At 8:00 p.m. on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month in 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, screens before the eyes of seven billion people around the world flickered in unison.
When blood-red words appeared, most people screamed and ran.
Only Chen Shu stared at the steam rising from his bowl of instant noodles and heard another voice in his mind:
"Want to make a bet? Stake your life, and the future of the entire nation."
