Salt of the Earth

Sam and Janine can't bring the jeep to you on the salt flat, so you need to keep running and avoid the buried zombies. They've been dried by the salt and can't move, but best to avoid them.

Janine is listening to the bug Maryam planted on Sergeant Felis. Ernest has convinced Red Scorpion to send most of their forces back to the acid city but some of them are still around since he's made the supersoldiers act oddly. Janine suddenly tells you to speed up. One of the supersoldiers behaving erratically has begun shooting next to a dam holding back a reservoir. You hear a massive crack and the distant rush of water. You need to run!

You've made it to a rocky outcrop above the water, which is quickly being absorbed into the salt flat. Unfortunately that means the zombies may be rehydrated. You need to go quickly while they're still partially encrusted. And you can use the rocket launcher to clear a path for yourself!

You're doing well, but you only have two rockets left so you'll have to use them wisely. Janine and Sam will keep watch for as long as they can, but they need to move soon to avoid the tsunami. There are zombies approaching. Janine spots a stranger who looks like they're moving on exoskeleton legs. Janine and Sam have to move and you're out of ammo! Before comms are cut off, the stranger shoots the zombies and reveals herself to be Guillemette. She takes the rocket launcher, gives you the exoskeleton legs, and says that she's sworn to protect you.

Guillemette says that she doesn't trust the supersoldiers any more since they began behaving erratically. She says that she admires you for getting this far, so close to Maghreb, where they will extract the panacea and end normal diseases, if not the zombie plague. You need to head to the west – there's a lot of zoms still after you!

Guillemette talks about how she believed in the work Red Scorpion was doing before the apocalypse, destroying the red fungus that threatened humanity. After the apocalypse, they turned volunteers into supersoldiers to help combat the zombie threat, although she disagrees with making them – and with going to war against Maghreb. She believes in the chain of command, but do you obey your superiors when they try to prevent a cure for all disease?

Guillemette says that if you overpowered her here, no one would be watching and listening. She values the chain of command, but she values her own soul more, and following orders has never been an excuse. If she sees you again, she will have to chase you again, but right now you can overpower her and escape.