0.5 HP Lock, Slashing Through the Apocalypse (Infinite)

| Apocalypse | Infinite Flow | Nonhuman | Sickly | Strong x Strong | Plot-Driven |

A mad-dog monster top with an unusual thought process x a sickly but capable fighter, a crazed savior investigator bottom

⚪ྀི (Content warning: The top is a TV-headed humanoid most of the time. The bottom can lock his HP at 0.5 and has albinism.)

"Earth players, are you ready? The Infinite Horror Game is about to launch!"

At the notification in his head, Bai Ming stopped what he was doing and looked utterly bewildered.

He didn't know if Earth's players were ready, but the problem was, he'd transmigrated twenty years ago!

He wasn't even from Earth anymore!

And, apparently, this game was taking place in the very world he lived in.

A century after nuclear war, nuclear contamination had spawned countless bizarre monsters. Humanity had retreated into the Black Towers, where, after years of fighting the strange creatures, people had developed ways to deal with them.

A small number of people awakened supernatural abilities, allowing them to venture outside for short periods to search for pre-apocalypse supplies and information, and even absorb the crystals left behind by dead monsters to strengthen their abilities.

But because of the suppression caused by a special mineral, ability users actually had extremely low status inside the Black Towers.

Born in the unlit zone at the very bottom of the Black Tower, Bai Ming had seen every dark side of the world during the seventeen years since he transmigrated... Betrayal was commonplace, killing was a means of survival, kindness was seen as foolishness, and hesitation could be a death sentence.

And yet, it seemed that everyone was just trying to survive.

With the System's arrival, Bai Ming gained two new abilities.

His original ability was [Thousand Threads]. Basically, he could control his own hair to attack and defend. It wasn't considered particularly powerful among the Black Tower's many ability users.

His new abilities were [HP Lock] and [Last-HP Counterattack].

In short, he could set his own HP, and the lower it was, the stronger he became.

A legend emerged in the Black Tower world: someone in the rebels' ranks cleared out monsters with terrifying efficiency while spitting up blood, and reaped a rich reward despite taking on missions at a high frequency.

The Black Tower nobles hated him with a passion but could do nothing about him. All they could do was hope he'd die of illness one day.

A legend emerged on Earth as well: a player whose information was unknown showed tremendous fighting ability in the instances, always charging into battle despite being gravely wounded.

According to people who'd encountered him in an instance, his body seemed to have serious problems to begin with, and he was prepared to die at any moment. That was why he fought so desperately.

And at the center of all these rumors was Bai Ming, who declared, "Help me up. I can still fight!"

A shadow stretched out beneath his feet, slowly taking human form.

Bai Ming brought his blade down, and the monster's head fell.

The head on the ground laughed. It rolled to Bai Ming's feet and, with a pop, turned into a giant rose.

That monster was still following him... But why hadn't he killed it?

Bai Ming was puzzled.

The unseen, unheard monster had recently developed a new hobby.

It was a human, a fragile, tiny human... How strange. Why did it like such a weak creature?

Wait, did he just look at me?

Wait, did he just touch me?

How come he... didn't go insane?!

The monster scratched its head, utterly baffled.

Then it decided to go find that human.

But why... was the human... killing it?

Its body was pierced.

Its head was chopped off.

Its blood drained away.

It didn't matter. The monster had to follow its human.

The human was strange. He only needed to make a wish, and anything could come true. After all, the monster was an evil god at the very top of the rankings.

But that human told it he wanted... peace.

What was peace?

The evil god didn't know.

Instance 1: Mine (in progress...)

Instance 2: Plane Crash

Instance 3: Borderline

To be continued...

Please note: At first, both the top and bottom genuinely want to kill each other. Their relationship isn't normal, either. They fall in love because their illnesses align.

The bottom is quite the heartthrob, with many people crushing on him, but only the top and bottom have mutual feelings. The top appears rather late. This is a long, plot-driven story, so romance will make up a smaller portion. There will be no romantic angst.

At heart, this is an apocalypse story. Infinite Flow is one part of the apocalypse. Bai Ming isn't entirely a savior type; he's ruthless, even if that's his goal.

The novel's values are based on its apocalyptic setting. Please don't apply them to real life.

The cover and character cards show the characters' appearances. Commissions are welcome, but don't use them while changing their defining traits.

Theme: War only brings misery