When the law grows fangs, who will judge the judges?
He is the most dazzling CTO of cybersecurity in the capital, and the dark web's most mysterious criminal artist, "Shadow."
She is the sharpest cyber falcon in the police force, yet she sends herself straight into his cage.
He is a genius driven mad by a wrongful conviction. She is the daughter of the one who caused it.
A revenge game spanning twenty years, a heartbeat game with the world as its wager.
-- Ling Haoyuan:
"I used crime to fight corruption, never realizing that the greatest corruption was in me."
-- Shen Xiwei:
"The shadow I hunted had been living in my heart all along."
-- Su Jinyu:
"The law is dead. I'll give it a proper burial."
-- Lin Yaoxin:
"Technology is innocent, but I want to use it to betray the world for you."
High-IQ showdowns: quantum short selling, memory auctions, brain-computer chess, and a citywide heartbeat bomb. Every crime is a work of art.
Multiple entangled romances: cat-and-mouse couples, a showdown between two female leads, forbidden mentor-student love, and Platonic redemption. Sweetness and heartbreak go hand in hand.
Identity reversals: criminals become victims, police become fugitives, lawyers burn the law, and hackers open-source the world.
Apocalyptic romance: With 72 hours on the countdown, they dance among the ruins and let loose on a deserted island.
