Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi took control of a disguised warship belonging to the Assassin Company, using his abilities to subdue its crew and force the survivors to serve him. He ordered Yin Lingyun not to contact the authorities for a month, unaware that escaping the city had already cleared the simulation scenario.

• Ling Yi used Area Pickup to incapacitate the ship’s armed personnel and led Yin Lingyun to the bridge, where he discovered the cargo ship was secretly armed like a warship.
• Ling Yi killed thirteen ship operators while testing a method of controlling the survivors, then kept seven alive to manage the vessel and changed the Assassin Company server password.
• Kyle Roni told Ling Yi that the Assassin Company had grown out of Amai Chou’s Hive Project, an infiltration plan that Kyle had taken over.
• Ling Yi learned that the ship’s eight executives were tied to the Assassin Company and warned them to keep the vessel hidden or die.
• Yin Lingyun said the executives should face trial, but Ling Yi asked her not to contact the authorities for a month, and she agreed.
• Ling Yi remained unaware that the simulation’s rules counted his escape beyond the city map as clearing Urban Battle Royale.

After clearing the second simulation, Ling Yi entered a new disaster scenario where the moon had fallen into the Eastern Ocean. He set out to find his wife and daughter, then expanded his Personal Space to prepare for the coming disasters.

• On day twenty-nine, Ling Yi received Toxin Immunity and agreed to return the warship to the Ancient Country with Yin Lingyun.
• Ling Yi received an unlimited-ammunition golden revolver on the final day, then vanished from the ship at midnight and cleared the second simulation.
• Ling Yi chose to enter the next simulation, received another 100 cubic meters of Personal Space, and began digging while contestants were matched.
• The new simulation, Moonfall, required Ling Yi to survive thirty days, escape Beihai City, and protect his family after the moon fell into the Eastern Ocean.
• Ling Yi answered a call from his wife, learned she was picking up their daughter, and headed out to meet them while collecting supplies with Remote Pickup.
• Ling Yi spent twenty days of lying-flat rewards to expand his Personal Space to 20,000 cubic meters.

Ling Yi found Yin Lingyun and the little girl the scenario had made his wife and daughter, then tried to get them out of Beihai City before the coming tsunami. He switched from a scooter to a bicycle to escape the gridlocked roads and prepared to speed up as his Crisis Perception warned him the disaster might arrive sooner than expected.

• Ling Yi used an electric scooter to reach Yin Lingyun, collecting vehicles and supplies along the way as he judged that the tsunami could arrive within twenty-four hours.
• Ling Yi pulled Yin Lingyun and the little girl from their trapped red sedan, then carried them away on his scooter despite Yin Lingyun's protests about leaving her car.
• Ling Yi rode through the stalled traffic toward the city outskirts while telling Yin Lingyun that they had to escape before the tsunami arrived.
• When cars blocked the emergency lane, Ling Yi changed the scooter into a bicycle and sped through the narrow gaps with Yin Lingyun and the little girl aboard.
• Ling Yi reached the ring expressway, gave Yin Lingyun and the little girl helmets, strapped the three of them together, and warned them he was about to speed up.

Ling Yi raced with Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling toward higher ground as a colossal tsunami engulfed Beihai City. He sealed them inside a mountainside cave and prepared to wait out the flood.

• Ling Yi rode his bicycle with Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling toward North Ye Cheng, hoping to escape the flooding on higher ground.
• A towering tsunami appeared behind them, and Ling Yi realized they could not outrun it.
• Ling Yi carried Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling up a mountainside to a hidden cave as the wave swallowed much of Beihai City.
• Ling Yi sealed the cave entrance with enormous rocks and illuminated the dry interior, telling them to shelter there until the tsunami passed.
• The ground began to tremble and rumbling reached the cave as the tsunami arrived.

Ling Yi explained his abilities to Yin Lingyun while preparing their cave shelter after the tsunami, and worried about the simulation’s coming disasters. Watching Ling Ling wake at the smell of hot pot gave him an idea for using his Personal Space to handle energy.

• The livestream viewers compared the contestants’ escape efforts, noting that Ling Yi’s scenario had already been struck by a tsunami while the others had not.
• Ling Yi finished outfitting the cave with supplies and told Yin Lingyun he was an ability user who would keep her and Ling Ling safe.
• Ling Yi worried that the tsunami was only the start of the disaster as strange weather and snow arrived, and considered whether Passive Pickup could create a safe zone.
• Ling Yi tried to use his Personal Space to pick up energy but found that it could not directly collect temperature, electricity, or kinetic energy.
• Ling Ling woke up when she smelled hot pot, and Ling Yi realized that storing energy might require a container or carrier.

