On the night of the welcome party, the dormitory building is like a giant plastic bag, holding both a new life and an unreasonable fear. Someone on the other side of the screen says, “They're not even that close,” and the others egg them on, place bets, and send gifts, as if watching a show that has nothing to do with them. The Observer pins this malice to the top, gives it weight, and turns it into reality.
Li Jin is forced into the game. What he gets isn't a cheat, but an unfathomable “abyss of desire” that can make the uncanny things succumb, and can make people succumb too. But every time he wins, he loses a little of his ability to want: to laugh, to explain himself, to embrace, to be loved... Until he realizes that the most terrifying thing isn't a ghost, but the echo of human hearts amplified.
