Escape the Infinite Chamber
Type
Genre
Tags[ ]
Rating(3.8 / 5.0, 328 votes)
5 | 53% (175 votes) |
4 | 13% (42 votes) |
3 | 11% (36 votes) |
2 | 8% (25 votes) |
1 | 15% (50 votes) |
Language
Support Book (#ad)
Author(s)
One entry per lineArtist(s)
One entry per line
N/A
Year
Example: 2012
2013
Status in COO
Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line
201 Main Story Chapters + 5 Extras (Complete)
Licensed
N/A
Completely Translated
No
Original Publisher
One entry per lineEnglish Publisher
One entry per line
N/A
Release Frequency
Every 79.5 Day(s)Activity Stats [Graph]
Weekly Rank: #2119Monthly Rank: #4237
All Time Rank: #1815
Reading List [Graph]
On 5452 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #969
All Time Rank: #1187
Description
Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.One day, Luo Jian woke up and found himself in a locked chamber where the door and window were all sealed. A note with a few lines written on it was tacked to the wall: “Escape from this room within an hour, or else die.”
Associated Names
One entry per lineTLWXMS
Trốn thoát mật thất vô hạn
Táolí wúxiàn mìshì
逃离无限密室
Trốn thoát mật thất vô hạn
Táolí wúxiàn mìshì
逃离无限密室
Related Series
N/ARecommendations
The Earth is Online (9)The Trial Game of Life (8)
Kaleidoscope of Death (6)
Welcome to the Nightmare Game (6)
The Haunted (5)
Misplacement Game (5)
Recommendation Lists
- A comprehensive list of ONGOING BL UF/IF, survival...
- Liz's Collection : BL { Unlimited Flow / Horror / ...
- Chrysanthemun (Translation Completed)
- . Want to Read . :
- BLs that Stay with You
Date | Group | Release |
---|---|---|
05/02/20 | FleurDeLys | c39 |
04/25/20 | FleurDeLys | c38 |
04/18/20 | FleurDeLys | c37 |
08/04/19 | Taida Translations | c36 |
06/21/19 | Taida Translations | c35 |
12/26/18 | Taida Translations | c34 |
06/27/18 | Taida Translations | c32-33 |
06/22/18 | Taida Translations | c31 |
06/17/18 | Taida Translations | c28-30 |
06/07/18 | Taida Translations | c27 |
06/03/18 | Taida Translations | c26 |
05/25/18 | Taida Translations | c25 |
05/21/18 | Taida Translations | c24 |
05/17/18 | Taida Translations | c23 |
05/15/18 | Taida Translations | c22 |
Go to Page...
Go to Page...
This novel is an amazing mystery novel with well-written characters and plot. Overview:
Due to the horror genre, I was shying away from reading this amazing novel. The horror parts are mostly in the first half of the novel and actually kind of cliche in a way. Every time the MC encounters a dead body I keep praying it doesn't move but alas, because of the horror genre they always do without fail. The horror actually lies more in the gory descriptions of things. Especially, when it comes to dead bodies and how "characters" in the settings of the "Infinite Chambers" dies. If you can get past the gory bits (which never stops being described throughout the novel by the way) and focus on the mystery (which are kinda solvable if you read close enough) this story is quite interesting to read. The author does an amazing job of building characters relations and describing the plot and setting in a way that makes it easy to envision. It also makes the settings so much scarier because you can feel the tension and it feels as if something is going to jump out at you at any moment. The ships in this novel can be defined very loosely as enemies to lovers, which happens to be something I really enjoy. There are random angst moments that tugs at your heartstrings so be prepared for that. Characters:
Luo Jian:
Luo Jian is our adorable main character who's naive about what he has to do to survive the "Infinite Chambers". Although some of his too calm decision-making seems to hint otherwise. He's also quite possibly the most tragic and unluckiest character in this novel. Not only does he get s**ked up this "escape game", he gets stabbed in the beginner level, accidentally drags his best friend into this escape game mess, catches the (loving) attention of the enemy, encounters a serial killer (who also happens to fall in love with his best friend), and has to deal with this escaping the cycle of "Infinite Chambers" nonsense. Luo Jian only continues to suffer more as he tries to solve the mystery of this "game". It's easy to think you understand his character, but by the end of the whole novel as you watch his growth. Luo Jian has quite literally become a different person.
Feng Yu Lan:
Feng Yu Lan is the perfect shou I never knew I liked (He's actually closer to being bi-s*xual though). Although he's physically weak, he doesn't let that hold him back. Feng Yu is smart, tough, stands up for others, and extremely loving and loyal towards people he considers his friends. Before the start of the novel, he stands up for Luo Jian when his family turns on him for admitting he's gay. He even lies to his own family that he's gay and "elopes" with Luo Jian to help get him away from his family, giving up his easy happy life in the process. He's pretty much the perfect best friend everyone wishes they could have.
