Praise the Fool: Chronicles of the Eclipsed Sun

This is a world shrouded in the “Eclipse Fog.” Three hundred years ago, a black sun rose and released gray fog that spread across the world. The fog erodes people’s minds, twists their flesh, and awakens the “Echoes,” ancient terrifying beings buried deep underground and within the human heart. Humanity has retreated to cities possessing “glowstone,” relying on its light to hold back the fog.

But the fog also brought power. After coming into contact with it, a tiny fraction of people awaken and embark on one of twenty-two “Echo Paths,” gaining supernatural powers with which to fight the beings whispering within the fog.

· Protagonist:

· Identity: In his previous life, he was a mystery novelist in the modern world, skilled in logical deduction and creating an atmosphere of horror. After transmigrating, he becomes a corpse collector in a glowstone city, a lowly worker responsible for clearing away bodies of those killed by the fog’s corruption. After an accident, he finds a mysterious fragment of a broken stone tablet on a corpse. Strange knowledge and the rudiments of a role-playing method appear in his mind.

· Core traits: Extremely cautious, meticulous, and skilled at disguising himself through “role-playing.” At the same time, he has a mild “perceptual disorder”: on occasion, he sees the “true” side of the world, such as blood vessels inside walls and the shadows of souls within the living. It is both a gift and a curse.

· Golden finger: The fragment of the stone tablet in his mind lets him understand the “role-playing method” more clearly. It can also “store” a trace of potions he has already digested, strengthening his “perception” and allowing him to see more of the truth.

II. Core Setting: Twenty-Two All-New “Echo Paths”