98000 years into the future and Humanity is on the verge of extinction. Poisons in the environment have damaged human DNA and the birth rate has declined dramatically. Man's faithful artificial servants, robots, androids and AI computers maintain the infrastructure. But a new threat to Humanity appears in the form of a viral artificial life form that can live in the net as well as taking physical form. The few Humans left with the help of their artificial servants must mobilize to fight this new existential threat.