In a world where labor is obsolete, "Compute" is the ultimate currency. Humanity is divided into three species: the pure-blooded Sapiens, the cyber-enhanced Augmentus, and the god-like Digitalis.
Zhou Xing, a low-level data scavenger living in the shadows of the NCR-Halo, is sentenced to death by the corporate elite for being an "evolutionary dead end." But in his final moments, he awakens a forbidden, ancient virus that allows him to hijack the very laws of the system.
As the physical world crumbles under the weight of "Compute Entropy," Zhou Xing rises from the ruins, armed with humanity's last remaining "Intent." He must navigate the treacherous power struggle between man, machine, and ghost to save a civilization that has already forgotten what it means to be alive.
In this winter of cold calculation, he is the only fire left burning.
Warning: Survival is not guaranteed. Evolution is the only path.