7 parts Ongoing MatureIt began as a cure.
VX-13 was meant to heal, to regenerate damaged cells and extend life. Funded by the military, it promised invincible soldiers-resilient, unstoppable. But the trials went too far. The serum twisted the body, erasing pain, then hunger, then reason.
The infected didn't die. They changed.
When the virus-VX-Z-leaked from a failed transport, it spread faster than anyone could contain. Cities fell in days. Governments collapsed in weeks. The world as we knew it ended in months.
Now, survival means silence, scavenging, and never trusting a living soul. The dead roam freely. And the living?
They're just what's left.
This isn't about saving the world.
It's about surviving what's left of it.