Looking for a Horror Novel With Scary Rules and a Smart, Unsentimental Protagonist 有没有恐怖规则的主角有脑子不圣母的恐怖小说?
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Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间!
Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive.
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏!
A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp
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Thriller Game: My Hints Are More Terrifying Than the Game 惊悚游戏:我的提示比游戏恐怖
[Ridiculous comedy + power fantasy. Not scary. If that's not your thing, move along!] A mysterious dimension descends upon Earth, randomly selecting humans to take part in a horror game. Uncensorable horror livestreams spread across the internet, allowing all of humanity to witness one terrifying spectacle after another. Gu Yi is unlucky enough to be chosen as an adventurer. Fortunately, he can see mysterious hints. Following the hints, Gu Yi gradually seeks out the truth, only to discover that
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When the Gods' Child Enters the Horror World 当诸神之子进入惊悚世界后
Feng Ze always thought he was a ghost, that his mom and dad were ghosts, and that all his neighbors were ghosts too. So when he, a ghost himself, is suddenly pulled into a horror ghost game, he's as happy as a fish in the sea. People who enter the ghost game are doomed sooner or later. When Feng Ze enters, it's the ghosts who are doomed! And each game is worth 10,000 yuan in cash! He quits being a courier, food delivery rider, and security guard all at once. The ghost game is his job now. He lov
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Infinite Flow: Outrageous! The Big Shot Refuses to Act Human Every Day 无限流:离谱!大佬他每天不当人
[One-on-one romance + Two powerful leads + Infinite-flow + Comedy + Yandere] Some people enter the escape game with a bug built right in. Lu Wu is one of them. While everyone else is seriously trying to escape, Lu Wu treats the escape game as nothing more than a game. Most outrageous of all, the escape game’s boss confessed his feelings to Lu Wu. The players, who risk their lives and wade through blood just to survive, are depressed. They’re going to report Lu Wu for cheating! Lu Wu: I didn’t, I
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Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人
After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became
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Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚:因为担心不优雅而过度变态
[Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The
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Horror Game: I Get Stronger by Talking Back 恐怖游戏,抬杠我就能变强
[No romance + infinite-flow + jokes and memes + System power fantasy] Cheng Fei transmigrates into a wilderness world and thinks he's doomed, but to his surprise, he's pulled into a horror game. He realizes that these games seem to contain tons of supplies he can use to survive! So he... This book is also known as: "A Mine Owner's Self-Cultivation" "I Went on a Free Shopping Spree in the Dungeon" "I Get Stronger Every Time I Roast Someone" "They Were Already Stupid, So Why Are You Teasing Them?"
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Help! What Do I Do When a Loli Maid Is Hunting Me? 救命,被萝莉女仆追杀怎么办
[Supernatural + horror + comedy + game] Lin Che accidentally finds himself in a game called “Horror World,” where he becomes a teacher at a school for ghosts and monsters...
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I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神,于是众神陨落
[The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha
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The Mysterious Survival Game 诡秘生存游戏
[Cheat = intelligence + a Pokemon-style ability that grows stronger after the end of Volume Two. Don’t read this if you want a golden finger that mindlessly steamrolls everything.] Scan the QR code on a beautiful woman’s pocket, and download the green edition of Weixin 2.0... By a stroke of luck, Lin Chen stumbles into a mysterious game world and begins his fight for survival! In the Killer Game, players gather around a table to investigate the villain! On the Infinite Train, players vote to exe
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The Funeral Hall [Death Game] 灵堂【死亡游戏】
[Infinite Flow + horror game + survival + supernatural invasion + no System + intelligent protagonist] Twelve coffins are laid out in a funeral hall. Inside them lie the cursed people chosen by demons. If they want to escape, there is only one perilous path they can take: enter one of the blood-red coffins. Inside those coffins, unknown and terrifying missions await them, along with countless spine-chilling, thrilling games. Come on! Play a death game with the ghosts. Win and live, lose and
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Infinite Flow: Big Shot, Your Cute Persona Has Crumbled Again 无限流:大佬你软萌人设又崩了
[Episodic stories, infinite-flow, one-on-one romance between two strong and devoted leads, livestreaming, and play the pig to eat the tiger] From the start, Shen Qingyan killed an NPC and received a punishment mission: if she didn’t act like a sweet, helpless girl, she would die. So, while tackling terrifying escape missions, her teammates were busy showing their true colors, completing tasks, freaking out, and running for their lives. Meanwhile, Shen Qingyan was busy acting cute and batting her
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I'm Zhang San, and I Want a Word with the Rules of the Paranormal! 我张三,要和规则怪谈谈谈!
