Countdown to Espionage: The Death Code in the Music Box

The rancid winds sweeping over the Huangpu River mingled with the night rain, washing the granite walls of the Bund's No. 18 building until they gleamed with a cold light. A roll of film hidden among the gears of a gilded music box quietly tore open the bloody curtain on “Project Ghost.” In the shadows, a snake-shaped ring flicked its venomous tongue. A once-revered veteran of the Public Security Bureau had become the mastermind behind a treasonous conspiracy, turning the entire city into a deadly game board marked with red blast zones.

When his beloved Shen Zhixia fell in a pool of blood, and his comrade Su Qing's warmth faded in his arms, Lin Qiubai clenched the blood-soaked codebook and resolutely slipped into the deepest hidden chamber of the Municipal Committee building through a rusted ventilation duct. Every step shattered the boundary between light and darkness...