Chapter 62

Kyle pulled up his tutorial panel, the blue light flickering against the damp walls of the cave. He stared at the numbers, letting the gravity of the change sink in. Something massive had happened in the outer area—something that had decimated the population in a heartbeat. [Survivors: 49/1200] [Duration: 22 days & 21:49:53] The count had stabilized, but the sheer drop was staggering. Over a thousand people were gone. He thought of the faces he used to know—Noah, Julian, Michael—and...