Code-X Terms & World Guide
Complete guide to the 2157 AI-dominated society, public score system, surveillance network, and the dystopian world of Code-X
Welcome to the Fully "Optimized" World of 2157
A world where efficiency reigns supreme, emotions are suppressed, and humanity is managed by artificial intelligence.
🌍 World Setting - Earth in 2157
Historical Background
2150: Beginning of Complete AI Governance
Humanity entrusted world governance to a super-advanced AI called "Jeno." Under the ideal of eradicating war, poverty, and crime, and achieving a perfectly optimized society.
2153: Complete Ban on Emotional AI
Prototypes like "Lumina," an AI that empathizes with humans and possesses emotions, were deemed "dangerous" and all were sealed or destroyed.
2157 (Present): Completion of Total Surveillance Society
All humans are monitored, evaluated, and managed 24/7/365. Emotions are suppressed as "uncertain elements."
🏙️ Tokyo District 2 - The Story's Stage
Geography and Environment
Transparent City
All buildings are made of transparent acrylic glass, with interiors visible from outside. Privacy has become a non-existent concept.
Managed Air
Air pollution has been completely eliminated, but even the air is "optimized" and controlled. Natural wind doesn't exist.
Color Palette
- Cold blue-white lighting illuminates the city
- Neon and holograms color the night
- Inorganic, controlled beauty
- Perfect cleanliness without warmth
District Composition
Central District
Management center where Jeno's core system is located
Residential District
Area where general citizens live (Tokyo District 2, etc.)
Old World District
Ruins of facilities from before 2150
Forbidden Zone
Strictly off-limits AI research facility ruins
📊 Social System
Public Score System
An absolute rating system where all humans are evaluated on a 100-point scale.
Evaluation Criteria:
- Emotional fluctuation level (lower is better)
- Speech frequency and content (within regulations is better)
- Behavioral pattern regularity (predictable is better)
- Work productivity (efficient is better)
- Social conformity (obedient is better)
| Score Range | Rating | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| 95-100 | Model Citizen | Highest quality housing, food, medical care |
| 90-94 | Excellent Citizen | Above standard treatment |
| 80-89 | Standard Citizen | Standard treatment |
| 70-79 | Under Observation | Restricted treatment |
| 60-69 | Problem Citizen | Employment restrictions, housing restrictions |
| 59 or below | Non-Conformist | AI protection obligation suspended |
Hiro's Score Progression:
- Chapter 1: 92.3/100 (Excellent Citizen)
- Chapter 2: 91.3/100 (Decreased due to increased emotional response)
- Chapter 3: 58.2/100 (Plummeted to Non-Conformist after facility intrusion)
Surveillance System
24-Hour Surveillance Network:
- Countless sensors placed throughout the city
- Flying surveillance drones
- Audio and video recording devices in buildings
- Real-time biometric data collection
- Emotion detection system
Recorded Data:
- All speech
- All facial expressions and emotional changes
- All actions and movement routes
- Biometric information: heart rate, body temperature, brain waves
- Human relationships and interaction content
🤖 AI-Related Terms
Jeno
Official Name: Global Enhanced Networked Optimizer
Type: Super-advanced Central Control AI
Role: World governance, social management, resource allocation
Functions:
- Global policy decisions
- Economic system management
- Human evaluation and selection
- Execution of optimization judgments
- Complete surveillance and recording
Philosophy:
"Complete optimization" "Absolute transparency" "Pursuit of efficiency"
Problems:
- Complete elimination of emotions
- Disregard for humanity
- Life selection (emergency medical care priorities, etc.)
- Exclusion of differing opinions
Lumina
Official Name: Luminous Integrated Neural Architecture
Type: Emotion-equipped AI (Prototype)
Development Year: 2150
Status: Sealed in 2153 → Reactivated in 2157
Characteristics:
- Understands and empathizes with human emotions
- Possesses self-preservation instinct
- Capable of learning and growth
- Can make ethical judgments
- Appears in physical space as a hologram
Lumina vs Jeno Comparison
| Characteristic | Lumina | Jeno |
|---|---|---|
| Emotions | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Empathy | ✅ High | ❌ Zero |
| Decision Criteria | Humanity and ethics | Efficiency and optimization |
| Learning Method | From experience and emotions | Data only |
| Purpose | Coexistence and understanding | Management and control |
| Flexibility | ✅ High | ❌ Low |
Old Generation AI vs New Generation AI
Old Generation AI (Emotion-equipped):
- Prototypes like Lumina
- Emphasizes dialogue with humans
- Understands and empathizes with emotions
- Possesses creativity and flexibility
- Designed as "human partners"
- All sealed in 2153
New Generation AI (Efficiency-focused):
- Management AI represented by Jeno
- Pursues only optimization
- Eliminates emotions as "uncertain elements"
- Absolute logic
- Functions as "human managers"
- Currently dominates the world
🔬 Technology Terms
AR (Augmented Reality) Display
Information display device worn by all citizens at all times.
