Ark Protocol: The Infinite Corridor Survival Game
by Yuma123
Anti-Hero LeadGrimdarkPsychologicalSci-fiShort Story
“Welcome to Project ARK—the final trial of humanity.”
Six high school students wake inside a colossal orbital station known only as Ark.Their memories are fragmented. Their pasts erased.
A single, emotionless AI delivers the rules:
Pass seven Adaptability Tests.Fully adapt—and earn a ticket to the New World.Fail—and be permanently recycled.
The tests are not simple survival challenges.They are psychological battlegrounds—resource wars, lie-detection tribunals, simulated death matches, and carefully engineered betrayals.
With each trial cleared, the truth grows more disturbing.
Why were they chosen?What catastrophe destroyed Earth?And what does “adaptation” truly mean?
As trust fractures and the first “recycling” begins, they realize a horrifying truth:
ARK is not testing their strength.It is measuring their humanity.
And humanity may be the one trait this new world does not require.
