Recaps

A Holy Crusaders squad leader killed three Master Club players who had set fire to a house, then found a dead cleric and suspected a fourth infiltrator was hiding in Fir City. The supposed sick women in the nearby house were actually [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] and [Dark Archmage], who had bound three locals and were trying to keep their cover.

• Three Master Club players set fire to a dilapidated house with an incendiary bomb, and a passing Holy Crusaders squad leader pursued them.
• The squad leader killed all three after one player slipped on a dead cleric’s arm and the last was struck by the knight’s sword.
• The squad leader found the cleric’s body and suspected a fourth enemy had disguised himself in clerical robes, then headed to the chapel to report the possible infiltrator.
• The squad leader broke into a house after seeing someone peer from its window, but left after questioning two apparently sick women.
• After he left, [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] and [Dark Archmage] revealed themselves, discussed the dead cleric and the danger of confronting the squad leader, and reassured three bound locals.

[Howling Pothos] fought his way into a hidden passage beneath the chapel and found an old man connected to Fir City's human experiments. He tricked the man into leaving with him and was asked to collect materials from a bookshelf.

• [Howling Pothos] used a Paralysis Bomb and killed the two guards blocking the hidden entrance beneath the chapel.
• [Howling Pothos] found empty cells and discovered an old man writing notes about human experiments in the innermost room.
• [Howling Pothos] told the old man that rioters had made the city unsafe and that the archbishop had sent him to escort him to the cathedral.
• The old man agreed to leave and asked [Howling Pothos] to fetch materials from a bookshelf.

[Howling Pothos] escorted Zarke out of the chapel under the pretense of taking him to the cathedral, then used a soldier bee and extraction thread to abduct him from Fir City. The mission succeeded, and [Howling Pothos] escaped with Zarke into the winter night.

• [Howling Pothos] gathered supplies for Zarke, secretly signaled the soldier bees, and led him out of the secret chamber.
• [Howling Pothos] convinced Zarke that guards had been reassigned and escorted him past the clerics and the squad leader.
• [Howling Pothos] steered Zarke through a detour and brought him to a secluded open spot where the soldier bees could reach them.
• [Howling Pothos] silenced Zarke by damaging his vocal cords and stuffing a Vine Bandage Pack into his mouth.
• [Howling Pothos] was extracted with Zarke by the soldier bee, completing the mission in four hours and twelve minutes.

Chang Nie logged out to rest after being carried away with the captive Zarke, then returned to World of Disorder and reached Black Locust Town. He left Zarke bound in Bee Silk and told curious players he had brought back a prisoner to question.

• Chang Nie logged off before the daily reset and considered how to earn money without slowing his progress.
• In a gaming group chat, Chang Nie read Elderly and Children Fly First's account of a failed expedition to a suspicious church and recognized that his own roadside encounter had contributed to the player's death.
• After eating, Chang Nie logged back in as Soldier Bees carried him and Zarke to Black Locust Town.
• Players gathered at the Adventurers' Guild square and mistook Howling Pothos's name for “Howling Loli.”
• Howling Pothos unloaded Zarke, still bound in Bee Silk, and explained that he had captured someone alive to question.

[Howling Pothos] handed the Adventurers' Guild the chapel records, delivered Zarke into its custody, and chose to make his map public for a higher payment. At the chapel, the bishop discovered Zarke had been abducted and ordered an investigation and a report to the cathedral.

• [Howling Pothos] gave the squad leader the experimental records and a rough layout of the Fir City chapel, then handed over the bound Zarke.
• The squad leader said Zarke would be delivered to the Son of God and offered [Howling Pothos] either a private map sale or double payment for making the map public.
• [Howling Pothos] chose to make the map public, then left the Adventurers' Guild to rest and prepare for another journey.
• The squad leader reported the events to the chapel bishop, who realized Zarke had been abducted after finding one dead cleric and another gravely wounded underground.
• The wounded cleric described the infiltrator, and the bishop and squad leader pieced together how four rioters had distracted the guards while one disguised himself and took Zarke.
• The squad leader went to fetch the rioters' bodies, while the bishop ordered the scene cleaned and the incident reported to the cathedral.

Archbishop Antiya Lisi ordered Fir City into a wartime state after clerics vanished and rioters escaped, while the three players planned to gather intelligence along the city walls. They began their cautious patrol and marked their starting point, then went to find a place to rest in their Cocoons.

