Deadly Rebirth: A Chemical Story

Students at Mingde University are dying one after another under mysterious circumstances. Lin Ke, a chemistry prodigy, and her partner Du Heng discover that every clue points to a laboratory explosion covered up a year ago. Worse still, just as they draw close to the truth, a carefully orchestrated poisoning plunges them into an endless “seven-day death loop.” Every time they wake, they return to the day of the murder. Using what they learn from each loop, they navigate the campus while contending with an elegant yet dangerous professor and an obsessive head of security. From cyanide to nerve gas, every death brings them closer to the core secrets: “Project Phoenix” and “X Substance,” which can disrupt space and time. But the loop is no curse. It is the first link in a vast warning. When the mastermind is brought to justice, the true threat finally emerges: X Substance is no modern invention. It is “cosmic contamination,” a remnant left behind by an ancient civilization that destroyed itself. Lin Ke and Du Heng are forced to cross dimensions, confront a graveyard of civilizations, and crack a self-destruct program known as the “Final Equation.” Their battle stretches from the campus lecture hall to the ruins among the stars. What began as an investigation into murder becomes a fight to stop humanity from repeating the cycle of civilization’s destruction. In the end, they discover that the ultimate weapon is not technology, but an ethical answer that must be rewritten at the source of time and inscribed with their lives... This is the story of two ordinary people trapped in time, and how they become the “cornerstone” protecting an entire civilization.