Portals hung over major cities—silent, mysterious, like scars on the face of reality. People got used to them. They called them art objects, anomalies, a joke of the universe. But the universe wasn’t joking.
One moment—and a portal appears next to you. Not in a city. Not in a square. Next to you. In the bedroom. In the operating room. In a school classroom. In a stroller. In a death row cell. And in front of each person’s eyes—there’s a timer. A countdown. No explanations. No choice.
The system didn’t ask whether the person was old, sick, a child, or simply afraid. It came for everyone.
Out of the portals came abominations. Not monsters from fairy tales—something worse. Cold, heartless, created for only one purpose: to test you, to see if you can withstand it. And if you don’t fight, you’re dead.
The entire world, every person without exception—in any situation and in every field—was attacked by abominations. The cataclysm of “the System’s Arrival” shattered society, forcing humanity to show what they really were made of.
Defeat an abomination—and the system will reward you. With strength.