Update 1.6/Lost Chapter

This entire page contains **SPOILERS** for the Story Mode of *Just Shapes and Beats*. It is recommended to play the entirety of Story Mode before proceeding this page!

You have been warned.

This is the entire story section of **The Lost Chapter**.

## Same Place, Different Time

After completing Long Live The New Fresh, 3 triangles appear, lighting up the caverns. One triangle gets pushed by a nearby spider, another floats downwards, and the last floats up through the caverns out into Paradise, filling one of the three triangle-shaped holes. After the cutscene ends, a path appears leading up through the caverns, as a solemn, echoing theme begins to play. The player follows the path, which eventually leads to a cage with 3 trapped birds. The player must complete the level "Airborne Robots" to continue.

## A Friend In Need

After completing the aforementioned level, a triangle clears the spiderweb, allowing the player to free the trapped birds. Doing so opens the path forward, which leads to The Big Cube, who is trapped in a spiderweb. The player must complete the level "Interlaced" to continue. After completing the level, a triangle clears the spiderweb, freeing The Big Cube, who excitedly jumps. This causes a pink crystal to fall, nearly crushing the player. The Big Cube catches the player before they fall, and hugs them.

After following the path to a gap, The Big Cube carries the player as they jump across, nearly causing 2 pink crystals to fall due to the impact. Afterwards, the player comes across one of the 3 triangles trapped in a spiderweb. The player must complete the level "Last Tile 海底撈月" to continue.

After completing the level, the triangle is freed, angering a nearby spider. The triangle floats out of the out cove, and creates a path for the player to go across. Afterwards, the triangle floats out into Paradise, filling one of the 3 triangle-shaped holes. As the player follows the path, the player frees several birds. 3 of which carry The Big Cube to the top with a platform. After freeing the second set of birds, the cage falls down to the platform below, breaking it and causing 2 pink crystals to fall. This breaks the Long Live The New Fresh level beacon, where we met The Boss first time. The Boss then climbs out of the level icon, and roars at the player.

## Cat And Mouse

Off-screen, the friend and its bird companions fly up first for an idea, meanwhile the square entered one of the platforms that the birds made with the Boss in pursuit of them. The Boss fires lasers from its eyes and rolled to one side of cavern walls for crystals to fall down to them. The square manages to avoid the hazards that the Boss made and evade it for a short while.

Throughout the chase, *Pursuit* by Shirobon plays.

## Trap Sprung

The friend, having to reach to the top of the caverns first, helps one of the birds to trigger a pink crystal trap for the Boss. The square and the birds go up next, seeking shelter to avoid the trap. The Boss came in last, as it lets out a brief roar of fury until the trap is sprung. A spider slices the web off and the crystals fall down and crush the Boss, leaving only its right arm in its place, but crosses the event horizon and is pulled in early.

## Spider Dance

After completing the level, the third and final triangle piece fills the last slot. Once all the triangles are filled, the triangles merge together, forming a black hole which sucks everything from the cavern. A spider accidentally gets sucked inside the black hole and gets corrupted, forming the boss of this level. A unique level selection triangle appears, forming bridges and a path for the square to enter in. The square follows the path to the triangle to start the level. Halfway through the bridge, the force gets stronger, and the square gets sucked inside as well.

## The Tree of Life

At the end of the level, the introduction of the Paradise sequence will play out, showing the game’s title. This ends as a comet flies across the screen, towards the bottom left corner.