In the neon-lit underbelly of Xinghai City, 24-year-old Lin Yi curls up in a tiny ten-square-meter rental. By day, he works as a food delivery rider; by night, he's a gaming ace at the "Dark Night Internet Cafe." Then the world's first online game with a real-money economy, Era Ascendant, bursts onto the scene: game currency can be exchanged for real money at a one-to-one rate. Lin Yi joins forces with friends he met at the cafe to form the "Dark Night Knights," raising a storm in the virtual world. From gaming novice to the top guild leader on the server, from delivering food to building an esports empire, he encounters the mysterious player "Snowfall's Chill" in the game, never realizing that she is Su Qingxue, a genius game designer who works in the very skyscraper where he delivers food every day. As the boundary between virtuality and reality begins to blur, a tale of dreams, friendship, and love unfolds in both worlds at once.
