The Wandering Eye

Li Mo was born with a left eye that drifts outward whenever he relaxes—a quirk long dismissed by those around him as intermittent strabismus. For twenty years, he has forced himself to maintain constant, conscious tension to hide this perceived flaw, striving to blend into an ordinary life. But one late night while navigating the city's gritty underbelly, he accidentally unlocks the truth: his deviating pupil is no ailment, but a unique dimensional vision that reveals the city's flowing energy veins, the auspicious or ominous nature of any location, and the hidden traces left behind in every space. Without any system interface or miraculous windfalls, Li Mo relies solely on this innate ability. He starts small, using his sight to solve mundane struggles like finding a decent rental or securing a parking spot. Yet step by step, he begins to perceive the dark currents churning beneath the metropolis's glittering surface. Along the way, he encounters other outliers who have likewise retreated from plain sight, and is gradually drawn into a clandestine conflict over subterranean leylines and territorial forces. Armed with nothing but his anomalous eye and his mortal resolve, Li Mo walks the city's invisible borders, safeguarding its order from the shadows while the ordinary world remains blissfully unaware.