The Whole Internet Is Hunting the Killer: I'll Be Waiting for You in the Novel

After receiving an eerie voice message from her close friend Mira, warning of her impending death, suspense novelist Ling Xi discovers that Mira has vanished without a trace. Under pressure as the police investigation makes little progress, Ling Xi makes a reckless decision: she disguises her real search for Mira as an online serial novel titled The Nationwide Manhunt. She weaves real clues, personal details, and locations into the plot in encrypted form, using a million readers as "armchair detectives" in an attempt to sift fragments of the truth from the flood of comments. The story becomes an instant hit. Readers are swept up in the thrill of an "immersive murder-mystery game," unaware that they are taking part in a real and deadly puzzle.