Infinite Passage [Infinite]

While working overtime, Xie Zhibai assumed the gaming company was running an April Fools' event and clicked a mysterious link.

[Welcome to the Abyss System. Please choose how you wish to die.]

□ Have your heart torn out by a wax figure □ Be buried alongside Grandma □ ...

Before he could make a choice, the system alarm blared:

[Warning! S-rank error detected...]

[Infinite players returning. Worldline reconstruction in progress...]

All Xie Zhibai wants is to stay alive and clear the game, but he runs into a clingy lunatic.

The lunatic gazes at him passionately, his voice suggestive. "Xie Zhibai, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Who are you?"

"Shen Weiming, your lover."

Xie Zhibai: ...?

Shen Weiming knows everything about him and devotes himself to him completely. He even risks his life to take a fatal blow for him.

He... doesn't seem to be lying.

Shen Weiming is the guildmaster of the Abyss Tower's top guild, a powerhouse who leads the clearance rankings by a wide margin. Rumor has it that he's ill-tempered and arrogant, a mad dog who can't stand anyone.

The entire Abyss Tower is talking: That mad dog has himself a canary. Only Xie Zhibai knows that Shen Weiming is more like a peacock who fans his tail at him every chance he gets.

As fragments of memory emerge, Xie Zhibai sees a young man clutching his clothes and obediently calling him "Master."

Then he looks at the Shen Weiming in front of him, who grins and leans closer. "Xiaobai, give me a kiss."

Only then does Xie Zhibai realize that the apprentice he picked up in a dungeon has played him. He raises his hand and slaps him.

Shen Weiming neither dodges nor flinches. Instead, he catches Xie Zhibai's wrist and brings it to his lips for a kiss.

"You don't have to reward me so generously."

At last, when the final fragment is collected, a record suddenly pops up on Xie Zhibai's system panel:

[Player Xie Zhibai confirmed dead during his 310th return.]

[Guernica] Cleared √

[Doorway Mirror] Cleared √

[Ballad of Weeping Mountain] Rural Ghost Story

[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest] Cleared √

[Nanyang Spirit Hunt] Cleared √

[Fighting Fish Festival] Cleared √

[The Kingdom of Ratmen] Cleared √

[Record in the Sand] The Truman Show

[Titan Era] Monster-Fighting Dungeon

[Reality Show] Horror Mission

[Curse Removal] In Progress

[Infinite Passage] Abyssal Escape

[Player Profiles Unsealed]

ID: Xie Zhibai ID: Shen Weiming

Status: Amnesiac Status: 100% Interested in You

Identity: New Player Identity: No. 1 on the Player Rankings

Bottom: Cold-faced, adorable, highly intelligent player returns and enters the beginner's village again

Top: High-powered, unhinged, dramatic performer crosses worldlines to find the one and only person for him

One thinks it's their first meeting; the other knows it's a reunion.

Master and disciple | Mild horror and puzzles | Rules-based horror | Equally matched, mutually doting | Mutual salvation | Dungeon battles | Player versus player | Ensemble cast, sweet and angsty, happy ending

---Up next: The equally matched criminal investigation novel Hidden Abyss. Please add it to your collection and show your support!---

The ace undercover agent of the GSC International Task Force was shot at a victory banquet, bringing an end to a legend. Meanwhile, the domestic criminal investigation bureau gained a new slacker: Shen Mu.

He comes in last on field assignments and ranks near the bottom in annual evaluations. If he can lie down, he won't sit up. Everyone thinks he's coasting through life on his looks.

No one knows that a string of numbers is hidden beneath his wrist guard.

It came from Eden, an international criminal organization dismantled three years ago. The person those numbers belong to, codenamed "Seraph," is still at the top of the global most-wanted list.

Then a murder case involving a high-ranking official lets him catch the scent of Eden once more.

At the same time, Lu Yanchun, the new superior who has just been assigned to the bureau, sets his sights on him.

The new superior is a scion of a top financial dynasty and a top graduate of a prestigious university. Somehow, he has a thing for uniforms.

He looks like a cover model but acts like a lunatic: he insists Shen Mu accompany him on investigations and to and from work, then goes so far as to move into Shen Mu's home and keep him under constant watch.

After Lu Yanchun drags him home from a bubble tea shop yet again, Shen Mu finally fights back. "Captain Lu, even if you like me, this workplace abuse of power is a bit much."

Lu Yanchun grew up surrounded by wealth and fame. What beauty hasn't he seen?

Shen Mu is certainly good-looking, but he has too many bad habits: he loves sleeping in and is late every day; he's so picky about food it's outrageous, and he drinks bubble tea like it's water.

"If I liked Shen Mu, I'd have to be out of my mind."

As cases pile up, Eden emerges, and Shen Mu's identity as "Seraph" is exposed.

On a stormy night, Lu Yanchun corners him on an overpass.

"Captain Lu, it's been hard work keeping me under surveillance all this time." Shen Mu smiles, calm yet shattered.

Lu Yanchun's voice tightens. "Shen Mu, are you involved in the Hidden Abyss plan?"

Police sirens pierce the curtain of rain from every direction. Shen Mu doesn't answer. Instead, he grabs Lu Yanchun by the collar and kisses him.

As their lips and tongues tangle, Shen Mu whispers, "Wait for me."

The next second, pain strikes the back of Lu Yanchun's neck. The last thing he sees is Shen Mu leaping from the overpass.

When Lu Yanchun wakes up, his whole world has fallen apart.

Wait? There's no way he's waiting! Catch him first, deal with the rest later!

There's no way Shen Mu can kiss him and then run off. He has to marry me!

To hell with the Hidden Abyss plan. I'll protect my wife myself!

[Reading Guide]

A multifaceted agent with no weaknesses, who only wants to laze around but is forced to be an all-around genius, tragically beautiful and determined to press forward: bottom × A top financial heir and captain, driven mad by love, all talk until he falls hard, who dotes on his beloved and transforms into the ultimate demon king: top

Equally matched | Criminal investigation suspense

Set in a fictional world; both leads stand on the side of justice

Theme: Love can make people feel alive again