I think one of the saddest parts was when you find out that he didn't actually make it out alive with Luo Jian on the Ghost Ship. Because of his physical weakness, he dies of cold and drowns just before the exit. That made my heart hurt a lot. What's even sadder is he "dies" again shortly after because he lost the escape game and consequently needs to be killed in the real world too. On top of that, he basically gets his life bound to his killer. I don't think it's completely a bad thing though (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Feng Yu Lan's life can be described in one sentence: Living to die
Luo Jian & Stalker (Xing Yan) :
I would loosely describe their relationship as enemies to lovers because they practically fell in love at first sight with each other. Even though they're technically enemies, after the first clash they never actually fight each other again and help out one another. Their relationship is interesting to watch develop because it's kinda naive and very passionate. It's pretty adorable to see how Xing Yan finds loopholes in the rules just to help Luo Jian out. Xing Yan is super possessive of Luo Jian and later on, he basically acts like a
craftybig dog that follows Luo Jian around.Feng Yu Lan & Duan Li:
I think this ship had the most interesting dynamic in the book. This ship was the true enemies to lovers ship where they start off as enemies and take a super long time to get together.
To the point that it takes a whole another timeline to officially get together. Later on, revelations about their connected past also put a fun twist on their relationship.
Duan Li doesn't know how to treat Feng Yu Lan, he only knows that he wants to hold Feng Yu close to him but knows in the process his claws will hurt Feng Yu Lan. He's very protective of Feng Yu and ends up physically carrying Feng Yu a lot in the "Infinite Chambers" because of Feng Yu's vulnerability.
Animal Symbolism:
I really liked how the author gives each character an animal that is symbolic of their personalities. Luo Jian - Crow, Feng Yu Lan - Owl, Xing Yan - Black Cat, Duan Li - Wolf. If you think you know their personalities, their animals actually reveal traits they may not have shown yet even as far as half-way through the story. Luo Jian's animal in particular, actually reveals a lot about his character later on.
Be warned this novel contains a lot of red herrings! It is a horror mystery novel after all!
I was wondering if this novel was going to be one of those take down the system that is causing this whole mess and to my surprise it was. I didn't think the author had the guts to tackle writing down this type of complicated story. I was worried it wouldn't end well because a lot of novels I've read have really bad explanations for why the system exists or have gone very badly.
The author presents a lot of interesting twists that change how events are perceived. She makes good use of symbolism and foreshadowing to hint at future plot points so that when you finish the novel you ask yourself why you didn't notice it sooner. She draws a lot of attention to things that become extremely relevant later on in the story. One hint of symbolism that I'll give that could possibly spoil the entire story if you go through enough mental gymnastics and have a creative enough imagination is the Ouroboros symbol, which she makes a point to highlight multiple times. I think this is the type of novel where you need to read at least twice in order to catch everything.
In order to fully enjoy the novel, I think it's important to read the whole book in order to catch all the details. Summaries won't do this book justice because this novel is a mystery novel meant for the reader to figure out the clues.
The characters were well developed and had extremely fitting weapons and personalities to match. Their relationships were so fun to watch and see how they cared for each other in very different ways. There were only five extras about their lives after this whole troublesome ordeal which makes me crave for more. There is one extra chapter for each ship except the main couple which has two chapters (and yes that means there is a third unexpected ship) and the last one focuses on everyone meeting again.
The story ends with the original characters who "developed" the "game" (I'm super summarizing here, this isn't exactly what happened) developing a VR game instead, which makes me think that there's bound to be a whole new set of issues with its creation. Especially, when I've seen so many trapped-inside-a-VR-game novels. There is apparently a sequel and the intro has something about the VR game so I'm extremely curious about it all. I'm really looking forward to reading the author's other novels.
I think there are some random plot holes but they're not really important for me to care. Although, I believe when it comes to mystery novels the author should be vigilant about them. There's also a possibility I could have misinterpreted or missed things due to using google translate. That being said, I can't wait for the novel to be fully translated!
On an ending note, if you want to find out more spoilers you can find me in the forums or pm me directly questions! I'm itching to discuss this novel with someone else!
We're hinted in the earlier chapters that the incident the MC's friend is involved in is somehow related to the chambers. After leaving the second chamber, his friend is once again targeted. We suddenly learn about demonization, the friend gains magical powers, we learn about 'stalkers' roaming the real world, we learn about the ML's identity, we're introduced to who the 'stalker' chasing the friend is, we're introduced to a new character, another supporting character is further explained, new props, items used are mentioned... It kind of leaves you astonished at the end of it all.
I know I'm just nitpicking, but I just wished that we weren't just given this one mass explanation as a major event occurred. I am aware that it's early in the book and we're supposed to uncover things as they come.
It's iffy for me as this is where the tag r*pe comes in. The author kind of brushes over the scene and it's not explicit but... meh, I'm reluctat to approve of their relationship, despite what all the other reviews are saying. The starting point of it is also shitty tbh, but I guess that's how you build growth, right?
As stated above, I really liked how his personality doesn't start out with levelheaded--however, the changes in his personality sometimes happens too fast in such a short duration of time. Sometimes they contradict what was aforementioned.
I understand the author's usage of the weapon, drawing out the inner 'demon' (the repressed part of a person) and it gradually changes the person's personality overall, but, the changes in the MC were very quick. He's scared and screaming one second in a scary scenario and in a similar situation, he's very calm and collected--it's just odd. I understand that the character is supposed to be 3D, meaning that changes are likely to occur within a person as the situation depends on it, but the changes sometimes are too big for it to be possible.