Remnant of Stars

"Star Dome Remnant" constructs a science fiction world struggling between the rusty dome and the forbidden wasteland: Ling, a descendant of the Star Dome Remnant, accidentally awakens the sleeping star bloodline in her body due to an energy box that carries her father's last wish. The moment the translucent star skeleton unfolds behind her, she is involved in the cruel game between the parliament and the resistance. From the acid-rained streets of District 7 to the forbidden wasteland full of crystals, Ling met Chen, a boy who played the crystal flute. The two took the coordinates of the Star Gate ruins and the star core liquid and fled under the claws of the scavengers and the energy cannons of the purifiers. The girl Yue met on the way was originally a glimmer of despair, but when the Star Gate was activated, her identity was revealed as the "Parliament's Artificial Resonance Vessel", and the old man who had guarded the Star Gate for fifty years turned out to be the most lurking betrayer. When the Speaker of the Parliament revealed his true appearance as a cyborg, and when the truth about the Star Skeleton Engine—the cruel secret fueled by the blood of the survivors of the Star Vault—was revealed, Ling finally understood that the Star Gate was never a passage to escape, but the key to reshaping the world. She and Chen made a choice in the energy vortex, using the light of the star skeleton to purify the pollution, and at the cost of sacrifice and protection, they opened a crack leading to new life in the rusted world. At the end of the story, the sun shines under the demolished dome, and the pale golden petals and unsent letters bear witness to all the souls that have shone a light in the darkness - they use their courage to prove that the real way home is never the distant mother planet, but the determination to dare to rebuild the present.