Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen and his companions arrived in Lost City, Country M, where Liu Mei arranged to share a twin room with Chen Fei. After booking rooms near St. Di Music University, Lin Chen headed out to handle a mission.

• Lin Chen recognized Zhou Tiannan on the plane and questioned him about visiting his fugitive son, but Zhou Tiannan denied knowing where Zhou Bin was.
• Qin Xueqing and Guo Xiang moved seats and began talking in hopes of becoming closer and easing Lin Chen’s worries.
• Liu Mei tried to kiss Chen Fei, then persuaded him to share a twin room with her in Lost City so he could protect her.
• Lin Chen booked three rooms at the Jilaimei Grand Hotel near St. Di Music University after the group arrived in Lost City.
• Lin Chen told the others to rest and went out to complete a mission while Liu Mei planned to spend time with Chen Fei.

Lin Chen went to Maze City’s Chinatown to solve its ongoing serial murder case and secured Chief Zhang William’s permission to direct the police. Afterward, he asked Captain Huang Jiang to help locate the Huaxia fugitive Zhou Bin, whose photo seemed familiar to Huang Jiang.

• Lin Chen teleported to Maze City’s Chinatown and asked to meet the police chief about its serial murder case.
• Captain Huang Jiang questioned Lin Chen, then took him to Chief Zhang William after hearing he was a Huaxia private detective offering to help.
• Zhang William gave Lin Chen authority to direct all Chinatown police officers for the day, hoping he could solve the case before the deadline.
• Lin Chen told Huang Jiang he had come to Chinatown partly to search for the fugitive Zhou Bin and showed him a photo.
• Huang Jiang said Zhou Bin’s face seemed familiar, and Lin Chen reasoned that people in Chinatown might help identify him.

Lin Chen joined Huang Jiang’s investigation into a killer who had murdered fifteen people without leaving evidence. At the latest crime scene, Lin Chen found a possible lead in surveillance footage: a fast-moving shadow passed the flower shop just before the victim began having stomach pain.

• Lin Chen agreed to help Huang Jiang find the killer, and Huang Jiang described the fifteen random murders and the lack of evidence.
• Huang Jiang took Lin Chen to the flower shop where its owner had been killed in the restroom, a place the cameras did not cover.
• Lin Chen questioned the two employees and learned that the victim had complained of stomach pain before entering the restroom.
• One employee recalled that three Azalea Trees had been delivered shortly before the victim fell ill.
• Lin Chen reviewed the footage and spotted a fast-moving shadow passing the shop just before the victim touched her stomach.

Lin Chen traced the suspected killer from the flower shop footage to Tang Huan’s bar, where Tang Huan recognized him as his new disciple, Zhou Wenwu, also known as Zhou Bin. Tang Huan stopped Li Sha from revealing that she recognized the man as the police questioned them.

• Lin Chen noticed that a small object had struck the flower shop owner’s lower right abdomen, and he and Huang Jiang traced the person who passed her to a nearby bar.
• Huang Jiang brought Lin Chen and other officers to the bar and asked the staff to gather so they could identify the disguised man.
• Tang Huan and Li Sha came out to speak with Huang Jiang, who showed Tang Huan the surveillance footage and explained the police’s lead.
• Tang Huan recognized the man in the footage as his new disciple, Zhou Wenwu, who had changed his name from Zhou Bin.
• Li Sha also recognized Zhou Wenwu, but Tang Huan asked whether she had ever seen him before.

Lin Chen caught Li Sha trying to hide that the photograph’s suspect had been at Tang Huan’s bar, then followed Tang Huan and Li Sha to question Zhou Wenwu. Zhou Wenwu denied being the killer, but Tang Huan’s direct question left the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Chen used his hearing and observation to discover that Li Sha had told the bar employees not to identify the person in the photograph.
• Li Sha falsely told Lin Chen and Huang Jiang that nobody recognized the suspect, and the police left the bar.
• Tang Huan and Li Sha went to the employee apartments to question Zhou Wenwu about the killings.
• Hu Chongsheng warned Zhou Bin that Tang Huan and Li Sha might suspect him, and Zhou Bin prepared to hide his guilt.
• Tang Huan asked Zhou Bin whether he was the killer, and Zhou Bin felt guilty but did not admit it.

Lin Chen suspected Zhou Bin was the Chinatown murderer after meeting Zhou Tiannan, while police began watching the bar and Zhou Bin’s father. At the same time, Liu Mei asked Chen Fei to be her boyfriend and kissed him when he did not understand what intimacy meant.

