From the Start, Livestreaming the Trial of the Emotionally Unhinged Internet

Lin Ye once thought silence could preserve his dignity.

It wasn't until his company made him take the fall, his ex-girlfriend watched coldly from the crowd, and a frivolous rich kid ground him into the dirt that he understood: some worlds have no faith in honest people.

That night, he started a livestream.

The camera was cold, the city was loud, and countless strangers' gazes poured in from the other side of the screen. Some mocked him, some were angry, some were curious, and some stopped to pay attention to him for the first time.

Then, in the darkness, an unseen System quietly lit up.

It collected emotions, and it collected people's hearts. It granted power, and it forced him to face his desires.

Lin Ye began venturing into corners untouched by the light: phony feasts, silenced victims, lies packaged as truth, and plunder dressed up as respectability. He never wanted to become a god. He just didn't want wrongdoing to be buried so easily anymore.

But as the applause grew louder, his enemies grew stronger, and he climbed from the mire of an ordinary life into ever deeper shadows, he discovered that judgment was about more than exposing others.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.