No Escaping the Infinite World

The game began when the clock tower suddenly rang. The next second, Chen Lü was stuffed into a coffin, and in the process he drew a man who looked delicate and frail, yet stood half a head taller than him.

Every player in the game world struggled to take a single step, afraid they might lose their lives at any moment. Yet in this deathly swamp, Chen Lü was a rare and extraordinary flower.

Picking up a paper effigy will kill you? Then just tear it up.

If there's a ghost in the temple, burn the whole temple down.

Chen Lü stood before the sea of flames and gave the monster inside the finger.

[Name: Chen Lü -- Skill: Argue with NPCs until they cough up blood -- Passive: Defiant to the core]

But the players soon discovered that Chen Lü, who feared neither heaven nor earth, was afraid of just one person: the man beside him, who seemed so fragile.

He was afraid the man would die. He was afraid that if he lost control, there'd be no one left who dared to come forward and embrace him.

Coming soon: "The Tree I Raised With My Own Hands Knocked Me Down"

Outside the shelters, there was a type of low-level mutated creature that couldn't attack and came in all sorts of adorable shapes. For a time, they became the most popular merchandise in the High Tower District.

Ji Ming happened upon one. It seemed to have mutated from a tree. At first, it was just a tiny little thing, wrapping itself in countless leaves and branches to shield its anxious self. A pair of wary eyes peered out from behind its yellowed leaves.

Ji Ming looked at its nearly withered leaves and said, "Come here. I'll give you some nutrient solution."

Ji Ming thought of himself as the little one's guardian. It was well-behaved and obedient, and liked to wrap its branches around his fingers. When it was happy, little white flowers would bloom on its head.

Until one day, Ji Ming saw his little tree crush someone's head with its bare hands.

Ji Ming suspected he'd given it too much nutrient solution and raised his adorable little tree into a high-level mutant.

Later, when he was badly wounded and weak, those rough branches wrapped around his waist without asking, tracing each of the scars he'd accumulated over the years.

The little tree that had once been so cute and delicate now had lush, leafy branches. It no longer curled around his fingers, but wrapped around somewhere else, then told him in a slow, deep voice:

"It's my turn to give you some nutrient solution, Guardian..."

Ye Zhaosheng grew up in the most severely polluted area. The pollutants feared by humans were his most precious nourishment.

During his uneventful life, he once saw someone bury a corpse beneath his roots and sing a soft song, as if performing some ancient ritual.

The corpse became his nourishment, and that person entered his memories.

He wanted to find him.

Theme: Stay positive and break through hardship, even in adversity.