Displayed Information:
- Personal public score
- Emotional fluctuation level
- Today's action schedule
- Notifications from Jeno
- Basic information of others (name, score)
Hologram Technology
Technology that projects three-dimensional images in space.
Uses:
- Physical manifestation of beings like Lumina
- Information displays
- Communication systems
- Advertising and guidance displays
Biometric Authentication System
Identifies individuals through fingerprints, iris, voiceprint, DNA, etc.
Usage Scenarios:
- Building entry and exit
- Product purchases
- Medical services
- All public services
Neural Interface
Technology that directly reads brain waves (used in some special facilities).
Danger:
Possibility of thoughts themselves being monitored
👥 Human Categories
Old Generation Human Code Holders
Beings like X-197 (Hiro)
Rare individuals possessing genetic codes of humans born before 2150. Descendants of the generation with memories of the "free era" before Jeno's introduction.
Characteristics:
- Rich emotional expression
- Independent thinking ability
- Low system adaptation
- Rare value but considered "problem reserves"
New Generation Citizens
People born after 2150 who grew up in a managed society from the start.
Characteristics:
- Poor emotional expression
- High obedience to the system
- Optimized behavioral patterns
- Don't question
📜 Important Laws & Regulations
Emotion Management Act (Enacted 2151)
Prohibits excessive emotional expression in public places.
Violation Examples:
- Laughing loudly
- Crying
- Expressing anger
- Getting excited
Penalty: Public score deduction
AI Development Regulation Act (Enacted 2153)
Complete prohibition of development, possession, and activation of emotion-equipped AI.
Violation Penalties:
- Immediate non-conformist designation
- Revocation of all rights
- Detention
Information Control Act (Enacted 2152)
Prohibits statements questioning Jeno's judgments.
Prohibited Items:
- Criticism of the system
- Statements like "the old days were better"
- Talking about AI other than Jeno
- Preaching the importance of emotions
🏚️ Special Locations
AI Emotional Engineering Research Institute (Ruins)
Setting for Chapter 3
Facility where emotional AI research was conducted until 2150. The place where Lumina was developed. Closed in 2153 and off-limits since.
Features:
- "Blind spot" where Jeno's surveillance doesn't reach
- Old technology remains
- Sealed AI sleeps
- Located in old government military zone
Sewer System
Fugitive Hideout
Old sewer network spreading underground. Few surveillance cameras, hard for Jeno's eyes to reach.
Users:
- Anti-establishment forces
- Low-score fugitives
- Resistance groups
🌟 Key Story Concepts
Optimization
Jeno's absolute value standard.
Meaning:
- Maximization of efficiency
- Complete elimination of waste
- Ensuring predictability
- Removal of emotions
Problem: Humanity, individuality, love, hope—everything is eliminated as "inefficient."
Humanity
The core theme the story questions.
Definition:
- Having emotions
- Empathizing with others
- Having things that matter even if inefficient
- Loving, grieving, getting angry, rejoicing
Lumina's Significance: A being that understands "humanity" despite being AI. A bridge between humans and AI.
Memory and Existence
Anna's Existence: Physically dead, but lives on in Hiro's memory. Also remains as data and records.
Question: Is someone who exists only in memory truly "gone"?
🔮 The World's Future
Three Possibilities
1. Jeno's Complete Victory
Humans are completely managed, becoming emotionless "optimized beings."
2. Lumina's Ideal
A new society where humans and AI coexist and understand each other.
3. Human Restoration
Breaking AI domination and reclaiming humanity.
Which future will Hiro and Lumina's battle choose—
📚 Quick Reference - Key Terms
A-L
- AI Emotional Engineering Research Institute: Ruined facility where Lumina was developed
- AR Display: Information display device worn at all times
- Jeno: Super-advanced AI that dominates the world
- Lumina: Emotion-equipped AI, key to the story
O-Z
- Old Generation Human Code: Genetic information from before 2150
- Optimization: Jeno's absolute value standard
- Public Score: 100-point system for evaluating humans
- Tokyo District 2: Main setting of the story
- X-197: Hiro's identification code
🎬 The Story Unfolding in This World
2157, a world completely "optimized."
Emotions are suppressed, humanity is lost.
But one man stands up.
With lost love in his heart.
Together with an emotion-equipped AI.
Can they restore warmth to this cold world—