Chapter Summaries

Shen Niannian discovered she had transmigrated into the body of a petite nineteen-year-old college student in a world plagued by deadly weird instances, and gained the Identity Archive ability. She was selected for her first instance, the A-rank Blood Moon Hotel, and arrived outside it as its livestream began.

• Shen Niannian confirmed she had a new appearance and no memories of her original self, then learned about the world's weird instances and danger rankings.
• The Identity Archive system bound to Shen Niannian, granting her the ability to inspect some identity information and warning that she had an unqueryable hidden identity.
• Shen Niannian was selected for the A-rank Blood Moon Hotel instance, whose historical clear rate was 8.7%, and was teleported away.
• Shen Niannian arrived outside the Blood Moon Hotel, where the livestream drew a growing crowd of viewers.
• Shen Niannian surveyed the seven-story hotel beneath a dark red moon and complained about its poor hygiene.

Shen Niannian entered the Blood Moon Hotel dungeon with nine other players and learned that they had to survive three days and obtain proof of checkout. After a player was punished for challenging the hotel staff, the B-rank doorman recognized Shen Niannian and bowed to her in fear.

• Zhou Hai identified the room key as essential and led the players to check in after they learned the hotel rules.
• The doorman broke Wang Jianguo’s finger after he continued to demand a room change, and Shen Niannian concluded that players should not pressure the staff.
• Shen Niannian politely asked the doorman for a quiet room, but its status changed to extreme fear when it saw her.
• The doorman remembered Shen Niannian’s past visit and bowed deeply, offering to meet her reasonable requests.

Shen Niannian received a luxurious room at the Blood Moon Hotel and learned she could ask hotel management about proof of checkout. Chen Hao copied her polite room-change request but was sent to Room 404, where the hotel killed him; meanwhile, the nervous manager Gu Changsheng appeared in Shen Niannian’s room.

• The doorman gave Shen Niannian the exclusive Room 701 key, and she learned to ask hotel management about checkout proof.
• Chen Hao concluded Shen Niannian had found a way to use the hotel’s rules and politely asked to change rooms.
• A waitress led Chen Hao to Room 404, where its occupancy rules required missing body parts; she killed him, and the system announced his death.
• Shen Niannian inspected Room 701, rejected its cake and milk, and grew wary of the hotel’s hospitality.
• Shen Niannian saw that Gu Changsheng, the Blood Moon Hotel manager, had arrived and was extremely nervous.

Shen Niannian questioned Blood Moon Hotel manager Gu Changsheng about the hotel and her unusual treatment, while the other players avoided the hotel's suspicious dinner. Their conversation was interrupted by Bai Feiyue, a dangerous guest who arrived looking forward to the human players.

• Shen Niannian let Gu Changsheng into room 701 and questioned why he treated her differently, but he dodged her questions about the doorman and her room.
• On the second floor, Zhou Hai warned the players not to copy Shen Niannian, and they refused to eat the hotel's wriggling black meat.
• Gu Changsheng assured Shen Niannian that her cake was safe for humans, and she realized he would answer questions about the hotel but not about the ghosts' behavior toward her.
• Bai Feiyue arrived at the Blood Moon Hotel in a carriage drawn by headless steeds and said the human players would make the night less boring.

Bai Feiyue arrived at the Blood Moon Hotel and injured Wang Jianguo for looking at her before Shen Niannian came downstairs. Bai Feiyue recognized Shen Niannian as someone she had served as a maid when they were children, then invited her to play, leaving Shen Niannian convinced she was in danger.

• Bai Feiyue entered the hotel, asked to play with the human guests, and threatened to gouge out Wang Jianguo’s eyes for looking at her.
• Zhou Hai intervened by reminding Bai Feiyue that Wang Jianguo was a registered guest, so Bai Feiyue spared his eyes but cut his cheek before leaving.
• Shen Niannian took the elevator downstairs to ask about her checkout voucher and find normal food, then tried to retreat when she saw Bai Feiyue in the lobby.
• Bai Feiyue stopped the elevator and recognized Shen Niannian, who admitted she did not remember her.
• Bai Feiyue revealed that she had been Shen Niannian’s maid for seven days when they were children, introduced herself as Xiaoyue, and invited Shen Niannian to play with her.

Shen Niannian learned that she needed to complete three hotel services and collect their stamps to obtain a checkout voucher, then chose to attempt the Blood Banquet Restaurant. The restaurant announced its opening, and Shen Niannian and the other players faced their first test of the hotel’s rules.

