The world underwent a sudden transformation, and rule-horror games descended upon humanity.
Hospitals, schools, amusement parks... Every familiar place became a deadly logic trap.
Answer a question incorrectly, and you’re erased. Disobey an order, and you’re erased. Even breathing might trigger an instant-death penalty.
Chen Mo, a former game designer, entered the game with the talent “Absolute Bug Finder.”
[Trial by Fire] in which your blood is burned? Sorry, in my “Unlimited Healing” version, your torch is just a lighter.
[Werewolf] where no one survives? No worries, I wrote a “Knight Patrol” algorithm. Werewolves, behave yourselves.
While everyone else risked their lives through trial and error, he solved the puzzles with a designer’s mindset.
While others struggled to survive before the boss, he submitted bug reports to the System.
Until one day, the mastermind behind it all finally lost patience:
“Chen Mo, what are you trying to do?!”
Chen Mo looked at the game he’d turned into a sieve and pushed up his nonexistent glasses.
“Nothing much. I just want to teach you how to make a good game without bugs.”
“And I’m the answer you’ll never manage to test out: the perfect build.”