On the planet Nevera, power does not belong to governments.

It belongs to one family.

The Piao family has shaped the world for generations, guarding the World Tree, a living archive of knowledge so vast it has guided the rise of modern civilization itself.

But control comes at a cost.

As global pressure mounts to access the Tree, old alliances fracture, hidden agendas surface, and a carefully maintained balance begins to collapse.

For the first time in history, the Piao family is no longer untouchable.

At the center of it all stands Angela Piao.

Brilliant, reclusive, and deliberately removed from power, she was never meant to stand at the heart of a political war.

But as the world around her begins to turn, allies shifting, trust eroding, and the very people her family once protected becoming threats, everything she once held stable starts to break apart.

The decision falls to her.

Not because she wants it.
Because no one else can.

Beyond the family’s influence, figures like Kael Everwyn move in the shadows, carrying motives that threaten to expose truths the world was never meant to see.

And as the line between truth and manipulation begins to blur, one reality becomes clear:

This was never just a debate.

It was a staged battlefield.

To understand what must be protected…
Angela will be forced to look into the past.

Because the truth behind the World Tree was never meant to be found.


Author’s Note: A female-led sci-fi story with politics, family dynamics, and AI — no romance, no harem, just story.

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Yeah no that tracks with compounding over 70 years


I can't even picture that amount of money


I was stressed about paper prices earlier


Harold looked so confident and then just… evaporated


This is brutal. She didn't argue cost. She redefined ownership.


Yeah, she turned "this is expensive" into "you owe us more than your entire system can pay."


So like… if they want to take control… they have to PAY THAT??


That is the implication. Reimbursement for historical investment before transfer of responsibility.


If the funding claim is accurate, then the economic argument collapses.


It doesn't collapse. It gets redirected. Now it's about dependency risk vs financial reality.


But like… if ONE family can fund that… isn't that the problem???


Their ability to sustain it proves both capability and imbalance.


also she sent the SIMPLE version of the numbers???


what does the complicated version look like???


"base numbers only" is actually terrifying


that was "we need to rethink everything" silence


he walked in like "this is inefficient"


Chapter 80 - The Lifetime of Piao: Chapter 78 — The Cost of Control