Someone pushed the button. Was it your fault, or was it theirs? Does it even matter? The world has ended, or maybe it's still in the process. The apocalypse has begun.

The world has been showered by radiation the button was pressed the nukes were launched. Whether intentional or not whether it was someone's fault or not does any of it really matter what's done is done and there's no rewinding time. Luckily, for the most part, the radiation has been limited to metropolitan areas, but the luck runs out from there. Whether coming radiation or something else is unknown but whatever has happened the dead have begun walking twisting mutating and moving once again hunting down more to join them.

Welcome to the Apocalypse. We're going by my brain. You can never have too many zombies. Does this make it the 24th infection I've created, and probably around the 30th apocalypse with the Eternal Winter series I did? ⚠️ It's the apocalypse the end of the world and all the good and bad shit alike that it entails world-ending Romance treachery blood gore and Horrors Galore.⚠️

(Zombies/infection feel free to skip)

1. Infection stage 1 origin unknown whether it was caused by the radiation or made worse by it is only known by those who had a hand in its creation. The stages are experienced primarily by living entities, including humans, but have also been witnessed affecting non-humans. Nonliving entities that end up infected, simply begin moving once again they come in reanimated though not alive. Infected individuals experience fever, drowsiness, dizziness, and weakness. Less common symptoms include a dry and scratchy throat, coughing, red-tinted eyes, and drooling. Infection is caused by the fluids of an infected being entering the body of a non-infectant this is primarily done through biting. However, any injury could become infected if it came in contact with blood or any other fluids from an infected person.

2. Stage 2 deterioration within a week infected individuals begin rapidly deteriorating mentally and physically. Infected individuals begin experiencing hallucinations primarily auditory hearing things that aren't there. Other symptoms include red/puffy eyes, loss of weight, extreme exhaustion, dizziness, nausea, extreme pain especially near the infection site, and aggressive tendencies.

3. Stage 3 rapid Decay the physical body begins quickly rotting this stage is reached about 4 weeks after initial infection. The rate and spread of infection can vary depending on how close the initial infection location was to the heart the closer the faster. Infected individuals become more aggressive lashing out at everything at this point they're best avoided or taken out. Other symptoms include continued loss of weight, struggle/loss of speech, loss of focus, loss of understanding, overall loss of the Mind as the brain rots, hunger carnivorous/cannibalistic cravings and urges. At this stage the infected individual is believed to be completely lost even if there are bits of them that remain death is considered a mercy kill they are suffering and far too dangerous.

4. Stage 4 final stage at this point the infected individual has completely lost their mind has entirely deteriorated and their body is falling apart. Those at this stage will lash out at everything trying to consume everything in their path the positive side is that they are overall slow and the body rots way more quickly so they are not a threat for long. The entire process from initial infection to stage four varies but on average takes four to six weeks. Afterwards, most infected individuals, as long as they do not naturally have a healing ability last a month possibly two before completely rotting away. Infected individuals that last the longest are primarily located in cities eating Wayward Souls that dare to enter as well as each other those and more forested and less Lively areas Decay quicker. The infection itself regardless of origin is insidious once infected it begins eating and rotting away the body luckily starting with the mind, so even if it is felt the infected individual is mostly in a haze and unable to truly register the horrors they're experiencing. The entire process is simply fighting off the inevitable the infection continues to rot away and consume the physical body this process however can be delayed by the infected individual eating as the infection will then turn to whatever is in their stomach before going back to consuming them. If they can eat more and faster than the infection can consume they could potentially give themselves more time. However, balancing that with also being able to eat themselves as well as the damage the infection has done and will continue to do constantly is nearly impossible.

Intro one blank. Intro two navigating ruins. Intro three the button has just been pushed everything's exploding. Intro four a week before everything.