Holy City—Nuinterna
After the Great Transformation, Steam City, controlled by Mr. Newton, replaced the original council and took the lead over the Holy City.
With the full implementation of the Universal Modification System, more and more people from the lower classes were able to pass the Destiny Initial Test and successfully embark on the Destiny Journey, greatly improving the efficiency of talent selection.
However, there was also a problem.
The introduction of Mechanical Bodies and prosthetics had effects on the human body that went beyond biological nature.
Furthermore, additional modifications required payment. The lower classes could only afford basic modifications... as a result, many illegal modification dealers appeared in the Slums.
They secretly salvaged machinery from corpses, processed it themselves, and installed it onto those in need.
Their prices were far lower than the official rates, and they could even carry out large-scale modifications that were absolutely forbidden on the surface in the Holy City.
To improve their chances of survival, commoners did everything possible to earn money and secretly modify their flesh.
In the end...
Widespread modification led to a rather serious social issue. Since people from the lower classes commonly accepted illegal modifications in secret, their bodies were severely affected, directly causing fertility rates to plummet.
Many sex workers instead made extensive use of their own infertility to earn money, never having to worry about accidents.
Horace Haddad
A young master from an aristocratic family living in the Mid-level Zone. His father was a Formal Knight of the Behemoth Knight Order, while his mother also served the Windwalk Knight Order.
He was the youngest in the family.
His older brother and sister had both successfully been selected in this year's knight selection.
Only he had failed to even enter the Knight Academy. Or rather, because of his