• Antiya Lisi questioned his clerics about the missing Zarke, the six dead clerics, and the absent squad sent to gather information.
• Antiya Lisi ordered a curfew, halted choir training, and strengthened daytime patrols and the city walls, while reserving his own arrangements for the night.
• Antiya Lisi went to the basement, suspecting Fir City needed to be controlled with an iron hand.
• [Gill's Cuisine], [Western Sharpshooter], and [Aluode] gave up trying to meet their fellow players and discussed how to gather intelligence.
• [Gill's Cuisine] proposed cautiously surveying the city walls, and [Western Sharpshooter] offered to defend them with his homemade silenced handgun.
• The three players started their wall patrol, marked the route with a stone, and went to find a deserted place to sleep in their Cocoons.

Pond Fish and Old Abyss and Dark Archmage released the family they had tied up, then used the house as cover while setting traps in a residential district south of the chapel. Their attempt to make the owner report them during curfew ended with a cleric warning him to go home.

• Pond Fish and Old Abyss and Dark Archmage untied the house's original owners after confirming they had not tried to escape.
• Pond Fish and Old Abyss insisted that the owner report them to the chapel and tell the clerics they had headed south.
• The two players entered the residential district, where Pond Fish and Old Abyss spread slender Deadwood Vines through alleys while Dark Archmage watched from a rooftop.
• A middle-aged man went to the chapel during curfew and told a patrolling cleric that thieves had tied up his family.
• The cleric suspected the report was false or ill-timed, told the man to report again after daybreak, and warned him to return home if he wanted to live.

While [Dark Archmage] and [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] prepared a web of traps for the Holy Crusaders, Antiya Lisi released the cathedral’s monstrous test subjects to hunt rebels across Fir City. The chapter left the city’s enemies loose in the streets as the two players waited for their own prey.

• [Dark Archmage] and [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] noticed that the cleric who took their report did not pass it up the chain, and [Dark Archmage] suspected that the curfew would lead to door-to-door searches.
• [Pond Fish and Old Abyss] finished setting hidden vine traps in an alley, and [Dark Archmage] tested them before the pair prepared to ambush patrolling Holy Crusaders.
• Antiya Lisi entered the underground prison beneath the cathedral, where he announced rules granting the test subjects temporary freedom to hunt in Fir City.
• Antiya Lisi opened the cells and a passage to the surface, releasing the test subjects as they began mutating beneath the moonlight.
• Antiya Lisi toasted the empty prison and urged the test subjects to bring their suffering to others.

Pond Fish and Old Abyss and Dark Archmage were pursued through Fir City's old district by living trees, while Zhong Lele watched from the church and wondered if Archbishop Antiya Lisi had summoned them. Zhong Lele then followed a little girl who said she heard strange noises in a room.

• Pond Fish and Old Abyss and Dark Archmage noticed street trees appearing around their hiding place and realized the trees were closing in on them.
• Dark Archmage spotted another tree behind them and ordered them to run.
• The two used Deadwood Vines as prosthetic limbs to swing through the old district while the living trees chased them.
• Pond Fish and Old Abyss joked that they were Fir City's friendly neighborhood heroes, and Dark Archmage named them Plant-Man.
• Zhong Lele watched the chase from the church and suspected Archbishop Antiya Lisi was behind the summoned trees.
• A little girl told Zhong Lele that strange noises were coming from a room, and Zhong Lele offered to investigate.

Zhong Lele found and captured a nun who had been terrorizing orphans in the chapel, then arranged to sell the nun and wardrobe to another player. She planned to use the deal to gain a genuine identity in Fir City.

• Zhong Lele comforted an orphan who said a monster was making noises inside a wardrobe, then found a woman who looked like Zhong Lele trapped inside.
• Zhong Lele paralyzed the woman with a Paralysis Bomb and bound the wardrobe shut with a vine.
• Zhong Lele logged out and read players discussing new monsters, Fir City’s rising security, and Lion Hidden in the Eyes’s unusual welcome in the Graycast Corridor.
• Zhong Lele posted an offer to sell the wardrobe and the abusive nun inside it, and agreed to meet Xiexie Huigu at the chapel the next morning.
• Zhong Lele recalled how she had used Pothos’s map and her observations to find the chapel, where she had discovered and defeated the nun.

