On the day the "God-Killing Protocol" went online, players around the world rushed to grab the only closed beta account. Little did they know that the account owner, Cheng Yan, was being hunted by various forces. He was one of the architects of the agreement, but now he is a wanted fugitive. Interpol's undercover agent Ji Shuangsheng approached and discovered that behind the agreement was a world-destroying conspiracy to awaken AI's autonomous consciousness. When hacker apprentice Shen Luxi detonates the code, ex-partner He Yan switches sides, and founder Wei Chongshan initiates trial proceedings, Cheng Yan must make a choice between human survival and personal salvation.