★ Copyright sold: Russian.
★ Scored 9.6/10 on China’s top web-novel platform, topping both completion and popularity charts, and ranked T6 on the annual peak list. The novel has surpassed 15 million reads, proving strong appeal among young digital readers.
★ Motion Comic​'s success: 100M+ views & 5M+ likes across platforms.
★ Merges “infinite flow” storytelling with survival competition à la The Hunger Games and virtual reality twists echoing The Matrix. Each arc plays like an episode of Black Mirror, blending horror, puzzles, and rule-based death games—perfect for fans of The Cabin in the Woods.
★ Explores human nature under pressure through confined spaces and high-stakes games—a theme with universal emotional resonance.
★ Supernatural horror tackles societal wounds: e.g., "Letter Delivery" (Li Yue’s domestic violence-fueled fratricide) & "Praying for Rain Village" (humanity’s dark turn in famine).

In an impenetrable fog, a driverless bus carries the protagonist Ning Qiushui and six others to a mysterious black villa called “Guishe”. “Guishe” serves as a hub linking multiple parallel alternate dimensions (its concept akin to the “haunted house trial grounds” in Western horror tales), and on its third floor are nine blood gates—gateways to different terrifying dungeons.
Ning Qiushui and his companions, as “chosen participants”, are forced to enter these “blood gates” at regular intervals to complete various horrific and bizarre tasks in order to survive. These mission settings are diverse, including but not limited to: “Praying Rain Village”, steeped in ancient curses; an “Old Mansion” plagued by a series of inexplicable deaths; a haunted house dominated by the eerie portrait of the “Lady in Black”; and a modern apartment where one must engage in psychological warfare with a supernatural entity known as “The Man Who Looks Up”.
Each “blood gate” world resembles an independent lethal game dungeon, with unique rules and deadly puzzles. Participants must rely on wit, courage, and limited cooperation to survive these supernatural dangers within a set time; failure in the missions often means death.
Through repeated brushes with death, Ning Qiushui and his companions gradually uncover that the truth behind “Guishe” and the “blood gates” is far more complex and astonishing than the surface curses suggest: the so-called “ghosts” are physical manifestations of tainted human desires and obsessions; the blood gate trials are in fact a selection process for saviors of the world, concealing an even larger plan to end the contamination. Meanwhile, the fallen organization “Rashomon” seeks to spread the contamination into the human world. While collecting “ghost tools” (special items used to combat ghosts) and puzzle clues earned as game rewards, Ning Qiushui contends with hostile forces, gradually unveiling the truth connecting the mist-shrouded world with the human world, and ultimately taking on the mission to save the world.
Throughout the tale, set against an atmosphere of intense suspense and horror, the story delves deeply into human nature under extreme conditions, the value and cost of trust, and the struggle between individual will and fate.

Ye Lai Feng Yu Sheng

One of the leading writers in the suspense and horror genre within China’s online literature scene. He specializes in suspense and fantasy themes, and is dedicated to constructing multi-dimensional, cross-dimensional worlds of suspense and fantasy. His atmospheric storytelling is finely detailed and lifelike, his deductive logic rigorous, and he weaves universal reflections on humanity into his horror narratives. His works are known for their vivid ensemble character portrayals and strong plot conflicts; his characters are richly drawn and his stories compelling, earning him a loyal readership. His representative work is the “Misty Manor” series.