Arc 1From the First Floor to Death Billiards

Lin Feng survived increasingly dangerous floors, upgraded his elevator, and gained weapons, supplies, and the Little Velociraptor’s help as the beginner period ended. After reaching level 5 and trading with Ye Hua, he was sent into a series of Death Games, where his first opponent was An Qingqing.

  • Lin Feng awakened in the survival game, used the Foresight System to gather supplies, and began upgrading his elevator while surviving floors with zombies, a vengeful ghost, and other threats.
  • Lin Feng killed a young survivor who attacked him, later won the circus hiding game, and upgraded his elevator to level 3 before trading on the Transaction Floor.
  • Lin Feng retrieved Infinite Water Resources, survived a zombie swarm and a cannibal floor, and encountered Wang Lei, who filmed their meeting and shared it online.
  • Lin Feng continued gathering resources and completing missions, including a bank robbery challenge and a great white shark hunt, while enduring a sudden cold spell and helping Ye Hua experiment with salt-making.
  • Lin Feng entered a mandatory Wasteland Floor with the Little Velociraptor, defeated Dog King and the zombie dogs, used serum to cure the injured dinosaur, and collected a weapon crate.
  • Lin Feng upgraded his elevator to level 5, traded Ye Hua refined salt for a fish, and was assigned three Death Games.
  • Lin Feng met An Qingqing on the Death Billiards floor, used the fake name Gu Chen, and let her take the opening shot, which pocketed his eye and her ear.
  • An Qingqing failed to pocket a ball on her next turn, while Lin Feng noticed she was positioning balls near the pockets for later shots.
Chapters 1–25 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 1Elevator descending. Please hold on!

Lin Feng was transported to an elevator-survival world, where his Foresight System identified supplies on a safe classroom floor. He returned to the elevator with wood and chairs, then learned from the chatroom that other survivors had explored their own floors.

  • Lin Feng woke in an elevator and heard the rules of the survival game, which sent survivors to new floors every hour.
  • The Foresight System warned Lin Feng that his first floor was safe and pointed him to a machete and a packet of chocolate in the classroom.
  • Lin Feng found the supplies, dismantled 20 wooden desks, and carried six chairs back before the elevator doors closed.
  • The elevator credited him with wood, reducing the amount needed for an upgrade, though he still needed 100 kilograms of iron.
  • Lin Feng read the chatroom reports, where survivors described floors with an unfinished building, a public restroom, and an abandoned factory.

Ch. 2A shock right off the bat

Lin Feng conserved his supplies, learned that upgrading his elevator would earn him a crossbow, and explored the Forest Floor for water and materials. After he listed a dead snake for trade, the chat revealed that a survivor had been attacked by a zombie and was struggling to breathe.

  • Lin Feng kept his wood for an elevator upgrade, and the system told him his first mission would reward him with a Fine Steel Crossbow and twenty bolts.
  • Lin Feng read the chat room, where survivors traded food and water and one man described lighting a fire to cook two turtles.
  • The system warned Lin Feng that a venomous snake was hidden in a chest on the Forest Floor, and he killed it when it leapt out at him.
  • Lin Feng collected the chest’s clean water, metal can, and gold coin, filled the can at a stream, and carried the wooden chest back to the elevator for its materials.
  • Lin Feng listed the snake for five kilograms of iron, while chat users learned that a survivor had been scratched by a zombie and was having trouble breathing.
  • Other chat users urged the injured survivor to sell his belongings cheaply, showing little concern for whether he survived.

Ch. 3Now that's a master of time management!

Lin Feng accepted a choice quest to kill five zombies in exchange for a P229, and used the elevator doorway to defeat them. He collected the food crate and a lighter, then dismantled the iron door just before the elevator left.

  • Lin Feng chose to enter the floor and kill five zombies for the quest reward, despite his fear.
  • Lin Feng killed the first zombie with his machete, then lured the other four to the elevator entrance and smashed their heads from safety.
  • Lin Feng completed the quest and received a P229 with three spare magazines.
  • Lin Feng found the food supply crate, collected its iron and supplies, and took a windproof lighter from a zombie.
  • Lin Feng relieved himself, then knocked down the iron door for its materials before the elevator doors closed.

