Ever since she was born, Xie Chang'an has had the same recurring dream. In it, a beautiful mermaid mournfully tells her something, but Xie Chang'an has never been able to make out the words.
During a meteor shower, she and twenty-six other unlucky souls are transmigrated into the world of Shanhai, where rules reign supreme, divine beasts mutate, and eerie tales are everywhere. There, they learn several rules they must never break.
Rule One: Do not walk alone during the day. The solitary sun hopes you will keep it company forever.
Rule Two: Be careful about touching the black mist. Even tiny insects can devour a colossal Kunpeng.
Rule Three: People have three life-flames. Never look back.
Just as despair begins to spread, scales grow on the back of her hand, glowing with light...
In the year 203 of the Shanhai Calendar, the Shanhai Realm was invaded by demons from beyond its borders. The divine beasts were corrupted, their spiritual energy gradually fading as they became eerie tales born of the rules.
At first, the divine beasts numbly assumed that the Heavenly Dao had shattered and the world was nearing its end. Then one day, their bodies began to recover. Out of curiosity, they watched humanity try once more to save the world, carrying torches into the eerie tales, and saw Xie Chang'an, the newly appointed leader of humankind.
The girl seemed capable of anything. She rose to the throne of the Sequence King by mastering the rules, drove out the demons, and awakened the slumbering Heavenly Dao.
At that moment, a new god came to the Shanhai Realm.
A weepy, insecure fawn x the otherworldly leader of humankind
Most of the plants and animals are drawn from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, with a few made up by me!!!
Warnings:
1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, and there is no rivalry between women. The heroine grows stronger over time. After becoming powerful, she travels through time and raises the hero when he is a child. They choose each other wholeheartedly.
2. My own take on rule-based horror, mixed with a sequence-ranking system. The writing is a little amateurish, and I'm getting back into writing.
3. The hero is a male Fuzhu deer transformed into human form: a pretty white-haired accessory, well-behaved and good at acting cute, with a fake-substitute trope.
Thank you to heaven, thank you to earth, thank you for your hard work~