Set in 1949 in a tense, politically volatile Shanghai, a top-secret "black name list" is created by the Kuomintang Military Statistics Bureau. The list contains the names of prominent intellectuals, scholars, and progressive figures whom the KMT intends to assassinate to prevent them from siding with the Communist Party. The CCP's underground operatives engage in a dangerous, high-stakes espionage and rescue mission to protect the people on the list and navigate the treacherous political undercurrents before the city's liberation