[Horror + eerie + hilarious + satisfying + national fortune = a serious novel] The Supreme Rules descend, selecting multiple people at random from each country to become Ascenders and take part in the Ascension Exam! Those who perform well earn high scores and even extra rewards. They can improve their own abilities and bring unexpected ascension to their country. But fail the exam, and death may be waiting for you, along with endless torment. Even your country may be beset by supernatural event
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Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏:开局手刃校花女友
[Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab
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Thriller Survival: Beating Up a Clown at the Amusement Park from the Start! 惊悚求生:开局游乐场暴揍小丑!
[Wish-Fulfillment]+ [No Simping]+ [System]+ [Hilarious] A mysterious force descended upon Blue Star, periodically choosing lucky people to enter a terrifying survival game! A mysterious livestreaming app let people everywhere watch the livestreams and recordings of those trapped in the game. Li Xiao, a man incapable of fear who looked downright terrifying when he smiled, entered the survival game. The clown was crazy, but he was even crazier! The evil spirits were terrifying, but he was even mor
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Thriller Game: I Kissed the Ghost Princess from the Start 惊悚游戏:开局强吻鬼公主
[Horror game + ridiculous comedy + mystery + supernatural, not scary.] Even capitalists would weep, and financial tycoons would look at this and cry out that it's a crime. In the horror world, Ye Chen does only two things: make money and flirt with female ghosts. A female ghost tries to pull a honey trap? He takes all her ghost coins. He operates on a male ghost, who refuses to pay extra halfway through? Congratulations, sir. Your wife has one fewer husband from now on, but one more sister. He e
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Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏:我能化身大妖
[Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost
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A Red-Clad Female Ghost Knocks to Claim My Life. I Open the Door, Thrilled 红衣女鬼敲门索命,开门我兴奋了
The red moon rises! Ghostly energy returns! In the middle of the night, someone keeps knocking on the door of the campus beauty next door. Ning Chen curses in vain, then opens his door and steps out. To his surprise, a red-clad female ghost is knocking to claim the beauty’s life. Luckily, he activates the Supernatural Choice System. 1. Pretend you didn’t see her, go back inside, and lock the door tight, letting the red-clad female ghost claim the beauty’s life! Reward: a ghost-repelling constitu
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I Kissed a Female Ghost from the Start! Who Knew She Was an Empress? 开局亲吻女鬼!没想到她竟是女帝
[Horror Awakening + A Hundred Ghosts Roam at Night + Spiritual Qi Revival + Supernatural Powers + System] Lu Ning accidentally transmigrates to a world where horror has returned, and awakens a choice-based System. From the start, a little female ghost sets her sights on him. Lu Ning makes a choice and obtains an underworld of his own. From then on, Lu Ning sets out to kidnap ghosts and make them work for him. Stitched Ghost: “Hello, emergency services? There's a wicked, unscrupulous boss here wh
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A Tattoo of Nine Dragons Hauling a Coffin: From the Start, I Fight a Red-Clad Female Ghost 纹身九龙拉棺,开局硬刚红衣女鬼
[Supernatural]+ [Horror Revival]+ [Comedy]+ [Superpowers] Qin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world where demons and monsters are returning, only to find himself targeted by an evil spirit. Unable to awaken Superpowers, he decides to fight back by getting a terrifying tattoo! He has the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin tattooed across his back, with Nezha sitting on the dragon's head and pulling out its tendons, an open-eyed Guan Yu lying in the coffin, a muscular Tang Monk sitting on top, and Bla
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Thriller Game: Unlocking the All-Profession Simulator from the Start 惊悚游戏:开局解锁全职业模拟器
[A thunderous crash from the heavens, and an explosive power fantasy makes its entrance! The power-fantasy version of a horror world: crushing everything in his path and enjoying every moment!] This novel is also known as I Turned the Horror Game into a Career Game, Horror: My Max-Level Profession Lets Me Slaughter Everything, and The Max-Level Horror Pro. “Ding! Ghost Courier career simulation successful. Max level reached.” “Ding! Ghost Chef career simulation successful. Max level reached.” “D
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Horror Game: The Female Ghost Fell for Me from the Start 恐怖游戏:开局女鬼爱上我
When Qi Feng entered a horror game, he discovered that the clues always helped him find the ghosts' weaknesses. And so, a villain was born in the world of ghosts. Faced with a ghostly young wife who was desperate to improve her son's grades, Qi Feng said, “Madam, I could tutor your son.” The ghostly young wife gave in. She even invited Qi Feng to be her son's private tutor. Faced with a ghost student who was determined to kill him, Qi Feng said, “I know all about you and Lili...” And when he saw
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Horror Game: I Max Out Affection and Do Whatever I Want 恐怖游戏:加爆好感,我为所欲为
A horror game descends upon the world! Lin Bei, who has just transmigrated, is unfortunately selected. After entering the horror game, he obtains a System that can raise the affection of every species except humans. And Lin Bei can earn all kinds of rewards from it! Snowfield Phantom instance? [Ding!] [Snow Maiden's affection is maxed out!!] [Golden Treasure Chest's affection is maxed out!!] Blood Sea Evil Spirit Ship instance? [Ding!] [Blood Maiden's affection is maxed out!!] [Blood Sea (one-ki
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Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临:这个大哥有亿点猛!
Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han
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I Took Over My Own Body 我夺舍了自己
An accident turned Chen Luo into a vessel for his parallel-world selves, who had died and come back to life. He was possessed by his counterparts from parallel worlds. Every time Chen Luo fulfilled an unfinished wish of one of his parallel selves, he gained a skill they had learned, such as combat, languages, computers, firearms, and more. Assassin Chen Luo: “Let's go paint the town red!” Playboy Chen Luo: “My blade is practically begging for a taste!” Master Thief Chen Luo: “Next, we're going t
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I Made a Comeback on a Horror Variety Show 我在恐怖综艺里完成了逆袭
[Funny Supernatural + Sharp-Tongued Heroine + Showbiz + No Romance] She was a bottom-rung actress, blacklisted across the internet after being framed. Just when she was at the end of her rope, a System appeared inside her. The System told her that if she kept acting arrogant and maintained her haughty persona, she could reach the pinnacle of success. But the day after it finished speaking, it disappeared. She believed what it had told her. After signing up for a horror livestream variety show, h
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Reborn as a Nobody, I Cultivate Like Crazy and Leave Them in the Dust 穿成路人甲,我疯狂修炼卷死他们
[Dual Systems + No Romance + Invincible Protagonist + Not a Saint] After Xu Wan died, she woke up bound to a cultivation System. As she set out on the path of cultivation, she also bound herself to a fortune System. Both Systems belonged to the same headquarters. With the help of her two Systems, Xu Wan cultivated, found treasures, and increased her cultivation even while lying around. As she cultivated, she discovered that she was just a background character. But this time, the background chara
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After I Accidentally Entered a Horror Game 误入恐怖游戏以后
[Infinite flow + invincible heroine + no romance + dual Systems + occasional bouts of madness + not a comedy] Yue Wushuang was a top professional in quick transmigration, diligently doing her job, fulfilling clients' wishes, and making her way to the top. Ever since she accidentally entered a horror game, her world changed… (Ding! This client's wish: escape from the hospital!) Faced with a hospital full of rampaging monsters, Yue Wushuang broke down. She wanted to escape too! Wasn't this suppose
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Playing Innocent [Infinite Flow] 装乖【无限流】
[No female lead & infinite-flow & mild horror & two powerful leads & contrasting personalities] Semes-focused (not suited to readers with extreme preferences) Lin Qingyu enters an escape game and gets spectacularly unlucky every time. The worst rewards other players get are weapons or supernatural abilities. But all he gets are... Roses, greeting cards, little string lights... One useless trinket after another keeps coming his way. Everyone laughs at him, convinced he won't last long. But when h
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I Was Targeted by the Boss in an Escape Game 逃生游戏我被boss看上了
Completed [1v1, Equally Matched Leads, No Female Lead, Infinite Realms, System, Escape Game] After accidentally signing an escape game contract, Xia Xi was sold into the game by his utterly useless friend. He could only say, it was pretty frustrating. But frustrating or not, he still had to play. While everyone else risked their lives trying to escape the game, Xia Xi risked his life trying to get away from a certain boss. Forced to become a bride from the start? This is ridiculous! A certain bo
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Rule Horror: It All Begins with Mom’s Note 规则怪谈:从妈妈的纸条开始
In a parallel world, rule-based horror stories descended upon humanity. Each country was assigned a randomly selected player. If a player died, the horror story would descend upon their country; only clearing it could make it disappear. Lin Feng was fortunate enough to win the draw and represent the Dragon Kingdom in a rule-based horror story. The first story was called Mom's Note. Mom can't come back. Remember to go to Grandma's house in three days. 1. You should leave between 9 and 11 p.m. Do
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The Sad Amusement Park 悲伤游乐园
[Two Male Leads × Infinite Flow] Su Jingyao had no idea why he had taken a balloon from a clown one second, only to find himself in a forest the next. A crying clown, a baffling lateral-thinking game, a carousel that wouldn't stop spinning... Su Jingyao didn't know why the amusement park had chosen him, but since he was already here, he wanted to make it out alive.
