[Not a power fantasy + supernatural abilities + apocalypse + power progression + no System + plot-focused + survival]
They use awakening to put you in chains.
They trade your life for their immortality.
His father is murdered. His grandmother goes missing.
Only after Li Yang is swept into the war between the rebels and the cleaners does he see the truth about this world:
Every awakened person is a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
The rebels. The cleaners.
One side wants to destroy the cage; the other wants to preserve the lie.
And Li Yang is the wild card both sides have their eyes on.
He has no way back.
And he doesn’t need one.
Smash the sacred grounds. Overthrow the Directorate.
Let everyone truly awaken.
“This world owes me. I’ll take it back with my own hands.”