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<p>The country of Fusang is the predominant country on the globe. But there is a dark shadow presiding over it. Behind the scenes of the social order is the cybernetic Temple of the Jade Archon, a power structure that has manipulated the flow of society for longer than anyone can remember. Those who try to resist them have been at a standstill for hundreds of years... until now.</p> <p>Lan Mei was once a dutiful daughter before realizing the fundamental brokenness of her family. But she realized that this problem was not just with them. It extended far beyond her, with roots deep into the social order itself. And although she has been on her own for some time, the claws of both her family and the society run deep. She looks for an answer to not only her own existential condition but for that of all those like her.</p> <p>As above, so below. Sometimes within the solution to one problem is the solution to another.</p> <p>This is an ensemble-cast narrative of psychologically focused cyberpunk-esque surreal chapters / short stories exploring concepts such as death, family, and meaning. While there is a singular main character, many of the chapters will focus on different characters who have their own struggles.</p> <p>Full disclosure: This is a very personal set of stories, many of which function as a fictionalization of real life events or feelings relating to me and my wife. If you read it, you will probably get a gist of what those events are.</p> <p>There is no upload schedule. New chapters will release whenever I have an idea for them. I'm not the best writer, so if I were to rush through it, quality would decline.</p> <p>Note, I moved around the order of some chapters in order to make it flow better. Since some of the chapters aren't told chronologically, this was not a story edit, just an aesthetic choice. I decided that Lan Mei should be introduced in the first chapter that is read, since it seemed like it might be confusing for her to not be introduced until chapter 2.</p>
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