[Cthulhu Mythos + male-oriented + no dumbed-down characters + bizarre] New book underway, please give it a chance.
When reality starts to “dream,” reason is the last line of defense.
He has no System, only a “cheat” that can turn him into a monster.
He and his brothers are the last anchors in this mad world.
Shen Ye, a former archaeology graduate student who runs an old bookstore, has an extremely faint trace of Old One blood flowing through him.
He has no golden finger, only an inescapable “curse”:
Corruption Resonance. It lets him sense the direction of bizarre phenomena and glimpse fragments of indescribable memories, but it also mutates his body and makes him lose control of his mind, sending him step by step toward an inhuman abyss.
Becoming a monster does not necessarily mean losing one's humanity.
Perhaps a monster retaining its heart is the last answer.