Bone in the Shell

In Tiangong City, deeds can determine identity, seals can rewrite responsibilities, and rosters can even determine whether a person is alive or dead. Lin Zhaoye was just the lowest-level contract worker in Siqifang. He has no prominent family background, no magical powers granted by heaven, and no power to defeat all laws with one sword. All he has is a pen, a private account that no one admits, and the ability to see the hidden cracks in words and rules. An accident on a wind-wing boat made him realize that the world he lived in was far more absurd than he imagined: the merits of living people could be erased, and the names of the dead could still be used to collect salary for others; mistakes were written as accidents, sacrifices were called necessary, and the so-called "voluntary" often just meant that someone had blocked other roads in advance. In order to leave the truth behind, he lost his job, residence and future, and gradually came into contact with the huge order hidden behind the deed, soul mirror, sect and heavenly book. However, when the other self in the mirror speaks, when memory, identity and even "I" itself can be copied, deleted and merged, what Lin Zhaoye really needs to answer is no longer just how to resist the world. But—— If a person's body can be replaced, memories can be copied, and names can be erased, then why am I still me? From an unknown contract worker in Tiangong City to a traveler who broke free from the shell of living beings, Lin Zhaoye's path was never to become a god. He just wants to take back the most common and expensive thing: Decide for yourself who you are.