2326, The third hundredth year of the Wasteland Era.
Everyone alive is waiting for a notification - "Congratulations, you have been selected to enter the promised land."
They don't know: Promised Land is not paradise, but a bed with tubes inserted into it. Their consciousness is locked in the code, and they live in false happiness all their lives until the last drop of dopamine is drained.
They also don't know: every shot of X-drug contains neuromarkers - one shot extends your life, one shot goes into the net. The federation knows your emotions, behavior, and heartbeat rhythm better than you do.
Wang Heng spent four years in the paradise. On the day of his escape, he woke up from the nutrition cabin - 4°C liquid filled his lungs, the surroundings were dark, and only the cold told him: this is real.
Stepping onto the wasteland, his body began to lose control. Crushing the metal cup, the temperature plummeted to subzero, and something burned through the bones - he didn't know what it was.
Lu Yao is even more outrageous. She can sense invisible vibrations when touching metal, and can "hear" frequency bands that shouldn't be heard when she is close to communication equipment.
8-Star commander Li Han personally took charge, and a three-layer encirclement circle surrounded the Eagle's Mouth Death Valley. Press them all up.
In Death Valley, their bodies exploded. Equipment malfunctioned, weapons malfunctioned, and temperatures plummeted to the point where humans could no longer survive—a hole was torn open in the encirclement.
In Tianshu Floating City, Li Han stared at the abnormal pulses on the skynet and slowly closed the screen. He didn't report it. He wants to pursue it himself - he wants to know whether these "unknown variables" can be turned into tools of the federation.
