Prologue

I never fathomed that the world could descend into such darkness. No one ever does. It began as a mere virus outbreak, a distant news story we believed would never touch our lives. But it did, gripping everyone in its relentless hold.

The first sign of trouble came when my fellow soldiers started falling ill. The virus spread with alarming speed, catching us off guard. Those who presented with a simple fever succumbed to death within hours.

This virus morphed people into mindless creatures, oblivious to their own kin. They became the living dead, a twisted phenomenon we had never witnessed before.

I was stationed at a military base located on the outskirts of the city. Isolated from the world, we remained oblivious to the horrors unfolding beyond our walls.

The base descended into chaos. Our commanding officers were the first to succumb, transforming into ruthless zombies. Left leaderless, we fought valiantly to survive amidst the bedlam.

I recall the day I was thrust into the role of commanding officer. It was an immense responsibility, one I questioned whether I was prepared to shoulder. But choices had been stripped away. Out of all the remaining officers, I was the highest-ranking one left standing. It fell to me to restore order in the face of unrelenting chaos.

As we endeavored to rally the scattered forces, the realization dawned upon me that it was not merely my rank that forged their loyalty. They discerned something deeper within me – an unyielding determination, an unwavering resolve to fight relentlessly, no matter how desperate the circumstances.

This was not the path I anticipated when I joined the military, but it was the battle thrust upon us. We pressed forward, even in the darkest of hours, knowing we weren't alone in our fight against both the ravenous zombies and the adversarial forces that conspired against our survival.

Though the world lay in ruins, we stood tall. And for as long as even a fragment of hope endured, we would fight on, breathing life into the last vestiges of humanity.