Ch. 4His first kill

Lin Feng collected iron through the exchange and entered a danger-free Recycling Center floor, where he found abundant scrap iron and encountered another survivor. When the man tried to ambush him, Lin Feng shot and killed him, leaving him shaken by his first human kill.

  • Lin Feng traded water and other goods for iron, then read that two survivors had teamed up and suspected their cooperation might be a trap.
  • A man who had claimed to team up with another survivor robbed her and assaulted her in his elevator.
  • The system announced that Lin Feng would enter a danger-free Recycling Center containing scrap iron and other recyclables.
  • Lin Feng found a large supply of scrap iron and spotted a young survivor nearby, then confronted him at gunpoint.
  • The young man pretended to agree to cooperate, but attacked Lin Feng with a razor blade.
  • Lin Feng shot the young man in the forehead and entered the elevator, struggling with the sight of his first human kill.

Ch. 5Upgrading the Elevator

Lin Feng upgraded his elevator to level 2, received a crossbow, and prepared for his next mission. He chose to confront a Red-Dressed Vengeful Ghost in exchange for a Body-Strengthening Pill.

  • Lin Feng salvaged wood and iron, upgraded his elevator, and discovered it now included a toilet.
  • The system awarded Lin Feng a Fine Steel Crossbow and twenty bolts, then assigned him a mission to upgrade his elevator to level 3 for a chainsaw and gasoline.
  • Lin Feng offered wood and iron for gold coins in the Chatroom, built a bed from school desk tops, and began exercising.
  • The system warned Lin Feng that the next floor contained a Red-Dressed Vengeful Ghost and a chest holding two gold coins, a Ghost-Repelling Talisman, and a blanket.
  • Lin Feng chose the mission to open the chest and kill the ghost, aiming to earn a Body-Strengthening Pill.

Ch. 6Ghost Marriage, the Vengeful Ghost in Red

Lin Feng entered a ghost-marriage floor, found a treasure chest beneath the bed, and defeated the vengeful ghost in red with its Ghost-Repelling Talisman. He claimed his body-strengthening pill and carried the chest and some bedding back to the elevator.

  • Lin Feng entered the bridal chamber and reached under the bed, where he touched a corpse and found the treasure chest beside it.
  • The vengeful ghost in red tried to scare Lin Feng, but he stayed calm, insulted her, and slapped her when she shrieked.
  • Lin Feng opened the chest and took out a Ghost-Repelling Talisman, then learned from the system that he had to activate it with blood and a command.
  • Lin Feng activated and threw the talisman, destroying the vengeful ghost in red and completing his mission.
  • Lin Feng received a body-strengthening pill, carried the iron chest into the elevator, and took the mattress, pillows, and bedsheet from the bridal chamber.

Ch. 7The Extra-Large Leather Backpack

Lin Feng completed a quest to kill and burn the groom’s family, then received a Spatial Backpack and tested the effects of a Body-Strengthening Pill. After exercising and eating, he slept until late morning, with his next move still ahead.

  • Lin Feng accepted a quest to kill the groom’s family and burn their bodies, then hid beneath the bed with the female corpse.
  • Lin Feng killed the man and woman who arrived carrying a groom’s corpse, and used the room’s oil lamps to set the bodies on fire.
  • Lin Feng waited in the elevator with the bodies still burning and wondered whether each floor was an independent world.
  • Lin Feng swallowed the bitter Body-Strengthening Pill, then discovered its effects after doing push-ups for an hour.
  • Lin Feng received an Extra-Large Leather Backpack and learned that its five slots could each hold up to 200 kilograms of one type of item.
  • Lin Feng ate canned beef, exercised for two more hours, and slept until eleven thirty in the morning.

Ch. 8The prehistoric world!