• Tang Huan told Zhou Bin he would search the bar, then privately told Li Sha that Zhou Bin’s reaction had seemed suspicious.
• Lin Chen encountered Zhou Tiannan in Chinatown, suspected Zhou Bin had fled there, and asked Huang Jiang to have an officer follow his father.
• Huang Jiang arranged surveillance on the bar and Zhou Tiannan while Lin Chen left to accompany Qin Xueqing to Liu Mei’s school meeting.
• Liu Mei explained that she was willing to be Chen Fei’s girlfriend, and Chen Fei asked what being her boyfriend involved.
• Liu Mei kissed Chen Fei and he froze before finding that he did not want to push her away.

Lin Chen accompanied Liu Mei and the other exchange students to St. Di Music University, where they began the registration process. The meeting ended with Wang Nan challenging an unexpected fee increase and Aimei Te insulting him.

• Lin Chen interrupted Liu Mei and Chen Fei, and Liu Mei told Chen Fei they would continue later.
• Lin Chen teleported Liu Mei, Chen Fei, Qin Xueqing, and the others to St. Di Music University, where they met Zhang Chu and Zhou Yun.
• Frank welcomed the group and explained that the five exchange students would attend International Pop Music Class B for a month.
• Frank announced that each student had to pay 500 M dollars, up from the previously expected 200 M dollars.
• Wang Nan objected to the fee increase, and Aimei Te mocked him for not having enough money.

Lin Chen defended Liu Mei and the other exchange students after Aimei Te insulted and threatened them, then paid the fees so they could finish registering at St. Di Music University. After arranging to meet the next morning, Lin Chen took the group to Chinatown, while Aimei Te waited for them to leave the school and spoke with a gang outside.

• Liu Mei challenged Aimei Te for belittling Wang Nan, and Lin Chen confronted him when he threatened to revoke the students' places.
• Aimei Te's counselor revealed that he was the young master of the Aimei Family and warned Lin Chen to leave, but Lin Chen mocked the school for tolerating him.
• Lin Chen agreed to drop the dispute if Aimei Te stayed quiet, then paid the 500,000-dollar fee for each of the five students.
• The group completed the paperwork, agreed to meet at the school at eight the next morning, and toured the campus with Lin Chen.
• Aimei Te waited outside with a bald man and nearly thirty thugs, but Lin Chen had already teleported the group to Chinatown.
• Lin Chen brought the students to a southern Chinese restaurant, where a waiter greeted them and handed them a menu.

Lin Chen learned that Zhou Tiannan had entered Tang Huan’s bar and discovered that Tang Huan was once his senior brother. Meanwhile, the Yang Family Gang planned to abduct Qin Xueqing and the others after Lin Chen left them to shop.

• Six Yang family thugs, led by Li Jiang, ogled Lin Chen’s group and planned to seize the women after they left the restaurant.
• Lin Chen warned the women to be careful, then left for the Chinatown police station while they went shopping.
• Li Jiang ordered Zhou Yang to keep watch and arrange a quick ambush against the women.
• Huang Jiang told Lin Chen that Zhou Tiannan had entered Tang Huan’s bar.
• Lin Chen recognized Tang Huan as his former senior brother, who had left their sect and gone abroad eight years earlier.

Lin Chen and Huang Jiang suspected that Zhou Bin was the killer and that Tang Huan had taught him hidden weapons. Lin Chen disguised himself to investigate Zhou Tiannan at the bar, where a woman approached to draw Zhou Tiannan away.

• Lin Chen proposed that Zhou Bin was the killer, using his possible connection to Tang Huan to explain the hidden weapon attack and Zhou Tiannan’s visit to the bar.
• Huang Jiang agreed that Zhou Bin was suspicious, but Lin Chen warned that questioning Tang Huan would alert him and urged a covert investigation instead.
• Lin Chen disguised himself, entered the crowded bar, and found Zhou Tiannan sitting alone with a black bag and watching his surroundings.
• A woman approached Zhou Tiannan and offered to drink with him, while Lin Chen suspected Zhou Bin had sent her to lure Zhou Tiannan away.

Lin Chen found Zhou Bin hiding in the bar with the likely advanced system user Chen Yin, then alerted Huang Jiang to bring the police. As officers searched the bar, Zhou Bin and Hu Chongsheng realized their cameras had been hacked and suspected the police were outside their suite.

• Lin Chen spotted Zhou Bin and a man he suspected was Chen Yin in a lit suite, and Xiao Yi confirmed that Zhou Bin was the killer by completing the mission.
• Lin Chen texted Huang Jiang, who arrived with fifteen men and began searching the bar despite Tang Huan's attempts to stall them.
• Zhou Bin noticed that the surveillance feed had gone blurry, and Hu Chongsheng concluded that someone had hacked their cameras.
• Tang Huan knocked at the suite door, and Hu Chongsheng suspected the police were there because the camera feed had just been hacked.
• Hu Chongsheng told Zhou Bin to escape through the Teleportation Gate while he stayed behind and claimed Zhou Bin had gone out.

Lin Chen and Huang Jiang searched Hu Chongsheng’s apartment but found no sign of Zhou Bin, whom Lin Chen suspected had escaped using a Teleportation Gate. Lin Chen left convinced Hu Chongsheng was Chen Yin and said Zhou Bin would soon be caught because the police had found his father, Zhou Tiannan.

• Lin Chen scanned Hu Chongsheng’s apartment and found no sign of Zhou Bin, despite having seen two people enter.
• Lin Chen questioned Hu Chongsheng and provoked him by calling his missing roommate Zhou Bin and identifying him as Chen Yin.
• Hu Chongsheng denied Lin Chen’s accusations and asked the police to leave after they found no one in the apartment.
• Lin Chen told Huang Jiang that the disappearances at the apartment and flower shop suggested an unusual escape ability, possibly invisibility.
• Lin Chen told Huang Jiang to keep Zhou Tiannan under watch, saying Zhou Bin could not get away with his father in custody.

Lin Chen teleported to rescue Liu Mei, Qin Xueqing, Guo Xiang, and Chen Fei after Zhou Yang and his men trapped them in an alley. Chen Fei defeated the gang, but Zhou Yang drew a pistol after Guo Xiang exposed his plan.

• Lin Chen warned Huang Jiang to watch Hu Chongsheng and call him with any news about Zhou Bin.
• Liu Mei called Lin Chen for help after Zhou Yang and thirteen men cornered her group in a dead-end alley.
• Zhou Yang threatened the women, and Chen Fei stepped forward to protect them.
• Chen Fei used his qigong and powerful kicks to break the legs of Zhou Yang's men.
• Guo Xiang sensed Zhou Yang reaching for a pistol, so he drew it and aimed at Chen Fei.

Qin Xueqing disarmed Zhou Yang and helped Chen Fei subdue his gang, then Lin Chen returned and explained that Zhou Bin was likely behind the Chinatown murders. Back at the hotel, Qin Xueqing suggested Lin Chen spend the night with Guo Xiang, but he chose to stay with her and agreed that the next night would be Guo Xiang’s.

• Qin Xueqing rushed in to protect Chen Fei, threw Zhou Yang over her shoulder, and revealed that Lin Chen’s medicine had made her invulnerable to blades and bullets.
• Chen Fei disabled Zhou Yang’s gun and incapacitated him, and Qin Xueqing called the police to arrest the gang.
• Lin Chen arrived and told Qin Xueqing that he had identified Zhou Bin as the likely Chinatown serial killer but could not catch him yet because an expert was helping him disguise himself.
• Lin Chen suspected Zhou Bin was serving someone with a mission to kill and who might possess a Teleportation Gate, then warned that Aimei Te might still threaten Liu Mei.
• At the hotel, Lin Chen and Guo Xiang exchanged good-night greetings, and Qin Xueqing proposed that he sleep in Guo Xiang’s room the next night after he chose to stay with her that night.

Lin Chen received the rewards for completing his mission, including a World Teleportation Gate, and considered unresolved questions about Zhou Bin. After spending the night with Qin Xueqing, he received a new mission to take over the Glaive Grand Hotel in Lost City and prepared to accompany Liu Mei to school.

• Xiao Yi rewarded Lin Chen with 100 million RMB and 100 Quest Points, and the system upgraded its teleportation gate to beginner-level World Teleportation.
• Lin Chen reviewed his new attributes and wondered whether Zhou Bin had killed the people and why he had avoided his father.
• Qin Xueqing reassured Lin Chen of their relationship, and the two spent the night together.
• Xiao Yi assigned Lin Chen the mission of taking over the Glaive Grand Hotel in Lost City within four days.
• Liu Mei decided to wait before sleeping with Chen Fei, and Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing met Liu Mei, Chen Fei, and Guo Xiang in the hallway before taking Liu Mei to school.

Lin Chen arranged for Chen Fei to attend classes with Liu Mei and tasked Guo Xiang with negotiating to acquire the hotel. At St. Di Music University, he added Chen Fei as an auditing student and brought the Chinese exchange group to Class B, where Aimei Te and his allies planned to target them.

