Chapter 2 The Alternation of Times
The new era has been in place for 57 years, and the old era will end in 2029 A.D., the year of turmoil, which is why later generations have designated that year as the first year of the new calendar.
The catastrophe broke out in September of that year, and the terrifying demonic gates opened all over the world, and the Kuroshio swept the world, and countless alien monsters were born in the Kuroshio.
Countless cities have been ravaged by behemoths, and humanity's fragile defenses are especially vulnerable to the iron hooves of behemoths. It's hard to imagine the despair of a barrage hitting a giant beast like a torrential rain, but it can't turn over a little blood, and a large yield of artillery shells and missiles may be able to pose a threat to the giant beast, but it is only a threat, and the giant beast's keen sense of battle will often minimize this threat. A nuclear bomb may have a chance to kill a behemoth, but its numbers, power, and catastrophic consequences doom it to become a mainstream weapon. The aftermath of the detonation of the nuclear bomb in the early days of the disaster has plagued humanity for decades. (Note: Behemoths are not exactly the same as demonic beasts, and the individual differences of demonized beasts are very obvious, with their health strength and destructive power ranging from F-level to A-level.) But the Behemoth, even the weakest Behemoth, has the strength of S. The gap between A and S is the difference between cloud and mud. )
If it is only the attack of giant beasts and demonic beasts, in terms of human technological civilization and population base, although it is painful, it is not fatal. But the horror is that along with the "frenzy" comes the "nightmare". In the early days of the disaster, humans did not know about nightmares, and large numbers of people were wiped out of their breath for unknown reasons.
The twin blows of frenzy and nightmares have caused the human camp to retreat. It wasn't until a month later that the first batch of "tinder" unexpectedly fell from the sky, giving humans a chance to breathe. Under the protection of the fire, human beings are no longer disturbed by nightmares, and only then do they truly begin to think about how to deal with disasters.
The advent of the "Tinder" saved the hope of mankind, but at the same time reshuffled the old order. The tragic loss of population and the barrier of demonic beasts caused the state apparatus to collapse completely. In this situation, countless forces have sprung up, wielding fire and a certain amount of weapons to attract the displaced population to fill the labor gap.
Among them, the military is still the most powerful one, a large number of weapons, high-quality soldiers are the guarantee of their strength, in the new generation, the army still bears the responsibilities of the past to a certain extent, many enslaved population settlement leaders have been beheaded by the military. There are several other forces that can compete with the military: the Science and Technology Society, the Scavengers' Guild, the Hunters' Guild, the Awakened Guild, and the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. A considerable number of them are closely related to the forces of the old era, and have inherited a large amount of social resources. In addition, the power of several churches has gradually emerged in recent years.
The Techno-Tech is a powerful organization composed of the remaining Techno-elites, who have mastered cutting-edge technology, and the enhancement potion is the invention that the Techno-Tech Society is most proud of, and the emergence of the Auguration Elixir has given ordinary humans other than hunters the capital to face the demonic beast. The Tech Society is a loyal ally of the military, providing protection for the Tech Society, which in turn helps the military research new weapons and power-up potions. It's just that in the past two years, the transactions between the science and technology association and the chamber of commerce have gradually increased, and even the transaction volume has faintly exceeded that of the military.
The Waste Scavengers Union brings together a large number of low-level laborers, who are responsible for developing the wilderness and searching for and recycling waste urban materials, and the Waste Pickers' Union is relatively weak, but because of its irreplaceable role, it is supported by the military and the Chamber of Commerce.
The Hunter Guild and the Awakened Guild bring together a large number of hunters and awakened people, hunters and awakened people are the darlings of the new generation of humans, hunters are humans who can resonate with the demonic beast soul stone, they are the inheritors of the ability of the demonic beast, and the awakened are superpowers who awaken their own abilities after the arrival of the black tide. The Hunters' Guild and the Adeptric Guild wield the most powerful individual force.
As for the Chamber of Commerce and the Church Forces, they were founded by the business leaders and religious leaders of the past, respectively. The chamber's relatively liberal policies and low taxes have also attracted many waste pickers and hunters. The church power is deeply lurking among all human beings, and even under the highly centralized rule of the military, you can get a glimpse of the shadow of the church, and the chamber of commerce is the hardest hit area of the flood of church power.
In the first few decades of the cataclysm, several organizations cooperated with each other and supported each other to make a lot of achievements for the survival of mankind, but as the frenzy and riots subsided, the living environment of human beings gradually stabilized, and several organizations began to plan for themselves.
The small-caliber weapons of the old era have basically been eliminated, and weapons with larger calibers and greater power are favored by mankind in the new era. The military's electromagnetic cannon is the crystallization of this idea, the huge electromagnetic cannon turret, giving the cannonball a strong power, and the warhead with the teeth of the monster at all levels as the core gives the cannonball unparalleled penetration.
The first non-nuclear weapon to kill the giant beast died under the electromagnetic cannon, but in that battle, humanity still paid a heavy price of 10,000 legions, three legions, and countless wounded. The mountain-like skull of the giant beast is cast into a huge landscape, and below the landscape are rows of tombstones inscribed with the names of all the warriors who died in that war.
After more than 50 years of exploration, human beings also have a relatively preliminary understanding of giant beasts and demonic beasts. There are many types of demonic beasts, but according to their birthplace, demonic beasts are divided into two categories: native species and xenomorphs. The native species refers to the original species of the earth that mutate and strengthen in the Kuroshio, and the alien species are the visitors from another world that are born into the dark gate, and the fire is often born in the alien species, but there are exceptions to everything. The health strength of the native species is generally weaker than that of the xenomorphs, but at the same health intensity, the combat power and destructive power of the native species are the kings of the same level, which is an interesting and delicate balance.
The types of giant beasts are divided into four categories: megaloints, aliens, elementals, and dragons. Mega species are the most common species of giant beasts, compared to other giant beasts, giant species have a larger size and more powerful strength, their physical ability is very strong, and they can easily resist missiles. But on the other hand, it is also easier to become the target of human nuclear weapons, and the behemoths that humans rely on nuclear bombs to kill are all without exception - giant species.
Compared to the Giant Species, the Alien Species possess all kinds of strange abilities, and their physical abilities are weaker than the Giant Species, but they are more difficult than the Giant Species.
Elemental species are all kinds of powerful elemental lifeforms, or elemental affinities. They can use and mobilize various elemental powers to the extreme, and then get the effect of destroying the world. The humans in the disaster witnessed how a sea monster mobilized the water element, caused a tsunami, and easily destroyed the human city, or a fire elemental beast, unleashed a heavenly fire to destroy the world.
Among the several types of giant beasts, the rarest and most powerful is the dragon species. The dragon beasts are not real dragons, and unlike the eastern dragons, and unlike the winged lizarddragons of the west, they may not even possess any of the characteristics of the two dragons mentioned above. The dragon species is called the dragon species only because they are strong enough, and each dragon species is the king of kings, and they feed on giant beasts!