Game of the Strange Realm: The Rule Deconstructor

In 2045, the "Descent of the Dread Realms" sweeps across the globe. Otherworldly spaces fall into reality like bubbles, dragging countless people into deadly game arenas. Each realm has its own physical laws and rules of death. Those who enter are called "Chosen Ones," and their challenges are livestreamed around the world through the Chosen System.

After being laid off, Yang Nian, a former video game level designer, stumbles into the Dread Realm "Death Apartment." Every floor hides different rules: the silent floors devour anyone who makes a sound, the mirror floors create deadly reflections, and the central zone turns the entire building into a brutal testing ground. While everyone else is still terrified, testing the rules, and suspecting one another, Yang Nian is already breaking them down with a designer's logic. She awakens the S-rank talent "Rule Deconstruction," which lets her see through the Dread Realm's underlying code and find the one way out of a dead end.

As the Dread Realms grow more dangerous, Yang Nian meets the cool-headed and dependable Shen Zhiyi, the upright and formidable Lu Beichen, and the lively, courageous Jiang Xiaoyu. She also encounters Gu Changye, the unfathomable leader of the Zero Society. Together, they will cross a ghostly school, a post-apocalyptic amusement park, Mirror City, and the Pantheon, steadily climbing to the top amid global livestreams, national destiny competitions, and clashes between countries.

To Yang Nian, the Dread Realms have never been mere killing grounds. They are rule-bound games with predetermined endings. While everyone else struggles to survive, she has only one job: rewrite the ending.