In 2065 AD, the mechanical fleet arrived.
Within 72 hours, the global network was paralyzed and mankind fell into the abyss. The survivors were implanted with "slave chips" and were divided into six levels from A to F according to their "usefulness" - their names were replaced by numbers, their emotions were monitored in real time, and their existence was completely quantified.
Shen Yuan, a former doctoral student in the Department of Physics, is now just a C-level manual worker in the ruins of Beijing - C-114514.
After five years of numb work, he relied on memorizing physics formulas to fight against spiritual death. Until the moment he witnessed the execution of his coworkers, something vibrated violently in his chest——
That is the awakening of the "life string".
A woman who called herself "Xian San" told him: There is a group of awakened people hiding in the dark underground, using the power of the origin of life to fight against the quantitative rule of the mechanical tribe. They call themselves - Yuan Ge Society.
Seven days later, the formatting protocol was initiated. The 3.7 Million survivors in Beijing will be "cleaned up" at once.
Shen Yuan must make a choice within the 0.3-Second monitoring delay: stay and become a number; or leave and become an "unquantifiable person" - using the vibrating string in his chest to fight against the entire mechanical civilization.
He doesn't know that this road will make him lose all his guides, become the "Human String" number one on the bounty list, and finally face the oldest question of the mechanical race:
"You have proven that life cannot be completely quantified. But after evolution, are you still human?"
There are some things they can never measure.
Such as name. Such as anger. For example, the frequency of chest vibration at the moment a person decides to resist.
