When memory becomes a metal rust stain that can be tampered with, can you pierce the lies of the world in seven reincarnations?
In the 22nd century, mankind is lingering in the "Rust Era".
Nano-metal pollution dust "rust dust" is eroding the foundation of civilization——
It makes steel rot in the night, and makes memories crystallize in the skull,
It also causes those who touch it to fall into the 24-hour death corridor where the deceased is dying.
Lu Jin, memory cleaner of New Eden Group,
The mechanical prosthetic eye in the right eye can see the flow of rust and dust.
The left rib cage beats the last native mechanical heart of mankind.
His job is to erase the "memory polluters",
Until one night, a corpse asked him for help with its rusty vocal cords,
He found that the rust spots on his wrists were growing in reverse.
And the gears in the pocket watch began to turn back time.
Ye Ling, the silver-haired hacker wandering in the abyss of dust,
Gear spikes grew on her spine, and metal flowed in her blood.
Claims to have co-founded the resistance group Rustfire with him.
But she has never been in Lu Jin's memory——
Except for those fragments of constant flashbacks:
She thrust the dagger into his heart,
Rusty Fire whispered in the ashes: "This is the seventh reincarnation."
In this triangular dilemma of memory, metal and time:
An inhuman life form named "Rust Child" uses a body of absolute zero to piece together the fragments of the truth;
The corporate giant "New Eden" who claims to be the savior uploads human consciousness to the Rust Network in batches;
London in the steam age, the ruins of the cyber city, the laboratory where flesh and blood and machinery coexist...
The seven levels of time and space collapsed and entangled in the rusty night.
Lu Jin must face the cruelest choice:
Destroying the Rust Network will end humanity's destiny of being manipulated.
But Ye Ling will be annihilated as a symbiote of rust and dust;
If the world is allowed to sink, all souls will become prisoners of data.
And deep inside his mechanical heart,
The roar of rusty fire burning gears is coming:
Would you rather die for the truth or live forever for a lie? "
"We think we're wiping away the rust, but we're actually erasing ourselves. "
——Rusty Child's dying code
Concept: On the rusty ruins of civilization, human nature is the last piece of metal that refuses to oxidize.