Berger New Era

"Berger: Qi Tian" is a grandly structured apocalyptic science fiction epic trilogy. The story is set in the future of post-disaster reconstruction: human civilization was nearly destroyed in two catastrophes, and the survivors united to form a federal government. Those humans who evolved in extreme environments, Berger, were tightly controlled with a "golden hoop" and imprisoned in the Seventh District. The protagonist Lu An is a Berger maintenance worker who is judged to be the weakest white level, and he hides the special ability of "lock picking" at the conceptual level. He is the only loophole in the entire system, the key to uncovering the many buried truths. When the Qitian Plan secretly ignites the fire of resistance, when the brainwashed red-level weapons hang overhead, and when the alien Time Sequencer's vanguard's conspiracy emerges, the two tribes, from internal fighting to forced alliance, jointly face the ultimate test of the survival of civilization. The work takes "cage and freedom, control and resistance, humanity and divinity" as its core theme, rejecting the simple opposition between good and evil and fairy tale reconciliation. It uses gray group portraits, a progressive trilogy structure, and a blank ending full of philosophical speculation to write a tragic epic about how free will shines in shackles.