The moment Gao Yang learns everyone he loves is a monster, the show doesn't flinch away from what that means. He has to survive the people closest to him, and the system that saves his life becomes the only thing that makes sense in a world designed to eat him alive. Luck is not a superpower, it's a desperate kid's only card against something that was always hunting him.
Eighteen-year-old Gao Yang's ordinary life shatters when he glimpses the horrifying reality underneath it all: everyone around him, his family, his friends, all wear human faces over something far more sinister. These creatures exist in a world of lies, and now that he knows the truth, they'll stop at nothing to silence him. Cornered and bleeding out, Gao Yang's body responds to death itself. A system awakens within him, granting an ability that defies logic: absolute luck. With this power, survival becomes a twisted game where probability bends to his will. Every near-fatal encounter, every impossible choice becomes a dance between fate and his newfound gift. But luck is a double-edged weapon. As Gao Yang scrambles to stay alive, he uncovers deeper secrets about the world's true nature and the creatures wearing familiar faces. The question becomes not just whether he'll survive, but whether anyone can be trusted when reality itself is a carefully maintained deception.