In the Federation of Atlanta, memory is the most expensive commodity and the cheapest consumable. The upper class buys a perfect life, while the lower classes sell their painful past. History is carefully compiled and happiness is precisely defined.
Lin Jian, a "memory scavenger" living at the bottom of the city, survives by picking up forgotten memory fragments. He was accustomed to this, until one day, he glimpsed an erased old world from an ancient chip - where there was dazzling sunlight and a luxury called "freedom".
This discovery made him the enemy of the entire city. Led by the mysterious girl Ila, he is forced to embark on a desperate journey. Every step of pursuit subverts everything he knows; every time he gets closer to the truth, it brings him closer to death.
When the utopia built by lies is about to collapse, and when the key to destroying the world is in his hand, how will he choose? Should we embrace the cruel truth, or protect the false eternity?
This is a story about crime and punishment, forgetting and remembering. Because sometimes, what wakes up a city may not be the truth, but a dream that should not be forgotten.
