Xinhu was torn apart by the red tide into a safe zone and a gray fog zone. Shadow puppets were rampant and order collapsed. Lin Yan, who was once a famous actor, lost his voice due to an "accident" and survived by telling stories and performing shadow puppets in the dilapidated Tingfeng Tower, guarding a group of orphans.
When a shadow puppet attacks, in order to protect his children, he unexpectedly awakens the power of "deduction" - he can fight against disasters by replicating other people's memories and abilities. This power allowed him to save everyone, but it also pushed him into the whirlpool of the extraordinary world: the orphan Awan he rescued was taken away by the Night Watch, and he himself was involved in the conspiracy of the Crimson Tide and the extraordinary organization.
In order to find A Wan, Lin Yan joined the "theater troupe" outside the Night Watch under the name "Mojiao", using shadow puppets and opera to interpret other people's lives in life and death. However, he gradually discovered that the red tide was not a natural disaster, but the backlash of human civilization's "desire for performance"; the so-called drama god is just the first person who dares to stand up under the stage.
When the top management of the Night Watch colluded with the leader of the shadow puppets and tried to use the red tide to select the "perfect transcendent", Lin Yan led the survivors to set up a stage on the ruins and staged an unscripted play. He wants to prove that the real god is never the person who controls the script, but every ordinary person who dares to live his life.
