Dreams vs. Reality - The emotional journey of three friends who realize that growing up is the final boss. For the friends Wang Zha, Chengyong and Pao Pao, one thing is certain: everything will get better once they are adults ... until that fateful day in the summer of 1999. Because when they fall into a lake full of colorful chemicals, their previously manageable lives change abruptly. With nothing more than a sneeze, they can catapult themselves 20 years into the future and back. What begins as an exciting adventure, however, turns out to be a disappointing reality: their adult selves are not only completely different from what they had hoped, but also marked by corruption, organized crime and loss. And even worse: their once inseparable friendship has broken up! As if all this were not enough, a dangerous secret organization seeks to take over the world in the future. So the three former best friends, together with investigative journalist Liu Lianzhi, must do everything they can to save the world - for the dreams of their youth and the chance for a better life.