Lin Feng entered Jurassic World to retrieve a dinosaur egg and escaped after killing two baby dinosaurs and injuring their Velociraptor parent. Back in the elevator, he watched a Pteranodon carry off the wounded Velociraptor and examined the egg he had stolen.

  • Lin Feng entered Jurassic World, where he found a vast landscape filled with prehistoric creatures, and set out for the unguarded nest.
  • Lin Feng shot an aggressive Dodo, collected it and a berry bush, then found two baby dinosaurs and an intact egg at the nest.
  • Lin Feng killed the two baby dinosaurs, collected their bodies, and took the egg as their Velociraptor parent approached.
  • Lin Feng shot the pursuing Velociraptor in its hind legs and escaped into the elevator with the egg.
  • Lin Feng watched from inside as a Pteranodon seized the injured Velociraptor and flew away.

Ch. 9Finding Someone to Make Crossbow Bolts

Lin Feng contacted Ye Hua to commission wooden crossbow bolts in exchange for food, hoping to improve his ranged weapons. As the next floor approached, the chat room revealed growing dangers between survivors, while Lin Feng confirmed that food stored in his cowhide backpack would not spoil.

  • Lin Feng woke near noon, saw that he had gathered enough gold coins to upgrade his elevator, and reflected on the value of staying ahead of other survivors.
  • A survivor warned the chat room about finding a bloodstained, empty elevator, prompting others to discuss the danger of betrayal.
  • A Korean taekwondo athlete and an American archer argued in the chat room, and Lin Feng learned that the archer was Ye Hua.
  • Lin Feng asked Ye Hua to make ten wooden crossbow bolts, offering food as payment, and Ye Hua requested a deposit first.
  • Lin Feng agreed to pay a deposit through the exchange and learned from the system that food inside his cowhide backpack would not spoil.

Ch. 10Game Floor

Lin Feng entered a deadly hide-and-seek game on the Game Floor, where survivors disguised themselves as objects and armed hunters searched the abandoned circus. With one minute remaining, Lin Feng was still hidden high above the floor while the other hiders were killed.

  • Lin Feng entered the Game Floor and learned that survivors had to hide from hunters for ten minutes to win rewards.
  • Lin Feng and the three other survivors transformed into a streetlight, a cardboard box, an iron gate, and a trash can, then began looking for hiding places.
  • Two armed hunters entered and fired at furnishings throughout the circus, killing the survivor disguised as the iron gate.
  • A hunter's cigarette started a fire in the trash can's hair, and the hunters discovered and shot the survivor hiding inside it.
  • With one minute left in the game, Lin Feng remained on the high tightrope platform, still disguised as a streetlight.

Ch. 11The Transaction Floor: People from Different Worlds?

Lin Feng won the floor’s survival game, looted the other survivors, and upgraded his elevator before reaching the peaceful Transaction Floor. There, he encountered people in clothing and equipment from different eras and worlds, and a woman in plate armor offered him five gold coins for his shotgun.

  • Lin Feng survived the hunters, then shot the young man who had turned into a cardboard box, becoming the final winner.
  • Lin Feng spent over fifty minutes collecting the other three survivors’ resources and the hunters’ shotguns before the elevator closed.
  • Lin Feng upgraded his elevator to level 3, received a mission to upgrade it to level 4, and found he was short on wood, iron, and gold coins.
  • Lin Feng ate, exercised, used the toilet, and went to sleep holding the dinosaur egg before the elevator carried him to the Transaction Floor.
  • Lin Feng armed himself and saw a crowd of people dressed in styles from different eras, including a woman wearing an exoskeleton mech.
  • A black-robed vendor offered Lin Feng two gold coins for his shotgun, but a woman in plate armor offered five gold coins and asked to negotiate over the ammunition.

Ch. 12The importance of gold coins

Lin Feng traded a shotgun and ammunition at the Transaction Floor, then bought handgun rounds and learned to haggle. After returning, he tested Ye Hua’s handmade crossbow bolts and continued exercising instead of sleeping.

