Story background
In the near future, a technological city called "Crescent City" is prosperous and bright on the surface, but in fact it is controlled by the huge underground data black market "Dark River". There is a "memory chip" that can rewrite memory. The powerful use it to control public opinion and eliminate evidence of crime, while the people at the bottom struggle to survive in the flood of information.
Character setting
- Lu Chen: A former top hacker who retired due to a cyber accident that killed his partner three years ago and is now a bartender in an underground bar in the old city. Cynical on the surface, he uses alcohol and humor to cover up his inner trauma. He is good at cracking complex encryption systems and has "digital intuition" that can deconstruct codes in an instant.
- Huo Lin: Leader of the Special Case Team of the Criminal Investigation Detachment. He firmly believes in the balance between technology and humanity. He is a rigorous and rational man with outstanding marksmanship and fighting skills. He wears a broken police badge - a relic of his father who sacrificed his life while tracking down the "Underwater River".
Purpose: To show the growth process of the protagonists facing their past pain and breaking free from psychological shackles. Lu Chen emerged from the shadow of his partner's death, and Huo Lin let go of her obsession with her father's sacrifice, revealing that only by facing up to trauma and breaking self-restraint can self-salvation and transformation be achieved.