Chapter Summaries

Chen Han’s warning kept Li Hebing from entering the wrong classroom after its sign changed from Grade 12, Class 8 to Grade 12, Class 1. Realizing Chen Han had noticed the danger before him, Li Hebing became his underling.

• Chen Han finished using the toilet and considered Li Hebing’s proposal to form an alliance.
• Chen Han returned toward the classroom by the back door, avoiding the teacher and carrying his test paper.
• Chen Han asked Li Hebing, “Are you really a smart person?” and Li Hebing realized the classroom sign had changed.
• Li Hebing recognized that Chen Han had saved him from entering the wrong classroom and asked to become his underling.
• Chen Han accepted Li Hebing, whose sincere smile delighted the livestream viewers.

Chen Han took Li Hebing as his underling after Li warned him that the classroom had changed, though Chen Han had only intended to bluff him. After surviving more classes, Chen Han followed Chen Yinuo to the cafeteria and discovered its seating was divided by gender.

• Li Hebing warned Chen Han that their classroom had changed and offered to become his underling, so Chen Han accepted while concealing his confusion.
• Chen Han saw that Grade 12, Class 8 had moved to the opposite end of the corridor and returned to class with Li Hebing.
• Chen Han endured two more classes, and Teacher Li warned the students that poor results on the citywide assessment would send them to the academic affairs office.
• After class, Chen Yinuo approached Chen Han, praised his math score, and led him to the cafeteria.
• Chen Han entered the crowded cafeteria and saw that boys and girls had separate seating areas.

Chen Han followed the new cafeteria rules and joined a line in front of a woman wearing a red hat, where terrifying ghosts appeared around him. As other players panicked, Li Hebing noticed that the students reading their notebooks seemed amused and possibly dangerous.

• Chen Han read the new cafeteria rules and joined a line in front of a woman wearing a red hat, with Chen Yinuo following him.
• While Chen Han waited, he spotted a horribly wounded student at the serving window and concealed his fear by looking away.
• A female ghost with a mutilated face and deep wrist cuts appeared almost against Chen Han, who avoided reacting and looked down.
• Li Hebing watched Chen Han remain composed as other players screamed or fled when more than ten ghosts appeared around the cafeteria.
• Li Hebing noticed the students reading notebooks had amused expressions and suspected they were plotting something.

Chen Han endured a female ghost’s harassment while eating lunch and used a small movement of his spoon to uncover vegetables hidden beneath the rice, which the rules forbade. Li Hebing noticed Chen Han’s discovery, found vegetables in his own lunch, and realized Chen Han had saved him from eating them.

• Chen Han collected his lunch and sat with Chen Yinuo while a female ghost followed him and cursed about being reported.
• Chen Yinuo chattered about exams and universities as Chen Han silently prepared himself to eat.
• When the female ghost reached for Chen Han, his spoon scraped toward Chen Yinuo, startling her into pulling back.
• Chen Han’s spoon exposed vegetables buried beneath his rice, revealing a violation of the food rule.
• Li Hebing searched his lunch after observing Chen Han and found vegetables hidden beneath his own rice.

Chen Han avoided eating a boxed lunch with hidden green vegetables, then returned to class with Chen Yinuo while other students collapsed after eating theirs. During the short break, he overheard Li Zhan tell Sun Taozha that student disappearances were linked to the anonymous suggestion box and the Dean’s Office.

• Chen Han found green vegetables hidden in his rice, claimed there were bugs, and exchanged his meal while Chen Yinuo waited for him.
• Three players collapsed after eating rice containing green vegetables, prompting other players to inspect and exchange their meals.
• Chen Han ate a replacement lunch and returned to the classroom with Chen Yinuo, who talked rapidly about schoolwork on the way.
• Chen Han found most classmates sleeping during the brief break and overheard Li Zhan gossiping with Sun Taozha.
• Li Zhan claimed that students reported through the anonymous suggestion box were seized by Dean’s Office spies and tortured to death.

Chen Han avoided speaking to Wang Xihu after a blue pen appeared in his pencil case, despite turning his back on him. After returning to the livestream, Li Chen deduced that Chen Han had used a broken half-mirror to watch the pencil case, and the chapter left him marveling at Chen Han’s preparation.

