Zanki Zero

**Zanki Zero** (Also known as **Zanki Zero: The Beginning**) is a survival dungeon-crawling RPG created by Spike Chunsoft. It was released in Japan on July 5th, 2018. An English localization had been announced by Spike Chunsoft's English subsidiary, and was released on PS4 & Steam on April 9th, 2019.

# **WORLD**

*"God created the world in seven days. It only took one day for humans to destroy the world."* - Official Summery.

The world in Zanki Zero is described as being almost entirely submerged in a worldwide ocean, with the sole exception being a few scattered islands. Most, if not all resources located on these islands come up from debris from the ruins of civilization. All Humanity has become extinct due to this event, the only known survivors being a Clone of long-dead individuals.

It is revealed that, at an unspecified time, a Luciora Tank was destroyed and released an entire species known as Cliones onto the world, the creatures rampaging all over the planet. It is unclear as to how the world became flooded, however.

# **Locations**

## ***Junk Island***

Junk Island is the main home for the remaining eight Clones of planet Earth. Numerous areas of the island are mirrored after the memories and personalities of the eight Clones and what they represent. As the name implies, the whole island is victim to the debris that floats up from the ocean, leaving numerous areas full of junk, which are commonly used by Clones and influenced the evolution of some species.

# **Fauna**

Lifeforms remaining from the events of Zanki Zero have adapted to life in the submerged world. Most of them evolved from domesticated animals, and some developing from scientific origins. Many of these animals are aggressive towards what Human-like beings are left (in this case, the Clones).

## ***Clone***

**Clones** are omnivorous beings, the eight remaining survivors, and the last remaining "Humans" on Earth. Clones behave exactly like the Humans they were based off, with their personalities and memories remaining off of the person they were cloned from. Clones have a very short lifespan however, their bodies aging in a span of 13 days before expiring. Each time a Clone expires, they are reborn through the use of a device called the Extend Device, and each clone has a "Cross-Key" embedded in their stomach, which stores their memories, appearance, and experiences and allows them to be reborn as the same person they were when they died. Only one of these clones don't suffer from this, being unable to age at all and potentially be an immortal being.

Each Clone represent the seven deadly sins, the eighth one being the original sin: Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Pride, Envy, and Lust.

### ***Creatures***

During the Clones' creation, numerous others were discarded among the ruins, simply referred to as the creatures. All Creatures are vaguely Humanoid in appearance. All of these are mutated in some way, and put under different terms for different types of Creatures that appear.

* Male Creature
* Female Creature
* Fat Creature
* Mimics

## ***Clione***

**Cliones** are a species of parasitic, Tentacle-like creatures that are created through the remains of the Human Race, all Cliones having Human DNA within their framework that can be attached to other animals. Cliones cling onto their hosts, and will drain the life force of their host overtime. In exchange, the host can use Cliones as a form of organic weapon against attackers. The host can willingly use the Clione in their bodies.

Despite the inherit gains, the Clione will take complete control of its host if overused, and can potentially kill the host as well. It is strongly implied that these creatures are responsible for the death of the human race.

## ***Mammals***

### ***Goat***

Goats are herbivorous, Cloven-Hooved animals. They are one of the very few animals not to evolve highly from prior to the Apocalyptic event. Judging from the appearance of the goats, it is presumed they used to be domesticated.

### ***Piglet***

Piglets are small pig-like creatures that reside on the numerous islands of the world. They are fairly small, about the size of a small dog, but they have very large floppy ears in comparison to their domesticated counterparts. Piglets come in three different known subspecies:

1. **Little Piglet** - a standard form of the Piglet.
2. **Blue Piglet** - a blue-skinned Piglet subspecies presumably adapted more to shore life. They are capable of using seaside shells as potential weapons, and spit them out at predators.
3. **Black Piglet** - A dark-skinned Piglet subspecies more found in the urban ruin remains of the islands. They have adapted with the ability to create a screech that can stun, or even kill a weakened predator.

### ***Boar***

Boars are large, more wilder pig-like creatures, possibly a close relative to the Piglets. They are evidently the largest vertebrate animal among the islands, as large as a cow. Compared to other animals, they are physically highly evolved. Boars have evolved scales along their bodies, with horn-like bumps on their snouts used to impale opponents.

### ***Monkey***

Monkeys are simian-like creatures, and closest living relatives to Human Beings. They have hardly evolved since the apocalyptic events occurred, but have evolved into a fairly larger size, closer to the size of the current Clones surviving in the world, and had evolved larger claws as their main line of defense. While they aren't naturally poisonous, scratches left by Monkeys are often known to give fatal diseases onto victims.

## ***Birds***

### ***Dire***

Dires are large chicken-like birds, presumably evolving from domesticated chickens that survived without Humans after the apocalyptic event. They stand taller than a Clone, and have highly developed muscles in their legs, capable of powerful kicks. Reports claim they are capable of puncturing through the body with a direct kick in the torso.

### ***Vampire Bird***

Vampire Birds are a species of hummingbird-like avian. They are falcon-sized birds with very long, thin beaks similar to a mosquito's proboscis. They are specialized in penetrating their victims and sucking out the blood of their prey.

## ***Reptiles***

### ***Twin Head Lizard***

As the name implies, the Twin Head Lizards are a species of reptile that had evolved a secondary head on the end of their tails, possibly as a means to confuse predators. If the method doesn't work, then they are capable of vomiting up their own stomach acid onto predators. Despite this, Twin Head Lizard "tails" are edible when cooked.

1. **Reverse Twin Head Lizard** - a variant of the Twin Head Lizard, possibly an evolved relative. Rather than stomach acid, it releases a type of scalding fluid from its mouth.

## ***Invertebrates***

### ***Crab***

Crabs are large crustaceans that have evolved to take human appliances and materials for their shells as opposed to standard shells.

1. **Microwave Crab** - The smallest known subspecies of Crab. As the name suggests they use microwaves as their main source of shells, and as it is an electrical appliance, the Crab can use its electricity as a means of defense.
2. **Truck Crab** - A much larger subspecies of Crab, so large that it uses vehicles as its shells. Most species of this nature are found within isolated hot springs.

### ***Thorny Conch***

The Thorny Conch is a species of Shellfish with a highly toxic shell, covered in spikes that penetrate poison into predators.

# **Flora**

The vegetation that survived the apocalyptic event are remnants from the ruins. Some variations of flora had evolved into highly toxic types of otherwise edible foods, namely farming goods such as vegetables and fruit.