In the neon-lit coastal financial district, Chen Jiao was an obscure junior analyst at an investment bank. Her father had mysteriously disappeared years ago, leaving behind enormous debts. She endured her superiors' hostility and humiliation from her wealthy young creditor, struggling at the bottom rung of society. While trying to collect a debt, Chen Jiao unexpectedly awakened a special ability: she could break down any disordered information into mathematical logic and uncover the secrets hidden behind the numbers.
With her ability, Chen Jiao gradually cracked several financial crimes, only to stumble upon the core secret of the Shengrong Consortium, which had dominated the city for years: her father's death was directly connected to the consortium's vile experiments using ordinary people to create people with special abilities. Meanwhile, Lu Chen, the consortium's chief trader, took notice of the woman who kept leaving mathematical puzzles at crime scenes. By day, he was a financial whiz who could turn the markets upside down; by night, he was a mysterious phantom controlling an underground intelligence network. Two people with secrets began playing against each other on the same chessboard.
The Shengrong Consortium repeatedly sent assassins to sabotage Chen Jiao's investigation. If she failed, she would not only be unable to avenge her father, but would also be consumed by her out-of-control ability, while the entire city would become a casualty of the consortium's experiments. Chen Jiao had to evade pursuit by the authorities' special-ability regulators, survive the consortium's assassins, and contend with her tangled suspicions and attraction toward her adversary. She had to tear away the filthy veil hiding this neon city within a month.
