I Told You to Rebuild the Wasteland, So Why Did You Summon the Fourth Calamity?

In New Era Year 216, the world still lies under the long shadow of a full-scale nuclear and biological catastrophe. The Great Collapse more than two hundred years ago tore advanced modern civilization to shreds. Though the brutal nuclear winter has long since passed, toxic dust and viruses that cause genetic mutations have completely reshaped the surface ecosystem. Fungal symbiotes and bloodthirsty mutants now rule the wilderness, and humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain. Only scattered survivors remain, scraping out an existence among the ruins.

This world runs on the cold laws of wasteland survival. Clean water, mutation-resistant grain, and metal parts from the old world are the only currencies that keep people alive. Meanwhile, any increase in human strength depends entirely on prewar "gene-sequence splicing." But biological modification comes with severe rejection and the risk of violent mutation. In harsh conditions without access to medicine, the destitute can barely make it through each day, and even a minor injury or a drop in temperature can prove fatal.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.