In 2077, a strange "Classic of Mountains and Seas Virus" swept across the world - the genes in the infected people's bodies would resonate with the mythical creatures in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". Some people transformed into sharks who could call the wind and rain, and some mutated into gluttons that devoured all things. Modern civilization was torn apart overnight, and myths became reality.
Ye Xiu was once the most ruthless "gene hunter" under the Kunlun Research Institute, specializing in hunting out-of-control awakened people. Until he was infected by a virus during a mission and awakened the supreme "Candle Dragon Bloodline" - his left eye could see the flow of earth veins, and his right hand could draw red flames to burn the sky. But the price of this power is "gene backlash": the scales will gradually eat up his skin, and his consciousness will be torn apart by the remnants of the ancient beasts.
From hunter to prey, Ye Xiu's position changed overnight. He discovered that the virus was not a natural disaster, but a "civilization restart program" buried by the "ancestral witches" 5,000 years ago, and the "Heavenly Survivors" hidden deep in the Kunlun Mountains - a group of ancient descendants whose genes continued to degrade, were trying to seize control of the "Guixu" (ancient gene bank) and use the genes of global awakeners to reconstruct the rule of the gods.
What's even more frightening is that the Kunlun Research Institute's ultimate plan is not to cure the virus, but to use "Leyline Purification Bombs" to wipe out all awakened people and humans together, completely "correcting" this "civilizational error."
When the three parties started a melee at the entrance to Guixu in the Mariana Trench, Ye Xiu stood at the crossroads of fate:
