Chapter Summaries

Himeko cleared the Restaurant’s dangers but was ambushed by Ali of Pyramid Country, who weakened her with a Guardian Deity. With WarGreymon’s help, she defeated and killed Ali, then hurried downstairs as the Pig Trotter Rice King’s arrival approached.

• Himeko cleared the Restaurant’s second floor, triggering a warning that the Pig Trotter Rice King would appear in sixty seconds.
• Ali used his Mystic Staff to weaken Himeko, while WarGreymon chose to inflict dizziness and blurred vision on Ali rather than risk firing a missile.
• Ali kicked away Himeko’s suitcase and tried to control her, but Himeko struck him with a series of powerful martial-arts attacks.
• Himeko retrieved her suitcase and killed Ali, earning Huaxia a constitution increase, an extra skill draw, and a Satellite Blueprint.
• With thirty seconds left before the Pig Trotter Rice King appeared, Himeko hurried downstairs.

Himeko faced the Level Three Danger Pig Trotter Rice King while weakened, with Himechi Cat fighting beside her. After realizing she could neither overpower it nor escape, Himeko came up with another plan.

• Himeko hurried Taco and Washana out of the Restaurant before the countdown ended and the Pig Trotter Rice King appeared.
• Taco identified the Pig Trotter Rice King as a Level Three Danger summoned by wasted food, and Himeko told Taco and Washana to get to safety.
• Himechi Cat joined Himeko in fighting the Pig Trotter Rice King with a Monomolecular Saw.
• Himeko and Himechi Cat traded blows with the Pig Trotter Rice King, but their injuries and weaknesses left them struggling.
• Himeko ruled out fighting head-on or fleeing and formed another plan as she got back to her feet.

Himeko weakened Pig Trotter Rice King by contaminating it with her disastrous cooking, then joined Himechi Cat in destroying it. After earning an achievement and a small increase in roleplay progress, she left with the overheated Himechi Cat and planned to improve her Imagenesis Technology.

• Himeko realized Pig Trotter Rice King's power came from its delicious taste and decided to make it taste worse.
• Himeko mixed her bizarre stew-pizza into Pig Trotter Rice, then accidentally added dish soap, reducing the monster's flavor and strength.
• Himeko kept adding ingredients until Pig Trotter Rice King's danger level fell to level one and it became too weak to fight.
• Himechi Cat and Himeko cut into Pig Trotter Rice King until it collapsed, earning Himeko an achievement and 3% roleplay progress.
• Himeko carried the limp Himechi Cat away and said she would improve her Imagenesis Technology after they returned.

After defeating the Pig Trotter Rice King, Himeko and her group gathered supplies in the Restaurant and learned they could return to their vehicles after leaving the park. Weir joined them, but his vehicle turned out to be a chess piece called a Castle/Chariot, leaving Himeko unable to repair it.

• The National Destiny Instance awarded Himeko a skill draw and a Pig Trotter Rice Spirit, while pig trotter rice distribution points appeared across Huaxia.
• Himeko found Taco, Washana, and Weir, who explained that he had been passing by when they found him unconscious and took him in.
• Weir pleaded that he had no part in the Sun-Setting Empire commentators' actions, and Himeko agreed to let him join as long as he behaved himself.
• Himeko rejected Weir's suggestion to lure in and kill other contestants, then explained that the group planned to gather supplies and continue exploring.
• Taco asked whether they could make multiple trips to their vehicles, and Himeko learned they could return after leaving the park.
• The group collected food, water, upgrade cores, and modification modules, and Weir revealed his vehicle was a chess piece labeled Castle/Chariot.

Himeko shared supplies with her allies, reassured Washana, and decided to explore the haunted house before investigating the Wax Museum for clues to the park’s hidden reward. Meanwhile, Huaxia and the other allied countries formed an agreement, while Inukai and Duncan remained trapped in chaos inside the Wax Museum.

