Neon Campus: Echoes from a Billion Light-Years Away

On the surface, Xinghui International Academy is a glittering school that gathers elite students from around the world. But it is suddenly thrown into an uproar by a missing-item notice offering a reward of tens of millions. The lost item is an ordinary-looking USB drive, yet its disappearance is tied to the academy’s closely guarded central secret: a mysterious project codenamed “Zero.”

Lin Mo, an apparently ordinary, even timid transfer student, is ordered to infiltrate this neon-lit bastion of learning. His mission is to find the USB drive and uncover the truth. He soon discovers, however, that the academy is far more than a simple school for the wealthy. The overbearing heir to a financial empire, Chu Feng, seems to be deliberately stirring up trouble. Ling Xue, the icy, brilliant student council president, appears to know everything but keeps her silence. More unsettling still, a third party bearing a strange lightning insignia has quietly entered the fray, its motives unknown and its methods ruthless.

As the investigation deepens, “supernatural abilities” beyond ordinary understanding begin to emerge on campus, where ancient secrets intertwine with modern technology. The battle for the USB drive escalates into a struggle among multiple factions over “Project Zero.” Beneath the calm routines of campus life, undercurrents surge and danger lurks at every turn.

Lin Mo must play the part of an inept transfer student while navigating a cast of geniuses, trust-fund heirs, mysterious agents, and more. He must uncover the truth behind the USB drive, determine the startling purpose of “Project Zero,” and deal with his own extraordinary abilities as they awaken. In the end, he must answer one question: What echoes through the depths of this neon-lit campus? Are they the fading sounds of technology from the future, or a distant reverberation from billions of light-years away?