The deafening echo of the gunshot that had just executed the old man still rang relentlessly in their ears, ringing infinitely louder than the heavy rumble of the military transport truck’s diesel engine.Inside the dark, violently rocking bed of the truck, not a single survivor dared to make a sound. Even the desperate sounds of crying and sobbing were forcefully swallowed back down. Xavier sat hugging his knees tightly to his chest, his face as pale as a fresh corpse, his eyes staring completely blankly at the cold steel floor of the truck. Bianca held firmly onto Kimberly’s hand, which had absolutely not stopped trembling since they were thrown inside.Daniel sat leaning rigidly into the darkest corner. His breaths were incredibly shallow and highly calculated. Beneath the thick, bloody bandages completely wrapping his right shoulder and armpit, the hard polycarbonate glass vial containing the deadly Strain Zero specimen felt exactly like a solid block of ice aggressively pressing