Chapter 1 The City of Mathione I

Eleftherio's eyes were open, but he was still pinned to the bed and couldn't move. It seems that the body is waiting for a moment to come.

"Beep Beep Beep~~" His phone's alarm went off as usual, and strangely, Eleftherio's body was free to move around the moment the alarm went off.

After brushing his teeth, Eleftherio checked his phone information.

“Dec 20th, Chromium 1077,-177° FC”

"You've got 1 new message" from the phone.

"How could anyone know my number, I only arrived in this city yesterday, I guess it's spam......," said Elefserio, who opened the message.

”...... Disabled 【Enter】; Shift-Tab......【N0ne】...... [1.44/1.20 MB]" message reads.

"What is this, gibberish? Why would anyone deliberately send such a thing? Practical joke? Eleftherio pondered.

"No matter, let's find out this guy with no new ideas later." He got dressed and prepared to go out.

The city of Mathione, located in the southeast of the Roman continent, was an independent city that was city-stated. It is rich in technological weapons and commercial activities, and the crowd is mixed with ordinary people such as merchants, tourists, and citizens, as well as a small number of elite hackers. Eleftherio is one of them.

He was not from the city, and he had not lived in a city-state for as long as he could remember. However, his memories only go back nearly eight years. He clearly understands his first name (except for his last name), age, gender and all social knowledge. However, he doesn't remember anything before that, which is one of the reasons he came to Mathione.

After the Second World War (Chromium 1000), the entire world of Aether was disintegrated into hundreds of independent city-states, which formed six continents, except for private armies (hired by the government), the most deterrent was the hacker group. And Eleftherio is a hacker on the Roman continent. The people in the city-states were tired of wars and interests, the population growth rate slowed to a low point, and the concept of class in society disappeared.

As a teenager, Eleftherio continued to study at various schools and worked as a cybersecurity engineer in Johnson, northwest of the neighboring city of Mathione on the continent. His company, Synx Technology Inc, is a large company that monopolizes information resources on the continents of Rome and Yasuo, and Eleftherio is also glad to have a place for him.

It was a week, Chromium 10/1077, an ordinary Sunday, and Eleftherio was sitting in Johnson's home, the simplicity of the décor and the white mug in his hand looking very monotonous. Suddenly, the phone rings and the contact says "Unknown", which makes Eleftherio curious. He answered the phone, and there was a murmur on the other end.

"Elefserio, do you believe in fate?" A man's deep voice said.

"You know my name? It shouldn't be, my real name has long since been erased by me. Eleftherio was surprised.

"Not only do I know your name, I know your past, what you have forgotten, memories of before Chromium 1069." The voice replied.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Go to Mathione City to complete your mission, the company will arrange a business trip for half a year, you just accept, and someone will contact you for the next details."

"And what's your name?" Eleftherio asked distrustfully.

"It doesn't matter, but you can call me Dr. Davis, and you don't have to go to the trouble of gathering information about me, because I don't exist in this civilization." The man who identified himself as Dr. Davis then hung up.

Eleftherio put away his phone, buried his head in the computer, and began to search for this Dr. Davis.

On the roof of the Synx company in Mathione City, a figure could be seen faintly in the dark night. The man was half-crouched on the roof of the building in a hoodie, and then put away his phone.

"It looks like a success." A girl's voice came from under her hat.

"Don't take it lightly, and don't forget your disguise at Synx." Suddenly, a man stepped out of the shadows.

"No, continue your work on the Isle of Misty, John Claudius." That's what the girl called the man.

"Of course, Doctor." Claudius replied and disappeared into the night.

Back in Chromium 1077 on December 20, Eleftherio was walking alone on his way to Synx in Mathione City. As he passed a stop, a bus stopped, and the crowd was filled with a few young men with hippie smiles, and behind them, a postman with a large document bag, went straight to Eleftherio and gave it to him.

"Mail from Dr. Davis." The postman explained, then turned and walked in the other direction.

"Wait! What is this? What should I do? Eleftherio tried to catch up with the postman.

"If you want to know your origins and the true history of this world, wait for our instructions." The postman then disappeared into the crowd.

"My God, why are there so many strange things?" Eleftherio grumbled confusedly.

Back at the office of the Mathione City branch, Eleftherio opened the email, which contained a box decorated with the logo of the Synx company. He turned around to make sure there was no one else around, and opened the box. Inside the box is a headset.

"This is, Maribo!" Eleftherio was surprised.