Ray had no choice but to leave.

Starting from Sunnyville Hill, he figured he would eventually encounter some survivors along the way. Human resilience was incredible—even in devastated neighborhoods, a handful of people usually managed to survive. Rarely more than ten or so, but enough to maintain a spark of life. A few more survivors in one place, and they could form a small faction, like Channing's building materials market or Mary's hot spring hotel.

He set off.

Driving the hovercraft east