Nightmares Descend, and My Golden Finger Is a Little Beast

[Cthulhu Mythos + Rule-Based Horror + Apocalypse + No Romance]

(Focus: satisfying contrasts, bizarre cheat abilities, reality distortion)

The Dreamfall Era has arrived! The whole world is gripped by terror!

Nightmares invade reality. Monsters run rampant, sanity crumbles, and humanity struggles to survive within thirteen “safe zones.”

Shi An is a wage slave on the verge of starving to death, yet he is immune to nightmare invasions.

But he can hardly be happy about it.

Because parasitizing his brain is an [SSS-Rank Nightmare: Baby] floating in formalin.

The little “tyrant's” only joy is using its reality-warping powers to torment Shi An!

Shi An: “I have a job interview! Please don't mess with me!”

[The baby raises its middle finger: suit → bikini!]

Shi An: “I'm trying to eat! This is my only steamed bun!”

[The baby yawns: steamed bun → diarrhea-inducing laxative!]

Shi An: “Help! The A-Rank dream creature, the Butcher, is coming to kill me!”

[The baby giggles: the Butcher's cleaver → lollipop!]

The Butcher: “???”

Shi An: “???”

While everyone else struggles to survive in nightmares, Shi An is locked in a battle of wits with his own cheat ability.

“You little brat! Are you here to help me or mess with me?!”

[Baby: Hehe, you tell me!]

Until an SSS-Rank mythic dream arrives,