Jiang Ping escaped from Inferior Prison and was found by Zhou Zhiqing, the head of the military's "Zero Two" development project, who helped conceal his identity.
Jiang Ping's talent for chemistry quickly made him Zhou Zhiqing's assistant, and the two got together during a rut.
"Zero Two" is a mind-control drug. Those who take it gradually become fiercely loyal to a designated person over the course of two years. Jiang Ping was a test subject for the first batch, and Dai Shen of the military was his designated person. Jiang Ping didn't know this when he took the drug.
After a while, Zhou Zhiqing noticed Jiang Ping's protectiveness toward Dai Shen and mistakenly thought Jiang Ping had fallen for someone else. Their relationship came close to breaking down several times.
After the improved second batch of "Zero Two" was produced, a packet fell into enemy hands. Dai Shen was captured while recovering the drug, and Qiu Qin forced him to take it and choose him as his designated person.
Due to the changes "Zero Two" had caused in Dai Shen's constitution, combined with the instability of the first-generation drug, the first-generation drug that had been affecting Jiang Ping lost its potency.
By the time Jiang Ping was free of the drug's influence, Zhou Zhiqing had devoted himself entirely to the final research on "Zero Two."
Theme: "Everything pales in comparison to you."