• Himeko gave upgrade cores and modification modules to Washana, Taco, and Weir, then learned that their vehicles had limited cargo capacity.
• Himeko chose the haunted house as their next destination, and Washana worried that its danger and interference from other countries could put the team at risk.
• Himeko offered to leave Himechi Cat with the others, but Washana accepted Himeko’s reassurance that allies could rely on one another when they were weak.
• The commentators for Huaxia, Samba Country, Bear Country, and the Sun-Setting Empire signed an alliance agreement against attacks on their countries.
• Himeko planned to explore the haunted house and then visit the Wax Museum for hidden-reward clues, while Inukai and Duncan fled their unusually powerful wax figures inside the museum.

Himeko led Weir, Taco, and Washana into the Haunted House after Taco’s smart glasses detected an unknown power there and a trace of the same power in Himeko. Himeko suspected it was Trailblaze power and hoped the Haunted House might hold clues about the missing Astral Express passengers; inside, the group encountered an immersive escape-room challenge and Himeko spotted familiar crystal fragments.

• Taco scanned the Haunted House and found a trace of power that did not belong to this world, then scanned Himeko and detected a negligible trace in her as well.
• Himeko reasoned that the unknown power was likely Trailblaze, linked its appearance to her increased Roleplay Progress, and hoped to find information about the missing Nameless.
• Himeko, Weir, Taco, and Washana entered the Haunted House after Himeko used a flame to illuminate its darkness, which swallowed the light from their phones.
• The group read the Haunted House’s rules, which tasked them with finding three key items while warning that some staff would mislead and harm players.
• Himeko followed the route into the Haunted House and spotted several brightly colored crystal fragments.

Himeko found fragments of Six-Phased Ice in the haunted house and feared that March 7th had been there and might be in danger. As the group continued through the dark hallway, a scream suddenly rang out, leaving them poised for an attack.

• Himeko picked up crystal fragments and recognized them as Six-Phased Ice, despite the smart glasses initially misidentifying them.
• Himeko told Washana that the ice likely belonged to March 7th, a missing Nameless from the Astral Express.
• WarGreymon speculated on the broadcast that Himeko was recruiting allies and searching for passengers to strengthen the Astral Express.
• Himeko worried that March 7th had been in a battle and prayed that nothing had happened to her.
• Weir felt something brush against him in the flickering hallway, and Taco turned toward the right before someone screamed in the darkness.

Himeko and the others explored the haunted house, where she recognized signs that March 7th had fought a disguised monster and drove it away herself. After the real staff member explained how dangerous creatures behaved, the group still needed to find the items required to clear the game.

• Weir reported seeing a face-like shape in the wall and feeling something touch him when the lights went out.
• Himechi Cat sensed something wrong with a staff member in the next room, and Himeko noticed evidence that March 7th had fought there.
• Himeko punched the suspicious staff member, revealing a wounded monster that fought her before escaping into the wall.
• The real staff member explained that players could identify dangerous creatures during a lesson and seek staff protection from creatures they could not handle.
• Weir suggested beating the item locations out of the staff member, but Himeko refused because the park creatures were not their enemies.

Himeko and her companions discovered that they were seeing different versions of the haunted house, and Himeko identified and attacked a hidden dangerous creature. The group suspected that each space held a clearance item, while Taco’s appeared to be a damaged, unreset area.

• Weir asked to beat the captured creature, but Himeko refused and led the group into a large courtyard beneath the haunted house.
• Taco could not see the three uniformed staff members that Himeko, Weir, and Washana saw, and he described his own view of a frozen, ruined area.
• Himeko approached the staff members and recognized one as a dangerous creature by its panda-like black eyes.
• The creature ran when Himeko spotted it, but Himeko struck it in the back of the head with her suitcase.
• Weir reasoned that the group occupied different spaces, each likely containing a clearance item, and that Taco had entered an area damaged by Six-Phased Ice.

Himeko defeated the monster by burning the enormous tree, then faced a snake-man who claimed to be haunted-house staff and demanded compensation. After he proposed taking Himechi Cat as collateral and making Himeko recruit players, she attacked him, suspecting the haunted house had no clearance items or real staff members.

• The monster swallowed a fruit, dissolved into a meat slurry, and spread blood-red patterns across the enormous tree, so Himeko set the tree on fire.
• A snake-man approached Himechi Cat, who startled and struck him with her saw before Himeko checked that she was unharmed.
• The snake-man claimed to be a staff member, demanded 11.4514 billion in compensation, and offered Himeko alternative arrangements because she had no money.
• He proposed taking Himechi Cat as collateral and sending Himeko to recruit players, who would die in the haunted house and earn her rewards.
• Himeko decided the haunted house had no clearance items or real staff members and brought her saw down on the snake-man's head.

