Dreams in a Cage

[Emotionless Female Lead] [Supernatural Strength] [Golden Finger Mind Games] [Vast Worldbuilding]

The world looks high-definition to everyone else, but to Qi Ji, it comes with annotations.

As the owner of a struggling bookstore, Qi Ji has recently developed a "strange illness."

When he looks at the blue-and-white porcelain vase claimed to have been passed down since the Ming Dynasty, a line of black text floats before his eyes:

[Origin: Yiwu Wholesale Market. Suggested retail price: 35 yuan, shipping included.]

When he looks at the bowl of addictive, wildly popular beef offal soup at the alley entrance, a cold footnote appears:

[Ingredients: gutter oil, chili extract, and 0.5% extract of Abyssal worms.]

He thought this was just a golden finger for finding bargains and making money. That was until, on a rainy night, a woman collapsed outside his shop.

[Unstable vessel.]

[Status: On the verge of a nuclear meltdown.]

[A: Call the police and have the authorities dispose of her. B: Save her and bear the weight of the world.]

Qi Ji sighed and locked the door. "I'm just a bookseller. Why are you forcing me to save the world?"

But this was only the beginning.

Beneath the everyday world, hidden behind "404," a mad truth was writhing.

The arrogant official organization known as "Caged Bird" was sealing everything away, while madmen wearing poker masks tried to tear open the curtain of reality.

On the other side of the world, a conspiracy spanning trillions of years was slowly unfolding...

In this script destined for destruction, Qi Ji held the only pen.

"If reality is a shoddy book filled with tragedies, then let me add... a final full stop."