Lost Ring Era: City Without Rings

When identity no longer belongs to the body, but a smart bracelet determines everything: travel, communication, work, food, and even the right to survive. The protagonist Lin Ce was originally an engineer in the core area of ​​the city, but he woke up one morning and was shocked to find that his bracelet failed, the access control could not be opened, commuter traffic refused to pick him up, and no one in his address book responded. He became a "lost person" - a ghost of an identity that was completely blocked by the system and never existed. Under the abandoned subway line, he encounters the underground hacker girl "Zero Point" and reveals another side of the urban system: a huge projection network and class disguise, forming a dual city of "real" and "projection". His old ring data was actually copied into another "Lin Ce". The truth about consciousness duplication and personality replacement put him in a deep identity crisis. At zero o'clock, a data release system called "The Rift" was activated, revealing the hidden missing persons to the public, and the whole city was in shock. This is a revolution in identity and the awakening of a smart city. Lin Ze must make a choice between "projected order" and "real freedom". When the bracelet no longer defines a person, what is the real "person"? "Ringless City" uses high-density conflict and philosophy to explore self, control and escape in the digital society.