Time: The near future, 2077. Humanity has entered the “Post-Carbon Era.” Climate change has melted the polar ice caps, and rising sea levels have flooded coastal cities, leaving land resources in desperately short supply.
Setting: The story unfolds amid the ruins of Shanghai. Once China's largest port, the city is now a vast steel island floating on the East China Sea. The island is dotted with genetic engineering labs, nanomaterials factories, and a central hub for consciousness data.
Background: Human society is ruled by the “Dome Alliance,” a coalition of three tech conglomerates that controls the global economy through brain-computer interface chips. Ordinary people live inside sealed ecological domes, while the surface world has become a dumping ground for technological waste.
Synopsis
A shattered home: While exploring the seabed, marine geologist Lin Xia discovers the ruins of an ancient civilization. She accidentally activates a quantum resonance device, corrupting the consciousness data of her younger sister, Lin Xiaoman.
Forbidden love: In an abandoned gene bank, Lin Xia encounters Jiang Lin, a silver-haired modified human. His true identity turns out to be Xu Chengye, the “Lord of the Dome,” who disappeared seven years ago.
A data maze: The two infiltrate the consciousness data hub and discover that human consciousness is being converted into energy to power an AI system. Fragments of Lin Xiaoman's consciousness reveal the truth behind the destruction of the ancient civilization.
The moment of awakening: Jiang Lin activates his self-destruct sequence and battles the Dome Alliance. Amid the quantum resonance, Lin Xia merges with the energy of the ancient civilization and ultimately frees human consciousness from its digital prison.
