The Last Survivor

A hidden research facility beneath Kowloon Walled City. Liang Ren stood in front of the cold metallic vault, his fingers trembling over the biometric scanner. Inside was the Genetic Key—a culmination of decades of ruthless experimentation and sacrifice. Project Eclipse hinged on this singular object, a blueprint that could alter human evolution forever. He could feel the weight of history pressing down on him.

A voice echoed through the room.

Mei Ling is calm, probing. "Liang Ren, you hesitate. That is unlike you."

He turned to face her. Yun Feng stood beside her, his expression unreadable. Both of them had been by his side since the beginning, and yet, for the first time, he felt like a stranger among them.

Liang Ren murmurs. "Do you believe in this, Mei Ling? The Reset... Do you believe humanity deserves to be rewritten?"

Mei Ling softly chuckled. "Deserves? This is not about deserving. This is about inevitability."