Mid-way through the chapter, a structural failure in the Lower Wards forces a choice. You can save the laboratory equipment (progress) or the flooded residential sector (people).

Not against monsters, but against the starvation and winter. 🛡️

The saga of continues into Part 5, shifting the focus from survival to the heavy toll of leadership and the rising threat of a fractured world. The Turning Point

The chapter ends on a haunting visual: a single flare rising over the Iron Orchard, signaling that the enemy hasn't just found the gates; they are already inside the walls.