After Chen Zhou woke up, he was thrown into a "human value test" that spanned ancient times, modern times and the future.
Epidemic city, palace, trial, shipwreck, stock market crash, nuclear crisis, space colonization...
Every world has a strange set of rules, and for every choice someone must be sacrificed.
And all the death records have the same name written on them - Chen Zhou.
He must prove before the rules eat everyone up:
The true value of human beings has never been obedience.
Reader comments
I thought it was just an ordinary horror suspense, but after reading it I realized that the story is full of in-depth questioning of "people". The system's existence is defined by user registration, memory, and numerical values, forcing everyone to sacrifice each other in exchange for survival. The county magistrate pursues power, the people compromise for food, and the nameless girl is burdened with eternal oblivion. The selfishness and softness of human nature in desperate situations are vividly written. The protagonist Chen Zhou did not take the shortcut of sacrificing others, and tried his best to break the deadlock of "only one person can survive." The ending discussion about identity, memory and existence touched people's hearts. Horror is just the shell, the core is what a real "human" is. The writing is exquisite and full of atmosphere, and it has great staying power.
A rare logical closed-loop rule-based suspense article. Every rule in the city hides a trap, including the county government's medicine, the underground bells, the repeated reincarnations of the previous dead officials, all the foreshadowing to the liquidation are all ended. The story is not limited to breaking through and escaping. It takes advantage of the cruel setting that only one person can survive among thirty-seven people, and dismantles the realistic human nature of group pursuit of profit and self-sacrifice. After reading it, you can't help but ponder the meaning of identity and memory. It has great stamina.
Not bad, not bad. It's very interesting. I've been short of books recently. I just picked up a book and I didn't expect to finish it. [Thoughts]
I read the first two chapters in one go. It's the first time I've seen this kind of ancient rule-based ghost story➕cyclic plot. The setting is quite novel. I'm looking forward to the update [Sending my heart]
I thought it was just an ordinary horror suspense, but after reading it I realized that the story is full of in-depth questioning of "people". The system's existence is defined by user registration, memory, and numerical values, forcing everyone to sacrifice each other in exchange for survival. The county magistrate pursues power, the people compromise for food, and the nameless girl is burdened with eternal oblivion. The selfishness and softness of human nature in desperate situations are vividly written. The protagonist Chen Zhou did not take the shortcut of sacrificing others, and tried his best to break the deadlock of "only one person can survive." The ending discussion about identity, memory and existence touched people's hearts. Horror is just the shell, the core is what a real "human" is. The writing is exquisite and full of atmosphere, and it has great staying power.
A rare logical closed-loop rule-based suspense article. Every rule in the city hides a trap, including the county government's medicine, the underground bells, the repeated reincarnations of the previous dead officials, all the foreshadowing to the liquidation are all ended. The story is not limited to breaking through and escaping. It takes advantage of the cruel setting that only one person can survive among thirty-seven people, and dismantles the realistic human nature of group pursuit of profit and self-sacrifice. After reading it, you can't help but ponder the meaning of identity and memory. It has great stamina.
Not bad, not bad. It's very interesting. I've been short of books recently. I just picked up a book and I didn't expect to finish it. [Thoughts]
I read the first two chapters in one go. It's the first time I've seen this kind of ancient rule-based ghost story➕cyclic plot. The setting is quite novel. I'm looking forward to the update [Sending my heart]