Deadly livestreams. Ice-cold rules. Humanity struggles to survive in bizarre game instances around the globe.
Chen Mo, a genius game designer haunted by his past, is swept into this bloody spectacle. In a death game where everyone is fighting for their lives, he discovers that he has unique abilities:
[Save/Load] lets him pay with his life to test every possible path to survival and every dead end.
[Rule-Editing Pen] lets him tear a loophole into an otherwise impossible situation at its very source.
While others fear the phantom on the [Midnight Bus], after reloading three times, he smiles and tweaks the rule "Do not look back" to read "Do not turn around quickly."
While others beg for votes on the stage of [Death Idol], he turns the rules against the game, transforming the dead end of elimination for getting zero votes into an extra-time performance.
But Chen Mo gradually realizes that every use of his powers takes a small piece of his humanity and his memories. His many "rule-breaking" maneuvers have also attracted the attention of the supreme beings behind the game.
This is more than just a survival game.
It is a cold experiment conducted by a higher civilization.
Every player is an observed "variable," and Chen Mo is the biggest bug of all.
When the System's "Administrator" enters the game in person to erase him, and his companions keep sacrificing themselves for their beliefs, Chen Mo stands before the System core and faces his final choice:
Will he shed his emotions and become a merciless new god who maintains order?
Or will he burn away every last shred of his humanity and bet on a free future for every trapped consciousness?
This is the ultimate rebellion against the gods, with the world as the board, rules as the strings, and humanity as the wager!
