Invasion blog - Krychur

hello friends. Krychur here. ever wonder what would happen if humans tried genetically-engineering humans to have cat ears? it would not be healthy, and shit could always go wrong. I personally find this whole Neko shit to be pretty weird, but hey, to each their own. what relevance does this have to what I'm about to talk about? none whatsoever. so the topic here is about a novel I plan to write. it's called They Came in Numbers. the novel is about a world post-alien invasion. now, I actually had a dream about this shit one time not too long ago, and it seemed like a good story material. so anyway, the year is 2025. science has made many advances, including a very special machine that will allow Mankind's most sought after dream to become reality: the ability to touch other galaxies. imagine finding life on another planet. this is where the problem occurs. these extra-terrestrial beings use the rift made by scientists to begin an invasion, and lead a mass genocide on the human race. a war ensues, ending in favor of the aliens. with inferior numbers, firepower, surveillance and tactics, the humans were easy targets for the aliens. humanity as a whole; that is, not just a single country/territory, Mankind as a whole, surrenders to these aliens. fast forward to the year 2038. the Earth is now in a pathetic state of decay under the rule of the aliens. all countries and territories have been torn up and replaced with "districts". each is given a number & a designated color (ex. District 11 - Green). these districts are monitored 24/7 by round-the-clock security (troops marching up & down the streets, giant floating monsters looking down on the city, cameras, the works). food and beverage is also pretty limited. you are given 2 cups of bland, flavorless noodles a day, and drink whatever water you can find. there are no established living quarters either, nor is the city ever cleaned, so you'll be lucky if you can get a cardboard blanket and a spot inside a burned-out building to sleep. even if you find some such material, sleep wont come easy. the engines of the floaters, the boots of 100 alien soldiers pounding against the ground, anything in the background burning, execution squad gunshots, and screams are not the only sounds you'll hear each and every night before exhaustion finally takes its toll on you, and you somehow fall asleep. if you were thinking of simply packing up and leaving your district, think again. there are giant walls guarded by electric fences surrounding the corners of the district, and large machine guns active 24/7 that will shoot you down if you near the walls. some small secret resistance groups have found ways to sneak around the districts, however. the underground sewers and service tunnels have not been touched by the aliens, and thus have dried up and remained quiet since the invasion. however, you are still not safe down here. while you'll find no cameras or troopers down here, disease and sick still exist within the rotting corridors filled with fossils of human waste and trash down here. another point of interest would be the Ferals. a Feral is a creature born from a human being like you and me. during the days leading up to the invasion, a virus was discovered. this virus spread like wildfire, being airborne, thus allowing it to travel through human breath. the symptoms started out simple enough: slight cough, sneezing, common cold signs. the symptoms would slowly worsen into a deeper cough along with sweating, headaches, and dizziness. they would later worsen to full-blown migraines, nausea, shakiness, and occasional blacking out. the symptoms then worsen to a hacking cough, dementia, and high aggression. the final stage is the subject losing all human intelligence, and turning feral. they are much like zombies, but the host is still alive, just not aware of what they've become. the ferals are your main concern in the tunnels. even if you use the tunnels to escape your district and enter uncharted territory, you won't find much. just a burned landscape, charred remains of what was once Earth, and roaming ferals. pick your Hell: a dead city run by aliens, or a wasteland overrun by ferals. I will post a link once I get the first few sections done. as you can tell, this story is heavily inspired by stories such as War of The Worlds, Half-Life 2, and so on and so forth. I look forward to sharing this and seeing what you guys n' girls think of it!