[Female-oriented, entertainment industry variety show, high-IQ crime, secret identity exposed, childhood friends]
Gu Qinghuan, 25, appears to be a stunning criminal psychology professor who can never get enough sleep. In secret, she's the globally adored queen of mystery and detective fiction, Agatha Jin. On the first day of winter break, she killed off the most popular genius character in her novel. Readers around the world revolted, and major publishers received threats. To help her lie low, her mother forced her onto the immersive travel survival show Extreme Escape.
She'd expected to coast through the show, but her childhood friend, top-tier star Lu Xingye, was there too. Worse still, hackers seized control of the production, and a real murder took place on set. The method was eerily similar to the serial killings in her book!
A synthetic, voice-altered mechanical voice rang out over the surveillance system: “To my one and only creator: rewrite the ending, or this show becomes a real-life hell.”
With a trap closing in and a high-IQ, unhinged villain taunting her, Gu Qinghuan was forced to reveal her true self. Meanwhile, desperate to protect her, Lu Xingye started exposing her secret identities one by one during a livestream, all to prove her innocence...
The world erupted: “We were told she was a professor who couldn't hurt a fly. How is she the mystery-writing god who toyed with readers all over the world?!”
