"Jules, have everyone stop what they're doing and get inside! Go drink a bowl of ginger soup to warm up. I'll have someone move all this," Josie Quinn urged.
Jude Sheffield grinned at her, his voice full of life and unaffected by the biting cold. "It's no problem, Cece! We can just carry it in. We got lucky this time and cleared out a nest of mutated zombies. The haul is huge! I'll give you the best batch of Crystal Cores once we're done sorting them!" His tone was jubilant.
"Alright, just get inside first."
The group headed in.
Only then did Cole's attention drift to the base's corridor, which was packed shoulder-to-shoulder with several times more people than when he had left. He couldn't help but frown. "Why are there so many new people all of a sudden?"
