In 2150, spatial rifts tear the land apart, Abyssal Beasts run rampant, and the Steel Star Knights are humanity’s final line of defense.
Lin Yi’s callsign is Lone Rider. Fifteen years ago, a beast tide took his family from him. He lives outside the system, supporting the children at an orphanage by piloting accounts in Star Knight: Frontline. In the virtual arena, the mysterious Player 37 is unbeatable, crushing every opponent with one arm severed and displays of extreme skill.
Anonymous, encrypted commissions keep coming his way. Runaway AIs launch surprise attacks, and the military secretly tests its mechs. He knows there are traps waiting, but for the children’s next meal, he enters danger again and again.
He meant to stay out of the conflict, until the coastal defenses collapsed and the wails rising from a city of ruins shattered his resolve to run.
There is no retreat in a world gone mad. The Lone Rider heads for the battlefield. Piloting a battered Canglan Star Knight, with no official posting and no reinforcements, he charges alone into the beast tide and slays a Lord, defending an entire city with his own strength.
That battle makes him famous throughout the military. The steely Captain Jiang Lan is ordered to investigate him. Two people bearing their own scars go from wary probing to fighting side by side amid the flames of war.
The shocking plot to destroy humanity behind the Abyssal Beast invasion gradually comes to light. He transforms from a lone wanderer into a bulwark protecting his country.
Though the road ahead plunges into an abyss, I ride alone to defend Huaxia’s starry river and protect the lights of every home.
[No System · Hard-Core Mecha · Lone-Wolf War God · Passion for Country and Family · Costly Victory Against the Odds]
