Chapter Summaries

After Xin Jiu became the first player to clear "Codename: Divine Descent," the game’s update brought its tower and deadly rules into reality. With six hours before the game officially began, Xin Jiu received her player status and a special reward announcement.

• Xin Jiu killed the final boss and received the first-clear announcement, then learned the game would update in ten minutes.
• Xin Jiu left her gaming pod and started a livestream to tell viewers she had cleared the game.
• Viewers reported seeing the game’s tower, and Xin Jiu saw an identical black tower appear near downtown S City.
• A system panel announced the game would launch in six hours and explained that players had to enter their city’s Trial Tower or die, while country rankings and anomalies would determine the stakes.
• Xin Jiu received her personal stats, and the system announced that it would give her a special reward for being the first player to clear the game.

After the game descended into reality, Xin Jiu went to Lakeside Park to investigate a Shatang Tree while players fought over its fruit. When the tree turned berserk, Xin Jiu stayed put and drew Xin Yue back, leaving him wondering what she knew.

• Xin Jiu learned she had obtained the identity of Inspector, while players and people around the world reacted to the game’s invasion.
• Xin Jiu rode to Lakeside Park, where she found a Shatang Tree and her half brother Xin Yue among the players.
• Xin Yue urged Xin Jiu to help him take fruit, but she stayed back as players fought over the Shatang Tree’s attribute-boosting fruit.
• After the players took all the fruit, the Shatang Tree entered berserk mode and attacked them with vines.
• Xin Jiu asked Xin Yue if he still wanted to increase his attributes, then told him to go; Xin Yue ran back and asked if she knew something.

Xin Jiu retrieved the Shatang Tree's fruit pit, earned a hidden achievement and 100 points, then raced toward S City Museum after the game announced a skill card acquisition point. The chapter left her heading into a likely battle as players converged on the museum.

• Xin Jiu told Xin Yue that a Shatang Tree's fruit pit could raise all stats, then planned for them to approach the tree after it had fed.
• Xin Yue stayed still and hoped the tree would kill Xin Jiu, but his excitement drew its attack onto him instead.
• Xin Jiu cut open the tree's trunk, took the golden fruit pit, and swallowed it, raising all her stats and unlocking a hidden achievement worth 100 points.
• Xin Jiu kicked Xin Yue away and left Lakeside Park as players learned of her achievement and confronted her about the fruit pit.
• The game announced a skill card acquisition point at S City Museum, prompting Xin Jiu and the other players to head there.
• Xin Jiu passed the tower and saw a red countdown before racing toward the museum, where she expected a fight among the gathered players.

Xin Jiu entered the Treasure Plunder Zone and watched a muscular player use a Beast Transformation Card to intimidate others and seize cards. The muscular man attacked a masked Lolita girl, who countered with fire.

• Xin Jiu entered the museum and found five dead players, then overheard players arguing over a Shield Card.
• The muscular man claimed the Shield Card and threatened the crowd, prompting the players to fall silent.
• The muscular man transformed with a B-rank Beast Transformation Card and ordered the others to find cards for him.
• The masked Lolita girl insulted the muscular man and refused to obey him.
• The muscular man lunged at the Lolita girl, who conjured flames and wrapped them around him.

Xin Jiu found an A-rank Xingtian's Clone and used it to escape players who tried to rob her after she uncovered Tata's Favorite Map. She raced toward the tower on her motorcycle as the countdown continued.

• Luolita burned a muscular player to ashes and took his Shield Card while the others stayed silent.
• Xin Jiu found and hid the A-rank Xingtian's Clone, then searched the museum for the treasure map.
• Xin Jiu caught a Treasure-Hunting Chipmunk, followed it to a floor tile, and found Tata's Favorite Map, earning 500 points.
• More than twenty players confronted Xin Jiu, but she summoned Xingtian's Clone and escaped while it attacked them.
• Xin Jiu reached the crowded museum entrance and sped away on her motorcycle toward the tower.

Xin Jiu and the other players entered the tower just before the countdown ended and faced Meow-Meow-chan, their pre-game guide, who punished anyone who resisted. Xin Jiu persuaded the guide to provide weapons, leaving the players to choose from a pile of rusty, battered equipment before the battle royale began.

