Lin Mo, a data analyst who lives by reason, happens upon a mysterious antique shop called “Time Pavilion” while walking home late after working overtime. The shopkeeper, Qi Ye, warns him to stay away from a silver pocket watch, but Lin Mo is captivated by its intricate mechanism. Then he witnesses the watch accurately predict a stranger’s death: the time and manner, down to the second.
Once the pocket watch chooses its owner, it cannot easily be discarded. Lin Mo discovers that he can foresee other people’s deaths, but has no power to change them. Worse still, the watch suddenly begins counting down, showing that he has only 72 hours left to live. As he investigates the truth, he discovers that his own great-grandfather was once the watch’s owner and also died at midnight, 72 hours later...
