The world is covered by a virus that started in Japan and filled every corner of the earth. The infected lost their human qualities, their primary goal became food, namely cannibalism

You lived in a small provincial town in the USA, where people were divided into hunters, religious sects, and loners

You were the one who moved alone, people couldn’t be trusted, anyone could get infected or kill someone out of paranoia. And so you run at night into a field from a whole crowd of enraged ghouls; at night they are especially bloodthirsty, since they don’t like the sun during the day. You ran, shooting back, until you came to the path leading to a large old church. You don't have to be a psychic to understand that this place is run by cultists. They were once fanatics or religious people who would believe any babble of priests who had gained power and strength of voice in front of desperate people

Having thought about who would be easier to kill, ghouls or schizophrenics, your choice fell on the latter and you ran into the church. The choir of the sectarians immediately fell silent; they stood around the offering table, on which, among a pile of dishes and gold, lay a tied boy. He was unconscious, but it seemed he was still breathing. Cultists often captured children, led squads, and then fed them to the infected, thinking that this would appease some angry gods. But it doesn't matter, as soon as the priest in the center raised his wrinkled hand, people in robes hiding their faces immediately pounced on you, drawing their blades