• Shen Niannian asked Bai Feiyue and Gu Changsheng about the checkout voucher, and Gu Changsheng explained that guests needed stamps from three hotel services before checking out on the third morning.
• Gu Changsheng told Shen Niannian that the Blood Banquet Restaurant opened at eight, and she planned to attend that night and follow its rules.
• Shen Niannian received a notification that clearing an A-rank dungeon would upgrade her Identity Archive permission, and she resolved to grow stronger by clearing the dungeon herself.
• The hotel announced that the Blood Banquet Restaurant would open in twenty minutes and instructed guests to follow its dining rules.
• Zhou Hai saw a Dining Stamp appear in the first slot on the players’ room cards, while Shen Niannian prepared to face the restaurant’s rules.

Shen Niannian navigated the Blood Banquet Restaurant’s dining rules, spotted a dangerous menu substitution, and earned the first service stamp. As a red-uniformed figure entered and five players still had not eaten, a new threat emerged.

• Zhou Hai led the players to the Blood Banquet Restaurant, where they read the dining rules and learned they needed to eat three bites of the correct meal before ten o’clock.
• Shen Niannian refused the gold VIP menu because the rules required a black menu, and Gu Changsheng ordered the waitress to replace it.
• Wang Jianguo received a meal marked for room 203 instead of his room 302, but Zhou Hai stopped him from touching it until staff replaced it.
• Shen Niannian checked her pumpkin soup’s plate number, ate three bites, and obtained the food service stamp.
• Shen Niannian answered no when the waiter offered an additional meal, then saw a warning that an abnormal target was approaching as a red-uniformed figure entered the restaurant.

At the Blood Banquet Restaurant, Shen Niannian escaped a hungry red-uniformed diner ghost after it inexplicably became terrified of her and fled. With her first stamp secured, she still had to return safely to room 701 before the rooms were sealed at 11:00 p.m., while a scream from the second floor hinted at more danger.

• The red-uniformed diner ghost arrived, and Zhou Hai urged the players to leave immediately in accordance with rule four.
• Lin Xiaoyu stayed to take a few more bites, but a hand emerged from her soup and grabbed her; Zhou Hai cut off the arm and helped her escape.
• Shen Niannian prepared to leave with her stamp, while Bai Feiyue stayed behind because the rule did not apply to her as a hotel guest.
• The red-uniformed ghost pursued Shen Niannian, but after sensing an ancient aura within her, it became terrified and ran away.
• A scream came from the second floor as the hotel announced that guests had until 11:00 p.m. to return to their rooms.

After securing the first Dining Service Stamp, Shen Niannian learned that Midnight Room Service would begin at 11:30 p.m. and require guests to stay inside their rooms. Once the lockdown began, knocking came from the wall, and Bai Feiyue called to her from room 703, leaving Shen Niannian unsure whether answering would break the rule against responding to a neighbor.

• A guest in room 207 lost his lower leg after putting on a pair of slippers filled with teeth, and Zhou Hai warned everyone not to touch unfamiliar items.
• Bai Feiyue moved into room 703 so she could stay near Shen Niannian, who returned to room 701 and reviewed the hotel's rules.
• A service notice announced that Midnight Room Service would start at 11:30 p.m. and instructed guests to keep their doors closed before 11:00.
• At 11:00, the hotel sealed the guest rooms, and Shen Niannian heard patterned knocking from the wall beside room 702.
• Bai Feiyue called Shen Niannian through the wall from room 703 and said the walls in her room were bleeding, while Shen Niannian wondered whether responding would violate the rule.

Shen Niannian survived a wall creature’s attempt to lure her into breaking a rule, then earned the second stamp by choosing turndown service and refusing to answer an attendant’s extra question. The Blood Moon Banquet Hall opened early, leaving her one stamp away from checking out while three of the seven surviving players still lacked a required stamp.

• Shen Niannian ignored the voice knocking from inside her wall, while Zhao Wen answered a voice imitating Zhou Hai and was killed by the creature that emerged from the wall.
• Shen Niannian followed the midnight room service rules, chose turndown service, and stayed silent when the attendant asked an unauthorized question.
• Shen Niannian obtained her second Room Service Stamp after the attendant left her room.
• The hotel announced that the Blood Moon Banquet Hall would open at eight that evening, and Shen Niannian learned that she could earn the final stamp there.
• Zhou Hai saw that only four of the seven surviving players had both required stamps as the hotel warned that unqualified guests would lose the right to check out.

Shen Niannian prepared for the Blood Moon Banquet, where the surviving players had to earn their final service stamp. After the banquet randomly selected her as its host, the rules changed so every other participant had to win her approval.

