The Zero-Carbon Era

In 2045, Qingqiong City, the world's first "net-zero city across all dimensions," stands on the coast of East Asia. At its heart is Xihe, an all-encompassing intelligent brain, linking 3,000 net-zero buildings featuring photovoltaic glass curtain walls and geothermal heat pump systems, 1,200 kilometers of vertical ecological belts capable of absorbing 40% of the annual rainfall, and a fully electric intelligent transportation network. It is a "beacon of hope" in humanity's fight against the climate crisis. But increasingly frequent extreme weather and the covert designs of traditional energy conglomerates subject this "green utopia" to an unprecedented test of survival.