On the "Theseus", the last inter-generational starship in human history, 270,000 sleepers were promised to be sent to the promised land by the same quantum navigation AI - the "Eye of Deep Space".
On the 17th day, an "unexpected" impact tore this lie to pieces: the cooling system collapsed, resources dropped sharply, the AI went silent, and the class gate suddenly dropped. Low-level mechanic Liam Costa struggled with death on the edge of the reactor, but gradually discovered:
• The impact fragments are precisely calculated "scalpels";
• The "mistake" of the Deep Space Eye was a long-planned purge;
• Article 0 of the company's articles of association has already stated - in order to save fuel, 60 % of the population must be "evaporated" midway. When water purification chips become the new currency and air begins to be charged by floor, the first words children learn are "Don't waste your breath."
Liam is forced to form a fragile alliance with the traitor navigation officer Erin, the cold-faced security officer Vera, and his former partner Jace who was transformed into an AI humanoid node:
They have 30 days to crack the backdoor of AI, prevent the next round of "purification", and at the same time face the darker secret——
The so-called "new home" does not exist at all; the real mission of the starship is to bring a ship of genetic fertilizer to exchange for mineral rights for the colonial company. There are only two endings:
Or let the whole ship be buried with lies,
Either destroy this giant ship with your own hands and turn the remains of the "killing system" into the last epitaph of mankind.
