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 scars on the Temporal Anchor, shimmering faintly in the Conflux's light, were a stark reminder of their near-oblivion. But they were also a testament to Jaden's defiance. The visionary leader, having weaponized chaos, now had to learn to build an impenetrable shield from its very essence, before the ancient hunger returned, stronger and smarter, for its ultimate feast. The Conflux buzzed with a grim new purpose as Genesis prepared for a war that spanned realities, its battlefield the very fabric of existence.


Chapter 99 - The Deepening Hunt