Arc 40The Abyss Beneath Mushu
Lumian and his allies killed Zarathustra, uncovered his replacements and the danger hidden beneath Mushu Hospital, and tried to weaken the Celestial Worthy while awakening Zhou Mingrui. The arc ended with Franca completing her advancement in the abyss and Lumian going below to find her as the way to save someone there seemed to require the Great Mother’s help.
- Lumian, Bernadette, Jenna, and their allies cornered Zarathustra in the Mirror-Behind Region, and Franca killed his dream persona with the Certain-Hit Gun after Lumian forced him into the hotpot restaurant.
- Jenna helped Lumian-na escape, while Rosanne learned that the city was Zhou Mingrui’s dream and struggled to accept that her world might be unreal.
- Lumian killed Mr. Cui, investigated Li Keji’s mushroom research, and discovered that Li Keji was pregnant with a child carrying Ombella’s bloodline, and Lumian later burned the fetus away.
- Lumian and his companions suspected that Zarathustra or his accomplices had replaced people connected to Gehrman Sparrow, while they considered how Mushu Hospital’s rebirth process served the Celestial Worthy.
- Rosanne heard a chant invoking the Celestial Worthy, and Franca, Jenna, and Rosanne were drawn into Mushu Hospital’s underground corridors, where they fought a mushroom creature and encountered monstrous births.
- As the underground collapsed into an abyss, Franca concluded that advancing to Witch of Despair might open a route through the Mirror World and drank the potion while Jenna and Rosanne fought off the monster children.
- Jenna and Rosanne escaped through the Mirror World, but Franca was left below and completed her advancement while falling into the abyss, and Lumian went underground to reach her after learning that rescue might require the Great Mother’s help.