In front of Raka, Luna did not waste time. The mute girl realized that the next two kilometers was a territory where every sound was an invitation to death.If they wanted to survive, they had to communicate in a way that absolutely did not use vocal cords.Luna stood in the middle of the room to attract Raka and Vanya's attention. She tapped her scalpel onto her palm asking for their focus."Okay, okay, I'm paying attention," Raka nodded slowly trying to chase away the remaining dizziness from his brain.Luna started her short 'class'. She pointed two of her fingers towards her own eyes, then pointed forward. 'Look over there.'Then she clenched her hand and raised it shoulder-high. 'Stop.'A flat hand pressed down slowly. 'Duck/Prone.'Luna moved quickly and efficiently. For a girl who had lived in silence long before the apocalypse happened, body language was her mother tongue.She did not need a dictionary. Every one of her movements was sharp and had a clear tactical meaning.Van

"An experiment that will keep you alive, Raka," replied Vanya flatly. "The price is only a little more pain and a higher possibility of severe hallucinations. Choose which: a little dizzy or your heart explodes chewed by earthworms?"Raka had no choice. And now, the effect of the 'Bootleg' liquid mixed by Vanya began to enter his nervous system.The Dragon Heart in his chest stopped beating. Raka's entire nervous system was now only driven by the remaining static electrical energy and a pure adrenaline rush that began to cool down.His body felt like an iron plate forced to move; stiff, heavy, and completely silent.[System: STATUS: CARDIAC ARREST (VANYA MODIFICATION). OXYGEN LEFT: 02:45. Warning: Visual stability decreased by 30%. Focus, Barista! Don't let a single bolt on your body go 'click' or you will get a free funeral today.]Luna led in front to get out of that building. She moved like a ghost floating above the dusty building floor. The moonlight piercing through the broken g

ZAP! Raka opened his eyes then stared at Vanya who was already holding a syringe. His eyes felt very hot. He had just jerked awake from total darkness after the second suspended animation procedure in the document room earlier. His Dragon Heart now beat slowly but very heavily, Whirrr—THUMP, sending an unstable heat wave throughout his body. He remembered Vanya's action which he thought was so terrible for his heart. "Don't glare at me as if I am the angel of death, Raka. I am just a mechanic who is trying to prevent your engine from exploding into pieces." Her voice was very soft, even almost completely muffled by the cloth mask she wore tightly. "I... I just woke up, Vanya," hissed Raka, his voice sounded like the friction of two sheets of sandpaper. He tried to sit upright on the carpet floor, but his head felt like it was being spun inside a washing machine. "Why are you already holding tha

Kreekkk…The sound of the sliding glass door opening completely. The fishy smell of blood stung into the stuffy break room.The figure standing at the doorway was more than two meters tall. It wore the remains of military-grade tactical armor that was torn and blackened. However, it was not its armor that made Raka freeze, but its mutated body anatomy.‘Crazy,’ thought Raka in shock.The figure's face was flat, exactly like the other The Listeners which were without eyes and nose. However, its radar ears were far larger and equipped with blue veins that pulsed in sync.The creature's arms were unnaturally long, reaching its knees, with fingers whose tips tapered sharply like an orchestra conductor's baton.[System: Apex Threat Detected: 'The Conductor' (Listener Alpha). Level: 85. Passive Skill: Echolocation of Blood.][System: He doesn't just hear your heartbeat, Raka. He can hear the blood flow inside Luna's and Vanya's veins.]"Vanya, Luna... fall back," Raka whispered, his voice a