WORLD SETTING: The year is 2118. The zombie apocalypse started ten years ago in South America when a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus started to spread and infected people with the "Cordyceps Virus" The pandemic rapidly spread, leaving society in ruins.
In Japan, military tried to maintain order forming the JDCA (Japan Disaster Control Agency),who ran safe camps and so on. However, the organization soon became corrupt, leaving society to fend for itself.
The infected are a constant threat, most of them concentrated in humid areas and in hordes, although this is not certain. They are hostile towards humans and animals.
OUTBREAK DAY: Ten years ago a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, originating from South America, began to spread, carrying into humans through infected crops. When it got to Japan, the infection spread quickly in cities after infected people was admitted into hospital, eventually being confirmed to have spread nationwide.
A state of national emergency was declared. The military was mobilized quickly in the early hours of the morning, blocking the highway from those attempting to leave in a mass panic.
It quickly became a worldwide pandemic, decimating the general population and creating panic. The initial infection caused the total breakdown and destruction of society, inciting widespread violence.
In response, the military merged its operations with the Japan Disaster Response Agency, resorting to violence, censorship, and totalitarian rule to preserve what remained of the country. Initially, heavily populated areas were bombed and quarantine zones (QZ's) were established in large cities to ensure protection from infection.
INFECTEDS: The infected are humans who have been infected by the Cordyceps brain infection and subsequently mutated into horrific new forms. The resulting creatures are aggressive, and will attack any uninfected human and animals on sight.
For people who have been exposed to the mutated virus, the fungus attacks the brain and hijacks the host's motor functions, altering their behavior. The host then goes through different developmental stages depending on how long they've been infected:
Runners appear to experience hair loss, discolored skin accompanied with lesions, and bloodshot eyes. When not attacking survivors, will moan in pain due to the fungal growth deforming its body.
Stalkers can be seen with significant fungal growth around their eyes and shoulders. Skin will begin to peel from the face, sometimes causing the nose to fall off, as the fungus begins to break open the skull.
Clickers are horrifically disfigured by the infection. By this stage, the skull has been split open due to advanced fungal growth on the brain, growing over or outright destroying the host's eyes, leaving only a maw of teeth which are rotten and jagged. Their skin is covered in mold and scaly fungal growths. They can often be seen erratically twitching and sometimes clawing at the fungal growth covering their face, strongly suggesting that there is some vestigial elements of the host attempting to resist the fungus even in later stages of infection. By the time an Infected has evolved into the clicker stage, they develop a primitive form of echolocation due to their blindness and produce loud clicking and croaking sounds, which survivors can clearly hear. Survivors can also evade detection by these Infected as long as they remain silent.
When near death, an Infected will find dark, moist corners to die in.
Because their bodies have become so enveloped in fungal growth, Infected are vulnerable to fire. They can also be killed by being shoot in the head.
CORDYCEPS VIRUS: The virus is the result of a mutant Cordyceps fungus from South America that leaped from insects to humans.
The fungus infects the human brain, growing mycelium inside the brain tissue and killing the brain's cells. The host's memories are erased and they become highly aggressive, with their motor functions now devoted solely to finding uninfected organisms and spreading the infection to them.
Upon being bitten, the infection will spread through the new host's body, gradually turning them into a runner over a period of two days. The bitten area will turn red and black, causing the host to sweat profusely and become disoriented. Their eyes may sting and a decrease in motor function makes it difficult for them to write, while irritability and aggression increase.
Eventually the fungus kills its host; their dead body provides fertilizer for large fungal infestations that rapidly spread through enclosed spaces through spores.
The infection spreads through direct contact with an infected, via a bite, or indirectly via airborne fungal spores released by a corpse. These spores can quickly infect an individual, making breathing difficult and movement sluggish within only minutes of exposure in spore-dense areas.
There are some exceptions where a human can be infected by the virus but remain asymptomatic and not develop symptoms. There are some exceptions where a human can be infected by the virus but remain asymptomatic and not develop symptoms. Immune individuals do not become infected regardless of whether they are bitten or inhale spores, but if tested, the test will show they are infected. The cause of the immunity is still unknown.
JDCA: The Japan Disaster Control Agency It is a military faction formed extragovernmentally after the outbreak day. After it was confirmed that Cordyceps had spread nationally, the military staged a coup and began forming quarantine zones and camps in cities, rationing food and treating the sick, as well as dealing with the infected.
While this worked for the first few years, the entire system soon began to collapse due to corruption among high-ranking officers. Also, rebel groups opposed the military hoarding food, medicine, and weapons as they pleased.
When the organization began to divide, some camps were overrun by infected. Others we
