[Rules-Based Horror + Superpowers + Sarcastic Protagonist + Logical Twists]
After working overtime for 36 straight hours, programmer Yu Huanian is driven to the brink of collapse by a bizarre bug that turns users’ profile pictures into alpacas. In despair, he shouts, “Unless the computer learns how to communicate with spirits!” And then the code really does repair itself.
Thinking it was a hallucination, he wakes to find himself caught up in a death game livestream watched by the entire nation: The Aegis Broadcast. The show randomly selects “lucky contestants” to take part in “rules-based horror.” If the audience guesses your supernatural ability, all that awaits you is death.
In a bizarre kindergarten, he relies on a programmer’s logic and the simple remark, “There are air bubbles in your syringe,” to make the terrifying “Heartwarming Nurse” stop attacking and carefully bleed the air out. Everyone is stunned. He isn’t playing the game; he’s editing the code!
But Ling Shuang, a veteran player, sees the truth: this isn’t a bug; it’s a rewrite of the rules. Meanwhile, the mysterious maintainer “Clockmaker” Shen Mo watches his every move from the System backend, wondering whether to erase this “variable” for good.
Welcome to The Aegis Broadcast. There are no players here, only code and lives judged by the rules.
You’re not fighting to survive. You’re writing bugs.
It's a very interesting book. The logic of bugs is parallel at the same time. Although the protagonist is a bit frustrated, I have to say that it is really enjoyable to read. Every complaint, every execution, every subversion of cognition can surprise you, and I feel that the author is a senior programmer (｡•o•｡∩)