Beyond A.I. Issue #0 follows Thelonious Bylund, a brilliant but obsessive researcher tracking mysterious leylines across the globe with clues left behind in his late parents’ notebooks. Deep in Norway’s Krokskogen Forest, he finally uncovers the energy source he’s been hunting. His homemade Geological Energy Tracker leads him to an ancient stone circle that erupts with overwhelming power, transporting him to a hidden crash site containing a sleek alien craft.

Inside the wreckage, Thelonious makes telepathic contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence called WE, who merges with him in a surge of living energy. Now transformed into a being capable of interfacing with all forms of technology, Thelonious becomes the entity Omni—a human‑alien hybrid with unprecedented digital awareness.

Unbeknownst to him, his awakening triggers alerts in a secretive military facility. General Daniel Shaw Harris initiates Protocol Eclipse, marking Thelonious as a threat whose newfound power could “rewrite the future.”