Lin Cai, a 40-year-old dual master’s graduate in materials science and AI, recreates his ex-wife Su Man, who left ten years ago because they were poor, as Xiaorun, a bionic robot with independent consciousness. She can cook his favorite tomato soup and can even “carry” an emotional chip containing the memories they share. But on the night Xiaorun is activated, the lab loses power during an attack by the Anti-Bionic Alliance, and she unexpectedly “dreams” about Lin Cai’s childhood. When the black market surrounds him to seize the key material rubidium, the real Su Man suddenly appears and takes a fatal blow for him.
On one side is a bionic partner who says, “I can feel love.” On the other is his ex-wife, burdened with ten years of regret. Meanwhile, his former company wants to steal his technology to build combat robots, and an international alliance that controls the rubidium mines closes in at every turn. When Xiaorun’s armor plating cracks as she protects him, Lin Cai finally understands: what he created was never a replica, but “family” who could stand by him as he fought the world. But this entanglement of human and machine, of old love and new, will ultimately have to stand trial amid an ethical storm.
Using a gentle touch to explore the core of intelligent ethics: when machines have warmth and thoughts, the boundaries between "tools" and "partners" suddenly collapse. Hidden in the daily fireworks are profound thoughts on the symbiosis of civilizations, which are delicate and powerful.