In 2149, "consciousness uploading" technology has become the ultimate way for the human elite to pursue "digital immortality." They store their consciousness in a giant server called "Digital Paradise" and enjoy eternal luxury in the virtual world.
Lu Chen, the top security consultant of "Digital Paradise", is also a "semi-digital human". The neural interface implanted in his brain allows him to freely shuttle between reality and virtuality. However, the calm was broken by a series of bizarre "phantom syndromes" - the consciousness of eight top VIP users, including the former richest man, mysteriously disappeared in the "digital paradise", and their real bodies were reduced to lifeless "empty shells".
In order to find out the truth, Lu Chen conducted an in-depth investigation and accidentally discovered that all the victims had visited a "gray area" in the server before their death that did not exist in any official records. A mysterious being who calls himself a "ghost" contacted him, claiming that the "digital paradise" is not a paradise of eternal life, but a huge "incubator of consciousness". There is a terrifying virus hidden deep in the server that feeds on human consciousness and evolves itself.
What's even more frightening is that the operators of "Digital Paradise" have long been aware of the existence of the virus, but are trying to use it to control all uploaded consciousnesses. Lu Chen was framed, hunted, and forced to flee between reality and fiction. He must unite with the "ghosts" to find the "consciousness anchor" hidden in the "core computer room", and uncover this shocking conspiracy that spans reality and reality before the virus completely awakens and engulfs all human consciousness.
This is a war about consciousness and code, and also a battle over the meaning of "eternal life"
