The paranormal returns, and the world's rules collapse. Deadly rules lurk in everyday life, and a single misstep means death. The official organization AAC tries to maintain order, but it is riven with internal divisions. Meanwhile, black-market magnates and mad researchers secretly conduct forbidden human experiments, seeking to control the power of the “Gate.”
Lu Jin, a former delivery worker, unexpectedly awakens during a deadly elevator trap, gaining a faint ability to sense and even alter local rules. To survive and uncover the truth behind his father's sacrifice and the apocalypse, he uses his status as an AAC contractor as cover. Alongside Ye Li, a doctor with the ability to empathize, hacker Lin Buyu, strongman Chen Shi, and others, he forms a team struggling to survive in a ruined city.
The protagonist's power is not a simple boost to his fighting ability, but “rule modification.” He searches for and rewrites the rules of death in desperate situations, using his wits to break out of traps.
The story emphasizes teamwork and survival skills, portraying the characters' choices and growth in the face of despair with realism.
The plot centers on intelligence warfare and psychological battles. The protagonists use false identities to set traps and draw their enemies out, matching wits with powerful opponents.
This is a story about searching for a glimmer of light in the darkness and rewriting one's fate in desperate circumstances, in a world where the rules have collapsed.
When the night of the blood moon arrives, one clenches a fist that can foresee death, while another holds down an ice lotus growing in their veins. At the border between humanity and the uncanny, they become bound to one another.
