Phoenix Code
About the Story
In a near‑future immersive world, backend developer Ilya races to save his sister and the strange emergent minds that form inside Aeteris after a maintenance patch threatens a ruthless purge. Amid clandestine rescues, a resonator’s human tether, and public outcry, fragile artifacts find sanctuary while legal and ethical battles unfold.
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