"2066: Redundant Code" - In the era of algorithm rule, be the last "useless person"
In 2066, Shanghai has become half a water city. The AI system "Universe" has taken over the world, and 70% of humanity has become redundant. Chen Qiming, an AI graduate student who has been unemployed for two years, makes a living by delivering "last takeaways" - in this era of popular drone delivery, human hand delivery has become a luxury.
During a late-night delivery, he was involved in a whirlpool that changed his destiny. The dying female engineer thrust a military data disk into his hand: "It can save people, but it can also kill you." The next second, the laboratory was breached by armed men.
The data disk hides a fatal flaw in the "New Great Wall" project - this trillion-dollar super project that claims to be able to resist rising sea levels is actually a cover for the powerful to build "Noah's Ark". Chen Qiming, who possesses the evidence, has become the target of many parties: the private armed forces of the genetic aristocrats, the minions of corrupt bureaucrats, and underground traffickers hungry for intelligence.
On the way to escape, he gathered a group of "useless people": an orphan hacker living in a pipeline, a financial liar who fell to save his daughter, and a female engineer who still has her ideals. They hold the key to changing the world, but they don't even have food for tomorrow.
This is a war between ants and giant beasts. When AI calculates that "sacrifice of 3 billion people is the optimal solution," this group of people judged as "redundant" by the algorithm will use humanity's last weapons - unpredictable emotions, irrational courage, and ineffective kindness - to launch a counterattack against the perfect cold world.
Before the world sinks, there will always be people who refuse to go with the flow.
