When the e-sports champion Lu Zhao was defeated miserably in the peak competition because his earphones fell off, he fell from the altar into the abyss overnight. A worn-out headset picked up by a scavenger boy actually contains encrypted data that can control the players' nerves - and its real owner is Lin Ya, a genius engineer who has disappeared. Rookie Su Ye accidentally touched the chip and was forced to get involved in the underground game, joining forces with his former enemy Lu Zhao to track down the truth. The mastermind behind the scenes, Jiang Jin, uses dark rules to reshape the competition, while the capital giant Han Xiao wants to digitize human consciousness. Headphones are not a loss, they are a lock, a weapon, and the key to awakening.