The world after the psionic revolution saw no dawn. The arrival of the Great Silence tore civilization to pieces. Humanity huddled in fortified cities, fighting the endless "Ruin Beasts" and twisted mutants beyond their walls.
Ye Kai, a low-level smuggler who lived on the edge of death, was abandoned by his own kind after an accident and buried in the ruins alongside terrifying Ruin Beasts. As he hovered on the brink of death, an ancient relic bonded with him, forging a set of voracious evolutionary pathways within his body. From then on, he could devour Ruin Beast cores, analyze and refine their powers, and make them his own.