In an era when the tentacles of human civilization extend to the most remote corners of the galaxy, the universe is not a silent virgin land, but is filled with huge debris left after the fall of ancient civilizations - a no-man's land known as "star debris".
The protagonist "Ling Yue" is a planetary scavenger living in the "Rust Paradise" of the scrap planet. Unlike other scavengers, he does not pursue energy blocks or rare metals, but is obsessed with collecting "ancient data disks" that are considered useless garbage. In an accident, he awakened an incomplete artificial intelligence that called himself "Star Map Maker" deep in a crashed unknown battleship.
This AI is neither a combat program nor a navigation system. Its only function is to deduce and reconstruct the "social structure", "civilization memes" and even "thinking framework" of those lost civilizations based on the fragmented data brought back by Ling Yue.
While other interstellar forces are competing for powerful ancient weapons and technologies, Ling Yue, with the help of AI, has mastered a more invisible and deadly power - he can copy the rise of a lost civilization, understand the social weaknesses of any opponent, and even use cultural memes to dismantle an interstellar empire without bloodshed.
When the entire universe was chasing the power of "hardware", Ling Yue quietly started a conquest at the "software" level. He will use wisdom and strategy to crown himself king in this icy sea of stars made of steel and fire.
