Bai Yi awakens lying on a small wooden bed in a thatched hut, greeted by a voice that announces he has entered the Misty Land. He is told that regardless of past wealth or illness, everything begins anew. Weaknesses have been forcibly compensated to the average value, and a Shelter Logbook is provided to help him understand the world. His only task is to survive. Bai Yi, who spent ten years completely deprived of his senses after a steel bar pierced his spine, now finds himself able to move. He struggles to stand, falls, then picks up the Logbook. The Logbook reveals important notices: the shelter is unique and non-renewable; it must be reinforced; daytime is not necessarily safe; nighttime is dangerous; a newbie protection period lasts seven days, during which players inside the shelter suffer no physical damage. The shelter is a Thatched Hut with 10 durability. Bai Yi’s personal panel shows Strength 3, Spirit 9, Constitution 3, and Sanity 100. His talent, Steel Spine Will, has an active mode that dramatically increases Strength and Constitution as Sanity decreases, and a passive mode that locks Sanity at 1 and makes him immune to negative sanity effects while causing immense pain. Before he can explore further, a wind carries a strong smell of blood, and the door creaks open. He moves to close it, but a piece of flesh and bone strikes the door, creating a small hole. Through that hole, he sees something outside. The Logbook warns of an “Unseen” entity and begins a countdown to expel it. As Bai Yi exhales, he becomes slightly contaminated, losing 21 Sanity. The countdown reaches zero, and the entity is expelled.Bai Yi upgrades the shelter to a Worn Wooden House, which has 100 durability and includes a window and a Wishing Well. The Well can exchange items for random replacements, each item up to five times. Through the window, he sees the well appear outside. He browses the Logbook’s chat channel and forum. The world is populated by many players. He reads featured posts: one calculates day and night duration (10.02 hours day, 13.98 hours night); another describes dangers—beasts and Abyssal Demons appear beyond one kilometer from the shelter, and a Corpse-type Abyssal Demon is particularly dangerous; a third discusses the Wishing Well and its many failed attempts. He also reads a post about a training method combining specific breathing with bodyweight exercises, claiming that in the Misty World, recovery is enhanced and unknown substances in the air allow safe training. The post ends with an inspiring message about human resilience. Bai Yi, though skeptical, joins in the comment “Long live humans.”He starts training immediately, following the breathing and movements until his muscles tear. After sleep, he finds his Strength and Constitution have increased by 0.1, confirming the method’s effectiveness. At dawn, he approaches the Wishing Well. He has five wild fruits, five wood, five stone, some thatch, and a contaminated rabbit corpse. He throws in wild fruits one by one, receiving Moldy Bread, Purified Water, Withered Thatch, and Wood. With his last fruit, he hesitates, then exchanges wood instead. He receives a crumpled paper ball containing a blueprint for a Stone Pickaxe of Good quality. He exchanges more wood but gets only junk. He throws in stones and receives mostly worthless items. Finally, one stone exchange yields a damaged silver revolver named Shepherd’s Mercy, of Fine quality, with five shots remaining. Each shot reduces durability, which recovers one point per hour, and each bullet has a 5% chance to stun for one second. Emboldened, he tosses the contaminated rabbit corpse into the well. The water boils and churns, and a blast of air pushes back his hair. The result is not shown, but Bai Yi feels a surge of determination.Thus, Bai Yi begins his survival in the Misty Land, armed with a damaged but powerful revolver, a blueprint for a better tool, and a training regimen that steadily increases his attributes. He must balance exploration and shelter reinforcement, avoid the lurking Unseen entities and Abyssal Demons, and manage his sanity, all while competing with other players in a brutal new world. His ultimate goal remains simple: to survive, and perhaps to reclaim the strength he lost during his ten years of darkness.