• Zhou Hai warned that the opportunities to make up missing stamps would be harder, and Shen Niannian decided to rest until the banquet.
• Bai Feiyue brought Shen Niannian a dress, while Gu Changsheng revealed that the banquet guests were horrors of at least C-rank and that the banquet rules would restrict them.
• Three players attempted to make up their stamps at noon, but only two returned; another player lost room protection during the afternoon opportunity, leaving four players qualified for the banquet.
• Shen Niannian, Zhou Hai, Wang Jianguo, and Song Qiming entered the Blood Moon Banquet Hall and read its rules, including the requirement to gain the host's approval for the third stamp.
• The banquet randomly chose Shen Niannian as its host, and the fifth rule changed to require all participants to gain her approval.

Shen Niannian became the Blood Moon Banquet host, approved the other players, and completed the banquet duties to earn her third seal. Just as the group completed all hotel services, the hotel began its final checkout procedure early.

• Blood-red words named Shen Niannian as the banquet host, and the anomalous guests reacted nervously around her.
• Shen Niannian read the banquet rules and approved Zhou Hai, Wang Jianguo, and Song Qiming for their seals.
• Shen Niannian accepted Bai Feiyue's toast with strawberry juice and proposed a toast to Gu Changsheng.
• Shen Niannian stayed conscious until the banquet ended and obtained the third Blood Moon Banquet Seal, completing all three hotel services.
• The hotel shook, and an elderly voice announced that the third day would begin early and the final checkout procedure had started.

Shen Niannian discovered that guests had to receive a checkout certificate before surrendering their room cards, then cleared the A-rank Blood Moon Hotel with an S rating. As the instance ended and her Identity Archive privileges upgraded, Bai Feiyue promised to see her again.

• Song Qiming handed the checkout administrator his room card before obtaining a checkout certificate, lost the hotel's protection, and was killed.
• Shen Niannian remembered Gu Changsheng's instructions and concluded that the hotel rules should generate a checkout certificate before guests returned their room cards.
• Shen Niannian persuaded the checkout administrator to adjust the procedure by citing rule five and arguing that she remained a guest until checkout was complete.
• Shen Niannian received her checkout certificate and returned her room card, then Zhou Hai and Wang Jianguo successfully followed her procedure.
• Shen Niannian, Zhou Hai, and Wang Jianguo cleared Blood Moon Hotel, and Shen Niannian earned an S rating and an upgrade to Identity Archive level one.
• Bai Feiyue waved goodbye to Shen Niannian and said they would meet again before Shen Niannian was transported out of the instance.

After clearing the Blood Moon Hotel, Shen Niannian returned to her apartment, learned that her enhanced Inspection ability could reveal more information, and discovered she had become a major online sensation. The Jiangcheng Weird Management Bureau decided to invite her to meet, and its staff arrived at her door.

• Shen Niannian received an S clear rating, Level 1 clearance, an enhanced Inspection ability, and an Archive containing files on the Blood Moon Hotel doorman, Gu Changsheng, and Bai Feiyue.
• Shen Niannian found that her phone was flooded with messages and saw that her dungeon clear and identity were trending across social media.
• Officials at the Jiangcheng Weird Management Bureau reviewed the livestream and noted gaps in Shen Niannian's records, then decided to invite her rather than interrogate her.
• Staff from the Jiangcheng Weird Management Bureau rang Shen Niannian's doorbell to talk about her A-rank instance clear.

After the Jiangcheng Weird Management Bureau registered Shen Niannian and assured her she probably would not be selected again soon, she was immediately summoned into the A-rank Lightless Train instance. The conductor recognized her and became terrified, leaving Shen Niannian to face another mystery about her past.

• Zhao Cheng registered Shen Niannian as a D-rank player, gave her an official player ID, and questioned her about the Blood Moon Hotel's strange reactions to her.
• Shen Niannian told Zhao Cheng that her memories before age fourteen were hazy, while keeping the Identity Archive secret.
• Zhao Cheng said newcomers usually went weeks or months before another selection, but Shen Niannian was summoned into the A-rank Lightless Train minutes later.
• Shen Niannian arrived on the train in her pajamas and used the Identity Archive to identify the faceless conductor as the train's highest authority.
• The conductor saw Shen Niannian and changed from normal to shocked and terrified, then appeared to want to jump off the train.

Shen Niannian boarded the A-rank Lightless Train, where she and the other passengers learned the rules for reaching Homecoming Station. When the conductor offered her a private carriage, she refused to leave her assigned seat, and Cheng Ye began to suspect there was something unusual about her.

