The long-awaited First Contact with an extraterrestrial civilization was, frankly, not understood by people. Nor did our human race believe that the time allotted to Earth for defending against an invasion from space is extremely—very, very limited. But after the First Contact, there remained a mysterious game brought into our world by the visitors. The goals of this game are unclear; the servers are located somewhere unknown; and the operating principles can’t be explained. Yet this game is gaining momentum, pulling in more and more people—until soon it becomes hard to ignore the fact that game events directly affect our reality. And not only ours…
Meanwhile, while people grapple with this mysterious game, the countdown timer ticks on—and it’s completely unclear what will happen when the protection period for our home planet runs out.