“Welcome to the infinite instance. Clear them to earn points. Once you reach 100,000 points, you can retire.”
When the announcement ended, everyone believed it.
Only two people knew those 100,000 points were the price of a life: their own, and each other's.
Protagonist One: Shen Si
Identity: Former “Adjudicator,” ranked No. 1 on the points leaderboard
Personality: Cool, rational, and sparing with words
Ability: Severing Causal Threads: Can forcibly end the “main storyline” of any instance, at the cost of his own lifespan
Weakness: Only 137 days of life remain
Protagonist Two: Yan Yu
Identity: Former “Mender,” ranked No. 2 on the points leaderboard
Personality: Unhinged, sharp-tongued, and fond of smiling
Ability: Weaving Worldlines: Can reset an instance to “New Game Plus,” at the cost of scrambled memories
Weakness: After his memories get scrambled, he remembers only Shen Si and forgets everything else
