People Are Outside the Account

In 548 AD, the Liang capital of the Southern Dynasties was established in Jiankang. Under the surface of the prosperous times, famine, refugees and the purge of power are advancing silently. The city is redivided, the population is recounted, and those who can survive must be recorded, managed and used by the system. On New Year's Eve, December 31, 2025, Li Yaoxi, a forty-year-old ordinary man in Guangzhou who had accomplished nothing, suddenly traveled through time at the darkest moment of his life. When he woke up, he was already in this ancient capital that was tightening order. The original owner of the body he occupied was a disgraced and cold-reputed strategist - Tang Huiming. The two consciousnesses coexist, but they cannot control the body at the same time; Tang Huiming only has one chance to take over every day, and Li Yaoxi is the real leader of this body. At first, Li Yaoxi just wanted to survive. He avoids investigation, adapts to the rules, and finds a way to survive between the gray rope and the roster; while Tang Huiming is calm, cruel, and has an insight into the power structure, teaching him to understand the operating logic behind the order: what really determines life and death is not weapons, but systems and stratification. Under hunger, fear and surveillance, he and Tang Huiming went from distrusting each other to becoming both teachers and friends, and modern logic and ancient tactics merged with each other. They no longer just avoid liquidation, but find a foothold within the order, establish connections, master information, and try to influence the flow of rules. When an ordinary person is forced to share a life with a dark counselor, can they change from the chosen one to the one who determines the fate of others in troubled times? Between light and shadow, a game about order, power and humanity is unfolding.