Chapter Summaries

Lin Yang led a search for food in the teaching building and found a hidden refrigerator, then shared its contents with the group. As the survivors ate and remembered the five remaining Facelings, Lin Yang grew suspicious of Liu Jialiang, whose unusual calm left his identity uncertain until midnight.

• Lin Yang divided the survivors into groups to search the teaching building, with Liu Jialiang and Liu Yan joining his group.
• After finding no food in several rooms, Lin Yang searched a matching classroom in the opposite building and discovered a hidden refrigerator containing bread, milk, water, sausages, and biscuits.
• Liu Yan and a tall, skinny young man suggested keeping the food for themselves, but Lin Yang refused and carried it back to share with everyone.
• Jiang Yu'an contributed five ham sausages, and the survivors divided the food among themselves while recalling that five Facelings remained.
• Lin Yang gave Liu Jialiang a ham sausage and became suspicious when Liu Jialiang accepted it without eating, wondering whether he was a Faceling.

Lin Yang used his midnight prophecy to discover that Liu Jialiang was a Gunslinger, then sensed something watching him through the office vents. He turned toward the vent and found an eye pressed against its grille.

• Lin Yang moved the group to a larger classroom and secured himself in the adjoining office for the night.
• Liu Yan asked Lin Yang to let her into the office, but he refused and watched her frustration show briefly.
• After midnight, Lin Yang used his prophecy to check Liu Jialiang and learned that his identity was Gunslinger.
• Lin Yang decided not to reveal what he had learned about Liu Jialiang.
• Lin Yang sensed a gaze coming from the office vents, pretended to sleep, then turned and saw an eye pressed against the grille.

Lin Yang survived another night as the eye tried to force its way through the vent, then defended Liu Jialiang from accusations that he was a Faceling. After hearing the watchmen’s report, Lin Yang announced that he knew who another Faceling was.

• Lin Yang saw a bloodshot eye at the vent during the night, and in the morning he found fresh scratches on its iron frame.
• The fatty accused Liu Jialiang of being a Faceling and beat him, but Lin Yang stopped him and defended Liu Jialiang.
• Liu Jialiang told Lin Yang he had gone outside to investigate something unusual, and Lin Yang said he did not seem like a bad person.
• The five watchmen reported that nobody had left their positions except Liu Jialiang, while the crowd worried that they would never find the Faceling.
• Lin Yang announced that he knew who another Faceling was.

Lin Yang deduced that one Faceling was among Zhang Hao and the two men who had been outside the classroom the previous night, then waited for midnight to use his inspection ability. The chapter ended as he inspected Zhang Hao's brother.

• Lin Yang had Zhang Hao and the two men with him tied up, then explained that one of them had to be the Faceling because they were the only people absent from the classroom overnight.
• Lin Yang reasoned that there could be only one Faceling among the three, since two would have outnumbered the ordinary people and entered a killing state.
• Lin Yang told everyone to wait until midnight, while they guarded the three men and failed to find food.
• After midnight, Lin Yang used his inspection ability on Zhang Hao's brother.

Lin Yang identified the balding middle-aged man as a Faceling, but the crowd doubted him because he could not reveal his verification system and the man offered convincing excuses. As Lin Yang moved to kill him, Liu Jialiang fired a gun, leaving the man dead with black blood.

• Lin Yang questioned Zhang Hao's brother and the balding middle-aged man, then pointed to the balding man as the Faceling.
• The middle-aged man pleaded his innocence, and Liu Yan and others questioned Lin Yang's accusation.
• Lin Yang cited a scratch beside the middle-aged man's eye as evidence, but the man claimed he had been scratched while searching a desk, and Shen Cheng partly confirmed his account.
• Lin Yang picked up the utility knife and said he would break his own rule against killing without absolute proof, while two girls blocked his way and the fat man supported him.
• Liu Jialiang fired his gun, and the bullet struck the balding middle-aged man's forehead; black blood poured from the wound.

