At midnight, all seven billion people on Earth received the same message:
[Welcome to the Rules Horror Game. Follow the rules and live; break them and die.]
Office worker Chen Chi was dragged into the "Midnight Convenience Store" instance. Faced with three rules that meant certain death, he awakened a strange ability at the brink of life and death: Rule Alteration.
Change one word, and turn the tables.
He changed "Mobile phones are prohibited" to "Mobile phones are permitted," triggering a backlash that left him unconscious for three days. He changed "The exit is at the end of the corridor" to "Turn left at the end of the corridor to find the exit," saving his entire team but bleeding from every orifice.
The side effects were too severe and the cooldown too long, so he had to play the pig to eat the tiger. His teammates called him "a useless guy who got lucky."
From scraping by in two-star instances to clearing five-star instances alone; from being a laughingstock with an F rating from the alliance to becoming a Rules BUG coveted by every faction.
Step by step, Chen Chi uncovered the truth behind the horror stories: beings who ruled over higher-dimensional laws were using humanity as a proving ground, collecting the energy of despair and hope.
Before the final showdown, he faced one ultimate rule:
[Humanity must pass the selection to survive.]
Chen Chi raised his hand and changed one word.
"Humanity can survive through cooperation."
Every instance shut down, and the backlash swallowed his consciousness like a rising tide.
A year later, on a street in the new era, Qin Shuangya turned around and saw the young man with dark circles beneath his eyes smile at her.
