# Ling Cage

Ling Cage (full name: Ling Cage: Incarnation) is an original animation produced by YHKT Entertainment (Yihua Kaitian) (Chinese: 艺画开天; pinyin: Yì huà kāi tiān). The film started to be broadcast exclusively on Bilibili on July 13, 2019. The first season is divided into two and a half seasons, with a total of 16 episodes, each episode is about 30 minutes.

## Introduction

This film tells the story of what should humanity do after a geological disaster occurs on Earth and the Earth becomes devastated after a catastrophe.

### Worldview / Lore

* Lighthouse(Chinese: 灯塔; pinyin: Dēngtǎ)
    The name given to the huge man-made flying object flying above the earth and inhabited by the surviving humans.
* Lighthouse Superiors(Chinese: 灯塔上民; pinyin: Dēngtǎ shàng mín)
    Defined as a lighthouse resident with excellent genes, the badge color is blue. Responsible for the main things in the lighthouse, can have a name, enjoy better living conditions, and have the right to reproduce.
* Lighthouse Inferiors(Chinese: 灯塔尘民; pinyin: Dēngtǎ chén mín)
    Defined as a lighthouse resident with inferior genes, their badges are green. They are responsible for hard labor inside and outside the lighthouse, can have only numbers and not allowed to have names, and experience worse living conditions compared to Lighthouse Superiors, and have no right to reproduce.
* The Hunters(Chinese: 猎荒者; pinyin: Liè huāng zhě)
    An organization composed of the Superiors from the Lighthouse. They search for materials left over from the old world and provide them to the Lighthouse for use as resources.
    Although the team only consists of upper-class people(Superiors), there are also Inferiors accompanying the team in every resource gathering operation to be responsible for transporting and collecting materials.
* Light and Shadow Society (Chinese: 光影教会; pinyin: Guāngyǐng jiàohuì)
    It was founded by the current city lord Morgan, with his son Charles as the Bishop functioning as its head. Its purpose is to stabilize the people's hearts in the end times in the form of religion, but its doctrine obliterates human nature with the law of survival.
* Mana Ecology(Chinese: 玛娜生态; pinyin: Mǎ nà shēngtài)
    After the super disaster on Earth, a new ecology emerged and replaced the original Earth ecology. Among them, the known creatures are:
* Spinal Centipede(Chinese: 脊蛊; pinyin: Jí gǔ)
    A creature that looks similar to a centipede. It utilizes swarming and has the ability to parasitize and control the human body through the human spine.
    The controlled person is similar to a zombie, but unlike a zombie, he can still move even if he loses his brain. Only by destroying the spinal venom parasite on the spine can the control be cut off. At the same time, when encountering a group of spinal venom, you must never attack them with fire, because fire cannot kill the spinal venom immediately and will make it more dangerous.
* Extremozoan(Chinese: 噬極獸; pinyin: Shì jí shòu)
    By absorbing the "life essence" of human beings to recover, evolve, reproduce, etc.
    People who lose their "life essence" will have serious symptoms. Most of them will begin to have organ failure, fall into a coma, and their consciousness and subconsciousness will fail. Various vital signs will decline. There is currently no treatment.
    Known types are:-
* Snake dogs(Chinese: 蛇狗; pinyin: Shé gǒu) look like lizards, but have six legs and claws like human hands. They are the size of two African elephants and are very fast. Although they do not have long-range attack capabilities, they have the ability to increase the attack distance.
    They mainly hunt humans and are quite intelligent. They can think about multiple things at the same time. They have a large number of tentacles or horns on their necks that can emit light. Unlike the creatures before Earth, they do not eat but use the large number of tentacles or horns on their necks to absorb the "life essence" of humans.
* Earth Roar(Chinese: 地吼; pinyin: De hǒu) looks like a frog, has six legs, a swollen throat, and can emit electromagnetic pulses. Although the electromagnetic pulse is powerful, it needs to be charged to emit the pulse. Attacking its throat while it is charging can interrupt its charging.
* Spiny eel(Chinese: 刺鳗; pinyin: Cì mán) looks like a six-legged lizard with shiny patterns on its back. It is extremely fast and agile, good at camouflage, and is often a companion species of the more advanced Devourer. It can spray sharp bone spurs in its mouth. The bone spurs are shaped like a squid, with extremely sharp tips and four tentacles like an octopus at the end. The bone spurs can be used to absorb human life essence.
* Scarlet Pheromone (Chinese: 腥荭素; pinyin: Xīng hóng sù)
    Usually appearing in gaseous form, spinal parasites release Scarlet Pheromone (especially when in groups), but there is no record of spinal parasites releasing Scarlet Pheromone when parasitizing the human spine. Such hormones can cause hallucinations in those who inhale it too much. In addition, humans exposed to it may suffer from fishy Scarlet Pheromone Syndrome, which is the appearance of red ulcerated spots on the body, which eventually turn into flesh dust. The pathogenic mechanism of it is currently unknown, and there is a lack of effective treatment and protection methods. In addition, there is information showing that it is not only transmitted through breathing.
* Scarlet Pheromone Syndrome (Chinese: 腥荭症; pinyin: Xīng hóng zhèng)
    Humans will experience hallucinations if they inhale a small amount of Scarlet Pheromone, and they will suffer from Scarlet Pheromone Syndrome if they inhale a large amount of Scarlet Pheromone. The main symptoms are hallucinations, decreased self-control, an increasingly urgent desire to satisfy desires, and a gradual loss of reasoning and madness.
    It is not yet clear whether it is contagious and there is no clear cure.
* Meat Soil (Chinese: 肉土; pinyin: Ròu tǔ)
    The body of a person who has lost all "life essence" becomes similar to stone both inside and out.
* Fishy Swirl (Chinese: 腥漩; pinyin: Xīng xuán)
    Signs of Mana Ecological Evolution
* Mana Flower (Chinese: 玛娜之花; pinyin: Mǎ nà zhī huā)
    have a symbiotic relationship with the Extremozoans and
    Can breed old or new types of it (Extremozoans)
* Spirit Breath Seeds (Chinese: 灵息籽; pinyin: Líng xī zǐ)
    The core of the Extremozoans. Damage to it will cause the Extremozoans to be seriously injured or even die.
* Xirang (Chinese: 息壤; pinyin: Xī rǎng)
    It will be activated when it encounters blood, and will parasitize any living or dead thing that can be parasitized by it.

