Earth.
Blood Slaughter City.
It was a large city with a population of fifteen million, divided into eastern and western districts.
The eastern district was home to the Giant Python Race.
They had humanoid features and forms, and adults averaged three meters tall. They liked painting intricate totems on their bodies and bore marks of honor on their left chests, branding a black ring there for every powerful enemy they killed. Their attire blended natural wildness with the mystique of ancient tribal times, creating a striking appearance.
Every adult member of the Giant Python Race wore a blood-red ribbon tied around their left hand.
According to the Star Network's database, the Giant Python Race had faced an unprecedented crisis in ancient times. Invasions by other races and natural disasters had struck their Homeworld one after another, bringing their race to the brink of extinction. In that desperate hour, a hero named Blood Fang had stepped forward and single-handedly turned the tide of a war that had nearly wiped them out.
During that war, an enemy had severed Blood Fang's left hand. He had wrapped his wounded stump in bandages and chosen to lead his people onward into battle.
It was precisely this unyielding courage, this determination to defend their homeland to the death, that had inspired unprecedented unity and fighting strength in the Giant Python Race.
From then on, tying a blood-red ribbon around the left hand had become a tradition of the Giant Python Race. Every year, adult members received ribbons on Blood Fang Festival, symbolizing their becoming guardians of the race.
Although nearly 190 years had passed since they arrived on Earth.
The blood-red ribbon remained an indispensable part of Giant Python Race culture, as well as a link carrying on their spiritual beliefs, connecting past and future.