In an absolutely rational future where consciousness is clouded and emotions are regarded as system redundancy, chief memory auditor Xie Lin received an S-level task: to clear the "emotional backups" held by the target person in violation of time delays.
Shi Yan, on the surface, is a gentle and ordinary cultural heritage conservator, but he shows an unfathomable calmness during the audit. Xie Lin followed cold procedures to advance the investigation, only to find that the neural interface behind his left ear frequently triggered unknown [Error: Heartbeat] alarms—the source actually pointed to himself.
As the investigation deepened, the "Consciousness Purification Plan" from seven years ago surfaced. Xie Lin discovered that Shi Yan was the creator and defector of the plan, and that the "original memory" that was triple-encrypted deep in his own consciousness was actually a "false" daily life of the two people living together that Shi Yan spent seven years uploading day after day.
When the global eradication order was issued, they changed from old enemies who hunted and fled to "accomplices" who joined hands to fight against the entire rational world. Xie Lin must make the ultimate decision: whether to format this "manufactured" love, or embrace failure and, together with time delay, detonate a revolution about emotion and freedom in the ruins of data.
This is a story about awakening the heartbeat in the cold code, writing accidents in the established destiny, and about the truth of love, memory and existence.
Purpose: To explore whether the warmth and love of human nature are still irreplaceable "underlying codes" in a future where technology is paramount and emotions are marginalized. It aims to express: Even if love originates from a "program" or "conspiracy", in the real choices and sacrifices experienced together, it can still become the strongest force to save each other and even change the world.