When a top gamer’s hunt crosses from virtual reality into the real world, the survival struggles of modern youth collide with childhood secrets. Su Wanwan, a computer science student, takes a game-boosting job to help pay her rent, but accidentally kills the alt account of the server’s number-one player, “He Gui,” and is hunted for three hours. A mysterious bronze bell suddenly appears, demanding that she add “He Gui” as a friend within 24 hours or have her account permanently banned. This seemingly unreasonable task draws her into a game-data breach with shocking real-world consequences: an ancient tree is cut down by sword energy, an esports arena is blown up by lightning-fire bombs, and the silver bell from her childhood transforms into a bronze divine artifact...
Even more astonishing, “He Gui” is actually Lu Jingran, a rising tech mogul. The mysterious marks on their wrists, an old, yellowed childhood photograph, and the “Returning Bell” pendant left by her mother connect a kidnapping case from ten years ago to Xingtu Technology’s quantum conspiracy. When the ultimate item, the “Soul-Devouring Banner,” unfurls its bloody wings in the real world, the two must awaken the power of the twin bells and face off in a life-or-death battle atop a Ferris wheel.
This is a suspenseful romance about code and humanity, virtuality and reality, forgetting and reunion. When game skills begin claiming lives, how can young people today use code to fight fate? And how many spine-chilling truths are hidden in the bronze bell that keeps flashing in the dead of night?
