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The Sinking Road
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTYThe amber glow of the setting sun stretched long, distorted shadows across the ruined streets as the group pushed south. With the arrival of five o'clock, the pleasant afternoon warmth began to slip away, replaced by a damp, biting chill that threatened to freeze the top layer of the rushing meltwater.Zane kept a steady pace at the front, his heavy leather bag of jades and crystals shifting against his shoulder. Behind him, the small group formed a tight line. Edgar kept a supportive hand near Arthur’s shoulder, while Trigger and Jinx sandwiched Maya and Leo between them to ensure the children didn't slip.The path grew worse with every hundred meters they covered. The volume of liquid mud running off the cracked structural foundations had turned the asphalt into a slick, deceptive slurry.“Stop,” Arthur called out, his raspy voice cutting through the sound of squelching boots.Zane halted instantly, glancing back over his shoulder. The old engineer was
The All-Cure
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINEJinx reached deeper into the narrow opening, her hands gently catching the young girl’s arms. With a careful pull, she helped the thirteen-year-old guide her younger brother out of the dark, rusted container.As they stepped into the open air, the sudden brilliance of the daylight made the young girl gasp, her eyes squinting hard against the glare. She collapsed onto the soft dirt, cradling her ten-year-old brother in her lap. The boy was shivering violently despite the warm sun, his skin had turned pasty white and his lips were cracked and dry.“He’s burning up,” Trigger said, dropping to her knees beside them and pressing the back of her clean hand against the boy’s forehead. “His fever is too high. Zane, he needs urgent treatment right now or his organs will fail.”The young girl looked up at Trigger, her eyes filling with tears. “Please help him. We ran out of clean water three days ago. He won't wake up.”Trigger’s eyes widened as she suddenly
The New Path
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTThe five of them walked slowly down the cracked highway. The bright sun beat down on their faces, a warmth they were all still trying to get used to after so many years of darkness.Zane walked a few paces ahead of the group. Adjusting the heavy leather bag of wealth on his shoulder, he focused inward, speaking directly to the digital entity inside his mind.‘BITS CORE, give me a status report,’ Zane thought. ‘We need to find the people who are still out here.’[Acknowledged. Running a short-range thermal scan,] the robotic voice replied inside his head.[Two living signatures detected four hundred meters to the northeast. Biological data indicates they are young juveniles. The scan shows two siblings trapped inside a hollow steel shipping container beneath a collapsed bridge.]Zane continued walking, but his expression turned solemn.‘What about the rest of the planet? Give me a report on Earth's current condition. We also need food. How are we su
Calm Down
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENThe thin man lay on the ground, shaking and coughing as Trigger walked away. The whole place became quiet, except for the sound of the ice melting into water.Zane looked at the frightened man before turning to Trigger. His face remained expressionless, but his voice turned stern.“Trigger, stop.”Trigger froze. Her back was stiff with anger, and her hands were clenched into tight fists.“He doesn't know anything,” Zane said, taking a step toward her. “He has been hiding in the dark and trying to survive the apocalypse for as long as it started. Faith was all he had left. You should not have attacked him like that.”Trigger spun around, her eyes blazing.“Are you serious right now, Zane? He is thanking a statue! You literally sold your…”“Look at him,” Zane interrupted.“The man is just skin and bones. He is severely malnourished. If you pick him up and shake him like that, he could easily break. What if he falls, hits his head, and dies? What did
The Saviour and The Skeptic
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX“Everyone, let's move down.” Zane suggested, noticing the betterment of the weather. “We still have to check on the remaining 992 people left and gather as many people as possible for the return of civilization.”The descent through the Section 8 complex became an eerie trek through a transforming world. Level by level, floor by floor, they watched the death of the old world. On the upper residential tiers, massive blocks of black permafrost slid off the reinforced concrete like shedding skin, dissolving into steam before they even hit the lower ledges. By the time they reached the middle logistics decks, the air was humid, and smelling heavily of damp earth and ozone.The dark, corrupted water didn't pool anywhere. Every crack in the foundation, every structural seam in the floors acted as a siphon. The concrete itself seemed to sweat the poison out, casting it down into the insatiable throat of the planet.When they finally breached the heavy, warp
The First Sight Of Sunlight
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVEThe dripping of water accelerated, transforming from a tentative, sparse tapping into a frantic drumbeat against the ruined concrete stairs.A warmth, entirely alien to the frozen tomb of Earth, surged upward from the subterranean foundations of Section 8. It crushed against the frost, shattering the sub-zero density of the atmosphere with the violent pressure of a microscopic shockwave.[Warning: Extreme atmospheric anomaly detected,] Bits core hummed inside Zane’s mind.[The global thermal equilibrium is destabilizing at an exponential rate. Ambient surface temperature is rising by seven degrees Celsius per second. This isn’t a natural weather cycle. The planetary core is purging the permafrost via localized kinetic dispersion.]“Look at the walls,” Jinx whispered, her voice trembling as she stumbled backward against the railing. Her hands shook so violently that the Aethelgard scanning device slipped from her grip, clattering down the steps.Nob
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