Su Ye can live through the final sixty seconds of the dead. She experiences everything: pain, suffocation, fear. And afterward, the dead person's emotions take hold of her, leaving her sobbing uncontrollably.
But her hands never shake when she cries.
This ability made her the most terrifying player in the Abyss Game. Not because she can fight, but because she can always find loopholes in the rules and turn everyone into her pawns. Even the amnesiac killer.
He Yuan doesn't remember who he is or why he kills, but his body remembers one thing: get close to Su Ye. When he's near her, his hands stop shaking. His heartbeat returns to normal. Only near her does he feel alive.
He says, "Don't touch me," but his body has already moved behind her. He claims, "I'm just protecting the mission target," while his ears turn bright red. He's been used a hundred times, and still says for the hundred-and-first time, "Ask me, and I'll let go."
Su Ye uses him. She makes use of his knife, his skills, and the inexplicable fixation he developed after losing his memories. She thinks she's simply playing a game of chess, with herself as the player and everyone else as pawns.
But she forgets: use a pawn long enough, and it will recognize its master.
Shen Ye sits on the other side of the chessboard, watching it all. He's a neurosurgeon, a high-level Abyss Game player, and a refined scoundrel who treats death as experimental data. He doesn't kill people. He enjoys watching them struggle, especially Su Ye. She thinks every step she takes is her own, when in reality, every step follows a line he's drawn. He likes to tame people.
In short, the sight of her making threats with reddened eyes makes both madmen want to watch for one more second.
