As an immortal witch who never aged or died, Vivian never imagined something like this could happen in her long life.
For example, waking up to find her sister missing, magic gone, the world transformed, polluted by glaring lights, steel forests, and an eerie, ominous atmosphere.
Oh, and someone had dug up the place where she was sleeping.
She stared pensively at the little thief, who was apparently a "tomb raider looking for treasure."
What were players? What was a game? And what did it mean that the logout button didn't work?
Just as Vivian was about to ask a couple more questions, the person blew themselves up right in front of her...
A few days later, she saw the little thief who had exploded again, only this time, he had become an it: indescribable, nauseating, a breeding ground for aberrant contamination.
As expected, there was something wrong with this world.
Very wrong.
After completely eradicating the contamination, Vivian received an invitation from the Crisis Management Bureau, asking her to serve as an executioner who "eliminates players."
Seeing her sister's seal on the invitation, Vivian decided to become an executioner.
But if she was going to do it, she would do it well.
She thought the director's position would make a pretty good stepping stone.
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As soon as the cyberpunk and cosmic-horror full-dive game Above the Red Moon went on sale, it attracted a huge number of players.
But during the game's anniversary event, all the players found themselves unable to log out.
That's when the players discovered that the world of Above the Red Moon was real.
And the people of that world were hunting them down and trying to kill them.
Bai Ze was one of the players being hunted.
On a dark, damp, rainy night, just as his consciousness was about to be devoured, he saw a witch wielding lightning.
"How pitiful. May your soul find peace."
Thunder crashed and lightning flashed. Bai Ze began to laugh. He didn't care anymore.
He didn't mind falling into an abyss with no bottom.
On a rainy night, Vivian brought home a little dog. He was one of those "players," a target for execution.
But interestingly, he could resist being assimilated by the contamination.
For one reason or another, she decided to keep the little dog.
[Note] 1: This is an extremely niche subject, but I just want to write it!!
2: The male lead is Bai Ze, an obsessive mad dog. The female lead is the meaning of his life.
Theme: Taking everything into your own hands is the right way to live.