Routine and Extraordinary Life in Arcadia

In this eternal Academy City, our youth has a price tag. ——Use points to buy survival and use memories to buy tomorrow. Arcadia, humanity's last utopia, a crystal cage suspended above nuclear ruins. Here, every boy and girl wears silver yoke from the age of twelve—— That is both the limiter of ability and the countdown of life. RS points determine your right to breathe. Si, an outlier with infinite points, desires to be consumed more than anyone else. Bai Yu, a girl who can see the thread of destiny, can only not see her own tomorrow. Meixiang, the gentle class monitor, so gentle that she smiles at everyone even when she is sad—— Even this sadness is enough to make the whole city sigh. When the Queen's cry comes from the depths of the maze, When the shadow of the system covers every dawn, When "living" itself becomes the most luxurious rebellion—— Who are we trying to save? It is to save the person who reaches out to you in the dark, Or save the self that is gradually collapsing in the light? --- Theme of this book Salvation is never given in one direction. Sometimes, the person you desperately pull out of the abyss is the light that holds you and prevents you from falling. Sometimes, when you think you are saving the world, you are actually just looking for a reason—— A reason to forgive yourself for continuing to live in this terrible world. This is the story of a city, It's also a grand experiment in why we are who we are.