Reality Programming Association

The torrential rain in Jiangcheng had been falling non-stop for months, concealing many things that were deeply wrong—— Yu Xian began to think he was getting sick. People around him were disappearing one after another. A string of bizarre “smiling suicides” emerged. His own habits and memories were failing to align. Complete strangers on the internet were sharing the exact same dreams, and a university professor died under inexplicable circumstances. … The downpour only grew heavier, turning the sprawling city into a series of disconnected “islands.” Amidst the apocalyptic floodwaters, rumors of an “artificial rainstorm” spread like wildfire, vaguely pointing the finger of suspicion at local scientific research institutions. Meanwhile, a mysterious audio file titled The Midnight Bus spread like a plague across the blackout-stricken, disconnected university campus—an audio track capable of dragging anyone who heard it straight into a lucid dream. … Set against the backdrop of a suffocating, endless rainy season, this is a story about uncovering the true nature of the world. — Description from novelcodex.org