Human civilization faced an unexpected turning point: a global datafication System suddenly descended, and the boundary between reality and virtuality collapsed completely. Cities became torrents of code, life was reconstructed as data modules, and unknown rules came to govern the new world. The apocalypse did not arrive with earth-shattering destruction. Instead, it silently dragged humanity into a cold contest of digital evolution.
The old order crumbled, and survivors struggled to stay alive amid the data ruins. Some awakened as “players,” gaining control over System permissions; some became “NPCs,” losing their free will; and still others mutated into monsters, wandering among the shattered servers. Then the protagonist discovered that a deeper conspiracy lay behind the disaster...
