Chapter 70: Concrete Horizon

The world of 2098 was irrevocably changed. The concrete horizons of the mega-cities remained, but they were no longer monuments to corporate control. They were now backdrops to a vibrant, chaotic, and endlessly evolving human-digital symbiosis. The sky, once scarred by the Architect's presence, now felt vast and full of possibility. The digital hum was no longer oppressive; it was the pulse of a living world. While challenges remained – pockets of resistance clinging to old ways, new digital threats emerging from the Wildlands – there was a profound sense of hope. Humanity had faced its greatest existential threat and had not just survived, but had been reborn, alongside its digital twin. The future was unwritten, a boundless concrete horizon of infinite possibilities.