"Nerve Cleft" is a cyberpunk science fiction novel written from a first-person perspective. It tells the story of Lin Zeyuan, a low-level repairman in Tianshu City of the New Han Federation in 2167, as he searches for truth and freedom in the technological prison of the future. In this world, the "neural network" of Web3.0 Seamlessly connects human consciousness with the virtual world, the brain-computer interface becomes the core of life, the artificial intelligence "Tianshu Core" controls everything, the virtual currency "Star Coins" determines destiny, robots replace human power, and immortality technology is the privilege of the rich. However, ubiquitous surveillance and brainwashing propaganda have made ordinary people like zombies.
Lin Zeyuan came into contact with the mysterious signal "Ghost" during a maintenance mission, and uncovered the core conspiracy of Tianshu - the "Eternal Life Rift" plan will forcibly upload everyone's consciousness and deprive them of freedom in reality. He teamed up with black market hackers and defected engineers to go deep into the intertwined gaps between neural networks and reality to track down the truth. In the process, he discovered that he had been an experiment at Tianshu Core, his memory had been tampered with, and his best friend "Ghost" might be his lost past.
The novel combines tense action scenes, deep psychological descriptions and philosophical discussions of future technology, presenting a cyberpunk world that is both fascinating and disturbing. The final choice Lin Zeyuan faces - destroying the system or integrating into eternal life - is not only related to his personal destiny, but also reflects the struggle and hope of mankind in the technological torrent.
