Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority

Qin Jin-Nian is a time traveler who three months ago fell asleep on Earth and woke up as a high school student in a parallel world where the supernatural and extraordinary exist. On the night of the Blood Moon, the countdown on a virtual panel that appeared with his transmigration ends. The world transforms: a huge Flesh Mountain pulsates in the distance, connected by pig-intestine-like tubes to humanoid figures, and a thick black mist rises. A girl in her twenties, with a sweet appearance and dressed in a white T‑shirt and gray pleated skirt, stands outside the burglar bars of his eighteenth‑floor balcony. She speaks in a gentle, coaxing voice, trying to lure him to open the door. Qin Jin-Nian resists her influence because his Authority “Dark Eyes” grants immunity to all mental corruption originating from the dark world. The panel shows his stats: Vitality 4.23, Mental Strength 6.15, and he holds the Authority “Shadow” with basic abilities Dark Eyes and Shadow Control. Shadow Control allows him to manipulate his own shadow, transforming it into tentacles, a ball, a dagger, or a long curved knife, though doing so consumes mental energy.

When a sudden attack by human forces causes an explosion on the distant Flesh Mountain, the girl’s expression distorts. The tubes connecting her to the Flesh Mountain fall off, and her beautiful face melts into a black‑red viscous liquid. She turns into a monstrous entity that screams and hammers at the burglar bars. Qin Jin-Nian initially tries to flee through the door, but the burglar bars surprisingly hold firm, blocking the creature physically. However, the black‑red liquid that splashes onto the balcony floor begins to wriggle and transform into thumb‑sized, cockroach‑like bugs with compound eyes. The bugs scurry toward him, triggering his intense disgust and panic. Desperate, he shouts “Shadow Control!” and the shadow under his feet explodes into multiple tentacles that accurately bind every bug in mid‑air. The tentacles then crush the bugs with a series of pops. After killing the first wave, a new Basic Authority is unlocked: Shadow Devour. The description states that the dark shadows feed on the flesh and spiritual energy of dark creatures. When he triggers Shadow Devour, the shadow under his feet expands like a black cloth across the floor, enveloping the insect corpses. They sink into the shadow as if into a swamp, disappearing completely. The process restores some of his spent mental and physical strength and grants him Stat Points and Shadow Points. Each bug devoured yields 0.01 Stat Points and 0.05 Shadow Points. His Stat Points accumulate to 0.52 after the first wave and 0.82 after the second, while Shadow Points reach 2.6 then 4.1. The fragment also provides a hint that Stat Points can be used to increase his attributes, while the exact use of Shadow Points remains unknown at this stage.

As the monster continues to pound the window, more liquid splashes in and forms a third wave of bugs. Qin Jin-Nian again uses Shadow Control to catch and then Shadow Devour to consume them, recovering further. The text indicates that he begins to lose his fear of the insects and even feels a slight expectation because each kill brings tangible power gains. The story establishes the core premise: in a world overrun by weirdness under a Blood Moon, Qin Jin-Nian relies on his shadow‑based authorities to survive and grow stronger. His immediate goal is to handle the relentless monster outside his window and the bugs it spawns, while the larger conflict involves the Flesh Mountain and the many humanoid figures linked to it. The protagonist’s background as an ordinary Earth office worker shapes his cautious but adaptive mindset, and his talent in the original world was mediocre, making his current abilities a newfound advantage. The narrative focuses on his first night of awakening, his experimentation with Shadow Control’s versatility, and his discovery of the devouring mechanism that fuels his progression. The story ends with him having dispatched three insect waves, his mental state stabilizing, and his attitude shifting from terror to a calculated opportunism in the face of the ongoing crisis. No further details about the larger plot, ultimate enemy, or ending are provided in the given excerpt.