Yu Heng is a professional streamer who specializes in commentating on horror game playthroughs and exploring haunted places in the wilderness.
His family and friends all think his job is frivolous and that he's going nowhere.
Then one day, he was chosen by a System and entered a horror game called The Altar.
At last, it was Yu Heng's chance to show off his absurd, off-the-wall tactics.
As the game grew more intense, the other players kept triggering traps and teetering on the verge of a breakdown.
Yu Heng calmly lit a cigarette. "The yin energy is at its peak and the yang energy is waning. We need smoke and fire to drive away evil."
The swarms of ghosts and monsters shrieked and backed away.
Everyone: "Coach, teach us!"
But his mystical act didn't last three seconds before a familiar, imposing figure suddenly appeared in his line of sight.
The man wielded a dagger, and with one swift stroke, sliced a monster into something straight out of a real horror movie.
Everyone: "Physical ghostbusting is so cool! Coach, can you do that?"
Yu Heng: "?"
Their eyes met. A flicker of surprise crossed the man's sinister face.
Yu Heng: "..."
Guan Lin: "..."
After somehow getting dragged into a horror game, Yu Heng ran straight into his ex-boyfriend amid a storm of danger.
Yu Heng: Thanks. The person involved is doing just fine.
How do you stop the headless man from closing in on an abandoned plantation?
Can the cursed death loop in a workers' dormitory from the turn of the millennium be broken?
On an isolated island, with scarce resources and zombies everywhere, how do you survive in the cracks?
As the auspicious hour for the funeral arrives, a piercing suona melody rings out, followed by funeral music
"All players are in position. Welcome to the Altar."
Survive or die.
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Reader's guide:
* Locals-only infinite-flow story, no livestreaming.
* Cold-blooded, irritable old rogue gong × mystical, eccentric powerhouse shou
(Guan Lin × Yu Heng)
* Two powerful leads who both take charge / rekindled romance / both virgins / happy ending / the gong has an empathy disorder, which improves later.
* Includes disturbing horror scenes. Timid readers, beware.
* Fictional setting, entirely made up.
Theme: Kindness and justice can dispel all darkness.
