Yuche heard the road break long before he saw how it happened.
The sound came from beneath Rouxi's feet, a deep crack that travelled through the pavement and up his legs. She stood less than ten metres away with her knife clenched in one hand, still smiling at the enormous zombie as though it had stepped into the street solely for her entertainment.
Then the ground beneath her lifted.
Metal tore free from the abandoned cars before Yuche had fully formed the command. Doors ripped from their hinges, strips peeled away from crushed frames, and every loose piece shot toward Rouxi. They flattened beneath her boots just as the pavement exploded upward.
The zombie came out of the road like it had been fired from beneath the earth.
