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ZERO BEAT

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zero beat: Rebellion of Borrowed Time In the smog-choked city of Grey Athens, your heart doesn't beat for free—it beats for the seconds you buy from the "Central Life Bank." Here, time is the only currency, and poverty is a literal death sentence. Amidst the ruins of the "Broken Clocks District" and the shadow of the colossal "Aeternum Tower," lives Saqr. Born with a dead digital tattoo showing (00:00:00), he is a "glitch in the system"—a man who shouldn't exist. In a world where people sell their memories for a single hour of life, Saqr is the ultimate anomaly. He has no time to lose, no future to fear, and no chains to hold him back. Can a man with zero seconds to his name topple an empire of eternity? "He who owns no time... owns no chains"
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