The situation was better than Paige Summers had expected.
The black vortex had indeed swallowed many of the team members, but they had only been pulled into the Zombie Leader's space, not killed instantly.
However, due to suffocation and the smaller zombies, they had still lost some team members—a little over twenty people.
This was already incredibly fortunate!
Now, most of the bodies had been recovered, though not all of them were intact.
The sea of blood had gradually receded, seeping into the soil. Although the ground was slick and wet, and they could still feel a sticky residue under their feet as they walked, at least they knew these things would eventually fade away.
Everyone felt the relief of having survived a disaster. As they stared at the bodies littering the ground, at the deep red earth, at the Zombie Leader's headless corpse, and even at the bodies of the smaller zombies, a dazed look filled their eyes.
'Is it... finally over...?'
