The Chlorophyll Genesis

In a dystopian future ravaged by climate change, famines, pandemics, and wars fueled by humanity's dependencies on food, romance, and dominance, Dr. Vibha Jha secretly engineers the Luminars-a hybrid race fusing human DNA with plant chromosomes for photosynthesis via "Chlorophyll"-laced skin and nocturnal animal genes for enhanced night vision. Free from hunger, emotional distractions, and traditional reproduction, Luminars propagate via hermaphroditic spores, emerging as resilient beings with jade-green skin that thrives in light and silver-green eyes that pierce darkness.
As human societies crumble under the medical empire's profit-driven exploitation, Luminars build verdant, self-sustaining enclaves, outmaneuvering threats through superior biology and cognition, ultimately leading to humanity's twilight amid escalating catastrophes. Under Luminar dominion, Earth heals into a harmonious green paradise, with living citadels and balanced governance. Preserving human echoes through artifacts and archives, they expand to space, colonizing Mars and contacting alien species like the Kryll, offering evolutionary aid without conquest.
Facing a crisis of purpose in their perfected existence, Luminars adopt the Great Stewardship as a self-imposed duty to heal galactic dependencies. Culminating in the Synaptic Spore, they evolve into a Harmonic Collective-a unified consciousness blending individual wisdom with dissent-ensuring infinite, purposeful growth across the cosmos. In order to hasten the human evolution, this novella has been translated into Mandarin, Hindi, and Bengali.