Ling Yi used his Personal Space to create an Absolute Safety Domain, but a catastrophic earthquake destroyed the family’s cave and a fissure pursued them nearly a hundred kilometers. After escaping, he suspected the simulation scenario was targeting him and asked the system about using the Bio Booster Armor and taking Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling out.

• Ling Yi established a hundred-meter Absolute Safety Domain with passive defenses against more than twenty dangers, then shared a peaceful meal and settled into cave life with Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling.
• Ling Yi and Yin Lingyun discussed the receding flood, and the family spent the next few days making their cave more comfortable.
• A massive earthquake split the mountain and sent their cave into an abyss, so Ling Yi carried Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling out just in time.
• Ling Yi ran with his family for nearly a hundred kilometers as a fissure seemed to chase them, then reassured Ling Ling and told Yin Lingyun it was an accident.
• Ling Yi asked the system whether the Bio Booster Armor could be recovered and whether he could take people out of the simulation; the system warned that the scenario would target him, and Ling Yi pointed to the pursuing fissure.

Ling Yi realized the simulation’s AI was targeting him because of a misunderstanding, then took Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling away from Beihai City as disasters spread worldwide. They settled in a hotel in Red Maple City, where Ling Yi’s safety domain protected them from extreme cold, while the worsening global crisis continued.

• Ling Yi questioned the system about the simulation’s pursuit, and the system said the targeting stemmed from a misunderstanding involving Nüwa and Pangu.
• Ling Yi expanded his safety domain, drove west with Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling, and explained that his abilities made an official safe base too risky.
• Yin Lingyun learned that Beihai City had suffered far worse tsunami and earthquake damage than other cities, while temperatures plunged around the world.
• Ling Yi drove the family to Red Maple City and used his abilities to clear snow and ice from a hotel so they could stay there.
• Ling Yi, Yin Lingyun, and Ling Ling settled into the hotel as heavy snow blanketed the region and temperatures continued to fall.

Ling Yi and his family endured the shift from extreme cold to extreme heat as the simulation’s disasters continued, while his growing unease suggested a new crisis was approaching. On the twenty-first day, he received a Dark Matter Hard Drive capable of storing the data of an entire universe.

• Ling Yi told Yin Lingyun that the Ancient Country might emerge from the disasters strong enough to claim the rest of Blue Star, and her smile left him flustered.
• Ling Ling spotted sunlight as the extreme cold ended early, and Ling Yi warned Yin Lingyun to avoid going outside because the sudden change might be dangerous.
• Floods and extreme heat followed, but Ling Yi’s Absolute Safety Domain protected the hotel and its occupants while the internet disappeared.
• After the weather began to normalize, Ling Yi played Fight the Landlord with Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling, even as earthquakes and volcanic activity spread across Blue Star.
• Ling Yi sensed an unknown crisis approaching, then received a Dark Matter Hard Drive as his twenty-first-day lying-flat reward.

Ling Yi learned that a sleeping Dimension Grade existence was behind the simulated scenarios and suspected the system and Ancient Country had hidden motives. He chose to save Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling in the Dark Matter Hard Drive before clearing the disaster scenario, then faced the choice of joining another scenario or returning to the real world.

• Ling Yi learned that the Dark Matter Hard Drive could only move data, and that saving Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling would disable Rules Protection Mode and leave him targeted in future scenarios.
• The system revealed that an Ancient Country authority was trying to awaken a sleeping Dimension Grade existence through simulated scenarios, and Ling Yi began to suspect the system had hidden motives.
• As disasters devastated Blue Star, Ling Yi's pickup radius grew while the Absolute Safety Domain kept him and the others alive in Red Maple City.
• On day 30, with Blue Star covered in ash and magma, Ling Yi saved Yin Lingyun and Ling Ling inside the Dark Matter Hard Drive and waited for the scenario to end.
• After clearing the scenario, Ling Yi returned to his cave and was asked whether he would continue the show or withdraw to the real world.

Ling Yi returned from the previous simulation, collected a new skill and upgraded Personal Space with a basic artifact spirit before entering a death-row battle royale. He left the starting plaza alone, intending to stay inactive and earn better lying-flat rewards.

• Ling Yi received the Eye of Detection skill and spent an advance of twenty days' rewards to add a basic artifact spirit to Personal Space.
• The system assigned Ling Yi the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds scenario, where he had to kill Ma Lin, win ten consecutive matches, and survive for one month.
• Ling Yi awoke shackled in a prison cell and learned that ten inmates would be sent into the City of Battlegrounds to fight ninety others, with only one survivor allowed after three days.
• After the contestants' restraints fell away, the other inmates split up, and a woman asked Ling Yi to team up; he refused and left alone.
• The woman approached a wounded man who claimed he knew demolition, then stomped on his neck.

