College student Su Chen's life goes completely off the rails after he finds a bronze tripod covered in strange patterns.
He hasn't even had time to warm up the rent bill when, by sheer coincidence, he possesses Lin Xi, the campus belle every guy dreams about, and performs a “live transformation” in a white dress at an open-air cinema. Then he is forced to wear rich kid Zhang Hao's face and win a basketball game with “Oscar-worthy fouls,” all while dealing with the lead weights hidden in his opponent's sleeves.
The bronze tripod's possession powers grow stranger and stranger: from two hours to eight, from choosing a target to switching at random. It even unlocks bonus abilities to steal skills and read memories. But before Su Chen can celebrate, he discovers a much bigger secret lurking behind it all: Lin Xi has an identical “twin tripod,” and Wang Hao, the rich senior who disappeared ten years ago, turns out to be the cousin of Zhao Lei, Su Chen's plain and honest roommate. Every clue points to one word: tripod master.
“Gather the memories of nine tripod masters, and any wish can come true.” Lin Xi's words are bait, luring Su Chen deeper into the trap. But as his possessions multiply, he begins to suffer frequent memory loss, Zhang Hao grows increasingly dazed, and the line “They're here” in Wang Hao's diary reads like a death sentence.
When the third tripod master emerges and the twin tripods resonate more and more violently, Su Chen suddenly understands: this isn't some game about turning his life around. It's a gamble that devours consciousness. The identities he's possessed, the skills he's stolen, and the memories he's read have already left indelible marks on him.
Is he using the tripod to change his fate, or has he already become the tripod's
