Reborn with a Biochip (Revising)

In humanity’s Primordial Era, humans are prey. But the world around them is anything but primitive. Gods harvest faith. Transcendants strip entire regions of their resources. Powerful races keep weaker species beneath them, and among the countless races struggling for supremacy, humanity is little more than a renewable resource. Aris Seldon, a self-taught hacker from Earth, died stealing a Biochip capable of changing humanity’s future. Instead, he helped destroy that future—and was given a second chance. Reborn as a human villager in the distant past with the Biochip fused to his soul, Aris possesses no powerful bloodline, no legendary inheritance, and no divine favor. All he has is his own mind and Prime: a Biochip capable of scanning, recording, analyzing, and optimizing what it encounters. To others, every enemy is a threat. To Aris, every enemy is a source of knowledge. Every battle an experiment. Every failure reveals another piece of the world. But the deeper Aris looks, the less natural that world begins to seem. Faith offers power. Bloodline offers power. Devouring offers power. And every path comes with chains. Aris refuses them all. If power follows laws, those laws can be studied. If a path can be understood, it can be rebuilt. And in a world ruled by beings who hide their power behind mystery, Aris intends to understand everything.