Ling Yi explored the City of Battlegrounds, then relaxed on a rooftop while Erzhuzi collected nearby supplies and guarded him. After Ling Yi broke the limbs of four unrepentant murderers from afar, a woman who had been tracking them witnessed the strange force and drove away.

• Ling Yi surveyed the artificial City of Battlegrounds, found supplies and a submachine gun, and settled on a rooftop sofa to bask in the simulated sunlight.
• Ling Yi ordered Erzhuzi to collect supplies and punish anyone who entered pickup range, then delayed the orders for half an hour.
• Ling Yi learned that the city held thousands of death-row prisoners in deadly three-day battle rounds, with a radioactive poison circle and concealed prison exits.
• Ling Yi overheard four prisoners boasting about torturing and killing three people, then used his power to shatter their limbs.
• A woman who had been following the four prisoners saw them screaming and recognized the mysterious force at work before she drove away.

Ling Yi used Erzhuzi to remain safe in the poison zone while his Photosynthesis bloodline advanced under real moonlight and awakened a new ability. After discovering troubling memories that linked his mother, Jiang Yao, to Nüwa and Pangu, he formed a golden handgun from lines of light and fired it.

• Ling Yi stayed inside the poison zone because Erzhuzi collected its harmful radiation and substances, while Qin Su killed death-row inmates across the City of Battlegrounds.
• Ling Yi noticed that Photosynthesis had evolved and sensed that real moonlight could trigger something inside his brain.
• Ling Yi flew beyond the simulated sky and absorbed an unusually large amount of cool energy from the full moon, which all flowed into his brain.
• Ling Yi relived memories of both lives and recalled that his mother, Jiang Yao, had used the names Nüwa and Pangu during calls.
• Ling Yi returned to the City of Battlegrounds and wondered whether Jiang Yao was connected to the Pangu Server, Nüwa AI, and his own cheat.
• Ling Yi formed a golden handgun from lines in his palm and fired it.

Ling Yi tested his new Modeling ability, watched the first round of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds end with Ma Lin's unexplained death, and stayed hidden as the organizers reset the City of Battlegrounds. The second round began, and the broadcast revealed another contestant named Ma Lin.

• Ling Yi discovered that his Modeling ability could create functional objects he had seen or sensed, though the creations could not be stored in his Personal Space.
• A television broadcast described the remaining contestants, including Zheng Tao, Song Ke, and the ruthless Ma Lin, while Ling Yi remained hidden from the cameras.
• When the poison zone engulfed her, Ma Lin chose not to flee and died despite being only a few steps from safety; a prone camper unexpectedly won the round.
• White-suited workers cleared bodies and reset the City of Battlegrounds, while Ling Yi stayed invisible and learned the organizers had not found him.
• A new group of one hundred death-row inmates began the second round, and the host introduced contestant No. 22, Ma Lin.

Ling Yi watched a second Ma Lin with the same life signature as the first enter the battlegrounds, fight with exceptional skill, and deliberately surrender her victory. A third, stronger Ma Lin then repeated the pattern, leaving Ling Yi to suspect that she grew stronger with each death.

• Ling Yi detected that the second Ma Lin had the same life signature as the first, despite seeing the first Ma Lin's body destroyed.
• Ma Lin killed two men with a dagger, gathered equipment, and shot at Ling Yi before fleeing when he remained unharmed.
• Ma Lin deliberately let her opponent kill her in the final showdown, and Ling Yi saw that she had surrendered on purpose.
• A third Ma Lin entered the next round, killed more than forty players, and again staged her defeat.
• Ling Yi watched the third Ma Lin's corpse pixelate and wondered whether she became stronger each time she died.

Ling Yi discovered that Ma Lin’s one hundred selves grew stronger whenever one died, and he tried to stop the escalating sacrifices by keeping Ma Lin alive. After a mysterious recorder advised the City of Battlegrounds officials to release another Ma Lin, Ma Lin No. 9 defeated the rampaging winner without strengthening through the fight.

• Ling Yi found ninety-six Ma Lins in the Prison and realized that the surviving Ma Lins grew stronger each time one was sacrificed.
• Ling Yi modeled radiation-proof armor for the seventh Ma Lin, helped her win a round, and watched her rampage through the City of Battlegrounds.
• The City of Battlegrounds boss prepared to evacuate and destroy the city, but a golden tape recorder advised him to release another Ma Lin instead.
• Ling Yi gathered the city’s Q stones into his Personal Space and canceled the armor as the officials released another Ma Lin.
• Ma Lin No. 9 defeated the rampaging Ma Lin after half an hour, and Ling Yi confirmed that Ma Lins did not grow stronger by killing one another.

