Synopsis — Codename: Zero

When the world fell, no one remembered who started it only that the sky cracked and monsters poured through the rift. From the ashes of humanity’s collapse rose a new law, a new faith, and a new god: the System.

Now, centuries later, society is rebuilt under the iron rule of the Regime a government that controls every Hunter, every dungeon, and every breath drawn within its walls. To live, one must serve. To disobey, one must die.

Among those cast aside by this world is Lee Jaehyuk, a nineteen-year-old drifter whose family was framed and executed by the Regime. Homeless, broken, and stripped of everything, he survives on scraps and spite until fate leads him to a forgotten wreck buried deep within the forest.

There, in the heart of ruin, he finds it.

> The Aegis Console - Prototype.
The first and original system.
The one even the gods failed to destroy.



Marked as Codename: Zero, Jaehyuk awakens to power beyond imaginationa system capable of bending the laws of every other. But in a world where strength defines worth and control defines survival, his gift is both his weapon and his curse.

As he rises through dungeons, guilds, and conspiracies that pierce the heart of the Regime itself, one truth becomes clear:

> The system wasn’t created to save humanity.
It was created to test it.

(This is just a small explanation to help you understand the world better. I recommend reading it, but you may skip it if you feel it's unnecessary.)


Following the Downfall, human survival ceased being a matter of politics or power but of systems.


When the Aegis Console went live worldwide, it did more than call forth monsters and dungeons  it redefined all law, all values, and all notions of wealth.


Soulmarks substituted all types of currency humanity had ever known. They are pieces of digital energy harvested from defeated monsters, translated directly into usable form by the Aegis Network.


There are five recognized levels of Soulmarks, each dictating social status, authority, and sway:


 Bronze Soulmark – Low-level unit gained from low-level monsters or regular quests.


Silver Soulmark – Acquired through mid-level dungeon raids or trading system shards.


Gold Soulmark – Exclusive to top-hunters and guild members.


Platinum Soulmark – An anomaly of the system or Regime-licensed expeditions only.


Obsidian Soulmark – The forbidden category. Rumor has it that its appearance is tied directly to Aegis itself.


Each Soulmark can be solidified or held in a player's interface, transferred account to account, or used to buy weapons, potions, and lodging in tolerated zones.


Since the Downfall, countries fell apart and out of their ruins, The Regime emerged.


It's not rule of the people, but rule by oppression through domination of the Aegis Console. They oversee hunter registry, dungeon access, and Soulmark trade. All hunters need to have an official ID, synchronized with their system.


Unregistered hunters  "Rogues" are treated as outlaws. They are pursued, killed, or enslaved under Regime control.


The Regime does say they "protect order," but the entire world is aware of their actual purpose monopolize the Aegis Network and force the system into submission.


And yet… within this broken world, there is one man who holds a system older than the Regime itself 


the original prototype that they were unable to destroy.


Chapter 4 - NOTE: EXPLANATION