Rules-based horror + infinite realms + two female leads + management + treasure appraisal + light Lovecraftian horror
Antique appraiser Gu Nian was at the end of her rope when she signed a devil’s contract and became an employee at the Three Crossings Pawnshop.
Her job: transmigrate through all kinds of rules-based horror worlds and retrieve “Forbidden Objects.”
Luckily, she had her golden finger, the Source of All Things, which let her see the “attribute panels” of every uncanny object!
From then on, the horror worlds became her markets for stocking up.
A sofa that eats people? Perfect, she could take it home as a pet!
A ghostly phone call that never ends? Perfect, she could package it up and sell it to her enemies!
While others fought for their lives in the instances, Gu Nian went on a shopping spree, figuring out how to expense her travel costs to the boss.
The pawnshop’s stunning, mysterious qipao-clad proprietress, Wangchuan, always spoke in the laziest tone while saying the most heartless things:
“Xiao Gu, if you don’t meet your sales target this month, you can pay off your debt with yourself.”
Later, Gu Nian became the “King of Uncanny Objects,” a legend among players, and amassed priceless treasures.
The proprietress Wangchuan drew her into her arms and whispered with a laugh, “The whole pawnshop can be yours, but you have to be mine.”
Gu Nian: “Boss, romance costs money. Why don’t we figure out how much your freedom would cost first?”