• Shen Niannian noticed that the peak A-rank conductor seemed to want to flee when he saw her.
• The conductor announced the Lightless Train's rules, and Shen Niannian found her ticket for seat 12A and Homecoming Station.
• Cheng Ye warned the passengers to protect their tickets and remain in their assigned seats, then asked the conductor how two passengers who had swapped seats could correct the mistake.
• The conductor said the passengers could return to their assigned seats before the first Lightless Section, and the two passengers switched without incident.
• The conductor offered to move Shen Niannian to his private carriage, but she refused because her ticket assigned her to seat 12A.
• Cheng Ye watched the conductor back down and realized there was something unusual about Shen Niannian.

On the Lightless Train, Shen Niannian and Cheng Ye survived the first unlit section by following the rules, then faced a ticketed girl who claimed Shen Niannian’s seat at Yellow Mud Station. Shen Niannian exposed that the girl’s temporary ticket gave her no fixed seat, leaving the girl enraged.

• Shen Niannian refused the conductor’s offer to move from seat 12A, and Cheng Ye concluded that the train’s rules took priority over the conductor’s special treatment.
• Cheng Ye warned the passengers not to look out the windows during the first unlit section, and a woman resisted a voice impersonating her daughter until the lights returned.
• Cheng Ye reminded the players to check their destinations, and none got off at Yellow Mud Station.
• A ticketed little girl claimed Shen Niannian’s seat, but Cheng Ye noticed her ticket lacked a destination and Shen Niannian’s Identity Archive revealed temporary passengers had no fixed seats.
• Shen Niannian told the girl that her temporary ticket did not entitle her to seat 12A, and the girl became enraged.

Shen Niannian and Cheng Ye used the train’s rules to resolve a ghost’s claim to her seat, but a black-badged attendant later tried to trick passengers into opening their eyes during an unauthorized ticket inspection. It resisted Cheng Ye’s warning, then stopped before Shen Niannian and asked if it could inspect another carriage.

• Cheng Ye summoned the white-badged attendant, who confirmed Shen Niannian’s ticket entitled her to seat 12A and ordered the little girl to move to 16C.
• The little girl warned Shen Niannian that she would take her seat if Shen Niannian lost her ticket, and Cheng Ye told Shen Niannian to keep it safe.
• After the train left Yellow Mud Station, a white-badged inspector checked the players’ tickets, recognized Shen Niannian, and returned hers respectfully.
• Cheng Ye realized the inspector had skipped the passengers who boarded at Yellow Mud Station, and a black-badged attendant entered to conduct an additional inspection.
• The black-badged attendant urged a newcomer to open his eyes, but Cheng Ye warned him that the attendant was lying, and the newcomer kept his eyes closed.
• The black-badged attendant stopped in front of Shen Niannian and hesitantly asked whether it could inspect another carriage.

On the Lightless Train, Shen Niannian and the other passengers survived the black-badged inspector’s deception by keeping their eyes closed until an announcement confirmed it had left, though Liu Peng died after opening his eyes. The train then reached Paper Figure Station, where a crowd of paper figures turned toward carriage four.

• Shen Niannian and Cheng Ye told the passengers to keep their eyes closed when Liu Peng felt something pulling his ticket from his pocket.
• Liu Peng opened his eyes, saw the black-badged inspector, and was killed after it called him a fare dodger.
• The train announcement confirmed the inspector had left, and Cheng Ye found Liu Peng’s ticket intact, revealing that the theft had been an illusion.
• Shen Niannian’s Identity Archive identified the inspector as a Deception Ghost that could not directly seize a valid ticket while passengers followed the rule to close their eyes.
• The train announced its arrival at Paper Figure Station, where more than a hundred paper figures turned toward carriage four.

At Paper Figure Station, a paper figure tricked Sun Qiang into confirming his identity, took his seat, and caused his death when he tried to reclaim it. As the train departed for Reflection Station, Shen Niannian noticed two identical paper figures and faced a new task: determine how many people were in car four.

• Cheng Ye warned the players not to help the paper figures until they verified their tickets, and seven ticketed figures boarded the train.
• A paper figure asked Xu Jing to write down its seat, but she refused and sent it to find an attendant.
• Another paper figure persuaded Sun Qiang to write 19A and confirm he had written it, allowing it to take his name and seat identity.
• Sun Qiang tried to pull the figure out of 9B, violated the rule against stopping a ticketed passenger from taking a seat, and was dragged into the floor.
• Shen Niannian learned that paper figures needed a person to write identity information and confirm authorship before they could substitute for them.
• After the train departed for Reflection Station, Shen Niannian saw identical paper figures in both 9B and 19A as the announcement asked passengers to count the people in car four.