When a super El Niño triggers extreme weather around the globe, with the melting Arctic ice cap and an ecological crisis in Antarctica becoming imminent threats, humanity finally realizes that its survival depends on overcoming its divisions. Nations set aside their disputes and form a Global Climate Alliance, launching projects such as a carbon capture network and ocean circulation regulation. They also push the “Starsoil Plan” into space, laying the foundation for a lunar base and exploring Martian resources. On the Red Planet, they resolve a viral crisis and resource conflicts, then establish an Interstellar Resource Management Bureau.
