The journey from The Dead City to Central City took them from west to east, a trek across half of Astoria.
Paige Summers and her group traveled at a steady pace, training as they went, and a month flew by.
Along the way, they gained a profound understanding of the country's current state. They witnessed things that some people might never see in their entire lives.
For example, there was one human settlement.
It had fewer than fifty people, originally villagers from an ethnic minority living in a mountain hollow. After the Zombie Virus infected their village, they had no choice but to flee, eventually finding shelter at the bottom of a hidden cliff.
Fortunately, they were a hardy people; both men and women were skilled hunters. A few had even awakened superpowers, carving homes out of caves and surviving by eating non-venomous Mutant Beasts. They had managed to stay alive.
However, they were merely surviving.
