Fresh out of junior college and drowning in debt, Jiang Yu spent thirty yuan at a secondhand market on a dull, old-fashioned silver-patterned ring.
From then on, his consciousness could enter the "Ruins Realm," a shattered wasteland in another world. It was filled with mutated monsters, ancient ruin spirits, floating giant rings, and sealed stone platforms. Killing monsters could yield crystal stones, dried hides, potions, incomplete martial arts techniques, and even extraordinary items he could bring back to reality.
But this isn't an invincible power fantasy.
He can enter for at most four hours a day, or risk mental exhaustion. His body remains in reality, and an attack forces him out. High-level monsters may be able to sense his real-world location. Excessive use over a long period can even cause auditory hallucinations... More terrifying still, a mysterious organization calling itself the "Gatekeepers" has been watching him for a long time. They used part of his mother, Jiang Lan, to make a "lock" for a sealed fragment.
When Jiang Yu is forced to release the fragment, when creatures from the Ruins Realm begin seeping into reality, and when the plans his mother laid twenty-three years ago begin to unfold one by one...
Only then does he realize that what he put on wasn't a golden finger, but a trap that two generations failed to escape.
The seven-day countdown has begun.
In seven days, he must either absorb the fragment and become a "god," or be consumed by it and turned into a sacrifice.
Jiang Yu's choice is to forge a third path.
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