Can you believe it? The star of the murder video that’s gone viral across the internet is me!
In 2030, Donghai City is a model smart city, setting the standard for the whole country. Tianji Intelligence’s “Sky Eye 6.0” AI surveillance system covers 99.9% of public areas across the city. Its facial recognition and behavior predictions are accurate to the millisecond. The authorities tout it as miraculous, boasting, “Under Sky Eye, there are no lies, and the solve rate is 100%.”
My name is Lin Chen. I used to be the ace sniper of the “Blade” special forces squad. I’d retired and was living a good life, but then, overnight, I became a murderous fiend condemned by the entire internet.
High-definition surveillance footage outside the courthouse shows it all clearly: I pull out a gun in front of a crowd and shoot the female lawyer defending me. The movements, face, voice, even the little habit I have when firing a gun, it’s all mine. The evidence is conclusive. An A-level wanted notice is sent out across the internet, with a 100,000-yuan reward for my capture. But only I know the truth: I never even set foot inside the courthouse that day. The person in the video wasn’t me!
To put it simply, it’s a real-time AI deepfake, with the surveillance footage altered so flawlessly that it’s impossible to spot. Behind the surveillance network lies a massive conspiracy capable of toppling the entire judicial system. Now all the city’s AI surveillance is “lying,” the police are after me, and a bionic assassin hunts me day and night. Even my younger sister, who’s about to take the college entrance exam, has become a hostage.
Everyone tells me, “Seeing is believing,” but I’m determined to dig up the truth the AI has buried in a city full of eyes. If they can fake evidence against me today, they can do it to you tomorrow! When every camera is lying, can you still trust what you see?
