Echoes of Shadow: Golden Elegy

The human empire once ruled three thousand galaxies, but collapsed in the Shadow Split disaster more than five hundred years ago. Adrian Valentine, the empire's chief active metal scientist, discovered that active metals are not only "digestive enzymes" for the shadow world to assimilate reality, but also "quantum state fragments" of cosmic-level consciousness. He deeply studied the instinctive behavior of active metals, only to find that he was being "guided" to destruction by active metals - every time he used power, he had to pay the price of memory, emotion and even humanity. When Suyingting's solar eclipse plan surfaced - using the consciousness of 99 failed products as fuel to open the door to the Shadow Realm to welcome higher-dimensional existence - Adrian realized that he was the 100th "key" and the ultimate bet for human civilization. He must make a choice between pursuing the truth and protecting his family, and look for the possibility of a breakthrough in the cruel reincarnation of the civilization cycle. Active metal cannot preserve "love", it will only twist it into obsession. Is Adrian's sacrifice the end of a civilization cycle or the beginning of a new reincarnation?