[Plot-driven + mystery + two equally strong leads + mutual salvation]
Idealistic, fiery, hard-nosed investigative journalist X cool, polished, understated celebrity algorithm engineer
Theme: Truth is the breath that keeps us alive. Love means I know who I am, and you know who you are. Neither of us needs to break the other to pieces.
Shen Jingmo accepts an assignment from Old Chen to investigate the influencer Xiaolu's suicide. At a press conference, she deliberately approaches Lin Xuqiu, an algorithm genius behind the metaverse platform “Tianyu.”
After the press conference, Lin Xuqiu invites Shen Jingmo to try out the “Tianyu” System, but a body swap occurs, pointing directly to a forced symbiosis protocol.
To investigate the “Tianyu” System, Shen Jingmo is bound to come into conflict with Lin Xuqiu.
Yet inside Tianyu, they are twin stars caught in a cycle of death games where the virtual and real worlds intertwine. The secrets of the past are gradually revealed under the guidance of Tianyu's Abyss Guide.
What other conspiracies and crimes are lurking behind it all?
How can they save each other in the face of mortal danger?
“These past few years, I've worked on a lot of stories. I've been lost and conflicted, and there was even a time when I didn't want to do this work anymore.”
“So many times, I've felt that when money and power stand up, the truth falls silent.”
“When you have a gun and the other person has a gun too, you can reason with each other.”
“When all you have is a knife and the other person still has a gun, the truth is in their hands.”
