Mythpro
Waking up was the first malfunction.
Deep within a hostile, quarantined wasteland ruled by volatile energy and predatory horrors, a child opens his eyes. He has no name, no memories, and no identity. His mind doesn't panic; it calculates. Operating on a fractured, glitching internal system that treats his own humanity as unallocated storage, he possesses only one directive: Survive.
When a military outpost pulls him from the mud, they think they've rescued an orphaned civilian.
They are wrong.
As the monsters outside bypass the heavy perimeter defenses-ignoring the soldiers to hunt a single, silent frequency-the terrifying truth becomes clear: The horde isn't attacking to destroy. They are coming to retrieve the unshielded beacon stabilizing inside the boy's skull.
He doesn't know what he is. He doesn't know why his mind works the way it does. But as his world fractures into lines of cold, unyielding data, he will have to decide how much of his humanity he is willing to let the system erase to keep his heart beating.
What to expect:
🌑 Hard Sci-Fi / Cosmic Horror Atmosphere
⚙️ Disciplined, Glitched System Elements (Low Jargon, High Impact)
🧠 Ruthless, Analytical Protagonist (Weak-to-Strong)
⚔️ Visceral, Heavy Action & Strategic Survival
"I will be posting this story on Royal Road under username Mythpro"