Thorn Game

A thicket rustles,

there are your moonlike eyes.

Oh Ellis, how long have you been dead?

Georg Trakl

In the year 3702, solar storms swept across the globe, forcing humanity to take refuge underground.

In the dark, damp underground cities, the entertainment industry flourished like never before, and humanity reveled endlessly in underground arks.

The moment The Thorn Game launched, it became wildly popular, shooting straight to the top of the most popular games chart. Nearly everyone joined in.

In The Thorn Game, you could see the world's most advanced vine research, visit a museum of rare biological specimens, swim in the Solar Aquarium, and even wander around the Artificial Intelligence Building.

Only later did people discover that The Thorn Game was a cruel game of life and death. By then, it was too late to quit.

Zou Lu woke from a nap to find herself slumped over her desk, wearing a white lab coat.

She thought she had transmigrated, then noticed the ID badge on her chest: Senior Researcher Zou Lu, Vine Research Institute.

Not only was the name exactly the same, the photo was of her, too.

Just then, a clear, magnetic voice sounded slowly in her ear: "Welcome to The Thorn Game. You have entered the Vine Research Institute dungeon. Difficulty: Beginner. Current survival rate: 10%. Fei Niao Games wishes you an enjoyable game."

Romance blurb:

Zou Lu transmigrated into a horror game. At first, she thought she had suddenly transmigrated, but every time she entered the game, she encountered the same assigned teammate.

This teammate's voice was exactly the same as the voice of The Thorn Game's System.

Even more surprising, he seemed to know her very well. He didn't even avoid her when changing clothes.

Maintaining her cool, rational persona, Zou Lu said, "When your survival isn't guaranteed, showing off your good looks isn't a smart move."

The young man had short, dark curls and skin so pale it was almost translucent. He rolled up his sleeves and braced himself against the corner of the desk, drawing closer to Zou Lu with a smile in his eyes. He chuckled. "Is that so? But didn't you used to say that this was exactly your type?"

Yu Fei hated every aspect of this desolate city. He had grown up behind the iron bars of a children's home, never knowing what it was to love or be loved, until he met Zou Lu.

But just as his drifting, frozen heart began to feel the warmth of a fjord, their relationship was already headed irreversibly toward ruin.

"Only when the match went out did I see the stars frozen in my pupils.

I hate everything that makes me slow and foolish.

Go back to the past, or die together."

Theme: Love bravely and sincerely.