An otaku perched at the pinnacle of the three-dimensional world begins a journey into the two-dimensional realm on a peculiar night. Sometimes cold and detached, sometimes innocent and naïve, and at times even endearing and adorable... Yet, at heart, merely an otaku..
With a system in tow, Dean arrived in a seemingly ordinary America of the 1980s. At first, he believed this was just an average world, but soon he realized that normality was merely a façade, with mysteries lurking beneath the shadows. The human body is frail and wracked with suffering, yet the passions of the heart can shatter the boundaries between life and death. Bizarre creatures cloak themselves in disguise, masking brutal truths with innocent fairy tales. The line between human reason and bestial instinct is as thin as a mask; order and madness wage ceaseless war within the mind. The supernatural has bent both fantasy and reality to its will, while an inverted world devours and exhales lethal secrets. This world is nothing but a hunting ground. Refusing to be mere prey, Dean has no choice but to raise his shotgun..
Tao Zui, renowned as the most beautiful woman in the world, is the protagonist who keeps a low profile and possesses a steady, composed nature. Her extraordinary beauty draws too much attention, so she always wears a mask to conceal her face and avoid being constantly watched. Zhou Yuanxuan, reserved and taciturn, treats everyone with a cold, indifferent demeanor, ruthless and unforgiving, known for seeking vengeance for even the smallest slight. After eliminating several people who had wronged him, he earned the nickname "Ruthless Zhou" in secret. When Tao Zui was very young, she declared Zhou Yuanxuan as her cherished one. Later, after Tao Zui moved away, Zhou Yuanxuan never saw her again. Years passed until, during a dangerous encounter in the wilderness, they joined forces against a common enemy. Only then did Zhou Yuanxuan notice the scar on Tao Zui's arm, the mark of an old childhood injury, and finally recognized her. Zhou Yuanxuan regards Tao Zui as his one and only, placing his trust solely in her. To others, he remains cold and merciless, yet towards Tao Zui, he is willing to bare his heart and soul. In the post-apocalyptic world, the best rule for survival is never to meddle in other people's affairs..
"Mom, we're just roommates. It's not like we can go out these days!" A few weeks later: "Mom, I think I'm about to finish my mission...".
"This empire—I conquered it with my own hands, and I can destroy it before your very eyes." In the Great Yin Dynasty, where women hold power and men are subjugated, imperial authority has long decayed. Xiao Chenbi, born with heterochromatic eyes, was once the crown princess, but after a coup, she was deposed, seventy-two black iron nails driven into her spine, and exiled to the frontier. Ten years later, she returns at the head of an iron-clad cavalry, vowing to reclaim her throne—only to discover that her former prisoner, the hostage prince of a rival nation, Xie Wujiao, has become the puppet empress of the new sovereign. Outwardly fragile and ailing, his slender fingers dance over the zither, yet he manipulates the undercurrents of the court with chilling precision. She presses him relentlessly, only to uncover a hidden decree within the Imperial Seal—the very order by which her mother slaughtered the entire Xie clan. "If you seek vengeance, let me be your blade; if you desire this world, I will hold it for you, even if rivers of blood must flow." But when the truth is laid bare—her strange eyes are the curse of Xie blood, and his heart’s blood is the only cure for her old wounds—who is truly taming whom, in this tangled web of power and desire? "I do not fear your schemes," she whispers, "I only fear that you will not even hate me with all your heart.".