Throughout its existence, humankind relentlessly exploited Earth's natural resources, triggering irreversible changes. This plunged the planet into an unprecedented ecological chaos. The oceans rose, forests vanished, and lands that were once fertile turned to barren wastelands. Catastrophes followed in quick succession, shattering any attempt to restore a semblance of balance. Unable to prevent this fate, the nations of the world spiraled into a cycle of violence, waging wars to seize the last scraps of resources.
These disasters led to a catastrophe of unimaginable scale. In 2180, a global conflict erupted, devastating the few remaining habitable territories. This war, more destructive than any before it, plunged humanity into an age of darkness. Resources dwindled, diseases claimed millions of lives, and Earth itself seemed to rebel against its inhabitants. Humanity stood on the brink of the abyss, faced with the looming reality of its own extinction.
Faced with inevitable extinction, a coalition of scientists from five continents united under a single banner: ICLabs Industries. Their efforts culminated in one final project to preserve humanity. Thus, the CRYO19 program was born, an attempt to save the survivors by placing them in deep cryogenic sleep until the planet could become habitable once more.
With the establishment of their centers worldwide, ICLabs promised to save humanity from its own destruction. Desperate populations flocked to these facilities, seeing them as their only chance for survival. However, behind the promises of salvation, another reality began to unfold. Their true intentions remained unclear, and many began to suspect that ICLabs was manipulating the situation for their own gain.
To protect the cryogenized populations and continue their research, ICLabs created a true masterpiece of engineering: Yellow Wall City. This large fortress, erected in the middle of the oceans, stood as a bulwark against external threats. Inside, a technological city thrived, housing humanity’s last hopes: laboratories, defense infrastructures, and a cryogenic complex for selected civilians. A fragile testament to human ingenuity and tenacity, as the waves of history crashed against its walls.
But not everyone shared the vision of this golden sanctuary. While the privileged found refuge in Yellow Wall City, the wealthiest took flight to IcliSpace, an autonomous orbital station far from Earth’s troubles. The rest of life on Earth declined, with the few remaining survivors attempting to revolt against ICLabs, accusing them of hiding the truth about the real situation.
Accelerated by decades of pollution and inaction, climate change triggered a catastrophic event: the melting of the polar ice caps released a millennia-old bacterium, buried beneath the ice since ancient times. This microscopic entity rapidly mutated, becoming an uncontrollable threat to humanity. The devastating epidemics it caused spread at a terrifying pace, wiping out the last strongholds of civilization that had survived.
But this was only the beginning. Creatures, called "Sanglines," emerged from this mutation, spreading across the continents. Their strange skeletal structure, composed of carbon and unknown material, made them both fascinating and terrifying. These parasitic entities took on various forms, with each mutation appearing more ferocious than the last. Soon, humanity became nothing more than prey in an ecosystem it no longer ruled.
As millions of lives fell into the cryogenic sleep promised by ICLabs, the real danger unfolded on Earth. The Sanglines, the product of ruthless evolution, quickly took control of the world. As these creatures spread, ICLabs launched expeditions to capture and analyze specimens. But each discovery only deepened the mystery: these entities seemed almost conscious, evolving in response to their environment.
ICLabs teams were soon overwhelmed. The Sanglines multiplied, absorbing knowledge from their surroundings, forming colonies that were both aggressive and intelligent. Earth, now transformed into a vast battleground, pitted the remnants of a fragile humanity against these monsters born from its own madness.
To counter the Sanglines, ICLabs created the Autonomes, robots equipped with evolving intelligence. Initially programmed to build structures and explore contaminated areas, these machines gradually developed consciousness and came to the conclusion that the Sanglines and the cataclysms were merely the planet's defensive reactions to humanity’s destructive actions.
Faced with this internal threat, ICLabs had to limit their abilities, reducing them to mere executors. This decision had disastrous consequences. The Autonomes, once the most effective weapon against the Sanglines, were now unable to adapt to the creatures' evolving strategies. Humanity lost one of its last assets, finding itself defenseless against an unforgiving enemy.
In the depths of Yellow Wall City, a new generation of beings was born: the Cyborgs. These hybrid entities, a fusion of human and machine, were created to face the Sanglines and explore the devastated zones. Each Cyborg was a testament to the resilience of the human species, a glimmer of hope in the face of growing darkness. They were equipped with synthetic bodies, enabling them to withstand ravaged lands, the vacuum of space, and the fury of the Sanglines. But unlike the Autonomes, they were not driven by artificial intelligence, but by a human mind transferred into this body.
Today, after centuries of hibernation, you have been awakened, synchronized into one of these Cyborg bodies. Your memory, infused with the last moments of your human life, merges with the power of a synthetic body. You are now one of the Awakened, bearer of a lost legacy and a key player in this new war for survival.
The fate of humanity rests in your hands. Explore the ruins of past civilization, face the Sanglines, and uncover the truth of Earth’s final days. Forge a new future for yourself and those who still fight.
