The air in the year 2077 felt suffocating—not because of pollution, but because of the stifling weight of routine and technological stagnation. Elias Thorne, a reclusive genius engineer, gazed up at the towering cathedrals of steel and glass—the very heart of everything.
Project Kronos. He was its chief architect, its tireless mind, yet his heart remained hollow. The world had reached its peak, then ceased to innovate, trapped in the dull luxury of automation.
A secret project, the Temporal Module, was his only escape—a ticket to boundless possibilities. A burst of energy, a flash of blue-white light tearing through space, and Elias felt himself flung—not into the future, but into the strange heart of the past.