The Human World Porridge Shop

In 2026, the urban legend game Corridor invaded reality, pulling countless people with depression and feelings of emptiness into deadly instances.

While other players drew their weapons and slaughtered one another for a few extra percentage points of survival, community mental health counselor Wen Yu pulled out... a cooking pot?

The rules said: Keep smiling. Negative emotions cost points.

Wen Yu lifted a bowl of plain congee and looked at the walking corpses filling the neighborhood. "Go ahead and cry. You won't lose points this time."

Others cleared the instances with brute force; she used psychological profiling to uncover their truths.

Others frantically hoarded wealth; she turned unclaimed pain into hot soup.

Until she discovered that the ultimate core of Corridor, its "soup base," was her dead older sister.

"Pain can't be boiled away, but we can bear it together."

Tycoons, magnates, and monsters from the abyss lined up to ask her for a bowl of congee.

Even the cold-faced guardian of the abyss, who always smelled of sandalwood, pinned her against a wall with red-rimmed eyes. "Let me be the one to protect you this time."

[Reader's Guide]

1. Infinite-flow survival, psychology, ensemble cast, and healing, with mildly spooky mysteries.

2. The heroine seems like a meek counselor on the surface, but let her hair down and she's a ruthless powerhouse.

3. A slow-burn couple. The male lead comes from a funeral-services family and provides an exceptional level of emotional support.