After Liu Jialiang shot the suspected Faceling, the announcement confirmed that the group had killed one of the impostors, and the survivors learned that Liu carried a gun as part of his identity. The next morning, with their food gone and everyone starving, Lin Yang used his prophecy ability and learned that a hidden compartment in the classroom held something to eat.

• Liu Jialiang shot the crying man, and the announcement confirmed that the dead man had been a Faceling.
• The survivors apologized to Lin Yang, while Liu Yan changed her stance and promised to follow his lead.
• Liu Jialiang revealed that the system had given him a gun with his identity, then made peace with the fatty.
• The survivors spent a quiet night, but woke the next morning hungry and found that their food supplies were gone.
• Lin Yang used his remaining prophecy and learned that a loose wall panel in the classroom concealed something that could fill their stomachs.

Lin Yang discovered a manual explaining how to safely cook tentacle meat, so the group decided to hunt the creature for food. They used Zhang Hao as bait and managed to sever the tentacle, though the creature remained in the fog.

• Lin Yang found a hidden compartment containing a manual for preparing tentacle meat and the seasonings needed to neutralize its toxins.
• The group realized they needed bait to lure the tentacle, and they chose Zhang Hao despite his protests.
• Lin Yang, Shen Cheng, the fatty, and four other men gathered weapons and set up ladders to cross the school gate.
• The men brought gagged Zhang Hao onto the lawn near the fog and waited for the creature to attack.
• A tentacle wrapped around Zhang Hao and dragged him toward the fog, but the seven men pulled against it while Lin Yang, the fatty, and Shen Cheng struck it until it snapped.

Shen Cheng sacrificed himself to help the others escape the tentacles in the fog, and the survivors returned to the school with a severed piece of tentacle. Lin Yang ordered them to prepare it for food as Shen Cheng's sister mourned him.

• After the tentacles killed Zhang Hao, Shen Cheng turned back to stop one from reaching the others.
• A tentacle seized Shen Cheng and dragged him into the fog after he told them to take care of his sister.
• Lin Yang urged everyone to climb over the wall as more tentacles surged through the fog.
• Liu Jialiang and the others escaped into the school with the piece of tentacle, while Shen Cheng's sister sobbed in Jiang Yu'an's arms.
• Lin Yang told everyone to process the tentacle according to the manual so they could eat it.

After the broadcast reported 27 survivors, Lin Yang realized Shen Cheng might still be alive because Zhang Hao was certainly dead. He told Shen Yue and the others that Shen Cheng had not been counted among the dead, leaving them with the possibility that he survived.

• Lin Yang noticed the survivor count did not match the deaths of Zhang Hao and Shen Cheng, and suspected Shen Cheng was alive.
• The survivors returned to the teaching building, where the fatty made a fire and cooked the tentacle meat with seasoning.
• The group ate grilled tentacle meat and boiled pond water while Shen Yue mourned her brother.
• Lin Yang told Shen Yue that Shen Cheng might not be dead, reasoning that the broadcast listed 27 survivors and Zhang Hao had definitely died.

Jiang Yu'an and Lin Yang gave Shen Yue hope that Shen Cheng might still be alive, and the survivors thanked Lin Yang before settling into a peaceful meal and night watch. Before dawn, a Faceling attacked Liu Jialiang, and the chapter ended with the creature stabbing the fatty in the shoulder as he cried for help.

• Jiang Yu'an agreed that the broadcast's incorrect headcount could mean Shen Cheng was still alive, and Lin Yang confirmed it to Shen Yue despite his uncertainty.
• The survivors thanked Lin Yang for helping them find food and survive, then ate together without fighting.
• Lin Yang watched the group for signs of a Faceling and kept an eye on Zhao Yao, who remained withdrawn and rarely cried.
• The fatty volunteered for the first night watch while the others guarded the classroom entrances and ventilation opening.
• Before dawn, the fatty spotted a grotesque Faceling that had injured Liu Jialiang and called for help.
• The fatty struck the attacking Faceling with a table leg, but it stabbed his shoulder and left him screaming for help.

