Recaps

Shen Heng and Qin Yu woke as Calamity Beasts in a mine ruled by the Black Rat Clan and discovered that speaking Jörmungandr’s name could trigger a force that erased their awareness. Shen Heng investigated the false world, warned Stone and others, and ended with the beasts searching for a way out while Stone tried to make Gray Tail follow it.

• The Two-Horned Lizard carried Qin Yu and Shen Heng through the palace doorway, while the Feather Owl and Profound Crystal Griffin gathered Calamity Beasts outside before entering.
• Shen Heng awoke in a Calamity Beast body in Black Stone Valley, learned that he had to meet a mining quota, and contacted Stone after finding him among the new captives.
• Shen Heng met Qin Yu and Liya, compared their clues about the mine, and decided to explore the Black Rat Clan’s territory rather than risk a direct confrontation.
• A group of newly arrived Calamity Beasts challenged Feixu, but an invisible force killed the Steel-Tailed Beast after it asked about Jörmungandr and caused the others to resume mining.
• Shen Heng concluded that the force adapted the beasts to their false lives, carved warnings into his forelimb, and helped Stone write reminders to recover his awareness and find Shen Heng or Han Ling.
• Shen Heng investigated the mine’s darkness with Stone and concluded that the Underground Demon was real and might awaken when disturbed, then shared his findings with Qin Yu as she reported that escape routes were heavily guarded.
• Steel-Mane Bear and its companions searched for the Feather Owl and Profound Crystal Griffin, found only eighty-two Calamity Beasts, and considered whether their leaders were in another world.
• Steel-Mane Bear proposed searching the world’s boundary for a portal, while two days later Lord Stone ordered Gray Tail to leave her old partner and follow it.

As the Black Rats crushed the miners with executions and impossible quotas, Shen Heng secretly organized an uprising with the Two-Horned Lizard and the Calamity Beasts. The rebels prepared to act the next night, while the Two-Horned Lizard remained wary of Shen Heng’s escape plan and learned that the Underground Demon story was a fabrication.

• Black Jade Lion and Steel-Mane Bear’s escape searches failed, and the Black Rats executed nearly a hundred Calamity Beasts while searching for the hidden planners.
• The Black Rat chief ordered twenty percent of the miners killed and raised the survivors’ quotas, leaving the Calamity Beasts starving and exhausted.
• Shen Heng recruited the Two-Horned Lizard, proposed coordinated riots, and outlined escape routes that the Two-Horned Lizard agreed to consider.
• The Two-Horned Lizard revealed its identity to Steel-Mane Bear and Black Jade Lion, then urged them to help organize the Calamity Beasts before it was too late.
• Rock-Backed Beast called for rebellion, won Steel-Mane Bear’s support, and was chosen by the gathered beasts to lead them.
• Two-Horned Lizard tasked Steel-Mane Bear and Black Jade Lion with recruiting strong-willed allies, while the Rock-Backed Beast urged miners to remember their freedom.
• Shen Heng gave Two-Horned Lizard the fixed battle orders for an uprising planned for the next night and tested its memory before sending it away.
• Two-Horned Lizard told Shen Heng that the Arcane Lizard Clan invented the Underground Demon story and secretly ate the supposed sacrifices, then wondered whether Shen Heng’s escape plan concealed a trap.

The Calamity Beasts rebelled against the Black Rats, detonated the Origin Ore mine, and escaped over the mountains in large numbers. After scarlet spread across the horizon, Shen Heng and Two-Horned Lizard found themselves back in the mine under changed rules, while Feather Owl investigated a resetting school.

• The Calamity Beasts ambushed the Black Rats and spread the rebellion through Black Stone Valley while Shen Heng, Qin Yu, and Stone waited in hiding.
• Curly Fur and Gray Whiskers traced the rebels to the Origin Ore mine, where an explosion killed them and the other gathered Black Rats.
• Two-Horned Lizard claimed the explosion came from a trump card supplied by Lord Feather Owl and waited for an opening at the valley entrance.
• The Black Rat chief recognized the coordinated escape plan, but Scar Tail and Black Spine failed to stop the scattered Calamity Beasts from climbing the mountains.
• The Black Rat chief released Steel-Mane Bear in exchange for information, then discovered gaps in their memories and declared that the bear was not from this world.
• Two-Horned Lizard abandoned his wait for Steel-Mane Bear and led his group out as scarlet spread across the horizon.
• Feather Owl planned to lure the teachers out of the resetting school, while Wang Hu ate Calamity Beast flesh after asking Han Ling to kill him if he showed signs of Distortion.
• Shen Heng and Two-Horned Lizard returned to the mine, where Shen Heng observed numb workers, reduced quotas, stricter supervision, and a ban on talking.

Shen Heng and his allies searched Black Stone Valley for an escape while the Black Rats tightened control and their memories began to fade. After a dangerous night in the living forest, they returned with no safe route out, and the Two-Horned Lizard struggled to find another plan as the forgetting spread.

• Shen Heng learned that the Black Rat Chief had gone mad after discovering the world might be fake, while the Black Rats searched for Calamity Beasts plotting resistance.
• Feixu changed mining quotas and rules as Black Rat guards watched the Calamity Beasts, and Shen Heng used the unrest to gather information.
• Shen Heng discovered that he, Qin Yu, and Stone were losing memories, so he proposed reminding one another and decided to scout outside before their condition worsened.
• The Two-Horned Lizard agreed to distract the Black Rats while Shen Heng and Qin Yu investigated the mountain routes and the forest.
• Shen Heng and Qin Yu found the mountain escape heavily patrolled, then encountered living trees that chased them through the forest until they hid and waited for dawn.
• Shen Heng rejected digging through the mountains and hiding in ore crates as unreliable escape plans, while the Two-Horned Lizard investigated shipments and considered other options.
• The Two-Horned Lizard reported that a Calamity Beast had forgotten their alliance, and Shen Heng admitted they had no safe escape while the Black Rats could detect them.