Is this… hell?

The group's eyes lit up at the suggestion—it was a solid plan. Without wasting any time, they headed in that direction.

Up ahead, the streets were already a battlefield. Nathan had clearly sent in a significant force: three full Awakener squads and five hundred armed personnel.

These armed fighters weren't just random survivors. They'd been carefully selected and enhanced with the newly developed "Human Evolution Serum." Once injected, their strength reached the Neurocore stage, making them as formidable as elite zombies in combat.

Their weapons had also evolved. Guns were no longer the go-to choice. Instead, every single one of them wielded titanium-alloy machetes. Why? Because elite zombies had bones so tough that bullets were often ineffective. A well-forged machete, however, could get the job done. In fact, with enough skill, one clean swing could decapitate a zombie, saving both time and resources.