Lin Mo, a 28-year-old overworked wage slave, has only three months to live because of terminal stomach cancer. But as he nears death, he is drawn into the mysterious “Afterlife Game.” A personal notification suddenly sounds in his mind, delivering rules that are half true and half false and guiding him to open the “Survival Doors” connected to local folk horrors: a sinister shadow in the mirror that imitates people, a bride in red who only kills those who break the rules, a school-uniform tunnel that never ends… Each door is fraught with danger. Breaking a rule means death, but clearing a stage can earn resources to cure his terminal illness and turn his life around.
With no golden finger, Lin Mo relies solely on the powers of observation he honed over years of playing mystery games and a will to survive etched into his bones. On the brink of life and death, he judges which rules are true, teams up with other players who are also near death, and follows the harsh principle of “don't play the saint, protect yourself first.” As he battles horrors made real, he also searches for the secrets of the “Gatekeepers” controlling the game. Behind the twelve doors lies the hope of being reborn, or an even deeper despair. In this escape game where his life is the wager, he must win to the very end.
Feeling a bit messy