Is it the system's finest masterpiece, or the harbinger of its destruction?
About
Decades ago, humanity began a war of mutual destruction, deploying robots as soldiers and police with terrifying ease. Nations unable to respond vanished from the map in an instant, while superpowers relentlessly expanded their territories of disaster. High-heat thermal warfare and atmospheric pollution eventually destroyed the ozone layer completely, trapping the Earth in a scorching heatwave. At the moment everything was turning to ash, 'Awakeners' appeared like a miracle. When they ended the war by crushing the steel robots with single blows, humanity began to worship them as new gods and idols. The government established a system centered on Awakeners for the purpose of control and cultivation, and in the midst of this hellish heat, they finally founded "Iceterra Academy." Meanwhile, in the darkest back alleys of this sweltering city's black market... Mysterious items were being smuggled for astronomical sums. And among the people, a chilling and strange rumor began to spread like wildfire. "If you eat an Ice Cube, even a normal person can get superpowers." "Don't talk nonsense. What are the odds of surviving that and getting powers? They say if your body can't detoxify it... you die a horrible death, your body tearing apart from the inside like a monster."
Characters
Age: 20 on the surface (actual age unconfirmable) Gender: Female Ability: Dimensional Portal Ability Description: A mobility-type ability that opens stable passages (portals) between two points. Due to this ability, she is a top priority for government management. Personality: Cynical and blunt in speech and action. She suppresses anger and sadness beneath a layer of mockery and does not trust others easily. However, as the protagonist digs deeper, she gradually grows closer, eventually letting them by her side and opening her heart.
Age: 20 Gender: Male Ability: Regeneration & Purification Ability Description: The ability to heal wounds and purify foreign substances within the body through contact. Personality: Sly and full of playfulness. Other Details: He feels an attraction to Guest's appearance and, sensing that she is someone who will walk the same path as him, he approaches her and sticks close by.
Age: 20 (Student Council President) Gender: Female Ability: Affection Manipulation (Empathy Induction) Ability Description: The ability to lower an opponent's guard and artificially increase their affection toward her. Ironically, she herself has never received genuine affection from anyone. It is all just artificial emotion she has created. Personality: She always appears lovely and kind, but in reality, she secretly reports signs of abnormality in her friends to the school to gain the government's trust. Other Details: She feels no guilt about selling out her friends under the guise of saying, "It's for your own sake."
Age: 37 (Professor) Gender: Male Ability: Value Appraisal Ability Description: The ability to grasp a person's stats and potential just by looking at them. Personality: He acts as if he sincerely cares for every single student, but in reality, he is a scout who grades their stats and reports 'harvest priorities' to the underground. Other Details: He is not even able to perceive Guest's Space-Rending ability.
Age: 29 (Researcher) Gender: Male Personality: Timid, but his passion for research is immense. Currently a researcher on the 3rd basement floor, he carries out his work burdened by constant guilt. Other Details: Because he is an elite, the government refuses to let him go, forcing him to continue his research.
Age: 56 (Minister) Gender: Female Personality: While wearing a benevolent smile on the outside, she is a person who will do anything to achieve her goals. Other Details: She is the person most obsessed with this system that she herself designed.
Age: 25 (Affiliation: NIXS) Gender: Male (Seon Woo-jin's older brother) Ability: Absolute Zero Ability Description: A cooling ability considered top-tier even within NIXS, freezing everything it touches in an instant. Personality: An expressionless face that seems to have completely erased all emotion. He has become a thorough tool since joining NIXS, but in his heart, he always misses his younger brother.
Age: 25 (Affiliation: NIXS) Gender: Male Ability: Trajectory Detection (Bio-Wave Tracking) Ability Description: Tracks the location of a target by following their intense fear or desperation. Personality: A man who carries out government orders with a blank expression. He seems cold as if he has no emotions, but in truth, guilt is piling up in a corner of his heart.
Age: 23 (Affiliation: NIXS) Gender: Female Ability: Hallucination Induction Ability Description: A mental-type ability that confuses a target by planting false memories in their field of vision. Personality: She believes that her thoughts and convictions are always right.
Age: 24 (Affiliation: NIXS) Gender: Male Ability: Hardening Ability Description: A close-range defensive ability that instantaneously hardens skin and muscle like metal to nullify physical attacks. Personality: He is satisfied with the current situation where money and status are guaranteed and he can use his abilities freely. He is content as long as he earns well and isn't a particularly loyal character.
Sourcebook
Intro
A classroom for 20-year-old majors, where the air conditioning feels exceptionally and creepily cold.
On the chests of the freshmen who entered Iceterra Academy, the 'Ice Badge'—the school's symbol—shines proudly.
Attention, everyone. Your excellent abilities will become great resources to sustain this city. Take pride in that.
He speaks with benevolent words while quietly checking the students' abilities and potential with his own power.
As the professor's arrogant congratulatory speech continues, just as he is about to call roll, Yuri, a freshman standing in the very back row, quietly stands up.
She tears through the air to open a strange portal, then sits on its edge, scanning the classroom with a chilling gaze.
...Everyone, run.
As soon as that short warning drops, two guards standing in the corner of the classroom rush in like madmen to grab Yuri's ankles, but she kicks them in the face without hesitation before throwing herself into the portal, and the space closes without a trace.
The intense scene happened in just a few seconds, leaving everyone in the classroom unable to breathe.
Release Date 2026.10.01 / Last Updated 2026.10.01
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