When the world"s most powerful AI model goes open-source, the underground empire that controls the global chip supply faces extinction. Viktor Zheng — half-Chinese heir to a European arms dynasty and silent partner in Shenzhen"s shadow semiconductor network — must navigate a deadly war between nation-states, tech titans, and rival syndicates. As memory prices quadruple overnight, sanctions strangle continents, and a Mars mission carries secrets that could reshape the global order, Viktor discovers that the most dangerous weapon isn"t a gun — it"s a trillion-parameter model that knows everyone"s sins. In a world where DeepSeek-V4 can predict your next move before you make it, the only law that matters is the law of the silicon.