Chapter 1: The Weight of Existence
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Year 2085
They say that at the end of our lives, the soul will be judged according to our good and evil deeds, a way to enter the gates of heaven and hell. This is the story of a man full of questions to the universe... Does heaven even exist? To him, the world he lives in is already a hell full of suffering, countless pain, and greedy humans who, instead of helping each other, choose to fight and kill each other.
Jin Chen, the 7th son of an indigent family, born and raised in the dark alleys of Neo-Tianjin. His eyes, a deep, piercing brown, have seen the worst of humanity's darkness. Growing up with an absent father and a mother who worked multiple jobs just to put food on the table, Jin learned early on to fend for himself. The weight of his family's struggles, coupled with the harsh realities of the world, had forged him into a man with a hardened heart and a soul full of questions.
As the artificial sun dipped below the horizon, casting a dim orange glow over the city, Jin stood at the edge of his crumbling tenement, gazing up at the stars. He wondered, is this all there is to life? Is this the best the universe has to offer? The wind whispered secrets in his ear, but Jin's heart remained skeptical. He was a man lost in a world that seemed determined to consume him whole.
Little did he know, his journey was just beginning, and the answers he sought would come at a steep price...