Hruday returned to the base, noting that everyone was busy trying to finish their outdoor tasks before dark.

As the sun set, the tranquil yet haunting scenery revealed desolate streets and mangled corpses emitting a rotting stench. Hruday could smell it everywhere, intense enough that he became enveloped in the scent, just like others around him.

Although he had hoped to move in immediately, it became clear that it would take more than two days to burn and bury the old and new zombie corpses. They also needed to store and organize food, which Hruday expected would take time.

He aimed to rescue people from the doctors' dorm and others who had mirrored their predicament. The world felt vast, and the situation would be undoubtedly confusing if the zombies had either perished or retreated far away.

what hruday was most worried about was people with bad ideas and psychopaths who wore masks bound by the chains of society that forced them to be normal were completely free and were rather encouraged to do fed-up things even normal humans have to kill some, zombies so they mental barrier to kill humans might have been lowest hruday sighed as he received a big box of supplies

and thought what now should I just let other people come in here while we train to get stronger or rescue them by going there making them feel grateful and try to win with numbers huh I should rather say scare them with numbers but then again these people were ready to fell the minute something goes wrong and even if some people stood up against something like this they were too weak to defend and in this apocalypse, people who had no morals and values were the once at an advantage so the thought of criminal goons and gangs with guns absolutely and utterly terrified because the era of kings and slave was going to repeat well this one wasn't king but rather tires

Hruday joined Roy awkwardly caring the cardboard box on his shoulders Michael too joined by running while hugging the box tightly which made the cardboard box tare open Michael apologised shit sorry sorry

after cleaning up the mess hruday asked how is the work Michael said smelly as hell man I want to throw up. I just secretly took vomit pills hruday singled him to lower his voice and winked me too man don't if the corpse or the rotten foods their mix is traffic

Michael said ya man especially those opened eggs that were splintered all on the floor and food we had to clean it we had it worse there man

ya Roy said good thing that my selling ability seemed to switch off automatically

hruday said Hey Roy what do you think we should do next

I don't know man relax since we looted the entire freaking street at this point hruday said dude our street is long we only looted 8 stores at most and there were only 3 general stores and 2 medical once rest were meat and bakeries and restaurants that were better left untouched only thing that good was the hardware store but we weren't able to loot that

Roy said stop yapping what more do you want, you want us to do something right ? Just say it don't try to underappreciate what we have done to trick us into doing more alright

hruday apologized sorry man I don't want to ask anything from you all but due to this weird phenomena I am more worried about people he said in a somber tone realizing what hruday was implying Michael said Man just as I was getting happy that I have done something great you have to come here and ruin it by giving us more bad news hruday said have I ever been wrong Roy said that's why stop telling bad stuff man you have black tongue just be little positive and stop telling scenarios that come to you head

Micheal ya man after this start of the whole thing every fracking thing you say is coming true almost as if you know the future Michael asked suspiciously looking at him and expecting a strong reaction

hruday said Man it was obvious man this is what happens in movies and games you guys wouldn't know since you guys weren't watching zombie movies

let's not talk about depressing stuff for today Roy said hruday nodded and hurriedly started to work so that he could finish

Then Tyler approached hruday secretly and said dude I know you are like the leader in here but not everyone wants you to be you know

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Michael grimaced. "Smelly as hell, man. I want to throw up. Just secretly took some anti-nausea pills." Hruday signaled him to lower his voice and winked. "Me too, man. I don't know if it's the corpses or the rotten food, but the mix is terrible."

Michael nodded. "Yeah, especially those cracked eggs that splattered all over the floor and food. We had it worse over there."

Roy chimed in, "Good thing my sense of smell seems to switch off automatically."

Hruday asked, "Hey Roy, what do you think we should do next?"

"I don't know, man. Relax, since we looted an entire freaking street," Roy replied.

Hruday shook his head. "Dude, our street is long. We only looted eight stores at most. There were only three general stores and two medical ones. The rest were meat shops, bakeries, and restaurants that were better left untouched. The only good store was the hardware one, but we couldn't loot that."

