During a live broadcast in the early hours of the morning, sea-going blogger Shen Yu discovered a corpse wearing a school uniform from thirty years ago in the "Ghost Bay" reef area. The forensic doctor confirmed that the deceased died six hours ago, but the marine life on the surface of the body showed that it had been soaked in water for twenty years. What is even weirder is that the cinnabar mole on the back of the deceased's neck was exactly the same as Shen Yu's.
As the investigation deepens, Shen Yu discovers that her life is a carefully choreographed ritual: the shipwreck thirty years ago was not an accident, but a sacrifice; her live broadcast account was not registered by accident, but an inheritance; and her 170,000 viewers are becoming the fuel for the "upgrade" of an ancient existence.
"Lin Xiaoman" - the "blank student" with no body, no files, and no family members to claim - is evolving from a drowned ghost to a meme-like Internet ghost. She no longer needs a single container, she needs a channel: a live lens that can transform the collective gaze into its own existence.
Shen Yu tried to break the rules with a reverse ritual: getting 170,000 people to look at themselves in the mirror. But she finally discovered that the real horror was not being parasitized by a ghost, but discovering that she was already a part of the ghost - who was the "Ghost Bay Fisherwoman" smiling in the live broadcast room?
When the tide rises again and the screen lights up, will the back of everyone's neck start to feel hot as well, while watching this story?
Concept: In this era, being alive itself is a state of being watched. And once enough people watch it, 'you' no longer belong to you.