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

——The way of survival pursued by Monkey-faced Eagle was so twisted.


Even though his own life was under threat, Russell still felt a sense of pity.


With his dim yellow eyes fixed on the girl, Russell read the essence of the other party.


It was like the practice suck of a moth on fresh petals.


"This is probably what they mean by 'a thought of Heaven, a thought of Hell'..."


If Monkey-faced Eagle had not chosen to "replicate and separate" himself after uploading his thoughts, he could have maintained his personality and humanity.


Even under the coercion of Director Saran, having lost his physical body and projected his consciousness to the network, becoming an Electronic Ghost wandering the data world... he could still have retained the dignity inherent to humans.


He wouldn't even need to do anything — even if he directly descended into Naraku-7's body, merging two wills into one, it wouldn't fundamentally affect or change anything.


Chapter 60 The Future Guided by Prophecy