Recaps

Xia Xiu read a dangerous scroll and was dragged into the Ether Sea, where the Heavenly Lock Serpent devoured a White Jade Giant Elephant and nearly attacked him. After being forcibly logged out, he learned the scroll contained the Heavenly Lock Wheel breathing method and planned to obtain Heavenly Lock Serpent blood to avoid its side effects.

• Xia Xiu opened the scroll despite its warning and was pulled into the Ether Sea.
• Xia Xiu watched the Heavenly Lock Serpent paralyze and swallow the White Jade Giant Elephant.
• The Heavenly Lock Serpent turned on Xia Xiu, whose body began developing serpent scales before he was forcibly logged out.
• Xia Xiu examined the Heavenly Lock Wheel breathing method and learned it could greatly increase his EVE particle capacity but caused serpent-like traits and lethargy.
• Xia Xiu decided to obtain Heavenly Lock Serpent blood through the college exchange platform so he could accommodate the species and avoid relying on Homogenizing Contamination.

Xia Xiu tormented the Black Demon Hound with photographs of it eating dog food until it submitted, then sold the pictures to Deer College’s News Department. He also encountered Muji and Lifenel, who had been assigned a burdensome campus cleanup campaign.

• Xia Xiu teased the Black Demon Hound with photographs of it eating dog food and threatened to display them around Deer College.
• The Black Demon Hound surrendered, let Xia Xiu pet it, and eagerly ate its food after Xia Xiu promised to burn the pictures.
• Xia Xiu met Muji and Lifenel, who complained that they had to follow cleaning ghosts and write ten-thousand-word reflections for a city sanitation campaign.
• Xia Xiu met a News Department member at Prometheus Plaza and sold more Black Demon Hound photographs for a total of twenty merit points.

Xia Xiu took Professor Laugen’s memetics test and earned a score of 98, qualifying for early instruction. Professor Laugen then asked which Module and Art Installation Xia Xiu wanted for his studies.

• Xia Xiu asked why he was the only student in Professor Laugen’s memetics classroom, and Laugen explained that memetics instruction was delayed because it was dangerous.
• Laugen confronted Xia Xiu about buying meme antibodies and using the Sword of Judgment to disinfect an app containing 124 hidden backdoors.
• Xia Xiu completed Laugen’s memetics test in thirty-four minutes, and Laugen graded it 98, deducting two points for his handwriting.
• Xia Xiu explained Deer College’s supernatural lineage ranks and how students usually advanced through them.
• Laugen said the Heaven Lineage required a different teaching approach and asked Xia Xiu which Module and Art Installation he wanted.

Xia Xiu chose the components for his [Hat Trick] [Module], favoring concealment, escape, and familiar-summoning techniques. Professor Laugen began teaching him how to observe and counter meme contamination, leaving Xia Xiu to continue the lessons and later practice the procedure himself.

• Xia Xiu told Professor Laugen he wanted the [Hat Trick] [Module], a dimensional hat, and the Presence Reduction pheromone.
• Xia Xiu chose the Bird Collection and the entries [Partial Body Intangibility], [Substitute Swap], and [Gestalt Collapse Impression Art].
• Professor Laugen recorded Xia Xiu's module combination and warned that its final effects would depend on his luck.
• Professor Laugen gave Xia Xiu a monocle and data sheet, then demonstrated how to observe and surgically counter low-level meme contamination in a mouse.
• Professor Laugen ended the lesson and said Xia Xiu would practice the procedure after learning about contamination through all five senses.

Xia Xiu spent his free day preparing to reshape his body with the Heavenly Lock Serpent’s organs. After implanting BIO-006, he gained authorization for Organ Shaping.

• Xia Xiu bid farewell to the Black Demon Hound, collected his mission reward, and redeemed a voucher for Heavenly Lock Serpent blood.
• Xia Xiu considered the merit points he needed for future courses and techniques, then skipped a trip to the Flower City to handle his own plans.
• Xia Xiu collected the Heavenly Lock Serpent blood after spending time at the cafeteria and Prometheus Plaza.
• Xia Xiu rented an alchemy and observation room and prepared BIO-006, Heavenly Lock Serpent blood, Divine Feast Elixir, and Febrile Delirium Antipyretic for his body modification.
• Xia Xiu implanted BIO-006 into his left forearm, and the system granted him authorization for Organ Shaping.

Xia Xiu performed his second Divine Feast ritual to implant a Heavenly Lock Serpent lung and eyes, then escaped the Ether Sea after encountering [The Boundless Covered by It]. Back in Room 6, he checked his new abilities and increased stats, leaving his Measurer proficiency at 47%.

• Xia Xiu used the Organ Shaping interface to prepare a third lung and Heavenly Lock eyes from the Heavenly Lock Serpent template.
• Xia Xiu injected the [Febrile Delirium Antipyretic] and [Divine Feast Elixir], beginning the second Divine Feast ritual.
• Xia Xiu endured the ritual’s bodily transformations, glimpsed [The Boundless Covered by It], and logged out of the Ether Sea.
• Xia Xiu recovered in Room 6 and confirmed that his new lung absorbed EVE particles and his eyes could inflict enhanced paralysis.
• Xia Xiu checked his lineage status and found his EVE particle content had risen to 2000 spirit units and his Measurer proficiency to 47%.

After completing a ritual, Xia Xiu accepted a mission to capture a Gevaudan Beast for merit points and considered how to get involved in the conflict surrounding it. He learned that Old Diva’s anomalous weapon project had caused the beast incident in Farlan and began planning whom to approach for information.

• Xia Xiu finished the ritual, returned to Deer College, and accepted a mission to capture a Gevaudan Beast for 300 merit points.
• Xia Xiu reviewed the history of the Ghosts of the City of Sin and their ongoing covert war with Heaven over anomalous weapons.
• Xia Xiu connected the Gevaudan Beast rampaging in Farlan to an anomalous weapon project buried by Old Diva and coordinated by Mr. Night.
• Xia Xiu considered asking the Flesh-Eating Cult, the Factory, and the Wilson Wildlife Response Team for information and assistance.