Recaps

Qin Manjiang guided Qiao Ziruo through the Lost Item game, then gained freedom from the body’s interference and searched for signs that Li Xijiu was alive. After a quiet month with Qin Manyi and his friends, the Ghost Story Game returned and began recruiting players for new modes.

• Qin Manjiang watched Tang Baihe die in the elevator ghost story, then lost control as the game recruited Qiao Ziruo into Lost Item at Baihong Building.
• Qin Manjiang warned Qiao Ziruo about the game and helped her investigate Baihong Building, while she escaped the Ninth Floor ghost and deduced that it was searching for its missing upper body.
• Qiao Ziruo survived the ghost by staying still as it confirmed her identity, and Qin Manjiang learned from Yang that Spirit Pupils were human eyes that could reveal a ruined version of the world.
• Qin Manjiang carried the unconscious Qiao Ziruo home after Yang disappeared, then redeemed the Permanent Item Me and learned it could disable one identified ghost ability at a cost to his emotions.
• Qin Manjiang discharged Qin Manyi from the hospital and took her to Lower River Village, where he stayed outside the Ghost Story’s range while she and Xi Wutong visited their father’s grave.
• Qin Manyi found evidence that Li Xijiu had visited the grave, and Qin Manjiang concluded that Li Xijiu was alive before returning to Fu City with her.
• After a quiet month with Qin Manyi, Xiaobai, and his friends, Qin Manjiang saw the Ghost Story Game return and recruit Qiao Ziruo and other players into Multiplayer Mode, then launch Challenge Mode.

Qin Manjiang and five other players entered the Candy Game, where cooperation broke down as its rounds killed players and exposed hidden rules. Qin Manjiang led the survivors out by breaking the chandelier, then became involved in the investigation of Bai Yang’s death, where Zhou Fan asked whether he was Jiang Du.

• Qin Manjiang, Shen Hai, Yu Ruoli, Tan Murong, Xu Youqing, and Yang Liuye agreed to cooperate before entering Blue Bay Villas.
• Shen Hai used the others to test the first round’s rules, Qin Manjiang stole his protective glow, and Yang Liuye died after submitting a duplicate type of red item.
• Yu Ruoli paused the second round, and Qin Manjiang distinguished the Candy Ghost from the Vengeful Ghost, but Xu Youqing chose incorrectly and was killed.
• Qin Manjiang identified the chandelier as the game’s switch, broke it before the third round began, and escaped with Shen Hai, Yu Ruoli, and Tan Murong.
• Nie Yunzhen sacrificed herself to let Qiao Ziruo escape [Don't Speak], then revealed that her Shared-Fate Lock had kept her alive.
• Qin Manjiang accepted work at Lin Ci’s bar, and Mi Qiao warned him not to go to Moon City before leaving.
• Qin Manjiang learned that Bai Yang had died in a villa fire and told the Ten Seats about Yang’s pursuit of Permanent Logout and his belief that rising Spirit Pupil Counts distorted their perceptions.
• Zhou Fan told Qin Manjiang that Bai Yang’s body had no burn marks and asked whether Qin Manjiang was Jiang Du.

Qin Manjiang entered the Eye Realm’s Infinite Mode and joined the selected players in Ping’an Hospital, where they faced dangerous patients, shifting identities, and a Vengeful Ghost. After surviving the first night, the group learned that the hospital’s Safety Key changed nightly, while Qin Manjiang left Li without answering her plea for help.

• Xia Nan joined the Ghost Story Game as Forensic Doctor and cleared [Loss of Control] by finding and breaking the red comb controlling him, after which the game began Infinite Mode.
• Nie Yunzhen announced that the Eye Realm was the true Ghost Story Game, and the Spirit Pupil selected Qin Manjiang and five other players for Ping’an Hospital.
• At the hospital, the caregivers chose patients and found a corpse embedded in a wall, while Qin Manjiang’s doll [I] led him to Li’s ward, where he was mistaken for Li and attacked.
• Li Daiping was killed by Xiaozhi, while Xinxin learned from Lian Yan that he knew the hospital existed as an independent world and warned her that the Inspector would attack them together.
• Qin Manjiang explored the Main Building, evaded the Vengeful Ghost, and learned that Chen Zhiyuan had hidden in the Congealed Jade Gourd Space after escaping Nurse Liu.
• The caregivers gathered the next morning without Li Daiping or Chen Zhiyuan, and Xinxin learned from Lian Yan that the medical record had been the first night’s Safety Key but would change on the second night.
• Qin Manjiang gave Li her medicine and learned she had once been a Player, but he left without answering her plea for help.
• Qin Manjiang showed the group Lian Yan’s staff badge, and Xinxin concluded that hospital identities and the Safety Key changed nightly before inviting everyone to verify Lian Yan’s claims.

Qin Manjiang and his allies uncovered Ping'an Hospital as a film and broke its Fourth Wall to clear the Game, though only Qin Manjiang and Chen Zhiyuan returned. As a new Ghost Story began and Qin Manjiang gathered people at Clear Pupil Bar, they prepared to face the Eye Realm and the seven-day countdown.

• Qin Manjiang and Jian Cunxin explored the basement, survived the sea of blood and White Bone Mountain, and escaped Patient One's distorted world.
• Chen Zhiyuan discovered Wen Liangsheng was not human, while Lian Yan attacked Xinxin inside her photograph and left her dying.
• Qin Manjiang and his allies learned that Ping'an Hospital's patients and staff were forced to play roles, and the Red Pill awakened Jiang Du inside Qin Manjiang's body.
• Jiang Du and Chen Zhiyuan concluded that Ping'an Hospital was a film, and Jian Cunxin died after realizing the hospital's ghosts and players were part of its story.
• Qin Manjiang and Chen Zhiyuan recognized Guan She as a former player killing patients to take their powers, then destroyed their eyes to break the film's camera and clear the Game.
• The Eye Realm named Chen Zhiyuan and Qin Manjiang as the only returning survivors, awarded them Spirit Pupils, and selected five players for [Death as Scheduled].
• Qin Manyi warned Qin Manjiang not to come to Moon City before reaching 999 Spirit Pupils, while Chen Zhiyuan contacted him about Jiang Du's important message.
• Qin Manjiang gathered Liu Jingqing and others at Clear Pupil Bar, revealed a device called [Eye Realm], and an unexpected young man entered despite the bar being closed.