The Apocalypse Hoarder
He shifted his aim, and a faint whizz cut through the still air.
The steel-tipped bolt shot out like lightning, straight into Jack's leg. It punched clean through his calf. That bolt could pierce a wild boar like butter.
Jack's raw, guttural scream tore through the hallway. He collapsed instantly, clutched his mangled leg, and rolled in agony.
At -70°C, a wound like that was a death sentence. The limb was finished. Without medicine, infection was inevitable. What awaited him was a slow, miserable death—frozen and disabled.