Civilization perished in the fire of a terrorist attack. 90% of adults died, 9% became zombies, whose brains are slowly restored by nanites, turning life into a computer game, where the level increases as nanites are absorbed from other people's bodies. And only 1% remained normal.

Everyone is saved as best they can. And only a group of selfless military men, through blood and hardship, is trying to create the illusion of peace for the children collected from all over Sakhalin. They are fed, clothed and given shoes. Maxim, who received the call sign Universal upon entry, is one of the few who knows at what price every crumb is earned... But he is still a child under strict guardianship. How long will it be possible to keep children away from the outside world and how will they have to pay for it? Or will they themselves lend a shoulder to their older comrades, keeping him from further sliding into the hellish abyss?