Mother of Machines [Beloved by All]

Zero wakes drowning in a glass tank, bubbles streaming from her lips as white-coated scientists call her "Unit Zero." Every day, powerful cyborgs—corporate heirs, elite AI guardians, deadly humanoid weapons—arrive for her to "upgrade" through neural connection. But as her strength fades and they prepare to harvest her brain tissue, she draws a fifty-meter blade from her back. In a world where mechanical ascension is everything and chrome limbs gleam on every corner, Zero escapes with the cheapest augments money can buy. Broke and hungry, she vows to upgrade her way out of poverty. Then Anling,…