A late-night explosion in a laboratory and the mysterious disappearance of core data drag Lin Yu and his companions into an abyss. Zhao Qiang's father is suddenly hounded by debt collectors, Su Yao has a deadly device implanted after a car accident, and Lin Yu discovers rows of warning-labeled barrels in a radiation-contaminated zone. A secret buried for twenty years gradually comes to light: the Su Group conducts human experiments under the guise of charity, Muyuan Capital uses the black market to weave a web of money and power, and beneath Haizhou City's gleaming new landmarks, radioactive waste is stirring, hungry for human lives.
Caught between betrayal and trust, Lin Yu struggles to navigate the treacherous waters, clutching bloodstained fragments of an account book as he faces a vast power that controls both the underworld and the establishment. From campus to the business world, from laboratories to courtrooms, this life-or-death contest hides scalpel-sharp secrets behind every polished public figure. As cherry blossoms wither in radioactive dust and the truth sinks into the deep sea with the explosion of a cargo ship, falsified medical reports, witnesses who suddenly drop dead, and tracking codes etched onto transplanted organs will ultimately form a dark web over the entire city.
This is a war of ants against a tree, and the idealists' final charge against a capitalist behemoth. When business becomes a deadly gamble, only burning every bridge can tear a glimmering crack into the bloodstained ledger.
