L_L_STORMRAGE

Neo-Kyo City, 2035—a metropolis torn between technology and class divide.**  
Lin Shen, a programmer, accidentally bonds with an alien relic, the "Entropy Core," gaining the power to reverse localized entropy at the cost of his deteriorating DNA. To save his sister, who suffers from ALS, he reluctantly allies with Bai Ye, a hybrid experiment, to combat the Entropy Shadows—alien parasites controlling human elites.  
**Core Conflicts**:  
- **Clash of Technology and Supernatural**: Quantum shields, dark matter erosion, photon weaponry.  
- **Survival vs. Morality**: The price of power (genetic collapse, consciousness corruption).  
- **Class and Betrayal**: Hypocrisy among elites, factional divides among rebels.  
**Highlights**: Hard sci-fi mechanics × social allegory × multi-dimensional character motivations.

Fractured Realms: Neo-Kyo Revelation

Bai Ye incinerated a pod with her photon blade. "Suzaku's been harvesting Xiaoyu's DNA for years. These are backups."

Lin Shen's Core scanned the closest clone. **[Genetic match: 99.8%. Neural activity: 12%.]** "They're empty. Just shells."

Ghosthand accessed a terminal. "Not for long. Suzaku's uploading Shadow consciousness into them."

Chu He injected himself with a stabilizer, his veins glowing toxic green. "There's a failsafe. A pulse that severs the neural link between Shadows and hosts—but it requires a Core-bearer to detonate."

Bai Ye pinned him against the wall. "You knew this all along!"

"It would have killed Xiaoyu!" he choked. "I couldn't—"

Alarms blared. The clones' eyes snapped open—silver.

Lin Shen raised his crystallized arm. **[System override: Detonation sequence initiated.]**

"No!" Bai Ye grabbed his wrist. "You'll vaporize yourself!"

The clones spoke in unison: *"We are Legion. And we are hungry."* Chapter 8: Threads of Betrayal**

The clones spoke in unison: *"We are Legion. And we are hungry."*