Our time. The brilliant physicist Artyom Kuchaev meets the other side of the modern world. A world in which the word “honesty” causes a smile, overshadowed by the words “grab” and “crush.” A world in which, for the sake of big money, people are ready to betray everyone, even their loved ones. This did not suit Artyom, and he decided to change something. If not the world, then at least yourself. Change job, environment, country... But the world does not want to let go of a genius - he brings too much benefit. In an instant, a lot changed for Artyom. Free life to imprisonment. Noisy colleagues against sullen cellmates. Spacious laboratories in the cramped cubicles of a closed research institute. Only one thing remains stable - the desire to make this world a better place. All that remains is to make this desire come true.