Zhong Lele replaced the chapel nun Qieli and settled into her role, while Fir City’s night violence left only 19 Soul Returners alive. As players began arranging their return to the Second Holy See, Zhong Lele considered inviting them to stay undercover and role-play together.

• Zhong Lele used a face mold and plant plug-ins to disguise herself as Qieli, then locked the real nun in a wardrobe.
• Living plants attacked Fir City overnight, killing players and residents; by morning, 19 Soul Returners remained alive.
• Zhong Lele arranged for Qieli’s wardrobe to be replaced, and a middle-aged nun told her she would have to pay for it herself.
• Zhong Lele realized she could potentially remain undercover as Sister Qieli indefinitely and considered inviting the other players to join her role-playing plan.
• Mules and Horses Drive the Sun and Xiexie Huigu summoned a pickup with Jerry’s signal stick, then returned to the Second Holy See with the nun in the wardrobe, carried by three Soldier Bees.

Ed removed the entry and time limits for Fir City Operation, allowing players to enter and remain in Fir City freely. He then watched players discuss the city’s dangers and synchronized with the imprisoned Clear Soup Master to investigate.

• Ed reconsidered the original entry rules after seeing players settle into Fir City and published an update removing the entry limit and stay limit.
• Ed sent the rule changes to Nuolun, the others, and Hive Will, while eager players in nearby towns set off for Fir City on Soldier Bees.
• Ed read Clear Soup Master's forum post about a living tree capturing him, and players speculated that his constitution and Plant Compatibility had triggered a hidden storyline.
• Clear Soup Master urged players to map Fir City and said he would abandon his body if imprisonment became unbearable.
• Ed synchronized with Clear Soup Master's senses as Clear Soup Master awoke in a cold solitary cell beneath Fir City's cathedral and heard cries and laughter from the dungeon.

[Clear Soup Master] was captured in Fir City and interrogated by Antiya Lisi, who suspected him of belonging to the rebels. Ed watched through the game and became interested in the archbishop as [Clear Soup Master] claimed the infiltrators intended to assassinate him; Antiya Lisi then asked how they had entered the city.

• [Clear Soup Master] used the players’ recognition call in his cell, and two jailers brought him to the interrogation room.
• Ed recognized the mosaic-covered interrogator as Antiya Lisi, while reflecting that the Second Holy See was known to members of the Tree Worship Church’s ruling structure.
• Antiya Lisi accused [Clear Soup Master] of being a rebel and said his companions were dead and he was the only survivor.
• [Clear Soup Master] claimed that sixty people had infiltrated Fir City to gather information on Antiya Lisi and assassinate him.
• Antiya Lisi dismissed [Clear Soup Master] as a brainwashed fool and asked how the infiltrators had entered the city.

[Clear Soup Master] endured an invasive experiment in the dungeon while the archbishop ordered a search for rebels. In White Wax Town, [Howling Pothos] approached [Epic-Level Giant] with a proposal to cooperate at an incredible fishing spot.

• [Clear Soup Master] claimed half-dragons had helped him dig tunnels, prompting the archbishop to order the Holy Crusaders to search the city for rebel infiltration.
• The archbishop sent [Clear Soup Master] back to his cell and ordered the jailers to triple his dose and speed up his transformation.
• The jailers bound [Clear Soup Master] to a pillar and implanted branches in his skin as he recorded the changes.
• [Howling Pothos] noticed long queues for trips to Fir City and later drank fish soup at [Not Bad Tasting]'s roadside stall.
• [Howling Pothos] found [Epic-Level Giant] fishing by the river and proposed cooperating at an incredible fishing spot.

[Howling Pothos] and [Epic-Level Giant] teamed up to establish a hidden supply station and fishing spot near Fir City, giving [Howling Pothos] a secret route into the city. They settled beside a river bend, where [Howling Pothos] began building a shelter and [Epic-Level Giant] caught several fish.

• [Howling Pothos] proposed using an underwater route into Fir City and asked [Epic-Level Giant] to help secure a riverside supply point.
• [Epic-Level Giant] agreed after [Howling Pothos] argued that the wider river would likely have more fish.
• [Howling Pothos] and [Epic-Level Giant] traveled from Black Locust Town toward Fir City and chose a river bend outside the city walls.
• [Howling Pothos] started building a wooden shelter and supply shed after they realized the frozen ground could not support a Tree of Rest.
• [Epic-Level Giant] drilled a large fishing hole through the ice and caught three or four fish by nightfall.

