In the super-brain era where data is immortality and computing power is authority, everyone is a walking code.
Ling Ye, a data scavenger struggling to survive in the neon and acid rain-soaked subsidence zone, was accidentally bound to a "causality trading system" from an unknown dimension in a fatal betrayal.
[Transaction: Are you willing to give up your 'perception of sweetness' in exchange for 'an absolute luck'?
[Transaction: Are you willing to pay 'a childhood memory' in exchange for 'predicting all your opponent's actions in the next three seconds'?
[Deal: Are you willing to pay 'ten years of life' in exchange for 'underlying vulnerabilities in the target company's core code'?
In this world ruled by cold algorithms, Ling Ye has become the only variable. What he has to face are the seven giant companies that control the world, the unfathomable human heart, and the cold but equal price behind every transaction.
Every time you click "Agree", it's a gamble of your soul.
He will use this taboo power to tear apart class barriers, step by step onto the throne of code amidst the torrent of intertwined conspiracy and capital.
However, when he looks back, how much of his original self is left?