Squid Game: The Dangerous Trigger

He was a bottom-rung office drone, living a life where working around the clock was the norm and working 996 was considered a blessing.

That night, as usual, he returned from the office to the tiny room he rented and scrolled through Douyin, which could make time "speed up." Suddenly, a message popped up on his phone:

"Are you feeling hopeless in this numb, mediocre world? Do you want to get rich overnight? Do you want to own a mansion and have wives and concubines galore? Come join the game! One game is all it takes to rise above everyone else. What are you waiting for? Come on in!"

"Tch! What a slogan. Not an ounce of originality!"

Still, Lin Shu clicked through without hesitation. After all, there were so many foreign challenge games on Douyin. Maybe this one was real. Even if it was fake, he didn't have much money in his bank account anyway.

As for having his information harvested, Lin Shu didn't care. These days, whenever you downloaded an app, the people behind it practically demanded that you fill in every detail about yourself, or you couldn't use it.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.