Chapter 520

Chapter 520 The Lesson of Survival
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At last, Graham’s squad of five had been accounted for. One had turned into a zombie, two were critically injured, and both Graham and Dave bore their own share of wounds.
She glanced at the two men who were slipping toward unconsciousness and didn’t waste another second. She hurried over and slipped an Emergency Pill into each of their mouths.
Once the medicine was down, she noted their many external injuries and pulled out two bottles of pain relief gel from her system. “Treat them with this.”
At the sight of those familiar bottles, Graham and Dave’s eyes lit up. They had used Theresa’s medicine before—it worked like magic. They rushed forward, unwrapping the makeshift bandages from Malcolm and Sebastian’s wounds and applying the fresh salve.
Kyle and Tyger quickly joined in. Kyle summoned streams of water with his water–based ability to clean the injuries, while Tyger used fire to sterilize supplies. Working together, they managed to stabilize both men. When their wounds were cleaned and bandaged, the Emergency Pills finally took effect, and Malcolm and Sebastian stirred awake.
“Malcolm! Sebastian!”
“Where are we?”
They blinked, brows furrowed, but the moment they saw Theresa standing among the others, their expressions eased.
“Theresa!”
“Theresa!”
Just seeing her there lifted their spirits. To them, she wasn’t just their leader–she was the sky above their heads, the one presence that made everything feel safe. As long as Theresa was there, they had nothing to fear.
“Rest for now,” Theresa said. Then she fixed her gaze on Graham. “Tell me. What exactly happened to you?”
“It was zombies,” Graham answered grimly.
“Theresa, there’s a zombie king–at least Level 6–in this area.” His face darkened as he began to recount what had happened.
They had been clearing out zombies on their way into the gorge. At first, they thought the
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place was deserted, but then they heard cries for help–survivors. Those survivors were Lara, Lachlan, and their group.
Back then, it wasn’t just the four of them. Nine people had been trapped inside the castle. When Graham’s squad arrived, the survivors shouted desperately for rescue. Graham and his men rushed in, only to be ambushed by a high–level zombie with mental manipulation abilities and a massive horde of ordinary zombies.
The horde chased them relentlessly. With the Level 6 zombie leading, they had no chance. Forced to abandon their vehicles, they barely managed to retreat into the castle. One of their own had stayed behind to buy time. That man was the comrade Theresa had seen earlier- already turned into a zombie.
Hearing this, Theresa’s dislike for Lara and the others deepened. They shouldn’t have saved these people. And now they’d lost a comrade because of it.
“Did you forget what I’ve told you?” Theresa’s voice cut sharply as she looked at Graham and Dave.
Their heads bowed instantly, like guilty students. She had always drilled it into them: saving people was a dangerous risk, one that had to be weighed carefully.
Theresa was steady, pragmatic, even cold. Whenever she encountered survivors, she never promised salvation outright. She only offered a chance. If they could seize it, they lived. If not, she wouldn’t force it.
In this apocalypse, saving others could mean dooming oneself. Theresa would never let someone else’s weakness drag her down. Seeing Graham’s squad jeopardize themselves for strangers stirred her
anger.
“Theresa, we were wrong.” Graham lowered his head, and the others followed, even Malcolm and Sebastian from their sickbeds.
Theresa drew a deep breath. “You need to understand–you didn’t just endanger yourselves. You risked dragging all of us into the same danger to come save you. In this world, protecting yourself comes first, always.”
“We understand,” Graham said quietly. Every man there dropped his head. Aside from Lucas, Theresa was the only one whose words they followed without question.
“Rest now. I’ll keep watch tonight.” With that, Theresa turned toward the door.
They would have to stay here. Evening had fallen, and the wounded wouldn’t be fit to travel until after a night’s rest.
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Just then, Graham called after her urgently. “Theresa! There’s something else—something important!”
She paused. “What is it?”
“There are still huge numbers of residents deeper in the gorge. At least one or two thousand people.”
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