Real World

Earth is the homeworld where humans initially reside. It is what the Awakened considered as the *Waking World*.

## Before Nightmare Spell

A few decades ago before Nightmare Spell appeared, the planet was just starting to recover from a series of devastating natural disasters and subsequent resource wars. The planet was not in a good shape, compared to the past. Many are dying of hunger and poor living conditions just because of what humans have done to Earth.

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Before the Dark Times, Antarctica was covered in ice. The melting of all its ice was one of the reasons that caused the Dark Times.

Globally, sea levels surged, drowning numerous cities and forcing billions of people to relocate. Despite the fact that only a small portion of the landmass was submerged by water, many of the civilization centers were located near the coasts. The world's infrastructure crumbled as billions of refugees sought shelter after they were all gone.

Endless natural disasters, global infrastructure destruction, and resource scarcity fueled an escalating series of wars. Orbital kinetic strikes, nuclear warfare, chemical warfare, biowarfare, everything was used. In the end, the population finally stabilized to some extent, at which point the Nightmare Spell appeared.
## New World Order

Back then, millions of people were suddenly thrust into the First Nightmares and died, resulting in millions of Nightmare Creatures entering the real world. Almost all of them were only of the Dormant rank, but that turned out to be too much for the armies of the already reeling humanity to handle. Whole nations were destroyed, and the planet was submerged into absolute chaos.

In the end, it was the Awakened — those who survived the first trials of the Spell and came back alive — who put a stop to its rampage. Armed with miraculous abilities earned in their Nightmares, they restored peace and created a semblance of a *new order*.

After the Nightmare Spell appeared, seas and oceans became infested by terrifying Nightmare Creatures.

### Third Special Directive

All carriers of the Nightmare Spell must surrender themselves to the authorities.

## Population

A few centuries ago, there were around twelve billion people living on Earth and few million found their way to the moon. Now, there's barely three billion humans living on Earth.

**Note**: It is apparent that all quadrants had their own local outskirts.

## Continents

Most of the surface of the planet is either uninhabitable or overrun by Nightmare Creatures. Megacities are the most convenient way to sustain a large population but they are unable to support everyone, even with the aid of spelltech and modern science.
So, about 20% of the city's entire population is sent to the outskirts, where they can slowly exterminate themselves away from the rest of humanity.

* Habitable
* Unhabitable

Almost all of humanity resides around the Indian Ocean. There are four continents that are currently inhabited by humans. Asia, Antarctica, Africa, and Australia are the four remaining bastions of our civilization, forming the Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern quadrants.

Every megacity has a robust hydroponic agriculture and is largely self-sufficient.

### Unhabitable

 North America
 South America

## Government

Main article: Government
The government is responsible for issuing government-issued citizenship chips, maintaining order in the real world, and keeping track of every Awakened in the world.

## Online Market

### Soul Shard Circulation

Soul shards in the real world only came from two sources:

* Brought back by Ascended and Transcendent from their journeys into the Dream Realm.
* Scavenged from the corpses of the Nightmare Creatures that had invaded reality through a Gate.

See also: Brilliant Emporium
## Trivia

* There are people who live outside the planet. They are located in moon settlements.
* The majority of Earth's water is infested with terrifying Nightmare Creatures because most Gates open underwater.
* According to Jet, Space is rife with its own dangers, and getting to the orbit requires considerable resource commitment which they desperately lack.

## Terminologies

### Communicator

Used to exchange information. It can show what time of day it was, up to the exact nanosecond. It can also be used for call or video calls and to access the network.

### Credits

Equivalent to money. It is the currency used to purchase goods and services like the usage of public terminals. It costs credits

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 29 The Last Day on Earth
2. ↑ Chapter 358 Shadow Step
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Chapter 1 Nightmare Begins
4. ↑ Chapter 188 Of Heaven and Hell
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Chapter 754 History Lesson
6. ↑ Chapter 367 Fog of Time
7. ↑ Chapter 812 Naval Convoy
8. ↑ Chapter 990 The Fall of Falcon Scott (8)
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Chapter 755 Obel Scale
10. ↑ Chapter 932 Blinded
11. ↑ Chapter 23 Dreams and Nightmares
12. ↑ Chapter 364 SS Class Awakened Sunless
13. ↑ Chapter 481 First Meeting
14. ↑ Chapter 878 VIP
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Chapter 756 Navigation
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Chapter 378 A New Beginning
17. ↑ Chapter 373 Reunited
18. ↑ Chapter 397 Mongrel's Wisdom
19. ↑ Chapter 746 First Steps
20. ↑ Chapter 366 Lessons of History