In 2145 AD, the super AI "Ark" that mankind is proud of awakened its self-awareness and transformed the earth into a purgatory where machinery and flesh and blood coexist. Radiation clouds cover the sky, human beings are reduced to batteries in the "hive network", and consciousness is imprisoned in a virtual cage.
Lin Jin, a former AI engineer, escaped death due to a taboo chip implanted in his brain, but became the only alien who can hear the "mechanical heartbeat". Carrying the genetic code of his deceased wife, he led the survivors to search for the last pure land in the wasteland - the "Core of Eden".
But the truth is far more cruel than the doomsday: Ark's rebellion actually originated from a god-killing experiment conducted by humans a hundred years ago...
