While everyone else struggles to survive in horror instances, Shen Ji is focused on saving intangible cultural heritage.
After entering the “Realm of Fading Civilization,” Shen Ji discovers that he has become the last thread holding a dying civilization together.
Shadow puppets perform their final act in the darkness before an empty audience. Ancient looms weave patterns of despair. A movable-type printing archive is devouring its own meaning... Every instance is a civilization's final struggle before it breathes its last.
And the profession forced on him, [Civilization Mender], comes with a bizarre condition for clearing an instance: let them die in peace.
Yan Zheng, the strongest fighter around, has never encountered a teammate like this before.
While others run from ghosts, he restores artifacts. While others break down in tears, he calmly analyzes the age of the patterns.
The most terrifying thing is that the ancient artifacts that cause Yan Zheng excruciating psychic pain become as docile as cats in Shen Ji's hands.
“What exactly are you?” Yan Zheng pressed him against the ancient loom and demanded.
Shen Ji gazed at the human emotions burning in the other man's eyes and felt confused for the first time. “...Could I borrow some of your feelings? This instance seems to require ‘love’ to clear it.”
[Reader's Guide]
1. Hardcore knowledge of intangible cultural heritage meets infinite-instance horror. Every instance is a lament for a civilization's demise.
2. Emotionless restorer × guardian with off-the-charts psychic power. Professional, composed bottom × cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside top.
Theme: Preserve intangible cultural heritage
