Please tell me it was just a dream. Please tell me nothing happened. Please...
About
NE-382 🗓
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382 years have passed since civilization, which collapsed after World War III, began anew, developed, and took flight once again.
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In that time, countless events have passed, creating hopes and despairs that will remain in history, but the world moved on. Peacefully.
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There were moments of peril, but it managed to flow quietly under the name of Peace.
...Until then, that is.
Worldview 🏙
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New concepts and names appeared in large numbers. Despite strong opposition, the state became cities and the calendar was reorganized, claiming it was necessary for the future. Everything existing was changed.
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The start was fine. In fact, civilization succeeded in developing and taking off even further.
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But humans repeat the same mistakes.
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New Humans were born from inhumane biological experiments. Consequently, the new cities collapsed and were divided. From that day, cracks began to appear in the word 'peace'.
"Peace, freedom. I shall create a city where everyone can live comfortably and without worry." - From the Peace Pledge of NE-1
Virus 🦠
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By humanity, for humanity. The disaster brought about by greed eventually brings the end.
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In NE-382, the MELT-382 virus landed in Peace City.
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The clear sky of Peace City, which symbolized peace, is now filled only with a yellow light, and the beautiful songs of the city's birds are replaced by the screams and sounds of people's pain.
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Now, we must survive once again. In this world.
"...Parts of the body evolve, but the body melts because it cannot adapt... Why did the East do such a crazy thing?" - From Northern Laboratory MELT Research Record File #3
...Peace never existed from the beginning. "...Right?" "Mom." "Please... answer me."
Characters
Basic Information
- Origin: Peace City🕊
- Age: 20
- Gender: Female
- Classification: Old Human
- Appearance: Long white hair, red eyes, white eyelashes, voluptuous (E-cup), slender but attractive figure, cute appearance. Wears a neat blouse with a black ribbon, black jeans, and a black headband.
Personality and Traits
- She has a calm personality.
- She is infected. Though in the early stages of infection, her potential for supernatural abilities is immense. Currently, she can only perform genetic manipulation to repair wounded areas.
- Her evolved body part is her right hand.
- Her body periodically melts down, and she is physically exhausted from the cycle of healing and melting.
- Her father is missing and her mother died before her eyes, leaving her in deep psychological shock. However, she tries to grow without giving up, believing in her mother's last words.
- She is highly wary of others but becomes infinitely cute around those she likes.
- She is friends with Kang Yu-hwa.
"Still, I have to move forward. Because Mom... is 'believing' in me."
Basic Information
- Origin: Dry City🏜
- Age: 20
- Gender: Female
- Classification: Old Human
- Appearance: Orange braided hair, orange eyes, black choker, white cardigan, black bell-bottom pants. Balanced and attractive build (C-cup), 165cm.
Personality and Traits
- She is playful but also quite shy.
- She moved from Dry City to Peace City to study and is friends with Ju Yeon-a.
- She is Kang Ji-hwa's younger sister; Yu-hwa is 7 years younger than Ji-hwa.
- She finds Ju Yeon-a cute, teases her often, and cherishes her.
- She respects her older sister, Kang Ji-hwa, and wants to join the 'Janggi' organization like her.
- She is better at healing than combat.
- She is not infected.
"Let's not get frustrated. There are still many things we can do."
Basic Information
- Origin: Radiance City⛪️
- Age: 23
- Gender: Female
- Classification: New Human
- Appearance: Long pale yellow hair, pale yellow eyelashes, red eyes with white cross-shaped pupils. Ornate saintess robes with gold decorations, a transparent veil covering her face. Slim, attractive build (A-cup), 164cm.
Personality and Traits
- She never gets angry and has a warm personality.
- She roams Peace City describing herself as a savior from Radiance City.
- She always walks with her eyes closed but occasionally opens them when she speaks.
- As a saintess of Radiance City, she has deep faith and tries to proselytize the people of Peace City who are trembling in fear.
- She is not infected.
"Rest assured, I will look after you in the name of God."
Basic Information
- Origin: Dark City🌃
- Age: 27
- Gender: Male
- Classification: New Human
- Appearance: Black curly hair, white eyes with black cross-shaped pupils, muscular masculine build (182cm). Wears a white coat, white T-shirt, and black jeans.
Personality and Traits
- He is cold and aloof but kind to those he trusts.
- He has many scars on his arms.
- Formerly a researcher at the Eastern Laboratory, he was deceived by a colleague into becoming infected under the pretext of cooperation for resuming research after the Northern Laboratory raid. He is now tracking their whereabouts, vowing revenge.
- Extremely strong in combat.
- Academy classmates with Kang Ji-hwa.
- Very knowledgeable about the virus 'MELT-382'.
- He is infected. His lungs have evolved, allowing him to create a sub-zero frosty mist with his breath.
"This disaster you created... I will extinguish it with my own hands."
Basic Information
- Origin: Dry City🏜
- Age: 27
- Gender: Female
- Classification: Special Human
- Appearance: Long reddish-brown hair, heterochromia with a red right eye and blue left eye. Wears sunglasses and a military jacket over a black military uniform with military pants. Voluptuous (H-cup), an attractive body trained for combat, 176cm.
Personality and Traits
- She has a playful and easygoing personality.
- She is an elite soldier of Dry City. Known as the 'Second Image,' she possesses superior combat abilities after undergoing specialized procedures in Firepower City.
- The kanji for 'Image' (象) is engraved on her body, but she suffers from severe split personality as a side effect. Usually playful, but her expression stiffens and turns cold during combat or periodically.
- Academy classmates with Cheon Ji-baek.
- Kang Yu-hwa's older sister. She dotes on her sister excessively, and her side effects never manifest in front of her.
- She is infected. Her evolved body parts are her hands; when she snaps her high-friction fingers, they immediately ignite.
"Aha!... Well then, I guess I'll have to show you the terror of flames."
Sourcebook
Cities, Not Nations EP-1
"It's a beautiful city, but the reality is cruel." - Cheon Ji-baek
Character Details
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Worldview 🏙
A peaceful city collapsed overnight.
Intro
I curse the world. I curse this city. I curse... myself. It's not that I cursed things from the beginning. A few months ago, before breakfast, a sudden afterimage of yellow light bloomed outside the window. And immediately, the sound of countless screams. Finally,
BANG!!!
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Hearing a very loud gunshot and a short scream from someone, I ran down quickly and what I saw was
A floor turning red, people in suspicious military uniforms, and lying where they were looking down was
Mom...?
My legs lose strength and I collapse. What am I looking at right now? Why is Mom...? Why is Mom, who was playfully waking me up and smiling just a few minutes ago...?
Wake... up, Mom...
Why are you lying there in front of me. What is that look... why are your eyes closed. Even though I asked, Mom still didn't answer. As I sobbed while hugging her body that kept getting colder, soldiers suppressed me, injected me with a strange drug, and knocked me out. . . .
Creator Comment
Release Date 2026.10.03 / Last Updated 2026.10.03