In the late autumn of 2026, Chen Yan sealed himself in the ice, willing to wager everything on a reunion five hundred years in the future.
When the clock had swept through five centuries, he awoke as promised.
But what awaited him was not his beloved's embrace. It was a meticulously altered 2027.
Familiar streets, hot coffee, a loving wife... Everything was so perfect it was terrifying.
This was no homecoming, but a prison built from data.
When "resurrection" becomes a trap and "reunion" is nothing but a scheme,
this frozen man from the past must carve a path through a false reality.
"True change isn't about forcing fate to change. It's about seeing the present anew with eyes that have glimpsed the future."