Recaps

[Lion Hidden in the Eyes] visited Dragonborn Village with news of White Wax Town’s liberation and delivered Seraphina’s papers to Xisuo. The papers dissolved the village and reorganized its Dragonborn as employees of a company, with new titles and work rules taking effect the next day.

• Xisuo admitted [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] into Dragonborn Village and welcomed him as one of their own.
• [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] told Xisuo he had learned to become a Dragonborn quickly and reported that White Wax Town had been liberated.
• [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] gave Xisuo the papers Seraphina had sent, and Xisuo read them aloud in substance.
• Xisuo initially said Dragonborn Village would cease to exist, alarming [Lion Hidden in the Eyes], then clarified that only its name and organization would change.
• [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] read Seraphina’s order: the village would become the Dragonborn Labor Company, villagers would receive employee roles, and the new rules would take effect on August 23, 908.

[Lion Hidden in the Eyes] explained Seraphina’s decree to the villagers of Dragonborn Village, earning their gratitude and completing a quest. As he headed back to the old castle and posted about the decree on the forums, his transformation faded and Mild Weakness made him collapse.

• The village chief asked [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] to explain Seraphina’s decree, and he accepted a quest to help the villagers understand it.
• The village chief gathered the villagers, and [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] explained the decree in plain language.
• The Dragonborn celebrated the decree’s terms, including their freedom to travel and the requirement to pay half their earnings to Seraphina.
• [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] completed the quest and walked back toward the old castle as his transformation began to wear off.
• [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] posted a forum account of his experiences, then collapsed when Mild Weakness took effect.

On the World of Disorder forums, players discussed hiring Dragonborn villagers and learned that their labor cost far less than hiring players. At the Great Prospects Chamber of Commerce, Good Times Don't Last realized the new rates made his contract with a player look like a terrible deal, and he and Shit Appraisal Master concluded that capital had set them up.

• Forum users discussed the game’s rapid development and the prospect of hiring Dragonborn villagers to work in shops.
• Lion Hidden in the Eyes said Dragonborn labor cost about one silver coin per day, or roughly 25–28 silver coins per month, for around nine to ten hours of work daily.
• Good Times Don't Last compared the new rates with his contract, which had bought four hours of a player’s labor for one silver coin, and saw that the shop’s earlier deal had become a loss.
• Good Times Don't Last wailed in despair, startling Second-Class Biscuit and drawing Shit Appraisal Master over to ask what was wrong.
• After Good Times Don't Last sent him a link, Shit Appraisal Master joined him outside, and the two said they felt capital had set them up.

Pond Fish and Old Abyss helped her friend Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop create a character built for survival and casual sightseeing, then showed her a disturbing way to grow plants in the game. The chapter ended with Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop watching a Deadwood Vine revive after drinking Pond Fish and Old Abyss’s blood.

• A real-world player browsing the World of Disorder bestiary logged in and added Pond Fish and Old Abyss as a friend.
• Pond Fish and Old Abyss advised Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop to invest in constitution and willpower for extra survivability.
• Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop entered the game with a character modeled on her real face and asked Pond Fish and Old Abyss to take a picture for her brother.
• Pond Fish and Old Abyss saw Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop’s heavily defensive stats and learned she planned to relax, admire NPCs, and grow flowers.
• Pond Fish and Old Abyss stabbed a Deadwood Vine into her forearm, and the vine revived after absorbing her blood.

[Pond Fish and Old Abyss] found a safe, casual activity for [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] and took her into the forest to finish her beginner quest. They used [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] as bait for a "Plum Blossom" Deer, and [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] caught it with a Deadwood Vine.

• [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] warned [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] to stay in the [Safe Zone] and suggested buying a small vine farm for her.
• [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] led [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] across the river to the logging site, then into the forest to hunt a monster for her beginner quest.
• After [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] passed a paralytic toxin check, [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] told her to play dead and hid in nearby bushes.
• A "Plum Blossom" Deer emerged and bared its teeth at [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop], who lay motionless as bait.
• [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] ensnared the deer with a Deadwood Vine and pulled [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] to her feet.

[Pond Fish and Old Abyss] helped [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] kill a mutated deer and get started in World of Disorder. She then met [Howling Pothos] to discuss buying his mutated plant farm, learning how it produced income as they negotiated over its one-gold-coin price.

