to identify whose dream they were in, but his team withdrew without solving it.
• Ye Lin guessed that Li Tianyang himself had been dreaming and that the ghosts appeared to reproduce or evolve.
• Ye Lin recalled the Records of the Netherworld’s sequence of transformations after death and stopped as a realization came to him.