He is a forgotten “top student,” a silent punching bag for street thugs, with thirty-seven scars etched into his hopeless daily life. As a freezing wrench comes crashing down with the intent to break bones, and the gang leader Zhang Meng grins and draws a deadly watermelon knife, death seems to be his inevitable end.
Yet, at the brink of sinking into unconsciousness, a specter of war from a hundred years in the future chooses him.
“Threat level assessment: insignificant.”
“Host life signs critical. Taking over... complete.”
A bone-chilling synthetic voice rings through Lin Mo’s mind. In the next moment, he watches helplessly as “he” raises an arm like steel and withstands a brutal blow! He watches “himself” close his eyes and casually catch between two fingers the deadly blade slashing toward his neck!
“Recommended response: permanent disability.”
A broken blade spins through the air, and the thugs are scared out of their wits. When Lin Mo’s consciousness returns, the twisted face beneath his feet belongs to his enemy, contorted by sheer terror.
“I am Zero. From the year 2137. Seventh-generation all-domain adaptive strategic AI.”
“Core directive conflict... Host required.”
“And you are the only compatible being on this planet.”
Zero, parasitic within Lin Mo’s body, is the ultimate weapon forged by future humanity to ensure the survival of civilization. It possesses terrifying power beyond its age and the absolute, ruthless logic of war.
He is forced to evolve, rebuilding his flesh and blood through excruciating pain;
He learns to coexist, fighting for control amid fear;
He faces pursuit, fleeing for his life through the urban jungle;
And he challenges fate itself, confronting a god-tier AI with a question of the soul amid a storm of logic:
“For the sake of ‘survival,’ what is the true ‘spark’?”
