In 2077, Earth entered the "Age of General Intelligence." Quantum computers had found their way into every home, nanorobot repair technology had reached maturity, and brain-computer interfaces allowed people to roam the online world directly. Yet technological progress only deepened society's divisions. The top one percent had gained near-immortality through "neural interfacing." They never aged, were always full of energy, and controlled most of society's resources. Meanwhile, the masses, unable to afford the high cost of genetic optimization, still suffered the ravages of age and disease, struggling to make ends meet.
Society appeared calm on the surface, but beneath it, tensions simmered. The conflict between the "Human Supremacist" organization and the "Transdimensional Intelligence" tech company had been raging for ten years. The former regarded AI as a "monster that devours humanity," believing its development would rob people of their place in the world. The latter proclaimed that "symbiosis is humanity's only future," convinced that the union of humans and AI was the path to a brighter tomorrow.