Himeko exposed the haunted house’s rules, forced the snake man to release her separated companions, and questioned him about the park and March 7th. She learned that March had escaped toward the Amusement Park’s east gate, leaving Himeko to pursue her.

• Himeko deduced that moving forward cleared the haunted house while turning back caused failure, then beat the snake man until he released the others.
• Taco and Weir rejoined Himeko and wanted to beat up the snake man, but Himeko instead questioned him about the Amusement Park.
• The snake man claimed he could speak because he was the strongest monster in the Amusement Park and admitted he knew nothing about hidden rewards.
• The snake man said March 7th had run out of the haunted house toward the east gate after attacking staff who tried to stop her taking pictures.

Himeko spared Snake Man and led the group out of the Haunted House, then returned alone after Weir suspected the apparent clear was bait and the real threat remained. Weir used his Guardian Deity to teleport himself, Washana, and Taco to the cleared Restaurant, while Himeko went back carrying Weir’s Chariot.

• Himeko spared Snake Man, who pointed the group to the exit and ordered his accomplices not to frighten them.
• The group received Haunted House rewards as they exited, and Himeko asked the others to wait somewhere safe before returning to the Haunted House.
• Weir reasoned that the Haunted House had not truly been cleared, citing its danger level and the low exploration progress, and suspected the rewards were bait.
• Taco tried to verify Weir’s theory with String Bean, but Washana threw away the Smart Glasses before it could answer.
• Weir revealed that he had been charging his Guardian Deity and teleported himself, Washana, and Taco to the cleared Restaurant.
• Himeko returned to the Haunted House’s main entrance carrying Weir’s level-two Chariot, whose abilities included short-range warping and a castling teleport.

Himeko returned to the Haunted House and used her hastily built Beggars' Railgun to destroy the snake-man and the attraction. As the illusion faded and the Haunted House lay in ruins, Himeko had survived her fight on the enemy’s turf.

• Himeko confirmed Weir’s deductions and separated from his group so she could fight without putting them at risk.
• Himeko used Imagenesis to build a crude railgun that fired her own energy, stripping away everything but its powerful attack.
• Himeko returned to the Haunted House and attacked the snake-man with her Monomolecular Saw before it could speak.
• The snake-man summoned living tentacles and argued with Himeko over their competing ideas of art.
• Himeko fired the Beggars' Railgun, unleashing a huge blast that killed the snake-man and reduced the Haunted House to ruins.
• The Haunted House’s scenery faded away, revealing the attraction’s true remains, including a giant tree stump that could no longer bear fruit.

Himeko demolished the Haunted House with a Railgun she had made on-site, earning rewards and clearing the attraction. A mysterious map showed that March 7th had traveled far from the Amusement Park, giving Himeko her first clue about her companion’s whereabouts.

• Himeko fired her homemade Railgun and destroyed the Haunted House, stunning the spectators and alarming Taco, Washana, and Weir until Weir confirmed she was safe.
• Himeko received rewards for clearing the Haunted House, including enhanced Imagenesis, a new weapon, and progress toward unlocking the Starblazer blueprints.
• Himeko collected assorted monster rewards, including coffee supplies and a skill draw, while noting that most of the upgrade items were of little use to her.
• Himeko received a Guardian Deity draw and a mysterious route map after killing the Life Giant Tree.
• Himeko saw March 7th’s four-leaf clover marked at the end of the map’s route and realized March had traveled far from the Amusement Park.

Himeko escorted Weir and Washana to the exits before deciding to investigate the Wax Museum with Taco. Himechi Cat revealed that the Wax Figures could replace their originals and that the museum’s mastermind was hidden inside, leaving Himeko uneasy as they arrived at the entrance.

• Himeko reunited with Washana, Taco, and Weir, then learned that the Exploration Progress had reached 67%.
• Weir and Washana chose to leave, while Taco stayed with Himeko; Washana said she wanted to help people like Himeko before departing.
• Himeko and Taco chose the Wax Museum as their next destination, and Himechi Cat explained the Wax Figures’ motive and the hidden mastermind.
• Himeko, Taco, and Himechi Cat reached the Wax Museum, where Himeko sensed that something was wrong.

