Chen Mo, a programmer who had just been laid off, unexpectedly discovered that he could see and modify the "life code" of everyone in the real world. From embarrassing his mean boss in public to winning the lottery by modifying the code, he thought he had reached the pinnacle of his life. However, every modification comes with an unknown price, and a mysterious organization calling itself the "Reality Maintenance Bureau" also comes to visit. It turns out that he is not the only "programmer", and the world is far more dangerous and complex than he imagined. A battle around the real code begins.