In 1945, the Battle of Xuefeng Mountain ended, and the Japanese army surrendered.
While sorting through the casualty lists, intelligence secretary Liu Wubin came across a familiar name. Before his sole contact died, he had left Liu a badge that could be unscrewed to conceal something inside. Four digits were engraved on the back: 0503.
From that day on, Liu became the loneliest man in Shaoyang.
By day, he organized files for the commissioner, retrieved case records for the military intelligence service, and covered up crimes for the chief inspector. By night, he turned every set of meeting minutes, every account of embezzlement, and every deployment map into a blade aimed at the enemy’s heart.
Archives are power.
Four years later, after using countless files and a single badge to turn the entire city against the enemy, he watched the red flag enter the city.
He didn’t flee. He stayed.
A spy thriller with no romance, only “trust forged through life and death.” Two badges, one city, and a man living on for those who never made it out of the darkness.
