LOGINHayley slammed the throttle forward and shot across the sea, clearing the fighter jets' range in seconds.She lifted her head and looked back at the aircraft pulling away behind her.They gave up?No way Scott suddenly went soft and let her go. Her gaze settled on the last helicopter, the one that looked different from the rest.Someone had let them go.Hayley wasn't the type to stand on ceremony. If someone let her go, she wasn't about to question it. She just ran with it."Move!"They drifted across open water for a full day.There was no signal at all. Nothing but ocean in every direction, no towers, no relay points. There was no way to reach her league. By her estimate, they were already on the far side of the ocean.It was way too far out.She needed a signal tower. That was the only way to reconnect.Near evening, her device finally picked up a weak signal."There's a signal tower over there!"Following the signal, she found a small survivor base on an island. The is
Five minutes later, Hayley shoved open the gates to District Two and led Willow and the others out in a sprint.It was already 8 p.m. Outside, security teams were everywhere, sweeping the area and hunting people down. The entire island was on lockdown.Half the guards were in District Three, putting down zombies and clearing the area, while the other half were stationed everywhere else, tightening security and tracking suspects.There were 20 guards in the control room alone, all of them glued to the surveillance feeds, scanning for anything out of place.Boom!Boom!Boom!Explosions started going off across the island.Every guard searching outside immediately rushed toward the blast sites."Over here! People coming out of District Two!" one guard shouted the moment he spotted Hayley's group. He immediately realized they were the ones who had snuck onto the island.But the second Hayley crossed out of District Two and into the open area, every single monitor feed in front of
The elevator doors slid open.Outside, a crowd had already gathered.Bang! Bang! Bang!A storm of bullets tore inside, round after round, ripping straight into the elevator. Every shot landed.However, none of them expected the elevator would be packed wall-to-wall with zombies."Raarh!""Raarh!"The zombies didn't even flinch under the gunfire. The moment the doors opened, they caught the scent of fresh, living flesh and surged forward in a frenzy.Down in the lower levels, Hayley kept everything under tight control. She methodically unleashed wave after wave of zombies, wiping the basement clean. Each time, her keycard beeped as she swiped access, sending another elevator load up.Cold to the core, she didn't stop until she had sent four full waves. Only then did she finally push Ruby into the elevator.Inside, more half-dead zombies hung slack and twitching, insurance in case anyone outside had survived.Ding!The restricted zone doors opened.What lay beyond was pure c
"Raarh! Raarh! Raarh!""Raarh!"The four zombies, dried out like walking corpses, burst out of the cages, arms flailing wildly as they charged forward.They barely even looked human anymore. Pale, stretched skin clung tight over bone, their eyes bulging unnaturally large in hollow sockets."Raarh!""Raarh!"One skeletal zombie lunged and grabbed a fleeing researcher by the face. Its fingers, hardened like spikes, drove straight in.The thumb punched into his temple. The index finger dug into his forehead. The middle finger pierced his left eye. The ring and pinky fingers sank deep into his cheeks.All five fingers clenched hard. A tearing scream ripped out of the researcher as his face was peeled off in one brutal motion, blood spraying everywhere.The smell of fresh blood sent the surrounding zombies into a frenzy. They surged forward, chasing anything still breathing.Most of the people assigned to this underground lab were ordinary staff. Gifted individuals were rare to be
Hayley 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
After Scarlett's message, Hayley received another one."My dear Ms. Reid, you have an incoming call from your devoted Liam. Would you like to answer the call?""Yes.""Hey, there. I sent out your plan about forming a league and recapturing the cities. Other than Ember Base, no one else responded.
Before anyone else could answer, a voice rang out."Wait… Are you Scarlett?"The only middle-aged woman among the group looked at Scarlett with obvious excitement.Scarlett froze and looked at her carefully. "Ms. Fox?""That's right!" Wilona Fox replied happily.Scarlett immediately explained t
Hayley was only halfway through her cigarette when she heard footsteps outside."Who the hell is that woman, anyway? Why is everyone from Base K1 so polite to her? Why are they spoiling her so much?""No idea. Wallace said she's some small base leader.""So what if she is? She's just a woman. Wha
An hour later, everyone's abilities were nearly drained.After they switched to cold steel and went in to finish the rest, the entire street finally fell quiet.This was Haylight League's very first purge.Hayley had chosen the outer edge of Aecraton, the High-Tech District, as their opening targ







