The Gray Zone Descends, and I Can See the Hidden Rules

Synopsis Read the original text The day South City No. 3 Middle School was swallowed by the Gray Zone, Lu Chen discovered that he could see what others could not: the original text hidden behind the rules. The Gray Zone is a supernatural space governed by rules: students must sit in class, and anyone who breaks the rules will be folded up. Anyone still on campus after the final bell faces a ruthless cleanup by patrols in triple their usual numbers. Everyone struggles to survive in the gaps between the rules, while Lu Chen uses his ability to read the original text to peel back the Gray Zone's disguises, layer by layer, and uncover the truly deadly dangers hidden beneath its apparent rules. The fragments of building blocks his mother left behind, a mysterious woman trapped in the Gray Zone for three years, and the Gray Zone Research Institute, secretly cutting off information. As forty-one keys gradually come together, the truth about the Gray Zone's origins emerges: it wasn't a natural disaster, but an awakening engineered by design. The rules are both a cage and a clue. Lu Chen must stay one step ahead of them, or he'll be the next one folded up. Would you like me to come up with a title for this work? This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.