In the interstellar federation ruled by genetic aristocrats, "Heart Eaters" are existences more filthy than radiation dust.
The blood of Erosion Heart Glass can corrode all things, but the body is reversely crystallized - she is a living paradox and a walking plague. When the tribe sacrificed her in exchange for the Purifier, the entire altar melted into molten iron in her blood.
Ember, the supreme commander of the Federation, is a monster who walks in the radiation hell in a physical body. He gave Eclipse Xinli the "right to survive": "Your blood is the key to opening the Eclipse Abyss nest, and my mission is to burn that nest."
In order to suppress the uprising of the Eclipse Clan, Ember Trace was corroded through the genetic chain by dark matter spores.
The only way to delay his disintegration is to transform Xinxinli's spine into a symbiotic device:
Every drop of her blood prolongs his life, and every wound accelerates the corrosion of the federal energy grid.
But the light-eating serum that resonated with her blood in the secret room pointed to a dirtier truth——