• Xin Jiu entered the tower before the countdown ended, while players left outside were blocked by a transparent wall and crumbled to dust.
• Meow-Meow-chan announced the start of the game and warned that it could not be stopped; she struck Xin Yue with purple lightning when he charged at her.
• A burly player fired three shots at Meow-Meow-chan, but she stopped the bullets and made the shooter vanish.
• Xin Jiu asked Meow-Meow-chan to give the players weapons, then persuaded her by appealing to her pride as the Nine Provinces District's guide.
• Meow-Meow-chan produced tens of thousands of low-level weapons, and the players scrambled to choose among them.

Xin Jiu entered a dangerous tutorial match where players had to kill goblins, and she learned that their numbers made them far deadlier than expected. As she fought alongside an unexpectedly capable old man, a player was bitten and screamed for help.

• Xin Jiu chose a slingshot while other players took heavier weapons, and Meow-Meow-chan warned that their appearances would change inside the instance.
• Xin Jiu arrived in a ruined city and learned she had the identity of an Inspector, while a burly player argued with an elderly man who had entered the game by accident.
• The system announced a thirty-minute mission to kill goblins, whose attack power scaled with the number of players and whose bites would not stop until the victim died.
• Goblins swarmed the street, and the elderly man killed one with his shovel after explaining that his skill increased his attack power whenever he was scared.
• Xin Jiu killed goblins for points as players discovered that only strikes to the skull or major neck arteries could reliably stop them.
• A player with a goblin biting his arm screamed for someone to save him.

Xin Jiu survived the first tutorial round by killing goblins and earned a hidden achievement, then refused to let other players take her food. The second round began with an objective to enter the safe zone and earn points by staying inside.

• Xin Jiu used a notched machete to kill goblins, earning enough kills to unlock the hidden achievement Scared the Goblins to Death! and a freely assignable attribute point.
• Two men tried to steal Xin Jiu’s machete, but she cut their arms and left them to the goblins.
• The first round ended with Xin Jiu having killed 265 goblins and earned 2,125 points, while the old man and the ponytailed girl thanked her for helping them.
• Xin Jiu shared a cracker with the old man and threatened the players who crowded around demanding food until they backed off.
• The second round began, requiring players to enter a safe zone where they would receive ten points every five minutes for thirty minutes.

Xin Jiu realized the safe zone was a trap that shrank every five minutes, then left its protection to hunt a goblin minor chief. She chased the fleeing chief into nearby ruins.

• Xin Jiu led the old man and the ponytailed girl into the safe zone before goblins with spiked maces attacked, killing the players locked outside.
• After the safe zone reached capacity, Xin Jiu warned that it would shrink when the five-minute timer ended, and the players inside moved toward the center.
• The safe zone shrank to a capacity of 1,200, trapping and killing 300 players outside as the remaining players shoved toward the center.
• Xin Jiu raised her agility from 20 to 21, drew her M9 bayonet, and left the safe zone to attack a red-hatted goblin minor chief.
• Xin Jiu dodged the chief’s spiked mace and killed goblins as she pursued the frightened chief into ruins beside the street.

Xin Jiu killed a goblin chief, disrupting the tutorial round and forcing it to end early. In the final round, players had to collect 2,000 Goblin's Hearts, and Xin Jiu set off alone while some teammates hesitated and Sauce-Pressed Duck stayed behind.

• Xin Jiu killed the Goblin Second-Tier Chief, earned three attribute points, and continued killing goblins as the others fought back.
• Xin Jiu challenged Sauce-Pressed Duck's proposal to send weaker players outside the safe zone, and the players discovered that he had earned only 30 points.
• The system ended the second round early because Xin Jiu had killed the chief, awarding all players 60 points and announcing that the final round would begin in ten minutes.
• The system set the final-round objective at 2,000 Goblin's Hearts within one day, with failure causing every player in the dungeon to die.
• Sauce-Pressed Duck urged Xin Jiu to find the hearts alone and refused to leave the safe zone, so Xin Jiu walked deeper into the ruins by herself.

Xin Jiu entered a subway station and used Meow-Meow-chan’s slingshot to lure goblin minibosses away from their group and kill them. After the goblins noticed her trick and chased her, she exploited their different speeds to fight back, leaving them fleeing from her.

