It all starts because of a mobile game that refuses to give Lin Huang a single decent pull.
Half-joking, half-annoyed, he accepts a strange invitation that appears on his phone, expecting nothing more than another prank. Instead, he wakes up in a place that definitely isn’t home, carrying someone else’s name, someone else’s memories, and a life that is already running out of time.
The boy whose body he now occupies is only fifteen years old, and according to every doctor in this world, he shouldn’t have much longer to live. A damaged Life Wheel has left him with only a few months before his lifespan runs dry. Running away from that fact isn’t an option, especially when a younger sister depends on him completely. Finding a way to survive becomes more important than figuring out why he was brought here in the first place.
Outside the walls, the world is even less forgiving.
Humanity survives inside enormous footholds protected from creatures that treat people as prey. Every so often, mysterious dimensional gateways tear open without warning, releasing monsters powerful enough to wipe entire districts off the map. Hunters are the ones sent to stop them, risking their lives for rewards that ordinary people rarely get the chance to see. Lin Huang quickly understands one thing, staying weak is another way of waiting to die.
His only hope seems to be the strange Goldfinger that arrived with him. At first it feels almost useless, staying silent while he stumbles through one dangerous situation after another. Just when he starts wondering whether he imagined the whole thing, it finally responds. The rewards are unlike anything this world has seen, monster cards that can become loyal companions, rare abilities that ignore common sense, and opportunities that should never have belonged to someone standing at death’s door.
Even with those advantages, nothing comes easily. Every hunt carries the risk of becoming the hunted, every new card demands a price, and the clock tied to his Life Wheel never stops moving. Lin Huang cannot afford to waste time chasing empty glory when every passing day could be his last.
