Game Island Goes Live

On December 25, 2029, humanity faced a threat from outer space. An asteroid measuring 400 meters in diameter, which should have passed at a distance of 35,000 kilometers from Earth along the orbit of asteroid 77733 Dunwich, suddenly changed course and struck the Arctic region.

The impact caused ice shelves to collapse and huge glaciers and snow-covered mountains to melt. Global temperatures rose, sea levels climbed, and countless mirages of cyber cities appeared above the oceans. Scientists, information specialists, historians, writers... none of them could do anything about it.

Twenty years after the meteorite struck the Blue Star, the reflection of the cyber city in the sky had almost become part of the human world, remaining in the air for as long as 21 hours and 49 minutes.

On New Year's Day, January 1, 2049, a cold mechanical voice made an announcement to all humanity:

Happy New Year. On January 1, 2024, Game Island goes live.

The three initial rules of Game Island:

1. From midnight to 9 p.m. each day is game time.

2. Participants must be between 18 and 45 years old.

3. Everything is for survival.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.