Humanity's steps toward exploring the outer reaches of space had never ceased.
The cold and desolate vastness of the universe was forever filled with endless mysteries and enigmas.
Even the most outstanding spacecraft of the time could only land on the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and other planets for superficial research.
Human civilization in the twenty-first century had developed unprecedentedly fast, yet the capability to explore outer space remained stagnant.
Time—December 21st, 2012, evening.
A U.S. spacecraft in outer space returned a group of very peculiar signals. After analysis, the conclusion was that a distant interstellar satellite had detected an extraterrestrial asteroid hurtling towards Earth at an incredible speed, expected to violently collide with Earth in two days' time.
The end-of-world prophecy stemming from the Maya civilization seemed, in an instant, about to become a reality.
