The Final Days of the Twelve Offices

When consciousness returns in a desolate plaza, Lin Chen discovers that he and dozens of strangers have been cast into a strange dimension known as the "Phantom Void Realm." Everything resets every twenty days. Behind this endless survival game lurks the unconscious manipulation of an ancient god that feeds on emotions, the "Heart-Eroding Webweaver." Its roots spread underground, whispers lurk in the fog, and extreme emotions are magnified without limit, becoming nourishment for the harvesting of souls.

The "Twelve Offices of the Phantom Void" are like prison wardens, controlling bizarre rules governing light and shadow, sound, space-time, and more. They serve the ancient god, yet secretly harbor ambitions to break free. Former special forces soldier Chen Feng can punch through rock, but cannot withstand the accusations of his comrades in the illusions. Professor Li, a physicist, uses equations to dissect the supernatural, yet glimpses the secret of the ancient god's birth in murals at prehistoric ruins. Zhao Ying, a mysterious restorer of ancient books, can read the ancient god's script, but struggles between redemption and betrayal because of her family's curse.

Lin Chen awakens a "data-analysis psychic ability" that tears open loopholes in the rules. His girlfriend, Su Qing, has "psychic empathy" that soothes people's hearts, but it also makes them the ancient god's most enticing offerings. As scarlet fog swallows the realm, the Twelve Offices' schemes weave into a net, and the truth behind the resets points to the ancient god harvesting energy, they must gather twelve primordial tokens within twenty days and activate the Soul-Suppressing Array at moonrise. Will they become emotional offerings to the ancient god, or use reason and kindness to break the chains of the cycle? In this desperate struggle spanning reality and the void, every step tests the limits of human nature, and every choice determines whether they will live to see the dawn of the twentieth day.