She was reborn five times, botched the same major project every time, and became a legend in the workplace.
Wan Yi, a data project manager, was trapped in a terrifying workplace loop.
Every time she poured her heart and soul into driving the company’s star AI project, “Horizon Line,” to success, she would wake with a start at the celebration banquet, back on the first day of the project.
And so the death loop began.
- In her first life, she was both meek and arrogant, and ended up with a shattered team and an empty heart.
- In her second life, she was utterly rational, controlling everything with processes, only to suffer the backlash of human nature.
- In her third life, she played every angle, convinced she had it all under control, but in the end, people’s plans could never outsmart fate.
- In her fourth life, she became completely numb, a structurally perfect puppet, only to receive a diagnosis of “emotional dissociation.”
She achieved outward success time and again. But the emptiness inside dragged her back to the starting point, again and again.
So when she woke for the fifth time and once more faced her boss, the star product manager, the genius engineer, and the outsourcing team, she chose a different way to “die.”
This time, she might still be the one to ruin the project.
But this time, she might also be making something of herself for the very first time.
To everyone who has ever felt exhausted, struggled, or lost their way at work:
This is not a story about “conquering” the world.
It is a story about “how to protect the perfect self within you in an imperfect world.”
If you, too, have lived through Wan Yi’s life,
perhaps the story holds an answer waiting for you.
May we all find ourselves at the end of Wan Yi’s countless loops,
and find a path we can walk with a clear conscience.
To every dear reader:
You may have felt similar to Trillion's fatigue late one night.
This story stems from my observation of the countless "trillions" around me and in the contemporary Internet workplace.
We are often trapped in OKRs, horse racing mechanisms and infinite needs, trudging between so-called values and true intentions.
If you are experiencing one trillion lives, I hope you can be in the story:
See your own reflection, but don't have to make the same mistakes she made.
I hope that every decision she makes can provide you with a reference;
May every rebirth of her bring you comfort.
Please believe that the mental calamity you have experienced is not because you are not good enough.
And we will eventually, like Trillion, find the way to reconcile with our hearts after countless questionings.
This book is my conciliatory letter to workplace anxiety.
This is not a standard answer, I just want to tell you: you are not alone.
This book might also be a gift.
May the trillions of reincarnations in five lifetimes be able to resolve any obsession in your heart.
Work is never everything in life;
And life will eventually find its own way.
To every dear reader: You may have felt similar to Trillion's fatigue late one night. This story stems from my observation of the countless "trillions" around me and in the contemporary Internet workplace. We are often trapped in OKRs, horse racing mechanisms and infinite needs, trudging between so-called values and true intentions. If you are experiencing one trillion lives, I hope you can be in the story: See your own reflection, but don't have to make the same mistakes she made. I hope that every decision she makes can provide you with a reference; May every rebirth of her bring you comfort. Please believe that the mental calamity you have experienced is not because you are not good enough. And we will eventually, like Trillion, find the way to reconcile with our hearts after countless questionings. This book is my conciliatory letter to workplace anxiety. This is not a standard answer, I just want to tell you: you are not alone. This book might also be a gift. May the trillions of reincarnations in five lifetimes be able to resolve any obsession in your heart. Work is never everything in life; And life will eventually find its own way.