A coolly calculating capitalist versus a fire-hearted fighter ruled by instinct.
After signing a trillion-yuan contract, Lu Chen, a top venture capitalist, is abruptly thrown into the brutal infinite System known as the Abyssal Corridor.
The game is set to hellish difficulty from the start, and he is forced to bond with a dangerous yet captivating “teammate”: Su Ran, a wild weapon with overwhelming combat power and a mysterious past.
Lu Chen uses his [Capitalist’s Eye] to assess the value of everything and leverage real-world wealth to bend the rules of the game, turning venture-capital strategy into an art of survival.
Su Ran wields his flesh and blood as a blade, using [Embers of the First Flame] to burn away every obstacle, but is constantly at risk of mental collapse and burning through his life.
From a deadly game of mutual exploitation to an absolute trust that has them standing back to back, cold calculations of profit and loss collide with a blazing instinct to protect.
They delve into bizarre scenarios: a city besieged by zombies, uncanny rule-based horror, financial hellscapes... Along the way, they expose the bloody privileges behind “pay-to-win players” and the System’s conspiracy to achieve immortality through a “consciousness farm.”
When Su Ran’s identity as the “Original First Flame” comes to light, Lu Chen is willing to sacrifice his entire real-world empire just to anchor Su Ran’s soul before it burns away.
And Su Ran lets the fire in his heart consume his life, just to illuminate a path to survival for them both.
With financial cunning, they short the rules; with a fire that spreads across the land, they burn the Entropy Lord to ash.
This is a high-stakes gamble with love as the ultimate wager.
Even at a terrible cost, an empire in ruins and the embers on the verge of dying out, they finally clasp hands on a beach at dawn, as the smoke clears.
The capitalist beast is tamed by the human weapon, while the fire in the fighter’s heart keeps a little warmth for his beloved.
Lu Chen and Su Ran sink into the abyss, then rekindle their lives through each other and find peace together for the years to come.
