I Stripped Off My Body

In 2073, anchor core technology has been popularized for fifteen years, and "consciousness stripping and body regeneration" has become an open social rule - the rich rely on unlimited adaptation rights to achieve near immortality, while ordinary people can only get one chance to "body replacement" through public welfare quotas. "I", an ordinary young man in Huaian Lane, welcomed his "return" three years after discovering that his young Azhe "passed away" in a car accident. Azhe is still the same as he remembers: the crescent scar on his brow, his habit of playing on the left side, exact childhood memories, and he can even accurately tell the details that "I" don't like to eat coriander. But as we get along more and more, those "too perfect familiarities" begin to seep into the cracks that make us think deeply: smooth nails without scars, old wounds that are so faint that they are weird, "non-existent shared memories" that occasionally appear, and the cold and unfamiliar aroma that replaces the smell of gasoline. "I" was forced into a psychological game about "real" and "substitute" - is he a lost and recovered Faxiao, or is he a perfect fake manufactured by anchor core technology? When the body becomes a replaceable container and consciousness is reduced to transferable data, are those cherished memories, bonds, and temperatures the essence of "humanity" or an illusion reproduced by technology? As the investigation deepens, "I" not only discovers that Azhe's "return" hides a shocking secret, but also involves his own secret connection with the anchor core technology, and finally faces the ultimate torture: after stripping off the body, can "I" still be called "me"?