[Infinite Streaming × Cthulhu Micro-Terror × System Upgrade × Sanity Defense Line]
When he woke up, Lin Chen found that he had been thrown into an infinite death loop called the "liminal corridor". Death is not the end, but just the beginning of waking up in a weirder and twisted scene next time. The creeping shadows in the rotting hospital, the suffocating gazes outside the deep-sea base, the blasphemous whispers echoing on the endless highway... The ubiquitous whispers corrode the nerves and challenge the bottom line of human reason.
Want to survive this Cthulhu-like nightmare? The only hope is the cold metal ring on the wrist - the "Path Planner". This weird system became Lin Chen's last resort. It not only releases a near-death survival mission and quantifies his precarious "SAN value", but more importantly, provides a cruel but powerful upgrade path: completing tasks, analyzing the indescribable phenomena in the corridors, and even actively hunting those twisted entities, you can earn "cognitive crystal cores".
Upgrade! Become stronger! It is Lin Chen's only weapon to break this cycle of despair! By consuming the crystal core, he can exchange for: "Spiritual Barrier" that temporarily isolates the crazy murmurs, "True Sight" that can see through some illusions, or "Desecration Strike" that gives the fist the power to tear apart flesh and blood aberrations. Every system upgrade means that he has stronger capital to fight against this crazy world.
However, with power comes deadly erosion. With every upgrade, the chaotic noise coming from deep within the system becomes clearer, as if something indescribable is laughing in the code...
