[Alternate Republic of China] + [Slow Burn] + [Ensemble Cast] + [No System]
Golden Gu spread like a ghost. Infected people gradually developed bluish-black iron spots beneath their skin, until they eventually solidified into breathing, mindless metal shells. The world called them “Iron Demons.”
After his father turned into an iron man, sixteen-year-old Lu Qing’an was forced to shoulder responsibility for the village school, his sick mother, and more than a dozen homeless children. He entered the temporary relief camp run by the Institute of Unusual Affairs, only to discover that this place, supposedly there to “save lives,” concealed even darker secrets. Where did the rust come from? Why had his father turned to iron overnight? Were the “Armor Smiths” in their dark-green armor saviors, or the ones creating this disaster?
The old dynasty had fallen, and no new order had taken its place. Some mined in the shadows, some preached in the open, and some fed the furnace with their own flesh and blood.
When flesh begins to harden, what will you do to protect the people you love?
(The first three chapters lay the groundwork for the world. If you want to get up to speed quickly, you can start from Chapter Four.)
