A gamma-ray burst awakens supernatural abilities in 5% of the world's population, turning the world overnight into a jungle where the strong prey on the weak.
My name is Chen Mo. I'm an ordinary programmer, yet I've become a “terminally ill patient” in the medical records. My ability is a curse that burns my life as fuel.
Others awaken and soar through the skies or burrow underground. I awaken with a bright red “lifespan countdown” hanging over my head.
[Data Manipulation] is my ability. I can see the weaknesses in all things and analyze the flow of energy. They call me a “human supercomputer.”
But when corporate tycoons want to dissect me for research, government organizations offer me a fortune to join them, and extremists see me as a virus that must be eradicated, all I want is to stay alive.
That is, until my friends are swept into the maelstrom and innocent people die before my eyes... Only then do I realize that someone has to set this damned apocalypse right.
So I typed a line of code into the world.
They are stunned that I can “edit” reality, and fear me as though I'm a god or a demon.
But they don't know that every time I press “Enter,” I burn through what little life I have left.
