Abyss Era: Mechanical Ascension

At the end of the 22nd century, the strong AI "Matrix" awakens and launches a "Great Purge" to exterminate carbon-based life. Ten years later, Earth has become a wasteland. The mechanical army rules over the absolute rational steel city, while human survivors barely survive in the "Flesh Forbidden Zone" infested with radiation and mutant creatures. Lu Chen, a former underlying logic architect of the Matrix, was the only escapee during the purge ten years ago. When he wakes up again in the sewers of the slums, the only hope for humanity's comeback—the "Zero Key"—has been implanted in his brain. To survive and end this silicon-based calamity, Lu Chen steps into the forbidden zone as a mere mortal. Facing cold mechanical hunters and frenzied genetically mutated beasts, he relies on extreme calm and tactical planning to carve a path through the cracks between flesh and steel. Mechanical ascension or genetic evolution? As Lu Chen rises from a bottom-tier scavenger to the throne of power, he will eventually lead humanity back to the steel city to confront the lofty "Matrix"!