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A Tale of Past and Present - The Encircling ArmyAuthor: Unno Juza
| Original Title | 今昔ばなし抱合兵団 |
|---|---|
| Author | 海野 十三 |
| Genre | Fantasy & Sci-Fi |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a world teetering on chaos, Dr. Kin—a scientist of uncanny brilliance—wields mysterious mists to solve impossible problems, his methods as enigmatic as his prophecies. When an inquisitive writer badgers him about humanity’s ultimate fate, Dr. Kin cryptically declares that civilization will mirror the long-forgotten **Piposkora tribe**, vanishing before explaining further. Over decades marked by relentless warfare, humanity is driven underground by ever-deadlier aerial bombardments—wooden bombs replaced by liquid explosives that seep through earth, forcing cities deeper into suffocating darkness. Diaries chronicle survival: air raids morph into subterranean invasions as enemies attack from above *and* below, trapping survivors in a nightmarish sandwich of destruction. Fleeing sideways through endless tunnels, the narrator stumbles toward a revelation tied to Dr. Kin’s riddle—a whispered truth about adaptation, extinction, and a tribe lost to time. Yet answers remain just out of reach, buried in layers of desperation and dust. What awaits in the depths? And what grim metamorphosis will humanity undergo to endure? The clock ticks toward a future where survival demands becoming something… *other*. |
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