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Have you ever longed for a utopia without quarrels or constraints? Xia Ji, a 17-year-old high school student, like countless teenagers who are tired of reality, plunged into the unpopular game "Welcome Back" which was released six years ago but only played by a hundred people. Here, he has his own "underage protection mode": a sweet town, ever-gentle townspeople, and a soft stuffed bear that accompanies him through a whole year of tender time. There are no endless test papers, no unanswerable phone calls, no bitterly wet rainy days, only sunshine, sweet fragrance and seemingly eternal comfort. But the system's warning is never a joke: comfort is always reserved for the dead. When the clock struck midnight on his eighteenth birthday and the "underage protection mode" was automatically turned off, all the sugar-coating suddenly shattered. The sweet vanilla smell was swallowed up by the strong fishy smell, the soft cream streets turned into blood-stained slates, the ferocious corpses of the gentle-smiling townspeople were revealed, and the little bear who accompanied him suddenly became the murderous NPC that escaped his control. It turns out that the safe haven he thought was a mass grave; the warm companionship he longed for was the devil's elaborate cage; the coming-of-age ceremony he looked forward to was a torture that dragged him from the illusion into hell. What's wrapped under the gorgeous candy wrapper is never just candies, but more likely blood-red eyes; what's wrapped in cream is not just birthday cakes, but also rotting heads; freedom is not necessarily physical relief, but can also be a beautiful fantasy when you're in a state of insanity.