Six Months had passed since Zane first met Tabitha and accepted her offer to stay in Seoul, under her protection while reaping the rewards contained within the silent city. It had been a long time, and for whatever reason the fogs that persisted throughout the streets of Seoul prevented any contact with the outside world.
This included both through the system's messaging system, and by the various means which humanity had invented prior to the global collapse of civilization. He had no idea how Elena and the others were doing. But at the moment, Zane's focus was elsewhere.
During the past six months, he had consumed less than a quarter of the blood crystals that existed in the city, waiting to be reaped from the skulls of the petrified horde whom Tabitha had sacrificed for the sake of her own power.