In the year 107 of the Cataclysm, capitalism's monopolies shattered society's bottom line, triggering a global "Genetic Mutation Cataclysm."
Every human irreversibly mutates into a corresponding species based on their wealth and social class before the Cataclysm. Species equals class, and class determines the limit of evolution.
The ruling plutocrats mutate into apex predators such as lions, tigers, and ancestral dragons. They control the entire "Source Energy Network," monopolize the sole universal currency and evolutionary energy, "Source Rations," and enforce the iron rule: "No rations, no evolution."
At that moment, an ant looks at the colossal dragon before it. "You've evolved to your limit? Sorry, I haven't."