• [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] and [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] lured and killed the mutated "Plum Blossom" Deer, though [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] felt unsettled afterward.
• [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] guided [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] through the beginner essentials and helped her open a copper-tier account.
• [Howling Pothos] practiced his Directed Alienation skill, then hurried to meet [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] after she showed interest in his farm.
• [Howling Pothos] asked for one gold coin and showed them his fifteen Deadwood Vines and three Strangler Figs.
• [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] recognized a Deadwood Vine cutting she had bought from the guide and learned that [Howling Pothos] had sold it to Ed for less than the guide charged.
• [Howling Pothos] explained that the farm could bring in around thirty silver coins a month after expenses if the plants received adequate nutrition, while [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] had not yet agreed to buy it.

Pond Fish and Old Abyss and Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop bought Howling Pothos's Deadwood Vine farm and renamed it the Greenhouse. Ed then explained the properties of new seeds to Do Some Farm Work, beginning with Tasteless Fruit and scarlet millet.

• Howling Pothos offered to sell the profitable but time-consuming Deadwood Vine farm to Pond Fish and Old Abyss and Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop.
• Pond Fish and Old Abyss paid for the farm, and Howling Pothos gave them a guide to raising aberrant plants.
• At the old castle, Pond Fish and Old Abyss completed the ownership transfer with Ed, and the new owners named the farm the Greenhouse.
• Do Some Farm Work asked Ed about the new seeds, and Ed explained that Tasteless Fruit took about forty days to grow, had a short shelf life, and could mutate after three generations.
• Ed explained that scarlet millet matured in about thirty days, needed drying for storage, and had to be processed before eating because raw millet caused sprouts to grow from the eater.

Ed explained the final crops and the effects of the Demonic Tide to [Do Some Farm Work], who left to begin farming. Ed then heard Xilǐ'er's report on the nearby villages and concluded that their residents did not yet trust the new leadership.

• Ed described Angler Melon as a nutrient-hungry vegetable whose fruit tasted like whatever the eater most wanted, and Pine Hemp as a slightly toxic, nonfood cash crop with uses still to be discovered.
• Ed explained that the Demonic Tide had shortened crop growth cycles and encouraged faster reproduction and more mutations, while [Do Some Farm Work] headed out to buy seeds and discuss sowing with two volunteers.
• Ed watched White Wax Town grow more active as players helped residents and locals opened stalls selling goods made from their symbiotic plants.
• Xilǐ'er reported that Gungnir's young trainees were enthusiastic and could handle the training, though they needed more food.
• Xilǐ'er told Ed that residents of nearby villages showed little reaction to news of his appointment, new tax law, and possible relocation, and Ed said they had no reason to trust the Tree Worship Church's new leadership yet.

Ed outlined a possible spell-based way to restore Xilǐ'er’s memories after resurrection, though he admitted it was still uncertain. He then questioned Duolin about the Tree Worship Church’s reporting procedures and began teaching him to use reports to portray himself as a loyal servant by identifying someone as treacherous.

• Ed told Xilǐ'er he hoped to enchant Radish so she could see a mirror immediately after resurrection and recover her self-awareness, but said the plan still needed study and cooperation.
• Ed sent Xilǐ'er back to continue training Gungnir and contacted Duolin through Little Green’s local network.
• Duolin explained that the Tree Worship Church sent monthly reports to the Verdant Holy See and copied them to provincial authorities, though the versions differed and the provincial reports used a cipher.
• Ed told Duolin to ask Yiden to explain the cipher, using his notoriety among the Soul Returners as leverage if he resisted.
• Ed promised to teach Duolin how to write reports and argued that a loyal servant needed someone to report as treacherous.

Duolin visited the imprisoned Yiden on Ed’s orders and asked whether he would drag others down with him if he had no hope of escape. Yiden agreed to reveal the Stained Ones’ cipher if Ed would ensure they shared his fate, then explained how to write it before returning to fight the Soul Returners.

• Duolin entered the church’s hidden passage and met Yiden in the final boss room.
• Yiden deduced that Ed wanted the cipher in his memory and asked what he would receive in exchange.
• Duolin relayed Ed’s question about whether Yiden would drag others down with him, and Yiden agreed to help if the Stained Ones met the same fate as him.
• Yiden taught Duolin the cipher’s rules, including its writing materials, style, and secret mark.
• Duolin left through the hidden door as Yiden began his battle with the Soul Returners.