• Chen Fei agreed to become Liu Mei's auditing student after she pressured him, and Lin Chen promised to arrange it with Frank.
• Lin Chen asked Guo Xiang to negotiate the acquisition of the hotel, and she accepted the task.
• Lin Chen, Qin Xueqing, Liu Mei, and Chen Fei teleported to St. Di Music University and met Frank, Alice, and the exchange students.
• Frank agreed to add Chen Fei as an auditing student for half the previous fee, which Lin Chen agreed to pay.
• Aimei Te told four Lost City students to make trouble for the Chinese exchange group when they arrived in Class B.
• The Chinese students entered the classroom, and Liu Mei reminded Chen Fei to stay quiet.

Chen Fei and Liu Mei joined the exchange-student class despite Aimei Te’s objections, while Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing explored campus and talked about Lin Chen’s former relationship. The chapter ended with Lin Chen telling Qin Xueqing that meeting her had made him believe in love again, as Aimei Te secretly planned trouble for them at noon.

• Aimei Te challenged Dean Frank’s decision to add Liu Mei and Chen Fei, but Chen Fei and Wang Nan exposed Aimei Te’s disruptive behavior, and Frank approved the six students’ places.
• Wang Nan, Wang Kun, Liu Mei, and Chen Fei introduced themselves before the group took seats at the back of the classroom.
• Aimei Te watched Chen Fei and Liu Mei and silently vowed that they would suffer at noon.
• Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing decided to walk around campus instead of teleporting back, and Lin Chen told her about breaking up with Han Feifei because he was poor.
• Lin Chen said Han Feifei later regretted leaving him, but he had moved on and regained his faith in love after meeting Qin Xueqing.

Lin Chen confessed his feelings about Guo Xiang to Qin Xueqing, who accepted his choice, and the two were ambushed by men sent by Aimei Te. They defeated the gang and left after Lin Chen crippled their leader and warned Aimei Te.

• Lin Chen told Qin Xueqing that he had been moved by Guo Xiang's acceptance of him, and Qin Xueqing agreed to accept their relationship.
• About twenty men with steel pipes surrounded Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing, saying their young master had ordered them to break Lin Chen's leg.
• After the bald leader propositioned Qin Xueqing, she kicked him in the groin, and Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing knocked the attackers down.
• The bald leader threatened Lin Chen with Aimei Te's power, so Lin Chen broke both of his legs and warned him to tell Aimei Te to be careful.
• Lin Chen took Qin Xueqing's hand and walked away down the street.

Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing spent the morning together before Huang Jiang summoned Lin Chen to investigate Zhou Tiannan’s murder, which resembled the serial killings. The chapter ended with Lin Chen and Huang Jiang questioning whether Zhou Bin could be the killer after his own father was killed.

• Lin Chen defeated the bald man and his men, then walked through Mist City with Qin Xueqing.
• Guo Xiang told Lin Chen that the Glaive Grand Hotel’s boss had arranged to meet her at a different hotel, and Lin Chen agreed to accompany her.
• Huang Jiang called Lin Chen and reported that Zhou Tiannan had been murdered near a bar.
• Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing delayed their arrival before meeting Huang Jiang, so their teleportation would not draw suspicion.
• Huang Jiang explained that Zhou Tiannan had been found with his throat cut at the Ocean Grand Hotel, and that surveillance showed no suspicious visitors.
• Lin Chen and Huang Jiang wondered whether Zhou Bin could be responsible for the serial murders despite Zhou Tiannan being his father.

Lin Chen inspected Zhou Tiannan’s murder scene and concluded that Zhou Bin was likely the killer, possibly driven by a system mission. He told Huang Jiang the case would be solved within three days, suspecting Zhou Bin would soon return to Chen Yin.

• Lin Chen told Huang Jiang that Zhou Bin’s disappearance suggested guilt, and they discussed how he could travel without being seen.
• Huang Jiang brought Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing to the sealed Ocean Grand Hotel, where Lin Chen examined Zhou Tiannan’s body and found no signs of a struggle.
• Lin Chen reasoned that Zhou Bin might have been forced to kill his father by a mission from a system like Lin Chen’s.
• Lin Chen told Qin Xueqing his theory and said Zhou Bin would not be able to stay detained if he had missions to complete.
• Lin Chen assured Huang Jiang that the case could be solved within three days and guessed Zhou Bin would return to Chen Yin soon.