In New Alexandria, memory is a burden that can be pruned, and emotion is a virus that needs to be cleansed. Lin Ye is a top memory cutter. His job is to use scalpel-like precision to remove all "unstable" fragments from people's minds, guarding the city's eternal, gray calm.
Until that day, during a routine operation, a memory fragment that should not exist, like a drop of scarlet blood, dripped into his stagnant world - it was a girl in a red dress, laughing wantonly in the golden waves of wheat.
This abnormal data named "Crimson Echo" became his only clue to resist the system. In pursuit of the girl's identity, he transforms from a defender of order into a fugitive hunted by the entire city. In the underground black market full of desire and danger, in the illusory and deadly network maze, he must fight against the strongest pursuer "The Web Weaver" and uncover the secret of "Protocol 412" buried under the cornerstone of the city.
When the layers of his stolen past were peeled away, he discovered that the order he protected was based on the cruelest lies. And he is both the victim and the executioner.
