Chapter 180: Life Outside the City (Part II)
Unconsciously.
Five pieces of chalk, controlled by the witch at the same time, write on the huge blackboard the types of life outside the city that have been recorded.
Limited to low-tier life and some basics.
The training site that Han Dong and the others went to was 60 kilometers away from the Holy City, but it was still within the [controllable range], that is, the area that the Holy City Knights had investigated.
Of course.
It's just 'investigated'.
The extent of human control is limited to the interior of the Holy City.
Outside the city walls, even the land next to the city walls can change dramatically, and suddenly a large number of scavengers emerge from the inside.
The farther away from the Holy City, the more dangerous the level will increase.
That's why, when Commander Kemon gave a distance of 69 kilometers, 10% of the personnel immediately left the field.
It's not that these people are not weak, but they don't want to take such a huge risk during their apprenticeship as a knight.
"In the area surveyed outside the city, the vast majority of the anomalies wandering are low-level existences.
Common low-order beings are grouped into three broad categories, which are listed below:
【Wild Monsters】-During the invasion of the world by a higher level of life, the total number of wild animals has decreased rapidly, estimated to be reduced by about 90% (with the exception of some insects).
The remaining wild animals are affected by various strange factors, which cause changes in their own genetic layers, or are contaminated with filth and degenerate and distorted.
Common creep variations fall into the following three categories:
"Aggregation" - mostly occurs in small wild animals, such as rodents. This type of Convergence Monster has also appeared many times in the Holy City, and there have been several 'rat swarm incidents' in civilian areas.
First, some residents noticed a large number of rats moving in groups and attacking humans.
A closer look reveals that these rats are not group action at all...... Their fur and even their flesh and blood are all connected.
When stimulated, the rat colony can directly turn into a bloody mouth and devour the target.
"Anthropomorphism" is commonly found in mammals.
Take [Werewolf] as an example, it is significantly different from the werewolf in regular folklore.
A chalk image of a werewolf is drawn on the blackboard to express its characteristics.
Quite a scary convex spine structure! A large white spine protrudes from the body, and small tentacles grow between the cracks of the spine, indicating that it has been heavily contaminated.
A large number of wolf heads are also derived from the surface of its body.
The shoulders, waist, abdomen, knees, and the whole body have a similar twisted wolf head structure, which can bite all living creatures that come close...... Several times more terrifying than werewolves in ordinary folklore.
"Maternity" - A rare mutant type.
A very small number of plants and animals, after contact with a higher being.
Through a long period of degenerate evolution, it will evolve into a highly reproducible mother.
The Parent will usually occupy a sealed area, such as an abandoned village or underground cavern. Breed indoors and conceal the area through a kind of "fog".
Most of the mothers have reached the alien level, and ordinary knight training will not encounter them.
【Evil】
It mainly refers to some dead things that are affected by the 'breath', which are endowed with 'vitality' and even produce independent consciousness (mostly evil).
Categorizing the evil is quite complicated.
Stones alone can be divided into "gargoyles", "moss stone demons", and "stone......
The most common is the Dead Body.
The probability of dead humans coming into contact with the 'breath' and turning into [Evil] is the largest, and most of them are skeletons...... Of course, there is also a gap with the skeletons in the impression of ordinary people.
In short, be careful about anything dead outside the city.
【Human】
This is the category that needs to be explained the most, and it is a great threat in itself.
"Cultists" - one of the most common types, and a favorite way of cultivating humans among high-level beings outside the city.
Raise ordinary humans to be cultists of absolute loyalty.
As long as this group of believers can meet certain requirements such as 'hunting', 'sacrifice', 'desire fulfillment', etc., they will be given certain "benefits".
The Cultists will also become more faithful after receiving the benefits.
The threat of a cultist alone is not great, and even an ordinary probationary knight can easily deal with it.
It is important to note that there are a large number of cultists living in groups.
As long as the number of cultists exceeds double digits, the level of danger will increase exponentially...... If not properly handled, it can be enough to cause widespread casualties.
Once they are aware of the danger, this group of cultists will not have any consideration at all, and will carry out large-scale sacrifices on the spot.
Summons a mid-level, or even high-level, terrifying being.
Moreover, a large number of cultists gather together to chant, which will also cause great pollution and harm to individuals from the spiritual level.
Cultists are a group of individuals who are still sound in body and soul, but completely degenerate in mind.
Although they are still human on the surface, they are nothing more than a group of controlled puppets.
Also, it should be noted that cultists are also sectarians...... Due to the different existence of the higher level they belong to, these cultists will also be different.
"Inhuman" - a special individual who evolved from the cultists through 'self-sacrifice' and 'degeneration', and still maintains the human form.
Within cultists, there is also a term for Inhumans - "Elder".
A very small number of cultists will undergo a kind of high-level mutation in the course of worship.
In this way, he can break through the limits of human beings, no longer confined to the physical body, and derive some extremely dangerous abilities.
This kind of alien can switch between 'human posture' and 'alien posture' at will, thus completely hiding its own danger, and is an extremely dangerous existence.
According to records, in the history of elite training, the most fatal incident of trainee knights is "Inhuman".
They have evolved an independent and sound system of consciousness, insidious and cunning, absolutely evil and dangerous beings that must be paid special attention to.
"Worm-possessed"
Before talking about this special group, it is necessary to talk about the fact that at the beginning of a new era, insects behaved differently from ordinary animals.
These little invertebrates didn't undergo any strange changes like the [Wild Monsters].
Sensitive perception and inner discipline allow most insects to protect themselves in a very extreme way when they perceive that the 'end times' are coming.
Similar to raising Gu, the same group devours each other, leaving only an existence similar to a king worm.
The remaining king insects will still feel the danger.
Therefore, they chose a suitable host for "possession" before the complete extinction of humanity at that time.
Continue to grow through the potential of humanity and try to survive this apocalyptic catastrophe.
Even so, they are still unable to fight against the Alien Demons and higher-level beings.
Worm-possessors around the world have been killed in the course of the struggle.
The remaining small number of "worm-possessed" found a relatively safe place to 'permanently hibernate' before the Holy City was established.
However, as higher life forms took over the world, the 'breath' spread throughout the world.
Even if you bury yourself deep underground, you can't escape the invasion of breath.
They gradually decay and degenerate during hibernation...... Slowly transformed into a kind of "insect possessor" who is not managed by any high-level existence.
They retain some of the characteristics of humans and insects, but they also have become extremely evil in their minds due to the long-term influence of pollution, and will launch indiscriminate attacks on humans.
When he saw the introduction of the 'Insect Possessor' on the blackboard, Han Dong unconsciously looked at Mia beside him.
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