Yue Jiong, who works as a supervisor at the Imperial Memory Asylum, feels numb to the Empire's practice of refining people's memories into "soul crystals" to create perfect soldiers. Suddenly learning of his mentor's death inspired his sense of resistance, prompting him to transform from a passive bystander to an active actor. After experiencing a series of roller coasters of hope and despair, his goal has been sublimated from simply "saving" memories to protecting the deceased's right to "return to nothingness." In the abyss of despair, he found his own ultimate freedom to protect his dignity.