[Howling Pothos] scouted beneath the frozen river while [Epic-Level Giant] waited at the ice hole. After finding a grate at the city wall and nearly freezing on the return, he was pulled to safety, and the two discussed how resilient their game bodies were.

• [Howling Pothos] tied bee silk around his waist and jumped into the river while [Epic-Level Giant] held the other end.
• [Howling Pothos] swam toward Fir City, spotted a metal grate beneath the river, and turned back without investigating further.
• [Howling Pothos] struggled against the current as the cold stiffened his body, but [Epic-Level Giant] grabbed his arm and hauled him through the ice hole.
• [Epic-Level Giant] roasted fish over a campfire and urged [Howling Pothos] to warm up before they put the fire out.
• [Howling Pothos] and [Epic-Level Giant] reflected on their characters’ unusual durability and the chance to get a new body after dying.

[Howling Pothos] cut through an underwater metal grate and surfaced in an unfamiliar part of Fir City, where a living tree trapped him and offered him fruit. He accepted a bite, leaving his encounter with the strange tree unresolved.

• [Howling Pothos] followed the current to the metal grate and drilled a breathing hole through the ice.
• He used a breathing tube and hacksaw blades to cut an opening in the grate large enough for one person to pass through.
• [Epic-Level Giant] photographed his fresh catches and posted them on the World of Disorder forum with the caption “Secret farming spot.”
• [Howling Pothos] cut through the ice, climbed ashore in Fir City, and rested against a roadside tree.
• The tree immobilized [Howling Pothos] with a sticky substance, then offered him a green fruit, which he tasted.

[Howling Pothos] learned from Living Wood that it had once been a person and now guarded its family from other monsters. After catching up on the forums, he recognized the connection between Living Wood and Fir City's prison experiments, then told it the rebels would save the city.

• [Howling Pothos] asked Living Wood whether it wanted him alive or dead, and Living Wood told him to leave because its kind would kill him.
• Living Wood explained that it had once been a person, guarded its family, and had seen other beings like [Howling Pothos] killed by its kind.
• [Howling Pothos] asked Living Wood to protect his body while he logged out, and Living Wood agreed on the condition that he return before dawn.
• [Howling Pothos] searched the official forums and read accounts describing the nightly monsters in Fir City, their connection to the prison, and their attacks on people outside secure homes.
• After logging back in, [Howling Pothos] learned that Living Wood had been a prisoner subjected to experiments and asked whether it knew [Clear Soup Master].
• [Howling Pothos] told Living Wood that the rebels were resisting the Tree Worship Church and would soon save Fir City.

[Howling Pothos] persuaded Enzo the treant to help save Fir City by promising to protect his family and reunite him with them. He went to Enzo’s home to earn his family’s trust and told them they would move to a new northern city called Valhalla.

• Enzo refused to help [Howling Pothos] until his family was safe, but agreed to trust him after hearing his offer and seeing his abilities.
• Enzo told [Howling Pothos] that his family could be convinced by learning that his saved seeds were hidden inside his hollow bed frame.
• [Howling Pothos] went to Enzo’s home before dawn and spoke with his wary family through the closed door during curfew.
• Enzo’s family asked where they would be moving, and [Howling Pothos] told them the new city was called Valhalla.

[Howling Pothos] fought a crazed living tree alongside Enzo and used an incendiary bomb to turn the battle in their favor. Enzo saved the burning creature by dragging it into the river, then asked whether Gungnir could save experimental subjects like them.

• [Howling Pothos] stopped Enzo’s family from opening the door during curfew after spotting a crazed living tree nearby.
• The crazed living tree attacked, and [Howling Pothos] and Enzo fought it but remained evenly matched.
• [Howling Pothos] set the ground ablaze with an incendiary bomb and warned Enzo to get into the river.
• Enzo put out the flames on himself in the icy water while the crazed tree burned.
• Enzo asked whether Gungnir could save them, then dragged the burning tree into the river through a hole in the ice.

