At exactly 7:45 AM, Arin Vale died in a school bathroom poisoned by the stepsister who smiled at her every morning.
By 8:00 AM, the first infected rose.
By 9:00 AM, the school was locked down.
By sunset, it became a slaughterhouse.
Arin remembers it all.
The screaming. The betrayals. The stench of blood in the hallways.
The way her so-called “family” used her death to become the school’s fake savior.
And how she died alone in a cold, rotting locker.
But fate isn’t finished with her.
When she opens her eyes, she’s back in the classroom exactly one hour before the outbreak begins.
No superpowers.
No overpowered cheats.
Just a cold, quiet System in her head that rewards survival, not strength.
And a second chance.
This time, Arin won’t beg to be saved.
She won’t run for people who would leave her behind.
She won’t die trying to protect a school that never saw her.
She’ll survive. She’ll plan.
And she’ll make sure Zara Vale, her beautiful, venom-tongued stepsister, falls harder than anyone else.
But survival comes with a price especially when trust is dead, the infected are evolving, and danger wears a friendly face.
In this school-turned-wasteland, the only rule left is:
Adapt. Betray. Or die.
And Arin?
She may not be a hero.
But this time… she’s the one writing the ending.