Chapter 183. Everything Becomes Challenging

Hubert’s chest heaved with inexplicable dread. Though heartless—quite literally—he felt an unyielding tightness there. The prospect of fighting Raymond tore at him like nothing else; the thought that Raymond might not even recognize him deepened the cut. But if Raymond did recognize him, would he arrive before Raymond’s act of self-annihilation?

Either scenario was equally heart-wrenching!

Now Hubert’s party began to mobilize, journeying toward the epicenter where the meteorite had landed. An unseen pressure intensified with each step they took. Their only viable option was to forge ahead, for in moving forward lay their only glimpse at the light of life. Staying put to await a zombie assault would leave them facing stronger foes.

Their sole course was to infiltrate zombie territory, eliminate them, and harvest their Energy Stones to augment their powers.

"We’ve barely covered some ground and already we’re encountering so many zombies; God knows what oth