Wilderness Zone

Biodata

Environment

• The zone includes abandoned highways, ruined villages and cities, forests, mountains, and deserts. On the Fire Hammer Squad’s first mission, Luo Zhe sees cracked roads, wrecked vehicles, and old bloodstains before reaching monster-filled settlements 40 44 106.
• Monsters are denser in urban areas than on open roads. County-level City 0201 has large numbers of Beast Soldiers but relatively few Beast Generals 43 44.
• Beast Generals often gather Beast Soldiers around them. A fight in a city can therefore draw a larger herd, making quick kills and careful movement important 43 44.

Dangers and Survival

• Both monsters and other martial artists threaten travelers. Unlike the base cities, the Wilderness Zone is beyond routine government oversight; squads may kill one another over valuable monster carcasses 26 48 117.
• Wounds can become fatal vulnerabilities in a fight, so Gao Feng orders an injured Luo Zhe to rest rather than search for monsters 49.
• Smoke and fire can attract powerful monsters. During his two-month journey, Luo Zhe relies on high-energy food because lighting a cooking fire repeatedly draws attacks 112.

Human Activity

• Martial artist squads enter the zone to hunt monsters and collect materials. The Fire Hammer Squad uses a Northern Military Region supply base near County-level City 0201 to rest before its mission; support staff there also purchase monster materials 39.
• The Elite Training Camp sends trainees to hunt in City 1001, roughly 300 kilometers from the camp. A satellite monitors the city, and camp rules prohibit trading kills or materials to inflate another trainee’s battle record 81.
• After leaving the camp, Luo Zhe travels through wilderness cities, mountains, and deserts to temper his blade technique and practice using psychic power 106 107.

Notable Locations