Return to Ruins Agreement

When others gain superpowers, it's like a plug-in dropped from the sky. What Lin Yuan got was a "loan sharking machine." A metal box called "Machine Zero" allows him to borrow the power of evolution of all things - the water-locking power of the cactus, the lightless vision of the salamander, and the extreme cold resistance of the mammoth. Every "borrowing" comes with severe physical pain as interest. Renal colic, muscle stiffness, bone decalcification... The price becomes more and more severe every time. He originally only wanted to save his critically ill father, but he was involved in a top-secret project that had been sealed for forty years. He discovered that beneath the deep sea, sleeping was a living memory that was far older than the Cretaceous - "Guixu". It is not waiting for scientists or any organization. It is him who is waiting for it. Now, "Guixu" proposes a deal to him: use his body as a bridge to repay mankind's carbon debt owed to the earth. What he has to face is not only the heartbreaking physical pain, but also the ultimate fear of being "redefined" by all mankind.