The world's ocean currents ground to a halt. Drought, hail, and famine followed one another, sparking a long and brutal war.
Zhou Wuyin was undoubtedly the sharpest blade in that war. Young and ruthless, he had not suffered a defeat in years. He was a living legend of the Alliance.
The apocalypse was cruel, and no one knew what tomorrow would bring.
When Chen Yang was sixteen, all his teammates perished. By chance, he got hold of a training video of Zhou Wuyin. Covered in grime, with his microphone broken, Zhou Wuyin managed to record just one sentence.
"Kid, if you fail a few more times, I'll really be dead."
As if fate had brought them together, Chen Yang and Zhou Wuyin met eyes through the screen.
Chen Yang fought for three years, rising to the rank of senior officer at an astonishing pace. But on the day he received his commission, the news that Zhou Wuyin was dead awaited him.
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When the war between humans and machines broke out, Zhou Wuyin, a machine himself, was among the first to be targeted and was ordered executed.
On the day Zhou Wuyin was declared dead, their enemy scattered ten thousand leaflets, celebrating the Alliance's destruction of its own greatest asset.
That day, Chen Yang stood amid the swirling snow and refused every execution order.
His superior called him stupid and accused him of being thick-headed, then finally tried to reason with him: "You've got a bright future. Why make trouble for yourself?"
Chen Yang gave a cold laugh. "Would you feel at ease taking credit for killing one of your own?"
Chen Yang didn't believe Zhou Wuyin was dead.
How could he be dead without a body?
He searched for Zhou Wuyin for seven years, getting through thousands of days and nights with that battered recording, until the man in the video held a knife and his icy breath brushed Chen Yang's ear. "I haven't forgiven you for betraying me yet, little crow."
Theme: Devote everything one has learned in life to the cause of humanity
