Gao Ming – the mc of the story

Qi Yan (Rainy Night Murderer) – the murderer that is killing people during rainy nights

Li Lin – the officer first to arrive in the MC’s apartment after receiving the call after the Rainy Night Murderer got caught

Manager Gou – the manager in charge of the game studio

Wei Dayou – game planner and programmer

Xia Yang – lead artist at the game studio

Xuan Wen – the new female coworker for the studio and also the girlfriend from MC’s game

Richy (Fa Cai) – the fat cat at the studio

Mr. Zhao Xi – the adopted son of the old lady who committed suicide

Teacher Yao Yuan – the police academy teacher that was supposed to die due to illness but instead entered the abnormal event at the apartment

Sumo – the delivery guy that came when MC ordered takeout

Mr. Zhao – one of the investors in the game studio

Chairman Situ An – the acting chairman of the investigative bureau of the east district in Hanhai

Doctor Lu – the doctor speaking with Chairman Situ at the hospital

Manager Ma – the manager at Unicorn Gaming Studio

Cen Guan – the deputy director of Hanhai’s eastern investigation branches

Qin Tian – The disfigured investigator. Cen Guan’s trusted subordinate, they’re both from Xinhai 

Director Chen Yuntian – the division head of Lishan Investigation Bureau office within the old district.  

Bai Qiao – the female deputy head of team 1

Zhu Miao Miao – a female firefighter in the old district. she joined the bureau after her husband and child disappeared in a anomaly three days prior

Bai Xiao – head of team 1 and big brother of Bai Qiao

Yan Hua – the infamous murderer that had been traumatized by his stepfather and has a bed wetting problem

Yan Ling – Yan Hua’s sister

Wan Qiu – the male student from the college that snuck into the girl’s bathroom

Azun – one of the bullies at the school

Ma Lian – head of the second team

Chen Bing – head of the third team

Wu Bo – the old man trying to sell MC the talisman and rises in the apartment at Sishui Street

Zhou Ji – the old man carrying a adult baby on his back within Sishui apartment

Gong Xi – the volunteer from Hanhai Charity and rental agent for Sishui Apartment

Nannan – the youngster little sister Wan Qiu encountered at the apartment 

Xianxian – the older little sister Wan Qiu encountered at the apartment

Ms. Nosy – the female with four mouths and like to talk

Qing Ge – Eastern District Division, Queen’s Investigation Bureau Chief. The investigator they found inside the red room after dealing with the meat restaurant

Tian Yuan – head of Team Three of the Dazhai Investigation Bureau. He helped bandage the MC after he lost a eye.

Li Xiu – Deputy Director of Huanmen Investigation Bureau. also the butcher

Gui Zai – the one who came to MC’s aid following the others after the butcher incident

Liu Yi – the old classmate that played MC game and have weird things happening around him. he tried contacting Gao Ming after the Flesh Immortal incident

An An – the source kid for the fear phobia

Li Li – Brother Zhao Xi’s sister-in-law

Zhao Yuan – Brother Zhao Xi’s foster mother

Wang Kui –Building 2, room 2101. he saw a three meter tall ghost outside his door

Fang Shuqi – Building 2, room 2409. The man saw his dead girlfriend cooking her own hair

Xiao Qiu – Building 2, room 2203. He saw his deceased family members on the door, accusing him of being unfilial

Dr. Lu – the sick doctor that likes to collect his patients as samples

Amei – the little girl patient that Dr. Lu turned into his collection. she suffers from a strange disease, believing she was a fish out of water

Wu Shu – a paranormal investigator of the Xinhai Investigation Bureau

Song Xue – the other classmate that was on the bus with Liu Yi. she supposed died with the memorial photo in her bag yet called after the accident

Zhou Jun – the huge classmate boy from the class photo

Items: 

Firefighter Axe

Black rings from the Bureau

Talismans of Slaying 

Heart of Deity – feeding on faith

Heart of Mortality – feeding on flesh and blood

Places: 

