When Dr. Isaac Gilmore tweaks the genetic code of a captured alien virus in 2041, he accidentally creates an unspeakably destructive shapeshifting plague—dubbed the Xeno-5 Strand. What begins as an isolated lab outbreak in a futuristic Tokyo research institute soon erupts into a full-scale global disaster.

Just years after the world beat back the original Xeno-3 epidemic, this new mutant “protean” strain proves even deadlier, triggering chilling bodily transformations. In hours, the entire metro area becomes engulfed by a biological tidal wave turning millions into ravenous beasts acting as one.

With apocalyptic annihilation looming, special operative Jiro Yamada ventures into the hotzone’s shifting landscape of alien tissue, nightmarish architecture and strange psychic phenomena to rescue Dr. Gilmore and secure research needed to formulate a cure. However, shadowy political interests have other plans for deploying the lab-grown viral payload that Jiro is determined to stop at all costs.

He bands together with the doctor’s gifted young daughter and a squad of misfit scavengers caught behind enemy lines. But can their makeshift alliance adapt fast enough to withstand the nightmare bubbling up from secret military Crypt labs seeded across the city? Hope hangs in the balance on whether Jiro’s team can uncover a counteragent before a key zero hour when Protean will enter an unstoppable final stage.

Protean Relapse 2041

Dawn's tentative light revealed rubble-choked streets where the Cassou Citadel had stood just yesterday, 


…… its feared opacity shattered along with tyrannical rule. 


…..Emergency crews wearing Swiss Red Cross armbands combed through flaming wreckage and shored up collapsed buildings searching for wounded while priests murmured last blessings over bloodstained piles that were once men appointed guardians. 


……..Jiro directed corpsmen gently wrapping charred little bodies pulled carefully from a bombed out schoolhouse. 


……On distant ridges beyond the chaos, camouflaged munitions teams still exchanged occasional fire with dug-in loyalist holdouts further fraying nerves. 


Priority One secured the armories and ordnance depots to contain loose weaponry instantly marketable across shadow economies extending beyond regional wars. 


……Just past the vast Pit 5 detention barracks now hangar for homeless ghosts, Jiro inspected LAT-rifles Weight: 5lbs-5oz (Fixed) & 6lbs-4oz (Adjustable) 


Tension Rising