The world collapsed in a single night.
First, there was darkness. Thick, omnipresent, crushing. Then, chaos. A silent chaos at first, like a storm gathering strength, before erupting into a piercing scream that tore through the streets, the screens, and the minds of all.
The cities, once alive with the constant hum of daily life, became open-air tombs. Those who had walked among the living yesterday were soon nothing more than wandering silhouettes, stripped of all humanity. The apocalypse had arrived, but it was no accident.
In the shadows, some watched. Life Corp, a company with unfathomable ambitions, had always been one step ahead. Secret research, experiments no one was ever supposed to uncover… and yet, the whole world was now paying the price. Was it an accident? A large-scale test? An imposed selection? No one truly knew, except perhaps those pulling the strings from their towers of glass and steel.
Amidst this new world, groups formed, each struggling to survive by their own rules. Some clung to the illusion that order was still possible, while others embraced chaos with cold brutality.
In this chaotic world, two forces stood against each other. On one side, Hayden and his companions, unwillingly caught in a game where every battle seemed predetermined, every victory granting them elusive rewards. On the other, Amber and her group, ready to do whatever it took to impose their law and crush those who refused to bow.
And then, there was him.
A being who belonged neither to the living nor the dead. A perpetual smirk on his lips, eyes that pierced through fate itself. Sol. Both spectator and player, he toyed with the rules, broke them when they bored him, and laughed in the face of the inevitable.
The game had begun.
But who was truly its master?