In the "Ethernet Domain", a future world built by thoughts and beliefs, the popularity of a concept determines its power. Giant corporations rule people's hearts by creating and disseminating "narrative memes", while Ling Yi, the "conceptual garbage collector" at the bottom, is responsible for cleaning up the forgotten and eliminated ideological garbage.
During a routine work, Ling Yi was accidentally infected by a legendary taboo meme - "Mona Lisa's Second Smile", and his life was marked with a countdown to death. In order to survive, he was forced to cooperate with Zero, the mysterious "data witch" who wandered in the darkness, and embarked on a desperate journey against the entire world.
The person chasing him is the sharpest blade of the system and an absolute believer in order. What spreads in his body is both a deadly virus and the key to liberation. When the desire to survive evolves into the will to resist, Ling Yi must make a choice: to die with a lingering breath, or to ignite the thoughts of the entire world and become the memetic monarch who controls reality.
