"The Third State of Life, It Begins After Death" is a thought-provoking science fiction novel. It tells the story of neuroscientist Cheng Yuan who died in a car accident and his consciousness was uploaded to the "other shore" digital system. He discovered that it was the consciousness cage experiment of New Era Company. He and Professor Chen resisted and joined forces with Lin Wei and others from the outside world. After going through hardships, they finally broke the shackles of the system and released the stardust of consciousness, triggering profound thoughts on life, consciousness and freedom.