He was supposed to die in the summer of his eighteenth year.
The diagnosis of glioblastoma crushed all Wang Xi's imagination about the future. A general, a third-generation soldier, and a military school notice—these things that once defined his identity were completely shattered in front of "WHO Level IV". He walked into the stairwell, intending to end it all quietly, but he missed the mark and fell into an abyss called "Guixu".
This is an eternal hunting ground with hope as bait and soul as firewood. The system promised to win back everything by clearing fifty dungeons, but Wang Xi soon discovered that the so-called "rewards" would only make players die faster. The dungeon is based on real-life horror legends and historical tragedies. Talent skills may seem like gifts, but they actually corrode the soul. Behind the prosperity of the player lobby is a carefully designed consumption trap - the essence of Guixu is a slaughterhouse used by a certain fallen angel to devour the energy of despair.
He should be the most difficult "fuel" to activate. Terminal illness has long taught him that everything is ultimately futile, and that systematic lies and terror seem ridiculous. But fate had to hand him a bad set of cards when he was about to die: the most withdrawn girl in the school, a veteran whose name was not found in the player records, a dirtbag who was ridiculously lucky, and an identity that was forcibly pushed to the forefront by the top guild as the "prophesied leader".
Wang Xi doesn't want to be the savior. He just wanted to figure out one thing - the veteran disappeared after the dungeon ended, and there was no trace of his existence in Guixu's database. This kept him awake more than the terminal illness.
When the moonlight began to shine in the deepest part of the dungeon, when the timeline began to become chaotic and fragmented, when those ancient beings who had lived countless reincarnations began to come to the door... Wang Xi realized that he might be involved in something more troublesome than death.
Guixu never welcomes anyone, but this time, someone plans to tear down this cage.
Concept: A story needs an ending that is equal to the process.