Welcome to the God's Dreamscape [Infinite]

[Mystery and puzzle-solving focused] [First dungeon complete]

Blurb 1:

Yu Lingge is a bestselling author of horror comics.

He is plagued by nightmares every night, and the eerie, bizarre scenes he draws are faithful records of his dreams.

At first, his dreams contain only dense darkness. Later, malformed ghosts, writhing shadows, and a pair of uncanny eyes appear.

At first, Yu Lingge treats them merely as inspiration for his work. Then the police accuse him of murder, after the victims in his latest comic turn out to closely resemble the victims of unreported unnatural deaths.

The instant he catches a glimpse through a crack in the universe, Yu Lingge's world descends into chaos.

A voice murmurs in his ear, soft and cold, like a sticky swamp:

[Welcome, sensitive talent, to the invasion... of a god's dream.]

Blurb 2:

In the nightmares Yu Lingge cannot escape, a pair of strange, deep-set eyes always peer out from the dream into the waking world, haunting him for ten years.

After entering the world of infinite dungeons, Yu Lingge pays close attention to NPCs with this distinctive feature and greets them with the most sincere hostility.

As a result, rumors spread among the players that a psychological freak is obsessed with collecting NPCs in the dungeons, carrying around a sketchbook filled with portraits and numbers of all kinds of villainous NPCs.

After being targeted several times, a certain evil god finally loses patience and disguises himself as a player. Pointing to a stack of portraits of himself, he asks, "Do you hate him that much?"

"Quite the opposite," Yu Lingge politely corrects him. "What I feel for it is more like a first love."

"?"

"When something this disgusting takes over all your sweet adolescent dreams, it's easy to mistake the feeling for love."

"Sounds like you want to propose to him."

"No," Yu Lingge corrects him again. "Have you heard the saying? The only good ex is a dead ex."

"..."

Yu Lingge smiles faintly. "So I'm here to send it to the other side."

From then on, Yu Lingge and a certain evil god loathe each other and fight viciously in the dungeons, always aiming their attacks at each other's weak spots.

Until, in one dungeon, the evil god kisses a sleeping young man awake from a nightmare, only to receive a merciless slap.

"I was saving you."

"If you're saving someone, why are you licking your lips?"

[Reader's Guide]

* The gong's true form is an eldritch evil god, with all kinds of gooey and furry forms. Read with caution if that's not your thing.

* A more serious take on the infinite-flow genre, focused on puzzles, mystery, and horror, with some Lovecraftian elements.

* The gong and shou have a difficult relationship in the early and middle parts. They may use each other, kick each other when they're down, betray each other, or shift the blame. Read with caution if you mind these things.

* The author has a goldfish brain, so feel free to point out any bugs. Let me lie flat and come up with excuses at my leisure.

Theme: Set the right values when it comes to love.