Meritocracia University : The Rise of Shadows

The world lay quiet under the rule of the Highlands, its skies patrolled by the fleet of Ascendant ships, its cities orderly and obedient. Every individual bore the six-digit identifier tattooed on the back of their necks-a mark of loyalty, of submission, of control. The Overseer, the all-seeing AI, ensured that no dissent could take root. The Ascendants reigned supreme, their vision of a perfect society realized at last.

But beneath this façade of order, cracks had begun to form.

Far from the gleaming spires of Highland City, in the forgotten places where the oceans met the ruins of old civilizations, whispers of defiance lingered. These whispers carried the name of a ghost-Ero, the last survivor of the rebellion, presumed dead but never confirmed