Rules Invade: I Solve Mysteries in the City

Protagonist: Lin Yan | Golden finger: Logical Anchoring, which lets him see the underlying logic chains behind rules and find loopholes “Rule Invasion” has erupted worldwide: you must remain silent on the subway, nobody remembers the midnight broadcast, and you must never look in a mirror for more than three seconds... Anyone who breaks a rule is erased from existence. While everyone else runs for their lives, Lin Yan, a graduate student in mathematics, searches for loopholes. “Do not leave this building.” He climbs out the window, because the rule never defines what counts as “leaving.” “Do not make a sound louder than 20 decibels at night.” He uses white noise to interfere with the measuring device, because the rule never defines the measurement standard. The supernatural descends, and the world is thrown into panic. He exploits logical loopholes to crack one S-rank rule after another, rising from an Anchor to a Deconstructor to a Rewriter, until he discovers the truth: the Rule Invasion is targeting him. And every rule he cracks is speeding up the test's transition to its next stage... An overwhelming battle of wits, rule-breaking, and high-dimensional strategy. Explosive pacing and nonstop thrills! This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.