At the exact moment the bullets left their rifles, an unbearable pain suddenly tore through Eric's entire body. It shattered his focus in an instant.
In the final fleeting second of his consciousness, a single thought managed to surface in his mind, 'The apocalypse came early this time...'
Unlike the movies and novels he had read, Eric remembered how the apocalypse had unfolded in his previous life. It had always come with a clear, unmistakable sign—everyone in the world would experience excruciating physical pain simultaneously, collapsing to the ground as their bodies convulsed.
When they finally managed to stand again, everything had already changed. A small fraction of people remained confused and disoriented. But the majority had lost their minds and turned into bloodthirsty zombie
