Rule Horror: Playing Bald Qiang in Gou Xiong Ridge

[Mystery and mind-bending twists + national fate + rules-based horror + childhood icons + no romance]

Rules-based horror descended upon Blue Star. The Dragon Kingdom suffered seven consecutive defeats, and eerie fog swallowed more than half its territory.

This was the final battle for national fate. Lose, and their civilization would be erased.

Zhou Yan, an overworked office drone, was chosen as the selected one for the unknown S-rank instance, [Gou Xiong Ling].

Everyone was waiting for the Dragon Kingdom to suffer its eighth defeat.

Until Zhou Yan read the instance rules carefully:

The role he had to play was Bald Qiang.

His task was to chop trees. He must not hurt small animals, the wooden cabin was the only safe zone, and he was forbidden from going outside at night.

The whole world was already mourning him.

But Zhou Yan just smiled.

The terrifying tales everyone else saw were childhood memories etched into his DNA.

How do you placate Xiong Da and Xiong Er during the day? Just cry.

How do you hide from them when they turn eerie at night? Just act scared.

How do you answer Boss Li's calls? Just grovel.

While other countries' chosen ones were driven to the brink of madness by the twisted King Jijie, Zhou Yan was rampaging through the eerie forest with his “Bald Qiang the Coward” persona.

The global livestream chat exploded: “How the hell does that work?!”

The 1.4 billion people of the Dragon Kingdom went from despair to euphoria:

It turned out the strongest secret to clearing the game was the childhood we all shared.