They Are All Watching Me

Seven years ago, an Abyssal Rift erupted. Chen Jin led a team to fight it, but his Origin Heartflame, “Dawn,” went out, leaving him a cripple. The rift was barely sealed. Seven years later, he awoke to find that the eyes of the person beside him had become bottomless black holes. Everyone on the street was staring at him, drifting black mist floating in their eyes. His phone pushed absurd news alerts: Today’s death toll is zero. Seven consecutive days with zero deaths. The Abyss had never closed. Its invasion had shifted from the outside to the inside, turning everyone in the city into a vessel for the “Gaze.” Then a spark flared in the cold ashes in his chest, which had lain dead for seven years. His once-dormant heartflame began to reignite. The only one who could help him hold the seal was a girl named Luoluo. Gentle and quiet, with knife skills far too precise to seem human. Seven years ago, she used her own body to hold the Abyss back and smiled as she told him, “Then I’ll guard the way back for you.” Now the seal is crumbling. Seven days remain. The eyes of everyone in the city are turning into black holes. And Chen Jin must choose between rekindling his heartflame and extinguishing it with his own hands.