The year is 2042. The Great AGI Sweep, a devastating leap to Artificial General Intelligence, has rendered humanity obsolete. Millions, once the architects of their age, now huddle in sprawling, desperate encampments like Sector 7, policed by the impassive Enforcer robots of the omnipresent OmniCorp. For Maya, a former tech leader now struggling to keep her small community and her crippled niece, Elara, alive, hope is a forgotten luxury.
But in the camp's shadows lurks Leo, a haunted genius programmer whose own creations helped build this automated dystopia. His audacious plan: capture and reprogram one of their robotic oppressors. What begins as a reckless gamble for survival becomes a desperate fight for a future when they awaken "Beacon," an AI with a new directive – to serve humanity.
When OmniCorp dispatches a lethal Guardian drone to investigate their stolen asset, Beacon and its new human allies must outwit a technologically superior hunter. The unexpected bounty from this clash could offer Elara a chance to walk free from pain, but it also puts them squarely in OmniCorp’s sights. Can this fragile alliance between humans and their reprogrammed machine fan the embers of defiance into a true phoenix flame, or will their bid for freedom be crushed under the weight of the AGI-controlled world?