## Characters
### The Hunters

Wasteland Hunters :
| Role | CV | Introduction |
| Marc (Chinese: 马克; pinyin: Mǎkè) | Li Yuantao 李元韬, Jiang Jingju 蔣靜菊 (teenage period) | The Hunters Commander. Height: 192 cm Status: Lighthouse Citizen During the collection operation, he was backstabbed by 4068, causing him to be seriously injured and dying. He was parasitized by the spinal worm and mutated |
| Ran Bing (Chinese: 冉冰; pinyin: Rǎn bīng) | Tao Dian 陶典 | The Hunters Sniper, Mark's lieutenant. Height: 165 cm Status: Lighthouse Citizen The best sniper in the Wasteland Hunters, cool and perceptive, easy going and positive, she is Mark's most capable partner. She seems careless in life, but she is sensitive and delicate in her heart. Whenever her teammates are tense and scared, she will use jokes to ease their emotions, and she will always miss her dead teammates. She is a girl you can trust your back with. Deceased |
| Mocheng (Chinese: 墨城; pinyin: Mò chéng) | Zhong Wei 钟巍 | A member of the Hunters, responsible for reconnaissance and detection. Height: 180 cm Status: Lighthouse Citizen Possessing extremely high explosive power and reaction speed, as well as keen combat instincts, he is one of the few non-heavy all around warriors who can fight the Extreme Beast in close quarters combat. At the same time, he is also recognized as the "Lighthouse vehicle god" by the Wasteland hunters. He is cheerful by nature, always likes to act cool, and seems heartless, but in fact he attaches great importance to his teammates. |
| Erika (Chinese: 艾丽卡; pinyin: Ài lì kǎ) | Yan Ning 宴宁 | A member of the Hunters, Heavy Walker pilot, Heavy Fire Support and Defender. Height: 158 cm Status: Lighthouse Citizen The youngest member of the Lighthouse Wasteland Hunters, she is a genius who is confident to the point of somewhat a little conceited. Under her cute and serious exterior, is a clever little girl. Despite her being petite , she enjoys the battlefield very much and thinks that fighting is like a game of life and death, and she is the most serious player. |
| Jeff (Chinese: 杰夫; pinyin: Jié fū) | Su Xin 苏鑫 | Member of the Hunters, Heavy Walker pilot, medium-range fire support and assistance. Height: 183 cm Status: Lighthouse Citizen |
| Feixue (Chinese: 飞雪; pinyin: Fēi xuě) | Chong chong 虫虫 | Member of the Hunters, a Heavy Walker pilot, and skilled in long-range precision shooting. Height: 164 cm Status: Lighthouse Citizen |
| Corey (Chinese: 科里; pinyin: Kē lǐ) | Liu Shengbo 刘圣博 | Member of the Hunters and Heavy Walker pilot. Status: Lighthouse Citizen |
| Penny (Chinese: 佩妮; pinyin: Pèi nī) | Tang Yajing 唐雅菁 | Member of the Hunters. Height: 173 cm Status: Lighthouse Citizen He fell in love with Donny, a fellow Wasteland Hunter, but was shot and killed by Donny who had lost his mind during a mission. A Wasteland hunter member, brave, adept in battle and dedicated to her duties. At the same time, she is kind, righteous, passionate, and advocates equality and freedom at heart. She longs for the old world and even smuggled back books and artworks that were banned by the lighthouse when she was on a mission. Her feelings for Donny also make her more eager to live for love like the people in the old world. |
| Donny (Chinese: 唐尼; pinyin: Táng ní) | Yang Yang 杨旸 | Member of the Hunters. Height: 179 cm Status: Lighthouse Citizen During a mission, he was infected with scarlet pigment, lost his mind, and was later killed by the Extreme Beast. |
| Gavin (Chinese: 盖文; pinyin: Gài wén) | Li Yang 李洋 | Member of The Hunters. Status: Lighthouse Citizen Deceased |
| Snow Peak (Chinese: 雪峰; pinyin: Xuě fēng) | Huang Xianjun 黄贤骏 | Member of the Wasteland Hunters. Status: Lighthouse Citizen Deceased |
| Elon (Chinese: 埃隆; pinyin: Āi lóng) | Cheng Yuzhu 程玉珠 | Status: Lighthouse Citizen The person in charge of population supply and education in the Lighthouse, the instructor of the wasteland hunters, and also the instructor of most of the upper people. Later, he was forced to go through "The Long Journey" due to his old age. |
| Hongkou (Chinese: 红蔻; pinyin: Hóng kòu) | Tang Yajing 唐雅菁 | Former Hunters Commander. Height: 172 cm In the old world relationship she is Mark’s older sister. Because of violating the Lighthouse Law and falling in love with Dawn, he was sentenced to death. |
| Dawn (Chinese: 破曉; pinyin: Pòxiǎo) | An Zhi 安志 | Former Hunters adjutant. Height: 188 cm Because he violated the Lighthouse Law and fell in love with Hong Kou, he was sentenced to death. |

