Lin Ye (25, food delivery rider, former professional esports player, withdrawn after being “betrayed” by a teammate, and obsessively punctual); Core System: The Life-and-Death Delivery System (connects the liminal space between life and death in all three realms and delivers “life-and-death meals”; if a delivery is late, both the courier and the client will have their souls scattered); Theme: Beneath his obsession with punctuality lies a reverence for life and friendship. Reconciliation offers redemption from the shadows of the past.
On a stormy night, after Lin Ye finished his last delivery in the human world, a “Life-and-Death Delivery System” that couldn’t be uninstalled suddenly appeared on his phone. Its first order generated automatically: [Recipient: A Qing the Fox Spirit; Address: Soul Resting Place No. 3, Withered Bone Forest, Demon Realm; Meal: Soul-Congealing Porridge; Deadline: 60 minutes; Late Penalty: The courier and client will perish together.] The System opened a dimensional rift, pulling Lin Ye and the food into the Demon Realm. The moment he entered Withered Bone Forest, he was struck by poisonous miasma. His vision blurred, and demonic energy repeatedly disrupted his phone’s navigation.
Worse, he discovered that the Soul-Congealing Porridge in his delivery box was rapidly cooling. The System warned him: “Life-and-death meals must be kept above 37°C to take effect. If the temperature gets too low, the client’s soul will be scattered.” At the same time, memories flashed through his mind of the year he lost the esports finals. At the crucial moment, his teammate Shen Hao had “deliberately” made a mistake, causing the team to collapse. That was the source of Lin Ye’s withdrawal and obsession with punctuality, grounding his motivations in past trauma and setting the stage for an emotional outburst later on.
