In 2145, New Shanghai City's five-tier class system is a prison. Lin Wei, a scavenger boy from Level Zero, finds a chip called the “Behemoth's Eye.” When he inserts it into his brain-computer interface, he sees hunting memories that are not his own: tears of humanity stream from the behemoth's eyes.
Wanted posters send the entire city after him, while the AI “Whale Dome” quietly deletes the pain of millions. Those at the top sip behemoth spinal fluid; those at the bottom must queue even to die. Then a woman's voice whispers from the chip: “Don't trust them... They're deleting you.”
During his escape, he meets Jian Nan, a wild girl who drives beasts away with the beat of her drum, and uncovers a shocking truth: the behemoths are human weapons, rebuilt. His brother Lin Yue is not dead. His consciousness is trapped in a behemoth's neural network, where he pleads, “Kill me. That's the only way to save me.”
From the underground abyss to a platform 120 kilometers above the ground, Lin Wei uses a bone flute to halt the beasts and pain to fight oblivion. Through bloody battles, bonds with multiple heroines, and the tearing of his cybernetic body, he sets out on a desperate path to recover his deleted memories.
“I remember, therefore I am.” But if your memories are false, are you still yourself?
This is not a mindless, simplistic serial. You don't have to switch off your brain to enjoy it, and it's especially suited to listening.
Tags: #CyberpunkEpic #Behemoths #AI #Apocalypse #ActionThrills #MultipleHeroines #MemoryMystery #Dystopia #PainIsExistence