Ed taught Duolin to secretly provide truthful intelligence about the Tree Worship Church to three different targets while concealing the Second Holy See’s role. Duolin began preparing to write the letters, trusting Ed’s guidance.

• Duolin told Ed he had learned to write in cipher, and Ed proposed that they create a masterpiece together.
• Ed identified a senior Pure One as target A, the Holy See Records Office as target B, and the provincial archbishop as target C.
• Ed explained that the Pure Ones could be allies if they showed loyalty to the Tree God, and that Duolin must avoid exposing the Second Holy See.
• Ed instructed Duolin to send genuine intelligence secretly to target A, leave subtle clues in a proper report to target B, and reassure target C until the time came to act against him.
• Ed urged Duolin to act as a trusted source of information rather than enter the conflict openly, and Duolin asked why Ed had chosen him.
• Ed privately admitted Duolin was his only connection in the Tree Worship Church and told him he trusted him.

Ed guided Duolin in preparing letters and reports that would expose suspected corruption in a remote Tree Worship Church parish while concealing their real purpose. Duolin sent the documents into the Church’s normal channels and prepared to continue the deception from behind the scenes.

• Ed explained that Duolin should act as the writer behind the scenes so others would trust the information.
• Duolin drafted a humble warning letter and a routine report that included figures revealing missing seeds from White Wax Town.
• Duolin copied the report with falsified figures for the provincial archbishop and wrote a third letter designed to curry favor with a fallen official.
• Ed told Duolin to send the letters through trustworthy squad members and outlined how to write later letters to two targets.
• Duolin asked how senior officials would respond if they uncovered the corruption, and Ed said they would have heroes investigate heroes.

Ed confirmed that reclaiming White Wax Town had completed the current phase of his mission and discussed with Little Green how the town’s Territory Secret Pact would enable a new plan. In the real world, Professor Li Yinhua was taken for examination after officials found unknown radiation in his report, then learned that its handwriting could glow in the dark.

• Ed asked Little Green how long it would take to digest White Wax Town's Territory Secret Pact, and Little Green estimated three days.
• Ed and Little Green discussed expanding their territory and using Little Green's growth to make Ed's earlier idea a reality.
• A young man in black asked Professor Li Yinhua for handwriting samples and escorted him from the university to a van.
• The middle-aged man in black told Professor Li Yinhua that traces of unknown radiation had been found on a document he submitted.
• The young man in black explained that Professor Li Yinhua's report on the battle to reclaim White Wax Town had begun emitting visible light in the dark.

The professor and the investigators considered whether his glowing handwriting was linked to a change in his body or consciousness, and he recalled allocating points to Psionic Energy Compatibility in the game. They brought his students to the hospital to test that possibility, where the young man in black told them to listen carefully and Lü Yang asked if they had seen a mermaid.

• The young man explained that specialists had found the professor’s glowing handwriting emitted unknown radiation and proposed two possible causes: a bodily change or a change in consciousness.
• The professor confirmed he had been emotionally excited while writing his report, and the young man said they had deliberately stirred similar emotions to test what triggered the glow.
• The professor recalled that he had allocated special attribute points to Psionic Energy Compatibility, unlike the players he knew, and the investigators considered testing whether that choice was connected to the radiation.
• The investigators asked the professor’s students, Lü Yang and Li Yu, to handwrite summaries and then come to the hospital with their reports.
• At the hospital, the young man in black gave Lü Yang and Li Yu paper and pens and told them to listen carefully, prompting Lü Yang to ask whether they had seen a mermaid.

Li Yu and the professor learned that World of Disorder could cause an unknown form of radiation, while the authorities discovered a player apparently using her real face. Elsewhere, a scammer’s fake activation-code group was shut down just before his first victim paid.

• Li Yu, the professor, and his students confirmed that only notes written in an agitated state showed signs of an unknown effect linked to World of Disorder.
• The middle-aged man in black explained that the game’s administrators protected player identities and made them difficult to trace.
• A team member showed the captain a photograph suggesting that a young woman played World of Disorder with her real face.
• A young man nearly paid ten thousand for a fake activation code before the recruitment group was dissolved and a scam warning appeared.
• The scammer realized his first potential victim had not paid and reacted in shock as his elaborate scheme collapsed.

[Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] offered to get her older brother an activation code, but demanded eighty thousand before agreeing to sell it for eight hundred and choose his game ID. Their bargaining was interrupted when three serious-looking people in black arrived with their parents.

• A scammer's computer was remotely searched, his group chats were disbanded, and a message from a tree appeared on his screen.
• The scammer fled to his front door, found his electronic lock disabled, and was met by two men with metal bracelets after opening it with a spare key.
• [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] showed her older brother a photo of herself with Deadwood Vine seedlings and said her friend had sent her an activation code.
• [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] offered to get her brother an activation code, first asking eighty thousand before agreeing to eight hundred in exchange for choosing his ID.
• Three serious-looking people in black arrived at the siblings' home with their parents while the siblings were still arguing.

A covert team asked [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] to invest her first attribute point in [Psionic Energy Compatibility], but she preferred [Plant Compatibility]. Her older brother agreed to cooperate, obtained a verified activation code for eight thousand yuan, and the captain later considered letting a team member play if he received beta access.

• The middle-aged man asked [Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop] to choose [Psionic Energy Compatibility], but she said she planned to choose [Plant Compatibility] unless circumstances changed.
• Her older brother volunteered to cooperate, then admitted he did not have access to World of Disorder.
• The middle-aged man arranged for the professor and two players to verify a genuine activation code, which the young man bought for eight thousand yuan.
• After the team left, a young man in black told the captain he wished he could play, and the captain explained why he needed to remain on player liaison and fieldwork.
• The captain said the young man could play if he received beta access, once a replacement was in position.

Liu Yi recruited Aibo to join his World of Disorder hunting business, offering to split the profits after their first two sales. Meanwhile, the trading site froze fake redemption-code listings after adding identity verification, and the man in black saw legitimate code prices stabilize around 8,000 yuan.

• Liu Yi met Aibo at a campus fast-food restaurant and told him that he could join the part-time job of hunting in World of Disorder.
• Aibo eagerly agreed, citing his ancestor’s history as a bounty hunter.
• Liu Yi explained that they would trade game resources for activation codes and sell them, with him taking the first two sales and splitting later profits with Aibo.
• A scammer discovered that the trading site had frozen his fake redemption-code listings and unwithdrawn payments pending proof of access to World of Disorder.
• The man in black arranged for the site to add identity verification, which removed most listings and left redemption-code prices at about 8,000 yuan.

Ed realized that the growing number of foreign players made an overseas version of World of Disorder necessary, while a mutated plant secretly revived a body in the castle. Aibo entered the game as [Western Sharpshooter] and began exploring the settlement with [Gill's Cuisine].

• Ed checked the foreign IP and considered developing a foreign-language version and opening an overseas server.
• A mutated plant dragged a reserve body from the secret chamber and revived it in the castle hall.
• Aibo heard the narrator's introduction, woke in the game, and met [Gill's Cuisine].
• [Gill's Cuisine] explained that Aibo's chosen ID was [Western Sharpshooter] and answered his questions about weapons and the game.
• [Western Sharpshooter] arrived in the settlement, where [Zhong Lele] recorded his arrival scream as her fortieth newbie scream.
• [Gill's Cuisine] showed [Western Sharpshooter] the riverside areas and led him toward the forest to complete a beginner quest.

World of Disorder announced new rules for redeeming beta activation codes, prompting players to debate the booming resale market. At Grand Ambitions All the Way General Store, Good Times Don't Last convinced Shit Appraisal Master to hunt separately for redemption materials and hire a Dragonborn to run the shop.

• World of Disorder announced that players would need 50 kg of living mutated monsters for their first activation code redemption, with the requirement rising by 50 kg each time to a 200 kg maximum, and warned that it would not take responsibility for real-money trades.
• Players argued over activation code prices, scams, and whether the codes being sold online were genuine.
• Good Times Don't Last told Shit Appraisal Master that their past losses came from anticipating official decisions and proposed earning money by hunting for activation code materials.
• Shit Appraisal Master agreed that they should hunt separately and split the cost of hiring a Dragonborn to watch the shop.
• Good Times Don't Last and Shit Appraisal Master decided to hire a reliable Dragonborn immediately.

