When the world’s greatest chemical engineer dies in a laboratory accident, he expects the void. Instead, he wakes up as Usman-Cyrus Veridian, the infant son of a family of "humble herbalists" who are actually retired monsters guarding the edge of reality.
In a world governed by "Magic" and "Levels," Cyrus sees only Data and Molecular Bonds. While others chant incantations to summon fire, Cyrus manipulates the p-orbitals of oxygen atoms to create spontaneous combustion. While knights level up their strength, he builds Aetheric Logic Gates to automate his combat.
But the "System" everyone worships is riddled with bugs. The "Magic" is a memory leak, and the "World Seal" is a backdoor for an external Architect looking to format the planet. To save his family and his new home, Cyrus must recruit a secret society—The Periodic Table—and rewrite the source code of existence before the "System Administrator" arrives to delete them all.