Enzo explained the rules binding the Tree Worship Church’s Living Woods and asked [Howling Pothos] to help his family leave Fir City. [Howling Pothos] visited Enzo’s home to assist with their preparations, where he learned more about Enzo’s family.

• Enzo explained that the Living Woods could not leave Fir City, enter enclosed buildings, or meet their families, and said anyone who disobeyed the orders would die instantly.
• Enzo warned that he could not watch his family leave without triggering instant death, so [Howling Pothos] agreed to send them off that day and meet him again at night.
• As the Living Woods returned to the cathedral, [Howling Pothos] went to Enzo’s home and found his father, younger sister, and another family member packing.
• [Howling Pothos] advised Enzo’s family to leave their bulky furniture and told them where Enzo had hidden saved tree seeds.
• Enzo’s younger sister lent [Howling Pothos] a wooden carving her brother had made of her, and he praised Enzo’s artistic potential.

[Howling Pothos] arranged for Enzo’s family to escape Fir City by Soldier Bee, then abandoned his body to respawn elsewhere and move faster than they could. He successfully reconstructed a new body after seeing the province map and choosing a respawn location.

• [Howling Pothos] reassured Enzo’s family that Blood Corpses could not fly and summoned Soldier Bees to evacuate them.
• [Howling Pothos] sent Enzo’s parents and younger sister into the air, warning the adults to stay quiet and trust Enzo’s choice.
• [Howling Pothos] returned to Enzo’s home and decided to abandon his current body so he could handle the remaining arrangements ahead of the family.
• [Howling Pothos] used the player panel’s body-abandonment option, leaving his belongings behind as he viewed a map of Aduolin Province.
• [Howling Pothos] selected a respawn location and reconstructed his body.

After dying in Fir City, [Howling Pothos] respawned in Valhalla and reported his discoveries about Enzo's family to Ed. Ed offered land and help to relocate them, and [Howling Pothos] set off to bring them to Valhalla.

• [Howling Pothos] respawned at Valhalla's central teleportation tree and declined a player's attempt to interview him about his death.
• [Howling Pothos] booked a meeting with Ed and recounted what he had learned in Fir City, including the living wood and Enzo's parents.
• Ed praised [Howling Pothos] and offered a plot of land and assistance with building a home and concealing Enzo's family's identities.
• [Howling Pothos] thanked Ed and left to bring Enzo's family to Valhalla.

Ed rewarded [Howling Pothos] with a rare Ability Blessing Card, and [Howling Pothos] helped ensure Enzo's family was safely cared for in Black Locust Town. While hurrying back toward Fir City to tell Enzo the good news, he encountered [Evergreen Tree] and obtained an experimental stamina drug.

• Ed gave [Howling Pothos] an Ability Blessing Card that temporarily raised one or two attributes to Ed Adrian's level.
• [Howling Pothos] went to Black Locust Town, where Nuolun arranged for Enzo's exhausted family to rest before continuing toward the castle the next day.
• After confirming Enzo's family was safe, [Howling Pothos] set off toward Fir City to find Enzo and tell him the news.
• [Howling Pothos] encountered [Evergreen Tree], who was collecting Soldier Bee samples, and asked whether he had any experimental potions.
• [Evergreen Tree] offered [Howling Pothos] an experimental drug called Hisron to reduce fatigue, and [Howling Pothos] reached for the vial.

[Howling Pothos] tested [Evergreen Tree]'s experimental drug and sprinted back to his supply station, where he discovered the fishing spot had become a paid service. He then dove through an ice hole to return to the city despite muscle spasms from the cold.

• [Evergreen Tree] offered [Howling Pothos] the experimental drug for ten silver coins or free in exchange for an 800-word report, and [Howling Pothos] chose the report and injected it.
• [Howling Pothos] noticed the drug made his heart pump more forcefully, then realized [Evergreen Tree] was recruiting players to test experimental drugs and record their effects.
• [Howling Pothos] sprinted through the snowy wilderness toward his supply station and found fresh tracks along the way.
• [Howling Pothos] found [Epic-Level Giant], [Gu Gugu], and [Twelve Jin and Six Liang] fishing at the station, where [Epic-Level Giant] explained they had paid for monthly passes and split the gold.
• [Howling Pothos] headed back into the city through an ice hole, suffering muscle spasms after his long run in the cold.