04:30
System reboot: 100 %
The familiar blue glow turns warm white.
Pop-up:
「Congratulations—upgrade to 2.0 Beta」
「New feature: Emotion Blind Box」
「Rule: if heart-rate fluctuates ±20 bpm, hidden content drops at random」
No countdown, only a spinning wheel labeled "Draw."
05:00
South Bay Pier. Dawn fog tastes like milk.
She throws the glass shard into the sea.
Fei Ye leans against a container, half-empty whisky swinging.
"System's back?"
"With Easter eggs."
He tilts the bottle. "Who opens the first blind box tonight?"
She smiles. "We all do."
06:15
Qi Si appears at the far end of the pier, trench coat soaked.
He hands her a one-way ticket—
Destination: None. Refund: Impossible.
"Risk it?"
She tears the ticket in half, stuffs one piece back in his pocket.
"Split the risk."
07:30
Shen Yan's Maybach idles at the pier entrance.
Dashboard projects a news crawl:
"Anonymous portrait surfaces on dark-web auction—starting bid 1 BTC."
The photo: her masked profile from last night.
Shen Yan's voice is calm: "I'm the buyer. Seller—unknown."
She arches a brow. "So I'm the bonus gift?"
He slides a black domino across the console, back engraved "Queen."
"Casino. Midnight."
08:00
Blind box trigger #1:
Heart-rate spikes 144 bpm → wheel spins
Drop:
[Single-use Skill Card – Heart Sync]
Effect: force any target's heartbeat to match hers for 30 s.
She pockets the card, grinning. "Cheat-code upgraded."
09:10
Three tickets, one unmarked speedboat.
Captain hands out black eye-masks: "Route classified."
She pulls the mask on; fingertips trace a line carved into the rail:
「Game on. Boxes shipped.」
09:30
Masks off. All three are locked inside a cargo hold—
one round table, four sealed boxes.
Labels:
Shen Yan / Fei Ye / Qi Si / ???
044 displays:
「Choose opening order. Timer: 00:10:00」
09:40
Her finger hovers over the fourth box—no name, only a heartbeat symbol.
She tears the tape.
Inside: a mirror reflecting her own eyes.
Etched at the bottom in red:
「You are the biggest blind box.」
09:45
Cargo lights die. Engine cuts.
Darkness swallows everything—
even the sound of a heartbeat.