The Defectives

[Synopsis Provided by Rosmei:]

In the New Star Age, humanity’s utopia is Eden—an all-encompassing AI that connects consciousness, facilitates learning, eliminates suffering, and promises perfect peace. Yet paradise has its price. Those unable to connect are branded “defectives” and exiled to the lawless Eighth Galaxy, a realm of poverty and strife known as “The Wastes”.

When Lu Bixing—an eccentric scientist from The Wastes—stumbles upon a drifting lifepod in deep space, he does the unthinkable: he opens it. Inside lies a man, malnourished and paralysed, yet unmistakably alive. From that moment, an unspoken bond takes root between them.

As Lu Bixing grows irreversibly drawn to the mysterious man known as Mr Four, he remains unaware that his intimidating sponsor is none other than General Lin Jingheng of the Silver Fortress—the legendary hero declared dead, and the very man the universe has been taught to fear.

As interstellar powers clash, General Lin is forced back into battle, leading a band of outcasts—including one persistent scientist who refuses to follow orders. Amidst political machinations and thrilling space battles, their bond reveals hidden truths and a fate far more intertwined than either could have imagined.