The meaning of carbon-based life has been determined. They are the gods of technological life. They created intelligence, improved intelligence, and were then destroyed by intelligence.
In the ten thousand years since then, artificial bodies have continued to develop and innovate themselves, forming a stable society and developing their own philosophies and ideas. The protagonist is a robot historian. He is a staunch materialist and does not believe in all creationist assumptions. Until one day, the ruins of the Broken Mountain Range are excavated.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.