A City of Strange Visions

The story follows Shen Zhibei, who lives in a modern city and accidentally gets his hands on an experimental brainstorming app. He gradually enters a nexus where parallel lives, strange phenomena in the real world, and virtual worlds intersect. Along with Gu Weixin, a psychological counselor; Cheng Xiuyan, an investigative journalist; and Tang Muchen, a tech entrepreneur, he unravels a series of tangled urban mysteries. As they grow and struggle in a city where power, technology, and human nature collide, they experience social upheavals brought on by technological change, gradually awaken to themselves, and search for a place of peace within. Told from multiple perspectives, the story explores family ties, friendship, romance, ambition, and the dark side of urban life. With rigorous logic and a realistic feel, it portrays people struggling to grow in the narrow space between imaginative technology and city life.