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Livestream: The Birth of the King of Lurking 直播:苟王的诞生
[Livestream] [Infinite Flow] [Scheming] [Not an Invincible Protagonist] [No Female Lead or One Female Lead] Billions of viewers in the Livestream room watch Ye Xiao, who's been hiding in a corner without moving for three days and nights, on the verge of breaking down. Other people are livestreaming. This is just a still image. “I want to chop him up.” “It's already the third day, right? He's still hiding?” “How can anyone be so shameless?” “As expected of the King of Hiding.” “I left, but then I
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I'm a Sneaky Sixth, and Everyone Wants to Kill Me 我是个老六,所有人都想刀了我
[Decisive killing + no female lead + satisfying read + System] After Lin Jiu entered the Horror World, he acquired an evolvable talent: Kidney Collector. From then on, he never looked back from the path of being a sneaky bastard. “You collected a pair of kidneys and mastered the S-rank skill Kidney Strike!” “You collected a pair of kidneys and mastered the S-rank skill Warp!” “You collected a kidney and mastered the S-rank skill Chaotic Calculation!” Miss Cannibal, please be careful. I only
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Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界:我的人生开了挂!
[Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes
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Horror: My Psychiatric Hospital Has Become a Forbidden Zone of the Supernatural 惊悚,我的精神病院成了诡异禁区
After horror games descend upon the world. Wang Ran has only just transmigrated when he discovers that a psychiatric hospital has suddenly appeared under his name. What’s more, when his patients see ghosts, they’re not afraid at all. In fact, they get unusually excited. During the Courtyard House instance, a group of patients charged in and beat up the boss, an old woman. Before leaving, they even stripped off her burial clothes. While riding Subway Line 7, they kidnapped the ghost attendant
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To a Lunatic, What’s a Ghost Anyway? 精神病面前,鬼东西算个球
[Hilarious + mentally ill protagonist + invincible + System] A world where ghostly energy has returned. Chen Zhuo is a patient at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital. The System fails to cure him. System: Let him do whatever he wants. I only provide technical support. Ghost Realm Bounty Board: Chen Zhuo, male, severe mental illness. Whoever takes his life will receive a billionfold increase in ghostly energy, several mansions, and endless luxuries.
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He’s Even Fiercer Than the Old Heavenly Master, and You Call Him a Newbie? 比老天师还猛,你说他是新人?
[Supernatural + comedy + System. If you read the first 30 chapters and don't laugh, come roast me!] On Zhang Wei’s first day of college, a blood-red sun hung in the sky and his entire class was dragged into a ghost realm. Just then, his Ghost-Teasing System awakened! With the whole class under a ghost’s curse, the campus belle, Lu Lianxue, had no choice but to reveal her hidden identity: a disciple of Longhu Mountain and a member of the Exorcism Bureau. But before she could show off her skills..
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Global Manhunt: You’re Crazy! You Call This an Escape? 全球通缉:疯了!你管这个叫逃亡
Ten major conglomerates are investing, a hundred billion dollars in prize money is up for grabs, and elites from every field are taking part! Urban parkour, high-altitude skydiving, wingsuit flying. Everything... is for the sake of escape! A global manhunt! This is a show that drives people wild! Its goal is to uncover vulnerabilities in security systems and public safety in today's information age. Su Yu is sent to prison from the start, but no one could have expected what came next. Su Yu brea
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