In the continent of Terra driven by steam and gears, under the brass dome of the giant city-state "Winter Keep", the eternal thick fog obscures the sky, and only gas lamps and ether light tear through the endless dark night.
This is an era when humans use mechanical arms to measure the world and use alchemy to explore the truth. However, beneath the surface of prosperity are ancient whispers coming from the abyss. Some special people can hear these ravings. They are called "tuners" and gain powers beyond mortals by establishing "resonances" with those indescribable beings. But every attunement is a sacrifice to madness. The price of power is the collapse of reason and the distortion of flesh and blood.
Ye Linchen, a precision instrument repairman living at the bottom of the city, was troubled by an incurable "tinnitus" since birth. His biggest wish is just to sleep peacefully on a quiet night. He didn't know that the whispers that continued day and night came from the deepest void beyond the stars.
His destiny has already been engraved in the rhythm of the universe. When a mysterious star compass awakens in his hands, Ye Linchen is forced to embark on a path of no return. He will become the most powerful tuner and the prisoner closest to madness.
In this fight against fate, does he choose to embrace the abyss that gives him strength and transform into a new god? Or does he burn himself in endless reincarnations, fighting for a slim hope that has long been destined for this world shrouded in shadow?
This is a story about fighting against sinking and finding the meaning of one's existence in the rust and whispers.
