Crimson Sky

Synopsis of "Blood-Red Sky"

National security legend Yan Jing and his former nemesis Zhou Neng joined forces in the Arctic wilderness to thwart the conspiracy of “Oracle.” But they returned to their peaceful lives stained with “blood.” Yan Jing retired to Jiangnan, turning everything he had learned into a silent “offline fortress.” Zhou Neng, meanwhile, kept a “Glimmer” cafe on a street corner, hoping the warmth of everyday life would wash away the smoke of the spy world.

But the real hunt had only just begun.

Three years later, a “ghost protocol” that ordinary antivirus software couldn’t detect quietly broke in. The smart speaker at home played Morse code on its own in the dead of night. A strange green smile flashed across the screen of a computer with no internet connection. Even WeChat’s “File Transfer Assistant” became an eye watching them. This was no mere display of hacking prowess, but a “micro-scale psychological hunt” targeting the country’s core engineers. By manipulating smart devices to sow mental terror, the attackers sought to drive top talent to the brink of collapse and force them to surrender the foundational keys to the nation’s “strategic weapons.”

In the course of her investigation, Nian An, Yan Jing’s daughter and a rising star in national security, discovered that this undercurrent led straight to the national deep-sea probe “Deep Sea One.” The mastermind, the “Shadow Council,” emerged from the shadows. Using “human-powered computing farms” and quantum viruses far ahead of their time, they were plotting a sinister scheme capable of overturning the nation’s fate.

When the cameras at home become the enemy’s eyes, and the Internet of Things becomes a deadly shackle, Nian An must activate the “offline fortress” her father left behind and wage a silent war to defend the nation, on battlefields both micro and macro.

With the blood still fresh, the whole world beneath the sky becomes a battlefield.