In Star Calendar Year 372, pioneer Luo Chen awakens amid the ruins of the Star Ring Space Station. His comrade’s dagger is stained with the remains of a star beast, the communicator emits nothing but static, and he is the only life sign aboard the entire station.
The scorching source-energy core in his palm is the “key to evolution” his comrade gave his life to obtain, and a prize coveted by the Void Insect Swarm and the Shadow Spiders. When insect claws tear through the bulkhead and venom corrodes his combat armor, Luo Chen grips his bloodstained tactical knife and evolves for the first time in the silent sea of stars:
“Am I the only one left in the world? Then every star beast in the universe, every trace of source energy in these ruins, every obstacle in my path, will be mine to devour alone!”
His genetic locks shatter one after another, and his blade is soaked in alien blood. He advances by walking over the wreckage of starships, grows stronger by devouring the source of the calamity, and fights his way from the desolate space station toward a galaxy shrouded in darkness.
This is the evolutionary path of one man, one blade, devouring the starry sea alone. But deep within the source-energy core lies a truth about the universe more terrifying than being “alone.”
