Pact with the Ghosts

When the first line of blood appeared in the blank pages of the Wordless Blood Book in the library late one night, Wu Chen's ordinary life came to an abrupt end.

"You will witness death, then become it."

Forced to enter into a contract with this eerie object, which knew the future but demanded a cruel price, Wu Chen became a "Contractor," one who twisted the rules while wandering the shadows of the modern city. He touched a stopped pocket watch, trading years of his life for a moment of eternity. He lit a lamp in his heart, using memories to drive away madness. Every time he used the power of an eerie object, he came one step closer to "succumbing" and becoming something inhuman.

But this was not just his personal tragedy. The ancient organization "Cleaners" maintained a fragile balance, while the fanatics of the "One Return Society" longed to embrace corruption. And all the clues pointed to a "City Without Light" sunk in the cracks of history, as well as a desperate truth stretching across a thousand years: eerie objects were contamination from another dimension, and the "Eternal Night" marked the end of a cycle of civilization.

When eerie objects around the world erupted into chaos at once, the boundary between reality and nightmare began to melt. Wu Chen faced his final choice. Inheriting the "Anchor of the World" meant eternal loneliness and transformation, as he became a cold, impersonal rule. Refusing meant all things would fall silent.

He opened the Wordless Blood Book and saw, on the final page, the answer he had written long ago.

This is a story about price, contracts, and the survival of civilization. It is a dark epic about seeking the final coordinates of humanity along a path of inevitable corruption.