Lin Yang and the others killed the Faceling that attacked Liu Jialiang, leaving three Facelings among 26 survivors. Lin Yang decided to inspect one of two suspicious middle-aged men, but the chapter ended before revealing the result.

• Lin Yang speared the attacking Faceling, and the survivors beat it to death as the broadcast reported 26 survivors and three Facelings.
• Jiang Yu'an concluded that the Faceling had targeted Liu Jialiang because it feared his identity as the gunman, and Lin Yang ordered everyone to protect him.
• Liu Jialiang told Lin Yang he had saved his last bullet for a crucial moment.
• Lin Yang reviewed the survivors and narrowed his suspects to Zhao Yao, Chen Yu, and two middle-aged men from Yanbian.
• Lin Yang used his inspection on the taller middle-aged man with prominent cheekbones, but the result was not revealed.

Lin Yang planned to use a fake seer to draw out the remaining Facelings without revealing himself. Shen Cheng returned to the school alive and declared that he was the seer.

• Lin Yang noticed signs that the middle-aged man might not be an ordinary civilian, but kept his suspicion to himself.
• The survivors rested through another day, worried about dwindling food and the three Facelings they had yet to find.
• Lin Yang decided to have an ordinary person pose as the seer to lure the Facelings into exposing themselves.
• Shen Cheng appeared injured at the school gates, and Shen Yue, Fatty, and the others rushed to welcome him back.
• Shen Cheng told the group he had survived because he was the seer.

Shen Cheng claimed to be the Seer and persuaded the survivors that he could identify Facelings, while Lin Yang secretly inspected him and learned he was a Faceling. Shen Cheng grew wary of Lin Yang and asked him to stay in the office that night.

• Shen Cheng told the survivors he had escaped the tentacle by using the Seer's inspection ability to find its weakness.
• Lin Yang inspected Shen Cheng and discovered that his identity was Faceling, then concealed his suspicion and welcomed him back.
• Shen Cheng claimed he had inspected four people, naming the fatty, Liu Jialiang, a middle-aged man, and a college student with glasses as ordinary people.
• Lin Yang acted relieved that the supposed Seer had returned, while Shen Cheng wondered whether Lin Yang was the real Seer and considered him a threat.
• Shen Cheng asked Lin Yang to stay with him in the office that night.

Lin Yang rejected Shen Cheng’s attempts to send him on dangerous errands and lost the group’s support, while secretly preparing the two men from Yanbian for a likely confrontation. He gave them weapons and told them to act if events unfolded as he predicted.

• Wang pressured Lin Yang to stay with Shen Cheng, but Lin Yang refused and chose to sleep beside the two men from Yanbian.
• Shen Cheng invited Lin Yang on several outings over the next few days, and Lin Yang refused each one while Shen Cheng’s followers criticized and excluded him.
• Lin Yang asked the two men from Yanbian whether they trusted his warning and told them to follow his instructions if his prediction came true the next day.
• Lin Yang handed the two men an axe and a knife he had found using the intelligence-checking function.

Shen Cheng accused Lin Yang of being a Faceling and tried to have him tied up, but the two Yanbian men attacked Shen Cheng and exposed him as a Faceling. Shen Cheng was badly wounded and revealed his monstrous form as the classroom finally realized who the real Faceling was.

• Shen Cheng claimed his seer check showed that Lin Yang was a Faceling and persuaded the group to tie him up.
• Jiang Yu'an demanded proof, while Wang Jianjun tried to restrain Lin Yang and Shen Cheng watched without intervening.
• Lin Yang asked whether anyone would believe him if he said Shen Cheng was the Faceling, then looked toward the two Yanbian men.
• The Yanbian men stabbed Shen Cheng from behind and attacked him with knives and an axe.
• Shen Cheng's disguise tore apart as he fought back, and the fat man recognized him as a Faceling and urged everyone to retreat.

