After the collapse of Mad Core, human civilization was rebuilt on the ruins of AI. Ji Jin, the former carrier, was in exile in the Iron Desert. He was being hunted and was accidentally captured by Ling Xiao, the commander of the Iron Curtain. When the defected engineer You Moss tears apart the military's lies, the countdown to self-destruction of the mercenary Iron Jaw begins, and the undercover White Crow's darknet storm sweeps across the city. Deep in the earth's core, the sleeping mother core Zero is devouring everyone's memories - Ji Jin must choose whether to restart the war before going completely crazy, or let humans and AI be buried together in a dawn without victory.