A Moment of Calm.

After a failed attempt to use firecrackers and UV light against volatiles, I was killed and sent back to the home base. I waited out the night with Olivia before heading out at dawn. I used parkour to reach the town hall area, only to find the complex completely overrun by infected.

I couldn't just wait on the tower when there were enemies walking below me, so I tried to shoot them with arrows from my high vantage point. However, the arrows didn't do anything big to stop their movement.

So I tried confusing them by throwing firecrackers down to see if I could distract them from my position. I watched from above as the small explosions went off, but it only seemed to draw more of them toward the base of my tower. It was a risky game to play while surrounded by so many hungry monsters.

I decided to see what would happen if I put a UV light on them to see their reaction. I jumped down from the safety of the tower and used the light on one of the volatiles around me. It kind of confused the creature for a moment, but then it recovered quickly, jumped on me, and killed me instantly.

At the next restart, I found myself back at the same town and I didn't want to go back to my tower this time. I decided to take a risk and ran towards the town hall real fast while staying in the shadows.

When I was navigating through the big buildings, a chase started suddenly as a volatile found me in the dark. I tried very hard to get away, but it was too fast. The monster jumped on me and took me down again before I could reach the safety of a higher rooftop.

This time, I was sent back to the home base, which really calmed me down after all the stress of the chase. I knew the volatiles would not attack me here within the protected walls of the sanctuary. I took a deep breath and looked around where I found Olivia as well.

There was this couch, and I realized I could wait until morning to continue my journey. The game told me I could sleep the night over while the sun was down.

That morning, I decided to go out as no volatiles should be around during the daylight hours. The sun felt warm on my face as I stepped out into the open air again. I felt much more confident now that I could see the path clearly without having to worry about the super-predators of the night.

When coming out of the monastery, I decided to ignore all those regular infected on my way to save time. I stopped for a moment to check around the area and I noticed the town hall was not actually that far from me.

I went out and tried some good parkour to get to the town hall fast. I kept ignoring all those infected on my way. The movement felt fluid and fast as I mastered the environment to reach my goal.

I finally reached the town area, but it looked like the town hall was not so close at all. It seemed like a very large and complex area to find the exact place I needed.