An unknown civilization descended upon Earth, turning the planet into a playground and humanity into toys.
People are randomly dragged into alternate dimensions, where they struggle to survive in places filled with ghosts and monsters. These dimensions are called instances, and those unfortunate enough to be dragged into them are called survivors.
If you enter an instance for the first time on your birthday, you receive a special ability. People with such abilities are known as the lucky ones.
On her eighteenth birthday, Bai Que is dragged into an exceptionally dangerous instance and gains an ability.
It lets her see everyone's health bars. Monsters have red ones, survivors have blue ones. Then she looks at herself...
Whoa, there's a bug. I don't have a health bar!
Ah, sorry. Not having a health bar really does mean you can do whatever you want.
Jiang Zhan is a renowned powerhouse on the survivor leaderboard, but nobody knows what he looks like, or whether he's a man or a woman. The government assumes this is the powerhouse's way of keeping a low profile.
But only Jiang Zhan knows it's because his ability is the invisible-person skill [You Can't See Me]! He could just scream!
Fortunately, while this ability makes it impossible for him to work with teammates, the bug lets him blend in perfectly with the monsters without being discovered.
Jiang Zhan: Hello, you little traitor. Pay up.
Until the two of them meet in one particular instance...
Bai Que watches the blue health bar moving effortlessly among a sea of red ones and gives a cold laugh.
Jiang Zhan looks at the only pair of eyes among the survivors fixed on him and gives a cold laugh too.
They recognize each other at a glance: both of them are bugged.
Extra scene:
One dark and windy night, a group of ghosts and monsters huddle in a small room, plotting how to kill the woman who's been throwing her weight around on their turf.
"Hey, where's our smartest strategist?" one monster asks.
As soon as it finishes speaking, the door to their most secret room opens. Their smartest strategist appears, smiling obsequiously as he pushes open the door and says, "My lord, this way. It's a shortcut."
Then the woman walks in, holding a knife...
A ruthless, straight-talking, straight-as-an-arrow heroine vs. a weak, talkative, hopelessly lovestruck hero
Theme: We're serious about saving the world
Seriously? This chapter. Very hungry