Tags: Two male protagonists · Criminal investigation suspense · Technology crime · Redemption · Strong confrontation
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Core Summary
"When procedural justice meets consequential justice, only the immortal light of humanity can illuminate the truth."
Bizarre cases have occurred one after another in the international metropolis Ninghai City - bank data was hijacked by quantum encryption, a biological laboratory exploded, and unknown chips appeared in the victims' brains. Criminal investigation team leader Cheng Ye was ordered to investigate, but was forced to cooperate with the mysterious hacker Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen's skills are cunning, his identity is a mystery, and his files are as clean as forgeries, but he leaves vague traces at every crime scene. The more Cheng Ye investigated in-depth, the more he discovered that the case overlapped with the suspicion of his father's "suicide" ten years ago. What Zhou Chen was tracking was actually the same dark network - the transnational criminal organization "Dark River".
A policeman who insists on procedural justice and a hacker who wanders on the edge of the law gradually tear apart each other's disguises during the pursuit:
- Cheng Ye discovered that the military barcode brand under Zhou Chen's collarbone was living evidence of the "Child Agent Program";
- Zhou Chen holds the truth behind the death of Cheng Ye's father - it was not a suicide at all, but an execution.
When the two finally approached the core, they became pawns at the same time: there was a "hidden river" of people within the police, and Zhou Chen's sister was the organization's earliest human experiment.
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Conceptual opposition
- Cheng Ye: "Rules can protect justice."
- Zhou Chen: "Some truths must cross the line before they can be touched."
Identity dilemma
- Cheng Ye was falsely accused of colluding with criminals and was stripped of his police badge;
- Zhou Chen's identity as a hacker was exposed and he became an internationally wanted criminal.
Ultimate choice
"Blowing up the laboratory will save thousands of people, but you will become a terrorist."
"Following procedures will keep your badge, but more people will die."
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Emotional core
"We have all been in the dark for so long that we have almost forgotten what light looks like."
- Cheng Ye's first violation was to block an internal investigation for Zhou Chen;
- The first time Zhou Chen obeyed an order was because Cheng Ye said, "Trust me once";
- On the night of the final showdown, the two faced each other back to back, with police badges and hacker keys overlapping in a pool of blood.
Intention: In the game of procedural justice and result justice, only the immortal light of human nature can illuminate the truth