### Light and Shadow Society

Light and Shadow Society :
| Role | CV | Introduction |
| Charles (Chinese: 查尔斯; pinyin: Chá'ěrsī) | Leung Tat Wai, Huang Ying (juvenile) | Status: Lighthouse Citizen The bishop of the Light and Shadow Society, son of Morgan, the lord of Lighthouse City He was very resentful of his father for not passing on the position of future city lord to him. He later imprisoned his father and became the new city lord amidst controversies. When he executed the mutated Marc, he was seriously injured and infected with blood red pigment. He survived by chance but lost his left arm and right eye. |
| Fan Di (Chinese: 樊蒂; pinyin: Fán dì) | Yang Menglu | Status: Lighthouse Citizen Light Bearer She has the power of judgment within the scope of the Light and Shadow Doctrine and is very loyal to Charles. |
| Sharif (Chinese: 沙力夫; pinyin: Shā lìfū) | Ma Yang | Status: Lighthouse Citizen A member of the Society of Light and Shadow, nicknamed Big Dog, the most powerful executioner in the Society of Light and Shadow. When Mark broke into the Morning Hall, he was beaten severely by Mark and has been bedridden ever since. |
| Bree (Chinese: 布里; pinyin: Bù lǐ) | Meng Xianglong | Members of the Light and Shadow Society |

### City Defense

City Defense Force :
| Role | CV | Introduction |
| Morgan (Chinese: 摩根; pinyin: Mógēn) | Zhang Xin | Status: Lighthouse Citizen The current lord of the city, the father of Charles, was later usurped by Charles and imprisoned. He is the only person in the lighthouse who knows the existence of the "Kloto System". |
| Victor (Chinese: 维克多; pinyin: Wéi kè duō) | Meng Xianglong | Status: Lighthouse Citizen The commander of the Lighthouse City Defense Force reports directly to the city lord. |
| Mirror South (Chinese: 镜南; pinyin: Jìng nán) | Yellow Oriole | Status: Lighthouse Citizen The chief commander of the navigation control room is responsible for the flight and route planning of the lighthouse. |
| Jessica (Chinese: 杰西卡; pinyin: Jié xī kǎ) | Zong Cong | Status: Lighthouse Citizen engineer. Height: 177 cm |
| Carrie (Chinese: 嘉莉; pinyin: Jiā lì) | Zhang Hui | Status: Lighthouse Citizen PhD Director of Lighthouse Medical and Ecological Institute |

