Song Youning, the leader of the city's criminal case team, knew the first time she saw the body that she had met the most difficult opponent in her career.
The deceased was smiling, with his hands folded on his chest, as if he was just sleeping peacefully. On the neck, a lotus flower is carefully drawn with blue ink, showing an eerie elegance.
When the third corpse with the same posture appeared, Song Youning found a miniature blue lotus paper under the deceased's closed eyelids.
She suddenly understood - this was not a random killing, but a carefully planned ritual. The climax of the ritual required the sacrifice of the lives of seven "perfect victims."
And all this is just the beginning.
The ancient ritual of "Qinglian Guest" has not yet ended, and the virtual reality death game of the "Other Shore" forum has quietly been launched. Consciousness uploading, neural modification, biological containers... The "Hand of Prometheus" hidden behind the scenes is using technology as an edge to cut the boundaries of human nature.
Song Youning shuttles between reality and virtuality, ancient symbols and future technology, and engages in an ultimate battle about life, consciousness and reality with an invisible enemy.
She faced not only murderers, but also crazy "god makers" who tried to rewrite the future of mankind.
