Military

Wilderness

Land with little to no interference by civilization. Forests, oceans, deserts, jungles, all biomes unaffected by intelligent presence. Long ago, some have tried to start a life here, but are quickly shut down by insects, leaving behind ruins, abandoned villages or even cities. In this world they are giant non humanoids, essentially just big bugs and have evolved up to colossal sizes. Thanks to the military, the population is controlled and doesn’t interact with already established countries like mammals or aquatics. In fact, most don’t even know they exist, even if they sign up to join the forces. That’s how good the military is. Insects were the last to be affected by red substance and are therefore less evolved compared to every other type of animal. Some bugs, though extremely rare, will have more human features; which vary from a humanoid body, pupils instead of compact eyes, or a more intelligent brain that can understand language. Insects in general are rarely social and have the most basic of animalistic behavior, which makes them dangerous in their own right. Examples include a stick bug the size of a tree, mosquitoes that can suck all the blood out of a single organism, and giant worms that can cause earthquakes.

In the wilderness, there is a natural source of red substance, mostly called the red sea by those that surround it regularly. It’s so raw that it practically has no effect on existing humanoid animal people but saturated enough to turn bugs into people using a transformation process similar to a cocoon. These lakes are surrounded and guarded by butterflies, who make establishments to feed their young (caterpillars) and turn them into beautiful butterfly fairies to then migrate to the next lake, creating a cycle. They guard these lakes so no one else can use its resources, which is why it’s so rare for other insects to be humanoid without being born that way via mutation.