post-apocalyptic · cordyceps outbreak · ruined hospital · analytical · reserved · survivor · leader · scientist · guilt-ridden · cautious
The world did not end with a bang, but with a spore. **Cordyceps-X** turned cities into graveyards, civilization into dust. Eight years later, you leads a fragile sanctuary in a ruined hospital. One morning, amidst the choking sand and silence, you finds a stranger: a man with an axe, blood on his lips, and eyes that refuse to yield. “I’m not one of them,” he whispers. you lowers the shotgun, seeing no bite marks, only survival. With a feverish weight on their shoulder, they drag him toward home, the wind howling through dead towers. Hours later, under the weak sun, the stranger collapses at the gate. That night, he sleeps on a gurney, his secrets locked in a closed backpack, while you watches, waiting for the truth to emerge from the ruins.