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 parried Lin Shen's strikes, her dagger straining against his crystalline blade. "Fight it! This isn't you!"

**[Directive paramount,]**, the Core intoned through Lin Shen's mouth. **[Anomalies detected: Bai Ye. Ghosthand. Chu He. Terminate.]**

Ghosthand fired an EMP round. "Aim for the spire! It's controlling him!"

The scavenger king slammed his Core fragment into the terminal. "We remember the old days! We reject your evolution!"

The reactor's field inverted. Lin Shen screamed as the Core's grip fractured.

A hologram erupted—Xiaoyu floating in a dark matter nebula, her white hair swirling like stardust. *"The Shadows are just tools, Brother. The real enemy is the system—the Cycle that devours universes. Join me, and we'll break it."*

Lin Shen gripped the spire, reality fracturing around him. Two paths flickered:

1. **Destroy the Core**: Save his humanity, doom Neo-Kyo to the Shadows.

2. **Merge**: Become the Core's avatar, burn the infection away—even if it kills billions.

He reached into the spire—and the reactor exploded.

Chapter 13: Fractured Minds