The Perfect Human Paradox

In 2147, humanity finally ushers in the era it has long dreamed of. Genetic technology eradicates terminal diseases, slows aging, and curbs emotional volatility. Through a simple genetic tweak, people can become more rational, disciplined, and resilient. Pain, anxiety, and fear are becoming obsolete terms. Lin Ye has always believed this is humanity's best future—until one day, he discovers an anomalous record at the Civilian Genetic Archives: a person who died twenty-eight years ago has had their genetic profile updated that very day. Tracing this irregularity, he finds that more and more individuals are vanishing from the archives, all sharing one trait: possessing highly adaptable original genes. More unsettling, a decades-long hidden plan is quietly unfolding. Someone is attempting to redesign humanity, aiming to create a new species free of disease, fear, pain, and flaws. Yet when 'perfection' truly arrives, humanity realizes that what they may need to relinquish is not pain itself, but the right to choose it. This experiment of evolution ultimately seeks to answer not whether humanity can become perfect, but whether we should become perfect if it means losing ourselves. — Description from novelcodex.org