In 2045, humans have been able to digitize memories through "neural mesh" technology to achieve storage, transmission and "optimization" of memories - deleting painful fragments and strengthening beautiful memories. This technology is monopolized by the giant company "Yi Lian Technology" and has become a "soul antidote" sought after by millions of people.
Lin Wei, the former core engineer of Yilian Technology, lost all the memories of his daughter in an "accident", leaving only an old data chip that could not be decoded. Three years later, he remained anonymous as an ordinary programmer, but was frequently troubled by fragmented flashbacks: his daughter's blurry smile, the dazzling red light in the laboratory, and the recurring phrase "the code lies."
By chance, Lin Wei discovered that the memory of a homeless man on the street contained fragments that closely overlapped with his own flashbacks, and the other person's memory had also been artificially tampered with. He realized that his daughter's "disappearance" and disappearance of her memory were no accidents. Behind them was a huge conspiracy by Yilian Technology to use memory tampering technology to control the public and cover up shocking secrets.
In order to find out the truth, Lin Wei teamed up with Su Xiao, an investigative reporter who was skeptical of Yilian Technology, and his former colleague Lao K, who had the backdoor of the core technology, to sneak into the gray area of the "memory network". While avoiding the pursuit of Yilian Technology, they shuttled through the tampered "memory maze" - here there are both the beautified false life of ordinary people and the dark truth that has been deliberately buried.
