[Full manuscript in progress]
Gravity-wielding older bottom x hearing-impaired younger top
Shi Yunfan, nineteen, a master's student, was on a high-speed train returning to China for spring break when he dozed off.
When he opened his eyes, he had been dragged into an infinite-flow game.
The TV hissed with static and displayed a photograph along with a line of blood-red writing:
[Kill him within twenty-four hours.]
*
While everyone else screamed in terror, he checked his luggage first and nodded with satisfaction. Great, all my stuff is here, including my hearing aids.
Then I'll find something to eat in the kitchen.
*
A ghost got right in his face. He found it noisy.
The rules killed people. He found them annoying.
That was until he ran into his childhood friend Du Yuye, whom he hadn't seen in over half a year, in one of the game instances. Du Yuye's eyes reddened as he pulled Shi Yunfan behind him, his voice trembling:
"Why are you here? How can you be here? Can you hear me?"
Shi Yunfan blinked, then slowly took off his hearing aids and placed them in Du Yuye's palm. He signed:
Didn't we agree you'd keep me company during spring break?
Du Yuye: ...Is this really about spring break, Little Cloud?
*
They say that at Baima Temple, every prayer is answered.
It can erase every hardship and redeem every regret.
Du Yuye knelt before the Buddha and prayed with all his heart: Let Shi Yunfan be happy, and stay with me forever.
The next second, Shi Yunfan crumpled to the ground. Du Yuye had never known that a wish could exact such a price.
*
All these beings are wicked living creatures of Jambudvipa, and this is the fruit of their karma. The power of karma is immense: it can rival Mount Sumeru, plunge into the great sea, and obstruct the sacred path.
Forewarning:
1. This story contains extensive horror and suspense, the supernatural and fantasy, worldbuilding in an alternate setting, ensemble casts, religious and cultural expression or inaccuracies, gods and celestial realms, unconventional elements, and depictions of harm and abuse. Those with low tolerance should not read.
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Theme: What comes free often costs the most
