She Is Not Present

Forensic doctor Song Yan never doubted her memory until she discovered injection needle marks on her body. A drowned female corpse was pulled out of a psychological experiment codenamed "Echo" - in twenty-three years, the identities of seven subjects were dismantled, reconstructed, and replaced. During the investigation, Song Yan gradually realized that her insomnia, dissociation, and abnormal reactions to certain scenes were not occupational trauma, but the consequences of someone's careful design. Six trips without any memory, the pinprick on her arm that she never noticed, the scar that appeared repeatedly on the radio - every trace that she thought was the wear and tear of life was a chess piece, falling on a chessboard she couldn't see. And the person playing chess is right next to her. When all the evidence points to her being a continuation of the experiment, Song Yan must answer a question that is more deadly than the truth: If even "who I am" is implanted, what proof can she use to prove that she still exists? This is a story about denial and confirmation. Before the cold mirror, she did not follow the shadow given by others.