  • Lin Feng sold a shotgun to a woman for five gold coins and traded one gold coin for five large flatbreads, then sold her five shotgun rounds for another gold coin.
  • Lin Feng bought two boxes of handgun ammunition from a stall owner, who returned one gold coin and advised him to haggle.
  • Lin Feng left the Transaction Floor and reflected on how valuable gold coins were, while the survivors’ distrust of one another continued to grow.
  • Lin Feng received five crossbow bolts from Ye Hua, tested them, and ordered thirty more in exchange for wood and raw dinosaur meat.
  • Lin Feng ate, skipped sleep, and exercised, appreciating the strength he had gained from the system’s body-strengthening pill.

Ch. 13Infinite Water Resources

Lin Feng entered the Ice River Floor, braved its freezing water to retrieve Infinite Water Resources, and earned a Universal Key. After returning to the elevator, he developed a high fever and injected himself with antibiotics before passing out.

  • Lin Feng chose the mission to retrieve the underwater treasure and received an insulated diving suit.
  • Lin Feng found a frozen river, then took shelter in the elevator when an earthquake began and frightened deer fled nearby.
  • The earthquake cracked the river ice, allowing Lin Feng to dive down and retrieve Infinite Water Resources from a golden chest.
  • Lin Feng completed the mission, received the Universal Key, and discovered that Infinite Water Resources replenished its water each day.
  • Lin Feng developed a high fever, injected himself with antibiotics from the zombie floor, and passed out on the bed.

Ch. 14Wasteland Floor

Lin Feng woke to find that his Velociraptor had hatched and that three carp had appeared in his pool. He chose to enter the Wasteland Floor for its supplies and reward, but the fast Zombies overwhelmed him, forcing him to retreat to the elevator and fight from there.

  • Lin Feng woke when the baby Velociraptor nudged him, fed it dinosaur meat, and discovered three carp swimming in the pool.
  • Lin Feng chose the mission to kill 20 Zombies on the Wasteland Floor, seeking its Supply Crate and the Super Electromagnetic Stove reward.
  • Lin Feng left the Velociraptor in the elevator and entered a stripped mall, where a swarm of fast Zombies charged through the glass doors.
  • Lin Feng retreated to the elevator and used his shotgun to shoot the pursuing Zombies, aiming for their heads.

Ch. 15A crashed plane, savages, The Forest?

Lin Feng cleared a supermarket floor, cleaned his elevator, and prepared to upgrade it by trading food for Gold Coins. He entered a Forest Floor resembling The Forest, killed a charging savage, and drew the attention of a man deeper in the woods.

  • Lin Feng killed the twenty zombies on the supermarket floor and collected his mission reward, then traded water for a bra to scrub the elevator floor.
  • Lin Feng fed his Velociraptor, cooked canned food, and checked the resources he still needed to upgrade the elevator.
  • Lin Feng decided to trade his three fish for six Gold Coins and noticed that 3,585,262,159 survivors were listed in the Chatroom.
  • The system sent Lin Feng to a Forest Floor with a crashed plane, five savages, and two goats, and assigned a bounty for killing the savages.
  • Lin Feng searched the crashed plane, found two intact cans and an unopened suitcase, then encountered the savages beyond a transparent wall.
  • Lin Feng shot a savage that lunged at him, while a man deeper in the forest looked toward the gunshot with a lighter and fire axe in hand.

Ch. 16Another World

Lin Feng killed the cannibals, hunted goats, and encountered Wang Lei, a player exploring The Forest, who mistook him for an Easter egg. Lin Feng returned to the elevator with supplies and clothes, while Wang Lei posted a video of their encounter.

  • Lin Feng killed the remaining cannibals on the floor and received five gold coins.
  • Wang Lei followed the gunshots toward the spawn point as Lin Feng hunted goats nearby.
  • Lin Feng shot one goat and wounded another, but Wang Lei speared the wounded goat from the grass.
  • Wang Lei emerged, and Lin Feng recognized him as a player before heading back to the elevator with his supplies.
  • Wang Lei watched Lin Feng disappear and posted a video of the encounter.
  • Lin Feng opened a suitcase in the elevator and found menswear, anti-inflammatory medicine, heart pills, and insect repellent.

