In the 25th century, human technology has realized the uploading of consciousness - permanently storing thoughts and memories in a huge data matrix called the "Alaya Sea of Consciousness", achieving a certain sense of digital immortality. However, this ocean of countless souls is not a place of eternal peace. Data will be damaged, memory will be distorted, and even unexplainable "data ghosts" will be born.
Ling Chen, a top "consciousness submariner", his job is to sneak into the spiritual world of these deceased people, like a soul detective, to recover lost information, repair disordered memories, or just to witness the final truth. He has rich experience, but he also paid a huge spiritual price for it, walking on the edge of sanity and madness.
A seemingly ordinary mission dragged him into an unprecedented whirlpool. The target is a talented female scientist who died mysteriously. Deep in her consciousness, there is a terrifying secret that can subvert the entire "Alaya Sea of Consciousness". Ling Chen discovered that a "consciousness virus" that should not exist is spreading quietly. It feeds on the memories of others, uses fear as its nest, and tries to pollute the foundation of human immortality.
This time, Ling Chen was no longer a bystander, he became the target of the virus. At the boundary between virtuality and reality, he must uncover the truth before he is "formatted". Otherwise, the "afterlife" of all mankind will be reduced to a silent data cemetery.
