Midnight Hunt

[Sweet new project: Three-Day Dangerous Game] Looking for readers for my zombie apocalypse story~ Blurb at the very bottom

20,000 horror game players were dragged into the game world overnight?! Player Chi Ran, welcome to Midnight Hunt! There are no refunds here, only mandatory ranking matches livestreamed at midnight every day, watched in real time by an unknown audience. A friendly reminder: hit zero coins and you die on the spot. No respawns!

On the first day, 209 players experienced the death package at lightning speed. Chi Ran stared at her balance, trembling: food and drink cost money, lodging cost money, and even System 11925, which was bound to her, charged a maintenance fee! To keep the kitten in the real world alive, she tearfully signed an unfair deal with the System. The price? Her parents and friends would forget her forever. She'd be utterly unencumbered as she charged into hell!

She'd barely finished battling the prison warden and lumberjack when a creepy teammate started following her. Terrified, she shouted to System 11925, "There's a creep here!" Even worse, videos of her disastrous gameplay were replayed eight hundred times on the giant screen in the lobby, making her a laughingstock across the internet. The ranking-match audience followed suit and placed bets, while the comments showered her with tips. After the match, she and 11925 happily split the earnings.

In the depths of despair, she runs into a friend from the real world, then gathers an incredible team during the ranking matches: a sharp-tongued guy who brings his dog to battle and roasts people harder than he kites ghosts; a top-ranked girl whose combat power is off the charts and who sweeps the field; a scheming partner who excels at tricking both ghosts and people; and a pair of boisterous twins who join forces with a wacky funny girl to form a comedy squad. And, naturally, her hapless ex is there too, so the love triangle drama kicks off in no time!

The mysterious top-ranked viewer in her livestream, Eclipse, is on close terms with her. Time and again, he breaks the rules to protect her, and his cryptic hints conceal a secret. Their bond quietly begins to grow, while 11925 stays by her side and becomes her most loyal companion.

As more clues are unlocked, Chi Ran realizes that this hunt was never a random selection. Behind the price of being forgotten lies a shocking conspiracy that affects everyone's fate.

"Even if nobody remembers me, I'll find a way back to reality! I'll rewrite the rules of this game world, no matter what!" The forgotten's fight to survive has always been completely insane and thrilling!

[Career-focused heroine x elite teammates who fight alongside her]

[System companionship x livestream interaction x comment-section banter x player forums]

Blurb two

I was livestreaming a horror game when I was unexpectedly dragged into its world. Chi Ran became a newcomer in Midnight Hunt, forced to join a 1v4 horror survival game. Ranking matches are mandatory at midnight, and if your coins hit zero, you die! What do you mean, I don't have a single coin left? I had so many skills in the real-world game! Even buying clothes means splitting one coin in two! And the worst part is, I have to pay lodging and System operating fees every day? What does the System's operating cost have to do with me?!

While other teammates were chased to the brink of collapse by the Countess, the comments in Chi Ran's livestream were in full swing:

[1F: You can play like that?]

[2F: Little mouth, don't say a word!]

[3F: You jinxed her! Now she's dead!]

[Top-ranked viewer Eclipse tipped 10 Crows of Misfortune: So creepy, I love it!]

When Chi Ran was battling the prison warden and lumberjack, her teammate followed her relentlessly. "11925! 11925!" Chi Ran frantically called her System. "There's a creep here! He followed me into the game!" "Does this count as harassment? Is the System going to do anything?!" The floating skull replied solemnly:

[No violations detected. I recommend that you remain calm, Master.] Chi Ran: "..."

When her disastrous gameplay was once again replayed on the big screen in front of everyone for three hours, her teammate sent his congratulations.

Shen Yu: "Congratulations! You're on TV again!"

Chi Ran: "Get lost!!!!"

When she unexpectedly found her friend in the game world, the little girl tearfully pleaded, "Chi Ran, big sister..." Chi Ran generously pulled out her coins. "Buy it! I'll buy you everything!"

When Chi Ran finally made the Top 100 through her own strength, her hapless ex showed up and dragged her down, earning the title [Team-Wipe Engine].

Chi Ran: "...Can I still end the livestream now?"

Audience: "Haha, too late! Everyone's here to watch the show."

Blurb three

I'm Chi Ran, a Midnight Hunt player, and I've transmigrated into the game itself.

Mandatory ranking matches every midnight. Hit zero coins and you're dead.

I went from a clueless newbie with terrible gameplay to a top hundred powerhouse.

Livestream tips? That's my secret to fleece the demons.

My ex is here too? Great. I'll show him who the real boss is.

When I saved up enough time tickets, I went back to the past and hacked the platform to take the game down.

Just when I thought it was all over, the game restarted in an even more brutal mode.

And it gave me a new System that competes with the original for my affection.

And it turns out all of this began with the voluntary sacrifice of the second-ranked maniac...

Strong heroine and hero: decisive, career-driven heroine x elite teammates who fight alongside her

Game setup: real horror game survival x two Systems competing for affection x breaking a time loop

Maximum satisfaction: rise from nothing, tear up the script, outsmart demons, and face-slap the ex

Rich elements: competitive gaming, game livestreams, mild horror, friendship

Blurb for Three-Day Dangerous Game, the zombie apocalypse story

After struggling to survive for three years in a world overrun by zombies, Chi Le accidentally finds a rusty pocket watch. From then on, she can travel to a parallel world once every 72 hours.

One side is hell, the other is paradise.

In the apocalypse, she's a lone wolf willing to risk her life for a single piece of survival supplies. Here, she's Chi Yue, a college student who still has group projects to turn in.

The three-day countdown is what keeps her alive.

With her left hand, she digs gold bars and antiques out of the ruins. With her right, she sweeps the supermarket shelves clean.

She struggles to stay awake in class in the morning, then trades for medicine and maps in the city in the afternoon.

Until that irritating Yi Sa, who always watches her with an almost-smile, accidentally grabs her hand as she makes a precisely timed jump between worlds.

"Chi Yue, why do you smell... of blood?"

Before he could finish speaking, the world spun around them.

When they opened their eyes again, the setting sun was blood-red, the air reeked of decay, and zombie groans drew closer from a distance.

The pampered young master's face went pale, but Chi Le had already drawn her dagger, her gaze as cold as ice:

"Welcome to my world, Young Master Yi."

"Here, staying alive is the only rule."

Later...

When they fought back-to-back in a ruined city,

when he took a fatal blow for her, blood staining the once-expensive shirt he wore,

when the countdown hit zero again, yet he still didn't let go of her hand.

Yi Sa wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and grinned recklessly. "Chi Le, can that busted watch of yours... bring family along?"

Theme: Struggle to survive in desperate circumstances and grow along the way