Gray Light Era: Return to the Fire

In the Guixu Era, the old civilization self-annihilated itself at the peak of its pursuit of "absolute rationality," leaving only ruins eroded by chaotic energy and a group of sleeping "fire seeds." Lin Chen, a prophet who has gradually "faded" due to the price, his only goal is to protect Su Wan, whose heartbeat is about to stop. Su Wan, who has a fatal flaw in her "heartbeat beacon", burns her remaining life with every beat. When they discover that the end of the world is a civilization's "ultimate assessment" of itself, and that they are the experimental subjects of "human variables" left behind by the old world, the road to survival suddenly turns into a thorny road of atonement and reconstruction. They must: ·Pay the price: senses, memory, emotions, and even life and existence itself. ·Proving value: Prove to the cold heritage of the old world that the contradictions and "mistakes" in human nature are not a burden, but the only salvation. ·Choose a path: Make the choice that determines the future of civilization between the "Cage of Order", "Chaos Madness" and the "Road of Fusion". This is not a story about a hero saving the world. This is an epic story of how a group of "mistakes" abandoned by the world corrected and atone for the civilization that abandoned them, and ignited a new flame called "balance" in the ashes. When the gray ball of light, symbolizing the dynamic balance of reason and sensibility, pulses for the first time on the ruins, the title page of the new era is truly unveiled. Keywords: hard-core science fiction, philosophical speculation, aesthetics of sacrifice, civilization epic, dystopia, emotional bondage