The dark, bloodied moon hung in the sky, casting a faint, eerie red glow that bathed the world in haunting light.
Amidst this ominous backdrop, the cacophonous cries of Vampiric Bats echoed through the air, their unsettling wails mingling with the anguished moans of those humans who had managed to cling to life, only to be transformed into the very creatures that now haunted them.
In the heart of Shanghai, the seat of the government's temporary stronghold, the once formidable five-meter walls had been hastily reinforced to towering ten meters.
Yet, there was no sense of triumph or safety among the soldiers who manned the formidable barricades. The earth beneath their feet quivered incessantly, and the atmosphere was heavy with foreboding and unease.
