Chen Wangyan is an ordinary unlucky guy.
Until one day, he receives a black package with no sender information. Inside are a strange-looking phone and a note.
"Congratulations, you have been selected. Please go to Exit A of the People's Square subway station at exactly 3:00 p.m. today to claim your first life bonus. Refuse or fail, and one of your life skills will be randomly deducted (sense of taste, hearing in your left ear, or memories of your first love)."
Thinking it's someone's prank, Chen Wangyan scoffs.
At exactly 3:00 p.m., he suddenly loses hearing in his left ear. He clutches it in terror as the phone rings, and a cheerful, deranged voice comes through.
"Well, well! Looks like our first player is in position! Welcome to the farcical spectacle of human life, Mr. Chen. Now, begin your performance..."
Losing his hearing is only the beginning. He's forced into one twisted urban game after another, designed by the organizers, where his opponents are other players who were chosen just like him.
The prize money is absurdly high, but the punishments strike directly at the very essence of a person.
This isn't the power of ghosts or gods. It's a contest that puts human nature in a pressure cooker and fries, boils, and stews it.
We're all ordinary people, yet someone always wants to turn us into clowns in a farce.
