The Seventh Divine Fall Zone

A taxi driver turned to stone in the middle of the street, clutching a scrap of paper from a door. Trainee investigator Shen Du followed the trail and discovered, beneath the city, an abandoned hospital with a door that could learn, imitate voices, and choose its victims. Beyond the door lay the Godfall Zones, eight forbidden corners of the human world abandoned by the "gods." Those who anchor their perception pay with their senses to touch the rules: first level, identify; second, interfere; third, sever; fourth, reconstruct; fifth, assimilate. The cost begins with the taste of metal and escalates until even memories are lost. His father once entered the Return to the Void. Before her disappearance, his mother left behind half a recording: "Don't trust..." Bai Xiaogu has seventeen faces. Lu Zheng always carries candy in his pocket. Jiang Yao is a vessel for Nüwa's creation. Su Muyun can foresee everything, yet chooses the unknown. The city is turning to stone, block by block. A network of divine will wants to string humanity together like a rope. Shen Du must choose: become the core at the very front, or let everyone remember one another for themselves. A life without choice is no different from death. The Godfall Zones are not a disaster, but a line of defense. Saving the world isn't about becoming the core. It's about ordinary people remembering one another.