Inviting the Immortals [Rural Folktales × Infinite Worlds]

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Bu Rong has a strange disease.

As she grows older, she finds it harder and harder to control her body.

She sees her limbs being controlled as she jumps from the edge of a high-rise, drowns in a swimming pool, is followed by a knife-wielding suspect, and gets abducted by a serial criminal... She sees these deaths play out again and again, countless times.

Whenever her life nears its end, her older brother, Bu Yue, manages to save her, and she narrowly avoids these tragedies.

Until the day she turns seventeen, when Bu Rong suddenly suffers a seizure. No medicine can save her.

Covered in mud, her brother rushes into her room, clutching a [note]. Stumbling, he repeats his warning again and again: "Remember, you must draw the curtains. Don't let in any light. You can only open it after hiding under the covers!!!"

Rain pounds the windows, and gusts of eerie wind blow through. Embroidery appears on the blank sheet of paper out of nowhere, its front dazzlingly bright, its back without a single stitch.

It describes an old site.

Bu Rong's unfocused gaze gradually clears. In the dark, uncanny surroundings, she sees a towering shrine and an ancient temple glowing green. Tens of thousands of red threads drift across the ceiling, forming a dense, sturdy web.

She looks up.

At the center of the web hangs a thin, lanky figure, hands and feet bound, dressed in black mourning clothes with a silver bell at his waist.

He leans down and says...

"No one can leave Shanyin Village alive."

[An ailing beauty who can't control her body x a mysterious sorcerer bound hand and foot]

(A healing-her illness vs. saving-his-life pairing)

(The heroine is unstable at first, but gradually recovers; her true identity is formidable)

(The hero is gloomy and crawling around damply at first; he lives for her and would die for her)

(The hero has a supporting role, but there's still plenty to satisfy those who ship the couple)

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Shanyin:

A secluded forest holds the essence of heaven and earth and gathers natural yang energy. It nurtures all kinds of living things and is a realm beyond limits, the birthplace of gods and immortals.

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They say everyone in this village has a chance to [become an immortal].

Then disaster struck. As time passed, they became ageless and deathless spirits, trapped in one place, unable to enter or leave, and subjected to endless torment.

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Rural customs and folk beliefs (village rule-based horror):

1. Don't say auspicious words, and don't enter temples dedicated to Buddhas or gods.

2. "Light lamps, beat drums, and brandish immortal whips." Be asleep by the third watch of the night.

3. You may only stay at the home of a local whose front door is hung with the dried bones of an infant.

4. At weddings, wear white mourning clothes, dress in hemp, and put on a crying voice. Only then is the ceremony complete.

5. With a red thread around your neck, get into a box and await the "invitation of the immortal" ceremony.

6. When the sky is overcast, spirits on the other side of the mountain press human bones into their graves. Cover yourself from the sun when going outside.

7. [A damaged rule, partly erased]... kill... murder... help me...

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ID 7764861: The Backrooms: Out of Balance [Infinite]

Before her family disappeared, they left behind a note.

"If space starts warping, run!"

"If you notice the matrix being disrupted, flee!"

At some point...

She put a skirt in the closet herself.

When she opened it again, it had turned into a pair of shorts.

The disinfectant in the bathroom ran out.

The next day, the empty bottle was full again, sitting in its original place.

She clearly plugged in her phone to charge.

The battery showed 49 percent.

Then, right before her eyes, it jumped to 19 percent.

Jiang Run opens her front door and discovers that the human world has become a wasteland, where strange events keep occurring.

The black-robed man who knocks her down murmurs a warning: Whatever you do, don't lose the experiment, or you'll be taken to the Backrooms!

Theme: [Wait patiently, and good fortune will come in time]