The System's Cage: My Mirror Image Is Trying to Kill Me

In the third month after former police detective {Lu Chen} quits and opens a detective agency, he takes on a supposed “suicide” case. But the cut marks on the victim’s wrists are identical to the wounds in his dreams. That night, an unfamiliar System binds itself to him, assigning the mission: “Find the person who killed ‘yourself’ within 72 hours.”

Medical school prodigy {Xia Xiaoxing} suddenly appears. She can spot a dead person’s hidden ailments at a glance, and she can also see that Lu Chen is behaving strangely under the System’s control. As the investigation deepens, Lu Chen discovers that the killer is his “self-image”: a shadow who looks exactly like him and is controlled by the System. Meanwhile, the one behind the System is using a pawn known as “the mistress” to infiltrate the heart of the case, trying to drag everyone into the System’s prison.

Every mission triggered by an unexpected event is a gamble with life and death. Xia Xiaoxing’s miraculous healing hands can save lives, but they can also break the System’s deadly traps. When Lu Chen finally faces his mirror image, he discovers that this hunt began with an unsolved case ten years ago...