She has lost her memory. When she wakes deep underground, all she has are the name embroidered on the chest of her uniform and a Sequence ability that has suddenly awakened.
Back on the surface, several floating islands hang in the sky. They are humanity's only refuge.
Underground, meanwhile, belongs to monstrous beasts.
Zhu Ran is an unregistered outsider, so she can only scrape by on the lowest level, the Fallen Island tier.
The floating islands are divided into layers of strict social hierarchy. Zhu Ran plans to start as a scavenger, save up to search for her memories, then find a way to see what lies above.
But as soon as she sets foot on the island, one problem after another finds her.
Why are the leaders of the great families above and the Sequence Council all looking for her?
Why is she on the authorities' wanted list, too?
And why do the memory fragments that periodically surface in her mind show her as someone far more than a down-and-out low-tier Sequence user?
Zhu Ran gradually realizes the secrets she carries may be connected to the sole island at the very top, the Tianshu Island.
Where did she come from? Why was she underground? Why are so many so-called important people searching for her?
And could that man, who likes turning into a black cat and is hailed as the strongest fighter, please stop following her?
The secrets of the entire floating island are revealed on the day Zhu Ran reaches the summit.
She imitates a god, becomes a god, then surpasses one.
Memories from two very different lives intertwine to make the Zhu Ran of today.
Back on her throne at the peak, Zhu Ran flashes a defiant smile at the towering man in the shadows. "I told you, I'm the strongest."
A warm, certain smile touches Qi Hanchao's lips. "You always have been."
You are the hope of the floating islands, and of me.
And I will protect that hope forever.
