Fighting for Everything After Getting Pulled Into a Game [GB]

[Two scenarios complete]

Question: What should you do if curiosity leads you to actually enter a death game?

A college student with a serious gaming addiction, and the very picture of a “troublemaker” to her elders, answered without hesitation: Then use your skills to beat this gimmicky game that’s all smoke and mirrors.

Outsmart it or go in guns blazing? She has plenty of ways to win!

That’s what Ji Lan thought.

Just as she plans to go all out in the game, heedless of whether she lives or dies, in pursuit of a perfect clear, who can tell her why her delicate, lily-like childhood friend has ended up in this deadly game too?!

Although the script-murder game “Sang Lun” has already been removed from app stores, it has a fearsome, melodramatic nickname online:

“The Death Game.”

Those who play it either go insane or lose their minds. The remaining “lucky ones” end up in hospital beds in a vegetative state.

“Here’s a question we’ve heard many times before: When faced with a choice that threatens you, however many options you have, your decision will always come down to whether you act for your own benefit or someone else’s.”

A month ago, the game’s trailer declared in a rigid, mechanical voice:

“We’re curious to hear the executors’ answers.”

“Welcome to the City of Evil, a paradise lost where only order reigns.”

Excerpt:

One of the times Ji Lan and Lin Ze’an kissed was in a false reality, shattering inch by inch like a broken mirror.

A vicious trap from which everyone managed to escape.

Her trembling hand pressed the black muzzle of a gun to Lin Ze’an’s heart. Then came a gunshot that pierced her eardrums.

The smell of gunpowder and blood filled their mouths and noses.

She thought she would never forget Lin Ze’an’s lips, so cold that no matter how fiercely she kissed him, she couldn’t warm them.

Nor would she forget the game rules, arrogant and contemptuous of everything.

Ji Lan × Lin Ze’an

Looks carefree but is actually obsessive × cool to everyone else, sweet and obedient in private

A mutual salvation story about two lovers with a striking contrast between their public and private selves.

Content warnings:

① Girl-boy romance. The male lead is a bit of a fragile flower and needs the heroine’s protection. Readers who prefer strong male leads should proceed with caution.

② The author’s skills are limited. Readers who prefer brain-teasing, exciting plots with strong logic should proceed with caution. The story focuses on plot, with romance as a secondary element.

③ There may be side couples with various sexual orientations, though they won’t get much page time. Don’t read if that bothers you.

Theme: Choose kindness.