The Reality Rift City System

In a near-future metropolis, breakthroughs in brain-computer interface technology bring “shared consciousness” and “memory implantation” into ordinary people's lives. As technology advances, the paths of several characters gradually intertwine. Lin Siyuan, a rational and levelheaded development engineer, accidentally uncovers ethical questions behind a brain-computer interface project. Fang Miao, who has long provided emotional counseling to urban professionals, gradually loses sight of the boundaries of her own consciousness while helping others find themselves. Gao Jun, of the underground network group known as the Riftwalkers, plans various consciousness-manipulation incidents in the name of technological awakening, challenging the rules of society. Yue Xichuan, head of the Consciousness Crime Investigation Unit, leads his police team in pursuing increasingly bizarre cases while unraveling the mystery surrounding consciousness in his own family. Independent journalist Zhou Ruolan, meanwhile, is drawn into consciousness invasion and an identity crisis as she exposes the dark side of technology and the traps of reality. Across ten volumes, each protagonist struggles within themselves and becomes entangled with the others, witnessing the vast fissures dividing technology, ethics, emotion, and social order. In the end, they stand at the edge of the “rift in reality,” choosing their paths forward and confronting humanity's ultimate questions.