City of Beasts

Gao Yang was an orphan. At six, he wished for parents, and woke up to find himself "transported" into a warm, complete family of five: a father, a mother, a grandmother, and a little sister with big eyes. Twelve quiet years passed, and at eighteen, in a single instant, he suddenly realized—this was no ordinary parallel world. The relatives, classmates, and neighbors around him—many of these "people" wore human skin but were "beasts" from who knows where. Only one person is hidden among ten thousand beasts. Once this all-obscuring truth was cracked open, Gao Yang was nearly killed at once. At the critical moment, he awakened a talent called "Luck": the longer he lived, the stronger he became. His classmate Qing Ling stepped in to save him, guided him through the trials of Awakened ones, brought him into an organization that protects humanity, and showed him for the first time this city shrouded in mist. Facing disguise, betrayal, ambushes, and parting by life and death, Gao Yang must hide his identity while surviving the struggle between humans and beasts—and ask why the world is this way. This is Volume One of the City of Beasts series, telling the story's starting point; beyond the main text, it also includes the side story Long Summer.