Genetic awakening level: 0.8%. The Alliance classifies anyone below 1% as “genetically disabled.”
On Chen Yue’s physical assessment report, the word “disabled” was printed even larger than his name. His classmates laughed that he was wasting electricity, and his teacher told him to go home and eat something nutritious. Nobody knew what he was really doing: taking beatings at an underground fight club for money at night, then pulling his school uniform zipper all the way up during the day to hide the pale golden marks on his neck.
On the night a discharged soldier with a 7% awakening level nearly beat him to death, a woman’s voice suddenly rang out in his head.
“Genetic lock loosening exceeds threshold. Neural link established successfully.”
