In this modern city, where the gods are absent, countless paths of evolution intertwine. Wu Nian, a psychological mirrorist, is a human mirror born hollow. He reflects the emotions of others but has no feelings of his own. Hua Yuran, a memetic manipulator, sweeps across the internet with trends and fervor, an immortal phoenix intent on burning the old order to ashes.
Their first encounter begins with a violent intrusion into the mind and a searing attack. He is a cool-headed observer; she is an out-of-control arsonist. What should have been a game of cat and mouse between a player and her prey becomes, through one battle of wits after another with the city as their board, a turning point: for the first time, Wu Nian's cold mirror reflects a "longing" of his own, while Hua Yuran's fire finds the one exception it cannot burn away.
