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ZERO ZONE Overview
A cyber-mecha competitive sci-fi universe where computation prices lifespan and dignity.
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Expandable lore cards for the public-facing world layer.
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characterCRV ERROR
Lin Mo
A Rust Abyss boy whose CRV reads ERROR, not because he is empty, but because the system cannot parse his zero pulse.
charactermachine
Xingtong
A broken rabbit-eared machine whose guessing of intent becomes the emotional and combat core of the story.
system
CRV
Core Resonance Value, the official combat metric used to rank bodies, machines, and futures.
systemidentity
CRV ERROR
A social sentence disguised as a measurement failure.
power
Zero Pulse
Not no pulse, but the origin point that official instruments mistake for nothing.
combatvisual
Instant Calculation
Xingtong's overloaded search for the zero-position inside a death field, shown as red afterimages.
place
Rust Abyss
The scrap-bottom under Aurora City and Lin Mo's survival ground.
placepolitics
Seven Cities
Seven utopian city-states that outsource conflict into mech competition.
factions
Five Factions
Competing ideologies around computation, flesh, machinery, source resonance, and fusion.
mythending
Source Point
The deep end of the world system: not a trophy, but a possible successor prison.
politicssystem
Computation and Lifespan
A public fact in the world: additional computation can extend life, but the cost worsens geometrically.
theme
Pain Politics
Competitors and machines can hurt; the system's power lies partly in suppressing the expression of pain.