In an age when even memories can be smelted into energy, what can people leave for themselves when driven by ambition for fame and fortune?
Has this final sanctuary, the realm of memory, already vanished?
And the most dangerous core here is the self that has yet to awaken.
The Silent City, humanity's last refuge. Beneath an artificial sky, order is ice and rules are iron.
Here, memories can crystallize into "cores," crystals that carry emotions and obsessions. The "Pureflame" organization captures high-risk cores and smelts them into pure energy to keep the city running. Those who resist being smelted are called "Embers." They live in the city's shadows, waiting for a dawn that will never come.
Qu Mo, chief executive of Pureflame and master of emotional extraction, has had no accidents in ten years.
His job is to turn every core into pure white energy in the furnace and consign every memory that should not exist to silence. Deep in his consciousness lies a layer of rational ice that never melts, a defense forged from twenty years of resentment, strong enough to withstand any emotional shock.
Until that day.
A core with the codename "Morning Breeze" was sent into the furnace. When its owner was captured, they said only one thing: "The blue bird will come looking for you."
During the smelting process, a memory that did not belong to Qu Mo entered his consciousness: golden wheat fields, a boy running, and a girl named "Jin Xiao." Then a crystal shard shaped like a bluebird feather appeared in the furnace residue, resonating strangely with the dormant darkness deep in his consciousness.
[Quantitative Review] - the emotionless examiner - immediately initiated an in-depth
