Return to Spirit in Seven Days

Cycle 127, Monday, midnight. Shen Ye was stabbed through the heart with a knife. Then he woke up. Unscathed. This is the 127th time he has experienced death - the 127th time he has been dragged back from the same starting point, the 127th time he has searched for a way to break the situation in a seven-day cycle. He thought he was used to it. But this time it was different. A black clock tower appeared out of thin air in the center of the city. A line of words appeared on the bell tower: "Seven days return to zero, and the puzzle begins. The question on the first day - who am I?" Those who answer correctly will advance, and those who answer incorrectly will leave. The price of "retiring" is: randomly erasing an awakened person who retains the loop memory. Shen Ye had no choice but to embark on the seven paths guided by the shadow of the clock tower - abandoned factories, libraries, hospitals, subway stations... Each of them accurately corresponded to the most profound memories in his life. And when he pushed open the door of the abandoned factory, an old man with 498 carvings told him: You have cycled 127 times. And I walked 497 times. The first 370 times, it was just me. What was even more suffocating was that after Old K said everything, he called him "brother." Shen Ye thought he was saving everyone. But maybe, he hasn't even really figured out who he is yet.