Henshan High-Security Prison – the place where the MC worked before quitting to work as a full time game designer

Hanhai City – the city MC currently resides in

Building No. 4 of Li Jing Apartments – the apartment unit of where MC lives in the old district

Nightlight Game Studio – the game company MC works at

Motu Technology – the parent company for the game studio

Xinhai City – the city where MC’s parents lived

Abnormal Disaster Joint Investigation Bureau – the organization by the government to investigate and deal with the hauntings

Minlong Street – the site of the first case MC went to after joining the Bureau

St. Louis College – the cheap private school in Hanhai

Sishui Street – the site of a grisly murder in the expensive eastern district

Lishan Investigation Bureau – the place where more reinforcements came from for the level 4 haunting

Supernatural Mystery Institute – the place where researchers for supernatural events work

Hande Private School – the school attended by the kids that were thrown in the dog cellar

Cripple Bay Village – the village where the blind man is kept in the cellar

Game Concepts at the Studio:

‘Criminals’ category involved games derived from actual criminal cases, where danger is purely human, hinging on puzzle-solving and evidence collection within the bounds of reality.

‘Rumors’ also drew on murder cases yet were laced with peculiar and spine-chilling narratives. However, the true peril remained human-centric despite the fictional overtones.

‘Omens’ represented a departure into the realm of the supernatural, hinting at the existence of fearsome entities and world-altering prophecies, where the threats were rooted in curses and the paranormal.

‘Cryptic’ games were a notch above, dabbling in authentic mysteries that could defy explanation.

‘Strange Tales’ were the most unpredictable, a domain where safety was an illusion, rules were subject to change, enigmas abounded, and the narratives were not only self-evolving but increasingly expansive, drawing in more unsuspecting individuals.

‘Uncontrolled Strange Tales.’ These were the narratives without hope, the darkest of Gao Ming’s creations, which he had come specifically to destroy in the hope that their bleak scenarios would never bleed into the fabric of reality.

Games: 

To Our Love That Will Eventually Perish (To Our Love That Will Eventually Die)

The Only Family

Hide and Seek

Fear Phobia

Born Psychopath

Flesh Immortal

Different Danger Levels: 

“Level 0: There’s a definite occurrence of an abnormal event, but it lacks any serious or dangerous characteristics typical of levels 1 to 6.”

“Level 1: The event displays abnormal phenomena, but these anomalies don’t interact with people in the real world. They don’t make contact with individuals and don’t disrupt the daily lives of those near the event’s location.”

“Level 2: The abnormal phenomenon noticeably impacts individuals. Those close to the event start showing unusual behaviors, such as mental disarray, sensory confusion, and cognitive impairment. The anomaly is confined to its location, and affected individuals maintain their sanity. They can be returned to normal through others’ persuasion after losing control.”

“Level 3: Specific ‘ghosts’ manifest in the abnormal event. Anyone in contact with the anomaly completely loses behavioral control, leading to self-harm, suicide, or aggression towards others. Their self-awareness is fully absorbed by the anomaly, and not even family members can halt their actions.”

“Level 4: The abnormal event begins to spread. As fear escalates, the affected area widens. The central ‘ghost’ of the event grows stronger, feeding on negative emotions like killing, bloodshed, and fear. All unease becomes its sustenance.”

“Level 5: The event’s impact extends over a wide area. The ‘ghost’ within has ‘matured’ and becomes incredibly difficult to eliminate. It has entrenched itself in people’s psyches.”

“Level 6: The abnormal event becomes utterly uncontrollable. No known solutions exist for such events. They embody fear itself, and investigators must prevent a level 6 event at all costs.”

The Five Old City District Offices

Lishan 

Jinwan 

Fuding 

Pukou

Dazhai

Four Types of Residents at Sishui Apartment

life – the living, maintaining their humanity

death – little life left and survive by eating meat from the Flesh Immortal alatar

desire – the type that’s been transformed and bound inside like the sales agent that can’t leave his grandmother

sin – spirits of victims trapped