### Inferiors

Dust :
| Role | CV | Introduction |
| 0609 | Huang Xianjun | Lighthouse Inferior, elderly male |
| 1225 | Zhang Hui | A Lighthouse Inferior, an elderly woman who had a husband but was separated from him because of the Three Great Laws when he became a superior citizen. She hopes to use her heart to revive her seriously injured husband Luke. In the end, he committed suicide with a gun in front of Mark, and was sent to the Shangmin Medical Area by Mark, thus realizing his wish. |
| 3007 | Li Yang | Lighthouse Inferior |
| 3802 | Zhang Tianxiong | Lighthouse Inferior |
| 3901 | Zhang Tianxiong | Lighthouse Inferior |
| 4000 | Li Chengyuan | Lighthouse Inferior |
| 4068 /Follow the shadow | Xu Xiang | Lighthouse Inferior, a young male, does not feel inferior because of his dustman identity but hopes to gain strength to escape from it. He has a sense of justice and is friends with 4079 and 4277. Later, he was lured by Charles with the promise of becoming a superior citizen. During the collection operation, he backstabbed Mark and caused him to be seriously injured and dying. Finally, Fan Di changed his identity to become a superior citizen, but he still retained his dust citizen number. In the special episode, Charles, who was officially made the city lord, was promoted to be the new commander of the Wilderness Hunters, and was named "Suiying" based on the doctrine of the Light and Shadow Society, "Light breeds all living things, and all living things follow shadows." |
| 4079 | Hu Yi | Lighthouse Inferior, a young male, is a smooth-talking person and is good friends with 4068 and 4277. |
| 4277 | Yellow Oriole | Lighthouse Inferior, a young woman with a gentle personality, is friends with 4068 and 4079. |
| 8925 | Yao Sujuan | Lighthouse Inferior, male child |
| 9027 | Tang Yajing | Lighthouse Inferior, a male child, was burned to death by the restarted Ring III thrusters. |
| 9033 | Hua Ling | Lighthouse Inferior, female child |
Ground
Ground :
| Role | CV | Introduction |
| Bai Yuekui (Chinese: 白月魁; pinyin: Báiyuèkuí) | Xia Yike | Brain Scientists Before Doomsday After strengthening the body, you cannot attack at will, otherwise it will cause your own cells to fail faster Able to crush the mutant Mark parasitized by Xirang with physical skills Possess driving skills that can scare your subordinates |
| Xia Dou (Chinese: 夏豆; pinyin: Xià dòu) | Cai Shujin | |
| Sui Xing (Chinese: 碎星; pinyin: Suì xīng) | Yao Sujuan | Archer |
| Shanda (Chinese: 山大; pinyin: Shāndà) | Jia Qiu | |
| Guayan (Chinese: 寡言; pinyin: Guǎyán) | Wang Yuhang | |
| Xu Tong (Chinese: 胥童; pinyin: Xū tóng) | Sun Ye | |
| Master Lai (Chinese: 赖大师; pinyin: Lài dàshī) | | |

### Others

* Luke(鲁克 pinyin: Lǔ kè), CV = Su Xin(Chinese: 苏鑫; pinyin: Sū xīn)
* Huo Tong(火童 pinyin: Huǒ tóng), CV = Wu Kaili(Chinese: 伍凱立; pinyin: 伍凱立)
* Kunjie(昆杰 pinyin: Kūn jié), CV = Liu Shengbo(Chinese: 刘圣博; pinyin: Liúshèngbó)
* Light and Shadow Society Disciple A(光影会徒A pinyin: Guāngyǐng huì tú A), CV = Jia Qiu(Chinese: 賈邱; pinyin: Jiǎ qiū)
* City Defense Force A(城防军A pinyin: Chéngfáng jūn A), CV = Li Zhuoting(Chinese: 李卓霆; pinyin: Lǐzhuótíng)
* Rita(丽塔 pinyin: Lì tǎ), CV = Yao Sujuan(Chinese: 姚苏娟; pinyin: Yáosūjuān)
* Darien(达里恩 pinyin: Dá lǐ ēn), CV = Su Xin(Chinese: 蘇鑫; pinyin: Sū xīn)
* Senger(森格 pinyin: Sēn gé), CV = Liu Shengbo(Chinese: 刘圣博; pinyin: Liúshèngbó)
* Lottie(洛蒂 pinyin: Luò dì), CV = Xu Hui(Chinese: 徐慧; pinyin: Xú huì)
* Haji(哈吉 pinyin: Hā jí), CV = Lengquan Yeyue(Chinese: 冷泉夜月; pinyin: Lěngquán yè yuè)
* Liwen(丽文 pinyin: Lì wén), CV = Liu Ruomei(Chinese: 刘若梅; pinyin: Liú ruòméi)
* Jiaya(吉雅 pinyin: Jí yǎ), CV = Chongchong(Chinese: 虫虫; pinyin: Chóng chóng)
* Sanders(桑德斯 pinyin: Sāng dé sī), CV = Lengquan Yeyue(Chinese: 冷泉夜月; pinyin: Lěngquán yè yuè)

