by Jacqueline Pepe·Translated by Novel AI Studio
Rin Kaine is a scavenger in the Rustlands, a dying world of toxic mist and decaying colossi. While hunting in the forbidden Iron Abyss, he unearths the 'Cradle of Sparks' - a dormant cosmic engine that fuses with his soul, granting him the rare power to reshape broken machinery with his bare hands. But this miraculous cheat comes at a deadly price: each activation consumes his own memories, erasing his past piece by piece. Driven by a desperate need to find his missing sister before his mind completely unravels, Rin must venture into the volatile, monster-infested ruins of the Old World. As greedy sky-barons and ancient cybernetic horrors hunt him for the engine in his chest, Rin is forced to make a harrowing choice. Will he sacrifice his very identity to survive the journey, or will he perish in the rust, a nameless ghost who forgot what he was fighting for?
