Four thousand years ago — 2026.
An asteroid struck Mercury with devastating force, shattering the planet's crust and tearing entire sections loose. Some of them came toward Earth. For days, people watched the burning trails crossing the sky. At first, it was beautiful.
Then the impacts began. Cities disappeared under explosions brighter than sunrise. Oceans rose in violent waves. Smoke covered continents. Human civilization didn't collapse in a single moment — it broke down slowly. But it didn't die.
After the chaos ended, survivors stood in a world that no longer felt divided. Borders meant nothing when extinction had nearly claimed everyone equally. The old arguments stopped mattering. Race, religion, nationality — none of it mattered the way survival did. Rebuilding took time. And trust took longer.
But by the year 2110, the name became official. United Earth.
It was not perfect. Not peaceful all the time. But it was united enough to stand together when it mattered. And it mattered again.
In the year 3666, strange rifts began appearing across the planet. They shimmered like heat above asphalt, except they hovered in open air. Sensors couldn't read them properly. Drones sent through either vanished or came back broken. Until one day, someone stepped through and returned alive.
On the other side were other worlds. Actual planets, places with strange skies and gravity that felt slightly wrong under human feet. Forests that swallowed light. Mountains that looked like blades. Creatures far bigger than anything on Earth. Those rifts were named Nexus Gates. And the space cluster that held Earth and those surrounding worlds became known as the Genesis Nexus.
The first explorers discovered something important. The creatures in the Nexus were not ordinary animals. When one was killed, a crystal remained inside its body. A Nexus Shard. Some called them Beast Shards.
At first, scientists treated them like rare minerals. Energy sources. Curiosities. Then someone absorbed one. The moment the shard dissolved into their body, a translucent screen appeared in front of their eyes. It floated in front of their vision. It appeared for anyone who absorbed a shard.
People started calling it the Power Screen. It showed their stats and growth. And with absorption came measurable strength — Power Points. Muscles grew denser. Bones hardened. Reflexes sharpened. Stamina deepened. It was a controlled amplification of the human body.
From that day on, those who entered Nexus Gates weren't just explorers. They were called Evolvers. Because they stepped beyond normal human limits. But Power Points weren't the only mystery.
Every time an Evolver killed a beast inside the Nexus, the Power Screen flickered with a notification. Every kill showed something simple:
If gained
[Beast Spirit Acquired: Name of the beast]
If not gained
[Beast Spirit Acquired: None]
No one knew the exact conditions. No pattern could be confirmed. Two people could kill the same species and receive different outcomes.
What they did understand was this: A Beast Spirit was not physical at first. It existed as an astral presence — a shadow of the creature's essence. When acquired, it didn't appear in the real world. It settled somewhere deeper. Inside the Sea of Consciousness.
The Sea of Consciousness was the inner mind of an Evolver. A limitless mental space awakened after absorbing the first shard. Some described it as an endless ocean. Others as a star-filled void. A few said it reflected the owner's heart. Beast Spirits rested there. With a mental command, they could be manifested.
They appeared as translucent beasts standing behind their owner. They merged partially, enhancing limbs or senses. And they could take full physical form and fight. They had types and classifications.
Governments tried to categorize them, while scientists struggled to explain what they truly were. No one really understood them. But every Evolver knew the feeling when the Power Screen flickered after a kill.
On United Earth, seventeen marked adulthood. Before that, entering a Nexus Gate required a Maturity Card — a special permit earned through knowledge exams, psychological evaluation, and stability tests. The Nexus was not a playground. It was survival.
With a Maturity Card, even a minor could step through a Gate. They could hunt,train, earn Power Points while risking their lives. Power was no longer inherited by bloodline or wealth. It was earned. Most people gained enough to live comfortably. A few rose higher. And once in a long while—
someone appeared who would change everything.
And that someone appeared in year 6651. In that year, a family was born. They were not bound by blood, but by something stronger. They didn't have a grand name. No emblem. No legacy carved in history. They didn't need one. They simply called themselves "Family."
Year — 6652.
That was the year humanity noticed them. Four people stood against the horizon of the Nexus — two women, two men. Young and unmatched. Their talent was beyond human limits.
As the years passed, they became the strongest among their generation. And behind them, other members of that family began their own journeys.