On a rainy night in Linzhao, the third corpse appeared in the medicine shop, with only one word written on the note: Return.
Interpol Shen Zhi met again at the scene of the murder, forensic doctor Lin Wanzhao, who had been missing for three years. She said "no love" with a cold face, but every time between the blade and the sea of fire, she gave her life to the same person.
From serial murders to the resumption of old cases, from resurrection meetings to family discussions, sea discussions, and interviews, this is not a simple pursuit of the murderer, but a war around "names."
Some people use names to determine life and death, some use names to do business, and some break people into calculable labels; and they want to give back the names that have been taken away, rewritten, and priced little by little.
Along the way, they lost their comrades, their peace, and almost lost each other.
But precisely because they have seen the deepest darkness, they believe more stubbornly: the system can be changed, power can be restrained, and the light can shine on people instead of on the door.
This is a long suspense novel of high-intensity criminal investigation + institutional game + emotional redemption.
There are reversals within cases, pursuits on both sea and land fronts, attacks and defenses in courts and algorithms, and there are also long echoes from "I don't love you" to "I am willing to stand side by side with you to the end."
When all doors try to assign numbers to people, there will always be people who stand up and testify for their names.
And their story is never just about love, nor just about justice——
It was a long night walk to rescue "people" from the system.
