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Chapter 2 - Prologue

Prologue – The Last Seed of Humanity

In the era when time was measured by star calendars and empires stretched across galaxies, humanity reached the zenith of its evolution. Their bodies—hardened as celestial alloy, unyielding as mountain stone—could split meteors and resist the decay of time. But while they conquered the stars, they lost something essential: the power to create life.

No womb stirred. No child's cry echoed in sterile steel halls. Generation after generation, humanity's flame dimmed, not from death—but from the absence of birth. A race that once stood proudly among the ancient bloodlines of the cosmos now teetered at the edge of extinction.

It was then, at the final threshold, that fate intervened.

Among the few who remained, one human shone like the last star before the collapse of a universe. The Emperor of the Human Federation—sovereign of the dying race, ruler of a thousand systems, and the guardian of countless memories—caught the attention of a divine being.

The Dragon God.

Ruler of CINQ, sovereign of the merfolk, a deity whose bloodline stretched from the First Era to the current star calendar 130406. The Dragon God, long thought unfeeling and untouchable, fell for the lonely monarch whose strength masked deep sorrow. And in a moment destined to be sung by star-scribes and celestial historians alike, a miracle occurred.

The Emperor conceived.

From this impossible union of man and god, of steel and ocean, of solitude and fate, a child was born—a First Son, breathing proof that life could still emerge from a shattered bloodline. Scientists and prophets alike were stunned to discover that the merfolk's genes, saturated with divine essence and mutable form, could merge with human DNA. Even among same-sex pairings, new life was possible.

Thus began an age of revival.

No longer bound by the biological constraints of their past, humanity slowly returned from the brink. Genetic sanctuaries bloomed across space, and hybrid children—part sea, part starlight—walked among them.

And among these children, one stood above all others.

Shen Haoyu, third and youngest son of the Dragon God and the reigning Human Emperor.

The only siren in existence.

The Void Deity of Star Calendar 130406.

Born of prophecy, divine blood, and cosmic imbalance.

He was not only the embodiment of two races but the keystone to a new destiny—one that would break through forgotten systems, challenge collapsed heavens, and awaken sleeping tribulations.

But before any of that could begin, before he built systems to replace his burdened hands, before he journeyed through tribulation realms in stolen spiritual vessels…

There was the silence of the stars.

There was the stillness of the womb.

And there was the choice of love.

A single miracle that rewrote the fate of a dying people.

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