• Xin Jiu increased her strength and perception, then entered a subway station to look for goblins.
• Wang Yu refused to leave the safe zone, and the other players stayed with him while one player went out alone.
• Xin Jiu found around thirty to forty goblin minibosses and decided to separate them using Meow-Meow-chan’s slingshot.
• Xin Jiu repeatedly shot one goblin with stones until it charged her, then killed it with her bayonet; she used the same method to lure and kill six more goblins.
• When the remaining goblins chased her, Xin Jiu learned that they moved at different speeds and used repeated stops to kill two more.
• The goblins realized Xin Jiu was dangerous and ran away, leaving her to chase them.

Xin Jiu continued hunting goblins, rested and gathered supplies at a hidden convenience store, then met an injured couple and recruited them to help lure goblins who were fleeing from her. The chapter ended with Xin Jiu preparing Li Ran to use a torch as bait.

• Xin Jiu killed goblins until her stamina fell to 30%, then returned toward the safe zone and found a hidden convenience store.
• Xin Jiu rested, stocked up on food and medical supplies, and discovered that goblins were fleeing whenever they saw her.
• Xin Jiu met an injured young woman and Li Ran, offered medical supplies in exchange for their help luring goblins, and they agreed.
• Xin Jiu led Li Ran and Xiaoqing to the convenience store, made a torch for Li Ran, and told him to use it to attract goblins.

Xin Jiu led Li Ran and Xiaoqing on an overnight goblin hunt, using Li Ran as bait while she killed the creatures. The next morning, she confronted the Goblin King, who recognized her and called humans bugs.

• Xin Jiu had Li Ran draw six or seven goblins toward the ruins, then ambushed them and killed one as the rest fled.
• The three continued hunting through the night, with Li Ran drawing goblins out and Xiaoqing helping distract them while Xin Jiu fought.
• At eight the next morning, the livestreams began as viewers watched from outside the Trial Towers, which neither civilians nor the Nine Provinces authorities had managed to break open.
• Xin Jiu spotted the Goblin King and ordered Li Ran and Xiaoqing to move back before deciding to kill it.
• The Goblin King woke, recognized Xin Jiu from her attack on its subordinates, and declared that humans were bugs.

Xin Jiu killed the Goblin King, earning a Wood-Attribute Core, extra inventory slots, and a server-wide reward for District 46. After the tutorial round ended, the system tallied a successful clear, but Wang Yu and the players who had stayed in the safe zone without leaving suddenly crumbled into ash.

• The Goblin King offered Xin Jiu a place as his battle servant, then attacked her after she rejected him and insulted the goblins.
• The Goblin King enhanced his agility and struck Xin Jiu, but she climbed onto his shoulder and stabbed his temple and neck, killing him.
• The system awarded Xin Jiu a Wood-Attribute Core and five inventory slots, announced her boss kill worldwide, and gave District 46 players 1,000 points.
• Xin Jiu returned to the safe zone with Li Ran and Xiaoqing, where players reacted with awe and speculated about who had killed the boss.
• The system reported 392 survivors and 4,753 goblin hearts, confirming the final round was cleared.
• Wang Yu and more than twenty players who had remained in the safe zone without leaving suddenly turned to ash.

Xin Jiu claimed the global individual points lead and collected her first-place reward after the goblin instance. While preparing for the next game, she spent points on a rare luck attribute and bought an A-rank item, then noticed a gray icon in the shop.

• Xin Jiu explained that players needed to obtain goblin hearts themselves, and reminded the others to follow system requirements in future instances.
• The system announced the national and individual rankings, with Nine Provinces taking first nationally and Xin Jiu ranking first globally.
• Xin Jiu opened her golden treasure chest and received three A-rank team-up cards and ten freely allocable attribute points.
• Xin Jiu browsed the shop, spent 10,000 points on an attribute refresh voucher, and gained the rare luck attribute.
• After a free shop refresh, Xin Jiu bought an A-rank clown doll with three fatal-damage blocks, then scrolled back to inspect a gray icon.

