Cognition is irreversible. Every time you use your superpowers, you permanently burn your mental activity—the stronger the fire, the faster you die.
Shen Ye was once a man at the top. Seventeen years ago, he burned 97% of his cognitive embers to save three million people. Now he is reduced to a middle-aged social worker in a second-tier company. There are wolfberries soaked in a thermos cup, and the embers are being extinguished little by little. He just wanted to find the twelve people who betrayed him before he died.
Lin Tingwan is a newcomer to the workplace. Her resume is fake and her identity is made up. She entered the company only to investigate a massacre that was covered up.
Two masked men meet at a desk. One has almost forgotten who he is, and the other has just realized that he is a chess piece. They both want to overturn this cannibalistic world - but first, they have to learn to trust each other.
Concepts can collapse and levels can return to zero. The highest state is not to have power, but to no longer need to use it.
