Not praying for ten strings

In a world dominated by seven super-corporations, the Longevity Species that always occupied the pinnacle of power didn't allow for the enactment of written laws. The Floating Islands of prisons delimited by lines on the map, where resources would inevitably run out in the future...
People yearned for the birth of a true "Hero," yet they cynically awaited the fall of a Hero from grace.
As long as one was hailed by the media as a Hero, even murder could be forgiven, and every word they said would be adored. Even high and mighty Elves dared not provoke the edge of a Hero.
But if a Hero of the past committed even a minor offense, the moment their image crumbled, the forgiven sins would flare up like an inextinguishable furnace, and the stars of yesterday would instantly become unforgivable criminals...
"—Come become a Hero, Russell."
The most vicious criminal in the world thrust a knife into the boy's hand, whispering a low enticement.
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Solo female lead, Beast Ears, Spiritual Energy, Mechanical Angels, and other elements. Cyber-fantasy. Please refrain if not to your liking.

Tower of Overturn

"To be precise, it's knowledge from after the apocalypse... or rather, the kind of knowledge that determines 'when a civilization is considered extinct.'"


The girl slightly closed her eyes, her inorganic eyeballs brimming with fear and despair, "It was then that I realized... there could be so many ways for the world to end.


"She said that I have the potential to become 'Dusk'.


"'Infinite possibilities are born from binary code. Yin and yang, light and dark, heaven and earth, right and wrong, existence and nonexistence, good and evil. But if there were only [0] or [1], that would instead be a meaningless void. If the world were described with infinite 0s and 1s, and any one of them were removed, the world would collapse and be destroyed in an instant.'


The girl with black hair whispered softly.


She opened her eyes slightly—yellow hues filled her pupils, her hair fluttering without wind.


Chapter 59 Challenge from the Apocalypse