The Ascender's Last Words

When programmer Chen Mo opened his eyes in 2024, he found himself in the Ascension Tower of Xinhu City in 2050. Gu Changyuan, chief architect of the Skyvault Group, was in the middle of digital ascension, uploading his consciousness. At a critical stage, a data overflow sent a golden beam of light off course and crashing into Chen Mo. A flood of memories poured into his mind: high-level technical expertise, political and business secrets, a list of contacts, and a countdown image that had been repeatedly erased but stubbornly remained. In forty-seven days, the first mass ascension would cause uploaded consciousnesses to turn on reality in droves.

No one believed him. The Security Bureau's investigation team classified him as a "data contamination entity" and was waiting to erase him. Meanwhile, Zhou Yanbai, the Skyvault Group's mastermind, was secretly moving the countdown forward.

Chen Mo had no choice but to use Gu Changyuan's memories to secure a new identity, gain leverage, and find a way to survive, all while taking apart that timeline piece by piece during the forty-seven days the entire city hunted him.

And the digitized man deep in his memories was still speaking to him:

"You are the backup I chose, and my last variable."