Ed tested a Root Network plant that could teleport him about one kilometer, then discussed a way to extend teleportation by sending players’ body information to plants that could reconstruct them at the destination. He left the idea ready for further consideration, with Little Green sharing credit for the breakthrough.

• Players increasingly waited for activation codes to become cheaper, while updated beginner guides directed new arrivals to level up in the old castle before going to White Wax Town.
• Ed tested a pair of connected trees that transported him between hollows, confirming the Root Network’s short-range teleportation worked within about one kilometer.
• Ed explained that the Root Network connected the plants that sold items, resurrected players, and provided teleportation, and that the Demonic Tide disrupted longer transfers.
• Ed proposed disassembling players and teleporting their body parts, but Little Green suggested sending body information instead and rebuilding players from stored flesh at the destination.
• Ed considered how the plants could recreate players’ bodies and replace their items and clothes, then praised Little Green’s idea.

Aoda delivered Duolin’s report and letter to the archbishop in Fir City, while carefully answering questions about the missing taxes and conditions in White Wax Town. The archbishop then asked why none of the town’s original clerics had brought the letters.

• Aoda entered the Fir City cathedral and met the archbishop, whom he and Duolin suspected was a fallen one.
• The archbishop read Duolin’s report and learned that Aoda had become White Wax Town’s tax collector.
• The archbishop asked why Aoda had not brought last month’s taxes, and Aoda explained that the previous collector had died with the collected money and the faithful could not afford to be taxed again.
• The archbishop tested Aoda’s views on taxation, and Aoda said he disagreed with Duolin but could not override the bishop’s decision.
• Aoda described Duolin and Yiden as men who had disagreed but were arguing less often, and the archbishop asked why no original cleric had delivered the letters.

Aoda learned that Antiya Lisi was his new superior, while Tasi and Baluo delivered Duolin’s reports and denunciation letter in the Holy City. Baluo passed the letter to Samuer, who promised to deliver it to Cardinal Luxiusi.

• Aoda told the archbishop that he and Duolin would handle tasks for the other clerics, and the archbishop introduced himself as Antiya Lisi.
• Tasi returned to the Holy City and delivered Duolin’s monthly report to the Records Office.
• Baluo visited his former seminary teacher, who directed him to Samuer at the Records Office.
• Baluo gave Duolin’s letter of denunciation to Samuer, who said he would deliver it to Cardinal Luxiusi.
• Baluo waited in Samuer’s private room, then left the Records Office after seeing an enormous map at the entrance.

Samuer delivered Duolin’s denunciation of the Stained Ones to Cardinal Luxiusi, whose secret effort to restrain them through the Pure Ones had received its first response. Luxiusi investigated White Wax Town’s financial reports and discovered ten years of fabricated figures, implicating his former student, Archbishop Antiya Lisi.

• Samuer questioned his mechanical bird, Icarus, about Baluo’s actions, then went to Cardinal Luxiusi with a confidential letter from Duolin.
• Luxiusi recalled his plan to send capable Pure Ones from the Garrison Academy into the parishes to challenge the Stained Ones and curb their cruel experiments.
• After reading Duolin’s letter, Luxiusi asked Samuer to locate White Wax Town’s August report and then gather ten years of monthly reports from the parish.
• Luxiusi and Samuer compared the parish’s tax revenues, expenses, and balances, concluding that the figures had been falsified.
• Luxiusi identified Archbishop Antiya Lisi as the person in charge of Aduolin Province and remembered her as his student fifty years earlier.

Willow Seretima’s teacher sent her away with the final model of a successful experiment while confronting the monsters pursuing them. As Willow struggled to activate the teleportation circle, the teacher negotiated with the vampire Wens, who demanded that Willow be turned into a vampire.

• Willow’s teacher gave her a notebook and staff containing the successful experiment’s final model, then ordered her to teleport away before the cave exploded.
• The teacher revealed her fatal wound and called the teleportation attempt Willow’s graduation exam as a lich warlock.
• Willow tried to configure the magic circle while the teacher went to face the monsters outside.
• The teacher used Disorder to transform the attacking monsters, then addressed Wens and reluctantly agreed to talk.
• Wens arrived at the cave and demanded that the teacher bring out her daughter so he could give her a vampire’s first embrace.