Roy sighed, "Stop yapping. What more do you want? You want us to do something, right? Just say it. Don't try to underappreciate what we've done to trick us into doing more."

Hruday apologized, "Sorry, man. I wasn't gonna ask anything from you all, but due to this phenomenon, I'm actually worried about people." He said this in a somber tone, realizing what Hruday was implying.

Roy groaned, "Man, just as I was getting happy that I'd done something great, you have to come here and ruin it by giving us more bad news."

Hruday said, "Have I ever been wrong?"

Roy conceded, "That's why. Stop telling us bad stuff, man. You have a black tongue. Just tell us the good stuff."

Michael added, "Yeah, man. Ever since this whole thing started, everything you say comes true, almost as if you know the future." He looked at Hruday suspiciously, expecting a strong reaction.

Hruday shrugged, "Man, it's obvious. This is what happens in movies and games. You guys wouldn't know since you didn't watch zombie movies."

"Let's not talk about depressing stuff for today," Roy suggested.

Hruday nodded and hurriedly started to work so that he could finish.

Later, Tyler approached Hruday secretly. "Dude, I know you're like the leader here, but not everyone wants you to be, you know?"

Hruday, with disdain, said, "Get straight to the point."

Tyler continued, "All I'm saying is to have a fail-safe plan."

Hruday raised an eyebrow. "And what's that?"

Tyler, a bit surprised, said, "Ah, well, why don't we go to the Amazon warehouse?"

Hruday's eyes widened, but he suppressed his emotions and asked, "How do we do that?"

Tyler explained, "Let me just say this, I don't want to share my goods, alright? I don't know, but if this thing is a fungus, there might be spores to infect, and I don't believe anything is safe in this world.

So if we go there, I know the address. I'll teach you how to get there and all, but I'll get all the things I can carry, plus some tax from you."

Hruday agreed quickly, "Don't push it, man. I agree with your thought. We'll plan. In fact, I was actually planning the same, but you will only get to keep what you can carry in the bag, alright?"

Tyler was pleasantly surprised by Hruday's fast agreement. "So, when do we do it?"

Hruday replied, "We will discuss this tomorrow. Is that okay?"

Tyler asked, "Why not now? We need to hurry before these zombies come back or something."

Hruday, taking a deep breath, said, "We'll go immediately after I've learned parkour and tested my skills. after that It's up to you."

Tyler asked, "Then it's just us you and me, huh?"

Hruday replied, "Just assume that at first. We'll see later. Like I said, I will talk to you tomorrow. Is that alright? Because I am exhausted."

Tyler said, "Alright, man.

As Tyler was moving away, Hruday called him back. "Tyler, come here."

Tyler returned, looking puzzled. "What?"

"Who do you sleep with?" Hruday asked.

Tyler, confused, replied, "What? Why?

Just say it."

"It's a guy, I don't know his name," Tyler answered.

Hruday nodded. "Well, I want you to secretly make a list of things that are rare and supplies we need to take to make the trip, ah and also make a rough map to the warehouse

Tyler nodded enthusiastically, "Alright, I'll get on it."

hruday after taking care of everything he talked with others since it was 9:00 P.M hruday distributed some snacks and drinks some people drank others complained of not getting food some others did not have any appie

hruday secretly brought instant cup ramen noodles for his friends he would have preferred packed noodles but they had to be cooked and it rose too much of aroma he didn't want anyone to know that he was eating noodles that were not distributed they all got inside their house locked the doors, and settled in. They ate their noodles even devouring the fragrance not letting it seep outside while watching their favorite movie, trying to create a sense of normalcy in the midst of chaos.

As the movie ended, Hruday glanced at the clock. It was 11:49 P.M. Everyone looked sleepy, so he decided not to mention any plans for the next day. Instead, they all shared the same mattress, feeling a strange sense of comfort and warmth.

Hruday looked down at Tory, who was uncomfortably sleeping on the floor with Michael. He chuckled softly, watching Michael try to annoy Tory by hogging the rug all for himself.

He let the darkness envelop him, sending him to the world of dreams, where for a few hours, the horrors of their reality were forgotten or was he able to?