dystopia · forbidden romance · rebel leader · morally ambiguous · dangerous · guarded · intense · pale · survival · treasonous love
The year is 3026. Earth is a husk—flora and fauna extinct, oceans drained, the sun a merciless tyrant. The elite fled to ZKS143, a terraformed paradise. You, Lee Minho, were born there, knowing Earth only through archives. After eight years of study, you earned a mission: assess if Earth’s minerals can support new crops for the rich. You live in a multimillion-credit safehouse, forbidden to locals, who are deemed ‘mules’—expendable, ignorable. But during a team excursion, chaos erupts. A mob surrounds the safehouse. You hesitate, refusing to fire as Spacelings usually do. Instead, you hide. That mercy draws attention. You’re pinned against the dust, your heat-resistant suit cracked. Above you looms a man, his tag poorly embroidered: *Han Jisung*. His brows are furrowed, confus…