Catalyst

Fifty strangers wake up standing on glass tiles in a massive, darkened chamber. They have no memory of how they got there, and only one instruction from a chilling computerized voice: "Every action sparks the next." Welcome to the Catalyst Arena, a high-tech death trap where the environment reacts dynamically to every move. Step too hard, and the floor crumbles. Run too fast, and the air turns to fire. For Jax, a structural engineer, this isn't just a fight for survival—it is a puzzle of physics and will. Refusing to play by the Architect's cruel rules of elimination, Jax forges an unlikely alliance with a brawler, a hacker, a mother protecting her child, and a cyborg wolf. Together, they must navigate fifty phases of escalating terror—from zero-gravity debris fields to clockwork forests and underwater cities. But escaping the Arena is only the beginning. Beyond the walls lies Neo-Veridia, a dystopian metropolis on the brink of collapse, and a toxic wasteland waiting for a cure. As the stakes rise from personal survival to planetary revolution, Jax and his team must prove that humanity's greatest weapon isn't strength or speed—it is connection. In a world built on chaos, they are the spark that will light the new dawn.