Himeko prepared to investigate the Wax Museum after sensing a dangerous energy source inside, while Weir learned that her speciality exceeded the system’s calculation limit. Taco demonstrated his new Harden skill and hid behind Himechi Cat as Himeko approached the threat.

• Himeko showed Taco how she could summon and put away her Banner Spear and briefcase.
• Weir received an A grade and 100 attribute points for being the first contestant to leave the Amusement Park, then invested the points in reflexes.
• Weir used Box Opening on Himeko and saw that her attributes were all A and her speciality was MAX.
• Himeko sensed low-frequency energy and a threat inside the Wax Museum, where she believed the hidden reward or final boss was located.
• Taco activated Harden and hid behind Himechi Cat, who objected to being used as cover.

Himeko and Taco returned to the Wax Museum and found other contestants being chased by powerful wax doubles. Himeko confronted wax Duncan, wax Inukai, and a wax Nine-Tailed Fox, and the chapter left their standoff erupting into a shootout.

• Himeko and Taco reentered the Wax Museum, where Taco's Smart Glasses failed to explain the damage and Himeko heard a roar from upstairs.
• Duncan and Inukai fled from wax versions of themselves, whose abilities and strength had increased dramatically inside the museum.
• Duncan and Inukai ran past Himeko without asking for help, while their wax doubles and a wax Nine-Tailed Fox pursued them.
• Wax Duncan aimed his pistol at Himeko, and she stood her ground with her spear as Taco and Himechi Cat argued over her odds of winning.
• Wax Duncan fired a Specialized Bullet as Himeko launched an energy cannon blast from her spear.

Himeko defeated the wax Duncan, Inukai, Xuan Yang, and the Nine-Tailed Fox, but her interrogation of the survivors yielded no information. She turned the wax figures into a silent bucket and went searching for Duncan and Inukai, whom she found recovering beside a small door.

• Himeko used the Banner Spear and a saw-blade drone to defeat the wax figures, then asked them what had happened in the Wax Museum.
• Himechi Cat questioned the wax figures, but they insulted her and refused to share useful information.
• Himeko decided to search for Duncan and Inukai because they had stayed in the Wax Museum despite the danger.
• Himeko melted the three wax figures into a bucket, removed their mouths, and carried them along.
• Himeko found Duncan and Inukai slumped beside a small door, recovering their strength.

Himeko caught Inukai and Duncan after they fled the Wax Museum, cleared up their misunderstanding about Himechi Cat, and asked them about a hidden quest. The men agreed to tell her about it but secretly planned to feed her false information.

• Duncan insisted that Himeko was being controlled by a dangerous Amusement Park Monster, while Inukai doubted his explanation.
• Himeko and Himechi Cat caught the two men outside the Wax Museum, and Himeko asked what had happened there.
• Inukai explained that he and Duncan had unlocked a hidden quest after meeting in the Wax Museum and that his wax figure had hunted him.
• Himeko introduced Himechi Cat and explained that the foxlike creature meant them no harm, while Duncan questioned how it could leave the Wax Museum.
• Inukai and Duncan mistook Himeko's reasonable offer not to force them for a threat and decided to give her false information.

Himeko learned the hidden quest’s requirements and refused Inukai’s request to help him complete his other quest, while the commentators defended her choices to the livestream audience. At the Wax Museum’s darkroom, Himeko accepted the hidden quest and discovered an enormous beating heart fused with Six-Phased Ice.

• Inukai and Duncan told Himeko about the hidden quest, and Inukai asked her to help with his own quest in exchange for his allegiance.
• Himeko refused to help Inukai harm other contestants, explaining that she would not actively hurt them for his benefit.
• Wang Wu and WarGreymon discussed Himeko’s decision on the livestream and reassured viewers that she could handle potential danger.
• Guided by Inukai and Duncan, Himeko entered the Wax Museum’s darkroom and accepted the hidden quest.
• Himeko found an enormous, constantly beating heart fused with Six-Phased Ice.