Ling Yi used the Dark Matter Hard Drive to erase the last Ma Lin and her corpses, then returned to Dafeng City to find the original Ma Lin. The original revealed that she had controlled the clones and expected to steal Ling Yi’s power, but no power had transferred, and Ling Yi appeared beside her.

• Ling Yi watched Ma Lin No. 100 outlast the other clones, then questioned her about her ability and origins.
• Ma Lin described awakening the power to create clones and claimed that the original and clones shared their minds and could not control their bloodlust.
• Ling Yi suspected the simulation scenario had set a trap and used the Dark Matter Hard Drive to erase Ma Lin No. 100 and the other bodies.
• Ling Yi flew to Dafeng City, where he sensed Ma Lin’s original body in her home.
• The original Ma Lin revealed that she had controlled the clones and expected Ling Yi to kill one so she could take his power, then Ling Yi spoke beside her.

After uncovering Ma Lin’s plan, Ling Yi cleared the fourth simulation scenario by hiding in space and using Photosynthesis 2.0 to grow much stronger. He entered the fifth scenario, Night Parade of One Hundred Demons Month, just as Erzhuzi reported that they had broken through the cave’s isolating energy.

• Ling Yi questioned Ma Lin, confirmed she had known he would kill her, and stored her in his dark matter hard drive rather than killing her.
• Ling Yi earned Photosynthesis 2.0, modeled himself a spacesuit, and absorbed sunlight in space until his attributes reached 0.7 Planet Grade.
• Ling Yi cleared the fourth scenario, gained more pickup range, and learned that ninety-two contestants had cleared it while his own difficulty had been Hell Grade.
• Ling Yi reviewed his abilities while waiting, then entered the fifth scenario, Night Parade of One Hundred Demons Month, beside three Ghost-Catching Bureau agents near Linjiang Cemetery.
• Erzhuzi told Ling Yi that they had dug through the cave and that the isolating energy was gone.

Ling Yi joined the Dafeng City Ghost-Catching Bureau in the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons Month simulation and quickly learned how dangerous and unfamiliar its work was. After defeating three water ghosts, he found his assigned home and received a Daoist School secret art as his midnight reward.

• Ling Yi learned that Erzhuzi had dug through the cave's energy wall, then investigated his new coworkers Zhang Hai, Peng Yu, and Zhang Wenguo.
• Zhang Wenguo assigned Ling Yi to fight a level-one water ghost while the others watched, and Peng Yu left after arguing over the bounty.
• Ling Yi used his Magnet Sword to destroy three water ghosts, then admitted he had forgotten to use Ghost Techniques.
• Zhang Wenguo drove Ling Yi into the city, warned him to stay indoors during the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons Month, and told him to report to the bureau the next morning.
• Ling Yi found his assigned apartment by using his spiritual perception, and at midnight the system awarded him the Daoist School secret art Paper Talisman Puppet.

Ling Yi learned the Paper Talisman Puppet art and sent a duplicate of himself out to test it during the hundred-ghost parade. He watched the ghosts battle and grow stronger, while the puppet proved unable to harm most of them before it expired.

• Ling Yi created three paper figures using Yin and Yang Qi and discovered that a puppet infused with both could be reused and controlled through a mental connection.
• Ling Yi activated one puppet, which took his appearance, and ordered it to kill ghosts outside.
• Ghosts emerged beneath the road, and Ling Yi used the Eye of Investigation to identify their levels, histories, and special abilities.
• Ling Yi observed that the ghosts were fighting one another as part of the annual parade, with stronger ghosts absorbing energy and leveling up.
• The Smoker, Electric Ghost, Huo Gui, and Ice Ghost rose to level 4, while Ling Yi's puppet could neither kill ghosts with its fists nor be possessed by them before it exploded and took a few weakened ghosts with it.

Ling Yi sent a powerful paper puppet to work at the Ghost-Catching Bureau while he flew into space to bask in the sun. At the bureau, the puppet exposed Peng Yu’s threats and Peng Hu’s secret relationship, then learned from Zhang Wenguo that the bureau director’s daughter was already engaged to a provincial director’s son.

• Ling Yi watched the ghosts vanish at dawn and decided to keep his bureau job to investigate their origins.
• Ling Yi sent a paper puppet in his place to the Ghost-Catching Bureau, then flew into space to relax and absorb sunlight.
• Peng Yu threatened the puppet outside the bureau and boasted that his family could influence Dafeng City.
• Ling Yi’s puppet played a recording of Peng Yu’s threats over a loudspeaker, drawing the bureau’s attention and alarming Peng Hu.
• Peng Hu smashed the speaker, but Ling Yi’s puppet openly identified itself and accused him of trying to silence a witness.
• Zhang Wenguo told Ling Yi that the bureau director’s daughter had a fiancé, the son of the North Leaf Province bureau director.