Sam went down to the ground floor, and the place was filled with an unusual gathering of residents.
Faces were a mixture of panic and confusion, and whispers moved like waves among everyone.
One of the residents quickly held his phone, a young man named Park, and said in a tense voice: — Guys, the government sent a warning message. What happened… an explosion of a nuclear-radioactive chemical factory.
— They were conducting tests there… but a technical error occurred, and the explosion caused the spread of radiation capable of turning humans into monsters.
— These monsters… their minds turn into cells that appear on the face and cover the eye, making the person raging, granting him supernatural abilities.
— And their only way of killing… is hitting the cell itself, then the monster will die.
— But pay attention… if the monster evolves to the level of full rage, it will gain immense power, and it can think like humans, and perhaps control the rest of the monsters.
— And in case these symptoms appear on you… kill yourself immediately, for you will not live!
Saz trembled, and said quickly: — What are the symptoms, Park?
Park replied with extreme tension: — First: hand convulsion.
— Second: severe headache in the head.
— Third: dizziness without a reason.
— Fourth: sudden vomiting.
Everyone became confused, and the voices of tension rose in the place.
Nicholas said firmly: — We must test everyone… everyone show his hand now.
The residents began one after another, and showed their hands.
But… there was one exception.
Nicholas looked at Victor and said strictly: — Show your hand.
Victor answered coldly: — Present.
And he showed his hand in front of everyone.
Nicholas made sure of all the hands, and relief began to appear on the faces of some residents, until the atmosphere suddenly turned into extreme horror.
They all heard a resounding scream coming from the upper floor.
The blood froze in their veins, and anxiety trembled in their bodies.
Sam headed quickly upstairs, his heart beating at an unusual speed.
And as he arrived, he saw Layla standing in front of a transformed monster, its eyes covered with cells, its body shaking violently, and its screaming filling the place.
Without thinking, Sam took out his weapon and fired directly at the monster's head.
The monster fell to the ground, motionless.
But the joy did not last.
Suddenly, many monsters began appearing from the upper floors, the sounds of their screams rising, their faces obscured by cells, and their abilities appearing in a terrible way.
Sam and Layla were shocked, and they did not believe what their eyes saw.
Everything was out of control.
Suddenly, old Nicholas arrived, accompanied by Victor, Park, Saz, and the rest of the residents.
They stopped in the middle of the floor, astonished, their eyes widening from horror, their mouths open, while the sounds of the monsters were rising and approaching quickly.
Sam stood for a moment, drinking the last sip of tea, and the coldness of his face returning slightly, but he realized completely that this was not a passing chaos… but the beginning of the true catastrophe.