Chapter Five: Blind Spot in the Rain

Her knuckles whitened. “I tried to remove the frame where Shen Xing died.” “Shen Mo promised it would save her?” “He promised it could save you from your crash too.” Lu Xiao understood. The dead version of him had not been wholly invented. Three years ago he had driven on East Cape and destroyed a car. To save him, Su Wan had started Shen Mo's machine. Their life afterward might itself be restored footage. Two walls of explosives rose ahead. The task demanded passage through sixteen moving gaps in total darkness. Shen Mo switched off line prediction. Every blue path died. Su Wan placed a hand on Lu Xiao's neck and counted an editing rhythm. “Three, two, two, one.”