The sensation of weightlessness as the elevator plummeted was the last thing Xie Chen clearly remembered. As he hovered on the brink of death, a vast, cold, indescribable will descended and forcibly pulled him back from the edge. In exchange, he was branded with the mark of an evil god’s favor and cast into a terrifying world filled with twisted monsters and deadly rules.
Unlike the other players fighting to survive, Xie Chen gained a strange talent: Emotion Reaper. He can sense, guide, and even manipulate the emotions of those fearsome beings. He can nourish himself with fear, trade despair for strength, ignite traps with anger, or even use comfort to steal a sliver of illusory loyalty.
Hideous vengeful spirits become “experience packs” for improving his mental resilience. Roaring monsters are a “materials library” for crafting cursed weapons. Strange environments are “testing grounds” for his talent. While others scream in terror in the darkness, Xie Chen calmly weighs which emotional “harvest” will yield the greatest reward.
But the favor granted by the abyss is not without a price. As he grows stronger, his soul’s connection to the evil god deepens, and whispers echo incessantly in his ears. He must tread carefully along the blade’s edge: using this power to survive the endless-stream nightmare while resisting its temptation, lest he become a puppet controlled by the evil god, or even… a part of it.
This is a perilous journey that turns a horror game into a dark cultivation adventure. He is both prey and hunter, a shepherd who may yet become the ultimate sacrifice.
