2024, Shenzhen.
Shen Mo, 35, was once a star investor. Now he is an insolvency liquidator feared throughout the industry.
His job isn’t to save companies, but to give them a dignified end by disposing of their assets and settling their debts through bankruptcy proceedings.
Then he receives an unusual assignment: liquidate an AI company called Firefly Technology.
Its founder has died unexpectedly, leaving behind 30 million in debt, 200 employees owed back pay, and a core algorithm that every major company wants but no one can fully understand.
Even stranger, the last message on the deceased’s phone was sent to Shen Mo’s ex-wife, whom he hadn’t contacted in three years.
It contained just four words:
“It’s time to repay your debt.”
Shen Mo is forced back into the wreckage of Firefly Technology.
As the liquidation proceeds, he discovers that the company’s collapse was no accident but part of a carefully laid plan. Someone wants to use bankruptcy proceedings to bury certain secrets in the ruins forever.