Ch. 17Elevator upgrade

Lin Feng upgraded the elevator, received medical kits, and prepared for another trip to the floors below. The system sent him to a safe desert floor with a quest to leave two bottles of water, and Lin Feng planned to butcher his goats there.

  • Lin Feng upgraded the elevator, unlocking a Material Storage Area, and learned he still needed supplies and gold coins to reach level 5.
  • Lin Feng received two all-purpose medical kits and a new quest offering Time Extension Cards for upgrading the elevator to level 5.
  • Lin Feng grilled shrimp and dinosaur meat for himself and the little velociraptor, then decided to postpone butchering his goats until he left the elevator.
  • Lin Feng boiled water, exercised, and armed himself with a pistol, shotgun, and machete before entering the next floor.
  • The system identified the next floor as a safe desert and gave Lin Feng a quest to place two bottles of water there for a reward of drinking water.

Ch. 18A special floor

Lin Feng processed two goats on the desert floor, rendered their fat, and ate a proper meal before resting for the next floor. He woke on a challenge floor where he was assigned to rob a bank with accomplices, and the group began their heist.

  • Lin Feng buried two bottles of water to complete his system task, then slaughtered and butchered two goats while the little Velociraptor ate the discarded organs.
  • Lin Feng rendered goat fat, cooked goat meat, and ate it with his last piece of bread before exercising and resting.
  • The system announced that Lin Feng would play a robber on a challenge floor and assigned him a task to kill five enemies with headshots.
  • Lin Feng arrived at a bank heist and heard the leader explain the plan to blow open the vault, control hostages, and loot the bank.
  • The leader and his three accomplices entered the bank, drew their weapons, and the leader shot a security guard in the head.

Ch. 19A sudden drop in temperature

Lin Feng completed a bank robbery mission with Old Cui and Lester Crest, then returned to his elevator and used his reward to improve his firearms skills. After eating dinosaur meat and going to sleep, he woke to a sudden, severe temperature drop affecting survivors everywhere.

  • Old Cui and Lin Feng broke into a vault, took cash and gold, and escaped with Lester Crest and the others.
  • Lin Feng shot at pursuing police, scored five headshots to complete his mission, and escaped through the sewers before returning to the elevator.
  • The system rewarded Lin Feng with Basic Firearms Proficiency, and he maintained his guns.
  • Lin Feng cooked and ate dinosaur meat, checked the Infinite Water Pool, and went to sleep beside the Velociraptor.
  • The elevator temperature plunged toward zero, so Lin Feng heated water on the Induction Cooker and bundled himself and the Velociraptor in a blanket.
  • Survivors reported worsening cold in the Chatroom, while Lin Feng's elevator warmed after an hour.

Ch. 20Salt-making failure

Lin Feng entered the Raft Survival Floor, killed a great white shark, and earned beginner melee combat knowledge. He collected seawater to make salt, but tasting the crystals revealed that his attempt had failed.

  • Lin Feng stopped trading for Ye Hua’s crossbow bolts, then chose the mission to kill a great white shark rather than stay in the elevator.
  • Lin Feng shot the great white shark until it died, and a school of sharks devoured its carcass while Little Velociraptor stood guard.
  • Lin Feng completed the mission and absorbed the Beginner Melee Combat reward.
  • Lin Feng collected five liters of seawater after the blood dispersed and boiled it down in the elevator as the Chatroom reported temperatures of -5°C.
  • Lin Feng tasted the crystals left in the pot and spat them out after their bitter, astringent flavor reminded him of used footbath water.

Ch. 21The Honey Trap

Lin Feng arranged for Ye Hua to try making salt, fed Purple Fruit to Little Velociraptor, and entered a Metal Recycling Yard Floor to collect supplies. Elsewhere on the floor, a woman lured a young man into a trap and stabbed him after injuring him.

