[Con artists] [Mind games] [Ensemble cast] [Infinite worlds] [Science fiction]
“Flowers bloom on this shore; eternal life awaits on the other.”
Her eyes were red, her laughter wild.
She clutched the hand gripping the knife hilt and pressed its point against her own chest.
“I finally caught you.”
That night, blood wove a wedding dress, hot to the touch.
That night, crimson flowers bloomed in the sky.
Rule Zero of the Con Artist's Code: Before you deceive others, fool yourself first.
The sound of a piece being placed on the board came from the void.
“To win this game, I deceived my opponent, my beloved, my closest friend, and my own family.”
“And now, I must, ”
“Deceive myself.”
This endgame, spanning six eras, is ready to be played to its conclusion.
“Do you know what science is, and what madness is?”
He spread his arms wide, his black military cloak billowing behind him, revealing the countless scars on the back of his hand.
They were records of experiments, proof of pure reason.
“Abandoning reason will not bring you a conscience. But abandon your conscience, and you will gain pure reason.”
He was both a madman who defied the Way and a rebellious physician of music.
This world is made of different strings.
They intertwine, vibrate, and overlap.
They give birth to life, forge civilizations, and bring disaster.
Every person is a string.
Vibrating in turn, they perform thirteen movements praising civilization.
Intertwining, they weave the Great Filter that leads toward the sea of stars.
Fading against one another, they compose the civilization's final rest in a music of extinction.
Clear logic and vivid writing It's hard to imagine that this is an 80,000-word story written by a young man who just finished his college entrance examination. There is a progressive narrative rhythm hidden in the text, which is like an arrangement. The story does not have a floating and empty routine, but instead hides the unique and delicate thinking of young people. The struggles, choices, and growth of the characters are particularly sincerely depicted, and every emotional foreshadowing is gradual. When you read the core main line of Chapter 13 in the second half, all the foreshadowings are gathered together, and it is full of impact. The writing style is clean and restrained, which can not only lay out the large-scale plot, but also capture the soft emotions deep in people's hearts. The young man writes and composes music based on dreams, with rare sincerity and aura. The concentration and love during creation can be seen between the lines. Waiting to continue writing his complete movement!