diff --git a/UnityProject/Assets/HotUpdate/Code/HotUpdate.Code.asmdef b/UnityProject/Assets/HotUpdate/Code/HotUpdate.Code.asmdef
index c5553745..606fdbd3 100644
--- a/UnityProject/Assets/HotUpdate/Code/HotUpdate.Code.asmdef
+++ b/UnityProject/Assets/HotUpdate/Code/HotUpdate.Code.asmdef
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
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     "overrideReferences": false,
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-    "autoReferenced": true,
+    "autoReferenced": false,
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     "versionDefines": [],
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diff --git a/UnityProject/Packages/com.jasonxudeveloper.jengine.core/Editor/CustomEditor/ObfuzHotUpdateSearchPathInjector.cs b/UnityProject/Packages/com.jasonxudeveloper.jengine.core/Editor/CustomEditor/ObfuzHotUpdateSearchPathInjector.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ca1e6fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UnityProject/Packages/com.jasonxudeveloper.jengine.core/Editor/CustomEditor/ObfuzHotUpdateSearchPathInjector.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+// ObfuzHotUpdateSearchPathInjector.cs
+//
+//  Author:
+//        JasonXuDeveloper <jason@xgamedev.net>
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2025 JEngine
+//
+//  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+//  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+//  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+//  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+//  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+//  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+//  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+//  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+//  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+//  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+//  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+//  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+//  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+//  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+//  THE SOFTWARE.
+
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using HybridCLR.Editor;
+using Obfuz.Settings;
+using UnityEditor.Build;
+using UnityEditor.Build.Reporting;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace JEngine.Core.Editor.CustomEditor
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Makes the HybridCLR hot-update DLL output directory visible to Obfuz's
+    /// player-build obfuscation pass so <c>Assembly-CSharp</c>'s reference to
+    /// <c>HotUpdate.Code</c> (when present) can be resolved.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// <para>
+    /// During a Unity player build, HybridCLR's <c>FilterHotFixAssemblies</c>
+    /// strips hot-update assemblies from the player staging area (correct — they
+    /// must not ship as baked code). Obfuz's
+    /// <c>ObfuscationProcess.OnPostBuildPlayerScriptDLLs</c> then obfuscates the
+    /// remaining player DLLs and, via <c>AssemblyCache.LoadModule</c>, recursively
+    /// resolves every <c>GetAssemblyRefs()</c> entry through a flat
+    /// <c>PathAssemblyResolver</c>. If any obfuscated player assembly references
+    /// <c>HotUpdate.Code</c>, the resolver can't find it and Obfuz throws
+    /// <c>FileNotFoundException: Assembly HotUpdate.Code not found</c>.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// This processor adds <c>HybridCLRData/HotUpdateDlls/&lt;target&gt;/</c> to
+    /// <c>ObfuzSettings.additionalAssemblySearchPaths</c> at the start of the
+    /// build (in-memory only — <c>Obfuz.asset</c> on disk is never modified) and
+    /// restores the original list afterwards.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </remarks>
+    internal sealed class ObfuzHotUpdateSearchPathInjector
+        : IPreprocessBuildWithReport, IPostprocessBuildWithReport
+    {
+        // Run before Obfuz's IPostBuildPlayerScriptDLLs (callbackOrder = 10000).
+        public int callbackOrder => 0;
+
+        private string[] _originalSearchPaths;
+        private bool _injected;
+
+        public void OnPreprocessBuild(BuildReport report)
+        {
+            AssemblySettings assemblySettings = ObfuzSettings.Instance.assemblySettings;
+            _originalSearchPaths = assemblySettings.additionalAssemblySearchPaths
+                                   ?? System.Array.Empty<string>();
+            _injected = true;
+
+            string hotUpdateDir =
+                SettingsUtil.GetHotUpdateDllsOutputDirByTarget(report.summary.platform);
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(hotUpdateDir) || !Directory.Exists(hotUpdateDir))
+            {
+                Debug.LogWarning(
+                    $"[JEngine] HybridCLR hot-update directory not found: " +
+                    $"'{hotUpdateDir}'. If the player build fails with " +
+                    $"'Assembly HotUpdate.Code not found' during Obfuz obfuscation, " +
+                    $"run 'Build Main Package (code)' from the JEngine Panel first " +
+                    $"so HybridCLR compiles the hot-update assemblies for this target.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (_originalSearchPaths.Any(p => AreSamePath(p, hotUpdateDir)))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            assemblySettings.additionalAssemblySearchPaths =
+                _originalSearchPaths.Concat(new[] { hotUpdateDir }).ToArray();
+
+            Debug.Log(
+                $"[JEngine] Injected HybridCLR hot-update dir into Obfuz search " +
+                $"paths for this build: {hotUpdateDir}");
+        }
+
+        public void OnPostprocessBuild(BuildReport report)
+        {
+            if (!_injected) return;
+
+            ObfuzSettings.Instance.assemblySettings.additionalAssemblySearchPaths =
+                _originalSearchPaths;
+            _originalSearchPaths = null;
+            _injected = false;
+        }
+
+        private static bool AreSamePath(string a, string b)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(a) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(b)) return false;
+            try
+            {
+                return Path.GetFullPath(a).TrimEnd(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar)
+                    == Path.GetFullPath(b).TrimEnd(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/UnityProject/Packages/com.jasonxudeveloper.jengine.core/Editor/CustomEditor/ObfuzHotUpdateSearchPathInjector.cs.meta b/UnityProject/Packages/com.jasonxudeveloper.jengine.core/Editor/CustomEditor/ObfuzHotUpdateSearchPathInjector.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf55a577
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
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diff --git a/UnityProject/Packages/com.jasonxudeveloper.jengine.ui/Tests/Editor/Utilities/EditorUtilsTests.cs.meta b/UnityProject/Packages/com.jasonxudeveloper.jengine.ui/Tests/Editor/Utilities/EditorUtilsTests.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..732a874d
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