1 Prologue

"The twenty-ninth of December of two thousand and eleven, a date that no human alive until today, would forget, although most of those humans had already died in different circumstances, the earth ceased to be what it was, due to the fires of nuclear weapons that began at midnight on December twenty-ninth."(Storyteller)

"The humans who managed to escape the nuclear fires managed to hide in the bowels of the cities, or the remains of these, although they could only be called ruins infested with mutant monsters, food was scarce and munitions were the most appreciated object of all despite the situation in which the survivors were, many of them were still smiling, grateful to be alive and some others, only thought of living another day no matter what they had to do to achieve it." (Storyteller)

"The human heart conceals a darker darkness than the abyss itself and many humans did not think twice before allowing their desires to take over them, murders, rapes, tortures, robberies, the survivors at that moment were divided into two factions. Which little by little separated more and more, this happened in several parts of the world where there were still humans, which were called "Civilization" and "Outlaws" which were constantly at war, the most important resource? Food. " (Storyteller)

"The war between these two factions became more and more prolonged until the Outlaws began to see their shortage of people and decided to withdraw from the fight and leave the city, if that was possible, on the other hand the victorious, took the weapons, food and other objects that the other side possessed, the destroyed streets of the city now possessed thousands of corpses, reminders of the war, which had passed shortly after the nuclear fire." (Storyteller)

"The remaining victorious faction in the old city of New York, began its slow taking of the upper part of the city, although this only helped the survivors to discover the horrors that were hidden on the surface, the dogs were no longer dogs, they were now mutated abominations, with more than two heads, incredibly fast and moving in groups, the first groups of explorers were victims of these creatures, but that was only the beginning of the constant struggle between humans, the hostile environment and the monsters of the surface." (Storyteller)

"Fifteen years have passed since the first nuclear bomb touched the surface of the earth, at that time I was only five years old, and I was in my grandmother's arms, but now when I was twenty years old, I was forced to endure the training that a "Man" had to do if he wanted to form a family in the new world, my coach? Sir Sirkov, Boris Sirkov, a very rough man who was serving in the Russian army in his glory years, now a 60-year-old person who instructs the young future expeditionaries from the depths of the city." (Storyteller)

"It all started one morning ..." (Narrator)

Slam.

A door opened suddenly with a kick, which was given by an old man who stood looking at the three young men who were still sleeping in their beds.

"Attention! ... stand up, you Saunders!" (Boris)

The firm voice of Sergeant Boris made the three young men get up immediately from their beds, two of those young men were in their underwear and the other, well. The other, had all his clothes on, as if he was ready for what came next.

"Why the hell are you two in your underwear?" (Boris)

Sergeant Boris asked the two young men who were standing in front of him while the other young man left the room, as if he were a bullet.

"Hehehe, I escaped on time!"(Ethan)

Ethan, a young man, 20 years old, brown hair, 1.81 tall, blue eyes and a nice personality, he said laughing, avoiding the scolding of Sergeant Boris.

"Stop there! Ethan, you must return to the training zone !!" (Josh)

Corporal Josh was in charge of always watching and punishing those who were considered "problematic soldiers" and Ethan in some way (which he did not know). He was always being watched by soldiers who were personally sent by General Boris, who almost always failed. In catching Ethan who knew by heart all the passages available inside the subway, which allowed him to escape.

"I'm sorry Josh, I must escape, tell General Boris that I will not be present today!" (Ethan)

Ethan said that by entering a nearby ventilation duct and escaping from his pursuer, that same ventilation duct went to the machinery room of the subway, an abandoned area which had been taken and remodeled by Ethan for personal training, which No inhabitant of the subway knew.

Ethan's training was not as hard as General Boris's, but it worked to keep his body in good condition and his agility and mobility to the maximum, the machine room in which Ethan was, worked perfectly to learn to quickly mobilize daringly. From a very uneven environment, debris, cars and other obstacles on the surface were very common so learning to move quickly on the surface was something vital, because if you could not fight, your only option was to run away.

An "explorer or stalker" had to go every so often to the surface in search of food, weapons, ammunition and medicine, all objects of equal importance, only those who reached 20 years of age could leave for an expedition to the surface.

That same day would be the first expedition to the surface, something that kept Ethan excited and energetic although the situation could change as soon as he first observed the surface of the new world, stepping on the remains of the old one.