A bizarre reincarnation space randomly abducts ordinary people. Trapped inside, they must travel through various horror instances and complete their missions. Failure means death, body and soul alike. Chu Qingyue is a hot-blooded newcomer, brimming with energy and remarkably capable. On his first day clearing a trial, he encounters Wen Qiuling, a timid girl who clings to him. She spends all day tugging at his clothes, frightened and quick to cry, like a little puppy who can't bear to be left alone. Only Wen Qiuling knows that her soft, fragile exterior is a carefully crafted disguise. Behind her eyes lies a ruthless mind that sees through the space's rules and excels at schemes and strategy.
After meeting in the Ghost Wedding instance at Locust Shade Village, Chu Qingyue feels sorry for her frailty and timidity. He volunteers to scout the dangerous routes, leaving her all the life-saving items and safe spots. Taking advantage of her closeness to the boy, Wen Qiuling uses her apparent helplessness to avoid making other players wary. She secretly gathers clues and evades deadly threats, at first treating Chu Qingyue as nothing more than a reliable shield to keep her safe. But as they face the Delusion Labyrinth, the Eerie Research Building, and the Fogbound Corpse Forest side by side again and again, their feigned companionship slowly gives way to genuine feelings, and the conflict begins to tighten around them. She must keep up her act and hide her strength to protect herself, yet she can't help secretly stepping in again and again to eliminate deadly traps lurking in the shadows for the careless Chu Qingyue, torn between maintaining her disguise and falling for him. When the paper bride in the mountain village bursts out of her sedan chair and attacks, the white palanquin suddenly shatters, sending blade-like splinters flying toward them. Chu Qingyue instinctively shields Wen Qiuling with his body. The girl, who had been trembling and on the verge of tears just moments earlier, instantly sheds her fear and calmly calls out where to dodge. After barely escaping death, she immediately reddens her eyes and curls up in the boy's arms, trembling with lingering fear. Chu Qingyue strokes her head and gently comforts her, assuming she'd only blurted out a warning in her fright. He has no idea that the timid girl in his arms
