The Pingjing Chronicles

Robots indistinguishable from real people bow down before us, worshipping us as gods. We can play with them as we please, treating them as faithful wives or lowly slaves, as we see fit. But if you’re not prepared to be replaced, you’ll face the threat of being discarded by the robots. We know that only the rich can live happily, because they hold immense wealth and can make the rules to suit themselves. We know that we poor folk can only stand beneath a thousand-story skyscraper and gaze up at the dark sky. What will rain down from above: fizzy cola poured out by the rich, or sugar-laden milk tea? The city is dazzlingly colorful, yet dark as night. We, who embrace machines, seem so cold. Seventy years into the future, we will search for our true selves amid a tide of darkness. See how the protagonist finds a sanctuary of his own in this chaotic world.