The survivors stopped in the middle of the service yard.
They had followed General Kael because he knew a way out of the city. None of them understood why he had brought them between the damaged warehouses instead of continuing toward the outer road.
One of the injured men looked back at the street they had used. The distant sounds of the infected still echoed between the buildings.
"General, why are we stopping here?"
Andrew did not answer.
He looked at the people around him one more time. Some could still fight, but most of them had already used almost all their qi while escaping the buried city. Blood covered their clothes, and several people needed help just to remain standing.
This group was enough for what he needed.
A woman moved closer to him. She kept looking toward the entrance of the service yard.
"We should keep going. What if those infected find us here?"
Andrew raised one hand.
Red light flowed from his fingers and spread across the ground.
