The Outbreak

It was a typical Tuesday morning when the first reports of the zombie outbreak started to circulate. People were waking up to find their neighbors and loved ones stumbling around in a daze, their eyes glazed over and their skin deathly pale.

At first, no one knew what was going on. Some people thought it was a virus, while others speculated that it was some kind of chemical attack. But as the days went by and the zombie-like symptoms continued to spread, it became clear that this was something much more sinister.

As the government scrambled to come up with a plan to contain the outbreak, people were told to stay in their homes and avoid contact with the infected at all costs. But for many, this was easier said than done. With the world in chaos, cell phone networks were jammed and it was nearly impossible to get through to loved ones.

As the days turned into weeks, people became more and more desperate for information. They huddled around their phones, scrolling through social media and news sites, desperate for any scrap of information about the virus and how to protect themselves.

But as it turned out, the virus wasn't what they thought it was at all. It wasn't some deadly pathogen that was sweeping through the population - it was something much simpler, and much more insidious.

It was the phones.

As it turned out, a group of hackers had managed to infect millions of phones with a virus that effectively turned the users into mindless drones, completely consumed by their screens and unable to look away. And with the world in chaos, no one had noticed the signs until it was too late.