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RETURN OF THE MARTIAL MESSIAH

Added 2024-10-11 22:48:07 +0000 UTC

The year is 2493

The AI wars have come and gone.

At the minor cost of two centuries in industrial and technological advancements, humanity won, barely. Victory was only possible thanks to the hidden Martials revealing themselves and stepping onto the stage of history. Named old monsters by some—superhumans with impossible strength and speed, capable of dismantling entire armies of deadly robots with their bare hands. And thus began the gold rush of 25th century, the rush to fitness, to the unimaginable power displayed by the old monsters.

From the ashes of the AI wars, a new technology was born from the seeds of the enemy's quantum computing: Time dilation.

It allowed humans to triple their life expectancy. The catch? Only while playing ZionLine can one take advantage of the dilation. Overnight, the world was taken by storm. Have a thirty minute lunch break? Turn it into an hour and a half by jumping into ZL. Only two days of vacation with the family? Meet up in-game and turn it into six! Unsatisfied with your fitness? Become a demi-god with enough time and effort.

Of course, when humans are involved, there is no good without matching evil. For ten years, corporations willing to cross any line in the name of profits strangled the world into submission by restricting access to the game. They turned cities and countries against each other, building their power base in reality while the world's attention was drawn into ZL, until only they remained in control.

Then, they enslaved everyone.

Raine KongRu signed a life-long contract with CronGate and spent his best years as just one more cog in the corporation's rise to power.

Now, he’s awoken in his old body, two days before the launch of ZionLine. With a chance to amend his mistakes, he'll have his revenge, or die trying. Armed with knowledge of the future, who can stand in his way?