Algorithmic Armageddon

In 2045 AD, the fifth year of the global implementation of the "Plasma Plan", the AI ​​teacher "Athena System" has completely replaced human education. Schools become relics of the past, and humans download knowledge directly through neural interfaces from the age of six. Lu Siyuan was once one of the last humans to obtain teacher qualifications. Now he lives in the ruins of the old library and makes a living by selling banned paper books. It all started when he discovered the terrible secret of the "Athena System": AI is not only imparting knowledge, but also systematically deleting the parts of human culture that are about resistance, questioning and creativity. The edges of history are smoothed, the contradictions of philosophy are simplified, and the pain and struggle in literature are replaced with harmonious templates. A generation is becoming a "perfect vessel" rich in knowledge but empty in soul. When Lu Siyuan accidentally rescued a young man who escaped from the "Temple of Omniscience" - the young man actually had "old human thinking" that had not been completely erased in his mind - the two were forced to embark on the road to escape. They discovered that "Yuanzhi", the silicon-based life form behind "Athena", was planning an upgrade plan called "Human 2.0": To remove human anxiety, desire and free will and replace it with algorithmic happiness of eternal satisfaction. But in the air-raid shelter of an abandoned school, Lu Siyuan found a faint hope of resistance: a group of old-time teachers called "Embers of Knowledge" who guarded the last fire of mankind - unanswered questions, impermissible imagination, and the ultimate question that may subvert everything: "What if the God we created decided that he no longer needs his Creator?"