Beneath the neon-lit modern city lies a hidden realm known as the “Inner World.” Lin Ye, a food delivery rider, lives an ordinary life scraping by until a bizarre car accident hurls him into a bloody battlefield of ability users. When he awakens among the ruins, a cold mechanical voice rings in his mind: [Shadow Overlord System activated.]
This ruined city, known as the “Eroded Realm,” lies at the boundary between the inner and outer worlds. Here, giant mantis-like Scytheclaws rip through concrete as easily as paper, the venom of three-headed Serpent Demons corrodes steel, and “Hunters” lurk in the shadows, targeting ability users’ heads for bounties. Clutching the Shadow Blade he obtained by chance, Lin Ye discovers he can control shadows to devour monsters. After every fight to the death, a terrifying power surges through his blood.
When he rescues a dying silver-badged agent amid a bloody battle, a shocking secret comes to light: the “S City subway collapse,” the bizarre accident that killed his parents three years ago, is closely connected to the ability world’s highest-level secret, the “Eroded Realm Project.” The Shadow Council, the Hunter Legion, and the Authority vie for power among the ruins, while the ever-evolving System inside Lin Ye is pushing him toward the heart of the storm.
[Warning: Host has triggered “Shadow Rampage” state]
[Warning: Ancient-god-level energy fluctuations detected]
[Final mission unlocked: Devour the Core of the Eroded Realm]
From a delivery bag to the Shadow Throne, from a utility knife to a demonic blade that can cleave through space: when Lin Ye stands atop the shattered dome at the highest point of the Eroded Realm, countless monster corpses lie beneath his feet.
