The Book of Zhiyu

【Infinite flow + ensemble cast + folk customs + mild horror】 Shen Su and her older brother were investigating the truth behind their parents’ and several townspeople’s disappearances when they glimpsed a mysterious realm and were pulled inside as players. Though they were called players, they were more like authors. When pulled in, each person received a companion object called The Book of Zhiyu. They had to explore the map according to its clues, experience terrifying events firsthand to complete the book’s stories, and find and kill Zhiyu in their various forms to survive and clear the game. Zhiyu were monsters said to secretly harm people. The players had to fight them with courage and strength, while also outsmarting The Book of Zhiyu, which liked to hide information, lie, play word games, and even give up altogether. Shen Su affectionately called it the Book of Depression: When they encountered a rat wedding, a teammate eager to watch the spectacle discovered that he was the bride! When they saw a cat ghost worshipping the moon, a teammate marveling at the strange sight had both eyes stabbed blind by the City God! While investigating the Judge’s head-swapping case, a teammate envied the couple’s deep devotion, only to have a fox spirit take his head! When the Five Apparitions harassed a young woman, they rescued her, but she then killed herself and reincarnated as a spirit of joy, joining the Five Apparitions to come after them! … They escaped death time and again, and story after story was written. Their teammates often fell into traps, but Shen Su never abandoned anyone. She pulled and dragged them along, refusing to let a single one die. Every one of them had to survive! As more and more players were pulled in, Zhiyu began invading the real world, and the truth about the world gradually came to light. It turned out that the world they lived in had long ago been reshaped by gods from another timeline. They, their families, and their teammates were all “criminals” exiled there by those gods…