The story begins when the protagonist Lin Xiao attends the funeral of his best friend Su Qing, but unexpectedly receives a mysterious text message: "She is not dead. Don't believe the funeral." This message embroils him in layers of fog. As the investigation deepened, Lin Xiao discovered that there was a surprising secret hidden behind the "mirror sequence experiment" that Su Qing participated in during her lifetime - her identity records were systematically erased, and a "copy" exactly like her appeared in the laboratory surveillance.
In the process of pursuing the truth, Lin Xiao teamed up with old friends Lin Yue and Zhou Min to gradually uncover a taboo experiment called the "Double Brain Project." The experiment involves consciousness duplication and personality transplantation, and the boundary between reality and illusion begins to collapse. When Lin Xiao discovered that he might be part of the experiment, or even a copy of L-002, he fell into an unprecedented crisis about his identity.
The novel builds a bizarre science fiction world through surreal scenes such as mirror mazes, consciousness backup stations, and echo chambers. In the process of exploring the boundaries of consciousness, Lin Xiao must face an ultimate question: when technology can perfectly replicate a person's memories and emotions, what is the standard for defining "reality"? On the other side of the light, what awaits him is not only the truth, but also a cruel answer about the nature of existence.
Concept: The relationship between humans and machines