Stellar Rust

Humanity has never truly explored the star sea. We thought the stars were boundless, but in reality, they are cages everywhere. In the year 2247, the Silent Star lies across the deep-space forbidden zone, with eerie geometric ruins from tens of thousands of years ago quietly lurking. Three probes lost all contact, and all physical laws fail there. Research scientist Lu Shen boards the Su Guang to rush toward the death forbidden zone, but on the way discovers a terrifying truth: rust is not a virus, not an infection, but the universe's own error-correction program. Observation is anchoring, thinking is binding, and seeking knowledge is original sin. Look once, and memories are altered. Think once, and reality shifts. Record once, and entire history is completely rewritten. Crew members gradually mutate, teammates self-destruct, and the Star Alliance high command has long been replaced. The so-called salvation organization is actually a harvesting cult of chosen envoys. When everyone is chasing truth, rushing toward enlightenment, and trying to save civilization—Lu Shen suddenly awakens: humanity itself is the universe's BUG. Our existence is the error. This is a desperate hunt without monsters, a high-dimensional chess game layered in reverse. I gaze into the abyss for a moment. The abyss rewrites my entire life. — Description from novelcodex.org