[Cyberpunk + infinite-flow + supernatural abilities + strong female lead]
Black cat heroine x an obscure tentacle-man hero (the protagonist is nonhuman, but takes human form later)
[Slow start; the heroine grows stronger over time, while the hero initially stays in the background]
“It says the world is one giant RPG.”
In the year 175 of the Old Calendar, the “Origin” biovirus broke out.
Among the steel-and-concrete urban jungles, some kind of being slipped past the tight controls of the mechanized forces and corporate conglomerates. It traveled through streams of virtual data, taking root unnoticed in everyone’s bloodstream and becoming an indestructible strain.
It was a sweet, deadly poison, but also an indescribable blessing.
In the year 12 of the New Calendar, the “Black Hole” appeared in the Upper District for the first time.
At last, the game’s prologue had begun.
A garbled AI songstress, a false industrial myth, an annihilated virtual butterfly, a fallen mechanical god of war... In this mad and chaotic world, you might even see a cat with a tentacle for a tail.
“This is Xiaoming. It’s my tail.”
“Oh, sorry. I forgot. It ran away from home and hasn’t come back yet.”
