0p0 Chapter 363 The Country Enveloped in Contamination
Chapter 363 The Country Enveloped in Contamination
"It's closer than I thought..."
Upon seeing this, Cang Nian was overjoyed.
Fukuminato City in the land of cherry blossoms is located in the southeastern part of the peninsula.
In terms of the straight-line distance, it's probably only a couple hundred kilometers.
At such a close distance, Cangnian doesn't even need a precise direction; he can simply fly northwest.
"In that case, I don't need to rush back."
Even without flying at full speed, it only takes about ten minutes.
I was attacked by a giant shrimp that looked like a fourth-order creature as soon as I got ashore. There might even be fourth-order evolved creatures in this sea monster tide.
Even if there aren't any fourth-tier ones, there should be plenty of third-tier ones, which is just enough to save up evolution resources for Tiger Dad and the others..."
Having successfully ascertained his location, Cang Nian's mind began to stir.
It's so close, I can go back anytime.
But it's quite rare to see so many evolved creatures gathered together!
If such a place had existed a few days ago, I would have already gathered all the resources needed to evolve the little sable.
"Right, let's get the little sable back to health first!"
Thinking of the little sable, Cangnian nodded to himself.
Buzz~!
Then, using the storage space access on his wrist, he released the giant shrimp corpse he had just killed.
Boom~!
The massive object, weighing over ten tons, crashed to the ground with a dull thud.
All the previous stockpile had been used to evolve the little sable, and now the only thing left in the storage space was this giant shrimp that appeared to be a fourth-tier creature.
"Ow~!"
Then, Cangnian let out a howl at the little sable on his back.
Cangnian has never been stingy with the little sable.
squeak...
The little sable cried weakly twice and then scurried off Cang Nian's back.
This amazed the locals in the cherry blossom country.
The old man was so tall that they didn't notice that he had a sable on his back that was as big as an ordinary tiger!
Arriving at the giant shrimp carcass, the little sable stretched out its paws and rummaged through the meat inside, ready to dig in.
"Autumn beans, sack of beans~!"
But at that moment, Ye Han, who was standing to the side, shouted in alarm.
The startled shout startled the little sable who was about to eat, and it stopped moving.
Cangnian, however, understood the cherry blossom in Mandarin, which should mean "wait a moment".
It's a common term in Japanese anime and Japanese-style adult films.
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian tilted his head to look at Ye Han.
"Um... I've lived with the people of the Sakura Kingdom for too long, so I called them that subconsciously. Please don't mind, Beast King."
This corpse must have been captured during the sea monster tide, right?
You and your companion absolutely must not eat this!
Ye Han scratched his head awkwardly, then kindly reminded him.
"Huh~?"
Upon hearing this, Cangnian became even more puzzled.
"My Lord Beast King, you and your companions appear to be untouched by corruption."
Therefore, you and your companions absolutely must not eat this!
Otherwise, it will be polluted and become like those strange sea monsters outside.
"Then...they'll become just like us..."
Seeing Cang Nian's fierce eyes, Ye Han became much more nervous and then swallowed hard.
By the end, his eyes had dimmed considerably.
"Huh~?"
Upon hearing this explanation, Cang Nian frowned, realizing that things were not so simple, and shouted, urging Ye Han to explain more clearly.
"You mean you want to know more specific details?"
Okay, I'll explain it to you clearly.
Here’s the thing…”
Ye Han noticed the confusion in Cang Nian's eyes, and then recalled in a deep voice.
……
The story begins on the day of the spiritual energy revival tide.
On the night of the spiritual energy revival tide, the world not only witnessed evolution but also an unprecedented massive earthquake.
Japan is a country built on an earthquake zone, so earthquakes are particularly violent.
However, because Japan is prone to earthquakes, the most important requirement for architectural style and specifications is earthquake resistance.
Moreover, due to these geographical factors, the proportion of high-rise residential buildings in Japan is very small; most are regular detached houses, generally two stories high, with a maximum of three stories.
Therefore, on the night of the spiritual energy revival tide, the proportion of people who died in the Sakura Kingdom was actually lower than that in any city in the Northeast Snow Ridge of the Dragon Kingdom, or in any city on the peninsula.
But this doesn't mean that the situation in Japan is any better.
For ordinary people, houses can be built primarily of wood.
However, this is not possible for some public facilities that require high strength.
Among them, the most important is the nuclear power plant.
Despite being a small island nation with a much smaller population and land area than China, Japan has one more nuclear power plant than China.
In order to cool down, all of Japan's nuclear power plants are built near the ocean.
Of course, it turns out that Japan built its nuclear power plants in offshore areas not only for cooling, but also for wastewater discharge.
A total of 57 nuclear power plants connect almost the entire coastline of Japan.
On the night of the spiritual energy revival tide, a terrifying earthquake destroyed the nuclear power plant by the sea, causing nuclear contamination to leak out.
Ye Han wasn't sure about other parts of Japan, but the nuclear power plant in Fukugang City had indeed been damaged.
Initially, people were too focused on survival to care about such things and simply stayed away from the nuclear power plant to avoid radiation contamination.
But later they realized that the crisis had already been spreading little by little.
Japan is a country with scarce resources, which is why it coveted China in the last century and launched a war of aggression.
Japan, which heavily relies on food imports, is facing severe food depletion without external supplementation.
Fortunately, the resurgence of spiritual energy has caused most creatures to grow larger.
Therefore, the survivors of the Cherry Blossom Country made a living by relying on the mountains and rivers.
But it was precisely because of this most reasonable action that they suffered the consequences of nuclear power plant damage and nuclear contamination leaks.
Nuclear contamination flowed into the boundless ocean, polluting many evolved organisms, causing them to grow into bizarre shapes and lose their brains.
Most importantly, they carry terrible pollution.
Eating their flesh will expose you to this pollution, causing you to become distorted as well.
The more they eat, the more severe the mutation becomes, until they can no longer bear it and eventually turn into monsters.
In order to maintain their purity, the people of the Cherry Blossom Country who had not eaten the contaminated evolved creatures spontaneously united and fled inland.
In addition, in order to protect themselves, they drew a boundary between the inland and coastal areas, prohibiting people who had already been contaminated from entering.
Those people, who call themselves "the clean ones," refer to those who have been defiled as "the defiled ones."
If polluters try to trespass on the territory of the cleansers, they will suffer a devastating blow.
At that time, the Cleansers made up the majority of the survivors, and they possessed overwhelming power.
So, before they left, they took all the clean food, the vast majority of weapons and resources, leaving the polluters in the coastal area.
The reason why the Cleaners do not kill all the Polluters is not because they are reluctant to do so.
Instead, they need the polluters to keep out the marine mammal tides that are constantly impacting the inland areas in order to protect themselves.
The survivors in this base are the polluters who were left behind.