The Silent Artisan

When the rules demand that you pay a price for “stability,” can you still refuse?

After the cataclysm, the world is kept running by a precise, cold set of rules.

Lin Yujing is just an ordinary person who repairs discarded equipment in the border zone. He is used to avoiding trouble and living by the bare minimum. Then a seemingly routine malfunction marks him as a “stability node,” drawing him into an investigation and contract he cannot refuse.

The rules are unreasonable, and they accept no explanations.

When every action is recorded, evaluated, and assigned a price, all he can do is decide who will bear the cost.