In 2080, chip implantation becomes the norm, and consciousness can sink into the "deep realm" of the virtual world.
Illustrator Su Yue woke up from a deep connection and found strange bruises on her arms. Monitoring showed that during the three minutes she was immersed in consciousness, her body sat up - and she was completely unconscious.
The investigation uncovered a vast black market: hackers can remotely lock users' chips and rent out their bodies while their consciousness is offline. Su Yue grew from a victim to a rebel, and eventually discovered that she was the only successful product (EVE-07) of Lingxi Technology's "Perfect Control Terminal" experiment.
When the truth was made public, she chose to become a bug in the script, destroying the core of the Deep Domain at the cost of self-sacrifice and liberating all controlled users.
The body is the final bottom line. Even if consciousness can be detached, pain and touch must belong to oneself.
