Rule Contamination: I Become a God at a Cost

[A strange tale of someone who knows the rules becoming a servant, while those who pay the price take control]

When sobbing in the campus practice rooms begins to rob people of “joy,” and an ancient pillow of yellow millet can devour dreams, Lin Yan realizes that the entire world is being quietly tainted by “rule-based horrors” from another dimension.

Touch a rule, and you must pay a price. Memories, emotions, senses, lifespan... anything can be taken.

Faced with this mad abyss, some are afraid, while others submit.

But Lin Yan, a freshman in the history department, opens his eyes to see the price of all things: the [Scale of Price].

“Give up three days of your sense of taste, and your rule will have no effect on me.”

“Trade half a lifetime of memories, and I’ll make you vanish without a trace.”

He is a merchant walking on the blade’s edge of the rules, using the smallest price to leverage the most terrifying power.

As ancient gods whisper behind the scenes and official cleaners purge the world in plain sight, Lin Yan joins forces with Su Wanqing, a young keeper of secrets who wields [Fortune and Misfortune Intertwined], to form his own “Payment” squad.

They venture into forgotten folk ruins and explore distorted mirror cities, battling various forces in one thrilling “price” war after another across rule-based dungeons around the globe.

Yet as he draws closer and closer to the truth, Lin Yan finally discovers that the ultimate corruption enveloping the world is itself the most brutal “payment” ritual of all.

“Then now,” Lin Yan says calmly, facing the unspeakable being as he toys with the scales in his hand, “it’s my turn to set your price.”