Xin Jiu bought a hidden item that let her inspect other players, then entered the service area and booked a VIP ocean-view room. As viewers witnessed a devastating attack on the lowest-ranked country, the stakes of the game became clear, and the hotel offered Xin Jiu a complimentary royal spa treatment.

• Xin Jiu bought the Monkey's Eye and discovered it could reveal a random player's panel and skills three times a day.
• Xin Jiu gave the tutorial match the lowest ratings, and the service area opened after the livestream ended.
• Viewers discussed Xin Jiu, Heartless Dao Dabao, and Hash Brown Heavy Dependence before the game showed giant octopuses devastating the lowest-ranked country's population.
• White Bear led the players to Bear Resort Hotel, where they learned the room prices and discussed sharing rooms.
• Xin Jiu booked a VIP ocean-view room for two nights, and the hotel offered her a complimentary royal spa treatment.

Xin Jiu enjoyed her resort room, drew attention after accidentally posting in the Nine Provinces Channel, and ordered the Supreme set meal before her reserved spa treatment. Other top players debated whether to contact her, while she remained unaware of their interest.

• Xin Jiu checked the Nine Provinces Channel, accidentally sent a smiling emoji, and received an anti-harassment notice after players flooded the chat with messages.
• Sang Yi searched for Xin Jiu but decided not to add her, while Hash Brown Heavy Dependence sent a friend request that Xin Jiu later ignored with the others.
• Xin Jiu noticed her Game Inspector badge and went to the resort restaurant, where she ordered the Supreme set meal and blueberry juice.
• Xin Jiu ate Wagyu beef, lobster, and freshly made sushi as other players watched enviously.
• A brown bear waiter told Xin Jiu that her reserved royal spa treatment was about to begin.

After her investigator badge was discovered, Xin Jiu learned that the service-area bears feared her authority and began inspecting Bear Resort. The white bear offered to provide product samples, and Xin Jiu realized she might be able to take large quantities as part of the inspection.

• Xin Jiu went for a massage, and the therapist Heihei spotted her investigator badge and rushed to fetch the manager.
• The white bear explained that Xin Jiu was the server’s sole investigator, distinct from its six inspectors, and Xin Jiu chose to inspect hygiene.
• The bears showed Xin Jiu the restaurant’s records and spotless kitchen, where the staff panicked at the sight of her badge.
• Xin Jiu inspected the resort store and found that Bear Gummies, Bear Biscuits, and Bear Honey were the only products that could be taken into instances, each costing 5,000 points.
• When Xin Jiu asked about the specialty products, the white bear offered inspection samples and began to mention what the previous investigator had done before abruptly stopping.

Xin Jiu received free hotel services and a private beach after earning the Bear Service Area an excellent inspection rating, then encountered Li Ran and Xiaoqing at dinner. She refused to team up with them in the next instance, and Li Ran asked if she would add Xiaoqing as a friend.

• Xin Jiu requested five of each product for inspection, and the bears delivered them to her room.
• Xin Jiu gave the Bear Service Area a super-awesome rating, exempting it from taxes and earning her free hotel services and a private beach.
• Xin Jiu relaxed on the beach, riding a jet ski until sunset before returning to the hotel for dinner.
• Xin Jiu encountered Li Ran and Xiaoqing, who asked to team up with her in the next instance.
• Xin Jiu refused, explaining that players were matched randomly, and Li Ran asked her to add Xiaoqing as a friend.

Xin Jiu upgraded her military bayonet and received scent-concealing powder before entering the Forest Labyrinth competition. The instance required the players to escape a vast maze within thirty days, and Xin Jiu questioned why such a challenge was called a beginner competition.

• Xin Jiu added Li Ran, Xiaoqing, and several Nine Provinces players as friends, while Ao Lin celebrated that she had accepted his request.
• The white bear brought Xin Jiu to a blacksmith bear, who began upgrading her military bayonet with poison.
• Xin Jiu watched players in the Nine Provinces channel spend their remaining points before the new instance opened.
• The blacksmith bear finished an A-rank poisoned bayonet, and the white bear gave Xin Jiu powder that concealed human scent for eight hours.
• Xin Jiu entered the Forest Labyrinth with three thousand players and learned they had thirty days to escape or die.
• The players and livestream viewers reacted to the maze's immense size as players began inviting others to form teams.