When he was eighteen years old, Gu Shuang discovered that he could see things that others could not.
It's not an illusion, it's not a monster, it's the remaining traces of the underlying rules of the world - the "remaining sound". When touched, they dissipate like water seeping into sand.
He joined the Anomaly Bureau, starting as a trainee commissioner, dealing with abnormal events that ordinary people would never know about. "Timing Cavity" - This is the blind spot where his ability makes the surrounding echoes ineffective.
He gradually discovered that many anomalies occurred in old buildings, and the same thing seemed to be buried underground in these old buildings.
Seal marks, numbers, fragments of old structures.
He began to record, remembering whatever he saw. Those scattered points are connected into lines, and the lines are connected into pieces - a whole set of underground systems that have never been recorded, running through the entire city. They call it "Old Kanyu".
The more records there are, the more wrong he becomes. Strangers cannot notice him, and colleagues cannot hear him. He looked in the mirror for a long time and felt that the people inside were separated by a layer of fog.
He didn't stop.
Until the last number is added. From beginning to end, a complete line. The moment he closed the notebook, he suddenly understood - he was it.
The deeper you go into your abilities, the closer you get to your essence, and the more you detach yourself from this world. The end of the road is completely empty.
He reached the end.
Then he turned around and walked back.
Not out of fear, not out of regret. It's because after reading it, it's enough.
When he woke up the next day, Gu Shuang didn't remember the abnormal situation, the old Kanyu, or the seal marks and numbers. He is just an ordinary young man who works in a factory and leads a peaceful life.
Jiu Kanyu is still underground, peaceful and quiet.
But no one remembers he was there.
