The Sponge Outbreaks

The Sponge Outbreaks were a series of mob outbreaks in Starlight City, Nightshade and Moonville.

Description
Sponges were unknown beings which could occasionally be found roaming the Towny map in August 2019.

No one knows where they originated from, but sources say that the sponges are the result of a failed science experiment created in the ancient Area 76.

They were small and incredibly fast, reaching speeds of up to 36km/h, meaning they could outrun unlucky slow-driving cars. Obviously, this lead to deaths of many people. Some of them were even reported to reach absolutely insane speeds of 50km/h and higher. How they got this speed ability remains uncertain to this day. They attacked in large groups, and would turn to wet sponges after exposure to water.

After August 2019, the beings mysteriously disappeared. Most people today consider them as completely extinct.

Sightings and the War
On 12th of August 2019 the first sponge sighting was reported in Starlight City. At the beginning they were harmless and mostly annoying, not being able to hurt the player (as seen in pic above). It was a comical sighting and people were checking them out as an attraction. They were, however, actively engaging in fights against Iron Golems.

On 22nd of August 2019, it was much different. Hundreds upon hundreds of aggressive sponges suddenly appeared in the Nightshade Desert and were marching through Nightshade City killing everything in its path. They then crossed the bridge to Starlight, where a military barricade was formed to stop the sponges from reaching the capital. The barricade proved to be unsuccessful though, as they couldn't handle literally thousands of sponges at once and the military was completely overrun. Civilians were brutally eaten, military was forced to retreat and lucky survivors managed to enter their cars and flee to Moonville.

Reinforcement was called in. The Towny Military brought fighter jets and launched several airstrikes over Nightshade and Starlight, and successfully killed off masses of sponges. After destroying around 98% of sponges, the remainder of them ran to Coniferous Forests and were never seen again.