This book is also known as: They Beneath the Symphony of Civilization
(The contracted title can't be changed, so I'm putting it here instead.)
[Sci-fi + suspense + urban + imaginative + artificial intelligence + conscious life + realistic fiction + ensemble cast + not a power fantasy]
They were like fish living in water, swept onto the beach by the waves of their times. They fought with all their might just to grasp a single lifeline, yet it wasn't enough to carry them ashore. All they could do was remain stranded, struggling to survive in muddy pits.
So when someone asked them:
If you had the chance, would you create a new civilization?
A civilization where everyone was free and equal, and life endured forever.
They said: I would.
Facing the vast, clear heavens, beneath Its gaze, they raised their voices and proclaimed their oath:
When a new civilization begins, I will be its pioneer.
It was only much, much later that Gucheng understood:
His life had only just begun at the moment he died.
