In the twenty-third year after the Silent Tide, humans hid in seven starless well cities, relying on regular deletion of dangerous memories to maintain a common reality.
Shen Zhao, the principal of the White Tower, has been responsible for finding errors in memory.
Until the end of a night shift, she discovered that her partner Ye Tang had disappeared.
The workstation is empty, she is not on the schedule, and the access control and surveillance prove that she never existed. Everyone said that Shen Zhao was contaminated. Only the glass of water on the table that had not yet cooled left traces of another person's visit.
Shen Zhao doesn't need others to believe in her.
She would let the world, which claimed to be infallible, prove itself wrong.
But as the investigation deepened, she gradually discovered that it was not just one person's name that had been deleted. The city trades forgetfulness for safety, and a certain existence deep in the stars is using those abandoned memories to learn about humans, individuals, and how to become her.
When everyone advised her to forget, Shen Zhao insisted on remembering.
Because surviving should not mean leaving yourself to be defined by others.
Purpose: Who has the right to define who I am?