In a cyberpunk megalopolis where neural implants control every aspect of life, a group of activist hackers nicknamed The Shadow Dissidents uncovers a government plot threatening to drive the population into total submission. The secret program, Code Red, uses neural technology to manipulate emotions, transforming citizens into docile puppets. Eliot Kane, a former programmer, leads the group in a race against time. Helped by Lya, a cybernetic mercenary, and Psyke, an unstable AI, he must infiltrate the city's most secure facilities to deactivate Code Red. But each decision brings them closer to a moral dilemma: destroy the system at the risk of harming millions of citizens, or use the weapon to turn control against those who abuse it. As the lines between heroes and tyrants blur, one question remains: how far must we go to free a chained society?