In the modern city of Wujiang City, a seemingly clueless series of disappearances has implicated five strangers in a huge conspiracy. Everyone is forced to pursue the mystery of their own storyline, but gradually discovers that there is the same dark shadow behind all events. Xia Qin investigates the mysterious disappearance of his parents and runs into a new local unsolved case, intersecting with columnist Ji Wenxi and hacker Lin Yixiao. Detective Zheng Mingyuan searches for the truth in the whirlpool of power, while mysterious informant Cao Qingying continues to guide everyone into confusion and awakening. As the mystery is revealed layer by layer, truth and lies are entangled, reality and illusion are intertwined, eventually leading to an ultimate mind-boggling mystery about human nature, memory, justice and self-salvation.