Jaden Cross is a young man trying to survive in the shadows of Neo-Lagos, a futuristic city where the poor live in broken homes and forgotten slums. Orphaned at six and forced to grow up fast, Jaden spends his days fixing scraps and dreaming of a better world—a world he believes he’ll never see.

Until one night, everything changes.

A mysterious glowing orb appears in the sky and connects with Jaden’s mind, activating the Tech Architect System—a powerful, sci-fi interface that gives him access to futuristic blueprints, instant-building tools, and system quests that reward him for solving real-world problems.

His first quest? Restore power to his neighborhood using solar microgrids.

Soon, Jaden is building cooling shelters, clean energy systems, and AI-run apartments—one project at a time. But with each success, he draws more attention. The city’s leaders want to control him. A rival from the tech underworld wants to steal the system. And darker forces are watching from the skies, waiting for the Architect to grow.

Armed with only his mind, his hands, and the Tech Architect System, Jaden must rise from the ruins of poverty and become the builder of a new future.

But in a city full of secrets, will he remain its hero… or become its biggest threat?

The psychic assault had left an insidious residue, not just in the minds of the Genesis populace, but in the very air of Neo-Lagos. A pervasive unease, a low hum of doubt and fear, replaced the vibrant energy that usually pulsed through the city's arteries. Jaden felt it acutely, a dull ache behind his eyes, a phantom echo of the despair that had threatened to consume him. He had fought it, yes, but the Architects had shown him the fragility of his own resolve, the deep-seated fears that still lurked beneath his visionary exterior.


Chapter 72 - The Weight of Command