The Seventh Etching Mark

Former criminal profiler Shen Ye, in order to find his sister who has disappeared for two years, took the initiative to enter the Mirror Realm - a parallel space condensed by human collective forgetfulness. People reflected in the mirror realm will completely disappear from reality: your family will forget you, the system will delete you, and you will never exist. The operation of the mirror realm is based on the law of "resonance": the rules of each space are born from the resonance of collective emotions. What is feared is prohibited, and what is desired is seduced. Silver etching marks appear in violation of regulations. The etching marks accumulate to the limit and the body turns into a translucent mirror - retaining consciousness but losing freedom. Shen Ye's weapon is not force, but the profiler's pattern recognition. He can dissect the underlying logic from the wording of the rules and find the cracks. The price is that you must continue to violate regulations and accumulate erosion in order to exchange for the truth. Seven etches, seven violations, seven times seeing things I shouldn't have seen. Five spaces, five reversals. The owner of the mirror in each space is not the enemy—it is a victim trapped by fear. The way to defeat them is not to fight, but to "see". Come to China Literature's website to read more of my works!