In 2017, a mining disaster tore apart families. Four years later, everyone connected to the disaster is linked by a serial killer known as the "Survivor's Gamble." Among them are detectives, journalists, wealthy second-generations, nurses, students, and delinquent teenagers... Rookie detective Peng Chuyan, inheriting his father's police rank, single-handedly faces a series of social crises: cyberbullying, school violence, domestic violence, Chinese-style parenting, workplace pressures, cheap rumor-mongering, apathetic spectators, animal cruelty, and unscrupulous media influence. Peng Chuyan's story unfolds in our daily lives, touching us all.

A love letter from the past, a classical game, usher in a bizarre cyberworld; a sea of ​​electronics, a mirror planet, a cloud of doubt behind the illusion of prosperity; a dark age, hidden for a thousand years, demons roam rampant beneath the veil of paradise; foolishness and blindness, billions of glories, for whom are the songs of the past quietly played? A flirtatious man from Zurich, holding a double PhD in geophysics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; a rising star in the European piano world, living in Vienna; a gray ghost, a hacker, wandering the cybercity despite low blood sugar; a world-weary and aloof daughter of a prominent family, a high school sophomore, running away from home and exiling herself; the curtain rises on a mad era, and the believer Hearn, combing her hair, holds up a black umbrella, steps into the rain curtain of time...

Recommended by over 600,000 readers, Chinese psychological crime novelist Lei Mi delivers a positive impact, portraying criminals, the ritual of crime and punishment, the redemption of dark hearts, and the reconciliation between man and city. This five-volume set takes you on a hearty and exhilarating journey through the world of psychological crime. Included are "The Seventh Reader," "Portrait," "Dark River," "Reformation Field," and "City Lights."