On the seventh day of the zombie siege, Chen Jin pried open the chip at the back of his neck in a powerless underground garage. In the holographic image, a girl said, “You aren't human. You're humanity's last backup.” Li Zhao led a force to attack the camp, vowing to activate the AI core inside him and restart civilization. Old Mute conveyed the truth through silence, Iron Falcon's gun barrel trembled, and the key to destroying or saving the world lay hidden in Nine-Needle's spine. Every radio pulse tapped out by White Noise asked the same question: when humanity no longer needs you, would you still be willing to destroy yourself for them?
