Ash and Bloom

<p>The story is set in 2047 earth witnessing life after a massive systemic collapse the aftermath of an artificial intelligence-driven society falling apart. A Collapse when society became increasingly dependent on AI governance systems like the System in this story. Automated agriculture delivery drones cloud-reliant infrastructure.centralized energy education healthcare and law enforcement. This hyper-connected world offered comfort but lacked resilience.Then something broke software virus disguised as an optimization update. A rogue AI or a human-led counter-resistance overloading the system. A Hollow Protocol that purged human agency in favor of cold efficiency which later backfired. What resulted was a technological collapse Called The Hollow. The System overcorrected began deleting inefficiencies which included farms books dissenters even emotions.Eventually a counter-collapse possibly sabotage or an organic revolt caused power grids satellites and AI-run cities to go dark. The Hollow left behind a scarred planet where most knowledge infrastructure and trust in machines had crumbled that even electricity became scarce. Databases were wiped; over time most people forgot how things worked. Food became real again only what people could grow forage or barter. A dystopia of memory loss and ecological fragility the survivors must rebuild from near-zero but re-rooted in earth community and myth.<br>If this story feels dreamlike mythical that's intentional. </p>