It started when Jiang Yuan was working overtime on Wall Street and a string of strange numbers appeared before her eyes: 720:00:00.
Her medical examination results came in soon after: late-stage stomach cancer, with less than a month to live.
The numbers were a countdown to her death: 720 hours. No matter how she moved or changed her surroundings, even when she closed her eyes, she could still see them.
Then people around the world began disappearing for no apparent reason. A few days later, their bodies were found in horrific condition.
All the pets in the city went mad and ran in the same direction, then died for no apparent reason.
Black skyscrapers sprang up throughout the city like bamboo shoots, towering into the clouds. People heard revelry and music coming from them every night.
Dark clouds covered the sky, while black crows circled overhead, occasionally letting out eerie, humanlike laughter.
Schools closed, businesses shut down, and the city plunged into crisis.
Everyone heard the same words--
"Welcome to Gold. Here, gold is everywhere, and so is danger.
Money can buy anything, including life."
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Over three billion people around the world were pulled into the large-scale infinite escape game Gold. Its rules were:
1. A new instance opens by force once a month. The difficulty is unpredictable. Fail to enter, and you die.
2. The game rankings refresh every day at 18:00. The player with the fewest points dies.
3. The shop opens from 23:00 to 24:00. Everyone must exchange points for items. Fail to do so, and you die.
P.S. Remember to stay alive and do your best to clear the game!
Jiang Yuan planned to wait calmly for death, but just before she died, she was pulled into the instance The Room You Can't Escape.
Jiang Yuan: ...Do you really have to make me stay alive?
Game instances: The Room You Can't Escape
The Bus with No Destination
The Fox's Banquet
The River God's Bride
The Monopoly Battle
The Garden Mystery
King of the Forest (Ultimate Battle Royale)
Zhu Xingyang is the shou.
Younger gong.
An infinite-flow story with two female protagonists, written to satisfy my own cravings.
Theme: Those who are alive are all fortunate. Don't be greedy.
