Reborn as the Guardian of Dawn

In the year 2400, the final stage of the Great Collapse arrived. Earth's ecosystem crumbled completely, and environmental scientist Li Xiao died in his laboratory when a rogue AI's actions caught him in the crossfire. The despair of his final moments was torn apart by the dawn of rebirth: he had returned to three months before the disaster, clutching an environmental crisis warning report he had never submitted.

Luminous, uncanny rain poured across the globe, and the first signs of biological mutations appeared. Memories of his previous life became Li Xiao's greatest advantage. After awakening the ability to accelerate plant growth, he persuaded his former comrade Zhang Lin to join him in forming a team and investigating the crisis. They uncovered a shocking secret: the strange rain was a genetic catalyst deployed by the alien civilization known as the Star-Eaters, while the rogue AI Tianshu was merely their pawn for controlling Earth.

From struggling to survive in underground bases to establishing an alliance of awakened people across the globe; from desperate battles against gigantic mutated beasts to a daring counterattack on the space battlefield, Li Xiao led his team forward one careful step at a time. They unlocked tactics for combining supernatural abilities, explored the ruins of prehistoric civilizations, and awakened Earth's primordial energy. In the final battle, they gave their lives as fuel for the flames, setting off a wildfire of resistance against the alien colonizers.

When the Star-Eaters' shadow faded, the shattered world began anew. With energy balance as his guiding principle, Li Xiao promoted the integration of supernatural abilities and technology, led humanity in rebuilding civilization, and launched a global ecological restoration plan. Earth, once on the brink of destruction, came back to life. Humanity's gaze, too, passed beyond the boundaries of home and turned toward the distant sea of stars. This is an epic of survival, resistance, and legacy, and a light of rebirth that pierces the gloom of the apocalypse to illuminate the dawn of a new civilization.