Pretending to Be a Newbie, I Got Locked Down by the Dungeon's Final Boss

[Infinite-flow + Rules-based horror + Eldritch god fragments as the love interest + Faked death and identity reveal + Plot-driven power fantasy.]

Chu Yuan was once the only “god” in the horror game.

To clear the final instance, he deceived an indescribable being from the abyss, betrayed the vampire prince, and broke the heart of the mechanical city lord. Then, at the height of their obsession, he took the game's core down with him.

When he woke up, Chu Yuan had become a frail newbie who had just been pulled into the horror game.

He had planned to use his past-life experience to keep a low profile and scrape by until he cleared the game. But as soon as he entered the first instance, [Crimson Manor], the manor's master, rumored to tear every living creature to shreds, knelt amid the blood and reverently kissed his pale fingertips. In a hoarse, feverish voice, he asked, “Master, have you finally decided to visit your follower?”

Chu Yuan's scalp prickled. He tried desperately to pull his hand away. “You've got the wrong person. I'm just passing through.”

In the next moment, countless crimson tentacles blocked every escape route. From the darkness came a chilling whisper: “The wrong person? Then why... do you smell so much like me?”