In 2035, China’s technology sector faces a total blockade.
Chip engineer Lin Ran is electrocuted in his lab and falls unconscious. When he wakes, a line of text has appeared across his retina:
“Civilization Seed System activated. First mission: crack 7nm lithography technology within 72 hours. Failure will result in brain death.”
As he livestreams himself running Cyberpunk 2077 on a domestically made chip at a desert base, humiliating the West, he has no idea he is being drawn into a stunning conspiracy spanning three decades:
- The quantum code left behind by his father turns out to be synchronized with signals from an extraterrestrial probe.
- The AI chip implanted in the brain of a beautiful scientist who is both ally and enemy begins its countdown to self-destruction.
- The space carrier he developed with his own hands has been altered by the mastermind behind the scenes into a weapon for a human-eradication plan...
“Technological supremacy is nothing but a selection game run by a higher civilization.”**
When the AI controller offers him a ticket aboard the Mars Ark, Lin Ran presses the master control button with bloodied hands. “Tell Gaia: humanity refuses to be formatted!”
