Kim Dokja does not view himself as the protagonist of his own life. True to the name his parents chose, he is a solitary individual whose only pastime is reading web novels. For more than a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yoo Joonghyuk, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA). Through Joonghyuk, Dokja has experienced secondhand the trials of repeatedly regressing in time, searching for an end to life-threatening "scenarios" that compel people to act out narratives for the amusement of god-like "Constellations." After reading 3,149 chapters—long after all other readers lost interest—Dokja finally accepts that the story is ending. However, he receives an enigmatic message from the author stating that the story will soon be monetized, just before his surroundings suddenly go dark. He quickly realizes that fiction has become reality and that he is now living through TWSA. Although he is the sole omniscient reader of events yet to come, his success in the scenarios is not guaranteed—but perhaps his advantage will empower him to step into the protagonist role that never suited him before.