  • Lin Feng gave Ye Hua two bottles of seawater to try making salt and sent him a blanket to keep warm.
  • Lin Feng ate Purple Fruit and discovered that Little Velociraptor enjoyed eating the berries too.
  • After learning he would enter a safe Metal Recycling Yard Floor, Lin Feng prepared his backpack and weapons.
  • Lin Feng found stacks of scrap iron when the elevator doors opened.
  • A woman seduced a young man near their elevators, then injured him and stabbed him with a dagger.

Ch. 22Ye Hua

Lin Feng killed a woman who had murdered another survivor, gathered supplies, and sent fresh water to Ye Hua for making salt. Ye Hua considered cooperating with Lin Feng while worrying about his illness and dwindling medicine.

  • Lin Feng found a woman beside the young man she had killed and shot her when she approached him.
  • Lin Feng looted both elevators, collected scrap metal, and found ten Gold Coins, though he remained short of wood and Gold Coins for his upgrade.
  • Lin Feng fed the Velociraptor frozen bread and gave Little Velociraptor a water snake and extra meat.
  • Ye Hua asked Lin Feng for fresh water, and Lin Feng sent it to him for his salt-making process.
  • Ye Hua took a blue pill and counted his remaining medicine, wondering whether it would last another month.

Ch. 23Elevator announcement: the beginner period was over

After the beginner period ended, Lin Feng learned that floors would become harder and that he could no longer retreat to the elevator once he entered one. He chose to face a Wasteland Floor full of Zombie Dogs, but the chapter left him surrounded in an abandoned factory.

  • The elevator announcement declared the beginner period over, increased floor difficulty, and warned that some floors would be mandatory and their doors would stay shut until threats were cleared or tasks completed.
  • Lin Feng prepared for the Wasteland Floor, where twenty Zombie Dogs guarded immunity serum and a weapon crate, and decided to bring the Little Velociraptor with him.
  • Lin Feng entered an abandoned factory, knocked away a leaping Zombie Dog, and shot it dead.
  • More Zombie Dogs emerged from the factory's shadows, and Lin Feng realized he needed higher ground before they attacked together.

Ch. 24Increased difficulty

Lin Feng used the control console and a power saw to fend off the zombie dogs, then defeated Dog King with Little Velociraptor’s help and cured him with serum. He completed the mission, recovered a cache of weapons, and prepared to upgrade the elevator after seeing how many people had died.

  • Lin Feng climbed to the control console, started the power saw, and used it to keep the zombie dogs from reaching him.
  • After the saw stopped, Dog King led the surviving dogs in an attack, but Little Velociraptor fought Dog King while Lin Feng shot the other dogs.
  • Little Velociraptor killed Dog King and saved Lin Feng from the final zombie dog, then Lin Feng found two syringes of serum in Dog King’s corpse and cured the injured Velociraptor.
  • Lin Feng completed the mission, collected the Weapon Supply Crate, and took out an HK416 rifle, ammunition, grenades, flares, and Claymore mines.
  • Lin Feng tested the rifle and went to upgrade the elevator, where he saw that tens of millions of people had died and read survivors’ reports about their floors.

Ch. 25Death Game I

Lin Feng reached level 5, traded a fish for salt, and entered a mandatory Death Game floor. He began a billiards match with the seemingly helpless An Qingqing, but quickly realized she was manipulating the balls to gain an advantage.

  • Lin Feng upgraded the elevator to level 5, received a time extension card, and saw the requirements for the level 6 upgrade.
  • Ye Hua traded refined salt to Lin Feng for a grass carp, and Lin Feng used the salt to enjoy his first seasoned roast meat.
  • The system announced that Lin Feng had to play three Death Games, then brought him to the Death Billiards floor.
  • Lin Feng gave An Qingqing the fake name Gu Chen and let her break; she pocketed his eye and her ear.
  • An Qingqing failed to pocket a ball on her next turn, but Lin Feng noticed she was positioning balls near the pockets for later shots.
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