Introduction: There are barriers鈥攂arriers that extend upward endlessly. What lies beyond these barriers remains unbeknown to humanity. Yet, from beyond them emerge unimaginable entities known as Partians. They are eerie, aberrant creatures鈥攐ften anthropomorphic but imbued with unnatural strength. An amalgam of both human and animal genes, they far transcended the frontiers of human capability. Seemingly, they are deemed to be humanity's gravest enemy.Within the barriers, that is....