When Wu Xie wakes up, after spending half his life in the grave-robbing trade, he finds himself caught in the most bizarre predicament of all: his body has shrunk, turning him into a chubby little toddler barely three heads tall, trapped inside a kindergarten where everything feels strange and eerie.
The sunlight is fake, the rainbows are painted, and beneath the air’s cloying milky sweetness lurk cold, ironclad rules. The teachers wear scripted smiles, the nursery rhymes become more terrifying the more you think about them, and disobedient children are snatched away by the “darkness.” Teddy bear guards sleep inside block-built coffins, nap time’s secret realm hides butt-spanking spiders, and a dilapidated toy castle is occupied by short-circuiting robots.
Even more ridiculous, a broken, childishly designed System has appeared in his head, issuing deadly missions every day in a coaxing, babyish voice.
The soul of a middle-aged man struggles to survive under kindergarten rules. Fortunately, he has a gluttonous but loyal little know-it-all named Wan Shi Tong by his side, along with a mysterious young man with cool eyes and skills far too good for a child... Well, now he should be called Xiao Ling.
Middle-aged Wu Xie is forced to retrace his grave-robbing path, except this time the “tombs” he explores are the nap room, the toy castle, and the depths of the kitchen. Instead of ancient grave goods, he searches for colored glass beads and master keys. Instead of corpse beetles and banshees, he faces bizarre rules and evil forces disguised as aunties and uncles.
When childhood toys become the most terrifying traps, and childish games become matters of life and death, can he use the experience of a lifetime to find his way home through this most innocent and most dangerous maze, and uncover the bone-chilling truth behind “Immortality Bubble Gum”?
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