The provincial science-track top scorer, with bachelor's and master's degrees from Tsinghua and Peking University, returned to his hometown to deliver takeout. Yang Yi's carefully concealed identity as an “ordinary person” for the past ten years shattered completely the day his younger sister awakened her supernatural ability.
A sister who could foresee the future, a classmate who could create puppets, fellow Awakened who sacrificed themselves before his eyes, a cult declaring that “the whole city will be sacrificed”...
Overnight, a barrier sealed off H City. Animals across the city went mad, and a tide of rats swept over everything.
Yang Yi was just an ordinary person, until a third eye opened in the middle of his forehead.
Beneath his Heavenly Eye, the true nature of energy could not be concealed.
He could do what the Awakened could not.
But his enemies were not just the cult. They included suspicion among the Awakened, the panic of millions of residents, and a “god” who descended from the heavens.
“When the inverted bowl comes down, this city will become a sacrifice to the gods.”
This time, he would hide no longer.
The thrills: outsmarting everyone, awakening abilities, sacrifices by an ensemble cast, and breaking through the barrier.
The rhythm is tight and the male protagonist is not brainless. There is a plot twist (this should not be considered a spoiler.). All in all not bad.