Xiao Maichong stood at the center of a quantum projection in the highest seat of power across the Twelve Star Domains, handling government affairs in every domain through thirteen thousand AI clones at once. Her gene-editing technology had tripled the human lifespan, but it had also created a rigid hierarchy based on genetics. During a routine genetic test, she discovered an abnormal emotional fluctuation in her daughter, Ye Ange, whose emotions she had stripped away. The neural synapses that had been permanently sealed were somehow slowly regenerating.
