“People who live on the ground are constantly on their guard.”
— Zodyl, Chapter 48
The Ground (下界 Gekai) referred to as the Pit by the Spherites is the surface of the world, a wasteland with a mostly toxic environment infested with Trash Beasts due to the constant downpour of trash from the Sphere, it’s inhabited by humans called Groundlings.
Overview[]
The History of the Ground
In the past a large number of humans left for the sky with the Sphere, becoming Sphereites, they group dumped their garbage onto the surface for generations, causing large areas of the surface to become poisonous and unlivable.[1] The large amounts of trash allowed thought accumulate forming the Trash Beasts who target humans. In order to fight these beasts, an organisation of Givers was formed called the Cleaners.[2]
People of the Sphere are unaware that the pit is the ground, criminals from the Sphere are throws down into the ground.
Ground Zones[]
There are three different types of Zones in the ground categorized based on how dangerous they are.[3]
Safe Zone[]
This is where it's safe for humans to breathe without a mask. Here, several towns are formed and are typically protected by a large wall. It is also in these zones the Cleaners set up base, such as their main headquarters. Shops and hospitals are fully functioning in here, and the settlements have a seemingly large population, there zones can exist as whole whenever heaven moves deadly trash falls down from the sky, there is a predetermined route to allowing people of the Ground to build without having to worry about falling debri.[4]
List of Locations[]
Polluted Zone[]
The contaminated zone is the dangerous zones closest to the settlements. Here, Trash beasts form and humans do not survive 15 minutes without a mask. Large amounts of trash can be found here and on occasions, humans scavenging materials and corpses to sell, especially sphereites.
No Man’s Land[]
- Main article: No Man’s Land
No Man’s Land are areas that are the most dangerous and unexplored of the three, with there only being six of them, a human would die almost instantly in these zones, and the Trash beasts that form here are said to be a challenge for even givers to handle.
Only three No man’s lands are currently known
