Data Ghost: Downloading Skills in the Apocalypse

A data plague known as "Silence" strikes at midnight sharp. Global information civilization collapses in an instant, and every digital device becomes scrap metal. Humanity is forcibly "formatted," thrown back into a pre-technological age. Amid the ruins of a wasteland known as the "Rustlands," orphan Yuan Fei uses his innate gift to glimpse fragments of information called "data ghosts." The first time he touches an abandoned military chip, a flood of memories for [Special Forces Combat Techniques] surges into his mind. He realizes he can download every skill the dead possessed in life from these electronic graveyards. Touching an abandoned medical instrument grants him [Expert-Level Surgery], making him the arbiter of life and death in a plague-ravaged apocalypse. Hacking a factory's main control system gives him [Master-Level Mechanical Engineering], turning him into a wasteland construction maniac. He repairs more than machines: he restores a lost civilization. But with every download, he sees the final fragments of a data ghost's memories: terrified screams, eyes filled with despair, and a mysterious symbol that appears only faintly. To piece together the truth behind the arrival of "Silence," and to protect those around him, Yuan Fei sets out in search of answers. He swears to rise from the ruins and ultimately upload his consciousness to the legendary super data center known as the "Firmament," becoming the one and only Data God to reign over the entire Rustlands.