The male protagonist (Yan Yuechu) accidentally enters a "real-life escape room" shop and gets to know the shop owner (Xu Aiyoe). He hears rumors that the female shopkeeper is an incarnation of a demon; those who have played in this escape room will be enchanted by her and trapped in nightmares. Despite dismissing the rumors, the protagonist still decides to participate in the game.
After returning home from the game, he really has a nightmare of being trapped in an escape room. From then on, he is constantly involved in bizarre incidents, with people around him being attacked and kidnapped one after another, and he also keeps wandering between nightmares and reality.
The story unfolds around the escape room, gradually revealing the protagonist's past and the love-hate entanglement with Xu Aiyoe, the owner of the escape room shop.
