In 2147, the "Stardust Coordinates" project finally captured the regular pulses coming from the Alpha Centauri galaxy 4.3 Light-years away from the earth - it was a code composed of 11 prime numbers, which was deciphered and pointed to the remains of a giant space station hidden in the asteroid belt.
When the interstellar exploration team "Lighthouse" arrived, it found tens of thousands of humanoid remains floating in the wreckage, with glowing crystals embedded in their chests. Captain Lin Xia found a star map log in the main control room, which recorded that this civilization called the "Web Weaver" used crystals to build a network of consciousness across galaxies, but encountered the "Memory Devouring Virus" a hundred years ago: infected people will gradually forget their self-knowledge and eventually become unconscious bodies.
When the exploration team tried to bring back crystal samples, team member Chen Mo suddenly experienced an abnormality - the crystals he had touched began to resonate, and a memory that did not belong to him flooded into his mind: the web weavers had tried to build a firewall with collective consciousness, but differences in individual memories caused the network to collapse. What's even more shocking is that at the end of the log, it is mentioned that the virus has drifted throughout the universe along with the crystal fragments, and the pulses received by the earth are actually warnings sent by the last web-weaver with his life.
At this time, the navigation system of the "Lighthouse" suddenly failed, and the hull was dragged deep into the wreckage by an invisible force. Lin Xia discovered that all the crystals were flashing synchronously, as if reading the memories of the team members - the remaining consciousness of the web weaver was trying to rebuild the network through the memories of outsiders. This may be the only chance to eliminate the virus, but the cost may be that human consciousness is permanently assimilated.
