Laid off and almost running out of his savings, Liang Wu was strolling the streets aimlessly one day, when he encountered a strange man running a strange stand, who then tried to recruit him to sign up for a strange fantasy-themed reality game show.
The pay sounded good, and the strange man promised him that it would not take long. Out of curiosity and out of options, Liang made the decision to sign up.
Later Liang woke up and found himself inside a completely different world, dressed in a suit of medieval-style clothes, having taken on the mantle of Spymaster and given a piece of paper detailing the “rules” he should follow. This was not the set for a reality game show, but the fictional world that was supposed to be the backdrop setting of it. Here, he must play by the rules, play his role and go along with the “story”.
Liang tried his best to investigate this world, as well as the “story” that was supposedly happening here, including the characters, the social and political rules, the different factions, and most importantly, the ins and outs of their yearly death the Tournament of Glory Helm. During this process, he faced threats from other players, native characters of this world and even forces running the world itself, as well as made friends with whom he was able to figure out important details about the world and the keys to survival.
When the climax of the “story” finally came and went, Liang and his allies made their way out of this nightmare through unusual means. They met up in real life, and only then did Liang know, from what this “adventure” of theirs came about.