On the Northern Ring Road late at night, a streetlight broke. Someone noticed it, took it to heart, and reported it for repair the next day. This man's name is Zhou Tuo, and he has worked in power distribution for twenty-seven years. There are many people like him in Yungang Power Supply Company - Lao Ke, Shen Zhu, Su Li, Peng Yu... What they do is insignificant in the eyes of others: tighten a screw, record a set of data, inspect a section of line. But these trivial things have become the cornerstone of thousands of lights.
"Light Chaser" is a realistic novel with frontline workers in the distribution network as the protagonist. The story begins with the transformation of rural power grids at the beginning of the century and spans more than twenty years. It tells the story of the growth and choices of three generations of power workers represented by Shen Zhu in the wave of digital transformation of the power grid. From hand-drawn drawings to digital twins, from manual line inspection to AI prediction, from one-way power supply to main distribution and micro-collaboration - every technological leap is accompanied by human confusion, pain and transformation.
This is not a technical manual, but a work about "people". It writes about those who work against the tide in typhoons, those who are on duty late at night, and those who shine silently in ordinary posts. They may not be seen, but the light they guard illuminates every night.
