The Poison Belt Chapter 5 - The Dead World

In which a small company of survivors, grappling with the grim reality of a world emptied by a poisonous ether, set forth from their rural refuge to explore the silent and desolate streets of London, where the stark imagery of death around them incites a deep and haunting despair. They endeavour to summon any remaining life with the tolling of an ancient church bell, their hearts lifted by the hope of comradeship amid the ruins, yet hear only the echoing silence in reply.