In the age of interstellar colonization, 90% of Aila's surface is covered by a mysterious jungle. A veil of mist conceals the trails at the surface, eerie fluorescent lights shimmer in the middle layers, and secret fungal nests lie deep below. Once an experimental base for the prehistoric advanced civilization known as the Starcore Clan, it became a forbidden zone after a genetic disaster. Yet its abundant Starcore Crystals and priceless samples of mutated genes have made it a hunting ground coveted by interstellar conglomerates and mercenary groups.
Lin Che, a former interstellar researcher, carries the injustice of his team's destruction and an obsession with finding his missing sister. He ventures alone into the perilous jungle. An accidentally activated Starcore Analyzer becomes his only means of survival: it scans mutated creatures for weaknesses, unlocks prehistoric technology, and lets him absorb Starcore energy to strengthen himself. But it also makes him the target of the conglomerate's Starcore Hunters.
In the mist, he meets a cyborg mechanic scarred by betrayal. Deep in the rainforest, he turns an enemy into an ally: a descendant of the Starcore Clan who can communicate with the creatures of the jungle. In a desperate situation, an undercover reporter brings both conspiracies and hope from the outside world. The four venture into the underground fungal nests, cross a memory corridor where time and space are distorted, and face terrifying genetically mutated creatures, tribes of mutants whose minds have been corroded by energy, and the descendants of Starcore Clan defectors hiding behind the conglomerates.
When the AI system left behind by the Starcore Clan awakens and initiates a purification program that will destroy everything; when the Interstellar Alliance decides to blow up Aila to stop the contamination from spreading; when his sister's Starcore affinity becomes the only key to activating the world's core, Lin Che finally discovers that his and his sister's origins have long been inextricably linked to the Starcore Clan's civilization experiments and Aila's survival.
Will he clear his name alone
