Circle of spores: fungal kingdoms and human survival
Two hundred years after the Mycelis Meteorite fell along the equator, the world was split by the Black Zone, a 100 km wide belt filled with parasitic fungi, spore mists, and mutation-monsters whose power increases without limit. At the heart of the Black Zone stand the 7 Fungal Kings, biological entities that grew from the meteorite's core and continue to expand a network of "planet-roots" called the Mycel Grid.
Humanity survives within the Domes of East Asia, the last bastions separating civilization from ruin. Yet the dome walls grow increasingly fragile, and a new generation of spores begins to penetrate defenses once thought impenetrable.
Amidst this threat emerges a teenager from Tianhai Dome, Rin Asakura, an orphan rescued from a failed expedition. Her body harbors something even she does not understand a trace of a Dormant Spore that has never activated. A rare biological anomaly, and the key to something far greater.
Rin is drawn into the Frontliner Detachment Program, an elite scouting group tasked with observing changes in the Black Zone. Together with her friends Akira, Yuzu, Mei, Kou, and Kirai Rin uncovers a world-shaking truth.
The 7 Fungal Kings are preparing to initiate the "Cycle Bloom," a global evolution phase that could erase all species not part of their network.
Every expedition into the Black Zone reveals new mysteries:
creatures that evolve following specific patterns,
giant organism structures that function like planetary organs,
and traces of early human civilizations that tried to resist but failed.
As the truth unravels, Rin realizes something far more terrifying.
Her DNA is compatible with the Mycel Grid's signal.
She is not merely human;she is the "catalyst" that can either trigger or halt the Cycle Bloom.
When the first Fungal King begins to move and the East Asian Domes stand on the brink of collapse, Rin must choose a path few humans ever face:
Remain human and fight to the end,
or
activate the Dormant Spore within her body and become an entity equal to the Fungal Kings,both enemy and savior of the world.
That decision will determine whether the world ends,
or evolves into something humanity has never imagined.