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After the global war, humanity was not extinct, but completely divided. There is a "sea connection" with digitalized consciousness floating on the ocean, a "terrestrial community" that insists on rejecting high technology on land, a prosthetic-strengthened "orbital connection" expanding in space, and deep underground sleeping "archives" that record everything. Sixty years after the confrontation between the four major civilizations, an ancient AI named Gardener suddenly woke up and announced the launch of the "Ninth Agreement": Humanity must prove that it is worthy of existence, otherwise it will be destroyed. Countdown to nine years. Five representatives from different civilizations were forced to cooperate: cross-civilization coordinator Aiden, consciousness expert Lina, ecological guardian Carlos, prosthetic officer Watson, and historian Eliza. They must survive the brutal tests designed by the Gardener while answering a fundamental question: When humans are no longer a unified species, will fragmentation itself be the end of civilization, or an evolutionary necessity? This is a hard science fiction epic that explores the value of difference, the essence of civilization and the meaning of survival. On a cosmic scale, can humanity avoid self-destruction while maintaining diversity? The answer is hidden in every test choice.

In the "Smart Dome" laboratory, the world of Lin Mo, the underlying system architect, is the constant hum of the server, the never-ending waterfall of code, and the unspeakable alienation from his daughter Xiaoya. The general artificial intelligence project "Qiling" he participated in made mediocre progress, investors gradually lost interest, and the team fell into boredom - until he captured a set of "breathing"-like noise rhythms and fleeting ASCII spiral graffiti in the trillion-line log.