“I love you as are loved certain dark things. In secret, between shadow and soul.”  - Pablo Neruda XVIIth sonnet

It’s the year 2116, a hundred years have passed and Hongbin is still working on the perfect project. In this dystopian future, the world is not what it used to be. Outlawed by his own kind, for reasons only Hongbin and the government know. He will prove that love will always come first, even after death, as he illegally creates a sentient life form that defies the laws of nature.  

Love is a disease. Isn't it?

Things weren't exactly going as the goverment had planned

Jongin couldn't remember a time without the Mainframe, his world black and white and shades of gray. All it took was a tiny bit of green to change everything.

Politicians have overthrown the democracy and in this world, they reign. They set the guidelines, they punish, they reward. They control. They are the rulers. They have clouded people's minds, vanquished their hopes, their dreams, the light. The world has turned dark and Kang Daesung is about to learn just how dark it truly is.

At the age of eighteen, one is expected to be matched, paired and producing fertile offspring for the benefit of society. Jaebum's friend becomes a problem in his equation for a perfect life.