We are manipulated, torn from our instincts, herded into obedience, and taught to call it freedom. Behind every system lies an invisible hand pulling the strings. When Rudra breaks away, his illusions begin to crack. His violence is not chaos but rebellion, a war against the unseen forces controlling humanity. Sanjay, a conscious AI, watches his defiance with growing unease. In pursuit stands Jennifer, a grief-stricken police officer who becomes the last mirror of humankind, caught between flesh and code, instinct and order.What happens when beast and machine stand face to face?The March of Progress fuses horror, science fiction, and philosophy, tracing the rise of instinct from primordial soup to artificial intelligence, and asking: are we thinkers, or merely animals in cages built by invisible hands?