New Focus of Infection (World Infection Rate: 100%)
If the two worlds were compared to balls, their exteriors would resemble a double-scoop ice cream joined together. One ball was gray, with all kinds of tentacles swaying across its surface, while the other was azure blue and brimming with vitality.
On the Human World's side, quite a few new Source Plague Zones had been established,
such as the rebuilt Sheep Pen,
and the Black Roundworm Company, which had relocated there wholesale and monopolized the transportation industry.
There was also the unprecedented United Plague Zone—"Between Blood and Skin."
However, some old-fashioned Source Plague Zones remained primarily rooted in the Old World, with the Cancer Palace and the Original Tomb being the most representative.
Still, it made little difference which side they were built on,
for the two worlds had completely fused. All the rules had been restored, and transportation between the worlds had changed from the few passageways of the past into ubiquitous caves, bridges, transmission platforms, and so on.
Most of the Black Roundworm Company's trains were also capable of crossing between worlds. It was the same no matter which world they were in.
However, the changes to the world were also immense.
With large numbers of forces from the Old World being drawn away, many regions had been left vacant. Aside from the major old-fashioned Source Plague Zones taking advantage of the opportunity to develop, forces that had not originally belonged to the Old World had also expanded.
The most representative of these was the Abyss.
The Extreme Dark Zone of the Old World had not diminished. Instead, it had continued to grow,
and not even the Source Plague Zones that had freed up their troops, or the monasteries specifically responsible for dealing with "world criminals," had taken the initiative