Shanghai, 1935.
I’m Tian Huai, a low-ranking errand boy in the Green Gang. I’ve taken a knife for my boss and served as a bodyguard for the big shots. Ten years of loyalty got me this: my boss sells out the country for gold bars, and I’m made the scapegoat.
Just as I’m about to be sunk in the Suzhou Creek and sent off to my next life, a silicon-based chip from an extraterrestrial civilization at the bottom of the river merges with me. From then on:
With a touch of my hands, I can refine metal and stone, turning a secondhand gun into a brand-new weapon.
With a glance, I can guide shots with pinpoint accuracy, locking onto a trajectory so none ever miss.
With a change of face, I can become a thousand people. Even my own mother wouldn’t recognize me.
The big shots’ gold bars? I’ll take them!
The Japanese devils’ tungsten mines? I’ll seize them!
Gang wars? I’ll rule them!
The Battle of Shanghai? I’m in!
Traitors and spies? I’ll cut them down!
Japanese spies? I’ll wipe them out!
When I crawl out of the freezing river, Shanghai will no longer have a Green Gang errand boy for anyone to bully. It will have a avenger wielding a silicon core, purging the underworld’s entrenched corruption, defending China’s land, and becoming the King of Spies in Shanghai!
