Eerie Descent: Deadpan Jokes Break the Rules

Eerie dungeons descend globally, forcing countless players into rule-based horror instances where any violation leads to being devoured by the eerie. Some awaken powerful talents like flame control, body enhancement, or future prediction, but only Jiang Che is bound to the universally despised F-rank talent—deadpan jokes. In the midnight hospital, one must not stare at the faceless nurse; on the last subway car, empty seats hide tentacles; the library's silence is suffocating. The strongest players struggle to avoid the eerie and obey the rules, suffering countless deaths. Everyone thinks Jiang Che is doomed, until they witness: the faceless nurse freezes after hearing a pun, the time train conductor is thrown into chaos by a time-related deadpan joke, and the stitched monster dean is trapped in joke logic, unable to attack. While others hide from the eerie, he chases them to tell jokes; while others desperately follow rules, he uses deadpan jokes to pierce through the world's logical flaws. Later, Jiang Che gathers a team of 'useless talent' allies—a story girl, an off-key singer, and a square-dancing grandma—to dominate the dungeons. When the supreme rules governing everything descend, crushing all with absolute logic, Jiang Che slowly speaks a deadpan joke of infinite recursion. The entire eerie realm is plunged into a thinking deadlock. — Description from novelcodex.org