Chapter 17: Single player mode
Nolan watched silently as the infected lunged at his students within the game simulation.
Some screamed.
Others gritted their teeth. Most of them fought back with the fierceness of cornered animals.
They were improving, sure—but too fast and too recklessly. He cannot let that happen. His goal is to let them taste a little bit of the internet, not to be purely improved by it.
Then he clicked a single command on the system interface.
Every screen froze mid-movement. Infected locked in place mid-leap.
Students mid-sprint or mid-swing stood still, their faces frozen in motion.
One even had a steel pipe mid-air, about to crack a virtual infected skull.
The sudden pause made the classroom fall into chaos again, but this time it was confusion.
"Huh?"
"What happened?"