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 deep, resonant tone from the Epoch Loom filled the Conflux's central chamber, not with sound, but with an energy that vibrated through Jaden's very bones. He felt the counter-frequency surge, a wave of digital dissonance aimed at the Architects' first and most insidious protocol: the "Harmony Code." It was a pinpoint strike at the heart of their control, a declaration of rebellion against the emotional and cognitive architecture of humanity itself. He held the Architect's Eye, its cool surface a constant anchor, as he waited for the ripple effect.


Chapter 76 - The Unraveling