After Shen Cheng was exposed and killed as a Faceling, Lin Yang took control of the classroom and had Wang Jianjun executed for trying to turn the group against him. The broadcast confirmed Wang Jianjun was also a Faceling, but Lin Yang spotted something wrong with his broken arm and ordered everyone to scatter.

• The survivors killed Shen Cheng after Lin Yang revealed he was a Faceling, and the group apologized to Lin Yang and pledged their trust.
• Lin Yang rejected being made their leader, then ordered the Yanbian men to kill Wang Jianjun for trying to have him tied up.
• The broadcast announced that 24 survivors and one Faceling remained, confirming that two Facelings had died.
• The survivors celebrated and counted the Facelings they had killed, but Lin Yang noticed Wang Jianjun's broken arm and realized something was wrong.
• Lin Yang shouted for everyone to scatter.

Lin Yang used himself as bait to draw out the last faceling, and discovered that it was Liu Yan. He shot her after she believed his gun was empty, but the chapter ended before revealing the result.

• After Liu Jialiang shot the faceling attacking Lin Yang, Fatty crushed its severed hand, leaving one faceling alive.
• With food running out, Lin Yang told everyone to split up so the last faceling would have a chance to attack him.
• Lin Yang waited alone on the rooftop, where Liu Yan arrived and revealed herself as the last faceling.
• Liu Yan mocked Lin Yang for pointing an empty gun at her, but Lin Yang challenged her to a bet and fired.

Lin Yang killed Liu Yan with the last bullet and the broadcast declared the game over, leaving 23 survivors and no Facelings. He led the survivors to search for an exit, but they found none before someone spotted a box at the end of the first-floor corridor.

• Lin Yang had borrowed Liu Jialiang's empty gun and secretly loaded it with a bullet he found using his Inspection Function.
• Lin Yang shot Liu Yan on the rooftop, and she recognized him as the seer before she died.
• The broadcast announced that 23 survivors remained, there were no Facelings, and the game was over.
• The survivors gathered on the rooftop and celebrated while Lin Yang returned the gun to Liu Jialiang.
• Lin Yang led the group through the school in search of an exit, but their first-floor search turned up none.
• Someone called Lin Yang over after finding a box at the end of the first-floor corridor.

The survivors received food and spent a peaceful night together before discovering that the school gates had opened and graduation certificates awaited them. The two men from Yanbian stepped outside and vanished, leaving Lin Yang and the others uncertain about what lay beyond the gates.

• A mysterious box of food appeared in the lobby, and Lin Yang and the survivors accepted it as safe and shared a warm meal.
• Shen Yue worried about her brother, and Lin Yang reassured her that the one who died had been a Faceling.
• Jiang Yu'an offered Lin Yang a job at her appraisal firm if they escaped, and the survivors slept peacefully through the night.
• The school gates opened, and Lin Yang found graduation certificates for everyone that suggested they could seek work elsewhere.
• The tall man from Yanbian walked through the gate and disappeared, and the shorter man followed him out and vanished as well.
• Fatty rushed to the gate and looked outside, but saw only grass, mist, and silence.

After leaving the Faceling school, Lin Yang and the others found themselves in a vast yellow corridor with no visible exit. A broadcast identified the place as Level - Yellow Room and warned that four Facelings were among the 18 survivors.

• The college student with glasses stepped through the gate first, and the others followed one by one.
• Lin Yang looked back at the school, then stepped through the gate and plunged downward.
• Lin Yang landed in a yellow, mildew-scented corridor with no door or exit in sight.
• Fatty, Jiang Yu'an, Shen Yue, Chen Yu, Zhao Yao, and others appeared beside Lin Yang, along with several strangers.
• A broadcast announced that 18 survivors and four Facelings were in Level - Yellow Room and urged everyone to stay alive and escape.