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40.7608° N 111.8910° W

Looking southeast over the Great Salt Lake: pink water, white salt crust, a dark island. Far off, red fog sits over the city, with the snow-capped Wasatch behind it.

Outbreak map

From the whole countrydown to one valley.

The spores rise from downtown and slowly fill the Salt Lake Valley. The map marks the source, the first scream, the way out, and everywhere the red fog has already swallowed.

Simplified outline of the Great Salt Lake with rough story locations

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Lake outline from Natural Earth (1:10m). Story locations are approximate; numbered lines point to each one. Not for navigation.

  1. Outbreak · Temple Square
  2. Source · 4700 Wasatch Road
  3. Way out · East road
  4. Great Salt Lake
  5. Red fog · Salt Lake Valley

Legend

  1. Source · 4700 Wasatch Road

    The address from Zhao Lei's email, a workshop on the east side. Lao Liu says the fog is coming up from underground.

  2. Outbreak · Temple Square

    Night one. The scream comes through the restaurant window. This is where the city starts to come apart.

  3. Red fog · Salt Lake Valley

    The streets start going red on night one. By sunrise the fog hangs over the whole city, and it is still spreading.

  4. Way out · East road

    The motel is compromised. The Wrangler heads for the mountains on a quarter tank.

  5. Great Salt Lake

    The real lake. City to the southeast, water to the northwest.