LOGINHayley tied Diana down to the bed.Killing her with a single strike would've been way too easy, but Hayley wasn't the kind to keep someone alive just to drag things out either.When it came to enemies, you ended it clean. Playing mind games just made it harder on yourself.People like Diana deserved a straight trip to hell.Even so, the fire in Hayley's chest refused to die down.Every single day and night since Ruby had been taken, Diana had humiliated her and tortured her. Hayley looked at Diana, now bound and helpless, and pulled out a vial of serum from her inventory. It was the same kind she had taken from the Sovereign Research Institute.If that was what they had created, then Diana could try it for herself.The moment Diana saw the vial, real fear finally filled her eyes."Let's go."Half a minute later, Hayley carried Ruby out of the heavily secured chamber on her back.Ding! [Two individuals verified.]The door in front of them unlocked in sync and slid open.En
Just then, someone clamped down hard on Diana's wrist.Diana jolted, but before she could even turn her head, there was a sharp crack. Her wrist snapped like dry wood."Ugh!"Pain exploded through her, sharp and blinding.Suddenly, her mouth was stuffed with three or four rats.A hand clamped over her lips, forcing them shut, keeping the writhing rats jammed inside so she couldn't spit them out or even make another sound.The next second, there was a sharp crack.Her other hand was crushed.Diana froze in pure panic. She scrambled to activate all three of her gifts at once, but nothing responded. It was as if they had all vanished.Pulse-type ability!Hayley didn't kill Diana right away.After crushing both of Diana's hands, Hayley moved to Diana's legs. One kick after another, she disabled them completely without hesitation."Ugh!"Diana's mouth fell open from the pain, her throat stretched wide, only forcing the frantic rats deeper inside.Hayley drove a hard kick into
Up ahead, Wally realized no one was following him. He glanced back and saw his sister already walking off in the distance.He completely ignored Hayley, who was trailing behind Diana.Wally frowned, then looked down at the extra vial of serum in his hand.Who gave him this?Where did they go? When did they slip away?He stood there, puzzled for a few seconds, then shook it off and turned back toward the lab. Just some low-level researcher, nothing worth chasing down.What mattered was the serum in his hand.He could give them a proper lecture in the morning. Hayley followed Diana through a series of winding corridors until they reached the far end of the underground facility.Another locked door stood in front of them.Diana swiped her card with a beep. This door was nothing like the others Hayley had seen. The security level was on a completely different tier. After the card scan, a red infrared beam swept down over them.A mechanical alert sounded overhead.Ding! [Tw
Who was Serum X meant for?Hayley's thoughts tangled for a second, uncertainty creeping in. However, the footsteps that echoed nearby quickly snapped her focus back.She released her mental-variant ability and shifted into a looping path, weaving around anyone she might run into.At the same time, she studied the layout.This level was even bigger than the one above.Everywhere she looked, there were cages, lined up like some twisted livestock facility, each one holding zombies being drained of blood. Alarms kept going off as the bodies were emptied, but she didn't see anyone bringing in replacements.Instead, she caught fragments of a phone call. The supervisor was urging Scott to hurry. They were completely out of stock, with no raw materials left. Everything had stalled, and they needed a new shipment immediately.Hayley understood right away.It was because she had blown up the Sovereign Research Institute and taken that entire batch, cutting off their supply.The serum
Ding!The elevator doors slid open. A sharp wave of disinfectant hit first, followed by the stench of rotting corpses.Hayley's Ghost Mode was fading fast. She slipped inside in one swift step.Then she saw rows upon rows of iron cages stretched out in front of her.Hayley stared in stunned shock at the zombies confined inside them.They weren't just contained, but strapped down to metal examination tables, tubes running into them from every direction. Machines beside them hummed steadily, something like dialysis units, pulling thick, black blood from their bodies.It looked just like what she had seen back at the Sovereign Academy, when Eric had turned.But this was different. That blood wasn't going back in. It was being drained out, funneled into long, clear tubes.The same tubes she had seen being transported upstairs.Right then, a sharp beep echoed from one of the cage rooms.Hayley turned toward the sound.Inside, a zombie lay completely drained, shriveled like a drie
Anyway, it all came out of District Two.Hayley grabbed a piece, and no one paid her any attention.After changing, she headed over to the long, connected wall. On this side, someone had carved out a rough tree stump, just enough to use as a step.People were still climbing in and out.Watching the person ahead of her, Hayley copied their movements and swung herself over. The moment she dropped down on the other side, the scene shifted again.Unlike Districts One and Two, which sprawled across acres with countless factory buildings, District Three was just a single structure.Emerson had told her before. The ground level was where they produced the serum. Everything underground was restricted.Right now, it was a shift change.Hayley quickened her pace, closing in behind the person ahead as they approached the gate.The second he swiped his access card, she slipped in right behind him, practically brushing against his back as she crossed through the door.The guy she piggybac
A burst of mist exploded through the air, and every zombie leaping toward them was blasted backward by the force.A member of Future Base, who was being attacked, watched in shock as the zombie clawing for his heart suddenly froze an inch from his chest. Its sharp talons had already torn through hi
Bang, bang, bang!With Hayley and Leonard working their gifts together at full power, they wiped out most of the zombies in the blink of an eye. Only when two or three zombies were left did Liam's group snap out of it and hurry to help. Some fired their guns, while others used their gifts.Withi
"Let's go. I've got something to tell you." Liam gestured ahead."Okay, sure." Hayley turned toward Cyril and the others. "You don't need to bring anything. Just your people. Come with me tomorrow. I'll take all of you."Liam added, "It's a good thing you're going with Ms. Reid."He said it casua
Hayley thought for a moment about where she could grab the most people, then decided she should personally drive Base K1's truck back.What was the fastest way to recruit residents? Dig people out of someone else's base, of course!And where were there plenty of people? Base K1."Leonard, stay he







