Echoes of the Abyss: Age of the Candle Dragon

In the strict order of "New Chang'an", merit points determine everything, and the system "River Map" weaves the fantasy of perfect life. Elite arbitrator Lin Xu was originally a defender of the rules, until a strange "abnormal data" case led him to a taboo place where the dust of history is buried. There, he met Su Qing, a researcher obsessed with the secrets of ancient books, and Aman, an underground engineer who knew the secrets of the sky. Together, the three of them came into contact with the cruel truth of the world: "New Chang'an" is not a paradise, but a breeding ground for an ancient existence - the "Candle Dragon". The system uses order as a cage and domesticates living human consciousness as food. When the "purification" alarm tears the sky and reality begins to collapse, Lin Xu must embark on a desperate journey across the boundary between reality and reality. From the abyss of data to the ruins of consciousness, can he find the key to breaking through the endless reincarnation? When his companions sacrificed one by one, the final weapon turned out to be the "paradox" transformed by his own contradictory will... This is a desperate resistance launched for a small but precious "free choice" on a battlefield where mythology and technology intersect. If the truth is despair, do you still have the courage to give meaning to nothingness?