When consciousness can be separated from the body and travel freely in the virtual "dream realm", mankind has ushered in a carnival of technology and imagination - here, memories can be turned into star trails, emotions can be condensed into scenes, and even broken consciousness can be collected and traded. Xingqiao Group uses "digital immortality" as bait to build Dreamland into the world's largest virtual empire, but under the glamorous appearance, there is a conspiracy to harvest high-purity consciousness energy.
Ellie, a genius dream builder, used her pure consciousness to create the "Stardust Corridor" that heals people's hearts, but she became the target of the Dream Eaters - a group of hunters controlled by the Star Bridge who specialize in hunting high-purity spiritual cores that can trigger strong emotional resonance for the purpose of developing destructive "consciousness weapons". After the attack, Ellie's consciousness was shattered and fell asleep. In order to protect her sister's core fragments, her brother Kai transformed from an anonymous hacker into a "Night Watcher" and fought side by side with the spontaneously formed "Dream Watch Alliance".
They sneaked into Xingqiao's secret laboratory, crossed the edge of the chaotic collective subconscious, fought against the monsters of consciousness condensed by negative emotions, and revealed the dark truth about the intertwining of capital giants and power. In the gap between the dream world and reality, Kai takes Ellie's residual image of consciousness to search for the hope of reorganization in the broken stardust, and ignites the spark of guardianship on the ruins of despair.
This is a profound interrogation about the ethics of science and technology, an elegy of family affection and faith, and a protracted battle against darkness and protecting the freedom of consciousness - because even if the stars are broken, the light will never go out, just like human beings' persistent pursuit of light and hope.
The subject matter is good.