• Chen Han asked Li Zhan and Sun Taozha about the anonymous box and learned it was in the academic affairs office on the fifth floor, which Li Zhan said was haunted.
• Wang Xihu revealed that the academic affairs office required a key carried by the homeroom teacher, while a blue pen appeared in his pencil case.
• Chen Han stopped himself from speaking to Wang Xihu and turned back to studying, following the rule about the blue pen.
• Li Chen woke after sleeping for just over six hours, returned to Chen Han’s livestream, and wondered how Chen Han had noticed the pen.
• Li Chen spotted a broken half-mirror on the desk behind Chen Han and realized its reflection let Chen Han see Wang Xihu’s pencil case.

Chen Han learned the instance’s clear condition was to become a good student, while the school’s students were disappearing and the players still had no clear path forward. At dinner, Li Hebing joined Chen Han and Chen Yinuo’s table, pretending to seek study advice.

• Li Chen explained how Chen Han used a mirror shard to spot a blue pen in Wang Xihu’s pencil case, and Huixiazhi argued that Chen Han had anticipated Wang Xihu’s attempt to make him break the rules.
• Chen Han realized he had mistaken Wang Xihu’s voice for Li Zhan’s and focused on learning that only the homeroom teacher held the key to the fifth-floor academic affairs office.
• An electronic screen revealed that the instance was called “I Am a Good Student,” its clear condition was to become a good student, and students at Overseas Chinese Middle School had been disappearing.
• Chen Han spent the afternoon in class and discovered that quiz results were changed to match each player’s character profile.
• At dinner, Chen Han cautiously checked his meal and remembered the five students who had collapsed at noon before Li Hebing sat beside him, claiming he wanted to learn how top students studied.

Li Hebing and Li Zhan joined Chen Han and Chen Yinuo for lunch, leaving Chen Han trapped in Chen Yinuo’s nonstop study talk. When Wang Xihu moved to sit beside Li Zhan, Li Hebing realized the group would exceed the cafeteria’s four-person limit, but Chen Han still did not react.

• Li Hebing sat with Chen Han and Chen Yinuo, hoping to gather information, but Chen Yinuo talked nonstop about studying and ignored his attempts to speak.
• Li Zhan joined the table, thinking Chen Yinuo was chatting, then found himself stuck listening to his study advice.
• Li Hebing noticed Wang Xihu standing behind Chen Yinuo and saw Chen Han pause while eating.
• Wang Xihu moved to sit beside Li Zhan, which would make the group larger than four and trigger the rule requiring people to change seats within ten seconds.
• Li Hebing grew anxious that Chen Han showed no sign of reacting to Wang Xihu’s move.

Li Hebing realized that Wang Xihu was an anomaly after the cafeteria’s group-size rule failed to activate, and Li Zhan confirmed that Chen Han had no deskmate. Li Hebing kept pretending not to see Wang Xihu, while the mention of the homeroom teacher made the air grow heavy.

• Chen Han stayed seated and calmly nodded to Li Hebing as Wang Xihu joined Li Zhan, so Li Hebing trusted him and waited out the ten-second deadline.
• When nothing happened, Li Hebing inferred that Wang Xihu was an anomaly because the students had not noticed him and the rule referred to groups of people.
• Li Hebing asked Li Zhan about Chen Han’s deskmate, and Li Zhan said Chen Han did not have one.
• Li Hebing pretended he had meant to ask about becoming Chen Han’s deskmate, while Wang Xihu mouthed that Li Hebing could not have his seat.
• Li Zhan said he did not care whether Li Hebing became Chen Han’s deskmate, but the air grew heavy when he mentioned the homeroom teacher.

Chen Han’s livestream viewers realized that Wang Xihu was an anomaly, and Huixiazhi explained how Chen Han had noticed the clues. The stream’s audience surged past 30,000 as Li Chen marveled at Chen Han’s insight and acting.

• The viewers were stunned to learn that Chen Han had no deskmate, and his livestream grew to over 30,000 concurrent viewers.
• Li Chen realized Wang Xihu was an anomaly but could not work out how Chen Han had figured it out.
• Huixiazhi explained that the students’ behavior showed they were targeting players and that only anomalies spoke to players during class.
• Huixiazhi pointed out that Wang Xihu had repeatedly approached Chen Han and Li Zhan, whose failure to respond exposed him as an anomaly.
• The viewers praised Chen Han’s observation and acting, while Li Chen reflected on how the livestream app lacked streamers like him.