### Props Setting

Prop Setting :
| name | introduction |
| MU2 Heavy Walker-White Shark | A special combat vehicle for wasteland hunters that has functions similar to Powered exoskeletons, it is a very rare combat resource in the Lighthouse. The Heavy Walker is based on the rare old world power armor platform, with energy and attack and defense modules installed. The weapon matches different types of ammunition to achieve functions such as protection, sniping, and blasting; the anchor gun can play a good role in restraining large extreme beasts to facilitate the evacuation of troops, but the gun body is too heavy, and the research department is currently working on improvements. |
| Heavy Walker-Dawn | The Hunter Commander's exclusive Heavy Walker, equipped with a chain saw blade as a regular weapon. The sound of the chain saw is a symbol of victory! This machine has been specially modified to be able to perform more extreme tactical actions and more powerful power output than ordinary Heavy Walkers; but if the operator is inexperienced or has weak physical strength, he will be injured when the machine makes large movements. |
| Airdrop armored vehicle | A special military transport vehicle of the Lighthouse, equipped with lightly armed functions. It has better defense, mobility and passability than conventional heavy transport vehicles. It also has a certain cargo function based on the survival needs of the doomsday. In order to cope with critical situations, the research department has equipped it with an active landing system, making it possible to land directly on the ground. During airdrop, the eight rocket engines at the bottom ignite simultaneously to achieve strong buffering; the seats in the cabin are equipped with special fixing devices to ensure the safety of the passengers during airdrop. Airdrop armored vehicles are the preferred vehicles for wasteland hunters to perform emergency tasks. |
| Clotho System | The existence of the Cloto system is only known to the successive Lighthouse Lords. The core of the system is a huge biological organ that is supported by sophisticated life-support equipment. According to the description of the predecessors of the Lighthouse, the core is the organ of some prehistoric highly intelligent creature, with computing power beyond human cognition. It has provided "answers" to the survival of the Lighthouse many times and was regarded by the first generation of Lords as the key to defeating the Mana ecosystem. Due to unknown reasons, the core has stopped providing computing power, but the Lighthouse still properly maintains the entire system, looking forward to the restart of the core. |

### Credits

* Producers: Ruan Rui, Li Ni(黃帝, 李旎 pinyin: Huángdì, Lǐ nǐ)
* Executive Producers: Chen Wei, Zhang Shengyan, Luo Yanyan(陈威, 张圣晏, 骆艳艳 pinyin: Chén wēi, Zhāngshèngyàn, Luòyànyàn)
* Chief Director: Dong Xiangbo (董相博 pinyin: Dǒngxiāngbó)
* Co-producers: Chen Qing, Wang Rong (陈卿, 王蓉 pinyin: Chén qīng, Wáng róng)
* Music Director: Yang Bingyin (杨秉音 pinyin: Yángbǐngyīn)

### Music

Music :
| Name | Type | Singer | Lyrics | Composer |
| Incarnation | Theme Song | Jane Zhang | Wang Xiaoqian | Yang Bingyin |
| Rebirth《重生》 | OP | Liu Mu | Lin Qiao, Wang Xiaoqian | Yang Bingyin |
| We Live《我们活着》 | episode | Liu Mu | Ruan Rui | Yang Bingyin |
| "snowman"《雪人》 | episode | Zhou Ziqi | | |
| The Choice《抉择》 | episode | | | Yang Bingyin |
| The Sleeping Future《沉睡的未来》 | episode | | | Yang Bingyin |
| Frozen Sun《冰冻的烈日》 | episode | | | Yang Bingyin |
| Penny's Diary《佩妮的日记》 | episode | Wang Yitao | | Yang Bingyin |

## Honors

* The official PV of "Spirit Cage: INCARNATION" released on February 9, 2018 was nominated for China's 7th "New Light Award"
* "Spirit Cage: INCARNATION" won the "Golden Dolphin Award" for Outstanding Creative Animated Short Film